(Informed Comment) – On October 4, Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) announced that she was going to vote “no” on the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Unlike her colleague Jeff Flake who is quitting the Senate, Heitkamp is taking a grave political risk. North Dakota, which had had a 40-point lead for Trump […]
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US politics
Top Republicans Determined to Confirm Kavanaugh to Supreme Court on Saturday
Washington (AFP) – Top Republicans voiced confidence Thursday that Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed to the US Supreme Court this weekend, as they asserted that an FBI probe had found nothing to support sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump’s nominee. “Judge Kavanaugh should be confirmed on Saturday,” Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the chairman […]
New York considers investigating Trump for Tax Fraud
The president could Face Astronomical Civil Fines
Trump says it’s a Scary Time for Young Men; Imagine the Boys detained in his Immigrant Camps
As the Brett Cavanaugh controversy rages on, overlooked is a news item about the tent city set up for the migrant children in Tornillo, Texas. According to the New York Times, in the past few weeks around 1,600 children were rounded up from detention centers and foster homes to be moved into this new version […]
Top Five Signs Kavanaugh might have been a mean, Black-out Drunk Capable of Anything
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – George W. Bush is supporting Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination. But Bush is more honest than the judge. He was asked by journalists during one of his campaigns if he had ever used cocaine. He made waves when he declined to answer the question. He later admitted that the reason he did […]
Eisen calls “Cover-Up” as Charges swirl Trump is Micro-Managing FBI Kavanaugh Inquiry
“it is malpractice for WH to rule out Swetnick, Yale boozing”
55% of GOP say Sexual Assault not Disqualifying for SCOTUS; What is *Wrong* with Them?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – What in the world is wrong with self-identified Republicans in the United States. I mean, look, I’m a historian and a world traveler. I get that different people have different ways of looking at the world, different norms and customs. It is to be expected. But the blatant amorality of […]
SNL: Matt Damon Rakes Kavanaugh over Coals as Angry, Hysterical, Privileged Drunk
I’M HERE BECAUSE OF A POLITICAL CON JOB ORCHESTRATED BY THE CLINTONS, GEORGE SOROS, KATHY GRIFFIN AND MR. RONAN SINATRA
Blasey Ford Cued Survivors to Speak out, from Jeff Flake’s Elevator to Alyssa Milano
there was a 201 percent increase in calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline on Thursday
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