Skulking around the UN building and looking for an opportunity to embarrass us on the global stage yet again, Trump commented on the Kavanaugh controversy: pic.twitter.com/a0jqzHMmxm — TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) September 24, 2018 A written account of the remarks for those who can’t bear to hear Trump’s snuffling, sneering delivery: President Donald Trump on Monday …
Women's Rights Are Human Rights
Monday Morning Open Thread
Live your life like Ronan Farrow's gonna find out what you did eventually. — James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) August 27, 2018 people ask what i like to do in my free time as if keeping up with the day's news cycle and meme cycle leaves any wiggle room — Astead (@AsteadWesley) April 5, 2018 Enough is …
Christine Blasey Ford Will Testify
She called their bluff. Via The Post: The Senate Judiciary Committee and lawyers for Ford have been in negotiations for days about whether she would appear before the panel. Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s when both were teenagers. Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), who …
Aaaaand he finally went there…
Republican reactions to Dr. Blasey’s allegation that SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school have been predictably crass, clueless and bizarre. Only one of those reactions has been surprising (to me, at least): Trump’s relative restraint. I think we all knew it wouldn’t last: I have no doubt that, if the attack …
Interesting Read: “Want to help prevent rape? Withdraw Kavanaugh’s nomination”
NEW: Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford have told Senate Judiciary Committee staff she is "prepared to testify" next week — but not Monday — so long as her safety is assured and hearing is fair. My latest. https://t.co/WiA3kXb2d8 — Sheryl Gay Stolberg (@SherylNYT) September 20, 2018 Sandra Newman, in the Washington Post: … The most …
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Tiger Clerk-Model Pipeline
Remember the “Tiger Mother” person who was in the news several years back for her book extolling or lampooning (depending on whom you believe) über-strict, traditionalist child-rearing practices? Yeah, me neither, but it turns out she and her husband (Jed Rosenfeld) are both law professors at Yale, and they vetted and advised students who were …
Age of Consent
Christine Blasey Ford knew that coming forward with her allegation against SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh would open an alt-right hellmouth that would engulf her and her family, but she did it anyway. I think that’s a lot more patriotic than torching a pair of Nikes. In yesterday’s thread on the topic, I said I thought …