DONALD TRUMP CLAIMS DEMOCRATS WILL VOTE REPUBLICAN IN MIDTERMS BECAUSE OTHERWISE

Former Trump aide Hope Hicks joins Fox as head of PR

Hope Hicks, previously one of President Trump's closest aides, is becoming a key executive at Fox News Channel's parent company.

Monday's announcement inspired lots of quips about the revolving door between the Trump White House and the Murdoch media empire. Fox News co-president Bill Shine joined the White House communications team over the summer.

But this move is actually a big change for Hicks. As White House communications director, she assisted the president, set up interviews and channeled his views.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/08/media/hope-hicks-joins-fox/index.html

Interest Groups Compete for Trump's TV Attention

This is the mentality that we are up against on the right.

Willie Nelson: "Vote 'em Out"

We need to stay angry about Kavanaugh

The Supreme Court’s legitimacy is in tatters. Conservative forces in the country, led by the Republican Party, have completed a judicial coup, decades in the making.

Republicans rushed through Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation to avoid the possible consequences of an election. They aborted a full investigation because they feared what it might find. They made themselves complicit in a presidential attack on Christine Blasey Ford, a brave woman who asked only that her case against Kavanaugh be taken seriously.

After all these outrages, there will be calls for a renewal of civility, as if the problem is that people said nasty things about one other. But the answer to this power grab cannot be passive acceptance in the name of being polite. The causes and consequences of what just happened must be acknowledged frankly.

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There is also this: A generations-long conservative majority on the court has been cemented in place by a political minority. Kavanaugh was named by a president who won 46 percent of the popular vote and confirmed by senators representing 44 percent of the population. When you lack a majority, controlling the branch of government not subject to the voters is vital to working your will.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/we-need-to-stay-angry-about-kavanaugh/2018/10/07/8385ec9e-ca5c-11e8-920f-dd52e1ae4570_story.html?utm_term=.8d9df4677a06&__twitter_impression=true

Nice hat!

Golden Retriever Comes Home With Baby Koala Clinging To Its Fur To Survive

That's a strange looking puppy you have there, Asha.

https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.com/asha-koala/?utm_medium=fk&utm_source=fk-c4m&utm_term=10052018&utm_campaign=asha-koala&utm_content=blog-link

"...you don't get corroboration if you don't talk to corroborating witnesses."

National Council of Churches calls for Kavanaugh's nomination to be withdrawn

The nation's largest coalition of Christian churches on Wednesday called for the withdrawal of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court.

The National Council of Churches, which has membership from more than 40 denominations including most major Protestant and Eastern Orthodox denominations in the U.S., wrote in a statement on their website that they believe Kavanaugh has "disqualified himself from this lifetime appointment and must step aside immediately."

The statement cited a number of reasons for the demand, including Kavanaugh's behavior during his recent testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on sexual assault allegations against him.

"Judge Kavanaugh exhibited extreme partisan bias and disrespect towards certain members of the committee and thereby demonstrated that he possesses neither the temperament nor the character essential for a member of the highest court in our nation," the statement read.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/409775-national-council-of-churches-calls-for-kavanaughs-nomination-to?amp&__twitter_impression=true