It’s still cold here in the CatBox, and we still have a Winter Storm Warning. Tomorrow I may have no more than a Personal Update with no links messages. WWWendy will be here to thaw the stinky, iced TomCat under hot water. We have so much to get done, I’ll have little or no time for research and writing. After hours of work, our transition to SSL is now complete. The authentication and encryption our SSL provide helps secure our content and connections from attacks by the Republican Reich and their Russian allies.
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From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Ex-DOJ Official: Whitaker Testimony ‘An Embarrassment To The DOJ’
I have no doubt that evidence will surface that Shitaker lied under oath, He is an embarrassment to the country, not just the DOJ. RESIST!!
From YouTube (CNN Channel): Whitaker clashes with lawmaker over donations
What America needs to understand is that nobody can qualify for any high office in the Republican Reich without being thoroughly vetted to demonstrate long-term criminal history and intent. Shitaker personifies this truth. RESIST!!
From Alternet: After Justice Brett Kavanaugh was condemned on Thursday for declaring “war” on Roe v. Wade by dissenting against the Supreme Court’s decision to block a Louisiana anti-abortion law, reproductive rights groups quickly turned their ire toward Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for casting the decisive vote to confirm the right-wing judge—and ramped up their efforts to oust her in 2020.
“Paging Senator Collins—this is on you,” UltraViolet declared on Twitter after the high court’s 5-4 decision.
A grassroots fundraising effort to unseat Collins after her decisive vote last year to confirm Kavanaugh has already raised millions of dollars, and the advocacy group Demand Justice announced in an email to supporters on Friday morning that it will run digital ads in Maine highlighting the judge’s dissent in the Louisiana case as yet another reason the Maine Republican should be ousted in 2020.
“Brett Kavanaugh has declared war on Roe, and Susan Collins is the one who made it possible,” Demand Justice director Brian Fallon said. “Even as it was obvious to everyone else that Kavanaugh was a partisan warrior committed to rolling back abortion rights, Collins defended her vote for him by promising that he would follow Supreme Court precedent. It only took four months for Kavanaugh to prove Collins’ promises were a sham.”
I could not agree more. We came close to defeating the nomination of Injustice Pervert Kava-Nazi. We failed when Collins betrayed her promise with the ridiculous excuse that he would protect women’s right to choose. RESIST!!
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5:37 DYC. Candy stripes.
Whitaker – I see one FBI agent says he’s interviewed actual terrorists who were more respectful.
CNN – Good question, Jamie. Don’t give up!
AlterNet – Yup. Money is not the only deciding factor in elections, but it doesn’t hurt to have it, either. Especially from grassroots donors – where you get it determines to whom you are accountable, after all.
Cartoon – It was called “McCarthyism” then. The more appropriate name hadn’t yet been invented.
MSNBC: Gawd, he was horrible, he tried to run out the time/clock too, of questioning. Rude and crude. ugh!!
CNN: Good questioning. Whitaker seems (to me) hostile towards those questioning him. What’s he hiding?
AN: Ugh. Bad move, Collins. As we can see what Kava is made of now, (and knew) is now on the Supreme Court. ugh!!
Cartoon: ugh!!
Hope that you get some rest this evening, and tomorrow. Stay warm too. Hi, WWWendy! It’s cold here too, but not like what you’re experiencing there. Take good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “Jared Kushner is now looking into prison reform. Because it never hurts to plan ahead.” ~D.K.~
ENJOY!!
Sooooooooooooooooo cute!!! I had a cat named Scooter who loved to take showers with me. As a baby, there was no quiet place to nap (he was one of 10 kittens) so he would sleep in the water dish.
I have never had a cat who enjoyed bathing, but I did have one who submitted to baths – a good thing, since he had a habit of playing in mud.
I think you’re exceeding the “Squee Limit” with that GIF!
I think the “squee limit” in Oz may be higher than ours. All those Koalas, wombats, bilbies, not to mention various species’s joeys.
MSNBC & CNN: You took the words out of my mouth, anyone even considered for the Drumph administration has to be a major POS! This one just happens to be a very slimy POS!
Alternet: I have a cousin in Maine who will be waltzing to the polls in 2020, and hitting the button for Collins’ opponent with true glee!
‘toon: McCarthy: This one was a scuzy, drunken POS!
4:20 Lovely big yellow heart
MSNBC: It’s weird to hear everyone agree about the incompetence of Whitaker and him being absolutely the wrong man for the position of AG of the DOJ, yet to also hear all acknowledge the fact that he’ll be instated despite all that. He’ll just join the rest of Drumpf’s finest and best of all incompetents. There’s something rotten in the State.
CNN: This clip and the one above do not sit comfortably with me, knowing that Whitaker will be instated despite this hearing. And it doesn’t bode well for all the House Committees who are intent on investigating Drumpf now, despite all their subpoena power. They’ll find their witnesses equally rude, contrary and evasive and feeling superior with a backing from the Republican senate.
CONTINUE TO RESIST!
Alternet: How about unseating Collins by election AND Kavanaugh by impeachment?
Cartoon: How can you stand nearly 70 years of it?
Congratulations, TomCat, with the successful transition to SSL ???
Lona, Shitaker won’t be instated. He’s on the way out. This was an oversight hearing.
MSNBC: Whitaker 100% incompetent. tRump sure knows how to pick the losers.
CNN: Whitaker – Just seeing the way he went to answer the questions they asked made me sick. Spoke with stupidity and so disrespectful. Like he was trained by tRump.
AN: Double UGH! Agree with others to get Collins out and same goes for Kavanaugh.
Cartoon: As it still continues….Ugh..
Praying that the weather doesn’t get too crazy there with the coming storm. Hope you’re staying warm.
Puzzle — 4:10 Pretty flower! It would look good tucked behind my sasquatch ear!
MSNBC & CNN — Shitaker is rude and combative, clearly trying to run out the clock. Personally, I think he should be held in contempt. And I might add that the Republican ranking member should also face some form of discipline for his part in the hearing . . . ie turning it into a circus. Isn’t it interesting that the Republicans can’t take the action when they are not in control.
AlterNet — To paraphrase George Burns, say goodnight Susie! Start packing up your apartment (or whatever) so you’re ready to leave Washington at the end of 2020.
Cartoon — Joe McCarthy might be gone but his legacy lives on in the Republican party . . . unfortunately.
I was at a memorial service this afternoon initially directing traffic for parking as people arrived. It was cold and a bit windy but by the time I got home, my arthritis was in full blown mode in my feet/ankles. I am still sore but I am going to try to sleep. We have not had snow yet but Sunday should be the day.
Whitaker was disgusting.Enjoy your bath TomCat and tell WWWendy hi.
Thanks and cold, tired hugs. WWWendy says Hi.