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Monday October 01, 2018

David Brock I knew Brett Kavanaugh during his years as a Republican operative. Don't let him sit on the Supreme Court.
NBC News | David Brock | 0older, but good 09/07/18

... Kavanaugh was not a dispassionate finder of fact but rather an engineer of a political smear campaign. And after decades of that, he expects people to believe he's changed his stripes.

Like millions of Americans this week, I tuned into Kavanaugh's hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee with great interest. In his opening statement and subsequent testimony, Kavanaugh presented himself as a "neutral and impartial arbiter" of the law. Judges, he said, were not players but akin to umpires -- objectively calling balls and strikes. Again and again, he stressed his "independence" from partisan political influences.

But I don't need to see any documents to tell you who Kavanaugh is -- because I've known him for years. And I'll leave it to all the lawyers to parse Kavanaugh's views on everything from privacy rights to gun rights. But I can promise you that any pretense of simply being a fair arbiter of the constitutionality of any policy regardless of politics is simply a pretense. He made up his mind nearly a generation ago -- and, if he's confirmed, he'll have nearly two generations to impose it upon the rest of us. ... Read more
David Brock: I've seen Brett Kavanaugh do things that were disqualifying | Stephanie Miller Show | 09/10/18 | 14:49
David Brock: Blasey Ford will face 'full-scale smear campaign' | All-In | MSNBC | 09/28/18 | 6:57

Another Yale classmate breaks silence: Kavanaugh lied | CNN | 09/28/18 | 5:50

Here Are Five Questions the FBI Should Ask MArk Judge About Brett Kavanaugh
TheIntercept | Peter Maass, Akela Lacy | 09/29/18

A LAWYER FOR Mark Judge has said that Judge will talk with agents from the FBI, which is reopening a background check of Brett Kavanaugh -- so the question of the moment is, what information can the FBI get out of him?

Judge is in a position to know pretty much everything there is to know about whether -- and how and when -- Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford in the summer of 1982. Ford has accused Kavanaugh of drunkenly trying to tear off her clothes while groping her and covering her mouth to stifle her screams during a house party in the Maryland suburbs. She has testified that Judge was also in the locked bedroom, watching and laughing as Kavanaugh attacked her. She was 15 years old at the time, and Kavanaugh and Judge were two years older. ...

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"Our Silence Will Serve No One" -- Alumni of Brett Kavanaugh's High School Urge Graduates to Share Information About Sexual Assaults
TheIntercept | Peter Maass, Liliana Segura | 09/29/18

A GROUP OF alumni from Brett Kavanaugh's high school is calling on fellow graduates to come forward if they have information about any sexual assaults the Supreme Court nominee committed, stating in a new petition, "Please do not remain silent, even if speaking out comes at some personal cost." ...

... The petition was posted on Medium on September 29 by two graduates of the Class of 1986, Fikri Yucel and Bill Barbot. In an interview with The Intercept, Yucel said that when Ford's allegation first surfaced, he was inclined to believe it, because it is rare for women to come forward with false accusations of sexual assault. "Knowing what I know about sexual assault in general, and putting that together with what I know about that time and place, the student body of Georgetown Prep back in the middle '80s, it was plausible," he said. "There was certainly a strong streak of sexism and sexual objectification that lots of people just ascribed to 'boys will be boys.'" ... Read more

Yet Another Former Classmate Of Brett Kavanaugh Says He Drank More Than He Lets On
HP | Doha Madani | 09/30/18

Chad Ludington, who went to Yale with Kavanaugh, told the New York Times he often saw Kavanaugh "staggering from alcohol consumption."

North Carolina State University professor Chad Ludington has joined a handful of other former classmates of Brett Kavanaugh in contradicting the Supreme Court nominee's claims about his past drinking habits. Ludington told the New York Times in a statement Sunday that Kavanaugh played down "the degree and frequency" of his drinking to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. He said he often saw Kavanaugh "staggering from alcohol consumption." ... Read more

Steve Bannon on Real Time with Bill Maher

Steve Bannon | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) | 09/28/18 | 13:10

Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Monday, October 01 [13:01]

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford: I Am 100% Certain Brett Kavanaugh Attempted to Rape Me in 1982 | DN | 09/28/18 | 16:27

Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Monday, October 01 (FULL) | 59:02

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Meet One of the Sex Assault Survivors Who Confronted Jeff Flake & Triggered FBI Probe of Kavanaugh
Ex-Senate Aide: Judge Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied Every Time He Has Testified Under Oath
KimberlÃ© Crenshaw: How Society Embraces Male Denials, from Clarence Thomas to Brett Kavanaugh

*Definitive Proof That Ford Told The Truth | TYT | 09/28/18 | 13:53

*Definitive Proof That Kavanaugh Lied | TYT | 09/28/18 | 14:58

*Senator Gives Kavanaugh Vote With One BIG Catch | TYT | 09/28/18 | 16:23

The1a.org

A Supreme Divide: Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation Process | 1a.org | 10/01/18 | 1hr

On Friday, the Senate Judiciary Committee moved Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh forward to a vote on the Senate floor.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court has passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote -- after Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake asked for Kavanaugh's nomination to be delayed on the Senate floor by one week in order to ask for an FBI investigation "limited in time and scope" to further look into allegations against Kavanaugh of sexual assault and sexual misconduct.

The public also focused on Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Senator Susan Collins of Maine, who have not released decisions on how they planned to vote.

Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana, who voted for Neil Gorsuch, said he would not vote for Kavanaugh, as well as Senator Doug Jones of Alabama.

The State We're In: Gun Legislation | 1a.org | 10/01/18 | 1hr

"The year was not the national game-changer that gun-control advocates had hoped it could be." The major exceptions were Florida and Vermont.

Both states have Republican governors and long traditions of gun ownership. Lawmakers passed sweeping legislation after the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 14 students and three staff members and after a foiled school shooting plot in Vermont days later.

The law signed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott banned bump stocks, raised the gun buying age to 21, imposed a three-day waiting period for purchases and authorized police to seek court orders seizing guns from individuals who are deemed threats to themselves and others. The latter provision has already been used hundreds of times, court data show.

Florida is a rare case in which gun laws approved by a Republican legislature and governor are being challenged in court by the NRA.

LastWeekTonight with John Oliver

*Brett Kavanaugh | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | 09/30/18 | 29:11

SNL

*Kavanaugh Hearing Cold Open | SNL | 09/29/18 | 13:04

YouTube Commenters

As soon as MaTT came in Twitching his Nose ?? I started Laughing. And then... The Random "WHAT!!!"
I'm from England, and yes the internet exists but I am not familiar with SNL but I did watch like many others the Kavanaugh case and this has to be one of the funniest things I've seen in years I was pissing myself laughing. What an excellent way to start the day. Absolutely fuckin hilarious, all of it was brilliant but I have to be honest the person who played Lindsey Graham was fabulous I nearly choked laughing.
"I was the proudest, drunkest virgin you've ever seen, and everyone can relate to that!" Lol
"Just look at my calendars. You gonna see that every night I was lifting weights with Peejay and Squee, Hannsy Hank, Gang Bang Greg..."
Kate McKinnon as Lindsey Graham!!! LOL!!
This is gold. 10 out of 10!
Is this the year of Damon? First his incredible performance in Deadpool 2 and now he nails Kavanaugh.
I was lifting weights with handsy Hank .. and Gang-bang Greg.. LMAOOOOOOO... omg... lolololol!
Matt Damon's hair was perfect!
Mat Damon killed it, but imagine what would happen if they handed this to Will Ferrell.
This is the best skit I've seen in a while! Favorite quote by far is" Sir did you ever drink in excess?, if you're asking me if I was cool in high school then the answer is YES!" Love it! #donkeydongdoug

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

That Viral Seal Video Is A Metaphor For Kavanagh's Nomination | Stephen Colbert | 09/28/18 | 6:05

The World Unites In Laughing At Trump | Stephen Colbert | 09/25/18 | 5:41

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Trump's China Conspiracy Theory, Spotify's DNA Playlists & More Legroom on Planes | The Daily Show | 09/29/18 | 4:11

Samantha Bee

*His So-Called Ruined Life: Brett Kavanaugh | TYT | 09/26/18 | 4:19

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Lindsey Graham Mashups

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the quiet part aloud on why he’s still so close to former President Donald Trump: because we can use him for our goals. "President Trump has gotten people who wouldn't give me or Romney or anybody else the time of day. They believe he is on their side," the senator told the America First Agenda Summit crowd on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

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Environment & Climate Change

Environment

The term "climate change" is often used to refer specifically to anthropogenic climate change (also known as global warming). Anthropogenic climate change is caused by human activity, as opposed to changes in climate that may have resulted as part of Earth's natural processes.

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AI - Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | Deep Learning

AI - Artificial Intelligence

AIArtificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence displayed by animals including humans. AI research has been defined as the field of study of intelligent agents, which refers to any system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of achieving its goals.

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Quantum mechanics | AI - Artificial Intelligence

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Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory in physics that provides a description of the physical properties of nature at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. It is the foundation of all quantum physics including quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science.
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Economy, Wall Street and Banksters

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Intelligence Agencies/Deep State?

Intelligence Agencies/Deep State?

An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, and foreign policy objectives. Means of information gathering are both overt and covert and may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis,.

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Daniel Ellsberg | Pentagon Papers

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Daniel Ellsberg and Paul Jay explore Ellsberg's latest book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. In the introduction to the book, Ellsberg writes: "No policies in human history have more deserved to be recognized as immoral or insane. The story of how this calamitous predicament came about and how and why it has persisted over a half a century is a chronicle of human madness".

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Nukes

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Nuclear weapons have come a long way and come in all types of different sizes. Some are relatively small while others are enormous, so big they boggle the mind at what they can be capable of, i.e. the Soviet 'Tsar Bomba' is/was 3,000 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb.

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Rana Foroohar and Fall of American Business

Rana Foroohar

Ms. Foroohar says financialization delivers stagnant wages, inequality and economic crisis; the Financial Times columnist and author of "Makers and Takers" says the financial sector represents only 7 percent of the U.S. economy, but takes around 25 percent of all corporate profit while creating only 4 percent of all jobs.

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The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone & Petere Kuznick

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Kuznick Interviews

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Historian Peter Kuznick says Eisenhower called for decreased militarization, then Dulles reversed the policy; the Soviets tried to end the cold war after the death of Stalin; crazy schemes involving nuclear weapons and the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba put the world of the eve of destruction - with host Paul Jay

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China Valley of Tunnels

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911

911

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The Vietnam War

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Trump's Mashups

Trump's Mashups

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Trump's Sexcapades

Trump's Sexcapades.

Jessica Leeds (1980s)
Kristin Anderson (1990s)
E. Jean Carroll (1995 or 1996)
Lisa Boyne (1996)
Cathy Heller (1997)
Temple Taggart McDowell (1997)
Karena Virginia (1998)
Mindy McGillivray (2003)
Jennifer Murphy (2005)
Rachel Crooks (2005)
Natasha Stoynoff (2005)
Juliet Huddy (2005 or 2006)
Jessica Drake (2006)
Ninni Laaksonen (2006)
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Victoria Hughes,
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Trump's Speeches | Rallys |Interviews

Trump's Speeches | Rallys

Donald Trump talks a lot, but what is he actually saying? Watch Trump at some of his rallys and see what you think.

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