Amnesty International took the very rare step Monday of calling to delay a vote on confirming Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, urging Senate Republicans to allow time for a review of his “possible involvement in human rights violations” before appointing him to a lifetime position on the court. In an open letter to senators, Amnesty’s executive director...
Even Kavanaugh’s own college roommate believes his accuser over him
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s college roommate says he believes the accusations brought forth by Deborah Ramirez, the second woman who has publicly accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault. James Roche, Kavanaugh’s freshman roommate at Yale University, said in a statement Monday night that although he did not witness the alleged sexual assault described by Ramirez, he believes...
More Kavanaugh classmates withdraw support as new allegations emerge
As new, credible allegations of sexual assault emerge against Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, former college classmates who initially stood by him and defended his denials are now distancing themselves and formally withdrawing their expressions of support. According to Ronan Farrow of the The New Yorker — who, along with Jane Mayer, reported Sunday on the new accusations...
Trump team guts rule that would have made trains safer
The Trump administration has repealed an Obama-era safety regulation that could have prevented deadly, explosive train crashes — proving once again that not even the most common-sense policies are safe in the Trump era. The 2015 rule mandated that trains carrying crude oil must phase out traditional air brakes and replace them with more modern brake technology, The Hill reports. The Obama...
Vulnerable GOP congressman uses fake data to defend family separation
Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), whose extremism has him in a very tough battle for re-election, is relying on fear-mongering and falsehoods to defend the reprehensible family separation program put into place by the Trump administration. Perry, a member of the far-right Freedom Caucus, was asked about the policy that rips children away from their families in an interview with PennLive. After first...
Kavanaugh demands Supreme Court seat after more assault allegations
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has now been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, but he’s not apologizing or withdrawing. instead, he’s demanding senators vote to confirm him immediately. In a letter to Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kavanaugh complains about the allegations of assault from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and lewd exposure from...
Trump team drafts order to make Twitter be nicer to conservatives
Trump has repeatedly whined that he and his fellow conservative Republicans are at a disadvantage online — not because their bad decisions have made them unpopular online, but because they claim social media companies and search engines are somehow biased against the political right. Now Trump’s complaining has entered an ominous new phase: a draft White House executive order that could...
GOP senators whine that having almost no women makes them look bad
Republicans continue to scramble ahead of the scheduled Thursday Judiciary Committee hearing, where Dr. Christine Blasey Ford will testify about her allegations that Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape her when the two were in high school. Not only has a second accuser now stepped forward to claim Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when she was a student at Yale University, but Republicans are faced with...
Trump might force out Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein in charge of Mueller probe
Trump announced his nomination of Rod Rosenstein to be deputy attorney general in January 2017, but now he’s forcing Rosenstein, who’s in charge of overseeing special counsel Robert Muller’s investigation, out of the job. “He’s expecting to be fired,” Axios reported Monday. Rosenstein is reportedly heading to the White House Monday, while Trump is in New York...
Conway smears Kavanaugh accusers a week after pretending to be respectful
The day after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford went public with her harrowing allegations of assault and attempted rape by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway repeatedly said that Ford “should not be insulted.” But now that more women are coming forward to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has totally...