Detainee Jawareesh Suspends His Hunger Strike
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-04
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Thursday, that detainee Salah Jawareesh, 23, has suspended his hunger strike after reaching an agreement and a court ruling, stating that his current Administrative Detention orders will not be renewed. The PPS said Jawareesh went on hunger strike for eight days, protesting the …
'No hint of misconduct' in confidential FBI report on Kavanaugh – GOP Senate Judiciary chair
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-04
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has told NBC News that there is "no hint of misconduct" in the confidential FBI report on sexual-assault claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
rt.com/usa/440323-kavanaugh-fbi-report-senate/
Why Brett Kavanaugh's High School Friends Try to Protect His Reputation — and Theirs
Peter Maass | theintercept.com | 2018-10-04
Brett Kavanaugh's portrayal of his high school years as innocent depends on confirmation — or silence — from a handful of men in a position to know. | The post Why Brett Kavanaugh's High School Friends Try to Protect His Reputation — and Theirs appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/10/04/brett-kavanaugh-high-school-friends-loyalty/
Corporate Front Groups Lobby to Confirm Brett Kavanaugh. On the Supreme Court, He Could Give Them Vastly Expanded Power
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2018-10-04
Brett Kavanaugh has a uniquely pro-business record. No wonder corporate lobbyists are spending $15 million on ads to get him on the Supreme Court. | The post Corporate Front Groups Lobby to Confirm Brett Kavanaugh. On the Supreme Court, He Could Give Them Vastly Expanded Power. appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/10/04/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-confirmation-corporate-regulations/
The Boys in the Bubble
Jason W. Biehl | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-04
I grew up with people like Brett Kavanaugh. Elite DC all-boys private schools, whether Georgetown Prep or Saint Albans (where I attended from 1985-1994), have much in common. While I took pride in attending, "STA" as a kid, 24 years later, I view things (myself, race, gender) through a different lens. If you teach 10 year-olds that they are "the best and the brightest," there's a danger they'll forever believe it.
counterpunch.org/2018/10/04/the-boys-in-the-bubble/
We Should Be Grateful to Activists Confronting Politicians Directly
Joshua Holland | thenation.com | 2018-10-04
We Should Be Grateful to Activists Confronting Politicians Directly…
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Benjamin Netanyahu Is No Friend to America
Scott Ritter | truthdig.com | 2018-10-04
The Israeli prime minister has the blood of thousands of U.S. soldiers on his hands, and he's beating the war drum anew. | The post Benjamin Netanyahu Is No Friend to America appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
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Kavanaugh's Defenders in Congress Don't Care About Process
Patricia J. Williams | thenation.com | 2018-10-04
Kavanaugh's Defenders in Congress Don't Care About Process…
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Democrat House staffer arrested for doxxing 3 Republican senators during Kavanaugh hearing
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-04
A Democrat congressional staffer has been arrested and charged with publishing the personal information of three GOP senators. The arrest vindicates Rep. Maxine Waters, but may be bad news for her colleague Sheila Jackson Lee.
rt.com/usa/440266-democrat-staffer-doxxed-republicans/
'A Complete Coverup': Democratic Senator Argues the FBI Embarrassed Itself in the Brett Kavanaugh Investigation
Cody Fenwick, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-04
"A complete embarrassment on the reputation of the FBI. " | Republicans are rushing to vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this week after an FBI investigation into the sexual assault claims against him reportedly turned up few if any additional reasons to believe the allegations. But Democrats quickly protested this rush to judgment, arguing that the FBI investigation was hardly sufficient to get to the truth of the matter. In f. . .
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"They Count on You Not Knowing:" Socialists Blow the Whistle on Democratic Party Donor Class
Steve Early | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-04
Wealthy Bay Area investor David Crane is a leading promoter of the neo-liberal agenda within the California Democratic Party. A former advisor to Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Crane is a widely-published critic of state and local tax initiatives, publicly-funded health care, public education, public employees and their pensions. He raises lots of money for "courageous"
counterpunch.org/2018/10/04/they-count-on-you-not-knowing-socialists-blow-the-whistle-on-democratic-party-donor-class/
Warnings Of More 'War And Unilateral Aggression' As Pompeo And Bolton Launch Joint Attack On Global Cooperation
Jessica Corbett | iranian.com | 2018-10-04
After ditching a treaty with Iran to rebuff an ICJ sanctions ruling, Bolton announces review of international agreements to prevent future court decisions. Amid mounting concerns about possible war with Iran after the Trump administration ditched a decades-old bilateral treaty in response to an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on Wednesday that U.S. sanctions violate it, National Security […] | The post Warnings Of More 'War And Unilateral Aggression' As Pompeo And Bolton Launch Joint Attack On Global Cooperation appear…
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North Carolina Republicans Use Fake Photograph to Imply Christine Blasey Ford Was Too Ugly to Rape
Sarah Burris, Raw Story | alternet.org | 2018-10-04
The photo in question is not of Dr. Ford. | The North Carolina Republican Party followed President Donald Trump's lead in attacking Dr. Christine Blasey Ford for coming forward about an alleged sexual assault. The News and Observer reported Thursday that Lanny Lancaster, Cabarrus County GOP chairman, shared a photo he said was Dr. Ford, posted by another account named. . .
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Sen. Menendez Denounces Kavanaugh FBI Probe as a 'Bullsh*t' Investigation
Cody Fenwick, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-04
The Democratic senator didn't hold back. | After reading the FBI's report on its background investigation into the sexual assault and misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) fiercely denounced the bureau's work. Republicans touted the report as further showing that there was little to back up the claims against Kavanaugh — without mentioning, of course, the fact that the mul. . .
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FBI Director Chris Wray Documented Kavanaugh Investigation 'Behind the Scenes' to Maybe Make It 'Public One Day': Report
Alex Henderson, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-04
We could one day read the efforts taken by the FBI to corroborate Christine Blasey Ford's testimony. | The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially concluded its limited investigation of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's sexual abuse allegations against President Donald Trump's second Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett. . .
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Kavanaugh's Testimony
Calvin Trillin | thenation.com | 2018-10-04
Kavanaugh's Testimony…
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FBI's Kavanaugh Probe Denounced as "Sham" as Witnesses Go Ignored
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-10-04
With the report summarizing the FBI's less-than-a-week-long probe into sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh now in the hands of the Senate Judiciary Committee, his accusers as well as witnesses to the events–not to mention outraged lawmakers and public citizens — are speaking out forcefully Thursday morning to decry the entire process as a "sham" and a "charade" in which those with the most to offer investigators were clearly ignored and the constraints set by the White House more obvious than ever. | Calling into question the entire probe, lawyers for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford issued a…
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What Climate Change Activists Can Learn From Public Health Campaigns
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-10-04
Tackling climate change is urgent. Can we act in time? Yes, one argument runs. What we are doing in protecting public health shows how. | The post What Climate Change Activists Can Learn From Public Health Campaigns appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
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With Little Left to Lose, Gaza's Great Return March Protesters Ramp Up Their Resistance
Joe Catron | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-04
"The economic and social situation in Gaza has been declining for over a decade but has deteriorated exponentially in recent months and has reached a critical point." — Marina Wes, World Bank Country Director for Gaza and the West Bank | The post With Little Left to Lose, Gaza's Great Return March Protesters Ramp Up Their Resistance appeared first on MintPress News.
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The Mark Judge We Knew
The Progressive Magazine | progressive.org | 2018-10-04
Writing for us back in the 1980s, Judge, now a key figure in the Kavanaugh drama, displayed a concern for social justice, and a progressive vision for the world.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-mark-judge-we-knew-181004/
Citing Trump's Racism, a Federal Judge Restores Protections for Immigrants Fleeing Wars and Disasters
Leighton Akio Woodhouse | theintercept.com | 2018-10-04
A federal court has suspended the Trump administration's termination of temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of refugees. | The post Citing Trump's Racism, a Federal Judge Restores Protections for Immigrants Fleeing Wars and Disasters appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/10/04/judge-restores-temporary-protected-status-trump-racism/
Fox News Legal Analyst Warns FBI Should Interview Ford or Risk Looking 'Like a Political Institution — Yet Again'
Brad Reed, Raw Story | alternet.org | 2018-10-04
"People that don't want Judge Kavanaugh confirmed . . . now have more ammunition. " | Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano on Thursday said that he thought the FBI made a big mistake when it didn't bother interviewing either Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh or accuser Christine Blasey Ford as part of its background investigation. Speaking with "Fox & Friends," Napolitano said he was "disappointed" that the FBI didn't talk with either of the two people who are the. . .
alternet.org/fox-news-legal-analyst-warns-fbi-should-interview-ford-or-risk-looking-political-institution-yet
'Why don't we dunk him & see if he floats?' Sen. Graham rebuffs Kavanaugh protester
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-04
Accosted by a protester demanding that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh take a lie detector test, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) quipped that maybe Kavanaugh should be subjected to a witch hunt test instead.
rt.com/usa/440353-graham-protester-dunk-kavananaugh/
Mountain View Residents Protest: "Kavanaugh Lied!"
Progressive | indybay.org | 2018-10-04
Americans protested Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination across the country in over 200 locations on October 3rd. At a busy intersection in Mountain View, California, even a man with a Make America Great Again helmet said, "Kavanaugh probably did it".
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GOP Senator Drops Bombshell on Kavanaugh Nomination
Matthew Rozsa, Salon | alternet.org | 2018-10-04
Sen. Ben Sasse has some prescient word for the president. | Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb. ) could have further complicated Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation prospects when he publicly suggested he would have preferred a woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court in his stead. "Although I've said many complimentary things about Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his distinguished record . . . I will say that I urged the president back in June and early July to make a differ. . .
alternet.org/gop-senator-drops-bombshell-kavanaugh-nomination
Beer Warning Alert
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2018-10-04
If Donald Trump can issue a "Presidential Alert" to everyone's cell phone, it's only fitting to issue a Beer Warning Alert as well.
progressive.org/dispatches/beer-warning-alert-181004/
San Mateo Says: No No No Kavanaugh
Defeat Trump's Nominee | indybay.org | 2018-10-04
The beautiful mosaics that cover the face of the building on the corner of El Camino and 3rd Avenue in San Mateo provide backdrop to the photos of Bijan Mottahedeh who contributed the pictures for this article. Shown here is the vigil of October 3, 2018 to protest the nomination of sexual abuser Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and to support survivors of sexual abuse.
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Retired Supreme Court Justice Says Kavanaugh's Behavior at the Senate Hearing Disqualifies Him: 'Senators Should Pay Attention to This'
Elizabeth Preza, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-04
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens made the comment at a small gathering in Boca Raton, FL. | John Paul Stevens, a retired United States Supreme Court justice who was appointed by former President Gerald Ford, on Thursday issued a stunning statement about Brett Kavanaugh's temperament, telling "a small crowd in Boca Raton that Judge Brett Kavanaugh's performance at confirmation hearings should disqualify him," the Palm Beach Post's Lulu Ramadan reports. | "T. . .
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Who Gets to See the Kavanaugh FBI Report?
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-10-04
All 100 senators will be able to read the FBI's new report on sexual misconduct allegations against the Supreme Court nominee. But it's unclear if the public will see it. | The post Who Gets to See the Kavanaugh FBI Report? appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/who-gets-to-see-the-kavanaugh-fbi-report/
Kavanaugh Is a Threat to All of Us. We're Walking Out in Protest
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-10-04
The International Women's Strike (IWS) organization is calling for a National Walkout from all work, waged and unwaged, today, October 4, at 4: 00 pm to protest the potential appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Several national organizations, including the Democratic Socialists of America and the National Lawyers Guild, have joined with us to organize against this threat. | The overwhelming response to the call has made all of us — and especially those of us who are survivors of sexual assault — feel validated and hopeful. Today people…
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'Absolutely nothing' to prove claims against Kavanaugh, confirmation to proceed — Senate GOP
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-04
Senate Republican leadership announced that an FBI probe into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has found no evidence to support sexual assault allegations against the judge, and said that a vote will be held on Saturday.
rt.com/usa/440355-kavanaugh-senate-press-conference/
Cancel Kavanaugh Art Build, Medic and Security Training
east bay dsa | indybay.org | 2018-10-04
Omni Commons | 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland, California 94609…
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Critics Blast FBI's Kavanaugh Investigation as Utter Farce
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-10-04
Less than a week into the probe, it's become increasingly clear the White House is determined to protect the Trump nominee at all costs. | The post Critics Blast FBI's Kavanaugh Investigation as Utter Farce appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
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Cancel Kavanaugh Walkout against Patriarchy
amp | indybay.org | 2018-10-04
San Francisco Civic Center…
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Beer Warning Alert (Video)
Mark Fiore | truthdig.com | 2018-10-04
If Donald Trump can issue a "Presidential Alert" to everyone's cell phone, it's only fitting to issue a Beer Warning Alert as well. | The post Beer Warning Alert (Video) appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/videos/beer-warning-alert-video/
The US Missed an Opportunity to Address Inequality During the Great Recession
Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2018-10-04
Janine Jackson: When Donald Trump awarded himself top marks for his administration's disaster response in Puerto Rico, media had little trouble looking askance, contrasting Trump's assessment with empirical data and presenting him as, at least potentially, an unreliable narrator. | That critical posture is not much in evidence, though, as Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner and Henry Paulson offer their assessment of the country's financial cri…
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Despite sham FBI report and protests, Senate rushes to confirm Kavanaugh
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2018-10-04
WASHINGTON—Amid competing political claims about the contents of a secret FBI report, and mass protests against federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh's elevation to the Supreme Court, the U.S. Senate will take the first key vote on October 5 on GOP President Donald Trump's nomination of the r…
peoplesworld.org/article/despite-sham-fbi-report-and-protests-senate-rushes-to-confirm-kavanaugh/
Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Accusation is Not a 'He Said, She Said' Case
Shared by Marc Steiner | therealnews.com | 2018-10-04
Current Affairs editor Nathan Robinson takes apart Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court hearing testimony. While the media present this as a "he said, she said" case, Robinson argues that Kavanaugh's testimony is self-incriminating because of his lies…
therealnews.com/stories/kavanaugh-sexual-assault-accusation-is-not-a-he-said-she-said-case
Pastors Who Tried to Ban Books in a Banned Book Display Didn't Fare Well
Abby Zimet, Common Dreams | alternet.org | 2018-10-04
Marking last week's annual American Library Association Banned Books Week, a public library in Maine set out a display of the usual sinful suspects | Having gotten sidetracked by the sordid saga of Kavanaugh, belated but still gratifying news of a modest victory in grim times: Marking last week's annual American Library Association Banned Books Week, the public library in Rumford, Maine, a s. . .
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Kavanaugh, Continued
Shared by Jared | truthout.org | 2018-10-04
So many perfectly natural explanations from so many loud men. | The post Kavanaugh, Continued appeared first on Truthout.
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Trump White House Claims Kavanaugh FBI Report Shows 'No Sexual Misconduct'
Mark Sumner, Daily Kos | alternet.org | 2018-10-04
Reports indicate that the total number of people interviewed was six. | Senators won't get a look at the tightly constrained FBI report until Thursday, but the Wall Street Journal reports that Trump has already given Brett Kavanaugh the all clear. The White House has found no corroboration of t. . .
alternet.org/trump-white-house-claims-kavanaugh-fbi-report-shows-no-sexual-misconduct
Mass graves in Mannar point to further war crimes in Sri Lanka
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-04
The skeletal remains of 136 individuals were unearthed in northern Sri Lanka after 74 days of excavation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/04/crim-o04.html
Brett Kavanaugh: Here's Why the Poster Boy For Toxic Male Privilege Just Doesn't Get It
Lucian K. Truscott IV, Salon | alternet.org | 2018-10-04
Women and people of color are gaining on them, and they are scared to death | To understand the panic that white men in the Republican Party are in these days, it's useful to go back to April of 2016, when Trump was still running for the nomination. He held a rally at the Grumman Studios, located in what used to be the Grumman Aircraft factory in Bethpage, a community adjacent to Levittown, Long Island in suburban Nassau C. . .
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Fox News 'Judge' Goes on Unhinged Rant Against Christine Blasey Ford: 'That Was a Fraud!'
Joseph Neese, Salon | alternet.org | 2018-10-04
"I know. I did this for 30 years," Pirro said. | Jeanine Pirro, the Fox News judge whose admiration for Donald Trump knows no bounds, defended the president's attacks of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford by asserting that "every woman in America who has been a victim of sexual assault remembers more" than the accuser of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. "I know. I did this for 30 years," Pirro said while co-hosting "The Five" on Wednesday. "I've prosecut. . .
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These Senators Need to Be Told: Do Not Vote for Kavanaugh
Start Making Sense, Jon Wiener | thenation.com | 2018-10-04
Joan Walsh on the confirmation hearings, D.D. Guttenplan on a new radical majority, and Michelle Chen on the Fight for $15. | The post These Senators Need to Be Told: Do Not Vote for Kavanaugh…
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What's the Big Deal, Kavanaugh?
Ed Meek | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-04
Anyone with any degree of objectivity who watched and listened to Brett Kavanaugh knows he was lying. He lied about the drinking age when he was in high school. He lied about not drinking during the week. He lied about how he could remember everything that happened to him. He lied about blackouts. He lied…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/04/whats-the-big-deal-kavanaugh/
Brett Kavanaugh Also Lied About His Rulings on the Environment
Sharon Lerner | theintercept.com | 2018-10-04
Brett Kavanaugh has made any number of claims that defy belief: that spicy food, and not drinking, caused him to vomit in high school, for instance; or that he called himself a " Renate Alumnius" in his high school yearbook as a tribute to the girl in question, and not as a boast that he'd had sex with her. While such questionable statements set off the b.s. detectors of pretty much anyone who has attended high school, they are hard to…
theintercept.com/2018/10/04/brett-kavanaugh-environmental-rulings/
Five Reasons Why the GOP Is Rushing to Confirm Kavanaugh
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-10-04
After Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, Trump and the GOP leadership mounted a full-court press to ram through his confirmation before October 1, the first day of the Court's new term. | Why the rush? | In part they want Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court before the November 6 midterm elections. If the Democrats achieve a majority in the Senate, there may not be sufficient votes to confirm him. | But the hurry to get Kavanaugh confirmed has more to do with the cases on the Supreme Court's docket: Republicans are hoping to ensure the outcome of several hot-button cases, including those invo…
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Socialist Analysis & Discussion "Kavanaugh & Legacy of Women's Oppression"
PFSL | indybay.org | 2018-10-04
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Stand with Survivors -Rally to Stop Kavanaugh
FNCF | indybay.org | 2018-10-04
corner of El Camino and Embarcadero, Palo Alto | 855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301…
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