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Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy; it is democracy. Trump no. 94.

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TheClaws · 05/09/2018 00:41

Quote from Walter Cronkite.

Previous thread here:

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ohmymimi · 16/09/2018 16:48

southpaw
@nycsouthpaw
Ted Cruz: gross, desperate, and edging toward outright mail fraud.
Sean Owen
@seanrowen
Received this for my 88-year-old grandma. Says it's a summons from Travis County, but is actually asking for money for
@tedcruz . Did your campaign authorize this? Is this even legal? Shame on you. That's one more @BetoORourke voter.Image
mobile.twitter.com/sean_r_owen/status/1041182844234522624/photo/1
mobile.twitter.com/nycsouthpaw

cozietoesie · 16/09/2018 16:59

Strewth. There are plenty people who might knee jerk to that.

He's short of funds??

cozietoesie · 16/09/2018 17:06

I would never condemn anyone for the decision they made when faced with a storm. Some people make the wrong decision - so be it.

ohmymimi · 16/09/2018 17:32

'Trump has decided to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods in dramatic escalation of trade battle'
www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/business/2018/09/15/trump-plans-tariffs-billion-chinese-goods-dramatic-escalation-trade-battle/?__twitter_impression=true

ohmymimi · 16/09/2018 17:50

'Country pride: what I learned growing up in rural America'
In college, I began to understand the depth of the rift that is economic inequality.
I was raised on a farm in Kansas, where I’d slopped the hogs and helped harvest the wheat. What did it mean to be ‘country’?'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/06/country-pride-kansas-rural-america-sarah-smarsh

cozietoesie · 16/09/2018 17:52

Well Xi ate his chocolate cake and listened to his granddaughter sing a song in Chinese. He's clearly a soft touch. Wink

ohmymimi · 16/09/2018 18:23

Kathy Griffin
@kathygriffin
I urge you to read this compelling Facebook post about poverty and surviving a hurricane. A tweet can't do it justice and what i've included below is just a sample.
Read The Post Here: (link: bit.ly/2pcUQUq) bit.ly/2pcUQUq

cozietoesie · 16/09/2018 19:08

Well worth reading.

Gumpendorf · 16/09/2018 20:00

The WaPo article

www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/california-professor-writer-of-confidential-brett-kavanaugh-letter-speaks-out-about-her-allegation-of-sexual-assault/2018/09/16/46982194-b846-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html

Earlier this summer, Christine Blasey Ford wrote a confidential letter to a senior Democratic lawmaker alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago, when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. Since Wednesday, she has watched as that bare-bones version of her story became public without her name or her consent, drawing a blanket denial from Kavanaugh and roiling a nomination that just days ago seemed all but certain to succeed.

Now, Ford has decided that if her story is going to be told, she wants to be the one to tell it.

Speaking publicly for the first time, Ford said that one summer in the early 1980s, Kavanaugh and a friend — both “stumbling drunk,” Ford alleges — corralled her into a bedroom during a gathering of teenagers at a house in Montgomery County.

While his friend watched, she said, Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed on her back and groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it. When she tried to scream, she said, he put his hand over her mouth.

“I thought he might inadvertently kill me,” said Ford, now a 51-year-old research psychologist in northern California. “He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing.”

Ford said she was able to escape when Kavanaugh’s friend and classmate at Georgetown Preparatory School, Mark Judge, jumped on top of them, sending all three tumbling. She said she ran from the room, briefly locked herself in a bathroom and then fled the house.

Ford said she told no one of the incident in any detail until 2012, when she was in couples therapy with her husband. The therapist’s notes, portions of which were provided by Ford and reviewed by The Washington Post, do not mention Kavanaugh’s name but say she reported that she was attacked by students “from an elitist boys’ school” who went on to become “highly respected and high-ranking members of society in Washington.” The notes say four boys were involved, a discrepancy Ford says was an error on the therapist’s part. Ford said there were four boys at the party but only two in the room.

Notes from an individual therapy session the following year, when she was being treated for what she says have been long-term effects of the incident, show Ford described a “rape attempt” in her late teens.

In an interview, her husband, Russell Ford, said that in the 2012 sessions, she recounted being trapped in a room with two drunken boys, one of whom pinned her to a bed, molested her and prevented her from screaming. He said he recalled that his wife used Kavanaugh’s last name and voiced concern that Kavanaugh — then a federal judge — might one day be nominated to the Supreme Court.

On Sunday, the White House sent The Post a statement Kavanaugh issued last week, when the outlines of Ford’s account first became public: “I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. I did not do this back in high school or at any time.”

Through a White House spokesman, Kavanaugh declined to comment further on Ford’s allegation and did not respond to questions about whether he knew her during high school. The White House had no additional comment.

Reached by email Sunday, Judge declined to comment. In an interview Friday with The Weekly Standard, before Ford’s name was known, he denied that any such incident occurred. “It’s just absolutely nuts. I never saw Brett act that way,” Judge said. He told the New York Times that Kavanaugh was a “brilliant student” who loved sports and was not “into anything crazy or illegal.”

There is a lot more and I'm happy to post If the article is paywalled.

lionheart · 16/09/2018 20:12

Thanks Gum.

ohmymimi · 16/09/2018 20:21

Writer Of Confidential Brett Kavanaugh Letter Speaks Out | MSNBC
The Washington Post has reported Christine Blasey Ford is the woman who wrote the confidential letter making sexual allegations against supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Ford is a professor at Palo Alto University.

Gumpendorf · 16/09/2018 20:22

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-dont-know-kavanaugh-the-judge-but-kavanaugh-the-carpool-dad-is-one-great-guy/2018/07/10/a1866a2c-8446-11e8-9e80-403a221946a7_story.html

Kavanaugh as the carpool Dad. WaPo balance. Confused

Much has been written about Brett Kavanaugh as President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, but the discussion has focused on his record as a federal judge and in his legal career. I’d like to talk about him as Coach K. Like the one at Duke University, this Coach K also is a mentor to student-athletes who love basketball. But his players are sixth-grade girls.
Brett’s older daughter and mine have been classmates at Blessed Sacrament School, a small Catholic school in the District, for the past seven years. On evenings and weekends, you’re likely to find Brett at a local gym or athletic field, encouraging his players or watching games with his daughters and their friends. He coaches not one but two girls’ basketball teams. His positive attitude and calm demeanor make the game fun and allow each player to shine. The results have been good: This past season, he led the Blessed Sacrament School’s sixth-grade girls team to an undefeated season and a citywide championship in the local Catholic youth league. To the parents with players on the squad, it’s no surprise that the team photograph with the trophy is displayed prominently in his chambers.
Brett’s contribution to our school’s community extends beyond the sidelines. He and his wife, Ashley, support their two daughters and other children at countless school and church functions throughout the year. In the summer, Brett is the “carpool dad,” often shuttling students to and from practices, games and activities. And in a city where professional obligations can often take priority over personal ones, Brett is a steady presence at his daughters’ events, even if it means racing across town just to catch the last 15 minutes of a game or program.

Brett’s friendship and mentorship have touched my family in an especially personal way. A few years ago, my husband died. One of the many difficult aspects of that loss was that my daughter had no one to accompany her to the school’s annual father-daughter dance. That first year — and every year since my husband’s passing — Brett has stepped forward to take my daughter to the dance alongside his own.
I’ll leave it to others to gauge Judge Kavanaugh’s qualifications for the Supreme Court as a jurist. But as someone who would bring to his work the traits of personal kindness, leadership and willingness to help when called on, he would receive a unanimous verdict in his favor from those who know him.

Gumpendorf · 16/09/2018 20:24

A reminder...

But for 20,715 Alabamians, Roy Moore would be voting on Bret Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.

twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1041396446669533191

Gumpendorf · 16/09/2018 20:30

With Kavanaugh accuser stepping forward, here’s the statement of Senate Judiciary Chairman @ChuckGrassley (with links to testimonies about Kavanaugh) twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1041403725536014337/photo/1

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy; it is democracy. Trump no. 94.
Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy; it is democracy. Trump no. 94.
cozietoesie · 16/09/2018 20:41

Thanks, Gump.

PerkingFaintly · 16/09/2018 20:48

That Express piece on the Russian attempted hacks of the Henry Jackson Society is interesting. It describes the different aims of the attacks, and also explains why London is so important to the Russian

Here's the link again: www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1018137/Russia-news-vladimir-putin-news-latest-russia-hack-uk-think-tank

Their aim, HJS says, was to alter content on its website critical of Moscow and insert “fake news’ articles to break public confidence.

However, Russia also targeted the email account belonging Dr Andrew Foxall, director of its Russia and Eurasia Studies Centre, to gain intelligence of Russian dissident activity in London and links to intelligence agencies.

And a direct link: henryjacksonsociety.org

cozietoesie · 16/09/2018 20:51

Nike's Kaepernick gamble pays off ?

The Kaepernick gamble

lionheart · 16/09/2018 20:51

www.politico.com/story/2018/09/16/kavanaugh-allegation-anonymous-republicans-825855

'A lawyer close to the White House said the nomination will not be withdrawn.

“No way, not even a hint of it,” the lawyer said. “If anything, it’s the opposite. If somebody can be brought down by accusations like this, then you, me, every man certainly should be worried. We can all be accused of something.”'

ohmymimi · 16/09/2018 22:03

'Grim warnings for White House, Republicans ahead of election'
apnews.com/amp/63c4fccca46841bdad47257f9776c361?__twitter_impression=true

ohmymimi · 16/09/2018 22:07

If somebody can be brought down by accusations like this, then you, me, every man certainly should be worried. We can all be accused of something
Bloody hell, that is some defenceHmm

ohmymimi · 16/09/2018 22:20

Netanyahu urged to recall U.S. ambassador over scandal
www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/09/16/netanyahu-dermer-israel-ambassador-825863?__twitter_impression=true