Oct 8, 2018 by DC Whispers It’s long been whispered in and around Washington D.C. that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg might have a bit of a problem when it comes to minorities. It was an issue that started many years ago during her own Senate confirmation hearing in 1993 when Ginsberg was questioned about her seeming refusal to hire minority law clerks, particularly those who were black. Ginsburg promised senators then that she would ‘do better’ and that, “…if you confirm me for this job my attractiveness to black candidates is going to improve.” Well, it hasn’t. “She doesn’t trust people of color to do the job she requires.” So goes the sentiment of more than a few individuals with ties to those who have worked within the Supreme Court over the last four decades. The problem for Justice Ginsburg is that her own hiring practices confirm that sentiment. Since becoming a member of the Court a quarter-century ago Justice Ginsberg has hired just one black law clerk. That’s right – just one. On his very first day as a member of the Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has already hired as many black law clerks as Ginsburg has hired in twenty-five years. Ginsburg’s seeming dislike of minority clerks is a subject well known among Court watchers, but a subject completely glossed over by the liberal news and entertainment industries which portray her as a lovably eccentric legal waif who has succeeded among a High Court-world dominated by men. And yet Justice Ginsburg doesn’t seem to take issue with men—unless they happen to be black. You won’t read about that in your far-left history books but the facts say otherwise. Hopefully, when the time comes for Justice Ginsburg to step down from the Court her replacement will not continue the same troubling hiring practices that she has long engaged in. Racism has no place in America, least of all on the Supreme Court. ———————- SOURCE http://dcwhispers.com/why-does-ruth-bader-ginsburg-refuse-to-hire-black-law-clerks/
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October 7, 2018 by Art Moore
3 Senate battles move toward Republican candidate With Republican enthusiasm rising dramatically as Democrats tried to block the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, three Senate races have shifted significantly toward the Republican candidate. The Hill reported the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, moved Senate races in Montana, Nebraska and New Jersey in a GOP direction. https://www.wnd.com/files/2018/10/JonTester.jpg Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester’s race against state auditor Matt Rosendale was shifted from “lean Democratic” to “toss-up” in a state President Trump won by double-digits in 2016. Jennifer Duffy, a Senate race analyst at Cook Political Report, said Kavanaugh’s nomination is energizing the GOP base, reminding Montanans that Tester voted against Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s first nominee, and has stated he will oppose the current nominee. Axios reported top Republicans are seeing a surprising and widespread surge in GOP voter enthusiasm, powered largely by support for Kavanaugh. “The Kavanaugh debate has dropped a political grenade into the middle of an electorate that had been largely locked in Democrats’ favor for the past six months,” said Josh Holmes, a former top aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Private polling in Montana, Indiana, West Virginia, Missouri and Tennessee, said Holmes, shows the enthusiasm shift is “unmistakable in the red states that will determine control of the Senate.” House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday on a conference call with major donors yesterday, Axios reported, that new party polling showed the Kavanaugh fight had awakened Republican voters in some key House districts. “Prior to the Kavanaugh hearing, the intensity level was really on the Democratic side,” he told Fox News. “… But in the last week there has been a fundamental shift.” ‘Out of reach entirely for Democrats’ In North Dakota, a Fox News poll Thursday showed Republican challenger Kevin Cramer leading Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp by 12 points, 53 percent to 41 percent, up from four points last month. https://www.wnd.com/files/2018/10/330px Heidi_Heitkamp_official_portrait_113th_Congress.jpg Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. Holmes said North Dakota “now appears out of reach entirely for Democrats.” Cook moved New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s race from “likely Democratic” to “lean Democratic” and Nebraska Republican Sen. Deb Fischer’s race from “likely Republican” to “solid Republican.” In Missouri, pollster Jim McLaughlin shows Republican Josh Hawley leading incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill by 52-44. In McLaughlin’s previous poll, in June, McCaskill led Hawley 46-42. McCaskill has dropped 10 points in the last month since Democrats launched their 11th hour campaign against Kavanaugh. Republicans, with a 51-49 seat majority, have a favorable map, with 10 Democratic senators up for reelection in states Trump won. Ohio, however, appears to have moved decisively to incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown . The Daily Caller reported Heitkamp’s Republican rival called her announcement Thursday that she will vote against confirming Kavanaugh the “greatest political gift.” https://www.wnd.com/files/2014/07/Claire_McCaskill-300x142.jpg Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. In North Dakota, which Trump won by 40 points, a poll this week found about one-third of the states voters were “less likely” to re-elect Heitkamp if she voted no on Kavanaugh. Explaining her vote Thursday, she said the “process has been bad but at the end of the day you have to make a decision and I’ve made that decision.” In Tennessee, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen announced Friday morning he would support Kavanaugh’s nomination, saying he believes a senator’s responsibility to “advise and consent” is “not a license to indulge in partisanship, but should focus on the qualifications of the nominee, their ethics and their temperament.” “I believed that Judge Kavanaugh initially met this test, and I was prepared to say ‘yes’ to his nomination prior to Dr. Ford’s coming forward,” the Democratic candidate said. “While the subsequent events make it a much closer call, and I am missing key pieces of information that a sitting Senator has, I’m still a ‘yes.'” Bounce in Trump approval A Rasmussen Reports poll Friday has Trump at 51 percent approval, 48 percent disapproval. https://www.wnd.com/files/2018/09/donald-trump-hurricane-florence-phone-wh-600-300x214.jpeg President Donald Trump (White House photo) Powerline blogger John Hinderaker said equally significant is the president’s so-called approval index, the difference between strong approval and strong disapproval. That index now stands at -1, with 38 percent strongly approving of Trump. By comparison, Barack Obama’s approval index was -11 at the same point in his presidency. Hinderaker wrote that there’s no doubt Trump is experiencing a bounce from Kavanaugh, but the economy also is likely a factor. The unemployment rate announced Friday of 3.7 percent is the lowest since 1969. “President Trump’s is achieving, on the economy, what Barack Obama and other Democrats assured us was impossible a few years ago,” Hinderaker wrote. “Just wait until voters start to notice how successful Trump has been in the realm of foreign policy!” https://www.wnd.com/2018/10/kavanaugh-battle-ignites-gop-as-tide-shifts/ Oct 6, 2018 by Adam Shaw
The Senate voted Saturday to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, marking the end to one of the most rancorous confirmation fights in modern times and securing a rightward shift on the nation’s highest court. The chamber voted 50-48 to confirm Kavanaugh, mostly along party lines, after a weeklong FBI probe helped settle concerns among most wavering senators about the sexual assault allegations that nearly derailed his nomination and led to a dramatic second hearing. Saturday’s roll call marked the tightest successful Supreme Court confirmation vote in over 100 years, closer than even that of Clarence Thomas who similarly faced sexual misconduct allegations. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. was the sole Democrat to vote “yes.” Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was a “no,” but voted “present” as a courtesy to Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., who was attending his daughter’s wedding in Montana. Democrats reacted to the vote by urging supporters to turn out to the polls in November for the midterms. “The American people are raising their voices to a deafening roar today. We will not stop marching, we will not stop fighting, and we will vote on Election Day for leaders who share our values.” Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez said in a statement. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnnell, R-Ky., brushed off criticism from Democrats and pointed to Kavanaugh's judicial record as proof that he will "make the Senate and the country proud." “This historically tall mountain of evidence adds up to one clear message -- Judge Brett Kavanaugh is among the very best our nation has to offer," he said on the Senate floor before the vote. "He will make the Senate and the country proud. He will serve with distinction on our highest court. He unquestionably deserves confirmation. And the country deserves such a Supreme Court Justice." "I applaud and congratulate the U.S. Senate for confirming our GREAT NOMINEE, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to the United States Supreme Court," President Trump tweeted. "Later today, I will sign his Commission of Appointment, and he will be officially sworn in. Very exciting!" https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1048668088059584512 The result was all but secured Friday night when undecided Sens. Manchin and Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced they would vote to confirm Kavanaugh, along with Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who threw a curveball into the process when he requested the supplemental background probe last week as a virtual condition for support. Collins, on the Senate floor Friday, dismissed claims that Kavanaugh would be an extremist judge, and said the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh failed to meet the “more likely than not” standard. The explosive battle over his seating as the ninth justice extended Saturday into the vote itself, with protesters shouting from the gallery and packing the Capitol and Supreme Court grounds – vowing to inflict payback against Republicans in November, and indicating Kavanaugh will be a lightning rod for years to come. Video“A vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh today is a vote to end this brief, dark chapter in the Senate’s history and turn the page toward a brighter tomorrow,” McConnell said ahead of the vote, over which Vice President Pence presided. While largely emerging from his formal confirmation hearing unscathed, Kavanaugh faced a late burst of sexual assault allegations from multiple women from when he was in high school and college. At the hastily convened second hearing that also featured accuser Christine Blasey Ford, he furiously and at-times emotionally denied the claims and attacked Democrats and left-wing activists for their handling of the allegations. Ford, though, maintained she was “100 percent” sure he groped her and tried to force himself on her at a high school party. Democrats said the claims were credible and called for further investigation, or even for Kavanaugh to withdraw. Ford’s account represented just one battleground. After she first came forward, prodded into the public eye by press leaks, another woman, Deborah Ramirez, said Kavanaugh exposed himself to her when they were at Yale. Another still, Julie Swetnick, claimed he and his friend Mark Judge (also accused of being in the room during the Ford incident) were involved in or present at “gang” rapes. Kavanaugh and Judge adamantly denied it all. While Kavanaugh’s confirmation sometimes looked in doubt, particularly after the testimony of Ford, Republicans and the White House rallied to Kavanaugh’s side -- pointing to alleged inconsistencies and also a lack of corroborating evidence on the part of the accusers. They also slammed Democrats, accusing them of politicizing the accusations and trying to destroy Kavanaugh. “Boy y’all want power, God I hope you never get it, I hope the American people can see through this sham,” a visibly angry Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Democrats at last week’s hearing. Republicans conceded to the demand for a limited FBI investigation by Sen. Flake last Friday. Democrats had been demanding such an investigation into the assault claims, but criticized this one as not being thorough enough even before it had finished earlier this week. On the Senate floor Saturday, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said the investigation was not comprehensive, and was "a sham, a fig leaf for the Republicans to hide behind." Democrats expressed concern not only about the sexual assault allegations, but also his judicial record, arguing that he would overturn Roe v Wade and rule from the extreme right. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Friday that Kavanaugh’s views are “deeply at odds with the progress America has made in the last century of jurisprudence and at odds with what most Americans believe.” VideoThey also said they were troubled by his fiery attack on Democrats. “This behavior revealed a hostility and belligerence unbecoming of someone seeking to be elevated to the Supreme Court,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, said Friday. Protesters and activists had been a ubiquitous presence on Capitol Hill in recent days. On Saturday approximately 1,000 protesters marched to the Capitol steps, chanting “November is coming.” But Republicans said that the fight had motivated the conservative base ahead of the November midterms. McConnell meanwhile, told The Washington Post that the Democratic and left-wing opposition was a "great political gift for us." “I want to thank the mob, because they’ve done the one thing we were having trouble doing, which was energizing our base,” he said. Kavanaugh replaces Justice Anthony Kennedy, who retired at the end of July and was known as the swing justice, although he often sided with the conservative side of the bench. Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report. Adam Shaw is a reporter covering U.S. and European politics for Fox News.. He can be reached here. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kavanaugh-confirmed-to-supreme-court-after-bitter-fight-securing-rightward-shift October 5, 2018 By Gregg Re Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans released an executive summary of the FBI's confidential supplemental background investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh late Thursday, which key swing-vote senators vowed they would continue to review Friday ahead of a major vote on his confirmation. https://youtu.be/Lata0eWTuPA https://youtu.be/SBODDiUihf8 READ THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE FBI'S SUPPLEMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO KAVANAUGH ALLEGATIONS According to the summary of the report, FBI agents interviewed 10 people and reached out to 11. They focused exclusively on witnesses with potential first-hand knowledge of alleged sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh. "The FBI provided to the Senate 12 detailed FD-302 reports summarizing their interviews with the witnesses as well as supporting materials cited by the witnesses during their interviews," the summary reads. Only senators and top aides are being allowed to review the full report in a secure facility on Capitol Hill. Notably absent from the witness list were any individuals directly related to the allegations of Julie Swetnick, who claimed in a sworn statement that she had witnessed Kavanaugh participating in systemic gang rapes decades ago. Swetnick's credibility has taken a beating in recent days, with one ex-boyfriend telling Fox News she "exaggerated everything" and had threatened to kill his unborn child. Another ex-boyfriend similarly cast doubt on her credibility, as reports surfaced that she had previously been sued for allegedly concocting false sexual harassment claims. Swetnick is represented by anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenatti. Among those questioned were Mark Judge, PJ Smyth, and Leland Keyser, the three individuals Christine Blasey Ford claimed were present in the house when Kavanaugh allegedly threw her on a bed and sexually assaulted her sometime in the 1980s (Ford has variously claimed the episode occurred in the mid-1980s and early 1980s, before testifying that it occurred in 1982). "There is no corroboration of the allegations made by Dr. Ford or Ms. Ramirez." — Senate Judiciary Committee RepublicansAll three of those individuals had already provided statements to the Judiciary Committee under penalty of felony denying any knowledge of the alleged assault. Keyser, Ford's lifelong best friend, denied ever knowing Kavanaugh. When questioned about Keyser's statement at last Thursday's hearing, Ford suggested Keyser was having serious medical issues and had apologized for her denial. In a twist, Keyser told FBI investigators that she felt pressured to clarify her original statement saying she was unaware of any incident involving Kavanaugh and Ford, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Keyser, who later said she believed Ford even though she could not corroborate her story, told the investigators that she was urged to clarify her statement by Monica McLean, a former FBI agent and friend of Ford’s. (Ford's ex-boyfriend told the Judiciary Committee that Ford had helped McLean prepare for a polygraph, directly contradicting Ford's sworn testimony last Thursday). Judge was also questioned "extensively" about other allegations besides Ford's, according to the Judiciary Committee. Democrats had called for Senate Republicans to subpoena Judge, a longtime friend of Kavanaugh's, so that they could question him about the nominee's drinking habits and high school yearbook references. FORD'S EX-BOYFRIEND CONTRADICTS HER SWORN TESTIMONY ON POLYGRAPH PREP, PTSD, FEAR OF FLYING -- GRASSLEY SOUNDS THE ALARM Additionally, the FBI interviewed two individuals named in Kavanaugh's July 1, 1982 calendar entry, which some observers said could have described the gathering where Ford was purportedly attacked. Those individuals were his longtime friend Christopher Garrett and Timothy Gaudette, whose house Kavanaugh visited for beers on July 1, according to his calendar. An attorney for one of those witnesses was also interviewed. VideoFinally, the FBI interviewed Deborah Ramirez, the woman who claimed in an explosive New Yorker piece that Kavanaugh had exposed himself to her at a Yale party. The FBI also interviewed two alleged eyewitnesses identified by Ramirez, and tried to interview a third, but that individual refused to cooperate. Agents also interviewed one of Ramirez's close friends from college. "The Supplemental Background Investigation confirms what the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded after its investigation: there is no corroboration of the allegations made by Dr. Ford or Ms. Ramirez," the Judiciary Committee Republicans wrote. Ramirez had previously acknowledged to The New Yorker that, as recently as last month, she was not sure Kavanaugh was the one who exposed himself to her. She then changed her mind after speaking to an attorney for less than a week, according ot the magazine. Kavanaugh testified last Thursday that he had heard Ramirez was asking former classmates at Yale about the alleged episode during the summer, apparently trying to "refresh" their memories in a manner he implied was inappropriate. FOX NEWS POLLS SHOW KAVANAUGH SLUGFEST BOOSTING GOP ENTHUSIASM AHEAD OF MIDTERMS One of Ramirez's lawyers complained on Twitter this week that the FBI did not appear to be conducting a "serious" investigation because, he claimed, the agency failed to reach out to some of the dozens of witnesses he had suggested. Nevertheless, for several hours on Thursday, senators from both parties filed in and out of the Capitol Building's Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), where they pored over the FBI's full report in a private, secured setting. Senators were not allowed to take the report out of the SCIF. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1047853098365079553 Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, considered a key potential swing vote on Kavanaugh, said Thursday that the bureau’s supplemental background probe “appears to be a very thorough investigation.” On Thursday afternoon, however, she remained in the SCIF for more than an hour and a half, causing some consternation among Republicans. “All of that time, she still doesn’t know?” one source asked Fox News. And Arizona Republican Sen. Flake, who originally requested the FBI re-open its investigation into the sexual assault claims leveled against Kavanaugh by Ford, agreed with Collins' assessment. “No new corroborative information came out of it,” Flake said. “Thus far, we’ve seen no new credible corroboration — no new corroboration at all.” However, Flake continued to keep the public guessing, returning to view the report again and saying he has "more reading" to do. He pulled a surprise last week when he publicly backed Kavanaugh, then demanded the FBI probe before a final vote. Top Democrats, though, minced no words about the FBI's report, saying the bureau's inquiry should not have been restricted to one week. President Trump has said the FBI had the authority to interview "whoever" they wanted, but Democrats also alleged that the administration had meddled in the investigation. "Well, that report -- if that's an investigation, it's a bull---- investigation," Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., told a man as he walked through the Capitol complex on Thursday. "The reality is, that was not a full and thorough investigation." https://twitter.com/SenatorMenendez/status/1047924865427263488 The investigation's one-week time limit, Flake and other Republicans said, was necessary to avoid bogging down Kavanaugh's nomination with a never-ending probe into various uncorroborated, lurid accusations, which all related to alleged events more than three decades ago. Ford's attorneys also sharply criticized the FBI for not reaching out to interview their client, who testified at length during Thursday's hearing. They told Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, that they would only turn over Ford's therapist notes if the FBI interviewed their client. Ford has extensively cited her 2012 therapy notes as a kind of corroboration for her claims but has not provided them -- even in part -- to investigators. (The Washington Post said Ford had shared a "portion" of her notes with their reporters, but under oath on Thursday, Ford said she could not recall whether she had actually done so, or merely described the notes). GOP SENATOR HEADING TO DAUGHTER'S WEDDING IN MONTANA ON DAY OF FINAL KAVANAUGH VOTE Late Thursday, Grassley ripped into Ford's attorneys for their request, and suggested in an exasperated letter that they simply wanted to stall Kavanaugh's confirmation at any cost. "Your response on behalf of your client is a non-sequitur," Grassley wrote in the letter. "It’s not even clear to me what purpose turning over these materials to the FBI would accomplish. The FBI would simply turn over that evidence to the Senate. That is precisely the outcome I seek with this request." Furthermore, Grassley added, "The U.S. Senate doesn’t control the FBI. If you have an objection to how the FBI conducts its investigations, take it up with [FBI] Director [Christopher] Wray." Grassley concluded by implying that Ford's attorneys weren't disclosing her therapist notes because they did not, in fact, back up her claims. A final vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation is expected Saturday. A key procedural vote to end debate on his nomination is set for Friday morning. Gregg Re is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @gregg_re. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judiciary-committee-releases-executive-summary-of-supplemental-fbi-report-on-kavanaugh Oct 3, 2018
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) was the latest Republican lawmaker to be harassed by a protester who opposes the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination. https://youtu.be/noivI5x89YE Several Republicans -- including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell -- have been targeted by demonstrators who do not believe Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the high court due to a series of sexual assault allegations. On Monday, Cassidy was walking in the hall of a Senate office building when he was confronted by a woman who demanded to know why he's supporting Kavanaugh. Cassidy pushed back, asking her if she would like her husband or son's life "destroyed" by an "uncorroborated" charge. When the protester accused Cassidy of being "OK if a rapist goes on the Supreme Court," the senior senator from Louisiana fired back, “No, I’m not. But then on the other hand, clearly you’re OK, the absence of evidence obviously means nothing to you.” https://youtu.be/KO0vcGfYeq4 After the woman refused to answer his questions about acting on uncorroborated allegations, he told her "you know it's unfair." Here's The Daily Caller's transcript of the back-and-forth: Cassidy: “Why wouldn’t I support Kavanaugh?” Protester: “Because rapists are bad.” Cassidy: “Wait a second — everybody there said that it did not happen. So why am I going to–” Protester: “So you’re going to believe Mark Judge over a woman?” Cassidy: “No, I’m going to believe her best friend.” Protester: “Her best friend didn’t say it didn’t happen. Her best friend said she wasn’t told about it.” Cassidy: “She said she didn’t remember.” Protester: “So you’re OK as a doctor to harm a woman?” Cassidy: “Wait a second – are you OK as a person to go ahead and to accept a non-corroborated charge to destroy someone’s life? If it destroyed your life, your son’s life, or your husband’s? Wait a second, answer my question. If it was your husband, your son, your father, whose life has been destroyed by uncorroborated, would you like that?” Protester: “I would support a full FBI investigation.” Cassidy: “No, no. Would you like that? An uncorroborated charge, destroying—” Protester: “I wouldn’t marry somebody that was a drunk.” Cassidy: “Oh no, wait a second. Uncorroborated. Answer the question. I don’t think you’re able to. Because you know it’s unfair.” Protester: “I would stand up.” Cassidy: “You know it’s unfair.” Protester: “I would fight. And I would make sure women are heard. Clearly you’re OK if a rapist goes on the Supreme Court.” Cassidy: “No, I’m not. But then on the other hand, clearly you’re OK, the absence of evidence obviously means nothing to you.” Protester: “No, there is evidence. Look at the standard. How many people are in jail for less?” Watch the full exchange above. http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/03/gop-sen-bill-cassidy-pushes-back-when-confronted-anti-brett-kavanaugh-protester Oct 2, 2018 by Charlie Kirk
How is a warrior like Andrew Breitbart created? Little did the leftists know as they tried to destroy Clarence Thomas they were creating the most effective grassroots warrior against the left of our generation. And this last week with Kavanaugh, I can’t imagine how many more thousands of Andrew Breitbarts were born. Conversions and spiritual awakenings are very familiar to those who are Christians. From the beginning, our faith has relied on people who didn’t believe having some form of revelation or experience that motivated them to become one of us. No character in the history of Christianity has a more dramatic story of conversion, or a more significant post-conversion contribution to the faith, than does the Jewish-born Saul, call him Paul, call him St. Paul. Saul, a notorious persecutor of Christians on behalf of Rome, was riding on the road to Damascus with his henchman to do just that when, as they neared the city, an incredible display of light appeared, so vibrant it knocked Saul from his horse. Blinded temporarily, Saul heard the voice of Jesus ask him why he was behaving so badly? This led to Saul’s conversion, a clever name change, and to a missionary journey that places him at the top of the list of all-time Christian evangelists. Much like Paul, a famous convert to liberty, and the one who played the most important post-conversion role in standing up to the ruling class and powerful institutions was Andrew Breitbart, founder of Breitbart News. Breitbart’s conversion story is available to listen to in his own words and this is a great week for every American liberal to click on “Play.” https://youtu.be/ePFMlirrhmg Andrew was raised in California and was a product of that reflexively liberal climate. He admits to taking being a liberal for granted until, in his early 20’s, he witnessed a horrific national event: The confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas and the random insertion of Anita Hill into the process. Andrew watched and wondered what was going on. He couldn’t understand how the NAACP would stand by and let a black man be accused of something like this and not stand up to protect his rights. He couldn’t understand why the National Organization for Women would blindly support someone coming forth so late with accusations. Andrew thought those groups were supposed to be about fairness and protecting the rights of the underdogs. Silly Andrew. Once awakened, Andrew Breitbart became curious, he became informed, and he became active. Boy did he become active! Today, Breitbart News stands virtually alone in presenting an uncompromising exposure of Team Left tactics and giving a large platform to the works of James O’Keefe, John Nolte, and others. What is on display to Americans in the Brett Kavanaugh proceeding should be able to produce a few million Andrew Breitbart-types (getting another Andrew Breitbart is too much to ask). For people who are following these proceedings from the Team Left bleachers, here are some things I suggest you keep an eye on: Where is the ACLU insisting that someone cannot be considered guilty simply under the weight of an accusation? Why is the media not doing any feature stories using mothers of sons who are worried about the future their kids will face? Where was the coverage of the woman’s march at the Capitol prior to the Thursday hearing showing women demanding Kavanaugh be treated fairly? Where were the Democrats, champions of women’s rights, demanding that these women be heard? Why is the FBI, a federal agency operated at taxpayer expense, being used as part of a show investigation when it has already investigated Judge Kavanaugh for months? These are the kinds of questions Andrew Breitbart would have been asking himself if he had been watching this as a California “dude” in his early 20’s. These are the kinds of questions he would be asking America if he were still with us today. I predict that the Kavanaugh confirmation proceedings, which resemble burlesque more than they do any sort of dignified process, will produce a significant number of converts. With my ear to the wind I hear not only the spirit of Andrew Breitbart screaming for political fairness, I also hear St. Paul preaching the immorality of condemning a man solely on specious accusations. Being a partisan requires the complete suspension of intellect. You must say to yourself, “I know I’m going to be confronted with challenging facts today that subvert my position, but by God I promise to ignore all of them.” St. Paul, when confronted with bright light and Christ’s voice, was able to open his blind eyes to see God. Andrew Breitbart confronted with blatant partisanship opened his eyes to see the American Dream. American liberals, when you open your eyes you aren’t going to believe what you see. If you experience a spiritual awakening and are ready to convert, we will be waiting for you when you get here. https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/02/kirk-clarence-thomass-high-tech-lynching-awakened-andrew-breitbart-what-will-the-kavanaugh-witch-trial-produce/ October 1, 2018 RYAN SAAVEDRA @REALSAAVEDRA
Rachel Mitchell, the prosecutor who questioned Christine Blasey Ford last week during a hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a five-page memo that was released on Sunday that outlines why she would not bring criminal charges against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Mitchell's memo notes nine significant problems with Ford's testimony and underscores that her case is "even weaker" than a "he said, she said" case. "A 'he said, she said' case is incredibly difficult to prove," Mitchell states. "But this case is even weaker than that. Dr. Ford identified other witnesses to the event, and those witnesses either refuted her allegations or failed to corroborate them. For the reasons discussed below, I do not think that a reasonable prosecutor would bring this case based on the evidence before the Committee. Nor do I believe that this evidence is sufficient to satisfy the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard." Here are the nine problems outlined in Mitchell's memo: 1. Dr. Ford has not offered a consistent account of when the alleged assault happened:
2. Dr. Ford has struggled to identify Judge Kavanaugh as the assailant by name:
3. When speaking with her husband, Dr. Ford changed her description of the incident to become less specific:
4. Dr. Ford has no memory of key details of the night in question—details that could help corroborate her account:
5. Dr. Ford’s account of the alleged assault has not been corroborated by anyone she identified as having attended—including her lifelong friend:
6. Dr. Ford has not offered a consistent account of the alleged assault:
7. Dr. Ford has struggled to recall important recent events relating to her allegations, and her testimony regarding recent events raises further questions about her memory:
8. Dr. Ford’s description of the psychological impact of the event raises questions:
9. The activities of congressional Democrats and Dr. Ford’s attorneys likely affected Dr. Ford’s account:
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