Congress Reluctant to Pass Civil Rights Bill for People With Disabilities
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-09-29
"I'd rather go to jail than die in a nursing home!" | These were the words chanted by disability rights activists gathered in Sen. Cory Gardner's Washington, DC, office last week as police began making arrests, taking 17 of them to jail. They were released hours later. The activists had a question for Gardner and his staff: Why is the Colorado Republican the only member of Congress from his state who has yet to co-sponsor the Disability Integration Act? | Advocates say the bipartisan bill is crucial for ensuring that people living with disabilities are not forced to live in nursing homes and other institutions against their will and can choose to receive supportive services in their own homes instead. The legislation centers on protecting freedom and civil rights and is expected to reduce Medicaid spending, so supporting it should be a political…
truthout.org/articles/congress-reluctant-to-pass-civil-rights-bill-for-people-with-disabilities/

Effort to Form Union in China Meets Ferocious Repression
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2018-09-29

| A group of workers in China's manufacturing hub of Shenzhen tried something very rare this summer–they attempted to follow the legal process to set up a union. | University students lent tremendous support. But their employer and the Chinese government cracked down on both the workers and the students with firings, detention, surveillance, and the threat of jail sentences. | Workers at the welding-equipment manufacturer Shenzhen Jasic Technology initiated the process of forming a union in May. Among their biggest complaints were arbitrary fines and the company's underpayment into government-run funds that help workers pay rent or buy houses. | Workers followed the law in setting up a union, including requesting and receiving permission from upper-level unions affiliated with the government-controlled All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the only unions authorized in China. | In…
truthout.org/articles/effort-to-form-union-in-china-meets-ferocious-repression/

Grassroots Effort to "Defeat Brett Kavanaugh Once and for All" Intensifies
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2018-09-29
After President Donald Trump on Friday reluctantly directed the FBI to launch a probe into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh–delaying a final confirmation vote by up to a week–progressive opponents of the right-wing judge moved to take advantage of the "new opportunity for pressure" by intensifying their campaign of calls, ads, and direct action aimed at persuading the handful of undecided senators to vote no on Kavanaugh. | "Against the wishes of many Republicans…the FBI will take one week to investigate the claims of rape and sexual assault against Kavanaugh. Meanwhile, all eyes are back on Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski–the two most likely Republican swing votes on Kavanaugh. They have the deciding votes," the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) noted in an email to supporters late Friday. "We're moving boldly to defeat Brett Kavanaugh once and…
truthout.org/articles/grassroots-effort-to-defeat-brett-kavanaugh-once-and-for-all-intensifies/

The Unbearable Dishonesty of Brett Kavanaugh
Briahna Gray | theintercept.com | 2018-09-29
Many of us who watched Thursday's Senate hearing spent much of the time cataloguing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's lies. After hours of testimony, during which Dr. Christine Blasey Ford answered questions about her alleged sexual assault, the financing behind her lie-detector test, and whether she was really afraid of flying, viewers were treated to more hours of testimony from Kavanaugh, a federal judge who struggled to give a single straight answer. | Kavanaugh strained credulity when he argued before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the "Devil's Triangle" — a phrase that appeared on his high school yearbook page — referred to a drinking game, a definition which, before Thursday, you'd have a hard time finding anywhere. (It actually refers to a sex act involving two men and a woman). He also unabashedly claimed that the term "boof" is a reference…
theintercept.com/2018/09/29/the-unbearable-dishonesty-of-brett-kavanaugh/

Berkeley: March and Rally Rages During Christine Ford/Kavanaugh Testimony
BAMN Supporter | indybay.org | 2018-09-29
On September 27, a crowd of women and men organized by BAMN took to the streets of Berkeley shouting their support for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/29/18817883.php

The political issues in the Senate hearing on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-29
The focus of the proceedings reflects the political priorities of the Democratic Party and the interests of the affluent social layers to which it is appealing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/29/pers-s29.html

USA Today adds 'pedophilia' angle to Kavanaugh saga, sparks outrage
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-29
With tensions over SCOTUS nomination at a boiling point, a USA Today article discusses if Brett Kavanaugh should continue coaching girls' basketball team, bringing into the story recent child sex abuse scandals in US sports.
rt.com/usa/439926-kavanaugh-pedophilia-article-allegations/

Emergency protest: Stop Kavanaugh Now!
Curt | indybay.org | 2018-09-29
Powell & Market Street | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/27/18817863.php

Is There Anything to Donald Trump's Claim that George Washington Had Skeletons in His Closet?
Rick Shenkman, History News Network | alternet.org | 2018-09-29
While Washington was treated as a hero during most of American history he came in for a drubbing during the cynical 1920s by self-professed debunkers | At his news conference on Wednesday President Trump dragged George Washington into the fight over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. This is what Mr. Trump said: Look, if we brought. . .
alternet.org/there-anything-donald-trumps-claim-george-washington-had-skeletons-his-closet

Here's What Brett Kavanaugh Should Have Said
Guy Dauncey, Yes! Magazine | alternet.org | 2018-09-29
"I support the proposal that the FBI be invited to investigate the allegations, so that we may get closer to the truth of what happened. " | Like so many, I watched the Senate hearing on Brett Kavanaugh, transfixed. A lot of us do things in our teenage years that we later regret. It's how we handle our regrets later that matters. What struck me first was how belligerent and defensive he was–and how entitled and whiney. He could have ad. . .
alternet.org/heres-what-brett-kavanaugh-should-have-said

Here Are Five Questions the FBI Should Ask Mark Judge About Brett Kavanaugh
Peter Maass | theintercept.com | 2018-09-29
Mark Judge is accused of aiding a sexual assault on Christine Blasey Ford. He knows Brett Kavanaugh well and has agreed to talk with the FBI. | The post Here Are Five Questions the FBI Should Ask Mark Judge About Brett Kavanaugh appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/09/29/here-are-5-questions-the-fbi-should-ask-mark-judge-about-brett-kavanaugh/

Former US Attorney Explains How Kavanaugh's 'Little Lies' Will Catch Up to Him
Tom Boggioni, Raw Story | alternet.org | 2018-09-29
Michael Moore — who served as a U. S. Attorney in Georgia — said the FBO investigation into Kavanaugh accuser Christine Ford's claims could open up a Pandora's box from the judge. | Appearing on CNN's New Day, a former U. S. Attorney said that embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's chances of actually being seated is in danger if a collection of "little lies" he made during his Senate testimony show a pattern of major deceit. Spea. . .
alternet.org/former-us-attorney-explains-how-kavanaughs-little-lies-will-catch-him

Lindsey Graham Consistently Disregards Violence Toward Women — And His State Is a Women's Murder Capital
Juan Cole, Informed Comment | alternet.org | 2018-09-29
Graham's tone deafness to rape victims is nothing new. He has consistently voted against the Violence against Women Act. | Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made it abundantly clear in the hearing on Thursday that he cares more about Republican Party control of the Supreme Court than about rape victims. He implied that the charges of sexual assault that have surfaced against Brett Kavanaugh are a Democratic Party plot. . .
alternet.org/lindsey-graham-consistently-disregards-violence-toward-women-and-his-state-womens-murder-capital

Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani Tells a Whopper: I 'Voted for Justices Sotormayor and Kagen'
David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement | alternet.org | 2018-09-28
Giuliani, who infamously coined the phrase, "truth isn't truth," never served as a U. S. Senator, which is the only way anyone can vote to confirm a Supreme Court justice. | Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani Thursday evening praised Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's explosive attacks on Democrats during the widely-watched Kavanaugh confirmation hearing. An. . .
alternet.org/trump-attorney-rudy-giuliani-tells-whopper-i-voted-justices-sotormayor-and-kagen

Laws Targeting Israel Boycotts Fail Again in Court
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-28
For the second time this year, a federal judge has ruled that anti-boycott laws likely violate the First Amendment. | A new wave of state laws that try to limit Americans' constitutional right to engage in political boycotts is now 0 for 2 in federal court. | On Thursday night, a federal court blocked Arizona from enforcing a law requiring state contractors to certify that they are not participating in boycotts of Israel. The court agreed with the ACLU that the law likely violates contractors' free speech rights under the First Amendment. | "A restriction of one's ability to participate in collective calls to opp…
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/rights-protesters/laws-targeting-israel-boycotts-fail-again-court

Supreme Court to Decide Whether States Can Impose Excessive Fines on the Poor
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-28
The Eighth Amendment protects people from the devastation caused by state and local fines they can't reasonably pay. | When it reconvenes this fall, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution can help stop state and local authorities from using people who come in contact with the justice system as their piggy banks. The case has ramifications for communities across the country, finally settling a question about whether the Constitution's prohibition on excessive financial penalties only applies to the federal government or to all public authorities. | The court will hear…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-criminal-justice/supreme-court-decide-whether-states-can-impose

Federal Court Victory for Migrant Farmworkers Protects Their Right to Organize
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-28
The court ruled that a North Carolina law targeting a farmworkers union likely violated the 14th Amendment. | Farmworkers play a vital role in North Carolina's multibillion dollar agriculture industry, providing essential labor in a state that produces much of the nation's sweet potatoes, tobacco, Christmas trees, and many other crops. | More than 90 percent of these workers are Latino. Many are migrants working seasonally under temporary visas, and they are among the lowest paid and most vulnerable workers in the state. They face high risks to their health and safety, substandard living conditions, and abuse and…
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/federal-court-victory-migrant-farmworkers-protects-their-right-organize

Action Alert Update: Contact Your Senators NOW — Urge Them to‚Ä®Vote "No" on Kavanaugh, Supreme Court Nomination Now Moves to Full Senate Vote in One Week, After FBI Investigation
Juliana Bolden | naacp.org | 2018-09-28
Senate Judiciary Committee votes 11-to-10‚Ä® to move Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Nomination to the full Senate for a vote in one week, after completion of an FBI investigation Urge Members of the Senate Judiciary to Vote "No" on Kavanaugh The Issue: After four days of routine hearings which began on Sept. 4, and one day […] | The post Action Alert Update: Contact Your Senators NOW — Urge Them to‚Ä®Vote "No" on Kavanaugh, Supreme Court No…
naacp.org/latest/action-alert-contact-senators-urge-vote-no-kavanaugh-supreme-court-nomination-fbi/

Human Rights Center Warns of Excessive Israeli Detention Procedures
INA | imemc.org | 2018-09-28
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights has expressed deep concern over the excessive use of administrative detention by the Israeli occupation authorities against Palestinian detainees. The Center reported, in a press release, that four Palestinians, of those who are administratively detained by the Israeli occupation, have launched a hunger strike …

Human Rights Center Warns of Excessive Israeli Detention Procedures

Abolish Immigration Detention
Andrew Moss | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-28
If you visit a detainee at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center northeast of Los Angeles, you'll turn off Highway 395 onto Rancho Road, travel a short distance, and pull into a parking lot squeezed between the detention facility on your left and a privately run state prison on your right. If you're at the east…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/28/abolish-immigration-detention/

No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh's Nomination
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2018-09-28
No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh's Nomination appeared first on The Nation.
thenation.com/article/no-senator-can-uphold-their-oath-of-office-and-vote-for-kavanaughs-nomination/

Despite Gut-Wrenching Testimony from Dr. Blasey Ford, GOP Moves Forward with Vote on Kavanaugh
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-28
The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee is preparing to vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh after an extraordinary day of testimony from Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who testified she is "100 percent positive" that Kavanaugh attempted to rape her at a high school party in 1982. During the hearing, Kavanaugh said he was innocent, and claimed he was the victim of a left-wing plot of "revenge on behalf of the Clintons." We play Dr. Blasey Ford's full opening statement.
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/28/despite_heart_wrenching_testimony_from_dr

Roaming Charges: There's a Tear in My Beer
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-28
Let's not get too carried away with high-minded talk about the sanctity of the Supremes. It's nearly impossible for the sniveling brute Brett Kavanaugh to leave too much of a stain on the same Court that has decided Dred Scott, Plessy, the pro-eugenics ruling in Buck v. Bell, Korematsu and Citizens United. More likely Kavanaugh will blend right in with its sordid history. Real social change is driven by political movements not a few enlightened jurists.
counterpunch.org/2018/09/28/roaming-charges-theres-a-tear-in-my-beer/

Aggressive Kavanaugh Portrays Himself as Victim
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-09-28
Judge Brett Kavanaugh learned a lesson from his weak appearance on Fox News last week. Testifying at the September 27 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on sexual assault allegations leveled against him by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh became belligerent and aggressive. Displaying outrage at the process, he portrayed himself as the victim and painted a conspiracy against him by the Democrats, the Clintons and left-wing opposition groups. | The GOP-led Senate is on a fast track to get Kavanaugh confirmed before the November 9 midterm elections. Republican senators have resisted an FBI investigation into allegations that Kavanaugh committed sexual assault against at least three women. | When queried by several Democratic senators, Kavanaugh refused to say he would support an FBI investigation into Ford's allegations against him. | Following the hearing, the American Bar Association (ABA), which had unanimously rated Kavanaugh "well…
truthout.org/articles/aggressive-kavanaugh-portrays-himself-as-victim/

Ten Items Corroborate Dr. Blasey Ford's Allegation Kavanaugh Tried to Rape Her
Doug Johnson | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-28
Mark Judge is in hiding. Clearly for good reason. The last thing Kavanaugh and his allies want is for Judge to be cross-examined in public. Democratic Senators landed a few jabs on this, but did nothing to camp out here the way they should. Judge and Kavanaugh were clearly best friends and, try as they might to characterize his writings as fictional accounts, Judge has never ever presented them that way.
counterpunch.org/2018/09/28/ten-items-corroborate-dr-blasey-fords-allegation-kavanaugh-tried-to-rape-her/

Rancorous Senate Cmte Pushes Kavanaugh Nomination, FBI Will Investigate Accusations
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-09-28
Who believes what depends on what you believe in our divided nation. Political war wrapped in misogyny leads to one of history's most explosive Senate confirmations | The post Rancorous Senate Cmte Pushes Kavanaugh Nomination, FBI Will Investigate Accusations appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/rancorous-senate-cmte-pushes-kavanaugh-nomination-fbi-will-investigate-accusations

Why Do We Tolerate Kavanaugh's Complicity With Torture?
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-28
What is wrong with us? Specifically: what is wrong with liberal Democrats? Liberal Democrats are out to get Brett Kavanaugh. They are right to be; he is dangerous. Confirming Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would lock in a right-wing majority for a generation. Abortion rights would be imperiled, true, but his rulings would also impact…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/28/why-do-we-tolerate-kavanaughs-complicity-with-torture/

Blasey Ford/Kavanaugh Testimony Exposes Deep Misogyny and Political Divides
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-09-28
An emotional day of testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh displayed our political partisanship while exposing the raw nerve of sexual assault | The post Blasey Ford/Kavanaugh Testimony Exposes Deep Misogyny and Political Divides appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/blasey-ford-kavanaugh-testimony-exposes-deep-misogyny-and-political-divides

You Don't Know Brett: Ten Lessons From the Kavanaugh Hearings
Kristine Mattis | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-28
The Brett Kavanaugh hearings proved to be yet another shameless foray into political theatre–not much more than a spectacle of the utmost proportions. Surrounding one highly credible and candid witness (Blasey Ford), we saw self-serving members of Congress jockeying for future positions with their sometimes ridiculous, sometimes laughable, and sometimes overwrought rhetoric. We saw a…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/28/you-dont-know-brett-ten-lessons-from-the-kavanaugh-hearings/

Over 50 Groups Call on Grassley to Resign as Judiciary Committee Chair
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-09-28
As Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) put on a " genuinely unhinged" performance during Thursday's Senate hearing with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford — constantly interrupting Democratic senators and repeatedly inserting self-serving rants between questioning — more than 50 Iowa-based and national groups representing hundreds of thousands of Americans sent a letter denouncing Grassley's "failed leadership" and demanding that he immediately resign as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. | Slamming Grassley's efforts to rush through Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh without a federal investigation of Ford's credible sexual assault allegations, the groups accused Grassley of injecting "partisan politics and misogynistic bullying" into the Judiciary Committee's leadership. | "You have publicly bullied a woman who has stepped forward to report allegations of sexual assault," the letter states. "You and your staff had knowledge of the allegation prior to it becoming public, and…
truthout.org/articles/over-50-groups-call-on-grassley-to-resign-as-judiciary-committee-chair/

Kavanaugh vote goes to Senate – Only question is when
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-28
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted along party lines in favor of the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, with 11 yeas and 10 nays. Senator Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) asked for a delay of the floor vote, though.
rt.com/usa/439887-senate-committee-kavanaugh-summary/

The Curse of Eve
Robert Koehler | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-28
This is so much bigger than Brett Kavanaugh, or the outcome of his nomination. Women are suddenly opening their secret wounds. Their trauma — often many decades old — is becoming, for the first time, public. So are their tears. Enduring a sexual assault is only the beginning of the journey through hell. This is…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/28/the-curse-of-eve/

Trump orders FBI to reopen background investigation into Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-28
President Donald Trump has given the FBI one week to conduct an investigation of the allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a woman in 1980s.
rt.com/usa/439895-trump-kavanaugh-investigation-kavanaugh/

Weekend Read: We oppose Kavanaugh
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-09-28
We're in danger of losing the federal courts for a generation.
splcenter.org/news/2018/09/29/weekend-read-we-oppose-kavanaugh

Blasey Ford, White Male Privilege and the Reckoning to Come
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-09-28

| The TV talk would have you believe Brett Kavanaugh saved his nomination on Thursday afternoon. The talk is wrong. Kavanaugh's nomination, at least before the Senate Judiciary Committee, was never in need of saving. All the Republican majority members of that committee required to pass him along to a full Senate vote was an excuse, no matter how tattered or shameful, to hang their hat on. They weren't just "saving" Kavanaugh, however. In every way that matters, they were trying pathetically to save themselves. | The nominee gave them that needed reason in the guise of an elongated tantrum, the likes of which one seldom sees outside the candy aisle of a supermarket or the local Chuck E.
truthout.org/articles/blasey-ford-white-male-privilege-and-the-reckoning-to-come/

On the Supreme Court, Difficult Nominations Have Led to Historical Injustices
The Conversation | alternet.org | 2018-09-28
Contentious or politically driven Supreme Court nominations are not new. But US history shows that many of those contested nominees who were confirmed would go on to author controversial opinions. | Far from being unusual, the hurried and partisan Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh mirrors several notable examples of similar. . .
alternet.org/supreme-court-difficult-nominations-have-led-historical-injustices

The Unbelievable Cruelty of the GOP's Kavanaugh Defense
Jill Richardson | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-28
This past week, my private reality and the public reality playing out on the television have diverged. It's hard to believe that I live in the same world as Senator Chuck Grassley, the Senate judiciary chair trying to Brett Kavanaugh onto the Supreme Court. When Christine Blasey Ford first alleged Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her –…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/28/the-unbelievable-cruelty-of-the-gops-kavanaugh-defense/

GOP Agrees to FBI Probe of Kavanaugh, Delaying Senate Vote
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-09-28
Under pressure from moderate members, Republican leaders say they'll allow the new probe for up to one week. | The post GOP Agrees to FBI Probe of Kavanaugh, Delaying Senate Vote appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/gop-advances-kavanaugh-after-flake-calls-for-fbi-probe/

Note to Jeff Flake: A Limited FBI Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh Is Entirely Insufficient
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2018-09-28
Note to Jeff Flake: A Limited FBI Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh Is Entirely Insufficient appeared first on The Nation.
thenation.com/article/note-to-jeff-flake-a-limited-fbi-investigation-of-brett-kavanaugh-is-entirely-insufficient/

Lindsey Graham: From 'John McCain's Wingman to Donald Trump's Carnival Barker'
Alex Henderson, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-09-28
Although Graham reached a new low on September 27, this wasn't the first time he has been over-the-top in his support of Kavanaugh and President Donald J. Trump. | When Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's embattled nominee for the U. S. Supreme Court, addressed members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, DC at a hearing on Thursday, September 27, the Committee's Republicans were not shy about stridently coming to his defe. . .
alternet.org/lindsey-graham-john-mccains-wingman-donald-trumps-carnival-barker

Tears, beer, anger & 'no ill will': Kavanaugh testimony highlights
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-28
Judge Brett Kavanaugh vehemently defended himself before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, rejecting all accusations he sexually assaulted a woman in high school.
rt.com/usa/439758-kavanaugh-hearing-testimony-highlights/

The Heart-Wrenching Trauma of the Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Hearings
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2018-09-28
The Heart-Wrenching Trauma of the Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh Hearings appeared first on The Nation.
thenation.com/article/the-heart-wrenching-trauma-of-the-christine-blasey-ford-and-brett-kavanaugh-hearings/

Demonstrators hit the streets as Senate panel rams through Kavanaugh
Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2018-09-28
WASHINGTON–With the Senate Judiciary Committee rushing to approve President Donald Trump's nomination of federal appellate judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, progressive foes of the right-winger marched against Kavanaugh at nine senators' local offices across the country on Sept. 28. | But while Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified clearly and calmly, though under stress, about Kavanaugh's assault on her in 1982, Kavanaugh exploded in anger repeatedly during his testimony. His behavior actually introduced an entirely new issue into the controversy over his confirmation–the issue of his obviously inappropriate judicial demeanor. | In addition, the Senate never even considered the extensive and credible allegations against Kavanaugh made by two other women, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick. | Ramirez witnessed sexual abuse of women by Kavanaugh at Yale while Swetnick observed Kavanaugh and his friends engaging in gang rape. | Incredibly, Kavanaugh excoriated…
peoplesworld.org/article/demonstrators-hit-the-streets-as-senate-panel-rams-through-kavanaugh/

'Bigger Than Politics': CNN's Brooke Baldwin Tears Up on Air While Sharing Intimate Details of a Sexual Assault
Matthew Chapman, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-09-28
"This is a pivotal moment in America for all of us. " | Yesterday's hearing at the Senate Judiciary Committee, in which Dr. Christine Blasey Ford told the story of her sexual assault at the hands of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, was a tense and resonant moment for the whole nation. It sparked a fresh wave of protests, and resulted in even a handful o. . .
alternet.org/news-amp-politics/brooke-baldwin-details-sexual-assault

Alyssa Milano's dress at Kavanaugh hearing sparks Twitter firestorm as trolls take aim at her outfit
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-28
Alyssa Milano, actress and #MeToo crusader, hit Washington to support Christine Blasey Ford testifying against Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. But it was her attire which gained most attention on social media.
rt.com/usa/439804-alyssa-milano-dress-kavanaugh/

Protest Matters: Senate Asks FBI to Investigate Brett Kavanaugh After Sen. Jeff Flake Is Confronted by Sexual Assault Survivors
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2018-09-28
Hours after two sexual assault survivors confronted Sen. Jeff Flake on live television, he persuaded the Senate to delay the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. | The post Protest Matters: Senate Asks FBI to Investigate Brett Kavanaugh After Sen. Jeff Flake Is Confronted by Sexual Assault Survivors appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/09/28/protest-matters-senate-asks-f-b-investigate-kavanaugh-flake-confronted-sexual-assault-survivors/

Blasey Ford Is "100 Percent Positive" Brett Kavanaugh Attempted to Rape Her
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-09-28
We feature excerpts from the questioning at Thursday's historic hearing, when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified she was "100 percent positive" that Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in the summer of 1982 during Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, as both Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh faced hours of questioning. Not one of the eleven Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, who are all white men, questioned Dr. Blasey Ford directly. Instead, they ceded their time to Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell, who Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called a "female assistant." Mitchell was also scheduled to question Kavanaugh on behalf of Republican senators, but they quickly stopped her line of questioning after she asked Kavanaugh about details of the parties he attended in the summer of 1982. Kavanaugh repeatedly refused to call for an FBI investigation into Dr. Blasey Ford's…
truthout.org/video/blasey-ford-is-100-positive-brett-kavanaugh-attempted-to-rape-her-in-1982/

'A Conspiratorial Mindset': Conservative Writer Max Boot Demolishes Kavanaugh's 'Damning' Testimony Revealing His Naked Partisanship
Alex Henderson, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-09-28
Sen. Lindsey Graham also displayed a conspiratorial flair. | Within the Republican pro-Trump bubble, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's emotional and overwrought testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, September 27 is being hailed as the heartfelt outcry of a man who is being wrongly railroaded and slandered by Democratic Party partisans. But not everyone on the right sees it that way. And in a Washington Post commentary publis. . .
alternet.org/news-amp-politics/conspiratorial-mindset-conservative-writer-max-boot-demolishes-kavanaughs-damning

No One Is More Upset by the Kavanaugh Revelations than Brett Kavanaugh
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2018-09-28
Media coverage of the hearings has hardened into a dangerous and wrongheaded parallel that both Christine Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh are victims.
progressive.org/dispatches/no-one-is-more-upset-by-the-kavanaugh-revelations-than-brett/

Kavanaugh's High School, Georgetown Prep, Warned Parents in 1990 of "Sexual or Violent Behavior" at Parties
Jon Schwarz | theintercept.com | 2018-09-28
Georgetown Prep joined six other D.C. private schools in sending a letter to parents describing "excessive drinking and sexual license." | The post Kavanaugh's High School, Georgetown Prep, Warned Parents in 1990 of "Sexual or Violent Behavior" at Parties appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/09/28/kavanaughs-high-school-georgetown-prep-warned-parents-in-1990-of-sexual-or-violent-behavior-at-parties/