HUFFPOST HILL – New President, Who Dis?

Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images Like what you read below? Sign up for HUFFPOST HILL and get a cheeky dose of political news every evening! Today is Groundhog Day, or, as we see it, that day the media proves everyone right about that fake news stuff by heeding the meteorological expertise of a large rodent. We’re at the point in the Trump presidency where John McCain ― *John Freaking McCain* ― is the guy on the side of people who don’t wish to invade everywhere. And Trump’s missteps recall John Jay’s famous remarks about being able to travel from Boston to Philadelphia solely by the light of dumpster fires. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Thursday, February 2nd. 2017: HOW TRUMP COULD TAKE OVER YOUR BALLOT BOX – Pretty sure we saw a sign with a somewhat similar message at the women’s march. Howard Fineman: “At the time ― only about a month ago ― Obama administration officials thought the move was a swell idea; good for national security and a subtle way to twist the knife in the president-elect on the topic of Russian election hacking. But it may have been the riskiest decision of the Obama years, opening a legal door to Donald Trump forces looking to control future access to the ballot box in the name of national security, and to a new president who decries millions of (phantom) ‘fraudulent’ votes he claims were illegally cast against him…. [T]hen-Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson issued an official designation as part of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, designed, at least in part, to show just how seriously the outgoing Obama national security team regarded such intrusions. In a four-page notice, Johnson said that, henceforth, ‘election infrastructure in this country’ would gain protection as part of the ‘Government Facilities critical infrastructure.’ It was now ‘critical infrastructure,’ just like dams, the electric grid, financial services and a host of other sectors.” [HuffPost] PEARL-CLUTCHING DEMS IN A TIZZY OVER GORSUCH – Laura Barron-Lopez: “Senate Democrats have about a month to figure out what they want to do about Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s pick to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Right now, they’re being pulled in different directions: On one end is a base calling out for absolute obstruction, and on the other are moderates who fear that picking this fight could ruin their ability to stop Trump at a more critical juncture in his presidency.” [HuffPost] YOU’RE WELCOME ON OUR LAWN ANYTIME, MCCAIN TELLS AUSSIE PM – McCain is taking in stride his demotion from being the crankiest elected official in our government. Amanda Terkel: “Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called Australia’s ambassador to the United States Thursday morning to do damage control after President Donald Trump’s disastrous recent call with the country’s prime minister. McCain said he expressed his ‘unwavering support for the U.S.-Australia alliance’ in the call with Ambassador Joe Hockey…. The reason McCain felt it necessary to seemingly state the obvious ― […]

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