- 02:22:39 Retweeted @jessewegman 2018-09-26 20:54:07 Everyone needs to shut up for five minutes and read Christine Blasey Ford’s prepared remarks for tomorrow morning.https://t.co/9Ro3kTQNNp
- 02:47:41 Retweeted @Wonkette 02:30:11 Are we having a hearing tomorrow? Because at this point we cannot possibly see how a hearing happens tomorrow https://t.co/RJwvj2suM7
- 10:08:58 “Fuck the law. I don’t give a fuck about the law. I want my fucking money.” Of course. https://t.co/2LSuWV7LNJ
- 10:36:19 Thread https://t.co/kIQu8ybsbv
- 11:48:59 Retweeted @dandrezner 11:35:06 I’ll believe that Trump is growing into the presidency when his staff stops talking about him like a toddler.… https://t.co/jPI79UZF6a in reply to dandrezner
- 14:11:44 Ok, guess I’m going to listen to this thing.
- 14:32:47 Feinstein reading out all the damning quotes from people who knew Kavanaugh but who won’t be called here. Those of… https://t.co/NAgRlvBqKJ
- 14:33:45 Grassley is such an ass.
- 14:37:26 Hearing her voice for the first time. Shaky. Emotional. When she says she is terrified you can hear it in her voice… https://t.co/ItXVCUPDhE
- 14:38:41 Retweeted @cspan 14:34:01 https://t.co/B2N1dSWLHX
- 14:40:33 Listening to her read her statement obviously on the verge of tears is very powerful.
- 14:49:51 Retweeted @ShimonPro 14:46:49 You can hear and see in the room, as Blasey Ford describes her alleged assault through tears, that people watching… https://t.co/SD4A6esEqp
- 14:52:47 That was incredible.
- 15:00:47 Grassley interrupting, even if it was just to call time, was very jarring.
- 15:04:09 I’m only listening, not watching video, but the opening statement was incredible. If you missed it, be sure to watc… https://t.co/SwV7GEnotr
- 15:04:45 Completely forgot this was going on today too… https://t.co/y9UrgUnnEE
- 15:13:51 If the R questioning is designed to cause folks to doubt Dr Ford, I don’t think it is working. I see some folks try… https://t.co/ubnSgUhFRJ
- 15:14:34 Retweeted @politiCOHEN_ 15:07:59 this was quite a moment. https://t.co/LEXI7kqrxC
- 15:16:11 Retweeted @PeterAlexander 14:58:00 FROM IN THE ROOM: Sen. Booker just gave Dr. Ford that cup of coffee.via @LACaldwellDC
- 15:17:32 Retweeted @JenniferJJacobs 14:53:27 The shaky, hoarse voice of Christine Blasey Ford is echoing around the White House, on speaker on numerous televisi… https://t.co/MxzqKcenAP
- 15:24:09 Retweeted @jasonsjohnson 15:22:35 Waive the damn rules so the person YOU hired to ask questions can do it without interruption. This 5 min back & for… https://t.co/OXFxAoYuar
- 15:25:10 Retweeted @sbg1 15:16:05 there is an extraordinary juxtaposition here between Dr. Ford the accomplished scientist and grown woman she has be… https://t.co/e2S7RtGwJg
- 15:26:34 Retweeted @ananavarro 14:53:05 If you listened to that opening statement by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, and it did not break your heart, please go… https://t.co/TmvsqQT6zP
- 15:28:20 Then questioning her themselves would have been so much worse. https://t.co/bbbg2jv6ss
- 15:28:34 Retweeted @HeidiPrzybyla 14:44:39 Unsolicited text from a GOP source:’There’s no way we can go forward with this nomination hearing this account. It’s brutal.’
- 15:29:10 Retweeted @woodruffbets 13:48:06 Chris Wallace on Fox says 2 of his daughters, in the wake of Kav allegations, have told him about things in high sc… https://t.co/edxmqRfXqB
- 15:30:26 Retweeted @AshaRangappa_ 14:56:41 Retired FBI agent (who conducts background checks) just texted me: “She is a good witness.”
- 15:32:22 In a break now. So far it seems like a complete disaster for Kavanaugh. Seeing some tweets from people saying other… https://t.co/y6F2Tg4mqF
- 15:35:19 Retweeted @Rob_Flaherty 14:49:26 the conservative movement in one tweet https://t.co/uFHsSm4hLJ
- 15:43:58 Retweeted @ananavarro 14:10:54 Why didn’t this come up in 6 FBI investigations of Kavanaugh? B/c these women, like many others who experienced sim… https://t.co/GM7NndpJKU
- 15:45:13 Retweeted @davidmackau 15:37:52 On Fox News, Bret Baier says hearing from Blasey Ford “is a totally different thing” than reading her allegations.… https://t.co/ciDU63jMZO
- 15:47:26 Retweeted @DJJudd 15:41:22 From CNN’s @DaniellaMicaela, outside the hearing room during the break: Senator Chuck Grassley tells reporters “I d… https://t.co/Nig9eqaLcu
- 16:02:21 Retweeted @emmaogreen 15:44:01 C-Span is airing caller reactions to Ford’s testimony. A woman who says she was abused in elementary school calls,… https://t.co/dVkKef1ezr
- 16:02:52 Retweeted @NPR 15:39:58 Young people listening to the news are learning whether adults in power will take claims of sexual misconduct serio… https://t.co/YnyASc3AXu
- 16:06:31 Retweeted @markfollman 15:58:07 Rachel Mitchell’s approach so far seems reasonable. But it’s impossible to ignore the glaring backdrop, the men of… https://t.co/OHUbVRp0LL
- 16:12:08 The prosecutor’s questioning is actually strengthening Dr. Ford’s case.
- 16:15:10 Can I just repeat that Grassley is an ass?
- 16:30:24 It is clear to me at this point that team Kavanaugh was counting on bullying Dr. Ford into not appearing at all. He… https://t.co/oCrkrbHM8s
- 16:37:46 @KristiCCoulter They do look bad because of that. But imagine how much WORSE they would look if they were questioni… https://t.co/ExuCdxIVYZ in reply to KristiCCoulter
- 16:41:32 Did Mitchell just imply that Dr. Ford may have been coached on how to beat a polygraph?? Seriously?
- 16:42:18 Well, at least we won’t have to ping pong between these… https://t.co/D3ydO5Dz0x
- 16:44:42 Retweeted @mattdpearce 16:40:43 Christine Blasey Ford says taking a polygraph was extremely stressful. Polygraph tests for sexual-assault survivors… https://t.co/zyzvwN0lix
- 16:45:30 Retweeted @JRubinBlogger 16:40:41 a prosecutor who plainly believes the victim would ask questions like this. there is no point in discussing the inc… https://t.co/amsa5iTzEA
- 16:50:44 Retweeted @AWeaverWrites 16:40:31 Jesus, her grandmother just died. She took the polygraph the day of her funeral.
- 16:53:13 Retweeted @smotus 16:51:13 Polygraphs serve as a signaling device about sincerity, even if they can’t perform the function for which they were… https://t.co/Ie0Y1nTvk8
- 16:56:06 Seeing even some Conservative types on Twitter saying they think Kavanaugh is done. The fact we are at this point o… https://t.co/McdTalzhUt
- 17:00:36 Seeing so many people saying the decision by R’s to have Mitchell questioning was a mistake. No question it looks b… https://t.co/yQDYlHyhny
- 17:04:07 @DaveMc99TA If they wanted to they could have rammed this through to a vote when this first came out. They were hop… https://t.co/PUGmdLzhON in reply to DaveMc99TA
- 17:04:46 Retweeted @AynRandPaulRyan 16:21:01 Listen to the end when Grassley says to Klobuchar about Dr. Ford’s polygraph, “you got what you wanted, you’d think… https://t.co/dD7BSGfBK1
- 17:05:50 Retweeted @willwilkinson 16:28:49 We wouldn’t be here if a reporter hadn’t won Ford’s trust, and it’s unlikely she would have won Ford’s trust had sh… https://t.co/IHfFvuNYx6
- 17:05:55 Retweeted @JosephPatrice 16:15:06 This is a good time to remind everyone that Brett Kavanaugh has ruled that polygraphs can be accepted as gospel by… https://t.co/QcDkOpwjHf
- 17:09:05 @DaveMc99TA Not just numbers, but just how ANGRY so many women are. The levels of motivation to burn this all down are through the roof. in reply to DaveMc99TA
- 17:09:35 Retweeted @SarahLerner 17:07:21 barf barf barfity barf https://t.co/yDrcaXXW06
- 17:09:49 Retweeted @ezlusztig 17:07:20 People used to think of Lindsey Graham as one of the sane ones. 6 months ago. https://t.co/ftRkRXdpKq
- 17:10:09 Retweeted @HeerJeet 17:07:13 The Republicans aren’t even trying anymore. https://t.co/vpvRD1TsrE
- 17:11:55 Retweeted @OhNoSheTwitnt 17:06:49 PRO TIP FOR MEN: DON’T COMMENT ON SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS’ ATTRACTIVENESS WHILE THEY’RE TESTIFYING ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL ASSAULT
- 17:13:56 Rick fucking Santorum. If they have lost Santorum… https://t.co/Oe5aTpa1Ok
- 17:16:28 Retweeted @AndyOstroy 17:08:03 The sexism just oozes out of @OrrinHatch. After watching 3 hours of her testimony his big takeaway is that she’s “a… https://t.co/KfjhEzmWQN
- 17:16:54 Retweeted @owillis 17:08:11 next theyll say mitchell is secretly a democratic operative
- 17:17:41 Retweeted @MildlyAmused 17:07:41 https://t.co/fbAKTTX8Dg
- 17:18:45 And so far she has failed utterly at that goal. https://t.co/5QfiteCvXi
- 17:19:04 Retweeted @AnnieLinskey 14:35:56 No. You’re witnessing the beginning. https://t.co/nAotNxowpK
- 17:22:34 Retweeted @mollyhc 16:54:42 One former White House official on how the hearing is going: “Horrible. It looks like a persecution. I was uncomfor… https://t.co/1LpWZjhZH8
- 17:24:42 Yeah. That kind of reaction helps. They are all such dicks. https://t.co/DDN5G7W6Vd
- 17:25:20 Retweeted @guycecil 16:54:58 Courage. https://t.co/SrdqWOnqxu
- 17:26:15 Retweeted @brianbeutler 17:13:02 Lindsey Graham just falsely told a bunch of reporters that Democrats are never subjected to accusations of sexual m… https://t.co/KcrbsGEOLk
- 17:39:52 Retweeted @IsaacDovere 17:38:29 Believe Ford or don’t, confirm Kavanaugh or don’t, but what this whole situation has laid bare again is that most m… https://t.co/J5Lz9kZkFd
- 17:42:37 Retweeted @mostlybree 17:39:08 Grassley is like a malfunctioning robot with a buggy Be Respectful to Women Patch.”Take all the time you need you… https://t.co/kU4E1tLdxS
- 17:54:21 Retweeted @JuliaEAinsley 16:53:57 My editor doing the work of the FBI: Mark Judge worked as a bag boy (presumably the Safeway) the summer before his… https://t.co/m0qpPpZFL0
- 17:55:16 Retweeted @gilbertjasono 17:29:43 EVERYONE: Why in the world did GOP senators hire a female prosecutor to speak for them???[Lindsey Graham talks to… https://t.co/wNKo5boNe1
- 17:55:23 Retweeted @alexnazaryan 17:48:11 Rachel Mitchell has principally succeeded in bolstering Dr. Ford’s credibility.
- 17:55:56 Retweeted @AndrewRestuccia 17:35:33 Former Trump White House official to me re: Ford:”She seems sincere, kind, thoughtful and credible. Hard to sugge… https://t.co/jlf1Eb1gZf
- 17:58:47 Retweeted @kalpenn 15:59:36 If you still think there’s no difference between Democrats and Republicans, I hope you’re watching these hearings
- 18:03:22 Retweeted @owillis 17:53:36 Conservatism IS the lack of humanity and empathy https://t.co/afZnXCbCIM
- 18:04:50 Retweeted @PeterAlexander 17:49:10 Trump ally tells me “Ford is doing well, likeable and intelligent.”Adds, “I’d hope Kavanaugh withdraws unless he… https://t.co/cj4iEKaqmI
- 18:05:21 Retweeted @MikeMadden 17:48:37 Did these questions originate with the senators who have yielded time to Mitchell? In other words, is she asking TH… https://t.co/tAzIzb4YcK
- 18:06:45 Retweeted @danepps 17:51:32 This graph is @PredictIt‘s market price for “Will Brett Kavanaugh be the next confirmed Supreme Court justice?” ove… https://t.co/vuLfSE4ctk
- 18:06:55 Retweeted @DavidCornDC 18:04:13 Theory: Rachel Mitchell believes Dr. Ford.
- 18:16:17 That was a tour-de-force by Dr. Ford. Bravo.
- 18:23:03 Sen Graham sure has gone downhill in the last year.
- 18:54:29 Retweeted @PaulBegala 18:19:09 This would be a good time for GOP senators to walk into the hall and say stupid things to reporters. Just in case t… https://t.co/35kGEMII9B
- 18:59:19 Retweeted @AnaCabrera 18:22:06 If Trump is watching Fox News:
“I think Dr. Ford is exceptionally credible.” – Fox legal analyst, Judge Andrew Napo… https://t.co/S6xLhR7oPG - 19:02:57 Retweeted @fordm 18:55:31 Had C-SPAN on mute while I was writing. Unmuted it just as a caller began recounting how her father raped her as a… https://t.co/shUH81izpa in reply to fordm
- 19:10:44 Kavanaugh time. My bet: He digs his hole deeper rather than improving his situation.
- 19:16:52 No change from the complete unequivocal denial. Doubling down. Angry voice. Betting everything on the critical Repu… https://t.co/wFLaOCdA0r
- 19:18:09 Retweeted @irin 16:45:08 Being surprised that Ford is credible truly speaks volumes of what he and his allies think of women. https://t.co/kCVs5Incfk
- 19:18:17 Retweeted @CillizzaCNN 19:15:28 What’s clear within minutes: Kavanaugh is playing to the 51 Republicans in the chamber.Hoping his full-throated d… https://t.co/cjdkGBxfmx
- 19:18:29 Retweeted @samhusseini 19:16:28 Kavanaugh yelling at the committee is somewhat similar to what Clarence Thomas and Oliver North did — with success.
- 19:19:14 Retweeted @AthertonKD 19:16:37 anger is the base
- 19:19:55 Retweeted @pdmcleod 19:16:30 Well, safe to say Kavanaugh is going all in. in reply to pdmcleod
- 19:20:00 Retweeted @davidgura 19:12:04 Judge Brett Kavanaugh is not reading from the prepared statement that was distributed yesterday. #KavanaughHearings
- 19:20:21 Retweeted @KarenTumlin 19:16:47 Dude is yelling, am I right? What if a woman in this setting yelled. Just saying.
- 19:23:01 Kavanaugh voice breaking too.
- 19:25:08 Kavanaugh outright crying now. Wow.
- 19:27:19 Retweeted @mjs_DC 19:13:03 Brett Kavanaugh has never been held accountable for anything in his life. This is a new experience for him. And he isn’t taking it well.
- 19:27:55 This testimony is just as stunning as Ford’s. What a day.
- 19:29:31 Retweeted @weijia 19:25:37 Watching Kavanaugh’s wife try not to break down while she watches her husband try not to break down, as he talks ab… https://t.co/mxglgS0g2J
- 19:30:07 Retweeted @NumbersMuncher 19:26:38 If Kavanaugh did not assault Ford, I don’t blame him one bit for reacting this way – his life has been upended by t… https://t.co/K7yAwRm3RT
- 19:30:51 Retweeted @JessicaValenti 19:21:31 Kavanaugh literally just gave us the “some of my best friends have been raped” Wow
- 19:32:25 Retweeted @thrasherxy 19:27:26 Picture Barrack Obama or Michelle Obama or Kamala Harris or Cory Booker or Maxine Waters or Barbara Lee or John Lew… https://t.co/fAkpbx2DTZ in reply to thrasherxy
- 19:36:31 Retweeted @MaeveReston 19:34:57 The second half of Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony has been far more compelling and raw. It’s hard to watch what this p… https://t.co/GeVRKhoFcS
- 19:36:48 Retweeted @davidfrum 19:19:30 Kavanaugh’s message – “the Left”; “Borking”; “revenge on behalf of the Clintons”; “goes around comes around” – is t… https://t.co/sBSUx8EJO3
- 19:38:33 Still just stunned by this day. Both morning and afternoon. This will be one of those days we remember for a very long time.
- 19:41:27 Retweeted @AshleyRParker 19:38:41 A number of White House aides have previously, privately argued that if Kavanaugh truly is totally innocent, then a… https://t.co/9vFNj0ZqIP
- 19:45:54 If we had nothing but today’s testimony, they both sound sincere. It would be hard to say who was telling the truth… https://t.co/rKqKXiXJj7
- 19:47:04 Retweeted @danielleiat 19:43:44 wowwwww now he’s claiming “Renate alumnus” was “a term of endearment, to show she was one of us”come on dude that… https://t.co/z6KUzJUjC8
- 19:48:53 Retweeted @7im 19:27:55 we’re seeing a 53 year old man facing a consequence for the first time.
- 19:54:36 Retweeted @BrianKarem 19:34:12 WH staff source: “Kavanaugh is losing it.”
- 19:57:03 That was just as much a “wow” as this morning. Incredible.
- 19:57:59 Mitchell doing the R questioning this afternoon too. Interesting. She is a prosecutor. Wonder if she will act like… https://t.co/wS4iqkVuDf
- 20:03:33 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 20:02:52 This is a clever trick.Kavanaugh says he’s happy to see a reopened FBI background check if the Committee wants on… https://t.co/xcOqIXwmnn
- 20:03:50 Retweeted @OfficialJonZal 19:28:58 “I welcome a full & thorough investigation into this matter in order to clear my good name.” -Thing Brett Kavanaugh… https://t.co/doxhLCHKa1
- 20:08:26 Retweeted @soniasaraiya 20:07:03 it looks to me like this guy is an alcoholic and he knows it and he’s hiding it very badly. in reply to soniasaraiya
- 20:10:16 Retweeted @annehelen 20:06:31 Kavanaugh’s appeal strikes me as incredibly simple, and geared very specifically at the white men in the senate: if… https://t.co/4IfFK6VCIG
- 20:16:24 Retweeted @costareports 20:13:20 President Trump is “riveted” and telling people, “This is why I nominated him,” in a positive way, per person close… https://t.co/kAaepn0lkk
- 20:16:50 Retweeted @JRubinBlogger 19:38:43 You know who is unnerved by this? Sen. Collins who never saw this side of him, thought he was a mild mannered guy a… https://t.co/6L7h6zjFF3
- 20:17:11 Retweeted @fmanjoo 20:16:02 fox news anchors, who found ford largely credible, now mostly suggesting kavanaugh did a great job rebutting her.
- 20:17:50 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 19:36:57 Here’s my theory on why Rachel Mitchell handled the questioning the way she did.Repubs went into this thinking th… https://t.co/4D4mLVnLjG in reply to ThePlumLineGS
- 20:18:33 Oops https://t.co/Orj5Mw6GWj
- 20:34:31 Retweeted @TheLiB 20:32:36 The best thing Kavanaugh can do for himself right now is to give yes or no answers and otherwise STFU. But he won’t… https://t.co/CWSnMeI4Za
- 20:35:17 Retweeted @ezraklein 20:27:01 This is a reason I believe Ford. Between the two of them, this was a life altering trauma for her. What we know abo… https://t.co/1dl6yxdHHj in reply to ezraklein
- 20:47:49 Holy shit. Graham. What the hell.
- 20:50:14 Retweeted @KarenAttiah 20:48:33 What is even happening with Lindsey GrahamWhat are we even watching
- 20:50:42 No. Let him go. He is not helping his side at all. https://t.co/MC5ze0pveS
- 20:51:28 Retweeted @mkraju 20:49:03 “If you drug women and rape women for two years in high school, you probably don’t stop,” Graham said in reply to mkraju
- 20:51:55 Retweeted @JonathanLanday 20:48:59 Lindsey Graham explodes at Democrats. “Boy, y’all want power. I hope y’all never get it.” The measure of the politi… https://t.co/4uZoyrcm6R
- 20:53:11 They don’t have the votes. Otherwise he wouldn’t have to say that. https://t.co/jJZORN0M80
- 20:53:15 Retweeted @itsJeffTiedrich 20:51:33 the kompromat they have on Lindsey Graham must be stunning
- 20:54:12 Boofing is farting?
- 20:54:25 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 20:54:16 Imagine if Ford acted like this in reply to AuthorLMendez
- 20:55:00 Retweeted @ezraklein 20:50:13 The chasm between Lindsey Graham’s sympathy for Kavanaugh and his sympathy for Christine Blasey Ford says it all.
- 21:02:01 Interesting the R’s seem to have completely ditched Mitchell. She must have been being too impartial for their tast… https://t.co/ApZhfApxkX
- 21:02:50 Retweeted @JonathanLanday 21:02:09 As Cornyn and Graham take over with aggressive GOP defense of Kavanaugh, seems like Rachael Mitchell has been retired.
- 21:03:25 https://t.co/NycsQsuFSu https://t.co/uXj65pG6tP
- 21:53:22 Retweeted @JustADCohen 21:51:07 So to recap. GOP hired a female prosecutor to cross-examine the woman alleged to be a victim of sexual assault. And… https://t.co/RE4MTgLjKd
- 22:47:29 And done. Question now boils down to one thing. Did at least two Republican Senators decide they won’t vote yes bas… https://t.co/9MS9azHbV5
- 22:51:39 If Avenatti has the additional witness testimony he claims and it is strong, tonight would be the time to drop it.
- 22:55:24 I think The day was a net negative to Kavenagh to the public at large, but in terms of Senators, it might be a wash… https://t.co/vVsHHMAb2j
- 23:13:48 Retweeted @em_bee_kay 21:58:25 I’ve never wished so hard that Alyssa Milano was a real witch. https://t.co/Oqaw7210eq
- 23:18:09 CNN reporting Flake, Collins, Murkowski, and Manchin huddling right now on Kavenagh. Interesting.
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