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October 11, 2018

Tidbits - Oct. 11, 2018 - Reader Comments: Debbie Ramirez; Millions Raised for Collins Opponent; Slang According to Kavanaugh; Van Dyke Verdict and CPAC; Pay to Protest?!?; Military-Industrial Complex; more....

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Reader Comments: Debbie Ramirez Statement; Four Million Raised for Collins Opponent; High School Slang According to Kavanaugh; Van Dyke Verdict and CPAC; Housing; Trump Latest - Pay to Protest; Military-Industrial Complex; Announcements; and more....

October 9, 2018

Kavanaugh Is Terrible on Workers’ Rights—And That’s Anti-Woman, Too

Julianne Tveten Working In These Times

Kavanaugh bears a pattern of anti-worker adjudication—a stance that inordinately harms women.

October 5, 2018

Friday Nite Videos | October 5, 2018

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A Conversation on Consent. Willie Nelson - Vote 'Em Out (Texas Rally for Beto). Trump Takes a Stand for the Real Victims: Men. Movie: Vice. GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski Explains 'No' Vote on Kavanaugh.

GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski Explains 'No' Vote on Kavanaugh

October 5, 2018

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) speaks on the Senate floor about her vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

October 4, 2018

Cruelty, Hatred, Racism, Misogyny and Xenophobia Are the Point - Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump Hate Women

Natalie Shure and Adam Serwer Jacobin; The Atlantic

It's not just the sexual assault allegations. Brett Kavanaugh's contempt for women is a defining characteristic of his ideology — and the political movement that groomed him. Once malice is embraced as a virtue, it is impossible to contain.

October 4, 2018

Tidbits - Oct. 4, 2018 - Reader Comments: Rage, Resistance to Kavanaugh, Rape, War on Women; Reconstruction White Terror; Iran; Laundry Workers; Broadway Stands Up; Socialism vs. Capitalism; more...

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Reader Comments: Rage and Resistance to Kavanaugh, Rape, War on Women; Immigrant Children Still Kept, Moved in Dark; Reconstruction; Workers Struggles in Iran; Announcements: Laundry Workers; Broadway Stands Up; Socialism vs. Capitalism; and more...

September 30, 2018

On the Supreme Court, Difficult Nominations Have Led to Historical Injustices

Calvin Schermerhorn The Conversation

Controversial appointees who were rammed through hearings, or political careerists nominated for strategic reasons and confirmed despite scant vetting, handed down decisions that expanded slavery and rolled back civil rights.

September 28, 2018

Friday Nite Videos | 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 28, 2018

How Two Sexual Assault Survivors Confronted and Changed Jeff Flake

Sam Stein The 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.

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.

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