Sep 07, 2018
Happy Friday from Washington on what is supposed to be the fourth and final day of Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. We’ve got more analysis from Thomas Jipping and Elizabeth Slattery, as well as related insight from Sen. Orrin Hatch on the judge and David Harsanyi on the opposition. What’s President Trump’s pay freeze all about? Fred Lucas breaks it down. Plus: John-Michael Seibler and Jonathan Zalewski on the weight of a governor’s feather offense, and Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano on the AARP of the right. Sunday is Grandparents Day. Have a great weekend.
3 Takeaways From Day 3 of Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearings
More than 350,000 pages of material from or about Kavanaugh’s professional work have been made available to the public. That’s more than for the past five Supreme Court nominees combined.
4 Key Points to Consider About Trump’s Federal Pay Decision
Taxpayers compensate federal workers with 17 percent more than what similar employees—with comparable education, skills, and experience—earn in the private sector.
On the Court, Kavanaugh Will Be an Umpire, Not a Player
I asked Kavanaugh for assurances that he would not allow the president’s interests to affect his decision-making. He held up his pocket copy of the United States Constitution and replied, “I owe my loyalty to the Constitution,” writes Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.
The Law Shouldn’t Give Gov. Cuomo Special Treatment
Keeping a bald eagle feather without a permit, something Gov. Andrew Cuomo recalled doing, is an offense with penalties of up to one year in prison, $5,000 in criminal fines, and another $5,000 in civil fines, per each violation.
Meet the Conservative Alternative to the AARP
“We’re selling a philosophy: limited government, less taxes, strong national defense,” says Jim Martin.
Problematic Women: The Kavanaugh Meltdown
We give you a quick guide to football this season and crown our Problematic Woman of the Week, who Twitter deemed a "white supremacist" because of the way she rested her hand during the Kavanaugh hearing.
Daily Signal Podcast: Friday, Sept. 7
Pennsylvania is taking a page out of the Obama playbook. A state commission is attempting to impose gender ideology on residents by going around the legislature. The Heritage Foundation's Monica Burke explains.
Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings Showcase the Paranoia of the Resistance
The paranoia that drives people who sport “Handmaid’s Tale” bonnets or believe America is teeming with white nationalists is stoked, to some extent, by media that offer outsize attention to the few dozen sad neo-Nazi types who gather for protests and fringe hatemongering “candidates” who would be virtually anonymous otherwise.
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