Justice Explained

Like many, I had no idea who Brett Kavanaugh is ... or what the back story was on his selection by Trump as the next Supreme Court Justice. So I turned to my favorite legal source, John Hinderaker of the Powerline blog. You might benefit from his insights too. See:  Hinderaker's Take. Bottom line ... Kavanaugh looks more like Justice Kennedy than Justice Gorsuch ... even John McCain likes him.

This, of course, doesn't stop the attack chihuahuas on the left from demonstrating outside the Supreme Court building. Do they have nothing else to do with their empty vitriolic lives?

Headlines

Gorsuch joins with liberals in [SCOTUS] deportation ruling

Morgan Stanley issues warning that the end is near for the bull market

Woman partially sucked from Southwest jet  when window breaks mid-flight ...

Facebook may be facing billions in fines for facial recognition failures

Several House Republicans endorse bill to protect Mueller

Trump says it is possible that the summer it with North Korea's Kim won't happen

San Diego backs fight against 'sanctuary' [state

Hyperhype: Tesla halts Model 3 production -- again ... ditches robot workers

Trump fundraising operation pulled in $20 M in first three months of 2018

Trump thinks about canceling student loans for disabled veterans

Canada pulling [Cuban] diplomat families after mysterious illness ...

Report: Hogg advertiser boycott campaign backfires as 'The Ingraham Angle' viewership jumps 20%

50 Shades of Grey

Donald Trump lies, James Comey lies, Hillary Clinton lies, Kellyanne Conway lies, Chuck Schumer lies, Paul Ryan lies, Nancy Pelosi lies. It is safe to say that most, if not all politicians lie. But there are white lies. There are black lies ... and 50 shades of grey in between. The seriousness of these transgressions depends a lot on their motivation and consequences. James Comey's lie about the possible number of Clinton e-mails on Anthony Weiner's computer had a lot to do with her losing the election. Donald Trump's promise that Mexico will pay for the wall may turn out to be a stretch ... but many American people treat it as hyperbole. These lies are at opposite ends of the mendacity spectrum.

And, of course, the media can point out (repeatedly) some untruths while ignoring others ... which they too frequently do. And the media often lie also ... to me, an unforgivable sin. These indiscretions they see as their sacred duty and protected by the Constitution. Perhaps President Trump lies more than most (just watch Joe and Mika play and replay this theme every morning) ... however he is doing most of the things his voters want him to do. And so they tune out a lot of the media's drumbeat of criticism. And this causes them to increase the tempo and volume.

But Trump has appointed Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, rolled back countless crippling regulations, stopped the flood of illegal migrants, dumped the Paris climate accord, faced head-on the North Korean nuclear threat, refriended Israel, and is struggling mightily to fix healthcare, the tax code and our infrastructure. As a consequence, many Americans (including me) are willing to view Trump's lies to be the lighter shades of grey.

Headlines

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Probe launched into [French President] Macron's lavish Vegas soirée ...

Trump and Putin have 'robust' talk about election interference

French Parliament extends state of emergency until November

Coldest July day ever recorded in Northern Hemisphere

U.S. bomber challenges China in South Sea flyover ...

Clapper: No evidence others besides Russia hacked the U.S. election

Chief Justice appears to take shot across Gorsuch's bow

Federal court denies Hawaii challenge to Trump travel ban definition

Massive meteor strikes moon ...

Andrew Cuomo could beat Trump ... if he could win over the Left first

Renewable energy overtakes nuclear for first time in three decades

Sweden: 86% of 'underage' migrants really adults

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Study: More than half of car crashes involve driver distracted by cell phone

Report: Susan Rice ordered 'spreadsheets' of Trump campaign calls

Gorsuch's writings borrow from other authors

Trump: 'I'm not, and don't want to be president of the world'

Trump claims without evidence Susan Rice may have committed a crime

Schumer: Trump a '98-pound weakling' on China

Manilow comes out as gay ...

Germany says to Facebook: Promptly remove fake news or pay $53 million fine

Amazon now worth twice as much as Walmart ...

Trump [Rasmussen] Bump: 46% approval

Bannon loses power in White House shakeup

Syrian chemical attacks pose tough test for Trump

Headlines

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Susan Rice: I leaked nothing to nobody

Spicer: Trump donating first quarter salary to National Park Service

Tesla tops GM in [stock market] value ...

EU tells Hungary ans Poland, accept mass migration or leave ...

Trump to Putin: U.S. offers 'full support' in St. Petersburg attack

Great Again: Justice Dept warns employers not to discriminate against U.S. citizens

Rice 'ordered spy docs on Trump'

Former SNAPCHAT employee presets to release 'doctored' usage stats

[Richmond] Fed President Lacker resigns: Admits leaking confidential information

McConnell bets the Senate on Gorsuch

Contact lens tells when you're sick ...

National readiness woes: Only 7 to 10 Air Force planes ready to fly ...

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McConnell: Gorsuch will be confirmed one way or another

McCain: Nunes killed 'bipartisan' Russian investigation

Branson: Galactic passengers in space next year ...

UK airports, nuclear plants on terror alert

Mexican illegal alien arrested after drunken crash kills Ohio family

Trudeau dismisses opposition to Muslim prayer in public schools

PETA says milk 'symbol of white supermency' ...

Moscow, Beijing to bypass US dollar

White House ponders reorganization after healthcare debacle

China bans veils and 'abnormal' beards ...

46% of Bay Area's millennial residents want to leave

Police arrests plummeting across California, fueling alarm and questions

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Democrats aim to take out Cruz in 2018

SpaceX pulls off first reused rocket launch ... in triumph for Musk ...

Two Senate Dems will back Gorsuch ...

Child molestation, homicide not enough to keep these two guys off VA payroll

Rand Paul: 75% chance for repeal of Obamacare

Pakistan allows citizen to register as a Jew for first time since 1980s

Venezuela one man rule ... court dissolves legislature ...

Schiff: Did White House seek to launder evidence through Nunes?

Haley: U.S. no longer focused on removing Assad from power

Biden: 9 Republican senators told me they knew opposing Garland was wrong

Congress mulls illegal immigration tax to pay for border wall

Huge section of I-85 in Atlanta collapses after fire

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An estimated 36,000 illegal immigrants have received amnesty under Trump as he reneges on promise

Sessions moves quickly to deport imprisoned immigrants

Record snowfall buries Anchorage ...

Trump tweets attack on New York Times floating a change in libel laws

Berkeley invites Ann Coulter to discuss illegal immigration

Pence breaks tie in Senate vote on Planned Parenthood funding

Trump to sign new Internet rules ...

Web users to buy lawmakers' browsing histories ...

[Senator] McCaskill agonizes over Gorsuch [confirmation vote]

EU boss: We'll break up the USA

Can the White House drive the tax reform train? History says no

NC ends sports embargo by sunsetting trans bathroom law by 2920

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Obama opened door for NSA intercepts on Americans to reach political hands

Reeling GOP desperate for a win on Gorsuch

SHE'S BACK: Hillary urges followers to 'resist, insist, persist, enlist'

Trump vindicated: Antisemitism surge 'fake news'

Felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood ...

Christie joining Trump effort to combat opioids ...

Nunes: Democrats 'aren't really serious' about Russia investigation

Six jobs eliminated for every droid in workforce ...

Trump tells senators: We can deal with healthcare 'very quickly'

Two illegal immigrants arrested after fleeing deadly car crash ...

The U.S. is dropping more bombs on ISIS than ever before

Michael Moore says Trump will cause human extinction

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Trump demands Friday health-care vote

WH: Trump done negotiating: If Ryancare fails, Obamacare remains

NSA to provide 'smoking gun' proof of Obama spying on Trump

Obama pleads to preserve namesake health law

Italy: 'North African' arrested after driving at police, stabbing officer

Khalid Masood once stabbed man in face ...

Al Gore: Global warming principal cause of Syrian civil war, Brexit

Appeals Court sets May argument for revised Trump travel ban

NRA to campaign against Red State Democrats who oppose Gorsuch

'Robin Hood of Refugees': Immigration lawyer gets 15 months for asylum scam ...

Four time deported gang member charged in child rape, stabbing 2 women

Report: Transgender activists attack pro-family campaign bus

Headlines

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Wire: Comey now most powerful person in Washington ...

Russian MP assassinated in street ...

London terrorist revealed: convicted criminal, Khalid Masood

British lawmaker: London terrorist's religion is 'utterly and completely' irrevelant

Polish PM: Impossible not to connect terrorism with immigration policy

Belgian security forces foil car attack ...

Schumer says Dems will filibuster Gorsuch ...

McCain: House panel lost 'credibility' in handling Russian probe

Nunes claims Trump transition messages were intercepted

Live blog: 8 arrested in connection with deadly London attack

Sweden: Officers can't commute alone to their own station

Woodward: Obama officials may face jail for unmasking scheme ...

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Terror at UK Parliment, Cop stabbed, Pedestrians mowed down

China issues warning to U.S. bomber flying in East China Sea ...

WSJ Trump editorial: 'Like a drunk to an empty gin bottle'

Hill GOP: We're growing frustrated with Mattis

Immigration provision cut from Obamacare rollback, angering conservatives ...

Chelsea Clinton to receive [Variety magazize] Lifetime Achievement Award for some reason

WSJ Editors: Comey took revenge on Trump for wiretapping tweet

House Intel Chairmam: Trump's personal communications may have been collected

Democrats accuse Gorsuch of hiding his legal views

Erdogan: Soon Europeans will not walk safely and on their streets

Tillerson disdain for tradition causes diplomatic dust-ups

Susan Rice lectures Trump on making false statements..

Headlines

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NKorea 'fires missile at Japan' ... fail ... exploded ...

Finally: A former law student hilariously tries to be Neil Gorsuch's Anita Hill

Sears warns of 'substantial doubt' about company's future ...

Ivanka Trump gets West Wing office as role expands ...

California lawmakers warn companies against working on border wall

Police: Chicago teen gang-raped on Facebook live

Wellesley students can't handle controversial opinions, professors say

Biological man who 'identifies' as a woman crushes the competition

Germany: Three Islamists teens convicted of bombing Sikh temple

Schumer calls for delaying Gorsuch vote because of Trump-Russia probe

Chinese companies investing in American manufacturing plants

Jerry Brown seeks 'common ground' with Trump

Headlines

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Hawaii judge declines to narrow travel ban injunction

OpEd: Feds stealthy QE -- $267 billion of fresh liquidity injected since mid-January

[NKotea] 'If a single bullet is fired, we will nuke the USA'

NSA document: Surveillance on Trump, family ... more ...

Key Democrat officials now warning base not to expect evidence of Trump/Russia collusion

Gallup: Trump approval now 37% ...

Poll: Half of Canadians want illegals deported ...

Immigration judges dispatched to 12 U.S. cities to speed deportations

50 arrested on immigration charges during Detroit cockfighting bust ...

Gorsuch recommended to Justice Dept. that federal judges visit Gitmo

Musk preps first private moon landing ...

Three U.S. soldiers wounded in Afghan 'insider attack'

Headlines

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Tennessee sues over refugee resettlement constitutionality ...

Trump signals 'big fat beautiful negotiations' on healthcare bill

Facebook bans giving out private user data for government surveillance

Democrats paralyzed as Gorsuch skates

[Syria's] Assad complains Trump is not talking to him

Spicer: Trump 'doesn't really think' that Obama personally wiretapped him

GOP scrambles after scorching health bill appraisal

DOJ asks for more time to address Trump's wiretapping claim

Sanders: Thousands of Americans will die becaus of GOP Obamamcare reform

White House seeks to cut billions in funding for United Nations

Minnesota city bans sale of dogs, cats at pet store ...

CBO: 24 million fewer insured under GOP Obamacare repeal

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Former Bush AG: Trump right, there was surveillance ...

Rob Reiner: Trump is 'mentally unstable'

Liberals to Senate Democrats: Step up the Gorsuch fight

Comey turns on Trump

[NYT's] Kristol urges IRS agents to leak Trump's tax returns

Chicago goes 6 days without homicide for first time since 2012 ...

NYC Mayor DeBlasio hiding 500,000 illegals, vows to resist immigration laws

NYC dumps Kellogg's cereals because of health concerns

White House wants it both ways on revised travel ban

Norway: Immigration Minister slammed for wearing crucifix in 'vile attack'

Canadian border patrol struggling with wave fleeing USA

FL judge orders Trump immigration order unconstitutional

Headlines

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Women getting freckles tattooed on faces ...

Poll: 80% oppose sanctuary cities

Americans buy homes at fastest pace in decade ...

China slams U.S. deployment of aircraft carrier to the South China Sea

'Do your job,' Republican-friendly crowd demands of McConnell

Sen. Gillibrand: Predcts Gorsuch will be confirmed [for Supreme Court]

Mika slips: Controlling what people think 'is our job' ...

George Will: Conservatives will turn on Trump 'by mid summer'

Iran to give USA 'slap in face'

Snap: Maxine Waters, Trump's cabinet: 'bunch of scumbags' ...

Oscars poll: 60% can't name one Best Picture nominee ...

Trump lifts trans bathroom rules ...

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'Radiation spike' sparks fears Putin tested nuke in Arctic ...

Le Pen cancels meet with Lebanon grand mufti over headscarf [requirement] ...

Marine Le Pen pledges to abolish same sex marriage ...

Trump: Anti-Semitism is 'horrible' and 'has to stop'

Exclusive: Lawmakers to request probe $418 million arms sale to Kenya on Obama's last day

Sweden incident: Riots, looting, cars torched, police attacked in migrant suburb

Milo resigns from Breitbart

Border tax hits political reality, only Trump can save it

Supremes to decide Constitutional rights of immigrants

Gorsuch's charm offensive may be working

[Kellyanne] Conway: Recess appointments 'on the table'

Nearly 1M immigrants ordered deported still free

Headlines

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NYT: [Gorsuch] Nominee for stolen [supreme Court] seat ...

MAG: Malania Trump may not move into White House -- at all ...

PETA urges boycott of rodeos after 2 horses die at show ...

Cats crash Westminister dog show

Poll: Public overwhelmingly supports Trump push to limit migration

Pelosi: Sanctuary cities make us 'safer'

Pelosi: Obamacare 'has succeeded in every way'

Mattis urges Trump to exempt Iraqis aiding U.S. troops from exec order

[Belgian company's] Budweiser Super Bowl ad: Ugly Americans harass hero immigrant

Biden Foundation established to push for equal rights

White House ices out CNN

Democrat Castro: Impeach Trump over refugee order