“McConnell backed down and gave in for Schumer’s home state. Maybe an olive branch but with conditions?”
That is what I suspect - that Schumer had to provide things of value to sway the Judge picks in New York, that he used to control for free with blue slips.
Schumer is a backroom wheeler/dealer, and he does have a lot to offer, as the Democrat leader in the Senate. We will probably never know what he gave up, but the President knows him well for a long time, and the President knows how to drive a hard bargain.
Senate is going on vacation. So these are the last judges for at least a couple months.
What drives McConnell and others on the judge issue, unyielding like the Terminator.
Scalia was murdered and the Deep State/Obama had him targeted for the swing judge Merrick Garland was designated to be. NSA database was used to secretly find the opportune time. Alone in a secluded hunting lodge on friendly deep state turf.
Asphyxiation in his sleep and body quickly cremated with no autopsy to get in the way. He has a living current wife. How could they prevent her from demanding an autopsy.
He was not a homeless nobody. A living active Supreme Court justice. Our side knows the truth. That is what drives Trump to hit hard and deep.
When is our side going to employ death squads. An eye for an eye. Must have one thousand eyes to make up for by now.
We need our own Star Chamber.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Chamber