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October 07, 2018

EMT 10/7/18

Well McConnell & co dragged us over a line in a manner far more dramatic than it ought ever have been.

Lindsey Graham, lacking the influence of McCain for the first time in his Senate career, discovered he had a spine. I found Sen Collins's 45 minute speech tremendously underwhelming and, well, obvious, but others seemed to like it and I suppose if anyone is going to be the voice of common sense, we could have done worse than her.

The Republican senators got it done, finally.

I can't help but wonder if their willingness to coddle that lying wretch of a woman and her coterie of enablers for so long was a cynical ploy to drive up voter engagement this fall. Such is the level of my cynicism.

Whatever, we now have a clear majority on the SC, and as a bonus, McConnell is going to force Schumer & his cohorts to either stay in session during campaign season, or confirm a whole new raft of circuit & district judges.

We'll take this win, ugly as it was, and move on to the next battle.

Stay safe. Maintain vigilance. Things are just going to get more chippy in the next several weeks.

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