So Trump is going to adjourn congress

[brettdale]

To get the judge that he wants.

What a leader!!!

[leftieNanner]

1. I don't think he can - legally

But when has that ever stopped him?!

[Beartracks]

2. Remember when President Obama did this?

Oh, that's right.

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[rso]

3. Congress

The Constitution allows it only if the two chambers disagree on adjournment, which they don’t.

[sfstaxprep]

7. And You Trust Mitch? nt

[rso]

10. Congress

Of course I don’t trust Mitch, but this action would completely sideline and neutralize Mitch as well.

[Under The Radar]

4. He used the judges as an excuse but it is the "voice of America" appointee that he wants most

[rzemanfl]

6. Yes, because Voice of America is disgusting. Like that vile maggot would know

disgusting if it crawled in bed with him. No, wait, bad example. Lemme think.

[Under The Radar]

8. I am sure he thought Voice of America was Bill O'Riley....

Until someone told him that he could use this government network sponsored network for his own propaganda.... but no one has told them that the target broadcast cannot vote here.

[sop]

12. I wonder if Trump and Putin discussed VOA during their recent calls?

The Russian government has called VOA's Russian language broadcasts "subversive, sanctimonious, self-serving propaganda." Putin needs to control the media in his country to survive. Did he ask (order) Trump to appoint one of his flunkies?

[Under The Radar]

13. Trump nominated a stooge because he felt VOA favored China

... because they, like most other news outlets, reported the Truth but not what Trump wanted.
[link:https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/11/23/trumps_choice_for_broadcasting_chief_remains_in_limbo__141805.html|

[sop]

16. Interesting article. This part caught my eye:

"Last year, when his name started circulating in the press as a possible nominee to head the communications agency, critics aggressively mobilized against him, citing his ties to former White House adviser Steve Bannon...The two worked together on two documentaries, and in 2017 Pack wrote an article for the Federalist praising Bannon, arguing that he could help break liberals’ 'monopoly' on documentaries. He also jabbed at U.S. film schools, arguing that they are dedicated to 'liberal indoctrination and grooming.'"

I found these articles from The Guardian and Vanity Fair interesting when first reading about Michael Pack's stalled nomination. Bannon's (and Trump's) anti-China/pro-Russia stance explains a lot about the politics involved.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/06/michael-pack-steve-bannon-ally-broadcasting-board-of-governors

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/sinister-history-behind-the-rights-putin-mania-steve-bannon-china

Trump probably feels a certain affinity for Pack since he was also accused of skimming non-profit donations, much like the Trump Foundation:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/20/trump-nominee-michael-pack-used-nonprofit-donations-to-fund-media-firm.html

This nomination stinks.

[Under The Radar]

17. That brings up another point, why are there no good right wing filmmakers?

....or comedians

[sop]

18. Dennis Miller's the best they got...

[Under The Radar]

19. And he hasn't gotten a laugh since he left SNL

[MFM008]

14. Just like the Judge he wanted

In Wisconsin that lost BIGLY.............

[bluestarone]

5. Could the judges be considered

ILLEGALLY Appointed?

[Under The Radar]

9. I wish, we could reverse Gosuch and Kavanaugh

Unless we can show that they lied in their confirmation hearing, and we have enough Democrat senators, they can be impeached.

[Maraya1969]

11. Kavanaugh might have lied in his attempt to get out from under the sexual abuse

allegations.

[coti]

15. No, he's not.

Stop normalizing this garbage.

[stillcool]

20. how can you possibly normalize..

anything that has been said and done in the last several years? I would not presume to know what will or won't be done by the federal government these days. The 'it can't happen here' days are long gone.

[no_hypocrisy]

21. I don't think he can, and besides

remember how McConnell had one token Senator gavel in once a day and gavel out a little while after that, to show that the Senate was in session -- so as to thwart Obama from naming a judge or a cabinet official as a recess appointment.

I don't think anybody can adjourn the Senate but the Senate itself.