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(1) #ConfirmKavanaugh updates thread #3 starting from 10/4/18.

A directory of my 10 Kavanaugh threads, and counting. (I know, I surprise myself sometimes.)

#JudgeKavanaugh will soon be #JusticeKavanaugh and the American Republic will be preserved. 🦅
(2) This WaPo reporter is incorrect about the vote being "scheduled for" Saturday. The earliest time a vote COULD be held is Saturday pm. There's no reason not to hold it on Sun/Mon IF we need Daines. I think we won't. Read my 5 tweets about him here:
(3) An excellent short explainer about the fact that Mitch has the votes:

(4) This Op-Ed by Judge Kavanaugh himself is GREAT. A must read:

wsj.com/articles/i-am-…
(5) Everyone who understands what's at stake (#DueProcess) cares about the outcome on its merits alone. Women who, like me, try to deal in facts not feelings care even more about Democrats grossly misrepresenting us & our interests. #HimToo #MeToo #WeToo

thefederalist.com/2018/10/04/con…
(6) So true! I have been falsely accused or railroaded by malicious hearsay so many times I've lost count. My slightly older brother from another mother, Brett Kavanaugh, stood up to the bullies and WON. He's an inspiration.

(7) ICYMI, that tweet refers to this column:

nypost.com/2018/10/03/dem…
(8) You gotta watch this clip of @senorrinhatch waving away the shrieking harpies. "Why don't you grow up?" It's pure joy. #caring

(9) Lots happening in the last two hours as #HistoryMade Collins, & Manchin state they are a YES for the #BillOfRights as symbolized by the Kav vote, & Murkowski states she is a NO.

I will update this thread with select pics etc later on. As usual read @SenOrrinHatch's feed.
(10) Thank you, Senator Collins.

(11) This is huge. Bush 41 seldom tweets. I always believed he supported Kav, after all, Bush 43 always has. With this tweet he announced it.

We cannot afford to exclude these two former Presidents from MAGA based on Jeb! or mere words said. Dems are playing with our lives.
(12) President Trump has not tweeted about the Collins, Manchin & Murkowski announcements yet. I think he's allowing the rest of the GOP to enjoy this moment that they've all worked so hard for. Those who opposed Trump him are being forced to admit there'd be no Kav without him.
(13) I think it went something like this. Before Justice Kennedy retired, Trump called GWB to chat about the next SCOTUS nominee. Asked who he would choose & if he'd back Kavanaugh 100% no matter what. GWB said "absolutely." Bush 41 did too.

Three Presidents united.🐘🇺🇸
(14) Congratulations Justice Kavanaugh and Mrs Kavanaugh!

The Republic stands. There has been a disturbance in the force.

Both oaths of office will be sworn TODAY, which is unusual. Great to see Justice Kennedy will administer one of them. Kav was his law clerk.
(15) "When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice." #TrumpEffect #NeverSayNever

I welcome ALL new Trump supporters with open arms. We have a shot at Republican unity... let's take it! 🐘🇺🇸 

(16) That's our Vice President. So proud.

(17) The lying media are trying to make it seem like the protesters at the Supreme Court are at risk of forcing entry to the building, or something. Always gotta create drama where it's not needed.

The relevant Police agencies have it under control.

(18) Sen Joni Ernst beaming with happiness about this confirmation while speaking on FOX. Footage of the crowd outside the court shows it's not big. MSM photos and video will be designed to make it look bigger than it is, as usual.
(19) LOL. 3 hours after the confirmation vote, Twitter allows a Kav trend to appear at the bottom of the trending list. Low energy.

The left's narrative now is that confirmation was "inevitable" & the GOP railroaded him through.

Except... Harry Reid went nuclear in 2013. Ha.
(20) Trump Campaign Manager @BradParscale speaking in Topeka, KS ahead of Trump. Gonna be a great rally!
(21) Correction: The campaign manager's account is @Parscale. Good job, Twitter. /sarcasm

Some great Trump photos from today in Washington DC and Topeka, KS.
(22) This process has given rise to so many great moments.

(23) At the Kansas rally, Trump notices a huge cheer after he mentions Lindsey Graham. Then he mentions Susan Collins and gets another huge cheer. Chuck Grassley gets a big cheer. Finally Mitch McConnell gets a cheer.

How things have changed, and for the better. #GOPUnity
(24) @JudgeJeanine is BESIDE HERSELF with joy as she introduces her show at the end of the Trump rally.

Finally, a woman on TV who speaks for me! #WomenForTrump #MAGA
(25) Judge Jeanine says POTUS will be calling in to the show soon, tune in!

I wonder how long he will talk for... I bet, not as long as he wants to!
(26) He's on! And then the call's connection was lost. He'll be back on soon.
(27) For me this photo from today represents the strong women patriots who this week put our foot down.

They're laughing at the wind from the takeoff of Marine One, but they're also feeling trilled & proud to have watched POTUS walk out, answer media questions & take off.
(28) The disturbance in the force tonight has been so great that it broke FOX's audio systems twice in the last few minutes.

Anyway, POTUS is back on the line now. #MAGA
(29) Steve Daines certainly would have returned to vote IF NEEDED. Our majority was more than sufficient for him to be excused. His new son in law isn't going to forget his wedding anniversary, LOL.

(30) This 5 second clip is a must watch. Thank you Senator @SteveDaines and congratulations to your daughter and the whole family.

(31) We love you Senator @LindseyGrahamSC.

Embracing the #TrumpEffect and promoting #GOPUnity for the sake of everyone. #MAGA

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(1) Officer Ronil Singh was a Fijian-Indian who migrated legally to the US & become a police officer. There has been a brain drain of Fijian-Indians over the past 30 years bc of racism & repeated coups. Many came to NZ... they are welcomed here, usually pillars of the community.
(2) The most recent coup in Fiji was in 2006. Naval Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrow the lawfully elected govt at the barrel of a gun. Despite murder and repression, the international community "forgot" all about it & even gave him a UN role. Of course.
(3) In fact, Fiji's violent dictator, Frank Bainimarama, was head of the UN's climate change conference for 2017. How nice.
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(1) Secretary Mattis' resignation letter of December 20, 2018.

Source: an ABC reporter at the Pentagon. Hopefully this is the real letter.

Assuming it is, here are my thoughts on it:
(2) I love, love, love General James Mattis and always have, from the moment I first learned who he is. That will never change.

I have two possible explanations for why he chose to mention "respect for allies" & being harder on adversaries in this letter.
(3) Two MAIN possible explanations. Sure, there will be others.

It could be 4D chess kabuki theater, he's certainly capable of it.

Or, it could be his genuine feelings and desire to distance himself from some of Trump's actions. Sad.
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(1) "I got tired of hearing from people who can’t see what I see. It’s just a phase. I’ll be more charitable at some point. Right now I prefer the company of old postcards."

quodverum.com/2018/12/354/th…
(2) WWI flamethrower expert Thomas Wictor bowed out of social media and is now writing at thomaswictor.com and quodverum.com. I'm writing at QV, too, but at a ratio of about 1:10 TW articles.

His above quote resonated with me so I want to "unpack it" a little.
(3) Firstly, I am keenly looking forward to the day when we can all converse at QV, bc the feedback loop is vital to my process of learning, reflecting, and writing about politics. Your replies to my threads make a huge difference to the final product.
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THREAD―FAILED STRATEGY: HOW DEM LEADERS BUNGLED #Kavanaugh

I'm seeing a lot of blame going around so I want to provide some clarity on what I believe Dems did wrong. First and foremost, they failed to realize that the GOP would use their majority to seat Kavanaugh AT ALL COSTS.
THREAD―FAILED STRATEGY

Understanding that the GOP would not settle for anything less than Justice Kavanaugh, Democrats should have walked out of what they called a "charade" and a "sham." When you call something a sham and then participate in it, you're legitimizing it.
THREAD―FAILED STRATEGY

Democrats had ample reason to refuse to participate: Kavanaugh was nominated by a president who may have committed federal crimes. His records were being withheld. And so on. Simply applying the #MerrickGarland standard, Kavanaugh didn't merit a hearing.
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Because MSM continues to fall for every corrupt @GOP trap, the PROVABLE LIES that should have sunk Kavanaugh will now be a Hail Mary at best.
#Kavanaugh lied on his financials. It's not as salacious as what he did when he was a teen, and he did it as an ostensibly sober ADULT. /1
2/ Let's run down the LIES that Kavanaugh told - all of which have been ignored by @SenateGOP, @SenateDems, & our news outlets. I guess because they're not exciting. Because he wasn't a drunk teen, but a sitting Federal Judge when he did this. And then LIED UNDER OATH about it.
3/ HOME REPAIRS: He lied under oath about those home repairs.

How do I know this? Because someone did a forensic analysis of the city requirements for anyone doing the type of home repairs Kavanaugh claimed he did. Guess who never filed for a permit?
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[THREAD] Here's what just happened on #Kavanaugh. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-10 (all Rs, including @JeffFlake voting yes, all Ds voting no) to send the nomination to the Senate floor. 1/
As part of his remarks, @JeffFlake told the Committee he'd prefer the Senate floor vote on Kavanaugh to be put off one week to allow for an FBI investigation. 2/
Two things @JeffFlake does not control:
1️⃣ Whether there is an FBI investigation.
2️⃣ Whether the floor vote is put off by one week. 3/
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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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THREAD: Through all of the revelations around #Kavanaugh, I have been feeling anger, but also (oddly) gratitude that I have never been assaulted. And then, I was reading a friend's post about her assault, and realized, I'd repressed mine.
Let's be clear- this isn't a "recovered" memory. It's just that I didn't even THINK of it. It was just so normalized. For those who are victims of assault thinking, "how did she forget, I can't ever seem to forget," let me explain./2
In my 30's, when I was married with 2 kids, I went out for an 80's night at a local bar. I was meeting a couple of girlfriends there. It was the first time I had been out without my husband or kids in literally YEARS. I arrived at the bar early, and was waiting at the bar./3
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THREAD from #Kavanaugh confirmation hearing Day1. Day2 begins. GOP chair Grassley said yesterday’s protesters plotted w/ Democrats to disrupt hearing. “Today is different,” he said. Protests continued. One said: “I’m offended; I called out Durbin. I didn’t coorindate w/Democrats”
Feinstein starts questions on gun regulation & “common use.” She said she never thought she’d see children mowed down in schools. #Kavanaugh: “It’s all about precedent. If a type of firearm is widely owned like assault weapons, then it’s unconstitutional to ban them under Heller”
Feinstein asks about Roe: I don’t want to go back to those numbers [women dying in back alley abortions]. #Kavanaugh: I don’t live in a bubble. I understand its importance. As a judge, Roe & Casey are long-standing Supreme Court precedent. (Implying it should stand, it seems.)
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