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Fast Forward Trump Accuses George Soros Of Paying For Kavanaugh Protesters
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…
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Fast Forward Iran’s Supreme Leader Victim-Blames Aly Raisman Over Sexual Assault
In the wake of the #MeToo campaign, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran offered Western women a suggestion: Why not try a hijab? Khamenei tweeted on Wednesday a dramatic video of prominent women who have experienced sexual abuse. It begins with a shot of Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman testifying against Larry Nassar, the former…
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Fast Forward Julie Swetnick’s Sex Life Revealed By Senate Panel
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee released a statement Tuesday that details the sexual preferences of Julie Swetnick, one of the women who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, the Washington Post reported. The statement came from Dennis Ketterer, a former Democratic congressional candidate and television meteorologist, who said he and Swetnick…
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The Schmooze Convicted Rapist Roman Polanski Will Rehash Dreyfus Affair In ‘J’Accuse’
Sometimes you need a large amount of bile in a short period of time — for, say, a home improvement project, or a reenactment of medieval medical practices Let’s make our own! We’ll start by reading this news: Roman Polanski, who in 1977 pled guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl — he had, he later…
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Culture ‘A Good Name’: What Jewish Law Says About Crimes Committed In Youth
On Thursday, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified that President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, tried to rape her in 1982. Her testimony, some of which has been public for weeks, sparked a vociferous debate about sexual assault. Democrats, who opposed Kavanaugh from the get-go, see in the accusation a tarnished name that would impede…
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Fast Forward Lindsey Graham To Jewish Activist: Sorry About Your Rape, Call The Cops
When an activist attending the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings into allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh approached Sen. Lindsey Graham with her own story of sexual assault during a recess, he reportedly waved her off. “Senator Graham, I was raped 13 years ago,” Robyn Swerling told Graham, according to CNN. “I’m so sorry,” Graham…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivors Led Christine Blasey Ford’s Lawyer Debra Katz To Advocacy
As Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to share her allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, she will be accompanied by her lawyer Debra Katz, a civil rights attorney who has emerged as a prominent women’s advocate in the #MeToo era. Ford’s is just one of…
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Fast Forward Republican Uses Lame RBG Groping Joke To Mock Kavanaugh Accuser
A South Carolina congressman made light of the sexual assault accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with a joke about Ruth Bader Ginsburg being groped, The Post and Courier reported Thursday. As he opened his election debate at the Kiwanis Club of Rock Hill, Republican Rep. Ralph Norman quipped that he almost had to…
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