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Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh arrives with Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley for the second day of his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2018. What in the world is wrong with self-identified Republicans in the United States.
Matt Damon was an absolutely perfect choice to play drunk, arrogant, frat boy Brett Kavanaugh in Saturday Night Live's premiere cold open. Not only did he bring a calendar, but he pounded water like he had just returned from a month in the desert; snorted and huffed and flipped papers on the table like he was a human paper shredder.
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. (Photo: "I am here today not because I want to be.
Steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the Trump administration has cost Ford Motor Co (F.N) about $1 billion, its chief executive officer said on Wednesday.
It's a diplomatic spat no one saw coming, but tensions have over the past few weeks been escalating between China and Sweden. It all started earlier in September when Chinese tourists were removed from a hotel by Swedish police, a move which was heavily condemned by the Chinese government.
A third woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct will come forward in the next 48 hours, according to Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for adult film star and alleged President Donald Trump mistress Stormy Daniels.
A Ford Thunderbird once owned by Marilyn Monroe is expected to fetch up to $500,000 when it comes under the hammer in November. The black soft-top with whitewall tyres was bought on December 20, 1955, by the star's company, Marilyn Monroe Productions.
Today, Center for Food Safety, representing a coalition of fishing and public interest groups, won their lawsuit challenging the Department of Commerce's new federal rules that would have permitted, for the first time, industrial aquaculture offshore in U.S. federal waters. "This is a landmark victory for protecting our oceans, for fishing communities and conservationists," said George Kimbrell, CFS Legal Director and lead counsel in the case.
Responding to President Donald Trump's remarks at the United Nations General Assembly, Margaret Huang, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, stated: "President Trump continues to attack human rights not only within his own country, but also within the UN system built specifically to protect and promote human rights. "The US should be building up, not tearing down, international mechanisms that hold governments accountable for their abuses.
"It is clear that Trump and Senate Republicans are not at all interested in learning the truth about Brett Kavanaugh's history of abusing women, but rather want to push forward his nomination and will do so at all costs, including vile and disgusting smear attacks against the brave women who have come forward to share their stories - like Deborah Ramirez and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. "Despite desperate attempts by Donald Trump and Republicans in the Senate to make it so, Brett Kavanaugh is not the victim here: Deborah Ramirez and Christine Blasey Ford are.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of the Inspector General released a report today finding that the agency's practice of routinely granting "emergency" approval for use of pesticides across millions of acres does not effectively measure risks to human health or the environment. The inspector general recommended that the EPA "develop and implement applicable outcome-based performance measures to demonstrate the human health and environmental effects of the EPA's emergency exemption decisions."
A Union of Concerned Scientists analysis released today highlights the significant health risks posed to military families and communities by a class of synthetic chemicals found in firefighting foam, nonstick cookware and other products. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are long-lasting compounds known to accumulate in the human body and environment, including water supplies.
The Israeli Civil Administration ordered on Sunday the Bedouin residents of Khan al-Ahmar village, east of Jerusalem, to demolish their homes and to evacuate the area before the start of October. According to local sources, staff members of the Israeli Civil Administration under the protection of Israeli forces stormed Khan al-Ahmar and handed evacuation notices to the residents, ordering them to demolish their homes and evacuate the village within the given timeframe.
The Trump administration will make it much more difficult for immigrants to come to the United States or remain in the country if they use or are likely to use housing vouchers, food subsidies and other "non-cash" forms of public assistance, under a new proposal announced Saturday by the Department of Homeland Security. U.S. immigration laws have long contained provisions limiting foreigners who are likely to be dependent on financial aid and therefore a "public charge."
President Trump on Friday questioned the credibility of the woman who has said Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while they were both teenagers. He said that if the attack "was as bad as she says," it would have been reported to the authorities.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last year suggested secretly recording President Donald Trump and using the 25th Amendment to forcibly remove him from office, the New York Times reported Friday. The extraordinary report from the Times describes an unprecedented consideration of the invocation of the 25th Amendment, may further jeopardize Rosenstein's position within the administration, and paints him in a deeply unflattering light even as it further calls into question Trump's fitness for office.
He'd breeze through confirmation, whoever he was: You could pretty much count on the Senate Judiciary Committee's terminally third-brained centrist Democrats lining up to play themselves. And that would be a success, theoretically: A new, arch-conservative Supreme Court justice, possibly even one not tainted by a credible accusation that he once tried to rape a child.
I don't know about you, but this is the story that really caught my attention this morning -- the story of how chef JosA AndrA s, owner of 20 restaurants, took time off to feed the people of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. I figured we could all use a little sunshine today, so here you go.
So, you posit an insane theory that Christine Ford's accusation against Kavanaugh is a case of mistaken identity, for which you're widely ridiculed everywhere. Everywhere that is, except for Fox News and other fringe internet sites.