Random Thoughts

[Angrboda]

In my state, Minnesota, both Democrat senate incumbents are ahead in the polls. Smith by 7 points and Klobuchar by 30 points. And the Democrat candidate for governor is as well. Granted I live in a predominantly blue state, but we're doing our part to hold the line.

Sen. Jeff Flake calls for Kavanaugh vote to be postponed until accuser is heard

Flake was the first Republican to join Democrats in urging a delay in Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee vote. Republicans hold an 11-to-10 majority on the panel, and Flake’s opposition could stall the nomination.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost...story.html

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Even more striking was the relaunch by national security adviser John Bolton of his decades-long pursuit of his personal white whale, the International Criminal Court. Since Bolton last served in government more than a decade ago, the ICC has failed to become the mortal threat to Americans that Bolton predicted. But that hasn’t diminished his fervor: Last week he devoted his first public speech since moving into the White House to threatening sanctions and even criminal prosecution of any ICC prosecutor or judge who pursued any alleged wrongdoing by any American. (Until now, none has.)

The next day, reporters asked State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to explain how the United States could legally prosecute international lawyers and judges. She repeatedly refused even to try.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...story.html