(1) Democrats and their media are, as always, trying to have it both ways on misconduct allegations in the Republican administration. If the person doesn't resign, the smear campaign distracts the mission. If they do resign then oh, they must have been guilty, then.
(2) Here's how this goes in NZ, whichever side is in power. Allegation of criminal or unethical behavior is made. Person steps down. Employer &/or LEOs investigate. Further smear campaign attempts are quickly rebutted then die down. Next:
(3) If the person is cleared, they usually come back. Further smear attacks usually slide off, because everyone knows the matter was properly investigated.
Because NZ institutions are, for the most part, worthy of our trust, this system works.
(4) American elected a President & Congressional majorities that accept the reality that the country's core legal/security institutions have trashed their own ability to be trusted by the public.
This reality is why stupid dishonest smear campaigns are at pandemic level.
(5) The pandemic won't start to wane until #HorowitzDay, which is hopefully coming in mid March or earlier.
If all goes well, in a year or two, surveys will start to show these agencies are earning trust again.
(6) No matter how many resignations these lying scumbags wrest out of the admin, remember the bigger picture. #ObamaGate enabled or ignored off-the-chart levels of rape & murder by terrorist networks & regimes. One or two cases of alleged marital abuse is NOT equivalent.
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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. 🇺🇸🦅