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Arkansas Granny's JournalWillie Nelson: "Vote 'em Out"
We need to stay angry about Kavanaugh
The Supreme Courts legitimacy is in tatters. Conservative forces in the country, led by the Republican Party, have completed a judicial coup, decades in the making.
Republicans rushed through Brett M. Kavanaughs confirmation to avoid the possible consequences of an election. They aborted a full investigation because they feared what it might find. They made themselves complicit in a presidential attack on Christine Blasey Ford, a brave woman who asked only that her case against Kavanaugh be taken seriously.
After all these outrages, there will be calls for a renewal of civility, as if the problem is that people said nasty things about one other. But the answer to this power grab cannot be passive acceptance in the name of being polite. The causes and consequences of what just happened must be acknowledged frankly.
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There is also this: A generations-long conservative majority on the court has been cemented in place by a political minority. Kavanaugh was named by a president who won 46 percent of the popular vote and confirmed by senators representing 44 percent of the population. When you lack a majority, controlling the branch of government not subject to the voters is vital to working your will.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/we-need-to-stay-angry-about-kavanaugh/2018/10/07/8385ec9e-ca5c-11e8-920f-dd52e1ae4570_story.html?utm_term=.8d9df4677a06&__twitter_impression=true
Nice hat!
https://twitter.com/FluffSociety/status/1048241408262455297?s=20https://twitter.com/FluffSociety/status/1048241408262455297?s=20
Golden Retriever Comes Home With Baby Koala Clinging To Its Fur To Survive
That's a strange looking puppy you have there, Asha.
https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.com/asha-koala/?utm_medium=fk&utm_source=fk-c4m&utm_term=10052018&utm_campaign=asha-koala&utm_content=blog-link
"...you don't get corroboration if you don't talk to corroborating witnesses."
https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1047941326975766530Rachel Maddow MSNBC
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"I hear a lot about about lack of corroboration. You know, you don't get corroboration if you don't talk to corroborating witnesses. That didn't happen here."
Senator Bob Menendez
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Just read the FBI report on Kavanaugh - if thats an investigation, its a bullshit investigation.
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National Council of Churches calls for Kavanaugh's nomination to be withdrawn
The nation's largest coalition of Christian churches on Wednesday called for the withdrawal of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court.
The National Council of Churches, which has membership from more than 40 denominations including most major Protestant and Eastern Orthodox denominations in the U.S., wrote in a statement on their website that they believe Kavanaugh has "disqualified himself from this lifetime appointment and must step aside immediately."
The statement cited a number of reasons for the demand, including Kavanaugh's behavior during his recent testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on sexual assault allegations against him.
"Judge Kavanaugh exhibited extreme partisan bias and disrespect towards certain members of the committee and thereby demonstrated that he possesses neither the temperament nor the character essential for a member of the highest court in our nation," the statement read.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/409775-national-council-of-churches-calls-for-kavanaughs-nomination-to?amp&__twitter_impression=true
Do you realize that Trump wasn't mocking Dr. Ford at his rally last night?
He was mocking a 15 year old girl who had feared for her life while being sexually assaulted.
It doesn't get much lower than that.
Adopted daughter of military family will have to leave the country, court rules
Former Army Lt. Col. Patrick Schreiber and his family had put off formal adoption of now-daughter Hyebin in 2013 because he was about to deploy for a year as the director of military intelligence for the 4th Infantry Division at RC-South. He and wife Soo Jin legally adopted Hyebin after he got back, then started the official paperwork to seek citizenship for her. She had just turned 17.
But the U.S. immigration law cutoff for a foreign-born adopted child to become a naturalized citizen is 16, and on Friday a U.S. District Court in Kansas ruled in favor of U.S. Customs and Immigration Services that there would not be an exception in Hyebins case. She is allowed to complete her degree in chemical engineering at the University of Kansas, which she will do next year. Then she must return to Korea, Schreiber said Monday.
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If the family loses its appeal, all of them will move to Korea, Schreiber said.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/10/01/adopted-daughter-of-military-family-will-have-to-leave-the-country-court-rules/
This is Trump's America!
If you go to the linked article, you will find another story about the wife of a US Marine and mother of 2 US born daughters being deported.
Dear dads: Your daughters told me about their assaults. This is why they never told you.
For all the stereotypes that linger about women being too fragile or emotional, these past weeks have revealed what many women already knew: A lot of effort goes into protecting men we love from bad things that happen to us. And a lot of fathers are closer to bad things than theyll ever know.
Two of my daughters have told me stories that I had never heard before about things that happened to them in high school, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace mused on air last Thursday, as he urged skeptical viewers to carefully consider the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford.
If you are a father who hasnt heard these stories, that doesnt mean they dont exist. Theyve been pouring into my inbox almost every day.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/dear-dads-your-daughters-told-me-about-their-assaults-this-is-why-they-never-told-you/2018/10/01/0f69be46-c587-11e8-b2b5-79270f9cce17_story.html?utm_term=.f7690bcef0dc&wpisrc=al_trending_now__alert-national&wpmk=1
Great article and could be a real eye opener to some who don't realize just how widespread sexual assault and misconduct are in our society.
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