FBI partisanship

The laptop story of Let's Go Brandon's son could have swung the election to president Trump.  But it turns out the partisan FBI did not want that.

So Kavanaugh is happening.

I have not posted much about the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court process for two reasons; (1) I have been very busy and not posted much and (2) it's been a farcical circus and in the end, he will be the next Supreme Court justice. Period.  

No Republicans will break ranks, including flaky Flake, Collins and Murkowski. They will all vote to confirm Kavanaugh. We might see a Democrat or two vote in favor of Kavanaugh (e.g. Manchin) but I'm not holding my breath because it doesn't really matter. This is purely political theater meant to impress voters on both sides of the political spectrum by the prospective parties.  Republicans look to have benefited more from the process than Democrats, who came off as obstructionists in a purely partisan way.  Some polling bears that out.

All that said, Kavanaugh will be confirmed today but the real implications are much broader than just him.  

(1) Do not expect future nominations to get broad approval the way previous Democratic nominees like Ginsburg did.  With the nuclear option having freed up senators from bi-partisanship expect bitter political battles for every nominee going forward, regardless of party.  The Democrats have sewn the seeds of political motivation in Republicans by their unnecessary and nefarious actions on Kavanaugh. For proof just look at the recent angry outbursts of political milquetoast  Lindsey Graham.  To push him to this, you know the Democrats have gone about 30 steps too far.  They will reap eventually what they have sewn when the next Democrat president tries to nominate anyone.

(2) The same is true for Republican leaning voters - they have had enough and may have been energized enough to not only thwart a blue wave, but maybe hold the line in Congress or even make small gains.

(3) President Trump will likely have another nomination to make during his tenure, especially if he is likely to serve two terms.  The court will drift further back towards originalist judges.  That is clearly a healthy thing.  But prepare for all-out open warfare from the Democrats when that happens.  To date their actions have been covert thanks to a complicit media.  But that cannot last when there such an absolute division in the country and in the Capitol.

There will be more fallout than just that, but that alone is enough to make this a dramatic turning point in the country's history.

Susan Rice scandal could unravel Democrats for good

The breaking news, changing by the hour that Obama administration official Susan Rice was involved in the potentially (but probably not provably) illegal collection of Trump inner circle information ('wiretapping') and subsequently very illegal unmaksing and then leaking to the media of supposedly damning information, is too young to either verify or quantify with any degree of certainty.  But clearly there is something to this story.

Briefly first off, here's a synopsis of the bombshell:

If this proves to be true to any degree, how Democrats as a party survive the scandal, particularly since it would likely be tied to both the Obama administration and the Clinton campaign. With senate and congressional elections coming in 2018, a black eye on ethics would not only stiffen the spines of Republican voters and Trump voters, it's not going to energize those on the left. And it goes beyond just the Democrats. Their advocates continue to dig their own graves in the blind belief that their team is as pure as the wind driven snow. I'm looking at you Chris Cuomo. We're taking names and shills like you don't deserve to be employed - period. I will personally crusade to see you and your ilk at CNN politically, and media-wise eviscerated for this and other, similar past transgressions. Outright lying to your audience or at a minimum willingly blind to the truth disqualifies you from disseminating information to the public you fake news hack.

Chris Cuomo - you are a crooked scheme. You are fake news. You have outed yourself as non-impartial to use language like that, and regardless of the eventually revealed truth you are a partisan hack and not worth of the mantle of journalism, even as tarnished as it already is.

Gorsuch imminent - mark the date

Friday.  Either president Trump's first nominee is his first success and Democrats play fair, or the nuclear option is used or the Republican senate is full of it.  Mark the date.