First Virginia, then Doug Jones, now more bad news for liberals

[gratuitous]

It appears that the Trump administration is withdrawing Brett Talley's name from consideration for a lifetime appointment to the federal bench:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/wh-withdrawing-trump-judicial-pick-who-has-never-tried-a-case-report/ar-BBGHPpI?li=BBnb7Kz

WH withdrawing Trump judicial pick who has never tried a case: report

The White House is reportedly pulling back a judicial nominee who has never argued a case in court after the pick drew opposition from a key Senate Republican.


A White House official said that the nomination of Brett Talley, now a Justice Department attorney, "will not be moving forward," NPR reported.

President Trump nominated Talley to a lifetime Alabama federal judgeship, and he quickly became one of the president's most controversial nominees. The American Bar Association (ABA) deemed him "not qualified" and his lack of experience drew criticism from lawmakers.

I have been reliably informed in the last 18 hours that Doug Jones' election in Alabama, like the blue tsunami results last month in Virginia, are terrible news for Democrats and liberals. Now an unqualified nominee is being taken out of consideration. Will the nightmare never end? How much more winning for Republicans can we stand???

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. When "winning" looks like those mentioned above, we can take A LOT!

[Glorfindel]

2. Bring it on! We're liberals, and therefore tough as so many pine knots.

We know how to endure Republicans' winning!

[FSogol]

3. LOL. n/t

[peggysue2]

4. More please!

If this is what bad news looks like, we'll take a heaping platter, thank you very much.

LOL

[NastyRiffraff]

5. I believe we will somehow survive

despite the terrible things that have happened recently: Virginia, Alabama, and now even with Brett Talley's withdrawal. It's a struggle and we'll be facing more struggles next year. I say, BRING THEM ON!

[SpankMe]

6. And we'll keep on suffering this bad luck...

...as long as we can keep voter turnout high.

[YOHABLO]

7. Well Hillary got cheated out of the Presidency and Al Franken had to fall on the Dem sword.

All is not fair in the world is it?

[gratuitous]

8. Indeed

It's imperative to focus on every bad thing, dwell on it. lament over it, fret and fume about it. Only in that way will the immutable past change, and then and only then can we ever appreciate anything good that happens, if it ever does, which it never does. Thanks for reminding us all.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. The click-bait subject line was unnecessary for a good report. . . . . . nt

[LisaM]

10. I've said it before, Trump's "win" was a total fluke, brought on by a lot of colliding events.

The real battles are in the states, and the number one issues are voter suppression and voter turnout. That's where we lost (and I think it's rigged).

In these in-plain-sight high stakes elections, where the whole world is scrutinizing, they can't pull some of their tactics. The trick is to get voters to see every election, even if it's for a streetsweeper, as having high stakes.

[Demsrule86]

14. I have said the same thing...people who want to turn the party upside down are missing that...this

was what my Mom called a 'fluke'.

[charlyvi]

11. IKR?

We better get it together before we win the House and Senate! I'm so frustrated!

[BlueMTexpat]

12. It's late for me here ...

and I kept thinking that I was missing something when the headline and the OP didn't seem to mesh.

Love it! But a sarcasm warning would have helped this particular aging liberal, LOL!

[The Blue Flower]

13. This nomination showed utter disdain and disrespect for the people of Alabama

To inflict such an unqualified person on those good people would have been an act of hate.