[UPDATES below] NOON: So far I have not been able to bring myself to watch, although I probably will watch some of it later. That may surprise you, but it’s for several reasons. The first is that I always am … Continue reading →
Perhaps the Ford forces thought it would never come to this. Because they couldn’t possibly have thought that anyone would accept these results as evidence of anything except their own conniving and misleading duplicity: Ah, that's why they didn't want … Continue reading →
Now we have the promised gang-rape allegations from a woman who went to Avenatti (Stormy Daniels’ lawyer) with allegations that Kavanaugh and Mark Judge ran or were participants in a gang rape ring in high school. Drudge has the link; … Continue reading →
In one of yesterday’s posts I pointed out that Ronan Farrow has made the following statement about Kavanaugh accuser Deborah Ramirez: She came forward because Senate Democrats came looking for this claim. She did not flag this. This came to … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “AesopFan”] My my my: Check out what Ronan Farrow said on Good Morning America earlier today: STEPHANOPOULOS: Why did [Deborah Ramirez] come forward? FARROW: She came forward because Senate Democrats came looking for this claim. She did … Continue reading →
Yesterday I put up a short clip of Clarence Thomas excoriating the Senate Democrats at his 1991 hearing. I want to highlight it now: Thomas speaks with great eloquence, but it’s his affect that is especially arresting. You can feel … Continue reading →
The answer might seem obvious, but I think it’s more complicated than most people might think. Let’s leave out accusers who are telling the truth. I’m interested in the ones who are not. They can have multiple motives, too. This … Continue reading →
Just now I read that Brett Kavanaugh had issued a statement about the new accusations and the fact that he plans to fight them. I wanted to look at his exact words, so I Googled “Brett Kavanaugh statement” and then … Continue reading →
The news is coming from all angles today. There’s a report that Rod Rosenstein is on the way out: Axios has reported that “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has verbally resigned to Chief of Staff John Kelly in anticipation of … Continue reading →
This evening I wrote a post about the second Kavanaugh accuser. I want to add a few more thoughts, but I decided to use a separate post. Not only was it inevitable that the left would find someone else to … Continue reading →
Everyone has been expecting this. And there may be a third and a fourth, but they will be revealed one by one, in single file, with timing exquisitely calibrated in order to drag the entire thing out. There will be … Continue reading →
Here’s the latest: NEW: Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers say she accepts the Judiciary Committee’s invitation to testify next week, requests further negotiations over details of hearing: pic.twitter.com/FomW2BssGr — Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) September 22, 2018 Note the same old passive-aggressive snark … Continue reading →