MEMBERS SPEAK OUT ON QUESTIONING, FITNESS OF TRUMP NOMINEES, EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 7, 2019) — 10:46 a.m. EST – The Senate Judiciary Committee is currently meeting to discuss voting on a long list of President Trump’s judicial nominees for circuit courts and U.S. district courts as well as U.S. attorney general nominee […]
BUT REMAIN SILENT ON FAIRFAX ACCUSER by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 6, 2019) — On Sunday night, Virginia politics were further stirred with the publication by Big League Politics of a woman’s allegation of a sexual assault on the part of Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Fairfax, 39, is second-in-command in […]
WILL HE BECOME THE NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 15, 2019) — Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham tweeted Tuesday evening that confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee William P. Barr are expected to conclude Wednesday after final witnesses speak on his behalf. On Tuesday Barr answered questions from members of the committee beginning […]
SUPPORTS SPECIAL COUNSEL, DISAGREES WITH AUTOMATIC SELF-RECUSAL by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 15, 2019) — Just before 10:00 a.m. EST Tuesday, Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, William P. Barr, read an opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee, now chaired by Lindsey Graham. During that statement, Barr, 68 and attorney general under President George H.W. […]
“I’M GONNA LOOK AT IT” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 14, 2018) — Sean Hannity interviewed Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Wednesday evening on several topics, including the ongoing Florida vote recounts in Florida’s Palm Beach and Broward Counties. Graham sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee and is a former JAG attorney. All Florida counties other […]
WAS IT ALL PRE-PLANNED? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 8, 2018) — In remarks to reporters on Monday evening, President Trump called the last-minute accusations against then-Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh “a hoax” carried out by “evil” people. Nominated on July 9, after a protracted confirmation process resulting from unexpected allegations of sexual misconduct, Kavanaugh was narrowly […]
FEDERAL JUDGE EXPECTED TO BE CONFIRMED TO U.S. SUPREME COURT by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2018) — After a much-anticipated vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate Friday morning to invoke cloture on the debate over the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, a final confirmation vote is scheduled for […]
BUT WHERE IS IT? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2018) — While speaking on the Senate floor prior to the cloture vote on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh Friday morning, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) stated that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez both presented “evidence” to support their decades-old claims of sexual […]
SENATOR CALLS OUT “THE RESISTANCE” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2018) — On Friday just before 7:30 AM EDT, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley told Fox & Friends that one of the witnesses Dr. Christine Ford identified as allegedly having been at a gathering in 1982 where Ford said she was sexually assaulted by […]
AS SENATORS REVIEW SUPPLEMENTAL FBI REPORTS by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 4, 2018) — Fox News has been told that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) will be holding a press conference at 11:00 a.m. EDT on the now-concluded supplemental FBI background check into Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by […]
“MITCH MCCONNELL JUST FILED FOR CLOTURE” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 3, 2018) — On Wednesday’s “Hannity” show, host Sean Hannity reported that the FBI has finished its “supplemental” investigation into allegations made in recent weeks by two women against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. On Thursday morning, members of the U.S. Senate will review […]
“A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISGRACE” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 3, 2018) — During a Wednesday presser before 1:30 p.m. EDT, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders described Senate Democrats’ approach toward Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings and subsequent sexual-assault allegations as “a complete and total disgrace” and a departure from routine protocol. In doing so, […]
ARE THEY SEEKING THE TRUTH, OR DO THEY HAVE AN AGENDA? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 3, 2018) — As of 11:00 AM EDT Wednesday, the “legacy” media remains silent on a letter released by the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday night from a former long-term, live-in boyfriend of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford which claims that he […]
AND WHERE IS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 2, 2018) — 10:30 p.m. EDT – A letter obtained by Fox News from a former boyfriend of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the first woman to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh last month of sexual misconduct when both were allegedly teenagers, directly contradicts Ford’s […]
HANNITY: SUPPLEMENTAL COULD BE SENT TO WHITE HOUSE WEDNESDAY by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 2, 2018) — On Tuesday’s “Hannity,” host Sean Hannity broke the news that his sources have said that the FBI’s “supplemental” report on Judge Brett Kavanaugh “could be” sent to the White House on Wednesday. Kavanaugh, nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court […]
SHOULD MAKING PUBLIC, UNSUBSTANTIATED ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ANOTHER BE A CRIME? by OPOVV, ©2018 (Oct. 2, 2018) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for tuning into ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ your one stop for the truth. We know your time is valuable and it warms the cockles of our heart that you choose us instead […]
SAYS MIDTERM ELECTIONS MAY PLAY A ROLE by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 1, 2018) — On Monday night’s “Hannity,” Sen. Lindsey Graham provided more information as to the scope of the FBI’s seventh investigation into the background of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The probe was requested by Trump after the Senate Judiciary Committee […]
“DEFORMITIES OF CHARACTER, INTEGRITY, HONOR” by Joan Swirsky, ©2018 (Sep. 30, 2018) — The Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus that I attended in my youth showcased acts like the freak show in which people with all sorts of bizarre physical features would attract millions of morbidly curious wide-eyed visitors. But even Tom Thumb and […]
“I’M GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 30, 2018) — According to Sen. Lindsey Graham on “Sunday Morning Futures,” the FBI will be asking U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s high-school acquaintance, Mark Judge, if he knows anything about the allegations of Julie Swetnick, a third Kavanaugh accuser who […]
“EVERLASTING SHAME” September 28, 2018 Dear Friends and Colleagues: After watching the confirmation hearings, one could not help but be impressed at the encyclopedic memory, brilliant elucidations of the law and his cool and respectful answers to the often foolish questions by some of the senators. And then … all of a sudden … a […]