US politics

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 […]

Donald Trump

New York considers investigating Trump for Tax Fraud

AFP

New York (AFP) – The New York state tax department said Tuesday it is investigating reports that President Donald Trump helped his parents dodge millions of dollars in taxes and received far more money from his father’s real estate empire than he has claimed in the past. Earlier, The New York Times said its own […]

Immigration

Trump says it’s a Scary Time for Young Men; Imagine the Boys detained in his Immigrant Camps

Gail Ukockis

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 […]

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Top Five Signs Kavanaugh might have been a mean, Black-out Drunk Capable of Anything

Juan Cole

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 […]

Supreme Court

Eisen calls “Cover-Up” as Charges swirl Trump is Micro-Managing FBI Kavanaugh Inquiry

AFP

by Brian KNOWLTON Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump hit back Sunday at suggestions his administration is trying to “micromanage” the FBI investigation of controversial Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, accusing opposition Democrats of being interested only in obstruction. Trump on Friday had ordered the new FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh, […]

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55% of GOP say Sexual Assault not Disqualifying for SCOTUS; What is Wrong with Them?

Juan Cole

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 […]

Supreme Court

SNL: Matt Damon Rakes Kavanaugh over Coals as Angry, Hysterical, Privileged Drunk

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (NBC) | (Video Clip) Chuck Grassley: “We heard from the alleged victim, now let’s hear from the hero, who I’m told has been shadow-boxing in the bathroom for the last hour.” Matt Damon as Kavanaugh: “I’M GOING TO START AT AN 11 AND TAKE IT TO A 15– REAL QUICK! . . […]

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Blasey Ford Cued Survivors to Speak out, from Jeff Flake’s Elevator to Alyssa Milano

Charlotte Plantive

By Charlotte PLANTIVE | – Washington (AFP) – The dramatic Senate testimony of university professor Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her, has sparked a surge in calls to abuse hotlines — and a moment of reckoning for women confronting their own painful memories. CBS News: “Sen. Jeff […]

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Lindsey Graham disregards Violence toward Women, & his State is a Women’s Murder Capital

Juan Cole

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 to deny Trump a Supreme Court justice. […]