June 28, 2018

Gutierrez: They keep talking about 13 Angry Democrats, are you one of them?

Wray: Not working on investigation.

Gutierrez: Are you a Democrat?

Wray: I do not consider myself an angry Democrat. I'm not a Democrat.

Rosenstein: I'm not a Democrat and I'm not angry.


https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1012384817810374658

June 28, 2018

Is the bottle half empty or half full?

June 28, 2018

They want us to turn on each other...

June 28, 2018

And the people who love him most are just like him.

June 28, 2018

Since Trump took office:

June 27, 2018

"SO UN-AMERICAN."

A Mr. Fish Twofer"

June 27, 2018

Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire from Supreme Court

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/anthony-ke



Washington (CNN)Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative who provided key votes for same sex-marriage, abortion access and affirmative action, will retire from the Supreme Court.

The retirement is effective July 31, Kennedy said in a letter to President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Kennedy's decision to step down could transform the Supreme Court for generations. Trump will have his second opportunity to nominate a justice and will likely replace Kennedy with a young, conservative jurist. That would create a bloc of five staunch conservative justices who could move the court further to the right and cement a conservative majority for the foreseeable future.

The nomination battle will likely ignite a firestorm on Capitol Hill as it comes just a year after Republicans changed the rules of the Senate in order to push through the nomination of Justice Neil Gorsuch, Trump's first nominee.

A senior White House official said Trump will push for the swift confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice "before the midterm elections."

Read more: CNN

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June 27, 2018

I would like to report a crime...

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June 27, 2018

Federal hate crime charges filed in Charlottesville, Virginia rally death

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The man accused of killing a woman when he plowed a car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, now faces federal hate crime charges.

The Department of Justice announced that an indictment returned Wednesday charges James Alex Fields Jr., 21, of Maumee, Ohio, with 30 crimes, including one count of a hate crime resulting in the death of Heather Heyer, and 28 other hate crimes involving an attempt to kill dozens of other people who were injured. Another charge accuses him of "racially motivated violent interference."



More:
https://apnews.com/amp/5c9789067c4a44f69d9620dd1e422bb2?__twitter_impression=true

June 27, 2018

John Lewis has a different recollection than David Gergen about the level of civility during 1960s

John Lewis seems to have a different recollection than David Gergen about the level of civility during the 1960s.

@repjohnlewis

I was beaten, left bloody & unconscious while friends of mine gave their lives to ensure that every person has the right to register & vote. But five years ago the SCOTUS Shelby County v Holder decision stuck a dagger in the heart of the Voting Rights Act. We must #RestoreTheVRA

https://twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1011435935383384065
https://twitter.com/repjohnlewis/status/1011340707192344576