Is it my imagination, or is mittens mcTurtle MIA lately?

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6. Mitch is busy counting all the shiny new RW judgeships that 45 is handing him.

The turtle been a busy beaver in this particular arena.

https://wapo.st/2OIqa8e
Senate confirms more Trump judges
Washington Post
August 16, 2018
[Photo caption] “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives at the chamber to begin work on a judicial confirmation, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018.”
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has put more judges on the circuit courts this far into his first two years than other administrations had, thanks to Senate Republicans.


The Senate on Thursday confirmed two more of Trump’s nominees, bringing to 26 the number of new appellate judges that have been approved this session of Congress.


The judges confirmed Thursday — U.S. District Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. and U.S. Attorney’s Office Deputy Chief Jay Richardson — will fill seats on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in South Carolina.


A Trump-nominated judge now holds one out every seven seats on the circuit courts, according to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.


Republicans have made a priority of confirming judges in their fight to hold the Senate majority ahead of the fall midterm election. Democrats have stalled many of Trump’s picks.


Conservatives have long taken an interest in the judiciary. McConnell leads a narrowly divided Senate, 51-49, which makes it difficult to pass legislation. But he has seized on the chance to reshape the courts in the Trump era. Judges can be confirmed with a simple majority of senators.
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