Despite Gut-Wrenching Testimony from Dr. Blasey Ford, GOP Moves Forward with Vote on Kavanaugh; Brett Kavanaugh Barely Controls His Rage in Combative Testimony Denying Sexual Assault Allegations.
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“Con Game”? Trump Accuser Jessica Leeds Responds to His Dismissal of Sexual Assault Allegations; Bill Cosby Survivor Lili Bernard: Women Who Report Sexual Assault Are Often “Re-Raped” In Court; Yale Law Students Protest Alum Brett Kavanaugh, Demand Investigation Of Sexual Assault Allegations; Trump Threatens Venezuela With New Sanctions Even as it Faces Economic & Humanitarian … Continued
World Laughs at Trump as He Boasts About Himself in U.N. Address Threatening Iran, Venezuela; David Glosser: “Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle”; Trump Admin Targets Immigrants Using Food Stamps & Medicaid & Puts Millions of Children at Risk; “A Tsunami of a Sentence”: Victory for Survivors as Bill … Continued
#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke on Sexual Assault Allegations Against Kavanaugh: “We Believe Survivors”; Marcy Wheeler: Rosenstein’s Ouster Would Not Necessarily Signal End of Mueller Investigation; Naomi Klein: A Year After Hurricane Maria, There Is Nothing Natural About Puerto Rico’s Disaster.
Report: Senate Aides Knew of Second Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Claim & Tried to Rush His Confirmation; “Survivors Must Be Heard”: 1,100 Alumnae of Dr. Blasey Ford’s H.S. Demand FBI Investigate Kavanaugh; Dr. Barbara Ransby: What the Defamation of Anita Hill Can Teach Us About the Kavanaugh Hearings.
Michael Moore v. Donald Trump in “Fahrenheit 11/9”: New Film Warns Our Democracy Is At Risk; Michael Moore: Are We Going to Be Like the “Good Germans” Who Let Hitler Rise to Power? Michael Moore: Democrats Made Fatal Mistake in Not Taking Trump More Seriously in 2016.
Blasey Ford Lawyers: Kavanaugh’s Background Check Must Include FBI Probe into Attempted Rape Claims; Right-Wing Network Spent Millions to Portray Questions for Kavanaugh on Abortion as “Anti-Religious”; South Carolina: Two Women from Mental Health Facility Drown in Flood During Transport by Deputies; South Carolina Prisoners Were Left In Cells as Florence Descended. Why Weren’t They … Continued
Michael Moore: Senate Must Take Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Seriously & Postpone Kavanaugh Hearing; Rev. William Barber: Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court Would Endanger Rights of Women, Workers & Voters; Rev. Barber: North Carolina Has Two Storms, Florence & the Policies that Keep People in Poverty; “A Matter of Life and Death”: Trump Admin Slashes … Continued
Intercept Report Reveals Senate Ignored Federal Court Employees Willing to Testify Against Kavanaugh
Intercept Report Reveals Senate Ignored Federal Court Employees Willing to Testify Against Kavanaugh; Immigrants Seeking Shelter after Hurricane Florence Fear Deportation as FEMA Shifts Funds to ICE; Ten Years Since Economic Collapse Sparked Occupy Wall Street, the Cooperative Movement Is Surging.
As Blasey Ford Alleges Kavanaugh Assaulted Her, Will Senate Repeat Mistakes Made with Anita Hill? Facebook Censors a ThinkProgress Story on Kavanaugh After a Conservative Site Calls it “Fake News”; Will Kavanaugh Overturn Roe v. Wade? SCOTUS Nominee’s Confirmation Is About “Life and Death for Women”; Botham Jean’s Family: Are Dallas Police Smearing His Reputation … Continued