About that anti-Trump NYT editorial,,,

Sources: American Thinker; Townhall; Arutz Sheva; Washington Examiner.

Rick Moran: Bookies placing odds on the identity of NY Times op-ed  . . . "How crazy has it gotten? Bookies around the world are giving odds on who the traitor might be. 

Fox News:

Vice President Mike Pence – and “the field” – lead offshore bookmaking picks as the White House mole behind the anonymous bombshell New York Times op-ed blasting President Trump.

 . . . "Why Pence? Desperate gamblers have latched on to the thinnest of reeds;. the use of a single word in the op-ed that has also been used on occasion by the vice president." . . .
Not "rosebud", but "Lodestar" TD

In that same vein: A guess at identifying the NYT's infamous anonymous Trump insider

 Cortney O'Brien: Former Trump Aide Says He Knows Who Wrote Op-ed, Drops Hints About 'Her' Identity  . . . “ 'I know it’s a woman,” he said during an interview on Buffalo’s WBEN 930 am. “I’m being cautious. My attorney is keeping me from saying her name but yes I believe it’s a woman. I believe I know who it is.” 
"What he can reveal, is that she is a “coward” who “should have stood up and resigned.”  . . . 

John Dietrich: Anti-Trump resistance at the senior level  . . . "The Times published this essay because “We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers.”  However, this “important perspective” is the same old anti-Trump perspective that has been peddled by the Deep State Media since before Trump was elected. The only thing new about it is that it was supposedly written by a senior official in the Trump administration." . . .

The op-ed was almost finished and the author had not yet accused the president of racism.  He saved this for the last three paragraphs. 

 Tom Trinko: A Disloyal Coward Condemns Trump  . . . "A key complaint by the possibly fictional author is that Trump lacks a moral compass based on how Trump makes decisions.  But if we're going to talk about moral compasses, let's look at our past presidents:" . . .

Leah Barkoukis: Here's the White House's Official Response to Anonymous

Israel National News: I don’t believe NY Times about anonymous White House snitch  . . . "Strangely, no byline. I cannot say that this is a first. But I cannot remember any story, anywhere, a story intended to be so damaging, running as Anonymous.

"I do not know what we call it today. They used to call it Yellow Journalism.

"That’s how smut tabloids still operate, but I doubt that even the National Enquirer would run such a hoax.

"I’m calling it a hoax because the tag-team effect is plain obvious, from last week’s anti-Trump “bombshells” being dropped through Bob Woodward’s book on Trump, which delighted CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS, until it got old. You can stretch a story only so far. Even for Liberals there’s a limit to Trump bashing. Got to be." . . .

Byron York: 7 points on the anonymous New York Times 'resistance' op-ed  "The New York Times' publication of an anonymously-authored article, "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration," set the world of political commentary on fire Wednesday afternoon. The author, whom the Times identified only as "a senior official in the Trump administration," claimed that he used his government position to thwart President Trump's "more misguided impulses." Others, also unnamed, joined him in the effort, he said. The article, quickly denounced by the president, promised to dominate cable news for days. Here are seven thoughts on what it means:" . . .
. . . 
7) We'll know more soon enough. The Times wrote that it granted the author anonymity because his "job would be jeopardized" by disclosure of his name. It seems hard to believe the author truly thinks he can remain anonymous — and keep his job — in the white-hot public attention his article will attract. One way or the other, his identity will likely come out, probably sooner rather than later. And then the story could become even more interesting.

Senate Democrats Prove They’re Unfit to Govern

Kavanaugh hearings reveal why their symbol is the jackass.

American Thinker toon.

The American Spectator "During the first two days of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee demonstrated why their party lost control of Congress, and that they still can’t be trusted with a majority in either house. In addition to interrupting the proceedings countless times on hopelessly frivolous grounds and engaging in outrageous demagoguery, they openly encouraged demonstrators to disrupt the hearings with such disgusting behavior that Judge Kavanaugh’s wife was forced to lead his children out of the room on the first day. These are the very Democrats, remember, who routinely lecture President Trump on matters of decorum.

"Indeed, as if to highlight the hypocrisy of their antics, Democrat Richard Blumenthal called for an adjournment of the hearing after denouncing it as a “charade.” This is the same Senator whose attacks on the last Trump nominee to the Supreme Court — now Associate Justice Gorsuch — about his biography were so egregious that a group of Medal of Honor winners wrote an open letter reminding the public of his false claims to have served in Vietnam: “The fact you repeatedly and consistently claimed to have served in Vietnam is a gross case of stolen valor in our opinion.” But Blumenthal’s hypocrisy was just part of the opening salvo in the Democratic attempt to disrupt the hearings.

"Their antics were so transparently scripted that even Slate pointed out that the first interruption of the first day’s proceedings came before the Chairman could finish his opening sentence. The story’s author suggested that the Democrats “need to move on from their Kavanaugh document obsession and focus on what really matters.” On Wednesday, they made it clear that they weren’t open to such sensible advice. Chuck Schumer attempted to have the hearing halted early, but was outmaneuvered by GOP Majority Leader McConnell, and Senator Dick Durbin actually had the crust to ask Kavanaugh to “hit the pause button” on the hearings. The judge declined this ridiculous request:" . . .

Tony Branco

Kavanaugh and His Enemies

Yes, we know what goes on. And we’re duly embarrassed, or ought to be: genuine moral and intellectual concern for public service kicked out of the hearing room; displaced by screaming protesters and the insincere platitudes of men and women old enough to know what nonsense they’re spouting. Unless life in Washington, after a time, disables your nonsense detector.

Watch Judge Kavanaugh Eviscerate A Nearly Inchoherent Senator Patrick Leahy During SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing  . . . "For his part, Judge Kavanaugh shows a remarkable degree of patience while also managing to entrap the senator in his own confused lie. From there a badly beaten Leahy makes a hasty retreat and changes the subject."

Kavanaugh Protesters Don’t Know What They’re Protesting [Video]. But if you can't film 'em, cartoon 'em

Daily Signal  "On Day Two of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, the Daily Signal went “On the Street” outside the Hart Senate Office Building to talk with those standing in line for seats inside the hearing room.
"But when asked why they were there, most protesters seemed more interested in signing each other up for various petitions than sharing their views with a larger audience." . . .

The Kavanaugh Hearings Summed Up by 9 Hilarious Cartoons

Booker & Harris Still GRANDSTANDING Hearings

Socio-Political Journal

"Sen. Cory Booker probed Brett Kavanaugh Wednesday over his thoughts on race in America — and demanded he explain emails from 2002 where he said the Supreme Court nominee discussed racial profiling.

"But the emails are among tens of thousands that have been turned over to the Judiciary Committee, though they are not yet public. That left the nominee struggling to answer, and Republicans complaining of unfair treatment.

"Mr. Booker quoted from the emails during his questioning of the judge. He said they were labeled “racial profiling,” and said they related to the practice after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack.

"After Judge Kavanaugh said he wanted to see the emails before responding, it was revealed that the email couldn’t be shared because it was deemed “committee confidential.”

"Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican, objected to the questions, saying either the document needed to be made public or else the questions should have been asked in closed session.

Mr. Booker responded by saying he wanted all of the tens of thousands of committee confidential documents to be released — and blaming the GOP for a process that led to them being kept secret.

“ 'The fact that we aren’t allowing these emails out … that’s why I say the system is rigged,” Mr. Booker said.

"Mr. Booker’s questioning of Judge Kavanaugh focused on racial diversity and voter ID laws, calling them the “crown jewel” of the civil rights movement." . . .

Wait, Did CNN's Don Lemon Just Defend Antifa?

If Democrats take control of the House, Trump warned, "they will overturn everything that we've done and they'll do it quickly and violently, and violently. There's violence. When you look at Antifa and you look at some of these groups — these are violent people."

Leah Barkoukis:

"CNN’s Don Lemon appeared to defend the violent group Antifa on Tuesday for “fighting” racists and fascists, arguing that “no organization is perfect.”

“ 'It says it right in the name: Antifa. Anti-fascism, which is what they were there [in Charlottesville] fighting," Lemon said on the Tuesday broadcast of his show.

" 'Listen, no organization's perfect. There was some violence. No one condones violence, but there were different reasons for Antifa and for these neo-Nazis to be there. One, racists, fascists, the other group, fighting racist fascists. There is a distinction there," he added. 

"Antifa’s violence has been widespread. To name just a few examples, the black-clad anarchists assaulted at least five people taking part in a peaceful Berkeley protest last year; they started bloody fights in the streets of Oregon during a Patriot Prayer rally in June; 16 were arrested after clashing with police during a Blue Lives Matter march earlier this month; and violence broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia at a second Unite the Right rally this month. " . . .

Liberals Never Sleep (And Neither Does Jeff Sessions)

The left doesn't care about child rape or human trafficking. They just want an end to America and its infernal white people.

Ann Coulter  "The left is very close to having a governing majority due entirely to immigration. Despite the promise of the Trump campaign, there isn't much standing in their way. Now, they're just running out the clock. Soon, we will have admitted so many immigrants that it will be too late to do anything. 

"Although liberals pretend to have no idea where conservatives got the idea that immigration was designed to change the country and bring in new voters, they weren't always so modest. 

"In a 1998 article for Cornell University's Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, Democratic political consultant Patrick Reddy exulted that the 1965 immigration act was "the Kennedy family's greatest gift to the Democratic Party." Changing the country's demographics through immigration would be "George McGovern's revenge," liberal political strategist Ruy Teixeira announced 16 years ago -- and then celebrated as a fait accompli upon Obama's election in 2008. 

"The very reason the left loathes Trump is that he promised to stop their hostile takeover of our country. But instead of sticking it to his enemies by blocking their depraved agenda, he has fallen into their trap. 

"Obsessed with the Robert Mueller investigation, the president spends his days tweeting attacks on his attorney general, Jeff Sessions -- the one member of Trump's Cabinet making good on his campaign's immigration promises. 

"It's a win-win for the left. Either they drive Trump from office with an unending harassment campaign disguised as a legitimate investigation, or they keep him too distracted to thwart their plans to flood the country with foreigners. 

"The Swamp has succeeded beyond its wildest dreams. Trump seems to have completely forgotten about the one policy the left fears most. " . . .

What will happen if Democrats take back Congress?

Youtube  "Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski discusses what would happen if Democrats win a majority in the House of Representatives."

Liberals (Democrats) cannot stand to let us go about our daily business, either at home or out in society

Gender Quotas on California Boards  "California could become the first state in the nation to enact legislation promoting gender diversity in corporate boardrooms. On May 31, 2018, the State Senate of California passed a bill that would require public companies headquartered in California to comply with certain gender quota requirements with respect to board composition.

"The bill, if enacted, would require any “publicly held” domestic and foreign corporation whose principal executive offices, according to the corporation’s Form 10-K, are located in California to have a minimum of one “female” on its board of directors no later than December 31, 2019. No later than December 31, 2021, the required minimum would increase to 2 female directors for corporations with 5 directors or to 3 female directors for corporations with 6 or more directors. The bill defines a “female” as “an individual who self-identifies her gender as a woman, without regard to the individual’s designated sex at birth.” A “publicly held” corporation is defined as a corporation with shares listed on “a major United States stock exchange.”

"If the bill is enacted, the Secretary of State would publish on its website reports documenting compliance by affected corporations and fines would be imposed on those that fail to comply. For a first violation, the fine would be an amount equal to the average annual cash compensation for the directors of the corporation. For any subsequent violation, the fine would be an amount equal to three times the average annual cash compensation for directors of the corporation." . . .

Antifa Professor Dwayne Dixon ARRESTED for Assaulting Big League Politics Editor

Big League Politics  "A professor at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and Antifa ringleader has been charged in the assault of Big League Politics editor-in-chief Patrick Howley according to an official report. 
Dwayne Dixon, 46, of Durham was served a summons last week to appear before a judge on September 27. 
"A case detail form shows that Dixon has been charged and arraigned with Simple Assault.
. . . 
"Dixon is a longtime ringleader of Antifa in the southeast, and has admitted to chasing James Fields with a rifle before Fields plowed into Heather Heyer at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA in 2017.
"He teaches at UNC when he is not busy causing trouble in the streets.
"Howley was reporting on the Antifa riots at the Silent Sam statue on the UNC Campus when he was allegedly assaulted by Dixon. Howley caught the incident on video.

"Big League Politics reported: (Quoting themselves)

CHAPEL HILL — Current University of North Carolina cultural anthropology professor Dwayne Dixon assaulted me, Patrick Howley, editor of Big League Politics, at the Monday night rally on campus grounds that led to the tearing down of the “Silent Sam” statue erected in 1913 to commemorate North Carolinians who died fighting for the Confederacy.Dixon is a leader of the left-wing Redneck Revolt militia group and the undisputed leader of the rally at the University of North Carolina, which drew Antifa militants from around the region. Antifa insurgents tore down the statue and committed numerous assaults that were reported and also captured on tape.

 Hat tip to Robert Hope; Sacramento, CA

New York Times Publishes Disturbing Anonymous Editorial by Member of Trump Administration

Why did nobody in the Obama Administration speak out against that president's disrespect for this nation; against his nurturing anger against our police, and the spiteful closing down of open-air parks and memorials to make -as were Obama's instructions- the shutdown "hurt"?
Was no one in that administration shamed by Obama's bowing, apology tours, nor his embrace of racist anti-white, - American figures such as Farrakhan and Al Sharpton? 
I agree that President Trump seems to lack social graces in promoting his causes and I disliked him during the primaries. But now we have a president who demands respect on the international stage in areas where the courage of leadership is necessary.
If this president is handcuffed and cast away, we will also lose Nikki Haley, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, General Mattis and so many others who put the fecklessness of Obama to shame. I fear that to lose Trump is to turn this nation back to the Democrats.
As Charles Krauthammer once opined, "it's not that there is a new sheriff in town. It's that there is now a sheriff in town. The demagogues of the Democrat Party must not take control of this nation!  The Tunnel Dweller.

TV Week  "The New York Times today has published an op-ed essay titled “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration” by a writer the paper does not identify.

"In the piece the writer says: “Although he was elected as a Republican, the president shows little affinity for ideals long espoused by conservatives: free minds, free markets and free people. At best, he has invoked these ideals in scripted settings. At worst, he has attacked them outright.

“ 'In addition to his mass-marketing of the notion that the press is the ‘enemy of the people,’ President Trump’s impulses are generally anti-trade and anti-democratic.”

"The author also writes that “many of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.

“ 'I would know. I am one of them.”

"The piece goes on to say: “The erratic behavior would be more concerning if it weren’t for unsung heroes in and around the White House. Some of his aides have been cast as villains by the media. But in private, they have gone to great lengths to keep bad decisions contained to the West Wing, though they are clearly not always successful.

“ 'It may be cold comfort in this chaotic era, but Americans should know that there are adults in the room. We fully recognize what is happening. And we are trying to do what’s right even when Donald Trump won’t.”

"In its introduction to the op-ed piece The Times writes: “The Times today is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay. We have done so at the request of the author, a senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us and whose job would be jeopardized by its disclosure. We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers.”

"We urge you to click here to read the full op-ed piece."

Leftist Democrat supporters at the Kavanaugh hearings

BREAKING: Chuck Schumer Strikes Again, Just Tried to End the Kavanaugh Hearing Early  "UPDATE: Schumer and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have come to an agreement to proceed with the hearing." . . . 

                                              

The Democrats are crazy   ". . . Paul provided the best blow-by-blow summary I have seen. He saved me a lot of pain!     "It strikes me that the Democratic Party crossed a Rubicon of sorts today. They abandoned all norms not just of civility–something they purported to yearn for just a few days ago!–but of sanity. They deliberately turned a Senate confirmation hearing into a farce. There was no distinction between the howling left-wing mob that infiltrated the hearing room and the Senate Democrats." . . . "Someday, historians will try to explain what caused the Democratic Party to go nuts. At the moment, I don’t have a theory. In the meantime, if you want to counter the Democrats’ hallucinations with a dose of sanity, Ann Althouse has Kavanaugh’s opening statement–a little too conciliatory for my taste–and her own comments thereon." . . .

HOLLYWOOD SUFFERS MAJOR MELTDOWN – Can’t Handle ‘Motherf***ing Soulless GOP Scum’ During Kavanaugh’s Senate Hearing

Tuesday: Video: Senate Democrats Interrupt Kavanaugh Hearing 76 Times…

Weekly Standard Editorial: Dems Let Activists Run the Show  "Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley barely uttered a full sentence on Tuesday morning before Democrat Kamala Harris—not coincidentally a 2020 presidential hopeful—interrupted him. “Mr. Chairman . . . Mr. Chairman . . . We cannot possibly move forward, Mr. Chairman.' ” . . . Democratic senators Blumenthal, Booker, and Hirono joined Harris in an apparently orchestrated performance of interruption. Grassley could hardly get through a full sentence of his opening remarks without a Democrat calling to postpone the hearing." . . .

National Review: The Democrats’ No Good, Frivolous, Ridiculous Day  "The sordid spectacle that opened Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings put the lie to left-wing laments about the decline of civility in American politics."

. . . "it was a shining example of how and why conservatives don’t believe for one moment that Donald Trump is the sole source of American dysfunction."

The Kavanaugh hearings; Congress at its most disgusting

While posting commentary on Tuesday's circus, today's Democrat performance is already beginning as we speak. 

https://earloftaint.com/

As always, Lucianne is a wealth of commentary.
. . . "So it was that Kamala Harris, with an eye on 2020, immediately demanded that Chairman Chuck Grassley adjourn the Judiciary Committee hearing. Her argument, echoed by her Democratic colleagues, is that they'd just gotten 42,000 pages of documents the night before, and there were reams of other Kavanaugh papers that the White House was withholding on grounds of executive privilege." . . .

Democrats disgrace themselves in day one of Kavanaugh hearings
"The spectacle of the Kavanaugh hearing Tuesday morning was a circus, planned and orchestrated by the usual suspects: Senators Durbin, Schumer, Blumenthal, Booker, Klobuchar, Harris (particularly ill behaved), Feinstein, Hirono, etc. Like seventh-graders planning to bully the nerdy kid, they were probably gleeful as they schemed to disrupt the proceedings by interrupting relentlessly. 
"And then there were the shrieking protesters. It is hard to imagine sane people behaving like that in public, let alone in the halls of Congress and during judicial hearings. Still, for all the rudeness and disrespect, it was a wonderful thing to see. The American people, those who watched, cannot help but realize that the Democrats are the party of immaturity, of sheer childishness. Throwing tantrums is their best thing. 
"Those who lectured and moralized the most are those least qualified to do so. Kamala Harris slept her way into California politics with Willie Brown. Cory Booker has imaginary friends he uses and abuses. When he speaks, it is pure blather. He makes no sense. Richard Blumenthal lied about having served in Vietnam. These are self-unaware people. They clearly have an exaggerated sense of their own intellectual capacity. And they don't listen." . . . 

The Only Part Of The Kavanaugh Hearing You Need To See Is Ben Sasse  . . . "While Sasse was addressing those in the room, the lecture should be well-heeded by every American. With our rights comes responsibilities to be informed and vote." . . .

Senate Democrats Make A Mockery Of The 'World's Greatest Deliberative Body'

. . . But that’s exactly what Durbin and other Democrats planned. During the hearing, Durbin admitted that he and other Democrats agreed in a conference call — led by Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer — on how to protest and disrupt the hearings as best they could.  . . .

Democrats wage a losing battle over Kavanaugh  . . . "There was real tension as raucous audience members took turns trying to drown out the Senate Judiciary Committee with angry shouts and screams. It’s a safe guess that none was shrieking in support of the nominee, who sat stoically through the rain of insults, though his young daughters reportedly were escorted out to spare them the ­ordeal.
"The tension peaked as Democrats on the panel rolled out their own form of disruption, a coordinated attack on the hearing itself. They even interrupted each other to demand a recess so they could vote on whether to go forward." . . .

Three frauds ginned up by Democrats at the Kavanaugh hearing  . . . "What's even creepier is that Fred Guttenberg, the Parkland survivor father, admitted on Twitter that he was pretty much planning the stunt.  With a little help from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who got him in the room, he obviously had a big fish for the media to wolf down in the press on the handshake matter.  Yet it was an utter, utter fraud, and like the screamers of Exhibit A, he couldn't keep it a secret.

"What does this string of frauds collectively show?  That the Democrats are out of ideas, they have no basis for objecting to Kavanaugh on factual grounds, so their next tack is to make some up.  It's as if they've become a party of Ben Rhodeses, millions of them, all cooking up fake narratives to hide the ugly reality and the missing facts.  This is the Democrats now, and they're starting to stink of fake news, the frauds that drip from their crazed phony narratives."

Liberal groups knock Schumer’s handling of Kavanaugh nomination
Don't get your hopes up about the left's becoming more honorable; they don't feel Democrats were nasty enough. TD
. . . "But Schumer is grappling with multiple challenges: a base that wants him to stop Kavanaugh even though Republicans can confirm him without Democratic help, as well as a brutal midterm map and vulnerable incumbents who are under pressure to support Trump’s pick. Senate Democrats have largely united behind Schumer’s strategy of demanding documents and disrupting the Judiciary Committee’s hearing. But liberal groups say it’s not enough." . . .

Woman sitting behind Kavanaugh at his Supreme Court hearing was accused by his opponents of flashing a white power gesture. Then they learned the truth  . . . " 'Out of all the things you should be legitimately concerned about regarding the Senate confirmation hearings in Washington, DC, today for Judge Kavanaugh," he wrote, "handshakes and handsigns ought not be among them. Actual serious constitutional issues are at stake.' "

100% FedUp posts that it was a setup to troll Democrats: 
Update: GOTCHA! LIBERALS TROLLED HARD By Hilarious Joke Done At Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing

. . . "it started off with quite a bang followed by nonsense, more nonsense, some other nonsense, then one epic prank that made every liberal wearing a tin hat look like a gullible dolt."