Ford wants the FBI to investigate before a hearing

Breaking: Christine Blasey Ford wants the FBI to investigate her allegation against Kavanaugh first before senators hold a hearing. https://t.co/EDRqdNuM1H

— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) September 19, 2018

I can’t blame her. A hearing with only two witnesses, questioned by politicians, is hardly an impartial and thorough investigation. https://t.co/wOjnDyytOw

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 19, 2018

Republicans are trying to set up the exact same situation for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford-and scare her away from testifying. https://t.co/8QNMwCj7ym

— Esquire (@esquire) September 19, 2018

Ford’s lawyer Lisa Banks says on CNN that discussions about a hearing on Monday is “premature” — says asking her to come forward in public in a few days is not fair.

— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) September 19, 2018

Christine Blasey Ford Wants F.B.I. to Investigate Kavanaugh Before She Testifies via @NYTimes https://t.co/waZ2rbVDU1

— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) September 19, 2018

40% don’t think elections are fair

40% of Americans think elections aren't fair. Well they're not. Republican legislatures/secretaries of state keep making it harder to vote. They see the handwriting on the wall, if you let people vote power will shift. Let's keep voting, we will win!https://t.co/S17Kp7f8hZ

— Judith Browne Dianis (@jbrownedianis) September 17, 2018

Mexico won’t pay for the wall

Congress didn’t put it in the budget bill

The public doesn’t want it

“It is now two years later, and it turns out that not only is Mexico never going to pay for a wall, even Republicans in Congress don’t want it.” https://t.co/vxjqvmCMMJ

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) September 18, 2018

A recent poll and some older ones

ICYMI
Do you support or oppose building a wall along the border with Mexico?
ALL
Support 38%
Oppose 58%
REP.
Support 78%
Oppose 17%
DEM.
Support 7%
Oppose 90%
IND.
Support 32%
Oppose 65%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 8/9-13/18)
more: https://t.co/nf4JAwcrG1

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 15, 2018

Poll: 53% of Texas voters oppose building a wall along the border with Mexico. pic.twitter.com/Nbq2dUCbu2

— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 20, 2018

82% of Americans say they want DACA to continue and 63% oppose a wall along the entire Mexico border, CNN poll shows https://t.co/tKELq0ehnx pic.twitter.com/hP0GGtRHOM

— CNN (@CNN) September 27, 2017

What jumps out to me in RNC poll: "soft" GOP voters care more about Medicare/SS, funding veterans mental health services + reforming student loans than Trump agenda of tax cuts, border walls, ICE: https://t.co/BKyBwu9fyk

— Joshua Green (@JoshuaGreen) September 18, 2018

What do you think about this? @FabMAGADiva @realjenloh Telemundo Poll: Texas Hispanics oppose Border Wall, SB 4, and ‘Zero Tolerance’ https://t.co/iwzCcNbUsI via @RioGGuardian

— Marco Gutierrez (@MarcoGutierrez) September 10, 2018

Trump can’t win Hispanics and keep his base

Analysis: Trump jokes that he "better win the Hispanics next time." He’d have to give up his base to do that. https://t.co/L1J8qB3KTc

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 18, 2018

Dark money groups will have to name many donors

update 10/27/18

A new campaign finance disclosure rule was hailed as a "victory for transparency." But most dark money groups found a way around it. https://t.co/RobQ5OL9yz pic.twitter.com/Sslu0M3vFj

— The New Republic (@newrepublic) October 27, 2018

Good decision by the Supreme Court

Political nonprofits must now name many of their donors under federal court ruling after Supreme Court declines to intervene https://t.co/gCw3VzMJUe

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 18, 2018

update 10/16/18

Dark-money groups’ funders are mostly still out of sight, and they could remain hidden until a possible hearing at the Supreme Court https://t.co/pOR4moVUU3

— POLITICO (@politico) October 16, 2018

Pompeo will attend partisan event

Everything is political with Trump

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will speak later this week to a group of American conservative activists.

It'll be an unusual appearance for the top U.S. diplomat, whose role generally requires avoiding partisan affairshttps://t.co/MXd6p3KH5C

— POLITICO (@politico) September 18, 2018

Kavanaugh update 9/18/18

Trump doesn’t think the FBI should investigate the accusation. He asks them to investigate all kinds of stuff. I wish this was as important to him as making Hillary Clinton look bad.

Trump feels sorry for Kavanaugh – he won’t even mention Ford by name.

Senate Republicans won’t call any witnesses – just Ford and Kavanaugh.

They’re trying to rush this through.

"The woman," as President Trump referred to Dr. Blasey today, has been forced to move out of her house, NYT reports. https://t.co/KF9FdxU8yi pic.twitter.com/ghroKFnM7a

— Nathaniel Meyersohn (@nmeyersohn) September 18, 2018

NEW: White House advisers are worried that more damaging information about Kavanaugh could come out. Two sources relayed rumors that Ford’s account will be verified by more women. Another said Ivanka Trump has told her father to “cut bait” and drop him https://t.co/aDtKT4PbRM

— The Hive (@VFHIVE) September 18, 2018

Our story tonight on the Kavanaugh latest, as Trump and Senate Rs rally to his defense, the judge preps for Monday and Qs remain whether Ford will appear — w/ @costareports @WPJohnWagner with assists from @WaPoSean @jdawsey1 @Gabriel_Pogrund @emmersbrown https://t.co/BgciQ0eKak

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) September 18, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh talking about his high school in 2015: “What happens at Georgetown Prep, stays at Georgetown Prep.”

I can't imagine any parent accepting this view. Is this really what America wants in its next Supreme Court Justice? pic.twitter.com/WhL8YeZQ78

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 18, 2018

If you think Brett Kavanaugh was "just a kid" at 17 but that Tamir Rice was a "dangerous thug" at 12, you might need to rethink what it is you're really defending.

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) September 17, 2018

Lindsey Graham wants to know how Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, a college professor, paid for a $200 polygraph test.

Lindsey Graham apparently doesn't want to know how Brett Kavanaugh paid for $200K in baseball tickets.

Reveals a lot of what's wrong with our country and politics.

— Adam Best (@adamcbest) September 18, 2018

Republicans have refused to release Kavanaugh’s White House documents that are relevant to the confirmation process. As a last resort, we’re suing to get them for the American people. https://t.co/jxPszGE9um

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 18, 2018

This from a right-leaning FOX commentator ⬇️https://t.co/TSC7GaVVeH

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 18, 2018

Moments ago on @CNNSitRoom Alabama Senator @DougJones called on the Judiciary Committtee to subpoena Mark Judge to testify in Kavanaugh proceedings.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 18, 2018

.@RealDonaldTrump just claimed that re-opening Kavanaugh’s official background investigation isn’t something the FBI does. FALSE. It's exactly what the FBI does. Until now it’s been a standard bipartisan process to have the FBI investigate new information raised about a nominee.

— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) September 18, 2018

Despite his desire not to testify, Judge may still have relevant information to offer regarding his memory of Prof. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh during that time period and what he recalls about how they interacted with each other. His lack of memory should also be put under oath. https://t.co/upmuGLs0m1

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 18, 2018

A close look at how vulnerable senators are handling the #Kavanaugh accusation: https://t.co/LxDeIkk9N6 pic.twitter.com/cbWPcbwxi4

— Slate (@Slate) September 18, 2018

Trump could be right on this one compared to the other people he knows – Cohen, Flynn, Manafort, Gates, etc.

Donald Trump: “Judge Kavanaugh is one of the finest people that I've ever known”

— Edward Hardy (@EdwardTHardy) September 18, 2018

I joined 109 of my House colleagues in urging the Senate to #PostponeTheVote on #Kavanaugh, so America can have a thorough investigation of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s story. #BelieveWomen pic.twitter.com/ojlbqkXVj7

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) September 18, 2018

NEW: McConnell warns GOP of political fallout if they fail to confirm Kavanaugh https://t.co/iSfU0dyerp pic.twitter.com/wf6VrxLDdJ

— The Hill (@thehill) September 18, 2018

24 women who attended the Holton-Arms School with Christine Blasey Ford have signed and sent a letter of support for her to Congress. Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago. https://t.co/eZ5mwBmTyq pic.twitter.com/Ul8t3I5LXi

— CNN (@CNN) September 18, 2018

"We shouldn't just take the President's word just because there's a denial. We need to know the facts." – Democratic Sen. Doug Jones calls President Trump's remark that he feels 'badly' for Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh "unfortunate." https://t.co/6voZgxyJ58 pic.twitter.com/HL6sshHAcp

— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) September 18, 2018

Hearing about the Kavanaugh allegations up in the air https://t.co/S2Ij4l82EL @Phil_Mattingly reports @TheLeadCNN

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 18, 2018

The allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are so much more than a "he said, she said" situation.

Why these five former prosecutors find the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh credible: https://t.co/n4iPnRHh47

— NBC News THINK (@NBCNewsTHINK) September 18, 2018

Chuck Todd: How can Kavanaugh deny being at party when accuser never said which party it was? #SmartNews ⁦@TrueFactsStated⁩ https://t.co/JL5zit5Vfk

— Cecilia Eicher (@Chawailia) September 18, 2018

So they're concerned with the optics of a bunch of men questioning Ms. Ford, but not w/ a bunch of men ultimately making the decision? https://t.co/UhwIJvCZYu

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) September 18, 2018

It appears that Mark Judge says he won’t voluntarily testify under oath. If that’s true, the Senate Judiciary Committee must subpoena him. He has no criminal exposure (unless he has lied to the FBI), so he can’t take the 5th.

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 18, 2018

The penalty that Kavanaugh is facing here, in the wake of allegation of attempted rape, is not getting a Supreme Court seat. It’s literally the same penalty already imposed on Merrill Garland for the crime of…being nominated by a Democrat.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 18, 2018

Anita Hill on the Kavanaugh hearing

Who would have a better perspective?

It’s impossible to miss the parallels between the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing and the 1991 confirmation hearing for Justice Clarence Thomas, writes Anita Hill in an Op-Ed https://t.co/PL2ZskXHcF pic.twitter.com/Jxb0t1wO0s

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) September 18, 2018

Tariff update 9/18/18

Trump doesn't even understand how tariffs work. Importers pay the higher tariff to the federal gov't. Those companies pass on price increases to manufacturers who raise their prices to consumers. Consumers. Pay. the. Tariff. Not. China. @JenniferJJacobs https://t.co/Ski6cwDmWz

— Brian P. Klein (@brianpklein) September 18, 2018

Does Trump understand that tariffs are *taxes* paid for by *American* consumers? Serious question. https://t.co/sOoiZyYEcy

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) September 18, 2018

Voters in a handful of critical midterm states have also largely rejected Trump's tariffs, according to recent polls. https://t.co/ffiCNr1m3C pic.twitter.com/JmyERsO5GT

— CNBC (@CNBC) September 18, 2018

Trump's tariffs will hurt America much more than Chinahttps://t.co/08R71ADpVy pic.twitter.com/v07ZuypeNi

— Forbes (@Forbes) September 18, 2018

One study of tire tariffs found in a single year, 2011, Americans spent an extra $1.1 billion on tires as a result of a tariff that preserved, at most, 1,200 jobs. That is almost $1 million per job, for jobs paying an average of about $40,000. https://t.co/2pRB9yjmAJ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 18, 2018

Perspective: Here’s why a) the economic impacts of Trump’s tariffs are often exaggerated and b) they still stink https://t.co/L2xMHzRckp

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 18, 2018

China says it has no choice but to retaliate against new U.S. trade tariffs, risking that Trump may impose duties on virtually all of the Chinese goods that America buys https://t.co/nY5VqgfCEb via @ReutersTV pic.twitter.com/izGCbVgEy5

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 18, 2018

U.S. consumers will pay more for Chinese imports because of Trump's new tariffs https://t.co/QcWTSVkpwy

— POLITICO (@politico) September 18, 2018

Trump accused China of seeking to interfere in the U.S. elections by slapping tariffs on products from politically pivotal states, even though it was the president who instigated the latest fight by imposing $200 billion in new tariffs on Beijing. https://t.co/38D2i4V4di

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) September 18, 2018

Trump has driven up the cost of every item we buy with his hidden taxes which he calls tariffs. pic.twitter.com/8GA34iYXNo

— Nancy Estes (@AmBeachy) September 18, 2018

Trump lied about repatriation

The amount of cash that's flowed back to the U.S. after Trump's massive tax law overhaul is just 3.5% of what he predicted https://t.co/PjE8ay3kPE

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 17, 2018

As long as the US tax rate is higher than the tax rate in foreign jurisdictions where multinationals hold their un-repatriated profits, there is still a tax advantage in delaying repatriation. Cf. https://t.co/ANIPhugYi4. TCJA didn’t change that fact https://t.co/JQig0BXx2x

— Daniel Hemel (@DanielJHemel) September 16, 2018