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| Donald Trump set to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to supreme court – live | Donald Trump set to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to supreme court – live |
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| President will name replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg after evangelical leaders visit Oval Office – follow all the latest news live | President will name replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg after evangelical leaders visit Oval Office – follow all the latest news live |
| Rightwing talk show host Mark Levin said Friday he was consulted on who should be appointed to the US supreme court by the White House. | |
| “This is why I have said I would be very cautious about [Barbara Lagoa],” Levin said Friday on BlazeTV’s LevinTV. “And honestly, I’ve put that on my posts, and I was asked by the White House what I thought and I said exactly the same thing. It’s not that I’m hostile toward her, it’s that she’s pretty much a blank slate. You don’t put blank slates on the Supreme Court.” | |
| Levin, once one of Trump’s more vocal conservative critics, has become one of his more prominent media supporters over the past several years. | |
| Several thousand members of the far-right Proud Boys plan are expected to descend on Portland today, amid simmering tensions nationwide following the decision not to charge Louisville police officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor. | Several thousand members of the far-right Proud Boys plan are expected to descend on Portland today, amid simmering tensions nationwide following the decision not to charge Louisville police officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor. |
| The Associated Press reports: | The Associated Press reports: |
| In the words of the White House pool report, at last night’s rally in Newport News, Trump “called out to Virginia Republican chairman Rich Anderson he asked ‘How are we doing? I don’t want to be wasting my time’ by campaigning in the state. Anderson, just behind POTUS and to his left behind the barrier, and wearing a mask, flashed a right thumb up.” | In the words of the White House pool report, at last night’s rally in Newport News, Trump “called out to Virginia Republican chairman Rich Anderson he asked ‘How are we doing? I don’t want to be wasting my time’ by campaigning in the state. Anderson, just behind POTUS and to his left behind the barrier, and wearing a mask, flashed a right thumb up.” |
| To mangle CLR James on cricket, what do they know of polling that only polling know? | To mangle CLR James on cricket, what do they know of polling that only polling know? |
| Fivethirtyeight.com puts Joe Biden 9.9 points up, 51% to 41.1%, in Virginia, although its last registered poll gives the Democrat a five-point lead, down from 14 previously. Realclearpolitics.com says similar. | Fivethirtyeight.com puts Joe Biden 9.9 points up, 51% to 41.1%, in Virginia, although its last registered poll gives the Democrat a five-point lead, down from 14 previously. Realclearpolitics.com says similar. |
| Virginia was once a red Republican state but it has been changing demographically and it hasn’t gone to the GOP since 2004. | Virginia was once a red Republican state but it has been changing demographically and it hasn’t gone to the GOP since 2004. |
| A personal point I’ve made before – Trump is using his presidential plane as a prop at his rallies, when they are held at airports, as in Virginia last night. Charles Lindbergh, in real life someone who also proclaimed “America first”, used his plane as a prop in his quasi-fascist rallies in Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America. | A personal point I’ve made before – Trump is using his presidential plane as a prop at his rallies, when they are held at airports, as in Virginia last night. Charles Lindbergh, in real life someone who also proclaimed “America first”, used his plane as a prop in his quasi-fascist rallies in Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America. |
| I wonder how many times I can quote from and link to the op ed former Obama speechwriter David Litt wrote for us this week, about the supreme court, Mitch McConnell, “constitutional hardball” and what the Democrats can do to fight back – after the court switches to a 6-3 conservative majority, which it is going to do. | I wonder how many times I can quote from and link to the op ed former Obama speechwriter David Litt wrote for us this week, about the supreme court, Mitch McConnell, “constitutional hardball” and what the Democrats can do to fight back – after the court switches to a 6-3 conservative majority, which it is going to do. |
| Here’s the piece: | Here’s the piece: |
| And here’s another quote from David which I find fascinating, on the origins of all this unpleasantness: | And here’s another quote from David which I find fascinating, on the origins of all this unpleasantness: |
| That’s heading for Rick Perlstein territory. His theory, which he has expounded through four huge books on the rise of American right, is that it all started with Senator Barry Goldwater, and his quixotic 1964 campaign against Lyndon B Johnson. Here’s an interview with Rick: | That’s heading for Rick Perlstein territory. His theory, which he has expounded through four huge books on the rise of American right, is that it all started with Senator Barry Goldwater, and his quixotic 1964 campaign against Lyndon B Johnson. Here’s an interview with Rick: |
| Donald Trump’s expected nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the supreme court, to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is drawing attention to a secretive Catholic “covenant community” called People of Praise that counts Barrett as a member and faces claims of adhering to a “highly authoritarian” structure. | Donald Trump’s expected nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the supreme court, to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is drawing attention to a secretive Catholic “covenant community” called People of Praise that counts Barrett as a member and faces claims of adhering to a “highly authoritarian” structure. |
| The 48-year-old appellate court judge has said she is a “faithful Catholic” but that her religious beliefs would not “bear in the discharge of my duties as a judge”. | The 48-year-old appellate court judge has said she is a “faithful Catholic” but that her religious beliefs would not “bear in the discharge of my duties as a judge”. |
| At the same time, the Louisiana native and Notre Dame Law graduate, a favorite among Trump’s evangelical Christian base, has said legal careers ought not to be seen as means of gaining satisfaction, prestige or money, but rather “as a means to the end of serving God”. | At the same time, the Louisiana native and Notre Dame Law graduate, a favorite among Trump’s evangelical Christian base, has said legal careers ought not to be seen as means of gaining satisfaction, prestige or money, but rather “as a means to the end of serving God”. |
| Interviews with experts who have studied charismatic Christian groups such as People of Praise, and with former members of the group, plus a review of the group’s own literature, reveal an organization that appears to dominate some members’ everyday lives, in which so-called “heads” – or spiritual advisers – make big life decisions, and in which members are expected to financially support one another. | Interviews with experts who have studied charismatic Christian groups such as People of Praise, and with former members of the group, plus a review of the group’s own literature, reveal an organization that appears to dominate some members’ everyday lives, in which so-called “heads” – or spiritual advisers – make big life decisions, and in which members are expected to financially support one another. |
| Married women – such as Barrett – count their husbands as their “heads” and all members are expected to donate 5% of their income to the organization. | Married women – such as Barrett – count their husbands as their “heads” and all members are expected to donate 5% of their income to the organization. |
| Full story: | Full story: |
| On the White House schedule today, in case you wondered about which key blocks of support Donald Trump might be looking to reassure with his supreme court pick: | On the White House schedule today, in case you wondered about which key blocks of support Donald Trump might be looking to reassure with his supreme court pick: |
| Bad form to quote self, and all that, but this is from a Guardian live blog back in June, when Trump had peaceful protesters gassed and attacked so he could waive a Bible about in front of St John’s church: | Bad form to quote self, and all that, but this is from a Guardian live blog back in June, when Trump had peaceful protesters gassed and attacked so he could waive a Bible about in front of St John’s church: |
| As for why evangelical Christians support Trump so fervently, here’s John S Gardner’s review of Ralph Reed’s book, For God and Country: The Christian Case for Trump. Safe to say, John isn’t buying: | As for why evangelical Christians support Trump so fervently, here’s John S Gardner’s review of Ralph Reed’s book, For God and Country: The Christian Case for Trump. Safe to say, John isn’t buying: |
| … and welcome to our coverage of a day in US politics due to end, at 5pm, with Donald Trump’s announcement of Amy Coney Barrett as his choice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the supreme court. | … and welcome to our coverage of a day in US politics due to end, at 5pm, with Donald Trump’s announcement of Amy Coney Barrett as his choice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the supreme court. |
| It’s not definitely Barrett. The choice was reported by numerous outlets last night, though Trump underscored the validity of CNN’s warning – “All sources cautioned that until it is announced by the president, there is always the possibility that Trump makes a last-minute change” – by telling reporters it “could be any one” of five women and insisting: “I haven’t said it is her.” | It’s not definitely Barrett. The choice was reported by numerous outlets last night, though Trump underscored the validity of CNN’s warning – “All sources cautioned that until it is announced by the president, there is always the possibility that Trump makes a last-minute change” – by telling reporters it “could be any one” of five women and insisting: “I haven’t said it is her.” |
| But he did reportedly say in 2018: “I’m saving her for Ginsburg.” | But he did reportedly say in 2018: “I’m saving her for Ginsburg.” |
| Barrett is a strict conservative and devout Catholic who by replacing a liberal lion would tilt the court firmly right, 6-3. Which is why Republicans in the Senate are ready to ram the nomination through, even though only 38 days remain until election day. | Barrett is a strict conservative and devout Catholic who by replacing a liberal lion would tilt the court firmly right, 6-3. Which is why Republicans in the Senate are ready to ram the nomination through, even though only 38 days remain until election day. |
| Public polling suggests a majority think so momentous a choice should be made by the winner of that election, Trump or Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee who still has a relatively healthy lead in the polls. No matter. | Public polling suggests a majority think so momentous a choice should be made by the winner of that election, Trump or Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee who still has a relatively healthy lead in the polls. No matter. |
| We’ll have coverage through the day, of course. In the meantime, for some further reading, here’s our chief reporter, Ed Pilkington, on the role of the Senate in all this: | We’ll have coverage through the day, of course. In the meantime, for some further reading, here’s our chief reporter, Ed Pilkington, on the role of the Senate in all this: |