The Other McCain

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Barr Testifies, Democrats Attack

  The low moment of Wednesday’s Senate hearing: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) shut down Sen. Mazie Hirono’s (D-HI) line of questioning Wednesday against Attorney General William Barr, saying that she “slandered” Barr “from top to bottom.” During Barr’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding special counsel Robert Mueller’s report which concluded […]

Gillibrand Aide Abbas Malik Fired in Senate Sexual Harassment Scandal

Democrat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand aide Abbas Malik (right, in Army uniform). Initial reports about the sex scandal in Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s office did not name the perpetrator, but we now know that it was Abbas Malik, an Army veteran hired as Gillibrand’s military adviser and personal driver. A female staffer alleged that Malik — who […]

Mitch the Ninja Turtle Will Force Democrats to Vote on Their Own Plan

  Amateur hour in the House Democrat majority — the blundering overreach of freshman Rep. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez — gives Senate Republicans a chance to pounce and seize, so to speak: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate would vote on the Green New Deal introduced last week by Sen. Edward Markey, […]

Mississippi Elects First Female Senator, Liberal Media Blame Racism

  When Democrats lose, the explanations are never surprising: The Republican senator for Mississippi has been re-elected following a bitterly divisive runoff which evoked the state’s dark history of racist violence. Cindy Hyde-Smith survived controversy caused by her racially charged comments to defeat Democrat Mike Espy, who had hoped to become the state’s first African-American […]

No ‘Wave’ for Democrats; GOP Gains in Senate; Some Races Still ‘Too Close to Call’

Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterm elections, but their gains were not enough to called a “wave,” and Republicans managed to expand their Senate majority, while also winning key gubernatorial races. The anti-Trump backlash in the House was smaller than the anti-Obama backlash of 2010, when Republicans gained a whopping […]

#FakeNews: NBC Withheld Evidence of Avenatti’s Kavanaugh Deception

  Thursday, we reported (“Grassley Refers Creepy Porn Lawyer and His Lying Client for FBI Investigation”) that Julie Swetnick and her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, are suspected of giving false statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process. Now, NBC News is admitting that another one of Avenatti’s clients, whose affidavit he […]

ConFFFFFirmed!

Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in by Chief Justice Roberts. Saturday was my birthday and I got some great gifts: Auburn lost to Mississippi State, and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in after the Senate voted 50-48 to confirm his nomination: Judge Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th Supreme Court justice late […]

Truth Triumphs Over Lies: Collins, Flake, Manchin Will Vote ‘Yes’ on Kavanaugh

  Cue the sad trombone for the #Resistance mob. Barring unforeseen developments, it now appears that the Senate will confirm Brett Kavanaugh as the next associate justice of the Supreme Court: Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh is heading to confirmation to the Supreme Court this weekend after two key undecided senators — Susan Collins of Maine […]

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