(2018-10-08). US Senate Elevates Right-wing Judge Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court. globalresearch.ca The US Senate on Saturday confirmed Brett Kavanaugh as associate justice of the Supreme Court in a near-party-line vote of 50 to 48. Kavanaugh was sworn in only a few hours later by Chief Justice John Roberts in a private …
(2018-10-08). Brett Kavanaugh and the Scummy System That Made Him. counterpunch.org 
I don't often think fondly of Christopher Hitchens, but an insight of my ex-friend did brighten my eyes during the last week. Specifically, after I sent out a series of news releases effectively arguing that then-President Bill Clinton should be impeached "for the right reasons"—specifically, illegal bombings, Hitchens objected. He argued that the distinction between Clinton's More
(2018-10-08). "They Did Not Care": How the GOP Dismissed Assault Accusations & Confirmed Kavanaugh. democracynow.org 
Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, just hours after the Senate voted to confirm him amid massive protests outside the Capitol. He will begin hearing cases Tuesday and could vote as early as Tuesday or Wednesday on a case that tests how much power courts would wield over the executive branch. His nomination came under intense public scrutiny after accusations of attempted rape and sexual assault surfaced. We begin our coverage with Jodi Jacobson, president and editor-in-chief of Rewire, who wrote a piece this weekend headlined "A 'Titanic Fraud': Susan…
(2018-10-08). The Final Truth of Russia-gate. globalresearch.ca The conspiracy to overthrow a sitting US President extends far beyond our own "Deep State." As I've been saying in this space for quite some time, it's been an international team effort from the beginning. Setting aside the British origins …
(2018-10-08). The Biggest Threat To US National Security Is The US Government. iranian.com A dictatorship does not represent the public but only the aristocracy that, behind the scenes, controls the government. Jonathan H. Adler, Professor at Case Western University School of Law, noted, regarding George W. Bush's secret policy for the NSA to access everyone's phone-records, that "The metadata collection program is constitutional (at least according to Judge Kavanaugh)," and […]
(2018-10-08). Why Conservatives (Still) Like Kavanaugh. counterpunch.org Senator Collins should be proud of herself. She will now potentially go down in history as the woman who made the overthrow of Roe v. Wade possible — despite her allegedly pro-choice views. Her name will go down in the annals of self-hating women along with the likes of Phyllis Schlafly and Laura Ingraham. Swing-vote More
(2018-10-08). China Tells U.S. to Stop Criticism, Says Relations Suffering. truthdig.com Chinese officials appeal to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to repair relations they say have been damaged by U.S. tariff hikes and support for Taiwan.
(2018-10-08). Kavanaugh Embodies the Biggest Threat to National Security: The US Government. mintpressnews.com "The Government's program for bulk collection of 2 telephony metadata serves a critically important special need — preventing terrorist attacks on the United States… In my view, that critical national security need outweighs the impact on privacy occasioned by this program…" | – Brett Kavanaugh
(2018-10-08). Know Thyself: Kavanaugh and American Leaders Should Listen. counterpunch.org Know thyself— so Socrates told his followers nearly two and a half millennia ago. This advice has been passed down throughout the history of Western civilization. Of course, one can say: what is there to know, the self is an illusion. Or that 'you are what you are' as the saying goes — therefore, how More
(2018-10-08). 5 Truths Exposed by Kavanaugh's Rise to the Supreme Court. truthdig.com The Senate has given a lifetime appointment to an ideologue and alleged sexual abuser, completing the right's judicial counterrevolution.
(2018-10-08). Kavanaugh's Welcome. truthdig.com
(2018-10-08). Democratic Senator Rips Opponent for Calling Me Too a 'Movement Toward Victimization'. alternet.org 
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, considered an underdog for re-election, will not apologize for standing with survivors. | In the North Dakota Senate race, Republican challenger Rep. Kevin Cramer has staked out a clear position against the women challenging rape culture. A few weeks ago, he claimed that the claims of sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh would not disqualify him from the Supreme Court even if true because the alleged assaul. . .
(2018-10-08). Where Does #MeToo Go from Here? Women Are "On Fire" with Rage as Kavanaugh Joins Supreme Court. democracynow.org 
Thousands of women protested outside the U.S. Capitol and across the country on Saturday as Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, just hours after the Senate voted to confirm him. "I hope that it is deep enough that it is forming a strong, cohesive movement among people that will resonate through this country and change the culture," says Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, who joined the protests. We also speak with longtime feminist activist and writer Soraya Chemaly, author of the new book, "Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger." She says conservat…
(2018-10-08). Here Are 5 Things Susan Collins Got Horribly Wrong in Her Flawed Defense of Brett Kavanaugh. alternet.org 
Kavanaugh, Collins insisted, "fits within the mainstream of legal thought" and is "more of a centrist than his critics maintain. " | When Sen. Susan Collins announced, on Friday, October 5, that she would be voting "yes" on Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation to the U. S. Supreme Court, the four-term senator from Maine went out of her way to convince Kavanaugh's detractors that he wasn't nearly the far-right extremist they thought he was. Kavan. . .
(2018-10-08). Kavanaugh's Covfefe. thenation.com Kavanaugh's Covfefe…
(2018-10-08). Headlines for October 8, 2018. democracynow.org Kavanaugh Confirmed and Sworn In to SCOTUS After Bitter Fight, Mass Anti-Kavanaugh Protests Continue, with 164 Arrested in D.C., U.N. Climate Panel: Only 12 Years Left to Mitigate Climate Catastrophe, Indonesia Tsunami Death Toll Tops 1,900 with 5,000 Still Missing, Haiti: 12 Dead, 200 Injured After 5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Island, Brazil: Far-Right Bolsonaro Wins First Round of Presidential Election, Turkey Believes Missing Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Was Murdered, Afghanistan: 54 People Killed on 17th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion, Israeli Forces Kill 3 as Palestinians Protest Near Gaza Barrier, Sara N…
(2018-10-08). There's Only One Way to Contain the Catastrophe. alternet.org 
How are the constitutional imperative of checks and balances to be salvaged, especially when they're so urgently needed? | Anyone still unsure of how (or even whether) they'll vote in the midterms should consider this: All three branches of government are now under the control of one party, and that party is under the control of Donald J. Trump. With the addition of Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court is as firmly Republi. . .
(2018-10-08). Can a Tsunami of Angry Women Voters Swamp the Republicans' White Male Base? alternet.org 
It seems Democrats still have a solid chance of taking back the House. | Before the mess that was the confirmation of newly minted Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, there was talk that Democrats could take back the House and the Senate. But then Kavanaugh's Trump-like vitriol, anger and partisanship during that process fired up the Trump base and surprisingly still managed to earn him a seat on the bench of the nation's highest court where tem. . .
(2018-10-08). After the Confirmation of Kavanaugh, Women Will Continue to Resist. truthout.org Thousands of women protested outside the US Capitol and across the country on Saturday as Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, just hours after the Senate voted to confirm him. "I hope that it is deep enough that it is forming a strong, cohesive movement among people that will resonate through this country and change the culture," says Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, who joined the protests. We also speak with longtime feminist activist and writer Soraya Chemaly, author of the new book, Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger. She says conservati…
(2018-10-08). National Day of Action Against Kavanaugh: San Mateo. indybay.org 300 S. El Camino Real | San Mateo, CA 94402 | Corner of 3rd St and El Camino, downtown San Mateo…
(2018-10-08). Obama endorses DSA's Ocasio-Cortez, along with CIA Democrats. wsws.org The DSA is an instrument for boosting the right-wing, militarist Democratic Party by providing it with a "left" cover.
(2018-10-08). Taught to Rule: Scholar of Privilege Explains Why Elite Men like Brett Kavanaugh Lie And Cheat Without Consequences. alternet.org 
Social capital and class prejudice are central to the sense of entitlement and protection from consequences that men like Trump and Kavanaugh project and enjoy. | Rich text editor, edit-body-und-0-value, press ALT 0 for help. | Brett Kavanaugh is now a Supreme Court justice. The FBI's limited investigation of the sexual assault accusations against him was clearly inadequate. Numerous leads. . .
(2018-10-08). US Senate elevates right-wing judge Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court. wsws.org The confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh marks a further major step to the right by the highest US court.
(2018-10-08). Kavanaugh's Snarl Takes on New Meaning Now That He's a Supreme Court Justice. truthout.org In the wake of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation and swearing in as the newest associate justice on the US Supreme Court at a subsequent private ceremony, journalist Ashley Feinberg was among those who returned to his charged testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, September 27 when she declared Saturday afternoon: "I just keep thinking about [his] sneering 'what goes around comes around.'" | Those words by Kavanaugh were delivered as part of a snearing counter-attack aimed at Democratic members of the committee and the…
(2018-10-08). The Kavanaugh battle,danger of a fascist Supreme Court & the importance of HOW we fight. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2018-10-08). Taylor Swift decides to Speak Now, endorses Dem who sided with Reps on Kavanaugh. rt.com 
Pop star Taylor Swift has finally voiced a political opinion and endorsed two Democrats running in Tennessee's midterms, one of whom came out in support of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over sexual assault allegations.
(2018-10-07). Brett Kavanaugh and the Federalist Society: Inside the Right-wing Group Picking Trump's Supreme Court Judges. globalresearch.ca With Brett Kavanaugh confirmed as Supreme Court Justice, it means that five of the nine Supreme Court justices are members of the Federalist Society, a network of right-wing conservative lawyers that has become one of the most powerful groups in …
(2018-10-07). Food, Justice, Violence and Capitalism. globalresearch.ca In 2015, India's internal intelligence agency wrote a report that depicted various campaigners and groups as working against the national interest. The report singled out environmental activists and NGOs that had been protesting against state-corporate policies. Those largely undemocratic and …
(2018-10-07). Every Right to Be Angry: Two New Books on Women's Rage Are Timed Perfectly for the Brett Kavanaugh Debacle. theintercept.com 
Rebecca Traister and Soraya Chemaly explore the function of women's anger in U.S. politics, but we need to look to the margins to see true feminist power.
(2018-10-07). At Secretive Retreat, Evangelicals Celebrate Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation. theintercept.com 
Members of the Council for National Policy gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend and discussed the path forward with Kavanaugh on the bench.
(2018-10-07). It's time to fight the battle for justice on more fronts. splcenter.org Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court is a devastating blow to the values you and I share.
(2018-10-07). Amid protests and arrests, Senate puts Kavanaugh on Supreme Court. peoplesworld.org 
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(2018-10-07). Five Reasons Why the GOP Rushed to Confirm Kavanaugh. consortiumnews.com After Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, Trump and the GOP leadership mounted a full-court press to ram through his confirmation before October 1, the first day of the Court's new term, for five good reasons, says… Read more →
(2018-10-07). Columbus Day: Columbus Is Hated Like Brett Kavanaugh—Because He's A "White Male", by James Fulford. unz.com Christopher Columbus was the hero who discovered America. (There were people living in America at the time, but they didn't know it was America, or much of anything else—they were mostly Stone Age savages.) Up until the 1950s, all Americans knew that, because it was what they were taught in school. However, sometime in the…
(2018-10-07). Hatewatch Headlines 10/8/2018. splcenter.org CNP retreat celebrates Kavanaugh ascension; UDC's past continues to haunt it; Providence protesters brawl near state capital; and more.
(2018-10-07). In Upholding the "Muslim Ban", the Supreme Court Ignored International Law. globalresearch.ca Published in July, this article by Dr. Marjorie Cohn reveals how the US Supreme Court routinely violates international law and the US Constitution | *** | The Supreme Court's opinion in Trump v. Hawaii, affirming Donald Trump's Muslim ban, allows the …
(2018-10-07). Rally to "Cancel Kavanaugh" Hours Before His Confirmation. therealnews.com 
On the day of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court, women, survivors and allies continued to protest and demand senators stop the process
(2018-10-07). Lindsey Graham gets his 'thug life' memes in afterglow of Kavanaugh saga. rt.com 
Sen. Lindsey Graham didn't mince his words defending Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nomination was debated, slamming his political opponents and smugly dismissing protesters. So 'thug life' memes were called for.
(2018-10-07). Democrats Didn't Do Enough to Stop Kavanaugh — They Melted Before His White Rage. alternet.org 
Yes, Democrats are preferable to this. But they're still spineless. | Although I'll vote for any Democrat in November to keep Donald Trump's Republican vassals from finishing off the American republic at his bidding, what I saw in the performance of most Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee last week reminded me that any victory by that terminally pusillanimous, corrupt, suppurating party, which is only a zombie if not a corpse of our democratic hopes, isn't. . .
(2018-10-07). Pulitzer-Winning Reporter Reveals the 'Smoking Gun' on Trump and Russia. alternet.org 
Washington Post reporter on Trump's "subservience" to Vladimir Putin and the "subversion of American democracy" | It might be the ultimate journalistic cliché to announce that Donald Trump's presidency is not normal. Indeed, it's just as likely that this is what normal looks like now, and that the naked power politics of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation — embraced by Republicans for many reasons, but most of all as a smackdown to feminists and liberals and everyone. . .
(2018-10-07). Rally to "Cancel Kavanaugh" Hours Before His Confirmation. therealnews.com On the day of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court, women, survivors and allies continued to protest and demand senators stop the process
(2018-10-06). The Fifth Online Vigil for Julian Assange. consortiumnews.com As the crisis over Julian Assange continues to mount, the fifth online vigil for Assange was broadcast live on Saturday by Consortium News. You can watch the entire event here. The isolation of Julian Assange, publisher of WikiLeaks, continues unabated… Read more →
(2018-10-06). Kavanaugh Is Confirmed. Now What? thenation.com Kavanaugh Is Confirmed. Now What?
(2018-10-06). The Democratic Party Has Tipped, to Minorities, Women, Gays—Expect More Kavanaugh-Type Hysteria in the Future., by Lance Welton. unz.com The hysteria provoked by Donald Trump's appointment of Brett Kavanaugh as an associate Justice of the Supreme Court may well be unprecedented in US history. Never before has a president's judicial nomination been met with such an overwhelmingly emotional reaction. And it's not in the least bit surprising, either. Females(especially when rejected), minorities and homosexuals—the…
(2018-10-06). Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied His Way Onto the Supreme Court. thenation.com Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied His Way Onto the Supreme Court…
(2018-10-06). There Was No Debate When We Needed One, by Paul Craig Roberts. unz.com The Democrats and their feminist allies failed the country in their approach to the Kavanaugh hearing. Instead of finding out whether Kavanaugh believes in the unitary executive theory that the president has powers unaccountable to Congress and the Judiciary and agrees that a Justice Department underling, a Korean immigrant, can write secret memos that permit…
(2018-10-06). Deconstructed Episode Special: The Right Won the Battle Over Brett Kavanaugh. Can the Left Win the War? theintercept.com A panel of guests joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss the Kavanaugh confirmation and how the left should respond.
(2018-10-06). Statement on Kavanaugh Senate Confirmation. naacp.org NAACP President Calls Kavanaugh Confirmation "Devasting Blow" Move Signals Dark Days Ahead for Civil Rights Communities — America Deserves Better BALTIMORE (October 6, 2018)—NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson released the following remarks regarding the Senate confirmation of nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The U.S. Senate's decision today to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme […]
(2018-10-06). White House Counsel Prevented FBI From Full Kavanaugh Investigation Even After Trump OK'd It: Report. alternet.org 
According to a new report by the New York Times, that wasn't Trump's fault. | Last week, President Donald Trump agreed to allow the FBI to conduct an investigation of the rape and attempted rape charges levied against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) demanded them before agreeing to support the nominee. That investigation only took a few days and involved just. . .
(2018-10-06). Sen. Lisa Murkowski Admits That the Reasonable Doubt Standard Doesn't Apply to Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation. theintercept.com In her remarks to the Senate on Friday, Murkowski said Kavanaugh's behavior failed to meet the standard set by the Code of Conduct for United State Judges.