Gavin Newsom apppoints Marylander Laphonza Butler to fill out Dianne Feinstein's California Senate Seat

 

Marylander Laphonza Butler appointed by Newsome to fill Feinstein's seat

But the LA Times said no black woman wanted to be "caretaker"

Instapundit: Cover up on her residency?

Vile Katie Porter and Adam "Schifty" Schiff both want that seat.

If only they all could lose. 

EBL: Dianne Feinstein, RIP

AoSHQ: Morning Report 10.02.23

Dianne Feinstein, RIP

 

Instapundit: Dianne Feinstein dead at 90

TOM: De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum So who will Newsom appoint to take her place?

Dianne Feinstein died on September 28, but still voted in the Senate! How did that work? 

She should have not stayed in the Senate all this time (that is on her family). May she have rest now. 

Instapundit: What we can learn from Dianne Feinstein, Leftist swarm after Feinstein's death, and Feinstein's finest moment

EBL: Gavin Newsom apppoints Marylander Laphonza Butler to fill out Dianne Feinstein's California Senate Seat

Legal Insurrection: Senator Dianne Feinstein dead at 90

AoSHQ: Morning Report 09.29.23 and Dead at 90

Genesius Times: BREAKING: Dianne Feinstein, formerly mistaken for petrified alien mummy, dead at 90

When did Feinstein pass if she was voting on the senate floor on Sept. 28? Just shows the remote voting rule is a complete sham. pic.twitter.com/jo7DBlaA9i

— Milenka~ (@MilenaAmit) September 29, 2023

Who Went Where?

 

Feinstein, McConnell, Fetterman, and Biden

Way too many pols stay in politics way way too long...

Instapundit: Privileged Nursing Home, Feinstein Abuse, Fetterman swing and a miss, McConnell can resign without leaving Senate, and Biden treated as a toddler

h/t: Grand Ol Memes

AoSHQ: Morning Report 09.01.23

Legal Insurrection: McConnell freezes up again

Political Insider: Mitch unfit for office, but he can't leave yet...

Thank you Professor Jacobson and Rush: Trump continues to change the Courts

While President Trump should have renominated Patrick Bumatay to the 9th Circuit (over Dianne Feinstein's objections) he did nominate him this time for a U.S. District Court Judge position.  

More please. Keep nominating conservative judges!  

Legal Insurrection: Trump Hears Conservative Outcry: Three Judges for 9th Circuit

Rush Limbaugh: Why are Feinstein and Harris picking Trump judges?

Powerline: Trump Stiffs Feinstein and Harris on Judges, mostly...

Instapundit: Gay Privilege? Only if you are a lefty...

AoSHQ: Morning Report 01.31.19

Battle of the Midterms

Update: It is not over till its really over...

Brett Kavanaugh and Lindsey Graham were both impressive yesterday. Kavanaugh will almost certainly get 11 Republican votes from the Senate Committee today (supporting a recommendation for a full confirmation vote in the Senate). Kavanaugh's confirmation vote could be as early as tomorrow (probably no later than Monday or Tuesday). 

If rumors are true, the votes are there for confirming Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Jeff Flake said he would vote for him (although as an update there are hints he might be backing out--but the vote just happened and it is going to the floor, although Flake said he will not vote for Kavanaugh on the floor if there is not more FBI investigation). While it is not confirmed, I suspect Collins and Murkowski will too (although there is pressure on them to reverse  and they may agree with Flake with some delay). Democrat Joe Manchin has said he would vote for Kavanaugh. While you can be sure they will pull out all stops they can over the next several days to try to derail this (and there may be delay given what Flake just did), I am cautiously optimistic Kavanaugh will ultimately be confirmed to the Supreme Court.  

The happiest person in the Senate right now is Charles Grassley. He has handed the baton for this clown show over to Cocaine Mitch. Someone buy him a beer. #Kavanaugh

— Jack (@Mr_Fastbucks) September 28, 2018

In case there are any honest brokers out there actually calling for more investigation (seems doubtful), I will do a final thread explaining why this is a dishonest tactic that isn't meant to lead to the truth.

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) September 28, 2018

The FBI cannot conduct a criminal investigation into an alleged 1982 state crime. They can reopen the background file and add 302s that will be redundant with what the committee already did. But of course Dems will then say that wasn't a "real" investigation. Flake got played.

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) September 28, 2018

That is just what he said, but then again Flake said he was voting yes on Kavanaugh yesterday. If Collins, Murkowski and Manchin go with Flake, McConnell would have to agree to some sort of expedited FBI review. https://t.co/ImNJRKvwPf

— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) September 28, 2018

Sigh. https://t.co/X41lAo5Mqa

— Ali Alexander (@ali) September 28, 2018

Democrats played games with Christine Blasey Ford's accusation, sitting on it until after the Senate advise and consent hearings were over. Dianne Feinstein was mostly to blame for that, creating a media storm with the obvious intent of derailing Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation and to potentially hold the seat open for two years until after the 2020 election (payback for Merrick Garland). 

If Dianne Feinstein had brought this letter forward when she got it (and she could have done so in a confidential manner) it could have been dealt with back in July and August without all this rancor and partisanship. She and the Democrats did not want that, they wanted to make political hay out of it.  

Actually this is probably true. And had Democrats and Dianne Feinstein done the normal thing and put forward Ford's accusations timely and confidentially to the GOP and WH, there would have either been a full investigation (without this rancor) or he would have been replaced. https://t.co/ZzPKU5oCdi

— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) September 28, 2018

The hypocrisy of the Democrats was obvious. Media assclowns like Creepy Porn Lawyer Michael Avenatti helped weaken Ford's position by their over the top specious attacks on Kavanaugh. Don't kid your self, however, most Democrats are going to get very fired up over this. Republicans cannot let off on this.  

ALERT: GOP picks up a seat in Indiana. https://t.co/c70RItXLY1

— Beer Drinker (@JammieWF) September 28, 2018

Senator Donnelly (D-IN) just confirmed he is voting no on Kavanaugh. Donnelly is up for re-election in 2018 and that race is essentially tied  with his Republican opponent Mike Braun. If you can donate to Mike Braun do so. If you live in Indiana, make sure to vote for Republican Mike Braun for Senate.  

We are in for a big fight. If Kavanaugh gets confirmed, Democrats will try to impeach him if they take the House. The Democrats will run on Christine Blasey Ford. While there were significant gaps of memory and inconsistencies with her story, she came off as credible to most people (at least in terms of being a victim of sexual assault). While I am positive it was not Brett Kavanaugh, the media and Democrats will run saying it was.

Republicans were in a bind. They could not delay given the games and dirty tricks of the Democrats.  The GOP base would have revolted. But the argument for FBI investigation that the Democrats will run with with play with some voters. Sexual harassment and assault is a very emotionally charged issue and dangerous politically.  

If the Democrats take the House and Senate in 2018 Election, the agenda will be 100% attacking Trump, Kavanaugh and the Republicans. The Media is overwhelmingly partisan and supporting Democrats. Lindsey Graham was right about what he said about Democrats yesterday and their thirst for power. You have to get out there and vote. You have to support GOP candidates.

Let's be absolutely clear here: the Democratic attacks would have been just as visceral and brutal and the outrage just as high against Amy Coney Barrett, just from a different angle.

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 28, 2018

Update:

This Flake proposal for a one week limited (both in time and scope) FBI investigation is dangerous, but also gives GOP cover in the mid-terms. Regardless of your thoughts about Flake, the GOP needs at least two of Manchin, Collins, and Murkowski (if they don't have Flake). Washington Examiner gives Mitch McConnell's three options (option to is agree to the one week delay).

Statement from President @realDonaldTrump:
“I’ve ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh’s file. As the Senate has requested, this update must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week.”

— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) September 28, 2018

Volokh Conspiracy:  A Way Out Of The Kavanaugh Debacle. I would think if presented by Democrats in a timely and good faith manner this could have happened (in theory), but there is zero chance the Democrats would ever agree to such a thing. They don't care about the truth, they equally want to destroy any GOP nominee.  They want fill that seat with someone they want.  Interesting thought experiment, but completely implausible.

Instapundit: Believe the Evidence, Andrew McCarthy: Democrats are not acting in good faith,  Ford already rejecting one week FBI investigation, Trump endorses FBI Investigation, Avenatti is a real piece of work, Senate to vote on nomination, FBI investigation to last no longer than one week, Four ways the GOP could have avoided this mess, Judiciary Committee Approves Kavanaugh, sending nominee to the full Senate, Tweet of the Day, Republicans don't do to Democrat nominees what they do to Republicans, It's Total War, ABA Fake News on Kavanaugh, and Women's March calls Flake a "rape apologist"

Rush Limbaugh: Rachel Mitchell's devastating report on Christine Ford, If you win on Kavanaugh, you win the midterms, Trump & Phony Democrat Senators Flake Fear Realized, Hillary Hack Tweet: Kavanaugh won't serve for life, Democrats could have called the FBI in July, If Leftists Are The Majority, Why Did Michael Moore's movie bomb?, Psychological disorders are the platform of the Democrat Party, Rape survivor with PTSD doesn't believe Dr. Ford, Spartacus walks out of hearing after speechifying for 20 minutes, Does Anyone Remember Tawana Brawley? 

TOM: Breaking: Kavanaugh one week investigator revealled, The Deeper Meaning of Kavanaughkampf, Graham Heroic, Kavanaugh Hearing Update: Kate Hunt, While Watching The #Kavanaugh Hearing, The Big Day: Avenatti Client Discredited, Ford's Accusation Now Collapsing, A Totalitarian Movement To Destroy Civilization As We Know It

Legal Insurrection: Avenatti's Client Sexual Harrasser?, Weak Republicans deny us of a victory, even if Kavanaugh confirmed and Flake votes Kavanaugh forward, but wants a week delay on floor vote

Lem's Place: About this one week delay for an investigation Chip lays out the arguments con and pro very well. Trump has to navigate these waters.

AoSHQ: Megan and the Cucks act confused, These are the times that try men's souls and Nice work, Jeff

Mark Steyn: Presumptions & Condescension, also, “Advise & Consent” As “Search & Destroy”

Hot Air: Mark Judge willing to talk to investigators

Powerline: Flake Flakes Out

pic.twitter.com/t3pwPnAA5Z

— Will Piereson (@JWP1022) September 28, 2018

A new poll shows McCaskill’s opposition to #Kavanaugh has hurt her with votershttps://t.co/iEqHEsYfMY #MOsen

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 1, 2018

That might leave a mark

We have a Hulk...

I know he will likely disappoint over something in time, but Sen. Graham did well on Thursday.  

Instapundit: Don Surber: Lindsey Graham saved the world...

AoSHQ: These are the times that try men's souls

Legal Insurrection: Graham & Call The Vote

Powerline: Graham's Moment

Democrats, you should never have provoked 🔥#LindseyGraham🔥 I cannot believe what I saw and heard today 🤯 at the Kavanaugh Hearing. pic.twitter.com/8cp4hy02AY

— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) September 27, 2018

Have you ever seen Jim Acosta or Jake Tapper get all indignant and upset when someone even slightly questions their character or motives?

No take an innocent man, accused of horrible vile crimes, and that was the reaction Brett Kavanaugh gave yesterday. https://t.co/Mz4OmV1JWX

— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) September 28, 2018

Lem's Place: Chip's theory on Christine Ford

TOM: The Deeper Meaning of Kavanaughkampf, Graham Heroic, Kavanaugh Hearing Update: Kate Hunt, While Watching The #Kavanaugh Hearing, The Big Day: Avenatti Client Discredited, Ford's Accusation Now Collapsing, A Totalitarian Movement To Destroy Civilization As We Know It

BREAKING: @LindseyGrahamSC is now under investigation @TheDemCoalition for campaign finance violations and his links to Russian-tied interests. We found sketchy things in his filings and also uncovered Russian ties. @Funder will be delivering a report on our findings this weekend

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) September 28, 2018

Democrat Party Sleaze Merchants

TOM, Ace, and Powerline are right, this is especially sleazy on the part of Democrats

One of the theories behind this desperate tactic is the Democrats are trying to give cover to red state Democrats up for re-election this year.  A smoke screen a remote, unsubstantiated accusation at least gives them a plausible reason to their voters not to give a "yes" to Kavanaugh. I hope it backfires on them. 

Why aren't Democrat nominees subject to nonsense like this? I don't mean the completely dishonest tactics and gamesmanship of Dianne Feinstein, that is just wrong, but I mean having their entire life history torn apart? If the Democrats want to go down this path, let's go there. There is some rationale in not making politics so personal. Democrats are especially good, however, in picking nominees that hold a very tight progressive line and don't waiver from it.  

AoSHQ/J.J. Sefton: The Whole Smear

Don Surber: Kavanaugh Did Nothing Wrong

AoSHQ: The anonymous smear of Brett Kavanaugh

TOM:  Democrats pull the sleaziest of smears in their long history of sleazy smears

Powerline: Dems below the bottom of the barrel and Committee vote on Kavanaugh to proceed without delay

Legal Insurrection:  Will Democrats tactics turn Brett Kavanaugh into an angry partisan they falsely construed him to be?

Instapundit: Stacy McCain: Democrats and the Rape of Justice, Richard Fernandez: The casual tyranny of self-righteousness, Kavanaugh Cock and Bull Stories (aka "lies"), Dems Still Digging, Do Democrats really want their high school years examined like this, Even Ruth Bader Ginsburg is denouncing this partisan review, and Have They No Decency?  

Judge Kavanaugh's sexual assault letter found by #DiFi & the Democrats...😎 pic.twitter.com/C5HqsFx88d

— Tim Hammer (@TimHammer11) September 15, 2018

Rush Limbaugh: Former Kavanaugh Colleague Calls Show, Reasonable Suspicion and Repressed Memories, The Kavanaugh Accusation Is A Set Up, Will Kavanaugh Accuser Even Show Up At The Hearing?, Flashback to 1991: Rush on Charlie Rose, Rush's gut response to Susan Collins tweet, Democrat Strategist Lies in response to Rush, Christine Blasey Ford, without evidence, accuses Brett Kavanaugh of attempted rape, Female caller worries legitimate rape victims won't be believed.  Why doesn't Trump declassify FISA documents, Pushing back against all the lies, Kavanaugh story takes a despicable turn (by the media and Democrats), The Sheer Stupidity of Jerry Brown, Google Alternatives

Dianne Feinstein Admits: No Law Would Have Stopped Las Vegas Shooter...

It is refreshing that Dianne Feinstein is admitting this (even though she does want to go pass a "law" anyway just to show she did something). The Las Vegas shooter was a methodical, careful cold blooded killer. While we still do not know what his motivation was, obeying the law was not a consideration for him. While he legally obtained his firearms (at least we assume he did), he obviously planned this out long in advance.  His planning and execution of this attack was completely illegal.  No law would have deterred him.

I would also strongly suggest going to Sixty Minutes and seeing the interview of the police officers who stormed the shooter's hotel room. I am amazed they managed to do so in 12 minutes from when the shooting started. Kudos to the hero unarmed security guard Jesus Campos, who likely deterred the shooter from carrying out more mayhem, and while shot himself stayed until the officers arrived.

AoSHQ/J.J. Sefton: Feinstein Fail

Don Surber: End of Gun Law Push?

Update: Now the time line has changed? This is odd

Twitchy: The latest from Sheriff in LV doesn't add up

Proof Positive: Four states, multiple guns, one massacre

LA Times: Timeline change: Jesus Campos shot before shooting? 

Free Beacon: Dianne Feinstein's reelection bid faces pushback from the left

Instapundit: Dianne Feinstein Flailing Around and PJ Media: Diane Feinstein Admits No Law Would Have Stopped Las Vegas Shooter

EBL: Question to Obama, Pelosi, and Feinstein on Gun Control, John Ringo has a theory on Las Vegas, Vile CBS attorney Haley Geftman-Gold has no sympathy, Over 50 killed, hundreds injured in Las Vegas. Dana Loesch, and Frying Pan Control

Question to Obama, Pelosi and Feinstein and the rest of the Democrats on Gun Control

Dianne Feinstein, Democrat poser

If gun control is so important, why didn't Democrats pass gun control legislation when they controlled the White House, House and Senate (with a Filibuster proof majority)? 

🤔🔫🥆

Nancy Pelosi gave this explanation: “Looking at the calendar, there was very little time to get something like that done.”

With all the media and leftist celebrity ranting over the NRA and Republicans, why aren't they holding Democrats accountable? Why no outrage over that? 

NRA is nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization

In 1960's NRA trained African Americans to defend themselves against KKK

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 5, 2017

Instapundit: Andrew Klavan: American Heroes and Universal Evil, The Democrats really truly do want to take all your guns, I am not inclined to give up my gun rights to people who want to enslave or in some cases kill me, Repeal the 2nd Amendment, After Las Vegas, Democrats send in the clowns, A statistician reconsiders her support of gun control after looking at the data, Why did everyone just forget about Orlando shooting?, Victim of Las Vegas still against Gun Control, and Steve Scalise's view of gun rights fortified after his shooting

EBL: John Ringo has a theory on Las Vegas, Vile CBS attorney Haley Geftman-Gold has no sympathy, Over 50 killed, hundreds injured in Las Vegas. Dana Loesch, and Frying Pan Control

Mark Steyn: Theory of the Case: Mark is right, what was the shooter trying to accomplish, its seems very coldly calculating of achieving a political result, The Empty Paddock and Continued

Really?

If I put an AR-15 in your hands would you shoot a bunch of people?

No, right?

The problem isn't the gun. It's the person holding the gun.

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 4, 2017

Instapundit: THR: Sabo Strikes Again, This Time Against Kimmel

Diongenes' Middle Finger:  Hypocrisy and Democrat Demagoguery Reign Supreme, Bang A Drum, and Just a reminder to the drolling leftists among us...

AoSHQ: Morning Rant, Richard Burr and an eraser, 538 and the WaPo: Statistics show gun control doesn't work?, Vegas Report, CBS fires attorney

Political Clown Parade: The Ghouls of Gun Control Raise Their Ugly Heads Again and In A Fallen World Marked With Human Depravity

Pirate's Cove: NYT says lets repeal 2nd Amendment, From WaPo and 538: Typical gun control regulations won't make a difference

Proof Positive: Four states, multiple guns, one massacre and The Ghouls of Gun Control Raise Their Ugly Heads Again

Don Surber: The Gunless Vote For Democrats and Every Black Adult Male Should Buy A Rifle

DaTechGuy: Cause and Effect: American Balkanization And Crime

Reason: A statistician reconsiders gun control after looking at data

American Power: I used to think gun control was the answer

90 Miles From Tyranny: Was does AR in AR-15 stand for?

Powerline: Speaking of Las Vegas and Damond Shooting

Legal Insurrection: Virginia Gov race may hinge on 2A

Daily Caller: Knock yourself out Michael...

TOM: Putting Homicide in Perspective

Lem's Place: Stand Up For Trump

Gabe Malor cautions us not to believe everything Diane Feinstein is claiming about the CIA

It is easy to get sucked into this given it is the CIA under the control of the Obama White House and Democrat Dianne Feinstein going at it. In fact, however, don't believe most of it…

Dianne Feinstein, playing politics with the truth.

The CIA absolutely disagrees that "enhanced interrogation" techniques failed to produce results.  At the same time the left is also skeptical by the manner the White House is discussing all of this.

You can dispute whether or not "enhanced interrogation" was a good or bad thing, but the politicizing of this by Dianne Feinstein and the Obama White House is both hypocritical and dangerous.  This debate is not being conducted in good faith. The Obama White House would love to debate the merits of water boarding and sleep deprivation of al Qaeda terrorists under the Bush Administration and ignore the hundreds of thousands slain in Syria, the collapse of Libya and Iraq, the abandonment of the Kurds and the Ukrainians, all under Obama's watch.  

Update:

Should Brennan resign?

Public Servants acting as public masters

It aint me, it aint me, I ain't no Senator's spouse: Senator Feinstein's husband will get a nice commission on the sale of United States Postal System properties.

When I heard this story for the first time, I immediately thought of John Fogerty's Fortunate Son...

Windfall!  

It is good to be married to a Senator!  Hey, how do you think Harry Reid became a multi-millionaire?