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The FBI/White House Supplemental Background Check on Brett Kavanaugh

The FBI/White House Supplemental Background Check on Brett Kavanaugh The FBI/White House Supplemental Background Check on Brett Kavanaugh

If the Federal Bureau had been no more thorough Than that when it was in charge, All the federal pens would have cell blocks left empty, And Dillinger’d still be at large.

Oct 11, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Lindsey Graham Kavanaugh

White Men Have Good Reason to Be Scared White Men Have Good Reason to Be Scared

We’re coming for their power.

Oct 10, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright

Brett Kavanaugh testifies

Kavanaugh’s Testimony Kavanaugh’s Testimony

He whined, he bullied and he wept— Behaving like an unhinged lout. The White House saw a grand display— Judicial temperament throughout.

Oct 4, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Lindsey Graham Kavanaugh

Kavanaugh’s Defenders in Congress Don’t Care About Process Kavanaugh’s Defenders in Congress Don’t Care About Process

The hearings reveal disparities in who gets to speak out—and who must remain silent.

Oct 4, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Durbin, Whitehouse, Klobuchar at Kavanaugh hearing

Brett Kavanaugh Is a Liar—So Why Couldn’t Democrats Call Him One? Brett Kavanaugh Is a Liar—So Why Couldn’t Democrats Call Him One?

News reports are not helping by wrongly presenting the hearing as a “he said/she said” affair.

Oct 3, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

Trump on Reporting a Sexual Assault

Trump on Reporting a Sexual Assault Trump on Reporting a Sexual Assault

She didn’t file a police report When claims were fresh and could be tracked. And, by the way, the same is true Of all those chicks that I attacked.

Sep 27, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Theresa May at the EU Summit

A Small Nation That Thinks It’s a World Power A Small Nation That Thinks It’s a World Power

Brexit emerged from its supporters’ nostalgia for a supposedly glorious past.

Sep 27, 2018 / Column / Gary Younge

Brett Kavanaugh with Trump

Reasons to Believe Reasons to Believe

10 ways to respond to Brett Kavanaugh’s defenders.

Sep 26, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Trump Oval Office Hands Raised

White House Revelations White House Revelations

It’s all just a plot by the “deep state,” he says, To bring down a man who they always have hated. These leakers of course were appointed by him. He faces a deep state that he has…

Sep 14, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Susan Collins’s Reputation as a Moderate Is On the Line

Susan Collins’s Reputation as a Moderate Is On the Line Susan Collins’s Reputation as a Moderate Is On the Line

She says she’s pro-choice, so how can she justify voting for Brett Kavanaugh?

Sep 12, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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