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Fierce Defender In The Face Of #MeToo As Christine Blasey Ford bravely testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September, sharing her allegation of sexual assault against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, there was another strong woman by her side: Debra Katz. Representing Ford was a natural fit for Katz, 60, a civil rights lawyer…
Twitter and Trump go together like Jefferson Beauregard Sessions and racism, or Kim Kardashian and Instagram. They exist in a symbiotic relationship, a constantly reinforced feedback loop. Without Twitter, there would be no Trump. And given what we’ve learned about Russian troll farms, there would certainly be no President Trump. But in a way, Twitter…
President Trump accused billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros of planting two women in an elevator with Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, where they shared with him their stories of sexual assault as part of an effort to get him to vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Trump tweeted on Friday morning that the “very…
If the point of last Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing was to figure out if Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation, that she was sexually assaulted by a teenaged Judge Brett Kavanaugh, was true, the hearing was a complete and utter failure. Both Ford and Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, came across as credible, her…
On Thursday morning, an incredibly brave woman, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, gave testimony to senators about a time she says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teens. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I was shocked and enraged to see the responses, many of which questioned, as President Trump…
“If you don’t want to be accused of being a rapist, just don’t rape anyone” reads a meme circulating on social media. “Oh, those poor white men,” groan our Facebook friends, “they’re just afraid of losing their privilege.” On Twitter, activist Danielle Muscato asked what women would do if men had a 9pm curfew. The…
Julie Swetnick, one of the women who publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, reportedly has been involved in at least six legal disputes over the past 25 years. The cases include a personal injury lawsuit Swetnick filed in 1994 against the Washington, D.C., regional transit authority and a November 2000 suit…
Brett Kavanaugh’s defenders have offered four main arguments for confirming him despite the allegations of Christine Blasey Ford and two other women who have accused him of sexual misdeeds. 1. Forgive the Indiscretions of Youth The first is that even if the allegations are true, Kavanaugh’s life shouldn’t be ruined because of things he did…
