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Kavanaugh Wins Appointment

Brett Kavanaugh has won appointment as a Justice to the US Supreme Court on a 50 to 48 vote this afternoon in the US Senate. Kavanaugh gathered the votes of all Republicans, except for Steve Daines of Montana, who was not present, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who simply voted present. Meanwhile, all Democrats cast no votes except for Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who sided with the Republicans in approving the appointment.

Some protesters tried to disrupt the vote and had to be removed from the chambers. Other demonstrators outside the Senate were arrested.

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The Winner: Justice Kavanaugh!

H.A. Goodman says Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed as the next Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.  Late into the night, more Senators announced they would be voting to confirm Kavanaugh. He was said to have the support of Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Bob Corker, R-Tenn.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. With Republicans lining up solidly behind him, Democrats began to drift over as well, starting with Joe Manchin, D-W.V. As many as six or seven other Democrats could vote to confirm Kavanaugh, but even if it’s only  two or three, he will be named to serve on the Supreme Court.

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Dick Morris calls Brett Kavanaugh’s appearance Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee one of the greatest moments in political history in recent years. Not only did Kavanaugh provide a convincing statement defending himself from the smears and slurs that have been leveled against him by the Leftist Democrats, but he likely sealed his victory as the next Supreme Court justice. Morris expects nearly all Republicans to vote for Kavanaugh’s nomination, plus 4 or 5 Democrats facing tough races this fall and wanting to be perceived as moderates.

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Liz Wheeler from One America News says the Kavanaugh hearings show how Democrats have put a target on the backs of all men. They are perverting justice. No longer are you innocent until proven guilty. Now, women can levy flimsy, contrived charges — even ones supposedly 30 or 40 years old — and use those to smear you. It’s not at all the American way, but it is part of the Democrats’ warped attack to destroy our country, our way of life, our families, our religions, our culture

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When they lose in the battle of ideas, they resort to character assassination, every single time. These people are a national disgrace. More from SGTReport.

Christine Blasey Ford is grilled on her polygraph test, and her conflicting statements. More from Liberum Arbitrium.

Wintry Reminder

As winter begins to descend upon much of the nation, here’s a reminder of how treacherous conditions can become. In this video, a resident of Fairbanks, Alaska, shows what happens when you throw hot water into the atmosphere — on a day when temperatures have fallen to -52 below zero!

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Feds Can’t Fix Healthcare

Why is the government so bad at healthcare? Why did Obamacare make it more expensive than it already was? Is there a solution? Former Member of Congress Bob McEwen explains in a video from PragerU.

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Meanwhile, Dick Morris weighs in on the lame Republicans’ failures to address Obamacare. After arguing years for repeal, now we have idiot senators like Utah’s Mike Lee, Kansas’ Jerry Moran, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and West Virginia’s Shelley Moore Capito refusing to budge, gumming up the Republican Party by insisting on their own variations as opposed to upholding the party’s pledge to the public to end the bloated healthcare mess. Enough! Every one of these holdout Republicans should be cast out of the Senate, and shunned by voters, the same as we treat the scumball Democrats.

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Styxhexenhammer666 says perhaps it is time the Feds got out of the healthcare business and let it operate on purely capitalistic principles. Sure, there might be some drastic consequences, but none worse than the bloated stasis caused by massive government intervention.

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Green Tyranny Kills Jobs

The tyrannical world of liberal environmentalism, in cahoots with the federal government, is working overtime to push its agenda on the American landscape. They’ve already tossed more than a few monkey wrenches into the Keystone Pipeline Project and are celebrating their success in shutting down Pebble Mine, the second-largest ore deposit of its kind (copper, gold, porphyry, molybdenum) in the world, in southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. Consumer reporter John Stossel calls it green tyranny, and it’s killing thousands of jobs. He debates the issues with players on both sides in this edition of Liberty Pen.

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Senate Within Range for GOP

Political pundit Dick Morris is making predictions again. Thirteen months after his prognostication debacle in the 2012 presidential election, in which he predicted a Romney landslide  victory, Morris says Republicans will capture the Senate in 2014.

“We need six seats to win the Senate,” he says. “Three of them, as I’ve said, are easy pickups: West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana. All three of them have retiring Democratic incumbents, very strong Republican candidates and very weak Democrats running for the seat.”  Morris said the real test will come in four crucial states: Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina. Listen in to Morris’ rationale in this edition of “Dick Morris Reports.”

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Babes of Burlesque: 28

KALANI KOKONUTS

Originally from Alaska, Kalani Kokonuts learned the art of burlesque at the world-famous Palomino Club in Las Vegas, and remains based out of the desert city, currently appearing at the Absinthe. She says her sister gave her the nickname Kalani Kokonuts, and she kept the moniker for lack of having anything better. She’s a consummate professional who creates highly original acts, backed by Taiko drummers or involving flashes of kung-fu fighting. Explaining her approach to the art, she says, “You must get the audience’s attention in less than five seconds. If I haven’t given you goose bumps or had your complete undivided attention, I have failed.”

Kalani at the Majestic in Dallas, Texas, 2011.

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A 2012 performance at Tease-O-Rama at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco.

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Her Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/kalani.kokonuts

The Mob Hounds Olympian

Corey Cogdell, a member of the US Olympic Shooting Team, has come under fire from anti-hunting moonbats. Cogdell’s crime? She enjoys big-game hunting and has posted photos on her Facebook page showing herself with her trophy kills.

Revealing themselves to be quite bloodthirsty despite masquerading as pacifist-minded humanitarians, the twits have taken to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, advocating violence against Cogdell and her family. Tweeted Konejira, “Please go shoot yourself in the knees. YOU ANIMAL MURDERER!! you’re a disgusting human being.” Someone else wailed, “These ppl need to be shot deheaded and posted on a wall.” A third party wrote, “I hope that someone someday shoot your whole familly just practicing.—”

Cogdell, a trap shooter from Palmer, Alaska, won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and is currently competing at the 2012 Games. Upon arriving in London, she did a Skype interview with the NRA News, discussing how she loves to use Twitter and Facebook to reach out to her fans. Wonder if her enthusiasm for social media has been tempered now that the haters have gone into hyperdrive to whip up their PETA-inspired hysteria? H/T Twitchy

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