Could it be that they thought that they would film it and they would get footage that would somehow be damaging to Lesley Stahl/60 minutes? Maybe they were under the impression that the reason Trump did so badly with Swan was that Axios edited the interview in a misleading way and that if they had their own footage they could spin it better? Maybe Trump thought that if his people could do the editing, it would all somehow look like the editing that gets done on “The Apprentice” and didn’t actually think through that 60 Minutes would have access to the entire interview? It seems like a pretty bad tactic regardless.
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Because Trumpy is incapable of learning from his mistakes!
He thinks he can sway people like Bob Woodward and Lesile Stahl with his perfect personality and stable genius-ness.
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Yeah. He’s a huge narcissist; so he has no idea how others see him. And he’s unable to change or admit that he was ever wrong about something.
In contrast to the slightly older Biden who has shown he can see and admit when he was wrong and has changed his policies to reflect that and better meet the times.
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but it’s pence who really wins the day
Lesley Stahl: What about Thanksgiving? Should people feel safe to get together with their family? With their grandparents? With their aunts and uncles?
Vice President Mike Pence: Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.
ever helpful that one
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via the WaPo…
“This is something to really be proud of and feel good about,” McConnell said of Barrett’s confirmation. “We made an important contribution to the future of this country. A lot of what we have done over the last four years will be undone sooner or later by the next election. It won’t be able to do much about this for a long time to come.” -M. McConnell
What was that you just said about the next four years? A Biden presidency?
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We’ll see, Mitch.
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That’s a Ralph Wiggum answer right there.
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“[I]t is clear that its stated purpose notwithstanding, the Executive Order is nothing more than a smokescreen for what is clearly an attempt to require the political loyalty of those who advise the President, or failing that, to enable their removal with little if any due process,” -Federal Salary Council Chair Ron Sanders, a Trump appointee
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Oh man, I missed this from last week.
“Ladies, I ask you: would a sexist President care so much about fixing your dishwashers?”
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But, but his tariffs increased the cost of said dishwashers!
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Thomas is going to step down sooner or later. Preferably sooner. He was making noise about it not that long ago.
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11 SCOTUS justices? 13? 
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We can all look forward to the day he gets together with his grandparents for Thanksgiving again.
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Queue the death threats against those researchers.
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Best idea I heard was 15. Split the 9th circuit into two smaller jurisdictions, and assign one associate justice per district. Thirteen current districts, plus one new district, plus chief justice brings it up to fifteen.
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Term limited, natch.
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Even more critical, once the new slots are filled, it needs to have a requirement by law of a supermajority of the Senate to confirm (again). That one change has made the Senate useless. When 60 votes are required, it forced the majority party to negotiate. Now, they don’t even need Dems to show up. It’s stupid.
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The whole reason we’re where we are is because Republicans abused the supermajority requirement to block any Democratic appointments, though. I’m not sure how you can make a rule that requires them to participate in good faith when doing so puts them at a power disadvantage.
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Right. They should require the supermajority to expand the court further. To confirm should be an automatic process unless a majority actively vote against the appointee.
