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Judge Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied Every Time He Has Testified Under Oath
Ex-Senate aide Lisa Graves discusses more.
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How Society Embraces Male Denials, From Clarence Thomas to Brett Kavanaugh
Kimberlé Crenshaw, the professor of law who assisted Anita Hill’s legal team, discusses more.
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The Iran Sanctions: Donald Trump’s Carbon Tax
By imposing sanctions on Iran, Trump has inadvertantly created a carbon tax.
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Trump Accused of Rigging FBI’s Kavanaugh Probe by Imposing “Outrageous” Limits
The move has been denounced as a flagrant attempt to further rig the process in Kavanaugh's favor.
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Grassroots Effort to “Defeat Brett Kavanaugh Once and for All” Intensifies
Progressive opponents of the right-wing judge moved to take advantage of the “new opportunity for pressure.”
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Electing Democrats Without Confronting Neoliberalism Will Not Be Enough
“Both parties take neoliberalism for granted, and that has severely limited what can be done at the ballot box.”
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The Proper Response to Trump’s UN Speech Isn’t Laughter, It’s Terror
The US is effectively behaving like a mob boss within the UN, promoting brute force over diplomacy.
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Blasey Ford Is “100 Percent Positive” Brett Kavanaugh Attempted to Rape Her
Excerpts from Thursday's Senate Committee hearing.
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Blasey Ford, White Male Privilege and the Reckoning to Come
With Kavanaugh, the GOP is trying to save the patriarchy.
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Aggressive Kavanaugh Portrays Himself as Victim
Abandoning all pretense of civility, he demonstrated a disturbing judicial temperament.