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@abulsme tweets from 2018-09-30 (UTC)

03:22:57 Retweeted @ianbassin 03:21:48 Note to @FBI: whatever instructions White House staff gave you, the President’s tweet below is actually (no, reallyвЂ¦ https://t.co/qXsCXPmpLz
03:24:53 Thread https://t.co/zAlkHkDGAb
04:27:42 Retweeted @nbcsnl 03:51:24 Now it’s time to hear from Judge Brett Kavanaugh (Matt Damon). #SNLPremiere https://t.co/dvu1VgJZt5
05:19:45 Retweeted @nbcsnl 04:22:13 Just one final question for Judge Kavanaugh. #SNLPremiere https://t.co/C01pUG7JlU
07:02:51 The whole thing this time… https://t.co/TNPQmdFZtx
07:09:53 Retweeted @nbcsnl 05:02:37 Update weighs in on the Kavanaugh nomination hearing. #SNLPremiere https://t.co/P4DHToXL5G
07:13:13 @shelleyaw123 That was the whole thing! I said вЂњnow the whole thingвЂќ because I had previously tweeted clips. The onвЂ¦ https://t.co/p9HL880Z9o in reply to shelleyaw123
07:32:17 Retweeted @CNN 05:31:00 Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made a surprise appearance in the first episode of the ‘Murphy Brown’вЂ¦ https://t.co/owLc7OvGKP
14:25:33 Retweeted @Ibishblog 14:14:57 Read this thread twice https://t.co/5UgV97Yl8l
14:30:40 Retweeted @TeaPainUSA 14:11:04 If you catch yourself askin’ why would an unindicted co-conspirator appoint a compromised SCOTUS justice that couldвЂ¦ https://t.co/B6Zqsv67yu
17:27:57 Retweeted @GeoffRBennett 16:19:44 UPDATE: Two sources tell NBC that the limits imposed by the White House counsel’s office on the FBI’s Kavanaugh invвЂ¦ https://t.co/JhCNEippyY
17:35:45 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 12:00:00 Kavanaugh’s Yale roommate: “I have thought a lot about Kavanaugh’s statement [on drinking] … Having witnessed theвЂ¦ https://t.co/fBoqTQlww8

@abulsme tweets from 2018-09-29 (UTC)

00:04:42 This is greatвЂ¦ tick tock of the drama today. With annotated pictures! https://t.co/qNIauqnhYS
01:23:26 Retweeted @CNNnewsroom 2018-09-28 22:20:39 “I wrote something about all of this that I just wanted to share with all of you today. This matters.” @BrookeBCNNвЂ¦ https://t.co/e2XAd0jlyR
01:43:17 Retweeted @TheFrankOzJam 2018-09-28 03:19:31 A last thought: If Jim and I had created B & E as gay characters they would be inauthentic coming from two straightвЂ¦ https://t.co/MTUH41Xro2
06:01:04 Reading – Bernie Bros and Brett K: Dots on the Same Line вЂ“ Kristi Coulter вЂ“ Medium https://t.co/kHS65vAAG6
06:11:04 Retweeted @MrDane1982 2018-09-28 15:01:57 Only white men are allowed to get this angry, and it’s seen as a sign of strength. https://t.co/sAfZym6KaE
06:11:24 Retweeted @boilermaker1978 01:34:29 Retired FBI agent, Frank Montoya just said to Joy Reid, if you have information about Brett Kavanaugh, you can go tвЂ¦ https://t.co/2lFhpvttsE
06:13:15 Retweeted @HRodriguez15 01:29:10 вЂњWe always get calls saying, вЂI never told anyone about this.’ Those are the calls dominating our line now. And theвЂ¦ https://t.co/qaafWxuy6Z
06:16:05 Thread https://t.co/wmjPVsIbDs
06:22:25 I liked a @YouTube video https://t.co/QJk0bFr38Q FIRST LOOK: Episode 1 | The Woman Who Fell To Earth | Doctor Who
06:38:34 Retweeted @amandalitman 2018-09-28 22:14:50 In the last 24 hours, we’ve had 20 TIMES the usual average number of people sign up to volunteer — all for state &вЂ¦ https://t.co/jRI3qMUeJ6
06:40:10 Retweeted @smotus 2018-09-28 13:06:46 Oh, look, that movie’s on where a woman calmly and intelligently warns the country not to hire a plainly unqualifieвЂ¦ https://t.co/KAEn28a7dL
06:40:54 Retweeted @AnneSerling 2018-09-28 16:46:10 Because The Twilight Zone has been invoked in the Kavenaugh hearings, I’ll offer this: my father believed in decencвЂ¦ https://t.co/qlMfKiRN2e
06:51:12 Thread https://t.co/7IB30pleDQ
07:05:25 Retweeted @DoctaValle 2018-09-27 19:36:14 My friend, a Black woman w/ natural hair, is fighting back tears in her law classroom RIGHT NOW bc when she raisedвЂ¦ https://t.co/Ddv3UPHEGC
14:35:09 Retweeted @mckaycoppins 13:40:26 Jeff Flake called me late last night after a long 48 hours. We talked about what changed his mind on the KavanaughвЂ¦ https://t.co/FGIUvgJTmP
14:40:26 Retweeted @SimonMaloy 2018-09-28 13:30:03 this is fucking wildthe Trump administration is arguing that climate change is both real and will be catastrophвЂ¦ https://t.co/AA5LWJ7haP
14:42:19 Retweeted @dphrygian 2018-09-28 06:57:47 If algorithms were waiters:Twitter: вЂњYour friends like steak, try the steak. But first, dessert.вЂќ
Amazon: вЂњI’llвЂ¦ https://t.co/0ItcuzrCWR
14:47:18 Retweeted @NateSilver538 14:44:51 Maybe he’s a man wrongly accusedвЂ”or thinks he’s been wrongly accused because he was too drunk to remember the incidвЂ¦ https://t.co/0YJeqybgWp in reply to NateSilver538
15:14:27 Listening to Slate Politics вЂ“ Spoken Edition Brett Kavanaugh and the Cruelty of Male Bonding https://t.co/fvKkdMskF3
15:31:21 Thread https://t.co/0PBBEn2eoM
15:45:48 Retweeted @matthewamiller 15:44:44 This is where I come down. Entitlement-fueled indignation. https://t.co/yGNK9xfN7D
16:03:26 Retweeted @screenslaver 15:37:23 It’s correctly pronounced “Re-NAH-tuh”. But the rhyme in the yearbook rhymes it with “date”, as if to pronounce herвЂ¦ https://t.co/UnaDEeLrrU
16:33:08 WTAF? https://t.co/5VcpJriQfm
17:07:29 The FBI also said if you have relevant information to go ahead and contact a field office, that you didn’t need toвЂ¦ https://t.co/OXasEa9l5A
17:08:17 Retweeted @mattyglesias 16:05:55 This is the core issue in the Kavanaugh matter as far as I’m concerned.Despite his overt protestations of innoceвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZiIrc1psW3
17:35:50 Retweeted @lizbelsky 2018-09-28 15:32:47 OH MY GOD THAT’S LITERALLY THE POINT. THAT IS LITERALLY. THE POINT. THAT CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SHOвЂ¦ https://t.co/TKQSyfeTeI
19:32:46 Important thread. https://t.co/u2eN7g2T86
19:46:35 Retweeted @JimONeilPOV 12:16:15 https://t.co/Mhtij3fXO9
20:57:31 Thread and article on the constraints on the FBI вЂњinvestigationвЂќ. As I said yesterday, how useful this is depends eвЂ¦ https://t.co/fzZOXysNlP
21:04:11 Retweeted @todd_holloman 2018-09-26 01:28:26 Somewhere in America, a teenage girl is listening to her parents defend Brett Kavanaugh and she is thinking to hersвЂ¦ https://t.co/WL522dWSRV
21:41:28 Retweeted @erinscafe 21:39:39 Jeff Flake isn’t getting scammed.He either calls them out, or he’s in on it. https://t.co/EdoIlRsehp
23:45:12 Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Big Difference https://t.co/MenOMitKMt https://t.co/LBIGtTw1xC

Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Big Difference

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topic is of course the Kavanaugh hearings. They cover the new allegations and other developments that came up before the hearings, Dr. Ford’s testimony, Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony, and Senator Flake blowing everything up to end the week. Before all that though, they talk about Sam’s phone usage, Sam reviews a couple movies, and Ivan read a book!

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Recorded 2018-09-29
Length this week – 2:09:27

(0:02:41-0:37:47) But First
- Yawning again
- Agenda
- Sam’s Screen Time
- Spanish Ninjago
- Ivan Book: Twelve Years of Turbulence (2018)
- Sam Movie: The Sandlot (1993)
- Sam Movie: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
(0:38:23-1:00:53) Before the Hearings
- New allegations
- Judge and other witnesses
- The “mistaken identity” accusation
- The calendar
- Hearing negotiations
- The Fox interview
(1:01:37-1:16:03) Dr. Ford’s Testimony
- The opening statement
- Mitchell’s questioning
- Reactions at midday
- Was Mitchell a mistake?
(1:17:18-1:39:44) Judge Kavanaugh’s Testimony
- The opening statement
- Mitchell’s questioning
- Ranting Republicans
- Democratic focus on FBI Investigation
- Unnecessary lies
- At the end of the day
(1:40:24-2:09:06) Flakey Friday
- The elevator
- The Senator Coons connection
- The Flake delay
- FBI Investigation
- What else happens in a week?
- Flake saving the Republicans from themselves?
- More to the deal?
- Do they have the votes?
- Who do we believe?
- What does Avenatti have?

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@abulsme tweets from 2018-09-28 (UTC)

00:39:35 Retweeted @Phil_Mattingly 00:20:03 Cornyn reiterates what I’ve been told – they aren’t there yet on the votes for Kavanaugh. But pushing forward and tвЂ¦ https://t.co/jXiKANQTSm
00:41:31 Retweeted @MattDickinson44 00:24:56 This from a student overseas who watched the whole testimony: “I personally thought Ford was a credible witness thiвЂ¦ https://t.co/1E1mnMWknK
00:43:41 Retweeted @perrybaconjr 2018-09-27 23:27:41 So four GOP govs said no on Kavanaugh. But first statement from a senator on the fence was Portman, who was a yes. https://t.co/yeBFUsVYaV
02:13:49 Retweeted @BresPolitico 00:19:42 Kavanaugh process (possible) that would clear him for SCOTUS by Tuesday night – Friday morning in Judiciary Cmte, SвЂ¦ https://t.co/LHBNpeBqaM
02:26:36 Retweeted @Devilstower 2018-09-27 15:38:12 Ford’s testimony is sincere and heartbreaking. But … so was Hill’s testimony. While Hill was talking, the chanceвЂ¦ https://t.co/4dzJEMOiqC
02:29:13 Retweeted @JRubinBlogger 00:50:33 after today I have ZERO doubt that if Mueller had video of Trump picking up rubles from Putin R’s never impeach. ThвЂ¦ https://t.co/cVYkv0LsVh
02:29:56 Retweeted @MadeleineLEngle 2018-09-27 12:31:24 вЂњStay angry, little Meg,вЂќ Mrs Whatsit whispered. вЂњYou will need all your anger now.вЂќ
02:33:27 Retweeted @chrislhayes 02:24:26 вЂњWe spoke for a long time, maybe 20 minutes. He had no recollection of raping me, just of the party where we’d met.вЂ¦ https://t.co/GOOitEp93h
04:47:55 Retweeted @Comey 01:32:30 Small lies matter, even about yearbooks. From the standard jury instruction: вЂњIf a witness is shown knowingly to haвЂ¦ https://t.co/0Q0aHPcft1
04:49:39 ABA calls for FBI investigation before vote. https://t.co/GwX1sjwkDo
04:59:34 Thread https://t.co/4ZC114iBdf
05:01:17 This makes a pretty good case that Kavanaugh DID mark the party in question on his calendar. July 1st. -> KavanaughвЂ¦ https://t.co/cRMUsVifY0
06:07:57 Retweeted @zerohedge 05:51:38 Kavanaugh odds surge during/after his testimony https://t.co/FVkC481ERN
06:21:19 Retweeted @PhilippeReines 05:41:42 It’s simple.One of the two is lying.
Not misinterpreting.
Completely lying.

She has no reason to lie.
He has eveвЂ¦ https://t.co/IrG7h5rm2j
06:21:57 Retweeted @destroyed4com4t 04:25:00 There is not a single Democrat in federal office right now that I wouldn’t drop support for immediately and call foвЂ¦ https://t.co/m535zsbucy
06:34:31 Thread https://t.co/TM5HBT4O4s
13:30:52 Flake is a yes.
13:37:57 Retweeted @JakeSherman 13:34:07 OH MY GOD вЂ¦ CNN is airing an amazing LIVE scene right now.Flake getting yelled at in an elevator by people who saвЂ¦ https://t.co/4f5JXS4bty
13:38:49 Retweeted @kasie 12:36:39 So based on initial round of reporting this morning, sounds like this does not matter / is not part of the conversaвЂ¦ https://t.co/8IuagDHIIH
13:40:55 Retweeted @ElizLanders 13:35:55 .@JeffFlake is a YES on Kavanaugh.@SunlenSerfaty broke that news to Sen. Coons in the hallway as he walked into tвЂ¦ https://t.co/2Eed1hfB6J
13:42:10 Retweeted @ABC 13:28:08 JUST IN: Sen. Jeff Flake: “I will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh.вЂќ https://t.co/AMrTSO5iHL https://t.co/9kSwXqp8wp
13:50:56 Retweeted @DanRather 03:10:53 In covering Civil Rights I remember momentum swinging wildly. Often lost in the moment was the larger arc of historвЂ¦ https://t.co/9C9kp9lupU
13:52:36 Retweeted @Taniel 13:48:25 GOP doesn’t care as much about losing Congress in the grand scheme of things. The Garland-to-Gorsuch move & the KavвЂ¦ https://t.co/9MQlHRI6lv
14:08:47 Retweeted @_waleedshahid 03:01:42 The old America is dying.A new America is struggling to be born.
Now is a time of monsters.
14:09:10 Retweeted @jimsciutto 13:55:02 .@SenatorLeahy has now left as well. https://t.co/EZnSBt4drX
14:09:20 Retweeted @studentactivism 14:08:05 Ford was more compelling than expected yesterday, and Kavanaugh was a trainwreck in ways nobody anticipated. If he’вЂ¦ https://t.co/q25lLlCLK6 in reply to studentactivism
14:14:20 In the hours since Kavanaugh’s testimony it has become more and more clear how much he lied. About little things thвЂ¦ https://t.co/1ikNCK4Mrb
14:17:05 Retweeted @KevBaile 14:09:21 @MBGlenn Even if Kavanaugh HAD said “yes, I attempted to rape her”, the Republicans would’ve voted for him. They’dвЂ¦ https://t.co/KZMFjYX7iK in reply to MBGlenn
14:17:39 Retweeted @CNN 13:57:54 вЂњLook at me when I’m talking to you. You’re telling me that my assault doesn’t matter!”: Protesters confront Sen. JвЂ¦ https://t.co/73RMKQi8wW
14:17:56 Retweeted @teddygoff 13:43:18 Not one sane person in this country actually thinks she’s lying. Even those Republican senators. They just don’t care.
14:19:03 Retweeted @joshtpm 13:56:06 As explained here, a party that sounds much like the one Blasey Ford described, with people she said were there ANDвЂ¦ https://t.co/tUyo7TlDPd
14:22:41 Retweeted @lynnv378 13:58:18 To the Bernie or Busters who scream Medicare for All and Free College, that will all officially die when KavanaughвЂ¦ https://t.co/sSnNBvKH5L
14:26:59 Retweeted @TheViewFromLL2 14:10:54 Republicans keep saying Dr. Ford’s testimony that Kavanaugh tried to rape her could only be believed it was corroboвЂ¦ https://t.co/QphLXm4CgB
14:29:21 Retweeted @RonBrownstein 14:26:26 At this point if #Kavanaugh is confirmed and Democrats win the House it would be shocking if House Judiciary CommitвЂ¦ https://t.co/CKbnguApRg
14:29:35 Retweeted @nickconfessore 13:36:02 Keep going back this morning to Kavanaugh lying to the committee about вЂњRalphingвЂќ and other yearbook items. With aвЂ¦ https://t.co/2LKeCLTnJr
14:36:53 Retweeted @mkraju 13:59:50 Flake has had his head down and frowning since entering the hearing room – and after announcing he’d vote for the KвЂ¦ https://t.co/kCj4Kj31pf
14:40:34 Retweeted @chrislhayes 13:33:03 It is Donald Trump’s party AND McConnell’s party AND W Bush’s party AND Brett Kavanaugh’s party. The unity is far fвЂ¦ https://t.co/bUay7AiVZr
14:41:06 Retweeted @dhnexon 14:37:47 This. This.Does anyone actually think he didn’t perjure himself? Drinking game? Clumsy way of showing attention?вЂ¦ https://t.co/kYYbXsW5tB
14:41:37 Retweeted @DavidCornDC 14:14:49 Hey, do you have backup witnesses? Now might be a good time to produce them. https://t.co/OhrNWzK440
14:49:20 Retweeted @NateSilver538 14:16:54 Yeah, I don’t get why this isn’t more of a part of the conversation. Also, these lies were almost daringly cynicalвЂ”вЂ¦ https://t.co/OSeGp8HmrQ
15:45:22 Retweeted @MaxKennerly 13:24:04 10 minutes of softball questions from Mitchell — who was hand-picked by Republicans — and Kavanaugh was nonetheleвЂ¦ https://t.co/UstxtB5zca
16:03:07 Retweeted @alexandraerin 15:18:23 White conservative men find Brett Kavanaugh relatable. He seems like someone they could have a beer with, and thenвЂ¦ https://t.co/L553I51oLT
17:28:13 Retweeted @Redistrict 2018-09-27 23:11:34 To Dems who can’t believe what they’re watching, remember: a majority of the Senate now represents 18% of the populвЂ¦ https://t.co/ITdLDY956b
18:16:40 Just got out of a meeting. Guess the last 45 minutes were eventful, huh?
18:17:07 Retweeted @studentactivism 18:16:07 Trump on CNN being asked about the Flake thing. He’s clearly got no idea what’s going on or what the process is. HeвЂ¦ https://t.co/bJ1RQ9hvdF in reply to studentactivism
18:18:04 Retweeted @Lollardfish 17:59:04 Jeff Flake: I am voting no!
Jeff Flake: Unless there is a non-binding pinkie-swear resolution to maybe investigateвЂ¦ https://t.co/gC4KBZhCY2
18:19:18 Ok, so passed out of committee but Flake wants FBI investigation now, but no change to vote schedule and no promiseвЂ¦ https://t.co/XWKWbfNfxm
18:20:17 Retweeted @zachdcarter 17:59:41 Flake’s gesture matters *if* he and at least one other R are prepared to vote no on the floor should McConnell notвЂ¦ https://t.co/SHRLF8ISDC
18:21:51 Retweeted @JaneyGodley 17:50:38 This is HYSTERICAL and going viral but proper credit goes to https://t.co/NQV5zLJi8V https://t.co/QsR1xLjbIv
18:36:03 Retweeted @nicwebb 18:31:21 @abulsme Flake stressed that he would vote No on the floor if the investigation didn’t happen (at least, that’s what he said in committee) in reply to abulsme
18:36:33 @nicwebb That is a big deal. in reply to nicwebb
18:39:48 Wait, I am hearing news reports specifically saying he did NOT say that yet. At least not explicitly. https://t.co/9vVTTN6PU5
18:48:13 Retweeted @NateSilver538 18:20:41 You know what else is going to come out in a week? Polls. Lots of ’em. And if you’re Susan Collins or Joe Manchin,вЂ¦ https://t.co/ZTgTwJENtt
18:49:29 Retweeted @voxdotcom 17:51:22 Both Ford and Kavanaugh fielded questions from lawmakers and prosecutor Rachel Mitchell. But only Ford made an effoвЂ¦ https://t.co/0XALZHocs3
18:50:13 @nicwebb People on MSNBC parsing his words very carefully. Saying that if you read what he said carefully, he made no commitments. in reply to nicwebb
18:58:35 Retweeted @ajchavar 18:39:52 This @erinschaff photo on the
@nytimes homepage right now is incredible https://t.co/oC1bN17h96
19:01:33 Retweeted @notcapnamerica 18:40:16 .@KatyTurNBC says it’s important to keep in mind, neither Flake nor Murkowski have explicitly said they will vote “вЂ¦ https://t.co/77kG3FMbOo
19:05:33 @nicwebb He has already shown he can make a vote he is not вЂњcomfortableвЂќ with. He was not comfortable with his yesвЂ¦ https://t.co/RI4ucvv8ka in reply to nicwebb
19:36:07 This is a very real possibility. Especially if the mandate Trump gives the FBI is very constrained. Which it probabвЂ¦ https://t.co/H8t9VROixi
19:52:49 Trump said he would go along with what the Senate wanted to do, but it is unclear he understood he had to give theвЂ¦ https://t.co/FOlayb9qPc
19:55:53 Retweeted @deray 18:10:01 Shout out to the women who held the elevator door and challenged Sen. Flake.
19:56:09 Retweeted @adambonin 19:52:01 It occurs to me that a one-week delay on a floor vote may render it near-impossible for a replacement nominee to goвЂ¦ https://t.co/4iqfkFY7HL
20:02:52 Retweeted @micahcohen 19:36:37 Delaying the Kavanaugh vote by a week means one more week for polls to come in, and the polling trend isn’t great:вЂ¦ https://t.co/Kt4rF8QmRc
21:08:03 Looking forward to hearing details of the allowed scope here. https://t.co/Ba81TZ8lwg
21:08:46 It was the women in the elevator then? https://t.co/DJMUXA8Xue
21:48:04 Retweeted @spettypi 21:06:22 A note on what the FBI can and can’t do: This isn’t a criminal investigation, no grand jury, so they can’t subpoenaвЂ¦ https://t.co/1s51AfSzos
21:57:11 Retweeted @spettypi 18:32:50 We will start next week as we started this one: expecting a Rosenstein meeting and a Kavanaugh vote.
22:25:04 Hey look, something else to be appealed up to SCOTUS to be decided by Kavanaugh if he is confirmed. Yay! https://t.co/zV4Buol8RO
22:34:01 Retweeted @gregolear 21:45:29 ICYMI: This summary by @emptywheel on how the Kavanaugh hearing only made Dr. Ford’s account more credible is a musвЂ¦ https://t.co/9GstyNBdpH
22:49:24 Retweeted @NateSilver538 21:58:38 All the different versions of our forecasts are now basically identical to one another. Or at least, the topline nuвЂ¦ https://t.co/KcB5TB6UjM
23:12:59 Retweeted @ByronYork 22:40:55 Mark Judge sends another letter to Senate Judiciary Committee, this one on the Julie Swetnick matter: https://t.co/VluDxTXB1s
23:33:11 Retweeted @SamuelLJackson 23:18:28 Funny as hell, but there’s nothing funny about his Lying Fratboy Ass!!! https://t.co/rSHcrMzMUM

@abulsme tweets from 2018-09-27 (UTC)

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 вЂњFuck the law. I don’t give a fuck about the law. I want my fucking money.вЂќ 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.вЂ¦ 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 ofвЂ¦ 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 voiceвЂ¦ 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 watchingвЂ¦ 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 watcвЂ¦ 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 tryвЂ¦ 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 televisiвЂ¦ 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 & forвЂ¦ 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 beвЂ¦ 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 goвЂ¦ 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 scвЂ¦ https://t.co/edxmqRfXqB
15:30:26 Retweeted @AshaRangappa_ 14:56:41 Retired FBI agent (who conducts background checks) just texted me: вЂњShe is a good witness.вЂќ
15:32:22 In a break now. So far it seems like a complete disaster for Kavanaugh. Seeing some tweets from people saying otherвЂ¦ 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 simвЂ¦ 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.вЂ¦ 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 dвЂ¦ 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,вЂ¦ 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 serioвЂ¦ 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 ofвЂ¦ 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. HeвЂ¦ 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 questioniвЂ¦ 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 survivorsвЂ¦ 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 incвЂ¦ 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 wereвЂ¦ 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 oвЂ¦ 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 bвЂ¦ 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 hopвЂ¦ 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 thinkвЂ¦ 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 shвЂ¦ 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 byвЂ¦ 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 “aвЂ¦ 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 uncomforвЂ¦ 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 mвЂ¦ 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 mвЂ¦ 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 youвЂ¦ 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 hisвЂ¦ 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 toвЂ¦ 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 suggeвЂ¦ 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 heвЂ¦ 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 THвЂ¦ 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?” oveвЂ¦ 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 tвЂ¦ 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 NapoвЂ¦ 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 aвЂ¦ 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 RepuвЂ¦ 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 dвЂ¦ 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 abвЂ¦ 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 tвЂ¦ 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 LewвЂ¦ 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 pвЂ¦ 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 tвЂ¦ 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 aвЂ¦ 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 truthвЂ¦ https://t.co/rKqKXiXJj7
19:47:04 Retweeted @danielleiat 19:43:44 wowwwww now he’s claiming вЂњRenate alumnusвЂќ was вЂњa term of endearment, to show she was one of usвЂќcome on dude thatвЂ¦ 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: вЂњKavanaugh is losing it.вЂќ
19:57:03 That was just as much a вЂњwowвЂќ 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 likeвЂ¦ 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 onвЂ¦ 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 KavanaughвЂ¦ 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: ifвЂ¦ 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 closeвЂ¦ 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 aвЂ¦ 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 thвЂ¦ 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’tвЂ¦ 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 aboвЂ¦ 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 politiвЂ¦ 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 tastвЂ¦ 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. AndвЂ¦ 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 basвЂ¦ 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 washвЂ¦ 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.

@abulsme tweets from 2018-09-26 (UTC)

00:10:25 Ok, just completed my 7th full day since I installed iOS 12 and therefore Screen Time. Settings > ScreenTime > My PвЂ¦ https://t.co/DPUAsB4JzO
00:18:30 @tweetbot @waze @joeisanerd You made my Top 5. Thanks for your apps! :-) https://t.co/P7t21arf1O in reply to abulsme
02:26:09 Retweeted @WotDpod 01:22:42 Today’s episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Bill Cosby.Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/OrtXXNDYRp
14:59:37 Retweeted @andylassner 14:47:13 Avenatti did not bluff. https://t.co/Dxbk8dHReO
15:19:49 Probably. https://t.co/fRfZbqpeBa
15:20:58 Retweeted @dandrezner 14:50:40 This has to be the dumbest f**king timeline in history. https://t.co/tIujQBh5nM
15:29:03 Seeing lots of people expressing shock that someone kept stuff from high school. For the record, although it wouldnвЂ¦ https://t.co/IaXNg4HFFx
15:44:47 Oops https://t.co/Uaw6hJy4uo
15:45:40 Retweeted @kasie 15:42:10 Mark Judge’s ex-girlfriend, Elizabeth Rasor, recalled to the New Yorker “that Judge had told her ashamedly of an inвЂ¦ https://t.co/fRa0twFE0F
15:48:16 Retweeted @BradMossEsq 15:12:37 I have no idea if Julie Swetnick is telling the truth. I can say this: submitting a sworn affidavit carries with itвЂ¦ https://t.co/0lLIrNjVyI
16:00:27 Retweeted @andreagrimes 15:41:20 It was never about how many women came forward, or whether GOP leadership believed them, and it never will be. TherвЂ¦ https://t.co/DGNZAO3bca
16:35:41 Retweeted @CillizzaCNN 16:21:45 Brett Kavanaugh’s high school calendar, annotated by @pbump https://t.co/DL9YQh4xO9
17:34:19 Good speech by Senator Flake. Wish he would have called for adding hearings for the 2nd and 3rd accusers though. HeвЂ¦ https://t.co/c9Fl9zU8qy
17:36:07 Retweeted @HeerJeet 04:31:56 1. This is something that’s been gnawing at me. Leaving aside the sexual assault allegations against him, KavanaughвЂ¦ https://t.co/YyXBvIEH7n
17:38:33 Interesting -> Orrin Hatch, the Supreme Court, and Trump’s Pardons – The Atlantic https://t.co/KtREJQibRC
17:39:58 I don’t remember this episode. Must have been in one of the revivals rather than the original 1959 to 1964 series. https://t.co/GnFVbqKAjZ
17:40:46 Retweeted @aetiology 17:29:05 Why is anyone shocked that such a gang-rape could have happened in 1982? Steubenville was 30 years later and *theyвЂ¦ https://t.co/BC70V2DwbB
17:43:01 Retweeted @mkraju 17:33:52 Flake raced back behind closed doors and would NOT say if he believes the Friday vote should be delayedI asked ifвЂ¦ https://t.co/62EdL8N2OD
17:44:37 Retweeted @AmandaMarcotte 17:35:24 Literally, multiple teen comedies of the time have jokes about how rape and sexual abuse is just part of adolescentвЂ¦ https://t.co/0YaiInBm0m
19:05:52 Retweeted @tobiaschneider 17:51:29 Another groundbreaking investigation from @bellingcat, uncovering the true identity of one of the Skripal poisoningвЂ¦ https://t.co/pMMQd3I4Ax
19:24:48 Retweeted @thegarance 19:23:42 From someone who went to DC’s National Cathedral School, class of ’88 https://t.co/B0dOMAhGUE https://t.co/MKa5KFlsL8
19:37:51 Retweeted @mattcolville 17:48:58 A seal slaps a man in the face with an octopus. The best headline you’ll see today. https://t.co/6C2nST9Wix
21:02:46 Retweeted @politiCOHEN_ 20:38:33 text from a friend – looks like even robert mueller needs technology help https://t.co/F4UG47kO9l

@abulsme tweets from 2018-09-25 (UTC)

00:22:07 Retweeted @davidmackau 00:19:19 jesus.brett kavanaugh and other classmates boasted in code in their high school yearbook that they had been intimвЂ¦ https://t.co/khcXFpmxIv
01:59:05 Retweeted @kevinriggle 01:52:36 I’m legit quietly mad Ellison hasn’t withdrawn from the race yet (and Minnesota Dems haven’t made him) https://t.co/Zeca0BUH8C
02:39:45 Oh, we will. We will. https://t.co/Am2gWdanxH
02:56:39 Retweeted @BradMossEsq 02:51:51 That sound you hear is Collins and Murkowski getting even more uncomfortable … https://t.co/8BIdzpZtD9
03:00:48 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 02:35:24 I know it maybe sounds like a small thing, but the 2016 election interference was an “information operation”, not aвЂ¦ https://t.co/MAMky0ivGD
03:07:20 Retweeted @HeerJeet 00:59:56 How difficult is it to say: “Look, I drank a lot in high school and college. I did a lot of stuff I’m not proud of,вЂ¦ https://t.co/Nvu8oKzlBs
03:42:00 Retweeted @NYTmag 2018-09-23 18:31:42 Welcome to New York, where the sewer rats are probably laughing at you.No really, they are, and the sound artistвЂ¦ https://t.co/R2jBtUTxAd
03:49:54 Retweeted @xeni 03:47:27 I am beginning to think Brett Kavanaugh is an asshole in reply to xeni
04:26:18 Retweeted @RiegerReport 02:51:47 The Washington Post found Mark Judge holed up in a beach house of a longtime friend in Delaware.вЂњвЂHow’d you findвЂ¦ https://t.co/Apmnj4VSIQ
04:34:07 Retweeted @Robert_E_Kelly 04:14:57 This must be said: the manipulation of Trump & his vanity by both Korean leaders should unnerve everyone who thinksвЂ¦ https://t.co/8566V6fjWA
18:13:35 Retweeted @BNONews 18:11:30 BREAKING: Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison for sexual assault, ordered to registeвЂ¦ https://t.co/7kc1bPo90z
18:20:40 Whoa. I figured they would give him a sweet deal where he got to go home for a bit and report at some future date.вЂ¦ https://t.co/7Zd7P3BFq0
18:55:58 Retweeted @ed_kilgore 18:47:34 If you want to understand why the UN General Assembly burst into laughter at POTUS today, please read this from theвЂ¦ https://t.co/kDewm3LWCz
19:20:10 Retweeted @DanLinden 18:55:15 Bill Cosby ushered out of court in handcuffs, headed for state prison. https://t.co/XAFeILtIHM https://t.co/DMFPAuiiNw
20:59:11 Retweeted @EmmaMAshford 11:28:25 To quote Joe Biden, this is a BFD.Whether it works in this case, it’s still a concrete step by European states,вЂ¦ https://t.co/yoZaISl0dk
21:55:17 I think the Republicans have generally been ridiculous in the Kavanaugh process so far, but to be honest, hiring anвЂ¦ https://t.co/43zVXqCTJ5
22:40:42 Retweeted @universetoday 19:29:10 Matter is Going Into this Black Hole at 30% the Speed of Light – Universe Today https://t.co/qxqkQr9T2g https://t.co/JtyDiCVqdv
22:48:25 Retweeted @politico 22:40:08 Michael Avenatti lashed out at reports that a client who was preparing to level allegations against Supreme Court nвЂ¦ https://t.co/6xRJSWKpFL
23:39:10 Retweeted @adegrandpre 23:09:51 New from @mattzap, @DevlinBarrett & @jdawsey1 –> Rosenstein, who will survive until after the midterms, it now appвЂ¦ https://t.co/rgytp7QMGv

@abulsme tweets from 2018-09-24 (UTC)

00:25:17 Boom. Here is the thing that has been rumored all day. вЂњ…she remembers Kavanaugh had exposed himself at a drunkenвЂ¦ https://t.co/CH92hPB9Uu
00:26:20 Retweeted @lpolgreen 00:04:58 This seemsвЂ¦ problematic. https://t.co/nOzwa0OPmD
00:34:37 Looking like a third… https://t.co/GPe6dS5cAB
01:53:57 !!!! https://t.co/IhDBbs3B5w
02:22:19 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 01:49:34 Me, again: Well, this Farrow story is quite a thing, I guess we’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see what*checksвЂ¦ https://t.co/KSHb9qhVXd
03:03:11 Retweeted @SarahThyre 01:39:30 Ramirez spent years working for an organization that supports victims of domestic violence. And Blasey Ford researcвЂ¦ https://t.co/pzK7l2QMBK
04:14:22 Retweeted @riotwomennn 2018-09-18 12:32:04 There are so many unusual references in the Kavanaugh yearbook: violent words toward women, sexual innuendo & vileвЂ¦ https://t.co/CwII7qm2Fh
04:47:24 Retweeted @HeerJeet 04:46:47 The smart play for the GOP would be to dump Kavanaugh & ram through someone with exact same beliefs but no cloud ovвЂ¦ https://t.co/coR9xyaSF1
04:50:00 Retweeted @AJentleson 02:36:48 Publicly abandoning Kavanaugh is the break glass scenario. Before that, there’ll be an effort to get him to withdraвЂ¦ https://t.co/pBNX0mfpo3
04:52:39 Retweeted @AnneAaron 04:44:03 @spdustin @Karoli The word you are looking for is mangassing. Mansplaining + gaslighting. in reply to spdustin
05:02:36 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 04:35:11 Final thought for the night. Looking at the Conservatwitter reaction to tonight, including from suppose Never TrumpвЂ¦ https://t.co/psYaoyVNBS
05:26:13 Retweeted @StevenBeschloss 02:12:17 Let’s be clear: Kavanaugh is now the face of anti-woman rape culture. He joins Trump in thisвЂ”and if the RepublicansвЂ¦ https://t.co/ultr4jisoa
05:40:03 Retweeted @smod4real 05:06:23 Not to distract from the Kavanaugh circus, but if anyone has sexual assault allegations against another sitting fedвЂ¦ https://t.co/oYal2IGRAG
05:43:03 Retweeted @iatemuggles 2018-09-22 14:23:26 very important street view https://t.co/JcWoBElmYh
05:50:41 Retweeted @ida_skibenes 2018-09-23 17:07:20 Funny how a 17 year old white teenage boy can’t be held accountable because вЂњboys will be boysвЂќ, but toddlers brougвЂ¦ https://t.co/us8iMd6Ido
06:10:02 Retweeted @mattyglesias 2018-09-23 20:55:17 The first time I ever saw Brett Kavanaugh speak, this is what he said.It would be easier for me to believe he isвЂ¦ https://t.co/mlccuA22Xw
14:40:46 !! https://t.co/vK5Eq2eygl
14:45:06 #4 https://t.co/UrBjZUhLBy
14:49:27 Retweeted @jbarro 14:42:48 Are we sure he wasn’t being sarcastic? https://t.co/WNbsL9rwXg
14:52:38 Retweeted @ejbeals 14:44:15 Welcome to infrastructure week, please fasten your seatbelts. https://t.co/uiaEQan0eK
14:53:07 Retweeted @eorden 14:44:32 A source close to Rosenstein disputes the Axios report that Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein has verbally resigned,вЂ¦ https://t.co/W9MiepfnZ0
14:53:37 Retweeted @chrisgeidner 14:44:33 Axios has a second source with a potentially much more nuanced take on this news вЂ”> “‘He’s expecting to be fired,’ so plans to step down.” in reply to chrisgeidner
14:58:00 Retweeted @ezlusztig 14:53:15 The NEW YORK TIMES could have taken simple steps to contain the possible damage of reporting in which they had no rвЂ¦ https://t.co/UKO6CDK23h
14:58:03 Retweeted @jonostrower 14:53:15 Feel like we’re getting close to the season finale of America.
14:58:08 Retweeted @lpolgreen 14:53:15 A great deal hinges on whether Rosenstein resigned or was fired. Be careful out there, kids.
14:58:40 Retweeted @NateSilver538 14:53:21 ‘Verbally resigned in anticipation of being fired” sounds a lot more like fired than resigned. https://t.co/DaLhsxmBvy
15:01:51 Everybody confused on resigned vs fired and the detailed tick tock, but seems like there is consensus that RosensteвЂ¦ https://t.co/mHErUUoIDR
15:02:27 Retweeted @samknight_one 14:48:53 Wait MSNBC/NBC saying that Rosenstein has no intention of resigning, contradicting @Axios report. in reply to samknight_one
15:05:20 Reporting on the details of what is happening with R is all over the place. Guess we will know better in a few hourвЂ¦ https://t.co/PrICoeCAxv
16:02:58 Retweeted @krassenstein 15:11:55 Just a reminder. If Rod Rosenstein is fired or forced to step down like it appears, if the event takes place beforвЂ¦ https://t.co/9rgfBxCuQN
16:15:05 Wut? https://t.co/UrUwm16895
16:16:02 Retweeted @ManInTheHoody 16:04:19 john kelly: ur firedrod rosenstein: am i?
john kelly: u resigned?

rosenstein: did i?

mueller: there is no spooвЂ¦ https://t.co/20pJcK3bDJ
16:16:44 Retweeted @HayesBrown 16:11:27 ROSENSTEIN: [walks out of his principal committee meeting]ROSENSTEIN: [picks up his phone]
ROSENSTEIN:

ROSENSTEIN: what the shit.
16:25:52 @iDudeness Or not. The back and forth on this has been nuts this morning. We all a should just switch off and checkвЂ¦ https://t.co/HGurZ7cS9w in reply to iDudeness
17:30:34 So, I was driving to work for the last hour or so. I gather Rosenstein was now neither fired nor resigned, and hasвЂ¦ https://t.co/E8BdFerObh
17:55:57 Retweeted @ElizLanders 17:43:47 .@Arianedevogue obtained the full Kavanaugh letter sent to the leaders of the Judiciary Committee: вЂњI will not be iвЂ¦ https://t.co/NlwSTpsEjS
18:36:18 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 18:00:11 Vanity Fair reports that, in private, Trump is growing increasingly frustrated by being mired in a deteriorating siвЂ¦ https://t.co/rno2lgmJ5h
18:38:40 Retweeted @joshtpm 18:22:15 Though we don’t know the precise details it seems clear that Rosenstein called Trump’s bluff and Trump backed down.вЂ¦ https://t.co/mjmgqzeekY
18:41:32 Retweeted @Zeddary 00:27:00 Everyone get in the habit of saying Mayer and Farrow like Woodward and Bernstein. Because they’re proving just as cвЂ¦ https://t.co/bgyLvb4BzO
20:46:35 Retweeted @mayawiley 20:30:49 Correction and a thanks to Cynthia Lewis. MD report was false so its a mere 3 women who are alleging some form of sвЂ¦ https://t.co/m7AAJC0Gkw
21:24:20 Retweeted @Robillard 21:24:01 such a good dog https://t.co/5Fe7jHxNp6
22:01:12 Oops https://t.co/s9nO3GFzdI
22:02:32 Retweeted @maxwelltani 21:48:51 this…does not disprove either claim https://t.co/YGn447vjEt
22:04:32 Retweeted @KT_So_It_Goes 19:08:08 it really can’t be pointed out enough how closely avanatti is following the 2012 trump playbook of attaching himselвЂ¦ https://t.co/tQJXKSttes in reply to KT_So_It_Goes

@abulsme tweets from 2018-09-23 (UTC)

04:25:25 Retweeted @PeterWaldoToo 04:24:01 It’s clear Feinstein didn’t want to put this woman through this circus when all she had is her memory and RepublicaвЂ¦ https://t.co/CO4mVmKFTe
05:43:17 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Through the Yawn https://t.co/lOzWRQqbtM https://t.co/l4EF99obSZ
08:37:56 Retweeted @maureendowd 2018-09-22 19:48:40 Twenty-seven years later, will we once more have to watch a woman be mauled by the Republicans on the senate judiciвЂ¦ https://t.co/r7neQK10WS

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Through the Yawn

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topic is of course Judge Kavanaugh vs Dr. Ford and everything surrounding that controversy. In addition to that though, they cover new Apple stuff, a flashback to TV preacher scandals of the 80’s, thoughts on the 1961 movie West Side Story, the 2013 book The End of the Suburbs, and more…

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Recorded 2018-09-21
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- Book: The End of the Suburbs (2013)
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- Sam: New Apple Stuff

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