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Brett Kavanaugh's Mask Falls

September 28, 2018

Ari Melber gives his take on Kavanaugh’s hearing. During his testimony, Kavanaugh’s mask fell, as he went from blasting a political party to darkly alleging conspiracy theories and political hit jobs he can’t prove.

Tearful Woman Confronts Senator Flake on Elevator

September 28, 2018

Sen. Jeff Flake, minutes after he announced he will support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, was confronted at the US Capitol Friday morning by two women who say they are sexual assault survivors.

Brett Kavanaugh's So-Called Ruined Life

September 28, 2018

Poor Brett Kavanaugh. If he doesn't get to have the best possible job of all time, his life will be absolutely destroyed.

Marc Ribot | Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)

September 28, 2018

"Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)" by Marc Ribot (feat. Tom Waits) from the album 'Songs Of Resistance 1942 - 2018,' available now.

Dr. Ford's Heartbreaking Testimony Was Not a Con Job

September 28, 2018

Republicans controlling the Senate Judiciary Committee were ready to accommodate Dr. Christine Blasey Ford with anything she wanted. Except for one thing.

September 28, 2018

How Two Sexual Assault Survivors Confronted and Changed Jeff Flake

Sam Stein Daily Beast

“I was sexually assaulted and nobody believed me,” Maria Gallagher, 23, told the senator in an elevator hours before his surprise call for a vote delay.

September 28, 2018

Europe, China and Russia Move to Sidestep US Sanctions on Iran

Patrick Wintour The Guardian

The European Union, India, China and Russia are challenging the US effort to try to impose new Iran sanctions, pointing out that in reality it is the US, by tearing up the nuclear agreement, that is in breach of UN resolutions.

September 28, 2018

Keg-Parties and Assaults: Women From Catholic High Schools in Washington Area Break 'Culture Of Silence'

Mary Pflum and Brandy Zadrozny NBC

“So many of us thought we were alone,” said a graduate of an all-girls Catholic school who said she was raped at a party. “But we weren’t.”

September 28, 2018

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Dr. Ford's Heartbreaking Testimony Was Not a Con Job. Marc Ribot | Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful). Brett Kavanaugh's So-Called Ruined Life. Tearful Woman Confronts Senator Flake on Elevator. Brett Kavanaugh's Mask Falls.

September 27, 2018

Distant Early Warning of Worse to Come

Scott McLemee Inside Higher Ed

Masterpiece or not, William S. Burroughs' "The Revised Boy Scout Manual": An Electronic Revolution fills a puzzling lacuna in the Beat author's bibliography, and offers an foretaste of the viperous Age of Trump.