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ABA says "Hold yer horses..." - mcfly - 9/28/2018 5:24:02 AM
- Trump changes course by ordering FBI investigation into Kavanaugh - RobVG - 9/29/2018 12:52:16 AM
  - White House limits investigation of Kavanaugh - RL - 9/30/2018 5:15:47 AM
  - AFTER saying for a week that the FBI doesn't do that sort of thing... - RL - 9/29/2018 12:58:32 AM
    - Figured your fragile palate would appreciate the CNN article. - RobVG - 9/29/2018 1:51:16 AM
      - I am sure Breitbart covered it as well... - RL - 9/29/2018 1:58:06 AM
- Sen Grassley addressed this issue, - ER - 9/28/2018 11:05:08 PM
  - They cited the ABA endorsement as a big deal earlier... - RL - 9/28/2018 11:10:10 PM
    - Trouble in Isingard - ER - 9/28/2018 11:33:02 PM
      - "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it." - RL - 10/1/2018 11:22:30 PM
      - He suffers under cruel oppression... have some sympathy... - RL - 9/29/2018 2:49:20 AM
- That's really big news. - ER - 9/28/2018 12:53:24 PM
- I doubt it will make any difference to conservatives... - RL - 9/28/2018 12:52:21 PM
  - It appears you gentlemen are quite correct - mcfly - 9/28/2018 2:22:46 PM
  - ...must be telepathy... - ER - 9/28/2018 12:54:41 PM

Is China guilty? - ER - 10/1/2018 2:40:16 PM
- Now you've gone and pissed them off, ER - RL - 10/1/2018 4:07:12 PM
  - "Peace in our Time" - ER - 10/1/2018 4:43:15 PM

Brett Kavanaugh wrongly claimed he could drink legally in Maryland in high school - RL - 9/29/2018 2:59:01 PM
- I've already decided he's guilty. - ER - 9/29/2018 3:35:46 PM
  - In my next job interview I will try shouting confrontationally, crying, and saying over and over how much I love beer... - RL - 9/29/2018 4:37:18 PM
    - You will also interrupt your interviewer, - ER - 9/29/2018 5:11:23 PM

Off-Court Behavior - ER - 9/28/2018 11:22:24 PM

I believe her. - ER - 9/27/2018 10:59:33 PM
- Bart had an epic hangover - Robert - 9/28/2018 6:29:14 PM
  - Noticed it but didn't know what to make of it. Affectation? Nervousness? Buying time? Guilt? - mcfly - 9/28/2018 8:59:54 PM
    - Yep - Robert - 9/28/2018 9:03:13 PM
- Totally agreed - mcfly - 9/27/2018 11:43:54 PM
  - He was dripping the feigned self-righteous indignation of the justly persecuted. - ER - 9/28/2018 12:44:28 PM
  - He has no business being on the court- but that is why Trump wants him there... - RL - 9/28/2018 12:32:02 AM
    - SEXUAL ASSAULT SHOULD NOT DISQUALIFY KAVANAUGH IF PROVEN, MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS BELIEVE: POLL - RL - 9/28/2018 12:34:31 AM
      - That should be no surprise. - ER - 9/28/2018 1:37:25 AM
        
        Gotta love how he called the accusations “revenge on behalf of the Clintons” - RL - 9/28/2018 2:36:46 AM

Elect a crappy reality-show actor, you get a crappy reality show nation... (n/t) - RL - 9/27/2018 10:24:49 PM

Trump's press conference is a total shit show... - RL - 9/26/2018 9:26:11 PM
- Its the Caine Mutiny Court Martial all over again. - ER - 9/26/2018 10:26:10 PM
  - The Cliff Notes version: "Bitches be lying, China is attempting to help democrats win midterms- I have proof but won't tell you what it is... - RL - 9/26/2018 11:34:52 PM
    - A more verbose review - RL - 9/27/2018 1:31:45 AM

So, is he guilty or not? - ER - 9/26/2018 1:51:23 PM
- I tend to side with his accusers - mcfly - 9/26/2018 3:42:16 PM
  - I'm inclined to agree with your logic. - ER - 9/26/2018 5:16:16 PM

So, to discredit the accuser the 11 old men are bringing in a woman to do the grilling for them.... - RL - 9/26/2018 3:48:26 AM
- They learned their lesson when they tried ganging up on Hillary during the Benghazi hearings. - ER - 9/26/2018 4:17:43 AM

There's one other way this might turn out - a Red Tsunami. - ER - 9/25/2018 3:06:07 AM
- That's one blood red tsunami - mcfly - 9/25/2018 5:08:29 AM
- Not impossible, just very unlikely... - RL - 9/25/2018 3:28:26 AM
  - Yeah, he scares me too. And for the same reasons. - ER - 9/25/2018 1:02:21 PM
    - His playing with the idea of running in 2020 is insane... - RL - 9/25/2018 1:47:11 PM
      - When the Deplorables finally accept they've been conned, - ER - 9/25/2018 3:51:20 PM
        
        But they will NEVER accept that they've been conned... - RL - 9/25/2018 8:14:07 PM

Kavanaugh's sex life - ER - 9/24/2018 11:33:59 PM
- Subtitled: "Here cums da judge!" - RL - 9/25/2018 12:39:14 AM

Rosenstein likely to be fired today - RL - 9/24/2018 3:29:29 PM
- What do you think is the timeline... - ER - 9/24/2018 4:10:06 PM
  - Damned if I know... - RL - 9/24/2018 4:23:20 PM

GOP aide working on Kavanaugh confirmation resigns amid past harassment claim - RL - 9/22/2018 4:23:51 PM
- "What boy hasn't done this?" - RL - 9/23/2018 3:35:12 PM
- And RL wins the tetrafecta! - ER - 9/23/2018 12:43:21 AM
  - I missed the TWO affairs detail... - RL - 9/23/2018 4:13:03 AM
- Trump's Oklahoma campaign chair to plead guilt to child sex trafficking - RL - 9/22/2018 11:52:04 PM
  - I am sure it was just a one-off, just a single bad app... "Ex-Trump campaign official charged with human trafficking" - RL - 9/22/2018 11:56:51 PM
- Trump cheerleader and evangelical christian Franklin Graham weighs in... - RL - 9/22/2018 11:48:05 PM
- FORMER TRUMP AIDE JASON MILLER ACCUSED OF SECRETLY ADMINISTERING ABORTION PILL - RL - 9/22/2018 11:35:34 PM
  - Both members of the happy couple were whores for Trump.... - RL - 9/22/2018 11:44:37 PM
- Its not the crime, its the cover-up. - ER - 9/22/2018 4:50:22 PM
- Link? - ER - 9/22/2018 4:29:02 PM
  - Added - RL - 9/22/2018 4:33:02 PM

Please assume crash positions and brace for impact.... - RL - 9/21/2018 6:13:00 PM
- I am just relieved that Trump will ignore an anonymously sourced story in the failing fake news New York Times... - RL - 9/23/2018 12:04:18 AM
- As I keep saying - correctly- things are going to get a LOT worse before this madness ends... - RL - 9/21/2018 6:33:31 PM

Conservatives prepare to rape woman a second time... - RL - 9/16/2018 6:22:41 PM
- The only way the GOP gets out of this without further damaging their already deeply damaged brand... - RL - 9/21/2018 12:10:16 AM
- I certainly hope the white male voice is not lost on this issue... - mcfly - 9/20/2018 3:03:37 AM
  - GOP Officials: Kavanaugh Shouldn’t Be Held Accountable For Something He Did As White Teenager - RL - 9/20/2018 3:21:37 AM
- It's debatable now which side is raping her - RobVG - 9/20/2018 1:15:33 AM
  - That's not fair, Rob. - ER - 9/20/2018 2:56:26 AM
    - Timing - RobVG - 9/20/2018 4:29:12 AM
      - Death treats? - ER - 9/20/2018 5:11:29 PM
        
        Doh! n/t - RobVG - 9/21/2018 4:08:04 AM
        
        WORST. SNACKFOOD. EVER. - RL - 9/20/2018 5:31:38 PM
        
        Brought to you by the fine folks at... - RL - 9/20/2018 10:26:06 PM
  - And Kavanaugh isn't a political tool? - Robert - 9/20/2018 2:29:33 AM
- It is telling that only one side wants witnesses interviewed and the FBI to investigate... - RL - 9/20/2018 12:56:39 AM
- And so it begins - RL - 9/18/2018 12:23:17 AM
  - My personal, possibly biased, opinion is that I don't know. - ER - 9/18/2018 2:14:41 PM
    - I am inclined to believe her... and no, not for political expediency - RL - 9/18/2018 10:26:47 PM
      - Also, who has a list of 65 women willing to publicly say you never raped them... - RL - 9/18/2018 10:44:16 PM
        
        Maybe he's been working on compiling that list for years.... - ER - 9/19/2018 12:12:27 AM
- Kavanaugh should consider himself lucky. - ER - 9/17/2018 2:00:00 PM
- If true, I'd like to see him go down - RobVG - 9/17/2018 2:26:38 AM

Trump admin moves $260M from cancer research, HIV/AIDS and other programs to cover custody of immigrant children costs - RL - 9/20/2018 11:31:13 PM
- $10 Million From FEMA Diverted to Pay for Immigration Detention Centers, Document Shows - RL - 9/20/2018 11:33:36 PM

Billionaire GOP donor calls it quits- cites Obama - RL - 9/16/2018 4:21:52 AM
- The contrast between Trump and Obama is striking. - ER - 9/16/2018 2:06:51 PM

Erasing history... - RL - 9/15/2018 3:55:38 AM
- Maybe he had mommy issues. - ER - 9/15/2018 2:27:09 PM
  - And what's Texas' problem with Helen Keller? - ER - 9/15/2018 2:35:46 PM
    - But seriously... - ER - 9/15/2018 3:41:43 PM

Even if the Kavanaugh rape accusation is proven to be %100 true it won't make a difference... - RL - 9/15/2018 12:46:31 AM
- It won't be the first time an alleged sexual predator is nominated for SCOTUS. - ER - 9/15/2018 3:03:10 PM

At what point will Trump go too far for his supporters? - RL - 9/13/2018 3:54:06 PM
- Even after the backlash, Trump is tweeting now about the 3000 deaths being a democrat hoax... - RL - 9/15/2018 2:51:29 AM
- I honestly don't think he could become too irrational or xenophobic for his core supporters - mcfly - 9/13/2018 5:16:31 PM
  - I'm afraid they're devoted to their Beloved Leader with a love that surpasseth the gag reflex of a North Korean. - Robert - 9/15/2018 4:05:42 AM
  - The conservatives have discredited themselves completely... - RL - 9/13/2018 11:29:09 PM
    - It is essential that these traitors NEVER be allowed to escape responsibility for their actions... - RL - 9/13/2018 11:59:50 PM

Latest Trump Tweet: "When President Obama said that he has been to “57 States,” very little mention in Fake News Media. Can you imagine if I said that...story of the year! " - RL - 9/15/2018 3:28:39 AM

Manafort agrees to cooperate with Mueller... - RL - 9/14/2018 9:29:34 PM
- Surrenders $46,000,000 of property and assets. - podrock - 9/15/2018 2:15:49 AM
- Just another brick in the wall. - ER - 9/14/2018 11:21:22 PM
  - The only wall Trump actually built.... - RL - 9/15/2018 12:17:39 AM

The party of fiscal responsibility... - RL - 9/15/2018 12:56:37 AM
- This is the plan... - ER - 9/15/2018 1:46:43 AM
- Speaking of fiscal responsibility- remember how Trump complains about the financial cost of the Mueller investigation? - RL - 9/15/2018 1:17:08 AM

Gee- why hasn't anyone thought of this solution before? - RL - 9/13/2018 7:39:25 PM
- Someone has. - ER - 9/14/2018 12:09:34 AM
  - "financialised capitalism" - Robert - 9/14/2018 1:37:02 AM
    - The etymology of credit. - ER - 9/14/2018 2:56:26 AM

There is a reason it is unsung.... - RL - 9/12/2018 12:39:54 AM
- No one's singing in PR. - ER - 9/12/2018 2:33:52 AM

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