(6) One of the best MAGA pix I've seen in a long time. Granite City, IL is a classic Trump town... long ignored by Dems outside of election time, the buildings in the pic evoke the #RustBelt towns that flipped from blue to red in 2016 & will stay red, now #SteelBelt again.👨🏭
(7) The remains of 55 fallen Americans from the Korean War have arrived at Osan Air Base in South Korea. They will be ceremonially received on August 1, 2018. Since we have no photos yet, here is one of the Korean War Memorial in Washington, DC.
(9) "Planning is underway for this year’s #Christmas at the @WhiteHouse! There is still a lot of work to be done, but I hope everyone will enjoy our final holiday vision for the People’s House." -@FLOTUS
(10) "#SecDef Mattis received awards from @CFTNI at the 2018 National Interest Distinguished Service Award Dinner in #WashingtonDC." -@ChiefPentSpox Dana W. White.
(11) "Honored to meet with Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia today at the @WhiteHouse. I applaud his historic reform efforts, including improving respect for human rights, reforming the business environment, and making peace with Eritrea." -@VP
(12) "Hosted @AmericanLegion Boys Nation and ALA Girls Nation today at the @WhiteHouse. These future leaders of America – “Senators” – are in DC this summer to learn about our system of government. 100 young men & 100 young women from around the country. Proud of them all!" -@VP
(13) Oman's foreign minister Yusuf bin Alawi with Sec Mattis at the Pentagon today. Oman is a small but vital ally against Iran and it's violent tentacles in Yemen, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Sh*t's about to get real in the region, with Iran attacking Saudi ships this week!
(14) "I was humbled & honored 2 accept the Lincoln Award at @TheUnionLeague this morning. TY for your enduring support of the Constitution & the patriotic principles upon which our society was founded. In particular TY for your support of the men & women of @DHSgov." -@SecNielsen
(15) "It was my honor to visit our Philadelphia ICE office... The men & women at ICE & CBP are true professionals in every sense of the word. Their dedication to our country cannot go unappreciated. All of DHS thanks them for their work, & will continue to support them." -Nielsen
(16) America's proudest Grandpa, returning from Bedminster tonight.
(17) President, entrepreneur, author, mentor, philanthropist, TV star, world leader, peacemaker, genius, dad, husband, and... grandfather.
(18) The Kushners on Friday, landing at Morristown Airport, near Bedminster. #Adorable
(19) Walking to Marine One on Friday afternoon.
(20) Friday afternoon.
(21) Sec Nielsen speaking at a joint panel on school safety with Sec DeVos, Azar & AG Sessions. The Trump admin is bringing DHS, Education, Health & Justice together to reduce & address school violence. Excellent work.
(22) LOL - Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue jubilantly carving and eating glazed ham in Argentina. Check out the facial expressions.🥓
(24) Robert Wilkie sworn in as Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(25) POTUS is pretty excited about having Secretary Wilkie finally sworn in.
(26) Sessions and Rosenstein at the Religious Liberty Summit today.😉
(27) These two are looking more relaxed than they were six months ago. The race is almost run. #MAGA#Horowitz#Huber
(28) Trollolol.
Remember, after 48 hours of talk about General Kelly, they'll cycle through talk of Kushner, Sessions, and Sarah Sanders, before returning to General Kelly. Just smile and nod.
(29) The swearing-in of Sec Wilkie was a joyous event, watched by Sec Mattis, who isn't often seen in public these days. He is working hard behind the scenes on making America safe again.
(20) With the PM of Italy today.
Gen. Kelly and Kellyanne Conway were probably laughing at the media, as they waited for the start of the joint press conference.
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(2) Brett M. Kavanaugh will soon be the 102nd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the USA. He has earned this highest honor throughout his life, inspired by his trailblazing mother, Judge Martha Kavanaugh.
His title for these few hours is Associate Justice Designate.
(3) This statement from the Supreme Court explains the two ceremonies:
(2) This WaPo reporter is incorrect about the vote being "scheduled for" Saturday. The earliest time a vote COULD be held is Saturday pm. There's no reason not to hold it on Sun/Mon IF we need Daines. I think we won't. Read my 5 tweets about him here:
(1) A directory of my Kavanaugh threads since July 9, 2018.
I never planned more than a couple of threads about him this year but, I shoulda known the Dems would try to destroy whoever was the nominee this time.
(2) Like Democrats, I'd already decided how I felt about him before his nomination was announced. I live-tweeted the announcement, which was a great event in itself.
(3) I followed Kavanaugh's progress over the summer and on September 22nd, I finally wrote a thread about the preparations for the all-important hearing on September 27th. It covers the hearing before the next thread started the day after.
(2) Mitch laughing to himself about how absurd it is that he has to push his way through the crowd of reporters on 9/25/18.
(3) Sen Grassley is 85 years old. (Democrats have senators around that age, too.)
Today he had to hold onto a Capitol Police officer to reduce the risk of a reporter knocking him over. This has to stop. Senators must return to being able to walk around freely at work.
(2) First Lady Melania Trump is a natural in this important role.
She's one of those women whose face lights up whenever she is around children. God Bless our great First Lady.
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(3) FLOTUS left Joint Base Andrews in her trademark high heels and arrived in Ghana wearing practical flats. She still looks sensational, whatever she happens to wear!
(2) Cloture in the Senate is a procedural step that you can learn more about at the link below. The senate.gov website is the best resource for learning about Senate procedure and a lot more. Same for house.gov.
(3) Watching live Senate floor proceedings is boring as hell, as they pass bills for naming Post Offices, & so on. But every now & then, they confirm a SCOTUS judge. And this time, they will affirm our great #BillOfRights#DueProcess & the hard-won #RuleOfLaw. Seriously. 🇺🇸🦅