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Trump Sets Judicial Confirmation Record, Big Business Supporting Dems, Bill Kristol 2020?

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Chad Benson of Radio America congratulate President Donald Trump for appointing more judges to regional circuit courts than any president has at this point in his term. They also criticize big businesses that are supporting Democrats in 2018 because of Trump’s trade and immigration policies. And they think the only major support for a Bill Kristol 2020 presidential campaign would come from the Kristol household.

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Schumer’s Silly SCOTUS Strategy, Bernie’s $3.2 Trillion Single-Payer Scheme, TSA Monitors Sweaty People

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Rich McFadden of Radio America break down Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s request that red-state Democrats remain neutral on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. They also cannot believe that some Democrats are seriously considering the idea of almost doubling the federal budget to pay for Sen. Bernie Sander’s Medicare-for-all program. And they cannot find any examples of malfeasance in the Boston Globe’s story about the TSA’s passenger-monitoring program that tracks people who sweat too much and urinate too often.

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GDP Grows at 4.1%, Jail Time for Election Lies? Michael Avenatti 2020?

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America celebrate the booming economy that hit second quarter growth of 4.1 percent. They also notice the Democrats want to institute five years of jail time for spreading false information about elections dates and locations. And they see that Michael Avenatti was invited to speak to Iowa Democrats and they hope the party won’t take him seriously simply because he hates President Donald Trump.

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McConnell’s SCOTUS Strategy, Minimum Wage Woes, NFL Re-Reviews Anthem Policy

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America give credit to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for countering Democratic demands for a million pages of documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by suggesting the Senate vote on him may come just days before the election. They also mourn the impending loss of many entry-level jobs at places like McDonald’s due to minimum wage hikes and technological advancements. And they roll their eyes at the NFL’s inability to enforce a policy on kneeling during the anthem just days after the Miami Dolphins threatened to suspend players for not standing.

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San Francisco Begins Registering Non-Citizens and Illegal Immigrants to Vote

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By Joshua Paladino

San Francisco started registering non-citizens and illegal immigrants to vote in the city’s upcoming school board elections on Monday.

The city passed Proposition N in 2016, which allows non-citizen parents or guardians to vote in school board elections if they are over 18 years old and have children under 19 years old.

The proposition passed with 54 percent support.

San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen described the proposition as “no-brainer legislation.”

Voter registration also will continue until Oct. 22 for the Nov. 6 elections.

Harmeet Dhillon is the California national committeewoman for the RNC.

She opposed the legislation, saying “the right to vote is something that goes along with citizenship.”

But even supporters of Proposition N have worries. They fear the federal government could use voter roll data to locate and deport illegal immigrants.

Proposition N remains in effect until 2022, at which point the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will have to renew the legislation or let it expire.

 

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Dems Slip on ICE, Red Ink Rising, Putin’s Pathetic Proposal

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America are amazed that more than 90 percent of House Democrats either opposed a resolution supporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement or refused to vote on it at all.  They also grumble as deficit projections once again head north of a trillion dollars and the number of food stamp recipients remains stubbornly high in a strong economy.  And they denounce Vladimir Putin’s proposal to allow U.S. investigators to interview the 12 Russians indicted for meddling in the 2016 elections in exchange for allowing the Russians to interview a former U.S. ambassador.

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House to Vote on ‘Abolish ICE’ Bill, GOP Blows Strzok Hearing, Did Trump Damage PM May?

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America commend House Republicans for planning a vote on “Abolish ICE” legislation that Democrats have already begun to step away from. They also criticize tactics of some House Republicans during the Peter Strzok testimony, in which members seemed more interested in scoring a dazzling soundbite than effectively questioning the witness. And they question President Trump’s negative remarks about British Prime Minister Theresa May, noting the alternative to her government could be far worse.

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Nevada Attack Ad, Senate Stalled, Palin Says Comedian Mocked Vets

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America get a laugh out of Nevada Sen. Dean Heller’s attack ad, in which he exposes Democratic Senate challenger Jacky Rosen for lying about owning a business that never existed. They also call for Senate Republicans to act on hundreds of bills that the House of Representatives has passed but lie dormant in the upper chamber. And they think it’s time for a widespread rebuke of Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy show where he impersonates a disabled veteran.

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Former Democrat Runs as a Republican for North Carolina Supreme Court

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By Joshua Paladino

North Carolina’s Republican-controlled General Assembly voted in 2017 to eliminate primary elections for judicial races and allow candidates to declare their party affiliation upon filing for office.

But now the reform will likely hurt the Republicans in the 2018 North Carolina Supreme Court election.

Until last week, incumbent Justice Barbara Jackson, a Republican, was set to face Democrat Anita Earls in the general election. At the last minute, however, attorney Chris Anglin filed to run as a Republican.

Anglin was a registered Democrat until June 7. His last-minute affiliation change has roused suspicion in the GOP that he plans to split the Republican vote and give Earls an easy victory.

Dallas Woodhouse is executive director for the North Carolina Republican Party, rejected Anglin’s candidacy, adding that the party supports Jackson’s reelection effort.

“The party has endorsed somebody, and he will be treated like the enemy he is.”

Anglin called himself a “constitutional Republican” and denied intent to undermine Jackson’s campaign, saying “I filed as a Republican to stand up for the independence of the judiciary.”

The North Carolina Democratic Party denied any involvement with Anglin’s candidacy.

 

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Kavanaugh Nominated, Missing out on Amy Barrett, SCOTUS Conspiracy and Protests

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Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America celebrate President Trump’s pick, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. They also reflect on what could have been had Trump nominated Catholic, conservative, mother-of-seven Judge Amy Coney Barrett. And they dismiss the single-source claim of NBC Reporter Leigh Ann Caldwell that Kennedy negotiated his replacement to be Kavanaugh before he stepped down. They also highlight the volatile protesters, who appeared with signs to reject any candidate that Trump selected and who forced Fox News Host Shannon Bream to cancel her show outside the Supreme Court.

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