Jeff Flake forces Republicans to cancel confirmation of judges over Mueller

Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has forced Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee to cancel a meeting in the process of confirming dozens of judges.

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced the meeting scheduled for Thursday was cancelled and listed the nominees that would be up for confirmation.

Flake can block all judicial nominees from being sent for a confirmation vote on the Senate floor because he is the key vote in the Judiciary Committee, which has 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats.

Flake has said that he would refuse to vote for the appointments so long as his bill protecting the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller was blocked by Republicans.

On Wednesday, the bill was defeated by Republicans.

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) blocked the bill protecting Mueller by arguing that doing so would undermine separation of powers between the three branches of government.

“Prosecutorial authority of the United States belongs in the Department of Justice and the Department of Justice answers to the President of the United States. Its principle officers consist of people appointed by the president, serving at the pleasure of the president, after being confirmed by the United States Senate.”

“This is a fundamental component of our liberty,” Lee argued.

In an interview on CNN Wednesday, Flake said that he didn’t understand why Republicans wouldn’t vote for the bill unless there was a threat of Trump interfering with the investigation.

“The president needs to know that the Senate will not stand for him firing Mueller,” said Flake. “And the message he’s getting right now is that the Senate and the leadership will protect him.”

Here’s Flake discussing his bill on CNN Wednesday:

“I think that that’s the wrong message to send,” he concluded.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/28/jeff-flake-forces-republicans-to-cancel-confirmation-of-judges-over-mueller

Washington Post puts story on Kavanaugh coaching girls basketball in ‘public safety’ section

The Washington Post was roundly criticized Wednesday for classifying news about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s return to coaching girls basketball as a “public safety” story, according to The Hill.

That’s right: Public safety. The implication, whether The Washington Post would admit it or not, appeared to be that the public needed to be aware of this accused sexual offender’s association with girls basketball, for their safety.

Conservative readers obviously took offense to this classification.

“The gutter journalism that still surrounds reports about Brett Kavanaugh make me want to tear my hair out,” wrote Ashe Schow of The Daily Wire.

“What a joke, media bias is real,” wrote former Florida congressional candidate Chuck Callesto.

Here’s what The Washington Post said about it

According to a Post spokesperson, the story populated in the “public safety” section because that’s what always happens to articles written by the particular author who wrote the piece. The spokesperson also said the story should have gone in the local section, and should never have been in public safety.

Apparently the story stayed under the public safety section for some time even after the newspaper’s statement, before finally being recategorized under the local section.

Under public safety, the news of Kavanaugh’s return to coaching was placed next to stories about murders, sex offenders, and fatal accidents.

Kavanaugh, while he was going through his confirmation process and defending himself against allegations of sexual assault, expressed concern that the allegations would prevent him from being able to coach again.

“I love coaching more than anything I’ve ever done in my whole life,” Kavanaugh said during a Senate hearing. “But thanks to what some of you on this side of the committee have unleashed, I may never be able to coach again.”

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/28/washington-post-puts-story-on-kavanaugh-coaching-girls-basketball-in-public-safety-section

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Australian Spies May Get License To Kill During International Secret Missions

Australian spies on top secret missions may soon gain a license to kill enemies who pose a risk to their undercover missions while operating abroad, reports ABC News.

Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) officers are currently permitted to use their weapons in self-defense, or to protect anyone working with the spy agency, however on Thursday the Morrison government is set to introduce new laws to Parliament which will allow spies to use "reasonable force" during overseas missions.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-28/australian-spies-may-get-license-kill-during-international-secret-missions