New Advocacy Group Will 'Punch Back' To Protect Trump's Judicial Nominees

A new conservative advocacy group called the Article III Project (A3P) launched Saturday, promising to promote and defend President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees at the confirmation stage and after they take the bench.

The Article III Project is the latest addition to the GOP’s formidable judicial confirmation architecture, which significantly outpaces its leftwing counterparts.

“A3P will punch back and help confirm President Trump’s judicial nominees, defend these new judges from left-wing attacks once confirmed, defend the integrity of the confirmation process, and fight back against the assaults on judicial independence — including radical court-packing, term-limit, and even impeachment schemes,” A3P president Mike Davis said in a statement announcing the group’s launch.

“The attacks are only getting uglier, more personal, and more radical,” Davis said.

Republicans have raised the stakes in their own right, abolishing the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees and reducing post-cloture debate time on district court nominees from 30 hours to two hours.

Progressives have founded competitor groups like Demand Justice, hoping to close the right’s competitive advantage in fundraising, organizing, and messaging around judicial nominations.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/19/a3p-donald-trump-judges/

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US warship sails in disputed South China Sea amid trade tensions

he US military said one of its warships sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea on Sunday (May 19), a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense ties between the world's two biggest economies.

The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the US-China relationship, which also include a trade war, US sanctions and Taiwan.

The US destroyer Preble carried out the operation, a US military spokesman told Reuters.

"Preble sailed within 12 nautical miles of Scarborough Reef in order to challenge excessive maritime claims and preserve access to the waterways as governed by international law," said Commander Clay Doss, a spokesman for the Seventh Fleet.

It was the second such US military operation in the South China Sea in the last month.

On Wednesday, the chief of the US Navy said its freedom of navigation movements in the disputed South China Sea drew more attention than they deserved.

The US military has a long-standing position that its operations are carried out throughout the world, including areas claimed by allies, and they are separate from political considerations.

The operation was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing’s efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters, where Chinese, Japanese and some Southeast Asian navies operate.

China claims almost all of the strategic South China Sea and frequently lambasts the United States and its allies over naval operations near Chinese-occupied islands.

Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have competing claims in the region.

China and the United States have repeatedly traded barbs in the past over what Washington says is Beijing’s militarization of the South China Sea by building military installations on artificial islands and reefs.

China defends its construction as necessary for self-defence and says the United States is responsible for ratcheting up tension in the region by sending warships and military planes close to islands Beijing claims.

Last month, China’s navy chief said freedom of navigation should not be used to infringe upon the rights of other nations.

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-warship-sails-in-disputed-south-china-sea-amid-trade-tensions

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Tahoe and the Sierras look like a winter wonderland.

Snowmelt should be a fun addition to the reservoirs.

$200,000 in stolen goods found hidden in ‘sophisticated tunnels’ on man's property, police say

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. —

A 26-year-old man is facing charges after deputies found an elaborate series of tunnels on a 4-acre property where stolen goods, including heavy construction equipment, transport trailers, vehicles, power tools and construction material were hidden, South Carolina deputies say.

After getting search warrants, deputies spent two days searching the property, where they uncovered a “sophisticated network of underground tunnels” that were being used to conceal more than $200,000 in property stolen from throughout the area.

https://www.kcci.com/article/dollar200000-in-stolen-goods-found-hidden-in-sophisticated-tunnels-on-mans-property-police-say/27515088

Suspect we will be hearing a lot more about tunnels in the future…

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Thanks anon.

Good info.

I always thought Lake Shasta held much more water than Lake Oroville. Actually only 25% more.

They say the spillway is fixed.

Will see if true.