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Cruz (and Rubio) lost the primary to @realDonaldTrump when the Trump didn't have the advantage of hyper partisanship. Cruz lost to Trump when either candidate would've given Republicans what they wanted (ACA repeal, conservative judges).
Because the GOP establishment mostly rallied behind @realDonaldTrump the election became @HillaryClinton vs Paul Ryan's domestic policy and Federalist Society-approved SCOTUS justices.
Ignoring that Trump didn't have all that in his favor (plus the fundamentals of the race and the precedent against a party winning the WH three times in a row, oh and Russia attacking our elections) is ... odd.
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I remember an interview with Robert Downey Jr after he’d gotten out prison (yeah, the pre-Iron Man days). He was asked what the worst thing was that happened to him there. He said, “I’ll never tell you the worst thing that happened to me in prison.”
I don’t know that he meant rape but most guys would think that was what he meant. We would never want to admit to rape, to the her powerlessness and violation. Why do we think women are in a hurry to do this? Or that they enjoy broadcasting that they were a victim?
It’s brave that women come forward and there’s nothing to be ashamed of. But women don’t enjoy revealing this.
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Isn't this also more an employment issue than a legal one? This came up with Franken, who I also thought should've resigned. "Due process" and "presumption of innocence" are important when talking about putting someone in jail. Here we're talking abt not putting someone on SCOTUS
Roy Moore and Al Franken weren't deprived of a natural right (their "freedom"). They lost Senate seats, which are obviously privileges that a rare number of people enjoy.
When a former teacher or coworker comments on your past performance, they aren't treated like witnesses at a trial. They don't testify under oath nor are their cross examined.
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Obama "lectures" us is racist. Hillary "lectures" us is sexist. Period. It's especially obvious coming from the "traditional values, personal responsibility crowd." They curiously don't consider white men telling, say, women or LGBT how to behave "lecturing."
It's such a fascinating scam. "I'm not racist or a misogynist. I just take issue with black men or women leading or commanding us. If they can find a way to lead a country as commander in chief without doing that, I'm all for it."
"Did you see Jeff Flake's moving rebuttal of Trump on the Senate floor? Or how McCain used to take it to Trump? That's leadership! When Booker or Obama do anything similar, it's lecturing. When Harris or Hillary do it, my penis falls off."
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There are already some great threads (see this one & @KevinMKruse's) re: @staceyabrams & the #Confederateflag but I want to emphasize:

That flag is THE reason #Democrats LOST the governorship (& legislative control) of #Georgia in 2002. The state's been #Republican since..
Was literally talking to one of Gov. Roy Barnes's former campaign managers about this very thing last week - there's simply no denying it:

#Georgia's #Confederateflag - & the racist propaganda associated with it - unequivocally lost the state for Dems sixteen years ago.
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This *is* the sound of the last gasps of a dying white-supremacist govt. Yet we must remember that these last gasps often work.
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If you ever wondered what the US Senate would look like if run like the City of Miami, then watch the Kavanaugh hearings.

No documents.

Rushed process.

The Senate should never vote on a #SCOTUS candidate without full vetting.

#Republicans don't want that.

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Senator @amyklobuchar: Nobody can review 42,000 records about Brett Kavanaugh in one evening. We got them last night.

For reference: I got 50,000 records from @CityofMiami in public records litigation, only about 5,000 were relevant, and it has taken me 4 months to review it.
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Trump: Day 571
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The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
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#ConservativeWithoutAParty
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Trump Hotels' website still lists Trump SoHo New York among its properties in the Our Hotels menu. Select its name though to access its page and there's a message about it being renamed

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