The Morning Briefing: Trump Nominates XX to SCOTUS and Much, Much More

Good Tuesday morning.

Here is what’s on the president’s agenda today:

President Trump and the first Lady head to Brussels, Belgium.

Trapped Thai soccer team: (As of 4amET)

Divers begin final push to rescue remaining boys, coach in Thailand cave

Trump picks Kavanaugh

I think this sums up the coming SCOTUS battle nicely:

https://twitter.com/AlexPappas/status/1016499063657844736

Yesterday, President Trump announced that he will nominate Brett Kavanaugh to fill retiring Justice Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court. You can learn about Kavanaugh here. His lovely family, soon to be trashed and violated, was present for the big 9 p.m. announcement. Kavanaugh made a nice speech that didn’t matter because he won’t be judged according to any abilities or judicial attitudes he has, only according to the person who nominated him. Expert-level trolling from the Trump folks last night, who forced the press to walk past a portrait of Hillary Clinton to enter the East Room for the announcement.

During the Gorsuch pick, reporters had been walked through the front colonnade of the mansion. This pick was different. The large gaggle of reporters were walked through the bowels of the service area, past some recycling and trash compactors and directly past Hillary Clinton’s portrait hanging in the White House first floor hallway.

Lunatics gathered outside the SCOTUS last night to flex their hysteria and ran off Fox News’ Shannon Bream while she was reporting.

White men screaming at @ShannonBream that she is a "blonde bimbo" outside #SCOTUS

You hardly have to scratch the surface to see leftists sexism on display.

— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) July 10, 2018

Very few times I’ve felt threatened while out in the field. The mood here tonight is very volatile. Law enforcement appears to be closing down 1st Street in front of SCOTUS.

— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) July 10, 2018

Classy behavior from left as usual. Always supporting women.

Conservatives will launch a $1.4M campaign to overcome the slander and lies the left will spread to whip people into a frenzy. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell will meet with Kavanaugh today. Has Roe been overturned yet?

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Historical picture of the day:

Senator George McGovern, D-S.D., receives a stuffed donkey on his arrival at the Doral Hotel in Miami, Fla., July 10, 1972. McGovern will be named the presidential nominee at the 1972 Democratic National Convention in Miami. The woman at right is unidentified. (AP Photo)

Other morsels:

Judge dismisses most of Trump administration lawsuit over California immigration laws

Chelsea Handler Says Sarah Sanders, Kellyanne Conway, Could ‘Benefit From Being Held In Cages’

Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page fighting congressional deposition

TSA agents going after snacks more than ever; Travelers are not happy

‘Those are stupid people’: Trump reportedly tried to calm Putin after he complained that White House officials were trying to stop them from speaking

The first words of Thai boys rescued from the cave were that they miss their homes

U.S. to reunite only half of young migrant children by Tuesday deadline

Politico: Is Sasse gearing up for a 2020 presidential bid?

ND-Sen: Democrat incumbent faces reality of losing seat as race re-classified to ’tilt Republican’

Protesters Target Amazon For Selling Tech To ICE

Pelosi Forgets McConnell’s Name In Interview