Headlines

Trump rhetoric freshly condemned after mass shootings

29 dead in less than 24 hours: Shootings in Texas and Ohio spark debate on buns and racism

Fed’s probing Ocasio-Cortez chief-of-staff after sudden resignation ...

Dems race to charge Trump for shootings ... Call POTUS ‘white nationalist’

Iran reportedly captures another foreign oil tanker

Michael Avenati is mulling a run for president again after declaring he would not ...

Inside China’s horrifying child killing policy ...

Maher on Dem debates: Obama ‘is not woke enough now’

All migrant kids moved out of last large temporary shelter, administration says

Defrauded students are still waiting for forgiveness from Betsy DeVoss

Air Force to deploy ground-based lasers in first field test ...

Nigeria’s leaders allowing Christian genocide

Showdown

From Powerline

Avenati and Kavanaugh ...

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Trump’s economy defies doubters

Amazon smashes earnings expectations

[Biden] Hires key Sanders aide — who donated to Buttigieg ...

Michael Avenati endorses Joe Biden for president

Biden goes to the dark side in launch video

Xi tells world leaders he’s committed to reforming China, but provides few details

Trump’s offshore drilling plan sidelined indefinitely ...

Feds charge sanctuary city judge with obstruction of justice

Sanders heckled at presidential forum for women

Trump reportedly approved a $2 million hospital bill from North Korea for Otto Warmbier

Gallup: Americans most stressed in world ...

Brexit party reveals West minister ambitions, more candidates

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British poll: Brexit-distracted Torres lose voter trust on core issues

The stock market is poised to overtake its record high set last September

Dems know they need white male voters ...

Democrat Beto O’Rourke calls Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu a ‘racist’

Homeland Security chief Nielsen is out

Michael Avenatti dumps 41-pages of documents alleging Nike bribed basketball players

UK to have toughest internet laws in the world ...

Stacey Abrams: Georgia fetal heartbeat bill is ‘evil’

90% of voters want infrastructure legislation passed

UK faces Brexit reckoning with no-deal deadline just days away

Impossible challenge of tracking visa overstays ...

E.U. launches ‘fact checker’ to combat populism ahead of elections

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Mueller’s move dooms impeachment in Senate

Avenati arrested for alleged $29 million extortion plot against Nike, embezzling client’s money

Brennan: ‘I don’t know if I received bad information’ ...

MSM journalists turn on Obama CIA Director John Brennan

Supreme Court to consider new gerrymandering limitations

Trump’s tariffs costing Americans $1.4 billion per month, study shows

Israel strikes Hamas after Gaza rocket attack ...

Don Jr.: Adam Schiff is the ‘leader of the tinfoil hat brigade’ ...

Britain’s House of Commons takes control of Brexit

Democrats want full Mueller report released to Congress by April 2, while GOP resists

Russia deploys troops, equipment to Venezuela ...

France bans Iranian airline for shipping troops and weapons to Syria

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Trump asks South Korean president to deliver 'friendly' message to Kim Jong un

Mnuchin hopeful that Trump-Xi talks can be turned into a 'real agreement'

ISIS threatens NYC with sniper attacks ...

Mexican officials shutter migrant camps amid health concerns

'He's going through a pretty rough time': Avenati crashes and burns

Trump's description of the China trade deal doesn't match official White House version

1,40 aftershocks since Friday's Alaska quake ...

Lighthizer will run China trade talks

Spain's Socialists take election bearing as far right wins seats

Qatar quitting OPEC means that the cartel is just a 'two-member organization,' oil analyst says

Chinese scientist who claims gene-edited babies -- gone missing ...

Feds: Grand jury probing judge for helping migrant avoid ICE

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Pelosi wins first round in speaker fight

Fed Chairman Powell now sees current interest rate 'just below' neutral

[Trump:] Manafort pardon on the table ...

[Sen.] Flake votes 'no' on judges

Republicans block Mueller protection bill from Senate floor vote

Tech stocks soar 3%, but Facebook lags behind

Stormy Daniels: Avenati filed Trump defamation case against my wishes ...

Report: Anto-Trump 'Murphy Brown' [TV] reboot canceled after one season

Trump suggests, without evidence, that Mueller is encouraging witnesses to lie in Russian probe

After Powell comments, traders see just one rate hike next year [instead of four]f

Cops worked to put Epsrein in prison. Prosecutors worked to cut him a deal ...

Trump's strategy to end Afghan war: Reinstate Taliban as a legimate political force 

Craven

Who is the most craven political figure?  I'll list my top ten and then go back and rank them to help me through this doleful exercise.

Craven
Rank
  5        Al Sharpton (Reverend Al)

 10        Click Schumer (Upchuck Schumer)

   4       Hillary Clinton (Hellery)

    6      Barack Obama (Bathhouse Barry)

   3       Adan Schiff (Little Adam Schitt)

   9       Richard Durbin (Turbin Durbin)

   2       Michael Avenatti (Creepy Porn Lawyer)

   7       Richard Blumenthal (Danang Dick)

    1      Kamala Hatris (Ms. Perception is Reality)

     8     Elizabeth Warren (Pocahontas)

Looking back over this list, I  am surprised to note that they are all liberal Democrats. I must be deplorable?

Headlines

GOP see new bomb scare victim: Trump

'It's Christmas in October' Avenatti vows to put Supreme Court's Kavanaugh 'on trial'

NATO shows military might in giant exercises ...

Poll: Republican Desantis takes lead over Socialist Gillum in Florida race

Democrats make another big ad buy for Menendez

Amazon drops on revenue and guidance miss

Venezuelan exiles turn to prostitution to feed families ...

Facebook censors ads with newborn and ultrasound photos

Trump's drug plan losing ground in healthcare messaging

Morgan Stanley: Markets begin to 'sniff out' Republican sweep in midterms

USA to send 800 more troops to Mexican border ...

Report: New Jersey GOP candidate received letter threatening his kids

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Anger vs. elation: Parties scrap for Kavanaugh edge in midterms

Democrats' advantage in recent polls may not bring the 'blue wave' they're hoping for

Trump set to shuffle his generals ...

McConnell: 'We stood up for the presumption of innocence'

McConnell: Conservative revamp of the courts isn't done yet

China's central bank announces new policy to spur growth

Pompeo hails 'progress' after meeting with Kim in Pyongyang ...

MS-13  gang member apprehensions up 244 percent

Is Brett Kavanaugh damaged goods?

The last time rates soared like this, the stock market plunged double digits

Avenati turns radioactive as Liberals accuse porn lawyer for [Kavanaugh] confirmation ...

... Alaska will never forgive Lisa Murkowski

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'This is march or die': Kavanaugh urged to hit back hard

New tsunami warning system was meant to be installed in Indonesia before quake

Yale classmate says Kavanaugh misled Congress over drinking habits ...

[Sen.] Cotton: Ford attorneys to face D.C. Bar investigation for lying

[Kellyanne] Conway: 'I'm a victim of sexual assault'

Six months before Brexit, the U.K government is attacking the EU

CA bans secret settlements in sex harassment cases ...

Update: Still zero  evidence against Kav

U.S. reaches trade deal with Canada and Mexico, providing Trump with a crucial win

Tesla's shares surge over 15% after SEC settlement

Indonesia quake: Mass grave for 1,300 victims ...

... Avenati: This [FBI] investigation is a scam

Headlines

Senate panel schedules Kavanaugh vote for Friday

Brett Kavanaugh is hard to believe

Alarm after W. Virginia allows SMARTPHONE voting ...

Avenati locks [Twitter] account, admits Kavanaugh accuser might not appear

Red state Democrats refuse to come out against Kavanaugh

Amazon makes first investment in homebuilder, backing start-up focused on prefabricated houses

UPDATE: Rosensrein survives until after midterms ...

Jimmy Kimmel suggests cutting Brett Kavanaugh's penis off

Biden won't back Schumer as Democrat leader

Europe, Russia and China join forces with a new  mechanism to dodge Iran sanctions

Second [Kavanaugh] accuser willing to testify ...

Linsey Graham: 'These [Kavanaugh] allegations are collapsing'

Supreme Irony

The object lesson to be drawn from the current Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confiirmation imbroglio is dripping  full of irony. This irony derives from a previous (1960) Supreme Court decision (New York Times Co. v. Sullivan) that makes it very burdensome for someone in public office to sue successfully for libel or slander. This almost 60-year-old decision puts an almost impossible burden on the plaintiff ... that the defendant had to not only known the allegation was false .. but must have acted with "malice aforethought."  It might seem obvious why some media might issue lies ... but proving motivation is a mile-high hurdle.

Therefore, if Kavanaigh were to survive this Democrat assassination attempt and take his seat on the Supreme Court, he likely couldn't or wouldn't sue Christine Ford, the New Yorker magazine or Michael Avenati. And, even worse, if such a case were to make it back to the Supreme Court, Justice Kavanaugh would likely have to recuse himself from the case.

Headlines

Kavanaugh drama rattles GOP support

US, Iran clash comes to UN, helping to push oil higher

Trump asks other nations to isolate Iran ...

UN audience laughs at Trump during speech

Avenati stars in 'avenging angel' role

China reveals its new party line: We're trying to save  the world from the US

Americans spend more on taxes than food & clothing -- combined ...

Susan Collins: 2nd accuser should speak with Senate investigators

Sander's won't say if Trump wants to gore Rosenstein

Latinos: A powerful force for small business growth, driving $700 billion into US economy

[Sem.] Cruz chased out of DC restaurant by protesters ...

Trump signs renegotiated trade agreement with South Korea

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GOP attacks Obama, but doesn't defend Trump

Apple supplier shares sink after Trump tells tech giant to make its products in US

WSJ: Trump to close PLO office in Washington ...

Judge Jeanine: 'Thank you Barack' for Trump!

Avenati will base his 2020 campaign in St. Louis

'Once in a lifetime' gold discovery [Australia] reportedly delivers more than  $10 million in four days

Kamala [Harris] given LAPD protection, even when she wasn't on LA ...

China sees GMO soybeans as a trade war tool

Pence: 'I would' speak to special counsel

It's better to rent than to buy in today's housing market

Seventeen years after Sept. 11, Al Qaeda may be stronger than ever ...

Jim Carrey: I bought Nikes as 'salute to Colin Kaepernick'

Untaveling

Clearly the fabric of our society is unraveling. Is this the fault of Trump or of the never-Trampers? To answer this, we should look at motivations. Trump is obviously driven by patriotism ... saving America from the Davos-driven self interests. 

Trump's enemies, at least the more spittle-flecked vocal ones ... Comey, Wolfe, Stormy Daniels, Morning Joe, Avenatti, Omarosa, Michael Moore, Bob Woodward, Anonymous, etc., etc. ... seem driven by notoriety  ... and from notoriety comes pelf ... as demonstrated over and over again.

Trump's motivations seem more noble than his legions of opponents. So, by this measure, I think I'll stand with him.