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1. A close look at what transpired yesterday reveals that Republican leaders were DESPERATE to avoid public hearings where Christine Ford could say that she was sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh

They later scheduled one because they had no choice

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2. They scheduled the hearing without even talking to Ford about it. They are now hoping she won't show up.

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3. The tactics being employed against Ford are practically identical to those used against Anita Hill 27 years ago.

She's unreliable.

She's the tool of a Democratic consipiracy

Even if she's telling the truth, it's not that bad

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4. Orrin Hatch 1991: "There are a lot of things that just don't make sense to me about Anita Hill's testimony. Some of it just doesn't square with what I think is basic reality and common sense."

Orrin Hatch 2018: Ford seems "mixed up"

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5. A real hearing that gets to the facts would not just include Kavanaugh and Ford but Mark Judge, Kavanaugh's friend who Ford said witnessed the assault.

He wrote a book about being a blackout drunk in high school

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6. The hearing should explore not only if Kavanaugh is telling the truth but also if his behavior in high school makes his account reliable.

Ford says he was very drunk the night of the attack.

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7. There is a systematic smear campaign being executed against Christine Ford.

I detail it extensively in my newsletter, Popular Information.

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TRUMP: "At the request of Democrats it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall."

What Democrat has requested a border wall made of steel?
TRUMP: "The border wall would very quickly pay for itself."

Absolutely no evidence of this. Trump cites the cost of illegal drugs, most of which come through official ports of entry.
TRUMP: "The wall will also be paid for indirectly by the great new trade deal we have made with Mexico."

This is not true. And the deal hasn't even been approved by Congress.
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A total and humiliating capitation to a president with no interest in the truth.

The news media is supposed to inform the public.

They are now being used to disseminate government propaganda.
REMEMBER: When Obama wanted to address the nation on immigration, the networks refused to air it because they believe it would be "overtly political."

What a joke.

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The idea that a Democratic rebuttal or fact-checking will make this better is insulting.

If I break my arm and a doctor gives me a cast, I'm thankful.

If a doctor breaks my arm and hands me a band-aid, it's not a favor.
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Any network that airs this live is knowingly participating in a disinformation campaign
Some conflicting info, but @JenniferJJacobs of Bloomberg says the networks will air this live

This show just how deeply the mainstream media misunderstands Trump and his tactics

@JenniferJJacobs This is what happened when Obama gave a primetime address on immigration in 2014
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Christine Blasey Ford listens to Judiciary GOP chair Grassley falsely claim he’s done everything possible for a fair process and it’s Democrats who obstruct. He falsely equates what she’s been thru w/ Kavanaugh, falsely says Senate has already investigated so FBI doesn’t have to.
Dr Blasey Ford’s voice breaks detailing her sexual assault by Kavanaugh. “I believed he was going to rape me. I was too afraid and ashamed to tell anyone… I tried to suppress it b/c recounting it caused panic and anxiety.” She’s breathing heavily, powering thru. What a hero.
Blasey Ford is being essentially cross-examined by Maricopa County Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell. Mitchell asks if her texts to WaPo & her letter to Senator Feinstein are accurate.
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1. Woke up 3hrs too early, queasy and stressed. 2mins from now, we will likely be witness to a national misogynistic sham so deep and so blatant as to prove once and for all that the powerbrokers of US government do not believe women are human. #Kavanaugh #BelieveSurvivors #RAGE
2. I'll prob livetweet #Kavanaugh hearing, but I feel physically ill over how they've stacked the deck against #ChristinaBlaseyFord, ignored #JulieSwetnick's gang rape allegations, demonized #DeborahRamirez. How many more rapes will happen bec Trump &GOP brand claim women liars.
3. 0 reason other than corruption, misogyny, and partisanship for having no witnesses, no FBI investigation. Yet hypocrite Grassley, opens saying he wants a "Safe, comfortable, and dignified" hearing and a "show of civility"--then immediately misrepresents the issues. #Kavanaugh
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#Kavanaugh THREAD:

David Brock on NBC: “I used to know Brett Kavanaugh pretty well. And, when I think of Brett now, in the midst of his hearings for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, all I can think of is the old "Aesop's Fables" adage: (1)
"A man is known by the company he keeps." And that's why I want to tell any senator who cares about our democracy: Vote no. Twenty years ago, when I was a conservative movement stalwart, I got to know Brett Kavanaugh both professionally and personally. (2)
Brett actually makes a cameo appearance in my memoir of my time in the GOP, "Blinded By The Right." I describe him at a party full of zealous young conservatives gathered to watch President Bill Clinton's 1998 State of the Union address — (3)
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I'm going to keep tweeting it - 1) the Clarence Thomas FBI investigation was appropriate because he was a federal employee accused by another federal employee of sexual harassment. That's an issue under the jurisdiction of the FBI. Ford's allegation is a local LE issue. Not FBI.
2) - The only public reporting of Dr. Ford's polygraph states the polygrapher "concluded that Ford was being truthful when she said a statement summarizing her allegations was accurate." As I tweeted at the time, this 'finding' is useless to understanding the truth regarding...
...her allegation. I know polygraphers. I've worked with polygraphers, and used the polygraph as a tool in support of interrogation and debriefing operations. If nothing else, this I know - The polygrapher would have asked one or both of the following questions:
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💣Incoming: Tomorrow💣

New allegation:

👉🏼Deborah Ramirez alleges that Kav dropped his pants and shoved his penis in her face when he was a freshman at Yale

👉🏼Within 48 hours another student was told about the incident & was "100% sure" he was told it was Kav.
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Mark Judge’s former girlfriend Rasor “recalled that Judge had told her ashamedly of an incident that involved him and other boys taking turns having sex with a drunk woman.

Rasor said that Judge seemed to regard it as fully consensual. 🙄

#SubpoenaJudgeRasor
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🔥Breaking🔥

@MichaelAvenatti’s e-mail sent moments ago to Mike Davis, Chief Counsel for Nominations for U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary:
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BREAKING: Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein denies a NYT report that he suggested last year he secretly record Trump to expose chaos in the administration. According to the Times Rosenstein also floated the idea of trying to remove Trump through the 25th Amendment. apnews.com/e84a4acdb42641…
Rod Rosenstein should know better than to joke about something like the 25th Amendment. Especially in the era of Trump.
McCabe memos say Rosenstein considered secretly recording Trump
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