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Jonah Goldberg, Complaints that the Senate is Undemocratic ring Hollow

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Jonah Goldberg In the wake of the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a lot of people are suddenly very mad that the Senate is “undemocratic.” I’m unmoved.The reason for my indifference is twofold. First, this alleged outrage fits a time-honored tradition of progressives declaring illegitimate everything that is inconvenient to their agenda. Second, this is mostly about California being a big baby. Let’s start with the first point. Like other progressives, Woodrow Wilson started out arguing that Congress should be the center of power but switched lanes once…

Larry Sabato: Poster Child for the Mockingbird Media

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  Jim Fetzer The CIA began infiltrating the media in the 1950s, where by 1975, William Colby, then its Director, testified to Congress that the agency “owned everyone of any significance in the media” — and where the situation had only become worse over time. Carl Bernstein followed up with an article in Rolling Stone, “The CIA and the Media” (20 October 1977), in which he quoted high officials of the agency boasting that their greatest successes have been with The New York Times, CBS and Time-Life. During that era,…

Challenge to Brad Friedman on Sandy Hook and Kavanaugh Nomination

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  Jim Fetzer Imagine my surprise when I received the Brad Blog for today, discussing Susan Collins decision to vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, where Brad was describing this and the Gorsuch seats as “including one blatantly stolen seat and two men accused of sexual misconduct and/or assault”. Since I have thought he was a smart guy in the past, I decided to write to him in response to his blog as follows:     My confidence in you has been severely shaken by your indefensible position on the Kavanaugh…

Judiciary Committee releases executive summary of supplemental FBI report on Kavanaugh

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Gregg Re Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans released an executive summary of the FBI’s confidential supplemental background investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh late Thursday, which key swing-vote senators vowed they would continue to review Friday ahead of a major vote on his confirmation. READ THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE FBI’S SUPPLEMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO KAVANAUGH ALLEGATIONS Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Thursday released an executive summary of the FBI’s supplemental investigation into the Brett Kavanaugh allegations: Supplemental FBI Investigation Executive Summary Background At the Senate Judiciary Committee’s request, the…