Tag: Brett Kavanaugh

Who Will the Ford/Kavanaugh Hearings Help?

The conventional wisdom so far has been that the Kavanaugh confirmation theatrics helped Republicans in the midterms by motivating conservative voters. Any #bluewave depends at least in part on higher enthusiasm and turnout on the left, so the thinking goes an uptick in GOP enthusiasm may negate that advantage. Polling numbers in the immediate days

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Nevertheless She Persisted

NOTE: This post includes a fictional story of assault. I wrote it with the goal of celebrating everyone who’s overcome such trauma, but if you don’t want to read that today (or ever) please stop here. My prayers are with you.   “The blue one? Or the black?” She held both up for Jessica’s opinion.

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Hold The Right People Accountable

Brett Kavanaugh is about to become a Supreme Court Justice. Out of the entire legal profession, out of the hundreds of conservative judges and legal experts available, that sniveling, entitled, sexual predator has been chosen to sit on the highest court in the land. The Republican Party just said Fuck You to every American, even

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Supreme Court Confirmation Liveblog

Hearings scheduled to start at 7am Pacific Time tomorrow. If Republicans behave the way we expect, there will be swear words on this site. Morning people are very suspicious IMO, though I realize most of you reading are probably in different time zones. Welcome. 7:00am PST: Rick Santorum is such an asshole 7:04am: For those

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