'Not knowing when the Dawn will come, I open every Door,' Trump No. 95

[lionheart]

From Emily Dickinson.

Old thread.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3356297-Freedom-of-the-press-is-not-just-important-to-democracy-it-is-democracy-Trump-no-94

Donnelly has issued a statement saying no.

I missed Sheldon unfortunately because of a phone call just when Booker was facing down the teller in an early vote. He looks good when he's defiant

Donnelly, spine on show. Let's hope the other four find theirs, Gump. And some of Sheldon's contribution will appear in MSNBC and/or CNN reporting, no doubt.

Spine no.2:
Manu Raju
@mkraju
Not a surprise, but Tester is a no. He said he wanted to meet with Kavanaugh, who “couldn’t find the time” to meet with him in person. He’s the second red-state Dem up in 2018 to announce his opposition today

Those repugly ctee investigators did such a good job, who needs the FBI?

Ryan Grim
@ryangrim
Mark Judge says (under penalty of felony) that he avoids public speaking engagements due to anxiety, meanwhile his publisher literally lists him as a public speaker. Maybe instead of a subpoena the Senate can just book him to speak...

@soychicka
Can someone please explain what "under penalty of felony" means, and the statute one can be charged with a felony for making a false statement in this manner?

Because here's proof that the substance of the last letter judge sent is a blatant lie:the
mobile.twitter.com/soychicka/status/1045694762471346176/photo/1
Charge him.

'American Politics Is Boofed
The Kavanaugh-Ford hearing was a spectacle three decades in the making.'
www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-hearing-history-clintons-220740

'Judiciary Committee Members Doxxed During Kavanaugh Testimony.
Home addresses and cellphone numbers mysteriously popped up on Wikipedia as Republican senators questioned Brett Kavanaugh.'
Not all of the information was accurate. A number listed as a home phone for Graham was actually the number for an LGBTQ advocacy organization, the Post reported.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/judiciary-committee-members-doxxed-during-kavanaugh-testimony_us_5badb651e4b0b4d308d195f4

'Only the Truth Can Save Us Now.
Before we accept a permanent division over the Kavanaugh Affair, here are some ways to make a last bid for greater clarity.'
www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/opinion/kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-supreme-court.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

It's now down to Heitkamp, Manchin, Collins and Murkowski.

Dems are apparently working on Flake still in the hearing ante room.

I'm listening to MSNBC

Grassley will brush this off, just like he did to the ABA. They do not care. God could part the cupola, float in on a cloud and Grassley would cite regular order and dismiss him with a flourish of his gavel.
Yale Law School
@YaleLawSch
Dean Gerken Joins the ABA in Calling for Further Investigation.
mobile.twitter.com/YaleLawSch/status/1045698389961318400/photo/1

Huh -- Whitehouse says "Given what’s happening in the ante room" the vote should be delayed. But does not give details

twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1045723835532800001

5 mins over the time for vote and most people have left the room.

Aha, Gump, I wondered what was up:
Manu Raju
@mkraju
Coons returns, chatting with Feinstein. The vote was supposed to have started at 130p

We are three minutes from the vote and STILL no sign of Flake.

We are still waiting for Flake to return to hearing room. He’s been out for more than 30 mins. It’s unclear if Flake will speak

Lots of chatter on Dem side initiated by Coons and now with Feinstein staff director. Now Feinstein heads to anteroom, with Coons.
Show this thread

Coons just returned, whispering to Feinstein’s staff director

Flake just got up and left the hearing room and asked to speak privately to Coons in the ante room.
They are close friends; Coons became emotional and upset this AM when he learned about Flake’s support of Kavanaugh

in short, something is happening in the ante room, where Flake disappeared to w/ Sen. Coons about 45 min ago.
Several other Dems then joined them.
Now Rs have been cycling in and out of the room.
Vote still skedded for 1:30 for now, but a lot of movement/convos happening

twitter.com/Phil_Mattingly/status/1045725092431503360

Grassley has been out of the room and is now back but Feinstein has left. Twitter comment that Grassley not trying to take the vote which is unusual. If he thought he could do this, he would do it.

The picture of Grassley and Hatch sitting there helpless and silent and grim says it all.

twitter.com/Lawrence/status/1045730629575487488

MSNBC reporting a possibility that the vote will be delayed for the FBI to reopen briefly the background check. This was the compromise that Klobuchar proposed.

.@KellyO reports just now on @msnbc that there are "serious discussions" underway right now about a delay in the vote so that the FBI could reopen the background check. That is the cause for the delay, she says.

twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1045731489839755265

I hope they do because Ali Velshi was really patronising to Stephanie Ruhle when she suggested this was a possibility.

Oh god, suspenders. Not good for the blood pressure

Grassley has now reopened the meeting. Flake is now speaking as a point of personal privilege. Flake proposing that the floor vote is delayed to allow the FBI to reopen the investigation for one week.

They are taking the vote ... going with party and Kavanaugh nomination goes to the Senate Floor.

There’s no way the WH honors this deal, nor does McConnell right?

twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1045733374059597825

The discussions suggest that the committee doesn't have the power to delay and open the investigation.

It looks like Flake just duped the Dems on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

twitter.com/seanjonesqc/status/1045734461952995328

The Senate can't force the FBI to investigate. Only the White House can. But Flake is saying he won't vote for Kavanaugh on the floor without further investigation.

twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/1045734797715419137

The big boys will lean on Flake and he'll fold.

Flake will advance the Kavanaugh nomination to the Senate floor, but he has made clear that he has the votes (Collins, Murkowski?) to delay the final floor vote for a week, allowing an FBI investigation.

twitter.com/pkcapitol/status/1045733091170488321