Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Wednesday vowed to hold a vote on Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s successor this fall, setting up a contentious political battle ahead of the critical midterm elections.

But while Democrats insisted that Kennedy’s replacement should not be considered until after voters have their say in November, many members of the party acknowledged the ominous political reality they now confront. Democrats are powerless to stop President Donald Trump from getting his second justice on the nation’s highest court… reports The Daily Beast

PJ Media: The Democrats Go Full Venezuela

The Guardian: How the Red Hen Affair Broke America’s Civility Wars Wide Open

The Hill: Democrats Created the ObamaCare Disaster We Are Still Dealing With

Washington Times: Nasty, Tea Party-style Internal Battle Looms for Democrats

The Daily Caller: Trump Rips ‘Sputtering’ Blue Wave — Predicts Massive ‘Red Wave’

Jessica Valenti revealed a new standard for liberal feminists on Tuesday: Driving women out of restaurants is wrong, unless they’re a Republican. If that woman is named Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen, the behavior is not only acceptable — it’s to be applauded.

The situation began when the head of the D.C. branch of Democratic Socialists of America tweeted the restaurant name and exact address where Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen sat down for dinner. The dinner came after a very public day for Nielsen, who defended the Trump administration’s decision to fully enforce U.S. immigration laws against all who illegally cross the border — a policy that in some case results in separating children from their illegal immigrant parents due to a settlement entered into in 1997 by the Clinton administration … reports The Federalist

Washington Examiner: The Immigration Fight Is Just Beginning, and the Media Are Going to Lose

The Washington Times: Starbucks Burned by Social-justice Appeasement as Growth Stalls, Stock Plunges

Washington Free Beacon:  Dem Senate Candidate Profits From Big Oil, Despite Making ‘Renewable Energy’ Focal Point of Campaign

The Federalist: Democrats Have Zero Tolerance for Illegal Immigration Solutions

The Daily Caller: Trump: ‘Nancy Pelosi’s Dream’ Is Open Borders

In late October of 2016 James Comey knew Donald Trump’s candidacy was as dead as a doornail. That must be distinctly understood or nothing wonderful can come from the story I am going to relate. Time soothes the edges of old emotions. We forget the shock of that election night. Almost two years now of articles and TV takes, even books, make Trump’s election seem understandable, even sometimes inevitable.

But that’s not how it was then. When FBI Director Comey and the FBI dropped their late October Anthony Weiner surprise, they did so fully confident that Hillary Clinton would win. What we now know for certain from the Department of Justice inspector general report that came out Thursday is that the FBI chose to disclose the Weiner email fiasco to protect a Clinton presidency, a foregone conclusion, from potential claims from Trump that the FBI had rigged the election … reports The Federalist

New York Post: Trump’s Alpha Dog Strategy Is Making the World Fall Into Line

Washington Free Beacon: RNC Prepares for Midterms by Expanding Field Program to Record 500 Staffers

Townhall: There’s A Reason Liberals Are Always So Angry

New York Post: FBI Head Proves Washington Has a Vendetta Against Trump

Daily Caller: Gowdy: GOP Will Hit DOJ With ‘Full Arsenal’ if They Ignore Subpoenas