Depends on who his successor is. I personally think he should not have recused himself from the Russia investigation. Didn't help anything.
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I am betting that it's this guy.
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I'm a fan of compromise government, given the evidence of Reagan and Clinton. My gut tells me this time will be a disaster. I think the dems would rather continue down the path of a scorched earth policy and burn the system to the ground rather than work with Trump. Praying that a screeching halt to legislation is all that happens......but wouldn't bet on it.
Gotta love politicians. (Yes, I know both sides do things like this. It’s funny either way.)
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I’m sorry to see that Ruth Bader Ginsberg fell and hurt herself. If she leaves the Court during Trump’s term I hope he appoints Merrick Garland to replace her. (I’m serious.)
Pelosi has said it's important to groom a new generation of leadership. Based on her ability to count votes - "Nancy Pelosi never enters a race she won't win" - and a growing number of Dems who won't vote for her for SOTH, I hope she does the smart thing and does some aggressive mentoring.
Democrats need to start promoting a bipartisan, positive leadership style, mostly not reacting to everything Trump says or does. In two years, Trump has worn out most people from his endless toxicity. There's a hunger for optimism and rationality (though it appears we'll have to go through a political and economic typhoon first).
A leadership style that contrasts with that shown by Trump is the way forward. Getting the wave of women out to vote was a great start. Now build on it.
The chance of that happening is zero. He will nominate another Kavanaugh, only cleaner (one can only hope.) You'll now have six very conservative justices. Your hope of Roberts being a moderating voice would be overruled by the other five.
Will a very conservative right USSC galvanize moderates against Republicans?
Trump is a dumpster fire and totally unfit to be president. The GOP sold its soul for two justices and a tax bill.
Props to SNL for doing this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKaa...ature=youtu.be
I agree, the judge was right.
Trump Appointee Judge Rules for CNN. Good.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corne...nn-jim-acosta/
Holy cow. There is going rogue, and then there is George Conway. He has courage, no doubt.
George Conway on why he withdrew from consideration for a job at DOJ: "I'm watching this thing and you know it's like, the administration is like a shit show in a dumpster fire… I realized this guy is going to be at war with the Justice Department." https://www.yahoo.com/news/george-conway-republican-party-become-personality-cult-trump-130234835.html?soc_src=newsroom&soc_trk=com.apple. UIKit.activity.PostToTwitter&.tsrc=newsroom …
Lawyers, myself included, are sometimes required to take legitimate but extreme positions in advocating on behalf of clients. You spin the facts and the law in the light most favorable to your clients position. However, once you take the bench your job is different and I believe most judges strive to make decisions that are supported by the law. I can't remember who posted this, but I seem to recall that it was stated that Kavanaugh and Garland agreed on 90% of the cases they decided.
Every now and then I serve as the hearing officer/arbitrator in an administrative hearing. I agree with you. In those situations it is impossible for me not to feel the weight of responsibility to be fair, and I try very hard, regardless of my feelings about the case or the attorneys on either side. I think that’s the way any attorney with integrity approaches a role like that.
With the GOP wipeout in California, might a rebuilt Golden State Republican party help lead the GOP out of the toxicity of Trump-style Republicanism?
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...ebacle-1000481
The Democratic hegemony in California will inevitably weaken as politics can't solve all problems for everyone, and the GOP will get a shot to get back into the picture.
Or does this move us closer to the nation pulling apart, the creation of Pacifica?
My preferences is Mitt Romney and others (Mueller?) help repudiate Trumpism and get us back to arguing policy.
It’s a registration/demographic shift. It’s not that Republicans are doing things wrong, it’s that they’d have to stop being recognizable as even moderate Republicans to get elected. It’s Utah in reverse. And one result of that is that districts are gerrymandered even worse in CA than in Utah. (I supported Prop 4 in the latest Utah election. People should have a voice in their government.)
So Trump visits the Camp fire area in California and clearly has no clue what is happening and why. He added that he was surprised to see images of firefighters removing dried brush near a fire. "This should have been all raked out."
Are you kidding me. Over 140,000 acres should be raked out. We were just up in the Napa area and the grass is dead and the trees are dying due to lack of water. Who is going to rake it out? Trump is simply an idiot.