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The 17 Most Striking Moments From the Kavanaugh Hearing
TheAtlantic | Olivia Paschal & Madeleine Carlisle | 09/27/18

Kavanaugh/Ford Hearing LIVE Reaction with Cenk Uygur | TYT | 09/27/18 | 8:57:52

Raging Kav Shows Himself: Partisan warrior in Robes
HP | Igor Bobic | 09/27/18

A good judge must be an umpire -- a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy ... I don't decide cases based on personal or policy preferences," Kavanaugh said at the hearing, echoing memorable lines that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts delivered during his confirmation hearing in 2005. When asked several times to comment on particular issues of the day, Kavanaugh declined, telling senators he would not "get within three zip codes" of a political controversy, and that judges ought to be "above politics; we stay out of it."

The version of Kavanaugh that appeared at Thursday's hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he denied allegations of sexual assault leveled against him by three women in recent weeks, however, was starkly different from his description of the role of a neutral third party. Using some of the most partisan language a Supreme Court nominee has used in the modern era, Kavanaugh angrily accused Democrats of engaging in a "calculated and orchestrated political hit" that was animated by "anger at [President Donald] Trump" over the 2016 presidential election, as well as "revenge on behalf of" Bill and Hillary Clinton. ... Read more

Brett Kavanaugh unloads on Senate Democrats: "A national disgrace"
Axios | staff | 09/28/18

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, following Christine Blasey Ford's hearing.

One big quote: "My family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed," Kavanaugh said in his opening remarks. "This confirmation process has become a national disgrace ... you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy." ... Read more

Brett Kavanaugh's questionable definitions of "boof" and "Devil's Triangle," explained
Vox | Alex Abad-Santos | 09/27/18

During his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was asked about his familiarity with the word "boof," a slang term that many have defined to mean anal sex (and others to be a kayaking technique) -- and declared that it was a reference to farting.

"I don't know if it's 'buffed' or 'boofed,' how do you pronounce that?" Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) asked Kavanaugh during the hearing, intended to address sexual assault allegations brought against Kavanaugh, which Kavanaugh has denied. ... Read more

The rape culture of the 1980s, explained by Sixteen Candles
Vox | Constance Grady | 09/27/18

...n a sworn declaration delivered through her lawyer Michael Avenatti, Julie Swetnick avowed that she witnessed Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh drug girls at high school house parties where the girls were later "gang raped." Swetnick further says that Kavanaugh was present at a party where she herself was drugged and raped, although she does not directly say that he participated in her rape.

n a statement released by the White House, Kavanaugh (who has denied all three allegations against him) called Swetnick's statement "ridiculous" and "from the Twilight Zone." His denial was widely echoed by supporters to whom the idea that such terrible things could happen on a routine basis, and that no one would do anything to stop them or even avoid the parties, seems absurd. ... Read more

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Mark Judge's Memoir About Brett Kavanaugh's High School Portrays a Culture of Aggression and Excessive Drinking
TheIntercept | Peter Maass | 09/28/18

... But the wedding scene in Judge's 1997 book, titled "Wasted: Tales of a GenX Drunk," amounts to a clear acknowledgement from Judge that he engaged in drunken acts he could not remember afterward, and that those acts involved aggression toward women, if not outright violence. The wedding scene is not the only one of its sort in his book, which is out of print and extremely hard to find.

Judge also wrote that about a week before the wedding, he went to his favorite bar, ordered a shot and a beer, and struck up a conversation with a woman who was there. "We bought each other several rounds of drinks, and when I looked at the clock it was after midnight," he wrote. "Then, in what seemed like an instant, it was suddenly the next morning. ... I couldn't remember a thing after I had looked at the clock. I had blacked out."

When he came to, he was back in his apartment, still dressed in the clothes he wore at the bar. "I started to panic, terrified of what I could have done during the blackout," Judge wrote. "I could have done anything and not know it -- I could have murdered somebody." ... Read more

Wasted: Tales of a Genx Drunk by Mark Gauvreau Judge (1997)

Mark Judge, a journalist and writing teacher, attempts to give an edge to his drinking story by excitedly promoting the ideas put forth in clinical psychologist James Milam's Under The Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism (1984). But Milam's contention that the metabolisms of alcoholics differ from those of normal drinkers is hardly news today. Consequently, Judge's bid to appeal to a young generation wary of the Twelve Steps feels forced and shallow. Still, in the time-honored tradition of A.A. he stands to help many young drunks with his account of the hard road he traveled after taking his first drink as a Catholic boy growing up in a bland, affluent community near Washington, D.C. Judge first got drunk the summer before he entered Loyola Prep, an all-boys Catholic school. Jesuit discipline and Irish Catholic family values accelerated his slide. Although Judge denies any behavioral link in his alcoholism, his inability to impress his distant, alcoholic father haunted him as he slipped out of control. By the end of high school, while volunteering at a shelter, Judge encountered Ronnie, a young recovering alcoholic who slipped him his phone number. Judge drank throughout his years at Catholic University, until he finally hit bottom and called Ronnie. Ronnie took Judge to his first A.A. meeting and introduced him to the most useful bit of advice presented here: It is one thing to get sober, he reminded Judge. It is quite another to stay that way.

Amazon Commenters

1. Evidence
2. I wish all witnesses that I was preparing to cross examine had previously written a book generally supporting a theme that I was promoting, and also that the book provided that the witness had experienced "blackouts" to explain why he "doesn't recall" the relevant facts. Incredible.
3. Read this book a few years ago, because it was a "local" story. When the allegation came out about Kavanaugh, I thought immediately back to this book about the "culture" of the "unnamed" local school. And now to find out they were pals? Everyone interested in the current topic of the day should read this book.
4. I have this book and read it a long, long time ago. Now that it's in the news I'm attempting to reread it. 'Attempting,' because it's a story of rich kid(s) living their life of privilege, which I cannot quite relate to (way back when or now), since I am from a different background. But it might be good evidence against this current Supreme Court nominee. (One can be sure the author will soon claim that "it's a work of fiction," to help save his now-famous buddy)
5. You need to come forward and testify.
6. The writer seems to forget that people were hurt by his actions and life is not a game. Privileged and self-important with no conscience...sound familiar? Look no further than Kavanaugh's fast and suspicious rise along with men like the author.
7. I would also allege that what he wrote was true, because I grew up in Bethesda in the '80s. However, I didn't like the taste of alcohol, so I witnessed, but did not participate.
8. Judge Kav's drinking buddy and accomplice reads as a confession.

Selfie videos, male sexuality and filming young women. These themes appear in the videos and writings of Mark Judge that The New York Times reviewed, revealing a partial portrait of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's high school friend. | NYT | 09/27/18 | 2:38

Who Is Brett Kavanaugh's Friend, Mark Judge? | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC | 09/19/18 | 2:46