Originally published at: Is John Cornyn Playing Us All For Fools in the Todd Blanche Nomination Fight?
Let’s See The Actual Language I harbor a growing suspicion that a collective hoodwinking is going on in the Senate confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general. It’s hard to argue that the delay of today’s crucial Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Blanche’s nomination isn’t a pretty big deal (even though he could remain on…
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TSF took the Fifth almost 450 times in depositions. Fauci’s got some catching up to do.
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> Is John Cornyn Playing Us All For Fools in the Todd Blanche Nomination Fight?
A good thing to assume until proven otherwise
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Wow, that is the dumbest thing I’ve seen in … oh, hang on, looks like the patient just posted something.
Never mind.
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Stephen and Katie Miller secretly turned to Anthony Fauci for COVID advice—then demanded the doctor be jailed for his handling of the pandemic.
The couple’s hypocrisy was exposed in secret passages from the diary kept by Fauci as he led the country’s response to the deadly virus.
Among those fulminating in public against Fauci were both of the Millers, with Stephen melting down on Fox News against the 85-year-old, and Katie ranting on X that he should be jailed.
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Trump always wants to wet his beak. Institutional science is not immune.
It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities and their leading role in scientific research is that there is no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving millions and billions to Silicon Valley types who, in turn, give him millions in cash. There’s no way for his children to invest in universities that the government then gives no-bid contracts to, fattening the family’s bottom line, which is pretty much the Trump sons’ current venture capital practice.
The “Quack Track”
In the suggestion that might be the most unhinged, the most very opposite of how both government and research work, our new age will include “golden tickets.” That’s where an individual reviewer in an agency — yes, just one person — can “recommend unconventional proposals that may not pass consensus-driven review panels” because somehow this will “surface valuable ideas too divisive for committees and attract higher quality reviewers by empowering them to exercise independent scientific judgment.”
Yes, that’s saying that a random person in an agency should be able to shovel money at some idea even if it can’t pass a review panel, and that the opportunity to do so will attract better employees because apparently all the best minds in science are chomping at the bit to be allowed to unilaterally fund AI research based on their personal vibes.
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When reading this I’d say the headline is an inversion of reality. The {Current Occupant}'s policies are succeeding wildly.
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The Cornyn “deal” always looked flimsy. Unless and until they get paper signed by Trump and filed with a court, anything will only be as good as the disappearing ink it was written in. That they don’t see the bigger, grosser self-dealing at play here (or do and don’t care) is the real issue.
And on a somber note, Sophie likely has stomach cancer. Off to the kitty oncologist with fingers and toes crossed. Sigh.
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Shady indeed. It is as if the agreement is “Trump gets to keep living at the White House into perpetuity” and Cornyn says “I won’t vote for you unless he promises not to hold UFC fights there on Sunday mornings between 10 and noon, but if you scribble that on a cocktail napkin, I’m good.”
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File in the “Water is wet, TSF stinks” category.
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Agreed. I believe that has been our collective opinion here. Nice to see it confirmed and linked to additional data.
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Why congressional Republicans who lose their seats due to active interference by a corrupt jackass continue to behave like cucks can probably only be answered by because they want to remain in good standing with their tribe. And all of the financial benefits that comes along with that. It’s trickle-down billionaire funding that keeps the whole cesspool going.
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DHS General Counsel James Percival attacking district judges by name on X
Prosecutors argued that Matar had been motivated by a fatwa, a religious edict, issued by Iran’s religious leader in 1989 for Sir Salman’s death.
Hypocrites
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This is a very real possibility.
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I guess Rand Paul forgot cravenly releasing Fauci’s personal diaries would be a double-edged sword. But actually, mostly embarrassing Republicans. Who did he think Fauci was going to rail against when expressing his innermost thoughts?
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