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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Thu Aug 16, 2018, 03:02 PM Aug 2018

Breaking: Senate Democrats threaten to sue National Archives for Kavanaugh documents (NPR)




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#Breaking: Senate Democrats are threatening to sue the National Archives to obtain documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s career as a White House official during President George W. Bush’s administration.
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Breaking: Senate Democrats threaten to sue National Archives for Kavanaugh documents (NPR) (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 OP
K & R malaise Aug 2018 #1
Sigh.... fallout87 Aug 2018 #8
Rachel may. triron Aug 2018 #19
K&R fleur-de-lisa Aug 2018 #2
They shouldn't threaten...They should just do it! Cattledog Aug 2018 #3
+1 lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #4
Totally Agree!!! avebury Aug 2018 #5
Exactly My Thought Me. Aug 2018 #6
YES! spanone Aug 2018 #7
YEP and i mean like YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bluestarone Aug 2018 #10
Amen! FiveGoodMen Aug 2018 #13
It should have been written and filed last week!! Delmette2.0 Aug 2018 #14
WHY? I know nothing about the strategies being Hortensis Aug 2018 #33
As soon as the hearing date was announced, Delmette2.0 Aug 2018 #34
Again, why to the first sentence? Hortensis Aug 2018 #36
What you said!! old guy Aug 2018 #22
Precisely Cattledog! Uncle Joe Aug 2018 #23
that's what i say. barbtries Aug 2018 #25
We should be callling them and telling them just that Fullduplexxx Aug 2018 #28
Yes, get on it already, Senators! nt appal_jack Aug 2018 #32
Do it! gademocrat7 Aug 2018 #9
DEFINITELY do it. It will stop his nomination....hopefully. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #11
GOOD! Bravo to every Dem who is involved in this Bettie Aug 2018 #12
Now you're talking. Stir that pot. Fight for what's right. Which Democrats? nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #15
k&R BlueJac Aug 2018 #16
Chuck Schumer New Hampshire Man Aug 2018 #17
Just do it already... defacto7 Aug 2018 #18
Don't threaten. Do it already! triron Aug 2018 #20
Do it. Don't just talk tough. Back it up with ACTION. calimary Aug 2018 #21
K&R UTUSN Aug 2018 #24
Threaten? LandOfHopeAndDreams Aug 2018 #26
Quit threatening and do it... BlueJac Aug 2018 #27
Do we need to give them cover with phone calls? Grasswire2 Aug 2018 #29
I asked elsewhere if those documents are classified. Grasswire2 Aug 2018 #30
To everyone who says "Just do it already" ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #31
K&R bdamomma Aug 2018 #35
 

fallout87

(819 posts)
8. Sigh....
Thu Aug 16, 2018, 03:33 PM
Aug 2018

The national media will not focus on this. They are too busy being distracted by trumps shiny object of the day.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
33. WHY? I know nothing about the strategies being
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 01:01 PM
Aug 2018

employed by a minority party who were denied the ability to stop this appointment by choice of the electorate. At least all those feckless asses on the left who decided not to vote power to them. .

But even a second's consideration suggests to me that, whoa, just maybe they wanted to delay for a week. That could be for a number of reasons, though, none of which I can name.

Can any of you? The assumed reason for not doing it last week seems to be their stupidity.

But back to my WHY? Can anyone her think of a compelling reason why they would have needed to do it last week?

And what dreadful failure will now be the result of missing that mysterious deadline that wasn't already determined by feckless asses in their great wisdom?

Delmette2.0

(4,165 posts)
34. As soon as the hearing date was announced,
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 01:33 PM
Aug 2018

Schumer should have already submitted the FOIA request and started working on any lawsuit.

I don't think they are paying attention and anticipating any possible actions the R's could do. What is so hard about anticipating an early hearing date when the R's have been known to stall on issues then rush through hearings. Remember their healthcare bill?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
36. Again, why to the first sentence?
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 01:57 PM
Aug 2018

As for the assumptions on this thread that Schumer and the rest are all so profoundly less competent and knowledgeable than even the most clueless amateurs,... I truly cannot understand how anyone could come to that belief and even less why anyone would want to. But I'll leave those inclined to their thing.

calimary

(81,281 posts)
21. Do it. Don't just talk tough. Back it up with ACTION.
Thu Aug 16, 2018, 05:03 PM
Aug 2018

As they say in the Nike world: “Just Do It.”

DO it, DAMMIT.

Grasswire2

(13,570 posts)
30. I asked elsewhere if those documents are classified.
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 12:29 AM
Aug 2018

If not..........a whistleblower leak would sure be a boon for the country.

bdamomma

(63,850 posts)
35. K&R
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 01:34 PM
Aug 2018

we all need to fight back, or our children and grandchildren won't be living in a democracy no longer.

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