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Josh Kovensky @ Talking Points Memo: MAGA Looks to Notorious War On Terror Lawyer For Trump II InspirationPeter Stone @ The Guardian: Trump and allies plant seeds for ‘chaos and discord’ if he loses, experts warnDaniel Lippman @ Politico: Convicted fraudsters launch AI lobbying firm using fake names

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Mat Staver Flaunts His Ignorance About Goodwin Liu

(cross posted to the People For Blog) Mat Staver of the ironically named Liberty Counsel has a new video up where he takes credit for the shameful filibuster of Goodwin Liu. That clears up so much. Was it Mat Staver who "exposed" the "extremism" of this extremely qualified nominee?

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Right-Wing Activists Malign Goodwin Liu Even As Conservative Legal Minds Support His Confirmation

Legal scholar Goodwin Liu, President Obama’s nominee for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is receiving a second hearing at the Senate Judiciary Committee today.

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Concerned Women For America’s Twisted Attack on Goodwin Liu and Obama’s “Poisoned Apples”

The Senate battle over the confirmation of judicial nominees reflected the epitome of Republican obstructionism, with nominees who won significant if not unanimous support from the Judiciary Committee failing to receive up-or-down votes on their confirmation.