Day 2: Republicans continued to turn Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings into a QAnon masterclass from the master race.
When Ayatollah Ted finished his stunt…
Senatorette Lindsey Graham must be working on some fanfic —or day I suggest slashfic?!— and wants to know what it would be like to be that dreamy Justice Beer Bong:
Tom Tillis was probably high:
Shorter Ben Sasse: everyone I work with is a fame slut for Fox News. The longer version:
And that’s all you really need to know about yesterday’s hearing: it was a festival of soundbites for Fox News, and by the way, it worked:
But there was this moment of grace from Corey Booker:
And we’ll leave it there on a positive note.
The Betting Window is open. The house position is that there will be a 100% no vote from the GOP. Get your quatloos ready.
Mock Paper Scissors 
Booker: yeah.
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One of the Dems needs to describe, as a hypothetical, the litany of allegations against Matt Gaetz, and ask KBJ what sentence she should impose.
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oh yes. hang on, i’ll get the popcorn.
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Just gonna drop this off…
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I’m wondering what your average republican black friend (NOTE: Singular.) has to say about this kind of behavior.
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Ted “I’m a tool” Cruz once again raises the idiocy bar.
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would that be raises or lowers?
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I saw excerpts of Cruz and Graham badgering Jackson. It was genuinely hard for me to decide which of them was the more sickening. Their utter discourtesy was stunning. If I was chair of the committee I would have thrown their asses out for continuing breach of parliamentary rules. They were disgraceful.
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I’m thinking What’s-Her-Face from Alaska will vote for Judge Jackson. What’s-Her-Face from Maine will vote NO but be very sorry and pitiful.
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Yes- she will have concerns.
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