Watch live as Christine Blasey Ford testifies at the Brett Kavanaugh hearing

and apparently sexually assault hard too

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Moreover, the fact that he didn’t write anything along the lines of “go out drinking with Mark” when he was still a teenager living with his parents is hardly evidence such an event didn’t happen.

ETA: Holy crap. There’s actually an entry for July 1, 1982 (which would fit in Ford’s timeline) in which Kavanaugh wrote

go to Timmy’s for skis w/Judge, Tom, PJ, Bernie, Squi.

The reference to “skis” is thought to be shorthand for “brewskis” (clearly they weren’t planning a ski trip in July). Could Kavanaugh have been stupid enough to actually be the one to provide proof of the party in question? I bet a lot of people are looking into who “Timmy” is now.

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If you believe he was a virgin until later on, which is plausible but not at all dispositive, then perhaps his sexual assaults were all done flaccid.

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“outercourse”

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I tried listening to a bit on the radio. Heard the start of Kavanaugh’s testimony and - someone described it as “aggrieved condescension” - it just came across as unbearably whiny to me. I started screaming “fuck you!” at the radio and being filled with an urge to punch the guy in the face. I had to stop.

This picture sums it up:

Is it possible not to?

I’m thinking more Gabriel Knight 3.
If we get a cat to rub against some tape, we can use the result as a fake mustache so Kavanaugh can appear in disguise as “Bart O’Kavanaugh,” the real assaulter.

No, but it does seem like a pre-emptive attempt to undercut Judge’s admitting to having raped a girl in the kind of situation that’s been alleged by Swetnick.

Someone called it “resting possum face” which seems about right.

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nothing but talking points back

He did not give a single answer to Booker - keeps setting back his script

He is a liar and douchebag.

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He wasn’t at my house… I don’t know the asshole.

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The sheer stink-eye from every woman visible in that image says it all.

(Even the brunette who’s been accused of throwing the ‘white power’ hand sign…)

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I must speak for many people here: FUCK YOU TED CRUZ!

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With a cactus… sideways.

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Also gotta love the reaction shot while Cruz speaks:

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Its been their line on Judge all along. Judge’s whole schtick, the book and what have is “I’m an alcoholic look at all the shit I’ve done, and how much better I am now”.

I’m surprised they haven’t tried to put it all on Judge. “He’s a drunk, he did all the raping” is a lot more compelling than “he’s a drunk he can’t be trusted. Here’s a letter from his lawyer we should totally believe every word of it”.

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Who would have thought we’d live in a world where a guy who involuntarily rubs his penis in your face judges you.

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Jeff Flake just tee’ed up his colleagues for his dissenting vote.

–EDIT TO ADD–
One GOP speaking who was not like the others, aside from the Chairman. Flake did not address Kavanaugh with a question. He did not grandstand. He spoke about process and about doubt. His 1 minute, which presumably requested late, appeared addressed to his colleagues and to the akashic records.

My prediction is they skip the committee vote (less Flake force Grassley to return an unfavorable), and take it directly to the Senate floor. Collins or Murkowski will need to join Flake. The Democrats have well enough cover to stay united.

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I’m with Melz. How’s that Collins’ challenger fund looking?

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Every picture I see from this, all the women in the background, even the aides listening to their Republican bosses, really don’t look happy about what’s being said.
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That seems dangerous - because he can easily pull Kavanaugh into it (and has, to some degree, already, unintentionally), and it doesn’t really work as the narrative. Better to just say, “Don’t pay attention to that poor, unreliable guy” - which seems like what they’re mostly trying to do.

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Wait. Only a matter of time til they get desperate. Right now they’re just making a pre-emptive move to discredit him (not difficult to do with that skell).

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Just want to quickly circle back to this, because…

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“I was preparing.” How great if those were his famous last words.

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He apologized for that later, but it was a dick move. She’s not testifying.

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