the “soros-funded protesters” thing should be understood as both an anti-semitic dogwhistle and an attack on the idea of legitimate opposition itself, a tactic imported from european far-right parties
Collins says she will vote yes on cloture, advancing the Kavanaugh nomination to a final vote, but will not disclose her position on ultimate confirmation until this afternoon.
hope people can stop promoting the false narrative that has been perpetuated about collins … she is who actions tell us she is, not her posturing and empty talk.
some days one wakes up and the feeling is that of trying to push a big boulder up a very steep mountain through a path filled with many obstacles …. yet we keep on pushing ……
If I were Collins and I wanted to avoid the spotlight, I’d certainly do everything in my power to avoid the spotlight. And calling attention to yourself when you don’t necessarily have to doesn’t make any sense. Not unless she’s planning to vote no on the final vote.
BREAKING: There are now 30 hours until a final vote on Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Don’t stop calling your senators and telling them to vote NO. Keep up the fight.
Of course Flake was going to vote for Kavanaugh, and anyone thinking that he was going to vote differently is and was delusional. Flake would rather appease the rotted and bloated soul of the Republican Party than stand for anything meaningful. He is a man without compass or conviction and Coons should known not to waste a nanosecond on tying to persuade this sorry pitiful man.
He’s not worried about his family, because if he did he’d high tail it back to his cushy job back on the federal bench. And what is going to be more devastating is when the dems take back one or both houses and his ass has to go back up to the hill and testify.
Murkowski calls this “the most difficult evaluation” she’s had to make. “He’s not the right man for the court at this time,” she said. “So I have taken my vote here this morning. I’m going to go back to my office and write a floor statement that is more fulsome.” –@jeremyherb
@Sen_JoeManchin@SenatorCollins@JeffFlake This is not a game of hide and seek. We all KNOW that a vote FOR Kavanaugh is a vote AGAINST Affordable healthcare Reproductive rights for women limits on presidential powers worker's rights equal rights for all common sense gun reform
What do -The Catholic Journal -The largest organization of Christian churches -Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens all have in common? They all think Kavanaugh should not be on the Supreme Court. None of them are Liberals. None of them are pro Roe v Wade.
Even the Fixers know there’s no need to equivocate: Absolutely we all understand what we are dealing with in Kavanaugh.
The GOP Fixers have covered up the gross sexual assault evidence. And they will do the same for Trump.
What is the Putin Big Oil Party hiding in plain sight? As if we didn’t know.
The Little Russia Party is desperate for a SAVIOR.
Even if they become the Teen Sexual Assault is OK Party and the Please Transparently Lie To Congress Party.
GUILTY. GUILTY. GUILTY. GUILTY. GUILTY.
GUILTY. GUILTY. GUILTY.
Exhibit 1: After Kavanaugh ally Manny Miranda stole 4,670 Democratic files on controversial Bush nominees, Kavanaugh testified, over and over, that he never received stolen materials or anything that appeared to be prepared by Dems or even anything “untoward.” That’s just FALSE.
Kavanaugh Op Ed where he basically says it's all our fault he's a raging dry drunk belligerent partisan liar… "I love you babe, but you made me hit you…" pic.twitter.com/Ph6ump9Hgv
They are shutting things down in downtown Chicago. The verdict is going to be read.
They have completely shut down 26th and California.
There were food trucks in the plaza. They sent them away.
I think they let him off.
He shot that child 16 times…
16 times…
This is our day to day reality, this is the first thing we face in the morning. Before we can get dressed in the morning to go to a protest, we have to face this type of shit.
In thirty minutes Collins will make her decision that will probably send a man that is wholly unfit to sit on the Supreme Court, to the Supreme Court…….
In fifteen minutes a jury in Chicago will read a verdict that will either send a policeman to jail for murdering an unarmed black child or either acquit him of murder……
Now in a perfect world, the policeman would be found guilty and Collins would vote no on Kavanaugh
Oh don’t worry I’ll get back to talking about Kavanaugh in a moment, but I just wanted to vent about another black child getting murdered by a policeman that had sworn to serve and protect that black child.
Children are everything to me and I would give my life to protect a child.
Pls may I say that seeing African Americans I feel grateful so grateful for the beauty. I smile and sometimes it is returned. Again another day and it is eventually returned. I see innocence. I see beauty. I see understanding. I see Me (not me). We can never exonerate white people. May we live to see change through our young people. w/thanks to our PBO for his work around the world.
I am going to say this again as I have said for the last few years: the media does an incredible disservice when they seek balance, instead of the truth. Having guests on to get balance, but who take us further from the truth, hurts our world.
@SenatorCollins said "nevertheless" and turned her back on Dr. Ford, as well as the women of Maine and America. She picked out lies and half-truths and put 'em in a one-sided, anti-woman bullshit speech from the 1950s.
Women and Men of America: Persist and Resist! #VoteDem2018
Vote her out find someone to run against her and start campaigning its time for a change to honest, trustworthy and caring representatives, those who vote for and look after the interests of their constituents and not the weasels who run their parties geez another mealy mouth republican, vote out that mess Susan
the first time I saw Susan Rice I saw President. I believe that’s why GOP went after her and made up all that Be..g..zi eyewash.
She’s extraordinarily qualified and a force to be reckoned with….yesss.
2020 had better be the last year Susan Collins represents Maine in the Senate.
Looking at you white women. Y'all need to gather your people and vote her out. Black women are tired of constantly having to save this ungrateful country.
This illegitimacy talk is going to get far more prevalent. People will start ignoring rulings. Trump has destroyed the #SupremeCourt. #Kavenaugh is the Mafia Don’s fixer. #SusanCollins was the smily-faced executioner of Women’s Rights to choose. https://t.co/NiIii9khyP
Many thanks for the encourgement. I’m not making any announcements. Like so many Americans, I am deeply disappointed in Senator Collins’ vote for Kavanaugh. Maine and America deserve better. https://t.co/6oGFTFuO1Q
31 DAYS TO THE END OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY! We must vote at 2016 presidential levels. Everyone must vote. The end of Our republic is one step closer. YOU MUST MARCH. VOICE YOUR PROTEST. STAND AND SAVE AMERICA!! #SaveDemocracy#KavanaughConfirmation RT!!!
Collins said about Kavanaugh that sexual assault allegations fail to meet the “more likely than not” standard. HUH?
Is she without eyes, ears and a brain? She is so lying. Why is she lying to protect a sexual predator? You know you can be raped at any age.
Collins has no vagina so easy for her to say.
GOP Vendetta Against Women = Check. Winner.
McConnell and Putin Penis Party grateful to Collins-Kavanaugh for promising to save their treasonous arses.
Courageous #JulieSwetnick & her corroborating witnesses are now empowered to teach them & the world the consequences of their act by filing criminal charges against #Kavanaugh in #MD.
the beltway myth that collins is a moderate or that ryan is a policy wonk => people keep revealing who they are and yet the punditry keeps giving them labels and credit that they do not deserve
I keep thinking of Maya Angelou: When someone shows you who they are, BELIEVE them. Collins and Flake have shown us time and again what they are. They posture, and talk a good game, get lots of media attention….they are going to earn the Profiles in Courage award….then always cave and vote with Trump. Why does ANYONE believe them? Kavanaugh showed us what he is…..BELIEVE him Susan! She is not exactly a brain trust.
#Manchin is somewhere between democrat and republican…when there are pivotal votes like this one you are never sure how he will vote….despite being a conservative how could he think that someone of Kavanaugh's character and demeanor merits a seat on the Supreme Court https://t.co/R8kVim3zsW
Dearest DF, hope your “I’m down” is about you taking a mighty power nap. And not our national/international iQ45/GOP PTSD. Let’s live to fight more days, full blown righteousness. Nothing less. 😘
Don’t say the system worked because Jason Van Dyke was convicted of murder for killing Laquan McDonald. The system tried to protect Van Dyke at every turn. https://t.co/XDi17Y2RWMpic.twitter.com/HRrMX25fhv
Not only that, where’s the outrage for the guy that shot seven cops and killed one? Where’s the outrage, where’s “Blue Lives Matter?” A guy tries to kill a half dozen cops and crickets!
Actually, I meant this “women know what hard work is” implication for Grassley, but I don’t ever wanna be in touch with Grassley.
Yeah. Almost like childbirth. You really need one good night's sleep after it. Then you wake up, and handle everything, sometimes 24/7. Then you keep doing that for at least 18 years. Sometimes for more than one child. We got this! Thanks for the reminder @CecileRichards !
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Good morning all!
Call till your fingers bleed. Just DO IT!!!
Meantime, sometimes people make me smile
Strange
$1.8 million awaits her challenger so far
Then Susan will do her part as a dutiful Republican sheeple
hope people can stop promoting the false narrative that has been perpetuated about collins … she is who actions tell us she is, not her posturing and empty talk.
some days one wakes up and the feeling is that of trying to push a big boulder up a very steep mountain through a path filled with many obstacles …. yet we keep on pushing ……
Because we want more. This is what we do. We’ll get there together:)
Collins says she’ll tell everyone today at 3pm how she’ll vote. PUSH HER!
If I were Collins and I wanted to avoid the spotlight, I’d certainly do everything in my power to avoid the spotlight. And calling attention to yourself when you don’t necessarily have to doesn’t make any sense. Not unless she’s planning to vote no on the final vote.
Kavanaugh has vowed revenge at the Confirmation hearings…i believe him
Oh please, one month from now kavanaugh will be hiring a criminal defense lawyer that specializes in defending perjury charges.
Of course Flake was going to vote for Kavanaugh, and anyone thinking that he was going to vote differently is and was delusional. Flake would rather appease the rotted and bloated soul of the Republican Party than stand for anything meaningful. He is a man without compass or conviction and Coons should known not to waste a nanosecond on tying to persuade this sorry pitiful man.
These old white men from another era are waaaaaay past their time. Time’s Up!
https://mobile.twitter.com/olgaNYC1211/status/1048217411277737985
This
https://mobile.twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/1048210092993142784
Well… they better make it snappy!!
https://mobile.twitter.com/NormEisen/status/1048226551572189184
heh. he’s on it.
Never give up
https://mobile.twitter.com/mkraju/status/1048228668424818688
BOOF!
Is that scum predator and serial liar OK about putting his family through what will happen if they rammed him on the SC?
Devil’s Triangle.
He’s not worried about his family, because if he did he’d high tail it back to his cushy job back on the federal bench. And what is going to be more devastating is when the dems take back one or both houses and his ass has to go back up to the hill and testify.
THIS x10000000000000. Schumer is WEAK SAUCE.
THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Flake is a YES. OF COURSE.
This gives Manchin cover.
Supreme Court Justices 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8:
How do you like a serial liar, a compulsive liar (never mind angry unrecovered boozer) for a colleague?
“limits on presidential power”.
Kavanaugh could mean the end of the Supreme Court. And a lifetime president that controls all 3 branches.
Good Afternoon TODville Village on a Chilly Cold Dully Friday.
TGIF, I mean wholeheartedly today.
There’s nothing about Manchin I like, but thought I’d #Persist:
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We are on our way to 41M Hits…..Good Lord Almighty.
Fantastic!
Even the Fixers know there’s no need to equivocate: Absolutely we all understand what we are dealing with in Kavanaugh.
The GOP Fixers have covered up the gross sexual assault evidence. And they will do the same for Trump.
What is the Putin Big Oil Party hiding in plain sight? As if we didn’t know.
The Little Russia Party is desperate for a SAVIOR.
Even if they become the Teen Sexual Assault is OK Party and the Please Transparently Lie To Congress Party.
GUILTY. GUILTY. GUILTY. GUILTY. GUILTY.
GUILTY. GUILTY. GUILTY.
This needs to go viral.
They are shutting things down in downtown Chicago. The verdict is going to be read.
They have completely shut down 26th and California.
There were food trucks in the plaza. They sent them away.
I think they let him off.
He shot that child 16 times…
16 times…
This is our day to day reality, this is the first thing we face in the morning. Before we can get dressed in the morning to go to a protest, we have to face this type of shit.
Our reality is different from other folks reality. Some of us don’t have the luxury to choose our outrage.
In thirty minutes Collins will make her decision that will probably send a man that is wholly unfit to sit on the Supreme Court, to the Supreme Court…….
In fifteen minutes a jury in Chicago will read a verdict that will either send a policeman to jail for murdering an unarmed black child or either acquit him of murder……
Now in a perfect world, the policeman would be found guilty and Collins would vote no on Kavanaugh
And every goddamn time one of these verdicts is read it takes a little more out of me, every fucking time, every fucking time.
You haven’t lived until you’ve had to talk to your child about how to act towards a police officer.
This shit is madding beyond comprehension.
Oh don’t worry I’ll get back to talking about Kavanaugh in a moment, but I just wanted to vent about another black child getting murdered by a policeman that had sworn to serve and protect that black child.
Children are everything to me and I would give my life to protect a child.
Pls may I say that seeing African Americans I feel grateful so grateful for the beauty. I smile and sometimes it is returned. Again another day and it is eventually returned. I see innocence. I see beauty. I see understanding. I see Me (not me). We can never exonerate white people. May we live to see change through our young people. w/thanks to our PBO for his work around the world.
SAY It LoUD!!
This is why ELECTIONS MATTER.
This case would have NEVER been brought if Anita Alvarez was still in office.
ELECTIONS MATTER.
GUILTY FOR EVERY SHOT.
GUILTY.
I just saw it, guilty on every shot!
Damn finally!
Senator Collins LOLOL!!!
Twitter is going to be hot tonight!
Annnnnnnd there you have it, Collins believes Dr. Ford, but she’s going to side with Kavanaugh anyway.
Vote Democrat November 6th.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG is she serious. Please let it be!!
I saw this…Ooooo weeee….
Donna, I would relocate to Maine & add a vote to make it so. 😄😂
Vote her out find someone to run against her and start campaigning its time for a change to honest, trustworthy and caring representatives, those who vote for and look after the interests of their constituents and not the weasels who run their parties geez another mealy mouth republican, vote out that mess Susan
Yeaaah, start campaigning Susan Rice
the first time I saw Susan Rice I saw President. I believe that’s why GOP went after her and made up all that Be..g..zi eyewash.
She’s extraordinarily qualified and a force to be reckoned with….yesss.
Some corporation must have made her a big offer. That or she is Putin’s next V-P.
omg t’is possible.
Wiki has already been updated – Ha!
“On 5 October, 2018, Rice announced on Twitter her desire to challenge incumbent United States Senator Susan Collins of Maine.”
Here’s my pre-naptual tweet … see ya later!
Susan Collins need to retire.
on Jupiter.
You’re too kind. Fucking Pluto
is it certain she won’t do the right thing on Saturday?
looks like it – she said the allegations – based on the heavily controlled Trump/Grassley/KOCH non-investigation – seem unlikely.
Brilliant as always, NW. 💞
Collins said about Kavanaugh that sexual assault allegations fail to meet the “more likely than not” standard. HUH?
Is she without eyes, ears and a brain? She is so lying. Why is she lying to protect a sexual predator? You know you can be raped at any age.
Is Susan Rice running against Susan Collins in 2020?
I am all set to donate to Susan Rice.
fingers and toes crossed!
Collins has no vagina so easy for her to say.
GOP Vendetta Against Women = Check. Winner.
McConnell and Putin Penis Party grateful to Collins-Kavanaugh for promising to save their treasonous arses.
I believe Dr Ford.
I believe kav’s testimony is the antithesis of what is called ‘judicial temperament’.
I
I am insanely angry. And grateful for Ms. Chips, Ms. Nerdy and all the TODers.
the beltway myth that collins is a moderate or that ryan is a policy wonk => people keep revealing who they are and yet the punditry keeps giving them labels and credit that they do not deserve
I keep thinking of Maya Angelou: When someone shows you who they are, BELIEVE them. Collins and Flake have shown us time and again what they are. They posture, and talk a good game, get lots of media attention….they are going to earn the Profiles in Courage award….then always cave and vote with Trump. Why does ANYONE believe them? Kavanaugh showed us what he is…..BELIEVE him Susan! She is not exactly a brain trust.
Collins and Flake is full of alot of Bull crap.
Manchin vacillates between two worlds never belonging to either.
Manchin must be a miserable SOB. He let Trump bully him in West Virginia.
I’m down
https://mobile.twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/1048346334116306944
Dearest DF, hope your “I’m down” is about you taking a mighty power nap. And not our national/international iQ45/GOP PTSD. Let’s live to fight more days, full blown righteousness. Nothing less. 😘
Not only that, where’s the outrage for the guy that shot seven cops and killed one? Where’s the outrage, where’s “Blue Lives Matter?” A guy tries to kill a half dozen cops and crickets!
Actually, I meant this “women know what hard work is” implication for Grassley, but I don’t ever wanna be in touch with Grassley.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2018/10/05/chat-away-996/