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Now @EdWhelanEPPC, a vigilant defender of Kavanaugh, is going all CSI: B-CC.
He's now implying that a specific friend of Kavanaugh's may have assaulted Ford, and it's a case of mistaken identity.
1) Wow.
2) This is an argument for an FBI investigation, not armchair accusations.
@washingtonpost: Ford dismissed Whelan’s theory in a statement late Thursday: “I knew them both, and socialized with” them, Ford said, adding that she had once visited the other classmate in the hospital. “There is zero chance that I would confuse them.”...
Read the whole thing. It seems like many conservatives are not backing up @EdWhelanEPPC. Good for them. washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politi…
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This is not a fact check. It's a bad take, @AP @AP_Politics, a false check.
When two sides hit a budget impasse, they pass continuing resolutions to continue status quo as negotiations continue.
Shutdowns happen since 1995 only when one side refuses CRs to change status quo...
2/ In 1995, Gingrich & Dole refused to pass a status quo continuing resolution. Their CR included Medicare premium increases, environmental deregulation & a balanced budget requirement.
Clinton held out for status quo and negotiation.
Conclusion: GOP caused shutdowns for 5 weeks.
3/ The 2013 shutdown was similar: Obama, McConnell, and Boehner had a deal for the basic status quo with some cutts, but Sen @tedcruz and the tea party House members blew up that deal in order to defunding the ACA.
Conclusion: the GOP caused a shutdown for two weeks.
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Veselnitskaya unsealed indictment on obstruction (Russian money laundering case):
"Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met with @DonaldJTrumpJr (and Manafort & @jaredkushner) at Trump Tower, represented Prevezon Holdings in a civil case..."
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2/ "...in which SDNY prosecutors sought millions in forfeiture... & alleged in a civil complaint that a Russian criminal organization ran an elaborate tax refund scheme, stealing the identities of companies and filing sham lawsuits to incur fake losses for refund purposes."
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4 clear pieces on the law of “national emergency” and the wall: @MargLTaylor
@BobbyChesney in @lawfareblog; @LizaGoitein in @Atlantic; and @charlie_savage in @nytimes (links here).
My bottom line: Congress has given the president too much discretion.
nytimes.com/2019/01/07/us/…
2/ @MargLTaylor: “On closer inspection, relevant statutes delegate substantial authority to the president, and it is possible to imagine arguments...courts could find convincing if they are predisposed to defer to the president on a national emergency.” lawfareblog.com/declaring-emer…
3/ @BobbyChesney finds similar statutory discretion, and also asks, “Who has standing to challenge in court?”
Congress’s legislative standing isn’t easy. We agree that there are many private landowners facing eminent domain seizures...
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•➣ @SenatorCollins & @RonJohnsonWI claim there was no corroborating evidence to support Dr. Ford's allegations against #Kavanaugh. That is a LIE. Corroborating evidence was provided to the Judiciary Committee. Either Grassley didn't share it with you or you LYING. Which is it?
Grassley committee staffers tried to discredit Deborah Ramirez by suggesting to other witnesses that her allegation against Kavanaugh was a case of mistaken identity. The EXACT same lie you fell for re Dr. Ford, @SenatorCollins @JeffFlake @Sen_JoeManchin.
Kavanaugh lied under oath when he claimed he learned of Deborah Ramirez's allegation against from a Sep 23 @NewYorker story. You said you would oppose Kavanaugh's nomination if he's shown to have lied under oath, @JeffFlake. Stand by your word and vote NO.
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(THREAD) Collins votes YES, so Kavanaugh’s confirmed.

This is the finale of the confirmation VOTE, but it is NOT the end of the #Kavanaugh ISSUE. 1/14
The FBI “investigation” was a sham, and that makes Collins’ special pleading for her YES vote a sham. It was a sickening performance. 2/14
The fatal weakness of her defense of her vote is that there was no meaningful investigation. Merely seeking corroboration in the form of direct, eyewitness testimony from the participants of the 1 Jul 1982 meeting does not constitute a meaningful investigation. 3/14
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#Kavanaugh masterfully turned himself into the victim of unscrupulous women.

He was aided by #GOP senators. The other accusers have been erased. It all rested on a 15yr old girl who as an adult wasn't self-aggrandizing and so didn't talk about herself at all. Unlike Kavanaugh.
I truly believe if Ford had talked about herself and her life in-depth the way #Kavanaugh did, she would have been humanized as a mother afraid for her kids, a prof beloved by her students, an expert in her field with 4 degrees. Not as elite as BK, but his equal in achievement.
Ford wasn't advised well. There were two hours for her, four for #Kavanaugh.
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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.
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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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I'm a sociologist who studies adolescent sexual violence. On this thread, I will be live tweeting the #Kavanaugh hearing, chiming in with sociological insights and research findings.
Full disclosure--I will probably step away for parts of it. While many conservatives have cast feminists as people who rejoice at allegations of sexual assault against powerful men, this is a painful process for us. We know survivors. We are survivors. And I will need breaks.
It does not bode well that the beginning of this hearing is starting with equating #Kavanaugh and #Ford's experiences with harassment following Dr. Ford's allegations. They are absolutely not the same.
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When I was in college in Iowa in the 90s my friend (one of 6 African-Americans on the whole campus) was accused of raping his (white) girlfriend after a fight. He didn't do it & I know b/c I saw them both that night after the incident allegedly happened.
He was a star athlete, a bit overconfident and not a great boyfriend but he wasn't a criminal. We had warned him repeatedly about his gf being vindictive but at that age hormones trump common sense. They had a nasty argument one night.
It spilled into an area we were all hanging out in. She was yelling at him about his cheating, he was yelling back...it was ugly. He basically broke up with her in front of everyone. The next day the police picked him up on campus...she had filed a rape charge.
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