So much is at stake here….
It isn’t just women’s issues…
Did a Woman Sitting Behind Kavanaugh Flash the White Power Symbol During His Hearing?
Did a former Trump immigration policy employee and wife of a United States attorney flash a white power symbol during Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearing?
Zina Bash is a 36-year-old woman who previously served as the deputy director of policy and communications for Ted Cruz’s failed presidential run in 2016. She has made the rounds in Washington, D.C., having worked for Senator John Cornyn as well as current U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. She also worked on Trump’s immigration policy.
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In video from the hearing, Bash can be seen sitting directly behind Kavanaugh—looking smug and at times smirking as Democrats speak during the hearing. One of her hands is making the “OK” symbol, which has been co-opted by Trump supporters, white supremacists and members of the alt-right in an effort to troll people on the left, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Bash’s husband posted words of support on Twitter, you can click the link to read them…if you want to, but like the Root article states:
Please attempt to “randomly rest” your hand in the same way Zina Bash did during the hearing and let us know if it feels natural.
We’re asking for a friend.
Oh, and then there is this nugget…
NRA pledges $1 million on pro-Brett Kavanaugh ads – Axios
The NRA is pledging to spend at least $1 million on advertisements in support of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a Supreme Court justice, reports Bloomberg.
Why it matters: The NRA is looking to swing the four Democratic senators running for reelection in Indiana, West Virginia, Alabama and North Dakota — all states Trump won. The digital ads will urge voters to call their senators and demand they vote to confirm Kavanaugh.
During yesterday’s opening statements, I was impressed by Ann Klobuchar, so I wanted to post a link to a transcript of what she said, and to the video:
September 4, 2018
WASHINGTON– Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) delivered her opening statement at the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Klobuchar is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over Supreme Court nominees. Prior to her time in the Senate, Klobuchar served as Hennepin County Attorney.
For broadcast-quality video of Klobuchar’s remarks, click here.
Klobuchar’s opening remarks as prepared are below:
Go to the link to read her statement. This was one of many things she said:
Our democracy is on trial. And for the pillars of our democracy and our Constitution to weather this storm, our nation’s highest Court must serve as a ballast in these turbulent times.
Our very institutions—and those nominated to protect these institutions—must be fair, impartial and unwavering in their commitment to truth and justice.
So today we will begin a hearing in which it is our duty to carry on the American constitutional tradition that John Adams stood up for many centuries ago—and that is to be, quote, “a government of laws and not of men.”
To me that means figuring out what your views are Judge on whether a President is above the law. It is a simple concept, something that we all learned in grade school, that no one is above the law. So I think it is a good place to start.
There were many highly credentialed nominees like yourself that could have been sitting before us today, but—to my colleagues—what concerns me is that during this critical juncture in history, the President has hand-picked a nominee to the Court with the most expansive view of Presidential power possible… a nominee who has actually written that a President—on his own—can declare laws unconstitutional.
Now the cartoons:
Kavanaugh hearing: 09/05/2018 Cartoon by Deb Milbrath
Rooster Trump and Jeff Sessions: 09/05/2018 Cartoon by J.D. Crowe
09/05/2018 Cartoon by Signe Wilkinson
Crazy town: 09/05/2018 Cartoon by Ed Hall
09/05/2018 Cartoon by MStreeter
What are Dems undecided on Kavanaugh thinking?: 09/05/2018 Cartoon by Jen Sorensen
09/04/2018 Cartoon by Deb Milbrath
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Hello, have a good day…I would have put a few more cartoons, but my bruised butt won’t let me sit any longer. 😉
I hope this works
I just saw this on Twitter.
Kavanagh is nothing more then a partisan GOP hack. He has no business being considered for the position of SCOTUS. This is another sham appointment funded by the Heritage Society and submitted by President Fraud.
The GOP is a shameless, criminal enterprise that must be eradicated.
I love the Foghorn Leghorn cartoon!
Yeah. I can’t imagine that line of insults to Sessions going over down here with the Bubbas. It usually a trigger to them. But, Trump seems to get away with the worst of everything so they’ll ignore it like those fake ass christians ignore all his lies, sins, and idolotry.
And a I love the little trump in the red KKK hood with his finger up his nose!!!
Trumpery!!!!! I hadn’t thought of that word at all before – but it’s soooo appropriate! Merriam Webster has “tawdry finery” as definition 3. Worthless nonsense, trivial or useless articles are definitions 1 and 2.
Love it!
Me too!
BB did you miss his left hand playing wth his ‘winky’?
Isn’t that a white supremacist sign?? LOL 😂
Could be!
I have not owned a pair of gym shoes NOT made by Converse in over 40 years.
Dr J wore Cons, I had no need for Air-Anythings.
I think I am about to buy my first pair of Nikes.
Nike owns Converse, so you’re all set.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converse_(shoe_company)
I have been maintaining as a matter pf principle all these years only to be undone by corporate takeover! The indignity!
lol
Too funny….
I feel your pain. I started boycotting all things P&G back when the Rely Tampon recall occurred – there was a trial on behalf of a young woman who died from toxic shock syndrome who used the product, and Proctor & Gamble brought in an expert medical witness to ‘splain to the jury that the woman must have been a slutty slut who slept with all the menz, nothing to do with their product. The doctor they brought in was from some small town in Canada, because apparently they couldn’t find anyone with a medical degree in this country to make these inflammatory (and false) statements. Wrote to all my female friends and family members, urging them to join me in boycotting their brands. Stuck to it for over 30 years. Was a loyal purchaser of Northern Bathroom Tissue, until I found out who was getting my money for that, and discovered to my chagrin that the butt wipe industry is pretty much completely run by RWNJs. I finally decided that probably most of the people who made the decisions at P&G back in the 70’s and early 80’s were either retired or dead by 2012, so I started buying Charmin. Actually, it is the only P&G product I purchase, because it’s hard to drop a habit you have stuck to for that long!
I have basically dropped nearly all the tenets of my family superstition, however, at 52 I still cannot bring myself to eat the satanic-devil-beast-lucifers-lap-dog-hell-hound-swine. AKA, pork.
Somehow I had no problem with liquor, cigarettes, drugs, dance and fornicating, but bacon (shudder!), can’t do it.
Also, I have no scruples when it come to Charmin. I don’t really go in for luxuries, simple person, simple needs. But quality TP is where I draw the line.
This has resulted in quips along the line of: “Oh great, now they’ll be shoeless *and* naked.”
The funniest meme I saw was begging Trojan not to do this with their condoms.
and this:
All the Dem politicians I follow are all vigorously speaking out against Kavanaugh and blocking his confirmation any way they can. (Though it is a selected group I follow.) Wish Sorenson would show these Dem fighters like DiFi, Murray, Cantwell, Harris, etc. I worry that focus on the overly polite Dems can insidiously feed the “why bother voting, they never do anything” mindset.
I repeat, the rat-fucker nature of the WP hand gesture could not be more clear. It could be “ok” it could be anything, that is what give them room to call you crazy when you call them on flashing the coded message.
It is designed to trigger liberals but with built in deniability.
It is chickenshit racism.
Yes!
I just can’t imagine what impulse led her to make a stupid hand gesture like that – it is such a childish thing to do. That immaturity is a hallmark of the alt-right white supremacists. And tRump of course – arrested development.
She looks very angry and/or mean. A part Jewish part Latina woman who sides with white supremacy and the mostly male misogynist alt-right. The types who think black women are all angry – they should look in the mirror once in a while.
Agree (as in my @9:44 pm comment yesterday after I saw the video). Would edit/delete my earlier comments on yesterday’s thread but that might seem I was trying to hide something.
The “OK” gesture and the yoga/Buddhist gesture are being stolen by racist misogynist fckers. They’ll poison anything they want to.
They used that symbol in the film Mississippi Burning…when Hackman points out to Defoe the symbol used in the wedding picture…KKK. I think the three fingers is something that has meaning in white supremacy for a long time.
Absolutely.
This was after the Kanye kerfuffle,
Is This an Innocent OK Sign or a White Power Symbol?
https://lifehacker.com/is-this-an-innocent-ok-sign-or-a-white-power-symbol-1825575794
Gaslighting, signalling whatever … it’s all RACIST.
Photog caught Kavanaugh’s face just as he realized he’s a horrible human being for turning his back on the father of a murdered child.
I think he’s just scared.
This is something:
Opinion | I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration – The New York Times
Cowards.
Moral cowards.
Yes, cowards. The Emperor has no clothes.
He just doesn’t get this country at all …
Damn it. America is not a dictatorship. He should be impeached immediately.
crickets from the Republicans.
Hah. Trump is not the duly elected POTUS.
I agree. It’s a hey kids, look over here! And, of course, the usual suspects like Chris Matthews are salivating. If the whistleblower (enabler) were sincere, he’d come out of the shadows and call a press conference. It’s a trick to settle us down.
No. This is not satire.
They must be good climbers.
Typical Xian rightwing conservatives, I’ll bet.