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The Anger Is Real. Let’s Do Something With It.

Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I should be writing a fundraising column right now, making the case to support Mother Jones‘ journalism at a time of truth decay. But I can’t. Like far too many women, and not a few men, I have a head full of flashbacks—Christine Blasey Ford saying…

Matt Damon Played Brett Kavanaugh Like an Angry, Entitled, Drunk Frat Boy. And the Internet Ate It Up.

Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last night, Saturday Night Live‘s season premiere recreated this week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The skit featured a floating Alyssa Milano cutout; a red-faced, sniffing, raging, water-swilling Matt Damon as Kavanaugh; Kate McKinnon spoofing the fury-filled, finger-pointing Sen. Lindsey…

Sen. Lindsey Graham Spent Another Morning Defending Kavanaugh

Win McNamee/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since allegations of sexual assault have surfaced against Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C) has emerged as one of his most impassioned defenders. He continued this work today during an appearance on ABC’s This…

“We Fell In Love!”: Trump Describes His Relationship with North Korean Dictator

Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday night, President Donald Trump was back doing one of his favorite things: holding forth during a giant campaign rally. Speaking to thousands of cheering supporters at the Wesbanco arena in Wheeling, West Virginia, Trump sought to get out the vote for Republican Senate nominee…