US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

it's based on a series of blowjobs iirc

so angry

Cubs’ co-owners supporting Brett Kavanaugh through super PAC

The Ricketts family didn’t always get along with Trump. Trump tweeted in February 2016, “I hear the Rickets family, who own the Chicago Cubs, are secretly spending $’s against me. They better be careful, they have a lot to hide!” It’s all water under the bridge now, apparently.

This Fuckin' Guy...

one of the Ricketts looks like Ted Cruz, too

https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2017/6/28/15886618/tom-ricketts-cubs-ted-cruz-side-by-side-photo

Imagine going through life like that...

I agree that it's unfair, but do they really have to take it out on the rest of us?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/mutual-friend-ramirez-kavanaugh-anxious-come-forward-evidence-n915566

WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to a public allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh exposed himself to a college classmate, the judge and his team were communicating behind the scenes with friends to refute the claim, according to text messages obtained by NBC News.

https://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2018_40/2584646/1810101-kavanaugh-ramirez-inline-circles-mn-1125_253d7ff4658f8f1e515e24eb06ecabe6.fit-2000w.jpg

SO NOT GONNA.. oh wait

tonight on pbs

https://theintercept.com/2018/10/01/new-dark-money-documentary-shines-light-into-the-shadows-cast-by-the-super-rich/

man those guys look so innocent

the peace sign is a nice touch

I assume that's Squeeeee

is that mike love in the cap?

Let's just say that Judge Brett Kavanaugh is the sort of person who would've been drinking buddies with guys named Squi and PJ.

Is that one guy wearing YAGA tee? I haven't thought about those in, like, 25 years!

I loved my YAGA caps in '93.

THEY'RE STILL GOING!: http://www.yagaclothing.com

And of course I now see why I saw so much of their stuff back then: They operate out of Galveston.

@SenSanders: If Brett Kavanaugh knew about Deborah Ramirez's allegation of sexual assault before the publication of the Sept. 23 New Yorker story, then he lied to Congress. That's a federal crime. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/mutual-friend-ramirez-kavanaugh-anxious-come-forward-evidence-n915566

I hope it works against him, but lol at the shocking news that Kavanaugh might have **lied**

Wait a second, this guy’s a liar?!?

Flake has said it wouldmean rejecting his nom

WTF? how do i get me some press credentials so i can be the only fucker that calls him on his bullshit crap in person.Like how has not one reported said " Kindly Fuck off Mr President " on live tv yet ?

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, October 1, 2018 12:16 PM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I keep wondering the same damn thing. It would be worth losing the job over, because that reporter would be a hero to everyone.

Well, except for the death threat crowd.

lyingest liar who ever lied is a liar: more at 11

I mean, yeah, there's have to be a GoFundMe and a sort of Underground Railroad but I think that together, we could all make it work.

Flake has said

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these "Flake has said..."

What happens to a Flake deferred

The texts between Berchem and Karen Yarasavage, both friends of Kavanaugh, suggest that the nominee was personally talking with former classmates about Ramirez’s story in advance of the New Yorker article that made her allegation public. In one message, Yarasavage said Kavanaugh asked her to go on the record in his defense. Two other messages show communication between Kavanaugh’s team and former classmates in advance of the story.

busted

Grassley already said he dgaf

it's going to take him a while to catch up to what this means. he's turning 100.

it's more damning than the other lies. i "get" the cynicism but he is done.

What are the odds Kavanaugh will be found in contempt of Congress, disbarred, impeached from his appellate court seat, or pay any substantial price for lying under oath and witness tampering? Even if Congress flips Democratic, I'm sure the "hasn't he suffered enough?" crowd would make it difficult to force the issue.

I'm not going to take the lazy "none of this matters" view but only the Flakes, Murkowskis, and Collinses could be persuaded to gaf.

though I'll gladly be proven wrong, partly why I'm writing this now cos I usually am

You like beer?

never touched the stuff, look at my calendar

On, and on, and on. I feel like I know too much about this guy's life.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-01/kavanaugh-college-visit-to-bar-erupted-in-fight-classmate-says-jmqwga1s

maybe Infinity War was released not as entertainment but to show us there's another way....

"They had just come from seeing the English reggae band UB40 at a nearby venue in New Haven, Connecticut, when they saw a man who resembled the lead singer. The man told the trio he wasn’t the singer and brusquely told them to stop looking at him. Kavanaugh couldn’t let the comment pass, according to one of the two friends with Kavanaugh that night."

so he continued to argue that the guy was the singer?

I'm sure the "hasn't he suffered enough?" crowd would make it difficult to force the issue

I would like to introduce this crowd to some women I know who vote

tbf if this epic asshole gets confirmed I would not be especially surprised if impeaching the buttface for perjury doesn't end up being an issue in the 2020 primaries

The invaluable Marcy Wheeler breaks down the bullshit of Rachel Mitchell's release.

Did he really say under oath that he drank legally because of the grandfather clause?

Because that is some straight bullshit and very easily disproved. My sister (born 1968, so 18 in 1986) could buy booze in the District (and often did). But it became illegal the second it was brought into Virginia or Maryland (which it often was).

Seems like the sort of legal distinction that would be noticed by someone with a legal background. Like, say, a lawyer. Or a judge. Or a panel of Senators who are ON THE FUCKING JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

he'll just say he meant he drank at 18 thanks to his grandfather, Klaus Kavanaugh

Klaus sure could party, it is true. I saw him do an epic keg stand at I Felta Thigh at UVA in like 1982.

Felta Kuti

stop

I wondered why UB40 was trending on Twitter.

so good

UB40...Mario Cart...This Administration Is Kicking It Old School.