The standard Jeff Flake put last week for his vote: If you believe Christine Blasey Ford's story, you vote no.

The answer to why Kavanaugh could be a virgin and still brag to a classmate that he'd had sex. Also addresses the very public willy waving: Sexual assault as masculine theater, a show for other men. forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2018/09/kavana…

“I believed he was going to rape me. I tried to yell for help. When I did, Brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from screaming.” nytimes.com/2018/09/26/us/…

Whatever else happens, this is an extraordinary moment

I want to tell you a story about how my mum taught me that I’m allowed to leave an uncomfortable situation.

Have been talking non-stop about how women’s anger is treated as both laughable and infantile. Thanks Orrin Hatch, for continuing to be a walking fucking advertisement for my book.

.Sen. Susan Collins Sen. Lisa Murkowski You know the man he is. You know

Kavanaugh was nominated by a candidate who lost the popular vote by 3 million+ votes. The 49 Senators who voted 'No' on Kavanaugh represent 181.8 million Americans. The 51 Senators who voted 'Yes' represent 143.2 million. Our political system is broken.

WOWZA. Check out this cease and desist sent by Pharrell Williams to Donald Trump for using “Happy” on “the day of the mass murder of 11 human beings,” as the letter puts it.

So WH is closing with straight-up racist incitement not less than a week after a MAGA cultist tried to assassinate 13 officials and critics and 4 days after a Nazi cited WH-led immigration propaganda as his cause for committing slaughter.

Trump keeps saying, as he did yesterday, that only "3%" of people released for an asylum hearing actually show up for court. His Justice Department says it was 89% last year, 91% in 2016, 93% in 2015, 94% in 2014. justice.gov/eoir/page/file…

I miss Robin Williams

Nothing is a bigger indication of how much companies are using your location data for profit than how antsy every app on your phone gets if you turn off location.

I don’t want to spend one second discussing Liz Warren’s likeability or Beto’s fresh energy. What if— WHAT IF— this cycle we only compare their policy platforms and ability to competently and transparently lead

I think it’s wrong to run this headline without including that this assertion is made without evidence. When media does this reporters become complicit in the propagation of an empty assertion as if it was true.

The daily Toronto experience - I’m waiting in the rain for the Dundas bus as 4 full buses have passed me by. And you wonder why TTC riders object to yet another fair increase. Balancing the budget on the backs of TTC riders while they continue to wait for the bus.

When my kid finally wraps her head around climate change I wonder if her first question will be "why didn't you stop it" or if she'll more want to know why I failed to secure us land or weapons or learn like *any* post-apocalypse skills at all

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back trib.al/0FES1x9

Bingo.

Can't repeat this enough: Mueller is slated to bring in more $$ from Manafort's assets than the cost of the probe.