Новости за 19.09.2020

Embattled Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) issued a statement on Saturday afternoon urging that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) not hold a confirmation vote to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the November election. “President Trump has the constitutional authority to make a nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, and I would have no objection […]

Fox News and conservative media were taken to task on Saturday by Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan. “Back in 2016 and early 2017, Fox News was the self-satisfied home to a great deal of principled thinking about the importance of the American people’s will,” Sullivan wrote. “Here, for example, was Laura Ingraham, voicing her […]

This week, two local Republican leaders published and then deleted social media posts which threatened violence in an imminent right-wing clash against Black Lives Matter and Antifa (anti-fascist) activists. First, Iron County, Utah commissioner Paul Cozzens published a now-deleted picture showing a soldier with a gun and the words: “Warning to BLM & Antifa—Once you’ve […]

On Saturday, CNN reported that a package containing the poison ricin, intercepted by law enforcement earlier in the week, was addressed directly to President Donald Trump. “Two tests were done to confirm the presence of ricin. All mail for the White House is sorted and screened at an offsite facility before reaching the White House,” […]

On CNN Saturday, conservative Daily Beast editor Matt Lewis argued that an open Supreme Court seat could be a net positive for Republicans in the election — but acknowledged that it would make them “look stupid” to reverse their position on confirming a justice in an election year. “How risky is this for these Republican […]

In a five-part tweet attempting to explain away his about-face over agreeing to move promptly forward with replacing the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just weeks before a presidential election, Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) put the onus on Democrats because of the way they treated now-Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his […]

On Saturday, according to CBS News correspondent Ed O’Keefe, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told Democrats that “nothing is off the table for next year” if Republicans ram through a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ahead of the election. NEW: During a 1pm conference call of @SenateDems, aides say @SenSchumer told […]

Welcome to another edition of What Fresh Hell?, Raw Story’s roundup of news items that might have become controversies under another regime, but got buried – or were at least under-appreciated – due to the daily firehose of political pratfalls, unhinged tweet storms and other sundry embarrassments coming out of the current White House. One of […]

On Saturday, lines to vote early in Fairfax County, Virginia — an affluent, left-trending area including the suburbs of Washington, D.C. — reached enormous lengths, with many voters telling reporters that they were spurred to vote by the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But Trump supporters showed up at the early voting […]

Conservative political analyst Margaret Hoover had an awkward moment on Saturday after she described the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a “gift” to Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), quickly catching herself and asserting it was a “political gift” instead. Speaking with host Anderson Cooper and former White […]

On Saturday, writing for The Bulwark, conservative editor Jonathan Last warned Republicans that attempting to immediately fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat before the election “will destroy the remaining public legitimacy of the Supreme Court. Full stop.” “The Republican party’s willingness to invent, bend, cherry-pick, or break rules and norms as needed in the […]

Hours after the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg — and contrary to her dying wish — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that Republicans in the upper chamber plan to ram through a vote on her potential replacement before the end of Donald Trump’s first term. Although he’s been unable to muster the support of […]

It is not yet clear whether Republicans have locked down the votes to force through a Supreme Court confirmation in the remaining time before the 2020 election, or the lame duck session afterward, although President Donald Trump and GOP leaders have signaled their intent to try to do so. However, on CNN Saturday, former Hillary […]

Saturday morning Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) indicated that he was on board with replacing the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “without delay” as requested by Donald Trump. Graham, who previously stated “I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs […]

On Saturday morning, Gov. Charlie Baker (R-MA) issued a statement on Twitter urging Senate Republicans to hold off on filling Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat until after the November election. Baker, considered one of the most moderate Republican governors, did not clarify whether he supports waiting until after the new Congress is seated […]

Friday night, when the news of the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hit, I was struck by the same wave of hopeless despair that anyone who cares about the future of this country felt. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the weight of the world rested on the shoulders of this diminutive 87-year-old woman […]

On Saturday, The Daily Beast reported on evidence of a potentially illegal campaign arrangement between President Donald Trump’s campaign and the NRA. “The NRA and the Trump campaign placed … ads through two companies that appear separate on paper, but reporting by The Trace indicates they are affiliates of National Media Research, Planning and Placement, […]

Appearing on MSNBC’s “AM Joy” Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick called out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY for treating the Supreme Court like it is his personal “toy” and urged Democrats to begin an all-out war against the GOP leader and his Senate minions over Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat. Speaking with host Joy Reid, […]

Donald Trump kicked off Saturday morning by urging Republican lawmakers to use their “position of power” to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court “without delay!” Following a night where the president issued an official statement expressing his condolences to the family of the late Supreme Court justice, the president went on […]

Just hours after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away from complications stemming from pancreatic cancer, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) tweeted that it would be “irresponsible” for the Senate not to allow President Donald Trump to fill the seat in the remaining two months before the election. It would be irresponsible to allow an […]

Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) was roundly trashed on Twitter on Saturday morning for not even making an effort to offer his condolences to the family of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg after she passed away on Friday night from pancreatic cancer, with the Georgia Republican instead attacking the late justice for her position on a […]

On CNN Saturday, Center for Politics director Larry Sabato said that Democrats would be “hopping mad” over the Supreme Court issue — and would exact revenge on Republicans if they fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat by expanding the size of the Supreme Court. “Are you saying that, should the Republicans be successful in getting a […]

As Donald Trump boasted at rally about putting his own Supreme Court justices on the country’s highest court Friday night, one of his supporters yelled “Ginsburg is dead” to the president who was not aware of the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “That’s why the Supreme Court is so important, the next president will get […]

In a blunt tweet drawing the battle lines over the plan by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to force through a vote to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, former CNN contributor and religion expert Reza Aslan predicted all-out war on the Republican Party. According to Aslan, even an attempt […]

On Saturday, writing for Politico, Tim Alberta broke down why President Donald Trump is uniquely vulnerable to a nasty Supreme Court fight in a way that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is not. “It would seem a no-brainer to any conservative ideologue: With Trump trailing in the polls, and fewer than seven weeks until […]