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Greg Olear

Jul 24, 2021 • 16 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X

@LincolnsBible

Since he's been in the news this week, let's talk about Brett Kavanaugh. There's lots to say. @LincolnsBible and I covered it extensively in our five-part series, which I'm highlighting here.

#WhoOwnsKavanaugh

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1/ Part One: The Justice & The Replacement
We show the curious connections between Justice Anthony Kennedy’s family, Trump, & the criminal underworld—including the fact that Kennedy’s son, Justin, headed the real estate division for shady af Deutsche Bank.
gregolear.substack.com/p/who-owns-kav…

2/ We outline the strange circumstances that created an opening on the Supreme Court for Brett Kavanaugh.

Characters: Anthony Kennedy pere et fils; Justin Kennedy; Judge Alex Kosinski; Leonard Leo/Federalist Society.

3/ Part Two: The Financials & the Red Flags
A painstakingly detailed examination of the red flags concerning his finances, which show 2 enormous & random influxes of revenue just before his nomination to the D.C. circuit court, in 2006, & SCOTUS, in 2018.
gregolear.substack.com/p/who-owns-kav…

4/ Plus: what’s with the baseball tickets?

Characters: Brett & Ashley Kavanaugh; Everett Edward “Ed” Kavanaugh; the unnamed friends who bought the Nationals ticket packages with him.

5/ Part Three: The Basketball Coach & The Devil’s Triangle

The odd nature of his confirmation hearings, which included the presence of the Catholic middle-school girls’ basketball team he coached and friends of his signaling to white supremacists.
gregolear.substack.com/p/who-owns-kav…

6/ Plus: who leaked the letter?

Characters: Christine Blasey Ford; Chuck Grassley; Diane Feinstein

7/ Part Four: The Operatives & The Op
We spotlight Brett’s intimate association with the seedy world of political ops, revealing the connection between his old friend Mark Gavreau Judge and a rogue’s gallery of dirty tricksters.
gregolear.substack.com/p/who-owns-kav…

8/ Characters: Mark Judge; Chuck Johnson; Ed Whelan; Squee (remember him?)

9/ Part Five: Closing Arguments & Next Steps
We summarize the case against Brett Kavanaugh, discuss the stakes of leaving him on the bench, and explain how he can be made to resign.
gregolear.substack.com/p/who-owns-kav…

10/ Characters: Leonard Leo; Richard Neal; Janet Yellen; Merrick Garland

11/ Further Reading: “Leo the Cancer”
Leonard Leo, Opus Dei, and the radical Catholic takeover of the Supreme Court. Essential in understanding the danger of Brett Kavanaugh on the bench, and why his benefactors want him there.
gregolear.substack.com/p/leo-the-canc…

12/ Index of the pieces, plus an actua index of names:
gregolear.substack.com/p/who-owns-kav…

@NarativTv

13/ The first half of this @NarativTv show is a primer on #WhoOwnsKavanaugh, with appropriate cuss words.

https://twitter.com/ZevShalev/status/1418774473294102529

@MOWNeverSleeps

14/ Kavanaugh is manifestly unfit to sit on SCOTUS. With enough public pressure, and proper investigations, he CAN be convinced to resign, as @MOWNeverSleeps argues here:
gregolear.substack.com/p/how-to-fix-t…

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