Senator Feinstein and others say confirmation should wait until after the midterm elections are over, a la Judge Merrick Garland.

We’ll see how long this lasts, but I’ll try to hold onto this sliver of hope for at least a few hours before succumbing to cynicism once more.

• It seems Mitch McConnel, a turtle, is parched for SCOTUS domination, man...

• Senator Marco Rubio admitted that he and his Republican collegues are too chickenshit to call out Trump because they don’t want to look like they “side with the media.” [Talking Points Memo]
• Apparently Trump will tell Putin to leave the midterm elections alone!!! [Politico]
• James Alex Fields Jr, the man accused of driving into anti-white nationalist protesters in Charlottesville last year, has been charged with federal hate crimes. [NBC News/Twitter]
• LOL. Anyway.

Here are some tweets the president was allowed to publish:

This has been Barf Bag.