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They swear he's not joking. Sources who've spoken to the president about the Supreme Court say he tells them he thinks he'll have appointed four justices by the end of his first term. "It's all about the numbers for him," one source said. Asked how he comes to that jaw-dropping number, Trump mentions the obvious: he's already replaced Antonin Scalia with Neil Gorsuch, and there are rumors Anthony Kennedy will retire. "Ok," one source told Trump, "so that's two. Who are the others?" "Ginsburg," Trump replied. "What does she weigh? 60 pounds?" "Who's the fourth?" the source asked. "Sotomayor," Trump...

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh was targeted for demonization in a disgusting display of media malpractice this past week, as he was depicted in almost every disparaging way possible in coverage of uncorroborated sexual misconduct allegations against him. Comments in the media about the judge included: “MIGHT Be A Serial Rapist,” “drunk,” “aggressive,” “mean” and “probably guilty.” And Kavanaugh was compared to convicted sex offender Bill Cosby. Journalists didn’t just set the narrative, they marketed it, using similar phrasings to emphasize how the audience was supposed to think in negative terms about the conservative judge nominated by President Trump....

If you are from Houston you may remember in 1993, when 2 young girls, Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena, ages 14 & 16, were walking home one evening and were abducted, brutally raped and murdered by the members of a gang. The men were caught and tried, found guilty and all except 2 who were juveniles were sentenced to death. One of the men had lived here illegally most of his life. A few years later the United Nations World Court with 60 countries siding with them said Texas violated that man’s rights by not informing him of his right...

News Christine Blasey-Ford’s Yearbook Seems To Show High School Racism, Binge Drinking Cory Wayne September 20, 2018 Share ThisTweet This Christine Blasey, as was her name in High School, was known by classmates as “Chrissy.” She’s now famously known by Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford, the woman who has accused SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in 1980. Or 1982. That’s unclear. She claims it happened at a party house in Maryland. She can’t recall which house, though. And there was a witness who says it did not happen. Wait, what?But new revelations regarding Blasey-Ford’s old High School, Holton-Arms, may answer one of...

Chinese authorities have passed on a bill to pastor Jin Mingri after the government demolished his Zion Church in Beijing, one of the largest unofficial congregations in the communist country. The church was destroyed without any notice and officials sent Jin a bill for 1.2 million yuan, which equals around $170,000, The Guardian reported. “Before, as long as you didn’t meddle in politics, the government left you alone,” the pastor remarked. “But now, if you don’t push the communist party line, if you don’t display your love for the party, you are a target.” He added, “Of course we’re scared;...

Incidents like this are the reason Facebook was once called the “world’s most dangerous censor.” On Saturday, we received word from an administrator of the Facebook page “Warriors for Christ” that a post which simply said “Jesus” was yanked by the social media giant with a statement that it violated their nebulous community standards and “looks like spam.” This is the notification the administrator received: JesusRich Penkoski, the West Virginia-based pastor who heads up the online ministry, reached out to Facebook for an explanation. take our poll - story continues below Whom do you consider to be the most corrupt...

If it's accurate, Apple is making a boatload of money off of Google. Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs has estimated (via Business Insider, registration req’d) that Google will pay a whopping $9 billion to remain the default search engine for Apple’s Safari browser. The report also estimated that the number could grow by $3 billion to $12 billion over the next year. From $1 billion to $9 billion in four years. In 2014, court documents in Oracle’s copyright suit against Google, asserted that “Apple received $1 billion from its rival in 2014.” Wall Street firms had estimated the number at...

A jury in El Paso, Texas decided Friday that it is illegal for a member of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club to possess a weapon in the state. DT, a member of the BMC in El Paso, was arrested October 16th, 2017 on his way to work for Unlawful Carrying Of A Weapon. Although it was conceded by all sides that DT had no felony record and was not a convicted criminal, the prosecution argued, and the jury agreed, that merely being a member of the Bandidos was enough to consider an individual a gang member prohibited from exercising their 2nd...

“Misogyny is a feature of the Republican Party, not a bug. Trump isn’t an aberration. Kavanaugh isn’t an aberration. These are men who stand credibly accused of doing terrible things to women, put in positions of power so they can do terrible things to women.” Remember this is the same woman who told wives that their husbands voted against Hillary because they hate all women, including them. She also sung the praises of porn star Stormy Daniels, as an unlikely hero bringing about a “feminist turning point.”

One of the biggest disputes in the Brett Kavanaugh saga has not been over what questions should be asked about the alleged sexual misconduct of which he's been accused and which he strongly denies — but over who asks them. Specifically, Democrats and outside groups want the FBI to conduct an investigation into the accusations made by Christine Blasey Ford and others about the Supreme Court nominee's conduct from decades ago. That looked as though it wasn't going to happen until a dramatic Judiciary Committee meeting on Friday morning. After some offstage horse-trading, senators voted along party lines to move...

1. You stated that the memory of the incident, when you were 15, was triggered by a remodeling project at your house in 2012. But public records indicate the permit for that project were pulled in 2008. Can you explain the gap between 2008 and 2012? 2. You stated it was your claustrophobia that necessitated the need for a second door at the house. Records indicate this house was actually a second home, one which was rented out. Can you explain the need for a second door in a rental unit? 3. Your claustrophobia is additive, or possibly causative, to...

In the Thursday night premiere, titled “Fake News,” after years in retirement, Murphy (Candice Bergen) is so outraged by President Trump that she has accepted an offer to do her own morning show, Murphy In the Morning, and wants the old team around her. Plus a new potential secretary - Hillary Clinton makes a cameo. After gathering with Frank Fontane (Joe Regalbuto) and Corky Sherwood (Faith Ford) at a coffee shop after the Women’s March following the inauguration of President Trump, they all go to find Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud) to produce the show. I’ll note, too, that Murphy was...

I’m responding to David White’s letter: Well done! Delightful letter! I’m so glad to hear from a kindred spirit. In January 2015, I had one of my prophetic dreams: Donald Trump would be our next president. When I related it to my husband, he laughed and said, “Why would Donald Trump care about people like us?” Evidently he really did. On election night, after assuring my husband that Pennsylvania would go for Trump (I grew up in a small town north of Harrisburg so I knew my people), I went off to bed. Less than 15 minutes later, David came...

Hillary Clinton calls Donald Trump supporters a “bucket of deplorables” and “irredeemable”. I never quite envisioned what Hillary meant by that expression until the Brett Kavanaugh hearings. If redemption is unavailable regardless of a person’s lifetime accomplishments how does anyone qualify?

While CBS was conceding that Brett Kavanaugh will probably make it onto the Supreme Court, ABC’s Terry Moran on Thursday fumed about how “millions of women” will feel “annihilated” if the Judge is confirmed. He also warned Kavanaugh not to rule against abortion or the high Court will lose “legitimacy.”

During a 2:00 p.m. ET MSNBC Live panel discussion of Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, host Brian Williams appeared disquieted by Senator Lindsey Graham’s characterization of Ford as “a nice lady.” He threw the ball to Goldman for his reaction, and Goldman was more than happy to oblige. “I need to apologize for all men for what you just heard,” he pronounced grandiosely. “It is shameful the way that [Graham] disdainfully dismisses what she emotionally and emphatically just said.”

Once again, Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who claims Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while both were in high school, just contradicted herself while under oath before the Senate Judiciary Committee. First, she contradicted her own story about the number of individuals who attended the party where Kavanaugh assaulted her. (RELATED: Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Changes Story During Testimony.) That looks bad because it shows Ford’s memory isn’t exactly trustworthy. Now we’re learning more damning information about Ford. Prior to her testimony, the Senate Judiciary Committee asked to set up a date for Ford to testify. Ford gave the...

Bee on Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Woes With sexual misconduct accusations imperiling the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, various Republican lawmakers have pushed back hard. Some have suggested that they don’t want to let these allegations “destroy” or “ruin” his life. Samantha Bee rejected that argument on Wednesday. Expressing support for the accusers, Bee said she didn’t think being rejected from the nation’s highest court was the same as having one’s entire life destroyed. “No one’s life is ruined if they don’t get to be on the Supreme Court! Lots of people aren’t on the Supreme Court. Are you really...

Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault, gives evidence. •Confirmation hearing continues for Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh •Christine Blasey Ford, who says the appeals court judge tried to rape her when they were teenagers, is testifying •Mr Kavanaugh denies any wrongdoing....

A handful of cable pundits were less than thrilled to see highly political porn star lawyer Michael Avenatti injecting himself into the Judge Brett Kavanaugh controversy. Avenatti exploded onto the scene Wednesday morning, brandishing new unverified sexual allegations against Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh.