Tag: sexual assault
Anita, Christine, and Me
For those of us still struggling to move forward, the memory of the hearings, and all it represented, will be seared, as Dr. Ford might have put it, into the hippocampus, never to fade.
Demanding Kavanaugh impeachment, law students launch nationwide strike against illegitimate justice
"We cannot accept a system that empowers a man who repeatedly lied under oath and a judiciary review process that only performs a sham of an investigation into his misconduct."
Where does #MeToo go from here? Women are ‘on fire’ with...
“I hope that it is deep enough that it is forming a strong, cohesive movement among people that will resonate through this country and change the culture.”
Violence Against Women Act at risk of lapsing
“Republicans’ decision to include only a short-term VAWA re-authorization in the must-pass minibus spending bill is nothing short of an abdication of our responsibilities to women in our country."
Progressive Briefing for Friday, October 5
Over 300 arrested at Senate offices during #CancelKavanaugh sit in, who talked to the FBI in the Kavanaugh investigation, Virgin Atlantic flies first commercial plane on recycled waste carbon gas and more.
Former FBI special agent: Restricted Kavanaugh probe is not a ‘real,...
John Mindermann on MSNBC: Republicans' restrictions on FBI probe eliminated "a vast majority of people who could have provided corroborating evidence, corroborating information."
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, October 3
D.C. Democrats vote to overturn tipped wage increase approved by voters, Bernie Sanders issues a statement on Amazon's minimum wage increase, Trump makes fun of Kavanaugh accuser and more.
ACLU formally opposes Kavanaugh, citing credible sexual assault allegations & partisan...
“As a nonpartisan organization, the ACLU does not oppose Judge Kavanaugh based on predictions about how he would vote as a Justice. We oppose him in light of the credible allegations of sexual assault against him.”
Meet one of the sexual assault survivors who confronted Jeff Flake...
The women held open the elevator door, telling Flake, through their tears, that he was dismissing their pain.
Will the FBI’s Kavanaugh probe be a White House coverup?
The question is whether this sham investigation will satisfy at least two of these Senators, and give them political cover they will need to vote to confirm, or whether they will demand a full and thorough FBI investigation instead of a cover-up.
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Bernie groups break free of Dems: New party rising?
The beauty of the foregoing strategy is that it seeks a viable new party through a graduated series of accomplishable, grassroots-based electoral successes.
‘History will not judge this kindly’: DNC Platform Committee votes down Medicare for All...
"The fact that our nation is the only advanced industrial country without universal healthcare cannot be blamed on Republican obstruction alone. It was also caused by Democratic leaders who've spent decades catering to corporate interests."
Trump’s threat to negate election results automatically disqualifies him
Trump the ignorant disruptive seems oblivious to what negating elections from willful blindness means.
We’re staring into the face of America’s worst political crisis since the civil war
Trump doesn’t give a damn about COVID-19. Or about the death rate. Or the millions of people who have lost their jobs or homes or health insurance.
FAQs for anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers
The following is satire that is, however, based on actual anti-masker and anti-vaxxer arguments and memes.