Kangaroo Kourt Open Thread

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What are you seeing and hearing, what are you thinking?

I’ll be at work, so feel free to fill me in.

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  1. bamboozer says:
    September 27, 2018 at 9:32 am

    As expected more accusers are coming forth and the Republicans are looking for ways to demonize and discredit them, the problem being it will be seen for what it is: Yet another attack on women. Hard not to notice desperation is already in place as the scheme is revealed and the goal is slipping away. If Kavanaugh does wind up on the SC bench will it “discredit” the court? Not compared to their numerous horrible decisions. Will it finally and forever put to sleep the idea that the court is fair, impartial and non political? Most of us are already there, the main stream media excepted.

  2. RE Vanella says:
    September 27, 2018 at 9:42 am

    I’m in a group of five activists headed toward the Hart office building.

    Just phoned ahead to see where to link up with our people. Ask what the crowd was like so far. How many people?

    Response:

    “A lot.”

  3. jason330 says:
    September 27, 2018 at 11:01 am

    Any updates? I’m away from all media save DL

  4. RE Vanella says:
    September 27, 2018 at 11:12 am

    Left the Hart lobby to find a Senator’s office to occupy. Cruz’s was packed with activists so Capitol cops turned us away. Saw hero activist Ady Barkan.

    So we went to Russell to Coons’. They can’t eject us. We’re constituents!

    Had a quick chat & a handshake with Elizabeth Warren. She spoke to the larger crowd in the lobby.

    Entire place is saturated with thristy Capitol fuzz. They look parched. And heavily armed!

  5. RE Vanella says:
    September 27, 2018 at 12:41 pm

    Rally in Hart. Getting ready to march on the Capitol. Just sent a photo…

  6. RE Vanella says:
    September 27, 2018 at 12:51 pm

    Vote no on Kavanaugh.

    People are saying… Loads of people.

  7. Alby says:
    September 27, 2018 at 12:52 pm

    I’m not watching, just to save the wear and tear on the TV from thrown objects, but I’m stunned by what I’m seeing online. Republicans on Fox are calling this a disaster for Republicans, people out in public are tweeting that women everywhere were openly weeping during Christine Blasey Ford’s statement.

    So much winning.

    • mediawatch says:
      September 27, 2018 at 1:37 pm

      The hearing is not about winning.
      Winning means 11 votes on Friday, and 51 on Saturday or ASAP thereafter.

    • jason330 says:
      September 27, 2018 at 1:54 pm

      You know…I was just thinking that the majority of American’s didn’t vote for Trump. A more sensible person would tread lightly and try to build a consensus.

      • mediawatch says:
        September 27, 2018 at 2:07 pm

        I believe it was Alby who made a suggestion the other day that Trump’s best move would be to pull this nomination ASAP and replace with the female RWNJ. Regardless of her judicial principles, she would be far more likely to win confirmation, and with far less pain.
        Trump’s problem (well, one of his many problems) is that he doesn’t consider any outcome a “victory” unless it’s preceded by a brawl.

  8. RE Vanella says:
    September 27, 2018 at 1:03 pm

    Overflow. Had to march away from Capitol steps.

  9. RE Vanella says:
    September 27, 2018 at 1:15 pm

    First speaker. Capitol reflection pool. Kerri Evelyn Harris. I’d take a photo, but I can’t get close enough. Thousands

    Rousing remarks from Kerri. A call to action in the street! Inspirational.

    Where’s Carper? What’s his opinion?

  10. RE Vanella says:
    September 27, 2018 at 1:26 pm

    Off to the Supreme Court! Seems like the crowd is swelling. If I were a waging fella, I’d bet people will do civil disobedience at the Court. Maybe…

    Let’s see.

  11. Alby says:
    September 27, 2018 at 3:24 pm

    Josh Marshall:

    In substantive and societal terms this is a powerful, morally healing moment. In political terms, for the Majority it seems like nothing short of a catastrophe. What’s more it is something the Majority one hundred percent brought on themselves: first attacking Blasey Ford’s credibility, then trying to bluff her out of testifying, later trying to rush the vote and finally in thinking anything good would come of having their question time used as a hostile cross examination.

    It is hard to imagine how this could have gone any worse for Kavanaugh or the Majority.

    https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/blasey-fords-shining-moment-grassleys-catastrophe

  12. Alby says:
    September 27, 2018 at 3:32 pm

    Wow. Now Kavanaugh is compounding the error by playing the victim. It’s one thing to set yourself on fire, it’s another to think you’re just drying off by doing so.

  13. Alby says:
    September 27, 2018 at 3:42 pm

    Funny how good his memory is, too, for a guy who couldn’t remember shit about anything, ever, just a few days ago.

  14. jason330 says:
    September 27, 2018 at 3:49 pm

    A commenter said it. The biggest injustice in the world is when a white guy like Kavanaugh doesn’t get something he wanted. He feels it slipping away, so he’s gone full Clarence Thomas.

    • ben says:
      September 27, 2018 at 4:45 pm

      yo. 🙂

      Also, not that there was much doubt before, but now I am certain this guy is a violent, aggressive, and probably horny, drunk. He’s whining like a fucking child because people are finding out who he really is and arent celebrating it. fuck. this. shitstain.

  15. jason330 says:
    September 27, 2018 at 4:11 pm

    …and another thing. Brett is sad that his family had to learn all this shit about him.

    They could have read Judge’s memoir and learned it.

    • Alby says:
      September 27, 2018 at 5:21 pm

      They could have read his yearbook and learned it. Although I get the sense we haven’t seen his actual yearbook, which would have messages from his classmates in it, right? I didn’t save any calendars, but I still have my high school yearbook. All we’ve seen is a clean copy of his page.

  16. Alby says:
    September 27, 2018 at 5:24 pm

    Apparently Republicans have been watching Anita Hill hearing reruns, because they’re calling the same plays against Christine Blasey Ford:

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/christine-blasey-ford-anita-hill_us_5bad3520e4b0425e3c21bcc0

  17. RE Vanella says:
    September 27, 2018 at 5:26 pm

    “But a man could not ruin himself in a more decent cause.” —Voltaire
    .

  18. Tom Kline says:
    September 27, 2018 at 6:02 pm

    Dr Ford is a very sick person. I pity her.

  19. El Somnambulo says:
    September 27, 2018 at 6:40 pm

    We have seen the real Judge Kavanaugh this evening. Blatantly partisan and unable to control his anger. We’re not the first people to see him out of control.

    BTW, I predict the Rethugs vote him in. The Party is now nothing but a criminal conspiracy.

  20. Alby says:
    September 28, 2018 at 12:58 am

    They’re working very hard already to spin Kavanaugh’s testimony as powerful and convincing, rather than unhinged and revealing. Let’s see if the media falls for it.

    • El Somnambulo says:
      September 28, 2018 at 7:26 am

      Media isn’t falling for it. But that’s not who the message is tailored for.

      It’s designed to bring the wavering R’s home. They will.

      Rethugs rally around a rapist one again. Egged on by the Rapist-In-Chief.

  21. Dave says:
    September 28, 2018 at 8:42 am

    “We have seen the real Judge Kavanaugh this evening. Blatantly partisan and unable to control his anger. ”

    Even if the accusations were false, this is a disqualifier. We have a reasonable expectation that regardless of their personal politics, Supreme Court justices will always be above the fray. Their decisions, which affect millions, are final. Those decisions change lives. When a nominee fails to exhibit the gravitas that recognizes the weight of the approaching membership on the court of last resort, they must be excluded. And this is not just about his display yesterday. He has demonstrated that lack of gravitas throughout the hearings.

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