As several people (@martindvassolo, @realshawnbrandt, @AdamWeinstein) have documented, these aren't random "Republican voters," as @CNN would have you believe, but well-connected GOP candidates, operatives & activists.
So these bastards KNEW there was a potential second Kavanaugh victim, and their reaction was to double down on another tainted nominee and ram him through regardless.
This is precisely what @nycsouthpaw predicted: by going on Fox and making assertions that could easily be refuted, #Kavanaugh vastly expanded the number of witnesses that could testify against him and undermine his already dubious credibility.
This is why, no matter how damaged the Kavanaugh nomination is/becomes, Republicans will not push for him to be withdrawn in favor of Amy Coney Barrett.
This isn't about honor, integrity, or jurisprudence, but placing a criminal POTUS above the law.
In sworn affidavit, woman alleges she was drugged and gang raped at 1982 party where Brett #Kavanaugh was present wsj.com/articles/attor…
Julie Swetnick, 3rd #Kavanaugh accuser, is a decorated US government employee:
Active security clearances
-Treasury Dept
-US Mint
-IRS
Previous security clearances
-State Dept
-Dept of Justice
-Department of Homeland Security
-Customs & Border Protection nyp.st/2xDQNFc
#4.
"According to an anonymous complaint sent to Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, #Kavanaugh physically assaulted a woman he socialized with in the Washington, D.C., area in 1998 while he was inebriated." nbcnews.com/politics/supre…
How can we expect men to respect consent, when women like this Trump supporter in Montana are telling their daughters (on live TV) that an 18-year-old male groping an unwilling woman "is no big deal"? #Kavanaugh#WhyIDidntReport#MeToo
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Turkey has concluded that Jamal #Khashoggi, a prominent journalist from Saudi Arabia, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this week by a 15-member Saudi team sent “specifically for the murder" washingtonpost.com/world/middle_e…
"#Khashoggi visited the consulate to obtain documents related to his upcoming wedding.
The killing, if confirmed, would mark a stunning escalation of Saudi Arabia’s effort to silence dissent, rounding up clerics, business execs & women’s rights advocates"
"The initial assessment of the Turkish police is that Mr. #Khashoggi has been killed at the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. We believe that the murder was premeditated and the body was subsequently moved out of the consulate." reuters.com/article/us-sau…
Interpol president Meng Hongwei reported missing after trip to his native China; his wife hasn't heard from him since he left France at the end of September nbcnews.com/news/world/int…
"China has not commented officially on Meng Hongwei's disappearance & there was no mention of him in official media"
French police investigate disappearance of Interpol chief, place his wife under protection after receiving threats by phone & social media irishtimes.com/news/world/eur…
"The initial working assumption of Western investigators was Mr Meng had antagonized Chinese authorities in some way and had been detained as a result."
American Bar Association reopens evaluation of #Kavanaugh's "well-qualified" rating, based on his unhinged performance during a Senate hearing last week pbs.org/newshour/polit…
"A report by Washington Economics Group, whose clients include businesses like Nascar, projected that automatic restoration of voting rights would lead to $365 million/year in gains for Florida's economy, from lower prison costs and increased productivity"
Amazing statistic: the recidivism rate for people who had their voting rights automatically restored under Gov. Crist is 12.4%, vs a state average of 30%.
Also noteworthy: Charles and David Koch's network has declared support for Amendment 4.
.@nycsouthpaw: When career prosecutor Rachel Mitchell asked #Kavanaugh about his drinking & the July 1 party where Judge and Smyth were in attendance – a key date that aligns with Ford's account – Republican senators then came to his rescue and benched her yahoo.com/news/kavanaugh…
Trump says he rejected a one-on-one meeting with Justin Trudeau at the #UNGA, threatens tariffs on Canada auto exports: "We're going to tax the cars coming in, and we'll put billions and billions into our treasury .. Canada has treated us very badly"
Aside from his economic illiteracy (Americans pay the tariff, not foreign exporters), his personal animus towards Trudeau and Canada – neighbors, close allies, brothers and sisters – is senseless and destructive.