MsAnn

I wrote off Melania and Ivanka back in 2016...

Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough speaking truth to power...

There is Collins and Murkowski, although McConnell is a pitbull, and in the end, I think he'll hold his conference together. "If the Democratic Leadership allows this to happen, if they don't fight with everything they have, then I think it will be the end of the Democratic Leadership as we know it. The base will never forgive them. They are already angry and feel like this leadership has not fought hard enough against this administration" Chris Matthews

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/justice-kennedy-retiring-trump-gets-2nd-supreme-court-180417906--politics.html Justice Kennedy retiring; Trump gets 2nd Supreme Court pick WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, giving President Donald Trump the chance to cement conservative control of the high court. The 81-year-old Kennedy said in a statement he is stepping down after more than 30 years on the court. A Republican appointee, he has held the key vote on such high-profile issues as abortion, affirmative action, gay rights, guns, campaign finance and voting rights. Kennedy said he has informed his colleagues and Trump of his plans, and that his retirement will take effect at the end of July. Without him, the court will be split between four liberal justices who were appointed by Democratic presidents and four conservatives who were named by Republicans. Trump's nominee is likely to give the conservatives a solid majority and will face a Senate process in which Republicans hold the slimmest majority, but Democrats can't delay confirmation. Trump's first high court nominee, Justice Neil Gorsuch, was confirmed in April 2017. If past practice is any indication, Trump will name a nominee within weeks, setting in motion a process that could allow confirmation of a new justice by early August. Trump already has a list of 25 candidates — 24 judges and Utah Sen. Mike Lee — from which the White House has previously said he would choose a nominee. Prominent on that list are Judges Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania and William Pryor of Alabama, seriously considered for the seat eventually filled by Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who serves on the federal appeals court in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh is a longtime Washington insider, having served as a law clerk to Kennedy and then as a key member of independent counsel Kenneth Starr's team that produced the report that served as the basis for President Bill Clinton's impeachment. In October, Kavanaugh dissented when his court ruled that an undocumented teen in federal custody should be able to obtain an abortion immediately. Abortion is likely to be one of the flash points in the nomination fight. Kennedy has mainly supported abortion rights in his time on the court, and Trump has made clear he would try to choose justices who want to overturn the landmark abortion rights case of Roe v. Wade. Such a dramatic step may not be immediately likely, but a more conservative court might be more willing to sustain abortion restrictions. Interest groups across the political spectrum are expected to mobilize to support and fight the nomination because it is so likely to push the court to the right. Republicans currently hold a bare 51-49 majority in the Senate, although that includes the ailing Sen. John McCain of Arizona. If Democrats stand united in opposition to Trump's choice, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky can lose no more than one vote. If the Senate divides 50-50, Vice President Mike Pence could break a tie to confirm the nominee. Regardless of who replaces him, Kennedy's departure will be a massive change for the high court, where he has been the crucial swing vote for more than a decade. He has sided with the liberal justices on gay rights and abortion rights, as well as some cases involving race, the death penalty and the rights of people detained without charges at the Guantanamo Bay naval base. He has written all the court's major gay-rights decisions, including the 2015 ruling that declared same-sex marriage is a constitutional right nationwide. He also has been a key vote when conservatives have won major rulings on the outcome of the 2000 presidential election in favor of George W. Bush, gun rights, limiting regulation of campaign money and gutting a key provision of the landmark federal Voting Rights Act. There were no outward signs that Kennedy was getting ready to retire. He had hired his allotment of four law clerks for the term that begins in October and he is planning to spend part of the summer as he typically does, teaching a law school class in Salzburg, Austria. But several former law clerks said that Kennedy, a nominee of President Ronald Reagan, prefers to be replaced by a Republican. Control of the Senate is at stake in the November elections, and if Democrats capture the majority, Trump could find it difficult to get his choice confirmed. Few obstacles seem to stand in the way of confirming Kennedy's replacement before the court reconvenes in October. Republicans changed the rules during Gorsuch's confirmation to wipe out the main delaying tactic for Supreme Court nominees, the filibuster, and the need for 60 votes to defeat it. The other two older justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, and Stephen Breyer, 79, are Democratic appointees who would not appear to be going anywhere during a Trump administration if they can help it.

This....

Rally for the Families Saturday, June 30 at 11:30 a.m. Hosted by Adian V. Sanborn Square Boca Raton, FL 33432 194 attendees

Nick who?

And black...

As a side note. I was watching Morning Joe this morning, and was surprised to hear that Donny Deutsch was such a good friend to Michael Cohen's, especially since he has been such an outspoken critic of the Dumpster.* At this point, I doubt that Cohen would have time to film anything, considering the fact that if Mueller has his way, he is looking at several decades in prison, unless of course.... * https://www.thewrap.com/morning-joe-donny-deutsch-compares-trump-voters-to-nazis/ ‘Morning Joe': Donny Deutsch Compares Trump Voters to Nazis “If you vote for Trump, then you, the voter, you, not Donald Trump, are standing at the border, like Nazis,” says show regular show regular ‘Morning Joe’ closed out a full week covering President Trump’s policy of separating the families of undocumented migrant children at the U.S. border with a blunt rebuke to Trump voters: if you voted for Trump, you are a Nazi. The comparison was made by the show’s longtime contributor Donny Deutsch. “If you vote for Trump, then you, the voter, you, not Donald Trump, are standing at the border, like Nazis going ‘you here, you here,'” he said. “And I think we now have to flip it and it’s a given, the evilness of Donald Trump. But if you vote, you can no longer separate yourself. You can’t say, well he’s okay, but, and I think that gymnastics and I think that jiu-jitsu has to happen.” The comparison drew no rebuke on set, which has grown increasingly comfortable name-dropping 20th-century tyrants like Hitler, Mao, Stalin and Pol Pot to articulate their disgust with Trump and his policies. Earlier editions of “Morning Joe” this week said that the Trump administration was taking children “hostage” and Scarborough himself said that the president was “incarcerating” babies. Trump ended the policy of family separation with an executive order on Wednesday, but questions remain about how currently separated families will be reunited. Deutsch has long been one of the loosest cannons at “Morning Joe,” and his remarks about President Trump and his administration are in line with what he’s said. After the president insulted show co-host Mika Brzezinski, Deutsch was so outraged to the point where he said he would become physically violent with Trump if he saw him on the street.

Just brilliant!!

3 tours in Afghanistan...She's got my vote

Your link doesn't work, but I'm assuming this is the cover you are talking about. I wonder if he'll hang this one in Mar-A-Lago.

Exactly...Now you've got it.

So that's it, it's Seltzer and Salsa, a thread about nothing, or something. It doesn't matter. It's whatever you want it to be. It started on the MF, but Big "D" apparently didn't like the rambling nature of the thing, the morphing in and out, from one subject matter to another, the lack of structure, so Lars re-imagined it here. For me it's a little bit like Woodstock or Burning Man, a place to express your thoughts, feelings or whatever, or a place not to express anything in particular. I got up this morning and felt like Galactic with David Shaw and Maggie Kroener, so I posted the vid, without caring whether or not it fit neatly into some thread. It was just the way I was feeling this morning, and the post was more for me, than anyone else. It's there for my enjoyment more than anything, and others, if they were so inclined, but if they're not, well, that's Ok also...

"Better Not Look Down" "Better Not Look Down" I've been around and I've seen some things People moving faster than the speed of sound Faster than the speeding bullet People living like Superman All day and all night And I won't say if it's wrong or if it's right I'm pretty fast myself But I do have some advice to pass along Along in the chorus of this song Better not look down If you want to keep on flying Put the hammer down Keep it full speed ahead Better not look back Or you might just wind up crying You can keep it moving If you don't look down An old girl friend of mine showed up the other day That girl have lived in love and for love And over love, and under love all her life If the arrows from cupid's bow that had Passed through her heart had been sticking Out of her body she would have looked like A porcupine, and she asked me B.B. do you think I've lived my life all wrong? And I said: The only advice I have to pass Along in the chorus of this song Girl Better not look down If you want to keep on flying Put the hammer down Keep it full speed ahead Better not look back Or you might just wind up crying You can keep it moving If you don't look down I was walking down the street at sunrise one morning In London, England And there was a very large Rolls Royce Limousine Pulling slowly along the street And in that Rolls Royce was the Queen of England Looking tired Just go back from a party, and the Queen leaned out and She said: Aren't you B.B. King? She said: Oh B.B., sometimes it's so hard to pull things together Could you tell me what you think I ought to do? And I said: Better not look down If you want to keep on flying Put the hammer down Keep it full speed ahead Better not look back Or you might just wind up crying You can keep it moving If you don't look down

But then some days, I sort of feel like this...

Just because it's Thursday...And I be like.

This is my professional and personal life, right now. Without the Clogs of course.

But hilarious nonetheless.

https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1009325231004004352 Steve Schmidt leaves the Republican party. Steve Schmidt‏ Verified account @SteveSchmidtSES 29 years and nine months ago I registered to vote and became a member of The Republican Party which was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and stand for the dignity of human life. Today I renounce my membership in the Republican Party. It is fully the party of Trump. It is corrupt, indecent and immoral. With the exception of a few Governors like Baker, Hogan and Kasich it is filled with feckless cowards who disgrace and dishonor the legacies of the party’s greatest leaders. This child separation policy is connected to the worst abuses of Humanity in our history. It is connected by the same evil that separated families during slavery and dislocated tribes and broke up Native American families. It is immoral and must be repudiated. Our country is in trouble. Our politics are badly broken. The first step to a Season of renewal in our land is the absolute and utter repudiation of Trump and his vile enablers in the 2018 election by electing Democratic majorities. I do not say this as an advocate of a progressive agenda. I say it as someone who retains belief in DEMOCRACY and decency. On Ronald Reagan’s grave are these words. “ I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.” He would be ashamed of McConnell and Ryan and all the rest while this corrupt government Establishes internment camps for babies. Everyone of these complicit leaders will carry this shame through history. There legacies will be ones of well earned ignominy. They have disgraced their country and brought dishonor to the Party of Lincoln. I have spent much of my life working in GOP politics. I have always believed that both parties were two of the most important institutions to the advancement of human freedom and dignity in the history of the world. Today the GOP has become a danger to our democracy and values. This Independent voter will be aligned with the only party left in America that stands for what is right and decent and remains fidelitous to our Republic, objective truth, the rule of law and our Allies. That party is the Democratic Party.

Steve Schmidt leaves the Repiglican party...

St Steve Schmidt‏Verified account @SteveSchmidtSES 29 years and nine months ago I registered to vote and became a member of The Republican Party which was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and stand for the dignity of human life. Today I renounce my membership in the Republican Party. It is fully the party of Trump. eve Schmidt‏Verified account @SteveSchmidtSES 29 years and nine months ago I registered to vote and became a member of The Republican Party which was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and stand for the dignity of human life. Today I renounce my membership in the Republican Party. It is fully the party of Trump.