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Mitch: Kavanaugh Vote ‘This Week’

The clock is officially ticking: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the Senate will hold a vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination this week. “The time for endless delay and obstruction has come to a close. Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination is out of committee. We’re considering it here on the floor and … we’ll […]

Never Negotiate With Sociopaths: Liars, Democrats and the #Kavanaugh Smear

  There was a moment during Thursday’s hearing when Christine Blasey Ford was asked, “Was it communicated to you by your counsel or someone else, that the committee had asked to interview you and that — that they offered to come out to California to do so?” At which point, her lawyer Michael Bromwich grabbed […]

#Kavanaugh: Graham Emerges Heroic

  Sen. Lindsey Graham is one of the Republicans I’ve hated most over the years, because of his pro-amnesty stance on immigration. Most other conservatives feel the same way. But today? He was absolutely a hero. “This is the most unethical sham since I’ve been in politics,” Graham said, and pointed the finger quite obviously […]

#Kavanaugh Hearing Update: A Few Thoughts on Prosecutorial Discretion

Remember the Kaitlyn Hunt saga? While watching today’s morning session of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, I found myself thinking about that 2013 case, in which an 18-year-old former high-school cheerleader was caught in a lesbian affair with a 14-year-old girl. When that story made nationwide headlines, I took alarm because the so-called #FreeKate movement […]

While Watching the #Kavanaugh Hearing

Not going to live-blog today’s Senate Judiciary Committee, exactly, but I do want to have a thread to share a few of my thoughts and allow the commenters to provide their own feedback. When confronted with something like Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation, intelligent people must consider the possibility that it is either true or false. […]

The Big Day: Avenatti Client Discredited, Ford’s Accusation Now Collapsing

  Wow, what an eventful 24 hours this has been! The client of the Creepy Porn Lawyer, Julie Swetnick, came forward with her wild “gang rape” tale and was almost immediately was discredited. First, we learned her ex-boyfriend had gotten a restraining order against her, then Lisa Miller (who partied with the Georgetown Prep football […]

The Democrats as Underpants Gnomes

In a comment on last night’s post, Daniel Freeman described the Democrats’ strategy in the Kavanaugh confirmation process: Step 1: Present a non-disprovable claim. Step 2: Demand that it be disproven. Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit! It’s the “Underpants Gnomes” plan, you see. The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on the Kavanaugh […]

Feminism Is a Totalitarian Movement to Destroy Civilization as We Know It

  How many times have I repeated that sentence in the past three years? And how many times has this simple statement been dismissed as a joke? Well, I guess you’re not laughing now, as the Kavanaugh confirmation process has been degraded into a circus by . . . what? Feminism. Many people have become […]

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