Brett Kavanaugh was not vetted.

[gab13by13]

The Federalist Society laundered 400 million dark money dollars to get Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court.

Christopher Wray was a law school classmate, acquaintance, of Brett Kavanaugh. Wray is a member of the Federalist Society.

The FBI tip line for Kavanaugh got 4,500 tips, the FBI investigated none.

[Irish_Dem]

1. He passed the GOP vetting with flying colors. :(

[SergeStorms]

16. And what does that tell you...

about the current GQP? Rotten to the core.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Yes

[DENVERPOPS]

24. And Trump's spawn and Jared

who would have BOMBED at passing ANY and ALL Top Secret clearances, were given complete access to any an all info they could get.
And they probably made a fortune grifting all that info and intel, every day for four years....The authorities should raid all of the Kid's residences, not just Mar-a-lago. Top Secret info and Intel would certainly Guarantee them all a revenue trail for years and years.......

[SergeStorms]

30. Oh yeah...

I said that before in a post, that Trump has more stuff stashed in other places. They didn't get it all. After Donnie lost the election, I'm sure everything U.S. intelligence had on Ukraine left with the Big Orange Pig. Putin probably had a laundry list of intelligence he wanted from his stooge in the White House, and I'm sure he got everything he asked for.

Either that, or Russian would make him pay back those "loans" they gave him.

[DENVERPOPS]

31. Excellent SS!!!!!!!!!

thanks...........

[SergeStorms]

32. Hey, great minds think alike.

We've both been around long enough to know a crook when we see, and in Trump's case, HEAR one.

[DENVERPOPS]

34. Thanks for the compliment

but I have always thought of you far out ranking me in IQ AND good concise thinking.

Just know that anytime I see anything with your "Call Sign", I immediately go to it! LOL

You know, we are old and will be out of here sometime soon. But at least there are some of us who have tried these past forty plus years.

Each and every single day I worry the most about our Kids and Grandkids........and I find myself thinking, the Republicans must not have kids or Grand kids but more likely are so self-absorbed, they only think of themselves and could give a shit about kids and grandkids or anything else for that matter.

WASF

[SergeStorms]

36. I worry about the world....

we're leaving our grandchildren too. My daughter and her husband are both professional people, with great educations, and both work in the education field. Most importantly, they're both liberals. I have all the faith in the world that they'll do what's best, and right, for my grandchildren.

The rest of the world isn't as lucky, or prepared, for what's ahead though. I worry about that most of all.

Thanks for your kind words, Denverpops. I've always had a wicked sense of humor, but Donald Trump gave us very little to chuckle about. What a disaster he's been for our country.

Hang in there buddy. It'll all work out somehow.

[DENVERPOPS]

37. Thanks SS

Have you noticed that Borowitz and the Onion have practically given up even trying to out do Trump?????

[SergeStorms]

38. Yeah, I love them both.

The things Trump says and does are farcical anyway, so trying to write biting satire about Trump is a losing proposition. He writes it himself. What a freaking loon! 🤪

[malaise]

2. Get thee to the greatest page

RFN!

[MerryHolidays]

3. I adore Senator Whitehouse! Is this recent?

K&R x Infinity. I didn't know it was this bad.

[gab13by13]

4. Not recent,

last September. But I got upset at another post and it made me shine a light on all of the dark money that runs our country.

Unknown people write multimillion dollar checks to buy legislation, to buy our politicians.

Whitehouse keeps trying to pass the Disclose Act which would shine a light on dark money, shine a light on who is running our country.

[MerryHolidays]

6. Well, this is still great. I'm glad you posted it

I really, really didn't know about the extent of it. I'm shocked, but then I am not shocked.

[malaise]

9. This needs way more discussion

Kick

[crickets]

41. Sheldon Whitehouse is a treasure. This post is spot on, and a timely one. nt

[Blue Owl]

5. MKCA

Make Kavanaugh Cry Again

[Hortensis]

7. True. Many crimes, legal, ethical, and procedural, were committed to get him on. nt

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Why is Chris Wray still there?

Man plays all sides. Makes a chameleon blush.

[onecaliberal]

11. Why Indeed.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Wray needs to be fired

[2naSalit]

28. And investigated/probaly indicted...

For conspiring with the four year set up for J6. Truly, anyone having anything to do with placing and keeping that regime in power is suspect in a million ways. Mr. Wray has been sketchy from the start.

[JudyM]

12. Whitehouse is a treasure.

We need to get him more airtime and vote in more like him.

[liberalla]

13. I agree completely

[Lasher]

15. I just watched the whole thing.

He is eloquent; made a good case. I learned some disturbing things from him just now.

[gab13by13]

19. Google Sheldon Whitehouse dark money

he has several more speeches that scared the hell out of me.

[world wide wally]

14. Whitehouse for the White House!

[StClone]

18. The Koch name, to hear it makes me sick, worst of the worst Anti-American pigs

[gab13by13]

20. He did one speech before the Senate

where he laid out all of the tentacles of the Federalist Society that it uses to launder money. He lays out all of its 503c and 504c organizations that are used to hide donors and launder money.

The Federalist Society is behind the anti-voter bills that the GQP passed in the states.

[NoMoreRepugs]

21. $400 million - UnFuckingbelievable.

[gab13by13]

26. Buying a SC justice ain't cheap.

[barbtries]

22. i love Sheldon Whitehouse.

He should not be shouting into a void; there should be a way to undo this evilness.

[FakeNoose]

23. I hope all DUers take the time to view or listen to this

It would be nice to find the script of Sheldon Whitehouse's talk somewhere. If I can find it I'll post a link. The video is great, however some people prefer to read it rather than listen to it.

Thank you for posting this! It's a wake-up call to all Democrats and all progressive liberals.



Edit to add: here's the new Mother Jones article about Whitehouse' series of talks on "The Scheme": https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/sheldon-whitehouse-scheme-scotus-supreme-court-right-wing-conservative-capture-influence/

[gab13by13]

27. There are many more Whitehouse speeches,

the one where he breaks down the Federalist Society is chilling. He shows clearly how they launder money.

[crickets]

40. Great additional link - thanks for that. nt

[burrowowl]

25. Long live Whitehouse!

[dchill]

29. Sheldon! K&R!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. Question:. If the FBI does not act, as was the case with Kavanaugh

whose call is that? Doesn't FBI report to doj?

Do you know who Phil Mudd is? Ex head DC office FBI. I remember the day during the kavanaugh hearings when the GOP seemingly hoodwinked us into thinking they were going to have a thorough additional investigation with the FBI. Phil Mudd was on CNN early and claimed one week wasn't enough. He was angry. I then saw him on the same network later and he spoke a different tune. He claimed the FBI was up to the task and they would work tirelessly. They would take her and drive her around neighborhoods until she recognized the house where she got attacked. Obviously none of that happened. Obviously the FBI stood down. But who made that decision and ordered a stand down. That is the question.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

35. Kae has ice cold beer in his veins

and a stack of real legit sexual assaults under his belt. if he is a misogynist and you know he is, that makes him the perfect Stepford Supreme court judge.

The sad part is the man is just dumb enough to produce decisions that send billions back to his owners who paid mere hundreds of millions to get him on the court.

[live love laugh]

39. ❤️ Sheldon Whitehouse

[Grasswire2]

42. Wray sent those tips to WH Counsel!!

Essentially making a hit list for someone like Trump. People who reported on a tip line to the FBI -- and the tips forwarded to the opposition.

Disgusting.