Rachel Mitchell’s Former Colleague Slams Her Kavanaugh Memo as “Absolutely Disingenuous”
Rachel Mitchell questions to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford before the Senate Judiciary Committee.Michael Reynolds/Pool/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A former colleague of Rachel Mitchell, the sex crimes prosecutor hired by Senate Republicans to question Christine Blasey Ford, blasted Mitchell for writing a memo casting doubt on Ford’s allegations against Supreme Court…
Bud Light and the Labour Party: For the Many, Not the Few
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The White House Has Placed All Sorts of Limits on the FBI in New Kavanaugh Probe
Saul Loeb/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday morning, two women confronted Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in a Senate elevator and told him about their sexual assaults. Hours later, in a dramatic eleventh-hour move, Flake held up the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to advance Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the Senate…
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…