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"This is how Senate Democrats should try to stop Brett Kavanaugh," Adam Jentleson (Harry Reid's former deputy chief of staff), WaPo this morning: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/07/12/this-is...

Among other tactics, he implies that he thinks Democrats should not rule out shutting the government down come September 30.

P.S. Guantanamo is one of the

artappraiser — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:38:18 +0000

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P.S. Guantanamo is one of the Bush things they might not want being dragged up:

Brett Kavanaugh On Guantanamo Detainees: International Law Doesn’t Matter; Trump’s Supreme Court nominee spent years defending the government’s right to imprison some people without charge.@ Huffpo yesterday

maybe this helps 'splain?

artappraiser — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:27:45 +0000

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maybe this helps 'splain?

KARL ROVE: BRETT KAVANAUGH WAS CENTRAL TO ALL POLICY DECISIONS IN BUSH WHITE HOUSE

@ Newsweek.com, July 10

interesting point that Tim

artappraiser — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:22:58 +0000

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interesting point that Tim Mullaney @ Marketwatch makes, he's a "live paycheck to paycheck" kinda guy:

[....] Kavanaugh’s financial disclosure report was only noted in passing by legal eagles, but left personal-finance mavens scratching their heads. Already an appellate-court judge — with a Yale Law degree, no history of bad health or unemployment and a working spouse — he has $15,000 to $50,000 in the bank, no reported stock, bond or fund holdings, and a 401(k) retirement account held by his wife that holds less than $15,000. He’s miles behind where a normal person’s finances should be at 53.

Based on his report, Kavanaugh will be the only non-millionaire on the court, with a net worth, excluding his house, of less than $100,000 — or about the cost of a year at Yale Law, an estimated $76,000 all-in.

Kavanaugh isn’t alone in living close to paycheck to (in his case) $8,500 pretax biweekly paycheck, not including side gigs teaching at Harvard Law School ($27,490 in additional income in 2017). According to the Federal Reserve, 47% of Americans would have trouble meeting an unexpected $400 expense. Of course, the median household income of about $57,000 is a quarter of the Kavanaugh family nut.

Unlike many Americans, however, Kavanaugh has no debts, excluding any mortgage on his 2,472-square foot house in Maryland, which he isn’t required to report. (Zillow.com values the home at $1.39 million and lists the last reported sale at $1.23 million in 2006. The return on that investment? A paltry 1.05% annually.) [....]

"The elite world of Brett

AmericanDreamer — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:21:37 +0000

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"The elite world of Brett Kavanaugh", Paul Schwartzman and Michelle Boorstein, WaPo, today: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/the-elite-world-of-bret...

Unlike the documents Rod

AmericanDreamer — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:03:40 +0000

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Unlike the documents Rod Rosenstein is accused by GOP members of Congress to be dragging his feet over releasing or actively concealing from Congress, these documents are highly sensitive and not appropriate to be turned over.