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September 21, 2018

Sen Whitehouse said on CNN that Dems can look into opening an investigation

about Kavanaugh and the lies he has told so far to the Senate Judic. Comm. He said that when Dems are eventually in control they will add this to their list of crimes to investigate. Of course that could be many years from now but they will NOT forget it he said. Rachel Maddow just mentioned this on her show too.

"Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) says that if Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed and "as soon as Democrats get gavels," they will "get to the bottom" of the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh."
Source: CNN
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/09/20/sen-sheldon-whitehouse-democrats-investigate-kavanaugh-lead-vpx.cnn

September 20, 2018

Dems are looking into filing charges against Kavanaugh

in Maryland since there is no statute of limitations there. Howard Fineman just said this on Hardball.

September 20, 2018

Dems are running a lot of anti Kavanaugh ads all over the country

even against GOP reps running in the midterms in local races and state races. They are trying to stir up the women voters especially. I am glad about this since all I have seen are ads on MSNBC that are of women saying how wonderful Kavanaugh is. I was almost ready to complain since I find it offensive but freedom of speech is what it is.

September 19, 2018

Is tRump going to stop supporting Kavanaugh?

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/9/18/1796799/-Ivanka-Advising-Daddy-To-Cut-Bait-On-Kavanaugh-Plus-Trump-Calls-Him-A-Bush-Guy

Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair:
Two sources told me the White House has heard rumors that Ford’s account will be verified by women who say she told it to them contemporaneously. People worry, without apparent evidence, of another Ronan Farrow bomb dropping. One source says Ivanka Trump has told her father to “cut bait” and drop Kavanaugh.

Another reason Trump hasn’t gone to the mat for Kavanaugh is that he’s said to be suspicious of Kavanaugh’s establishment pedigree. “‘He’s a Bush guy, why would I put myself out there defending him?’” Trump told people, according to a former White House official briefed on the conversations. Trump also has expressed frustration with White House counsel Don McGahn, who aggressively lobbied for him to choose Kavanaugh, a source said. “Trump wants this guy on the court, but Trump knows there are five other people he could put on the court if this falls apart,” a former official said.

Even before the Kavanaugh crisis, Trump has been worried about Republicans’ declining fortunes, and he’s been finding ways to shift the blame. Trump told a friend in the Oval Office last week that it would be Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan’s fault if Republicans lost the House and the Senate, according to a person familiar with the conversation. “This is the election about Ryan and McConnell—it’s about those guys,” Trump said. Trump referred to his 2020 campaign as “the real election.” “It’s pure Trump. He has to come up with a way he’s not responsible if Republicans lose,” a former West Wing staffer said.

MSNBC Wash Post reporter is saying that this is very possible from what he has seen and heard.
September 19, 2018

STOP KAVANUAGH: INDIVISIBLE has a plan

That everyone can participate in.

https://indivisible.actionkit.com/mailings/view/29648?t=11&akid=29648%2E232934%2EDxy1DB

1. KEEP CALLING. Thank you so much for doing the work to stop this nomination, but also keep calling! Use our toll-free number 1-844-778-3056 and we’ll connect you directly to one of your senators. Call back and we’ll connect you with your other senator!
2. Share widely. Have you seen our latest video? 👇👇👇Click to share it on Twitter and Facebook with your friends and more.

If you haven’t called yet --

3. What are you waiting for?! Go back to number 1 and make a call today. Not sure where your senators stand? Check out our SCOTUS tracker here.

Kavanaugh’s days as SCOTUS nominee are numbered, but only if we join together now and tell our senators Brett Kavanaugh has given us enough reasons to vote NO on his nomination.

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team
RESISTANCE WORKS! Please call, thanks!

September 18, 2018

We need a Women's March right now!

A big one in DC to show the old, white men that women are the majority and times are changing! Women have had enough! #ENOUGH




We have to keep calling to pressure the GOP senators both on the Judiciary Comm and the rest of them.

Here is contact info...RESISTANCE WORKS!
DC Senate Directory (202)224-3121
Judiciary Comm members' contact info
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members
4 "iffy" Dem and 4 "iffy" GOP contact info
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1011&pid=2543
September 17, 2018

Don Jr mocks Kavavaugh's victim in Instagram post.

See his classy, mature post for yourself.

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/9/17/1796375/-Donald-Trump-Jr-mocks-Kavanaugh-assault-allegations-in-disgusting-Instagram-post
"...Donald Trump Jr. does not know the difference between a child asking another child to be their "girlfriend" and a violent rape attempt is not at all surprising; he has a garbage father who bragged on tape about sexually assaulting women he came into casual contact with, and his whole family is most likely rotten to the core."

September 17, 2018

This is where the Senators stand on Kavanaugh.

Below is the list of Democrats (and one Republican) who want to delay the vote, the short list of senators who want more information, and the very long list of senators (mostly Republican) who have stayed silent.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/17/17870570/kavanaugh-vote-delay-senate-tracker

*So far, these revelations haven’t been enough for the Judiciary Committee to postpone its vote. In the wake of the allegations, senators have generally fallen into three camps:

Every Democratic member of the committee has called on the vote to be delayed.
A handful of Republicans, including some on the Judiciary Committee, have said they want to get more information before the Senate Judiciary vote. Some have said they want Ford and Kavanaugh to testify under oath — something both have said they are willing to do.
But most Republican members of the committee have stayed silent, neither calling for a delay nor expressing any desire for more information about sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh — a man who is being considered for a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land.

We have to keep calling to pressure the GOP senators
both on the Judiciary Comm and the rest of them. Here is contact info...RESISTANCE WORKS!
DC Senate Directory (202)224-3121
Judiciary Comm members' contact info
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members
4 "iffy" Dem and 4 "iffy" GOP contact info
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1011&pid=2543

September 17, 2018

MoveOn: Plan to fight Kavanaugh

I just got off of the National Call with MoveOn. This week they want everyone to tell their family, friends and co workers to call your senators to tell them Kavanaugh must not be confirmed and demand a delay and thorough investigation. Flake already did it, now we need the members on the Judiciary Comm . Here is their contact info.
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members

Even if you are from a blue state, continue to call daily!
DC Senate directory (202)224-3121

The "iffy" Dem and GOP senators are on this thread...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1011&pid=2543

*MoveOn is currently working on other activities, events, plans to Fight Kavanaugh. They will spread the word and inform citizens across the country of the details once they are finalized. Thanks for supporting RESISTANCE...please join us and make sure the majority of citizens in the US who do not want him on the SCOTUS are heard and our opinions matter and must be counted.

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I am 57, retired teacher and illustrator, life-long dem., activist, union member. Also I do not use social media and I'm technologically retarded. I love dogs, rock music and swearing (a lot). My 17 year old "puppy" died on June 2, 2020. She grew up listening to Animals (Pink Floyd). She has kept me sane through the tRump years, not easy, and has given me endless love, companionship, kisses and tail wags.
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