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Why women don't report rapes: Jonesboro cop edition

NEA Report has a stunner for these  times:: Jonesboro Police Officer John Shipman said on social media that 80 percent of rape reports are false, a figure he produced in defense of his assertion that Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford is "lying." Official reaction has been appropriate except for one quibble: How is he still employed as a law officer?
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UPDATE: The Kavanaugh nomination and male privilege moves ahead. But wait...

UPDATE: Sen. Jeff Flake, in advance of committee vote, says he'd like to see a delay in full Senate confirmation vote for an FBI investigation of new allegations. With Donald Trump cheerleading the angry denials of an accused sexual predator, Republicans in Congress seem prepared to speed Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to a speedy vote. There are many hitches:
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Kavanaugh hearing UPDATE: Ford wins the morning. Kavanaugh comes out firing.

This is among the many links by which you may watch the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Christine Blasey Ford's sworn statement that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. She is unsurprisingly emotional. Watch and see what you think.

Local takes on Kavanaugh: Sympathy for women, mush and an imbecile

My quick scan of overnight Twitter turned up three posts on the coming hearing today for Brett Kavanaugh from local sources. See if you differ from the headline assessments.
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A new allegation against Brett Kavanaugh

Michael Avenatti, attorney for Stormy Daniels in her actions against Donald Trump, has released a sworn statement from Julie Swetnick who says she witnessed Brett Kavanaugh drunk and assaulting women at house parties in the early 1980s.

Brett Kavanaugh: Choir boy or carouser? UPDATE: New assault allegations

It would appear Brett Kavanaugh and his defenders have overegged the pudding by describing him as a sober, virginal, straight arrow more interested in studies, sports and public service than carousing. The Washington Post reports:
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Saturday's open line includes Kavanaugh news and a stunning political ad

Here's the open line. For entertainment, if you have one minute, watch this political ad against  Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona. Wait for it.   In other news: It appears the hearing is on for Christine Blasey Ford to talk about Brett Kavanaugh's alleged sexual assault of her when she was 15 and he was an older high school student.

Blasey Ford prepared to testify, with conditions

Christine Blasey Ford, who's accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school, has said she's willing to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, but not on Monday as Republicans have demanded.
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Kavanaugh reporting recovers prep school memories; brings credibility into focus

The Brett Kavanaugh nomination is producing reporting on the culture of Washington prep school life in his day — a time of heavy drinking long before Me, Too. Example: The Washington Post today. But it also spurred accounts of Kavanaugh's lack of truthfulness on other matters.

Tom Cotton believes Brett Kavanaugh

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton appeared on a conservative radio show yesterday and said, "My opinion of Judge Kavanaugh has not changed. He's made an unequivocal and categorical denial of these 36-year-old allegations and every known fact so far supports that denial".
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Kavanaugh accuser steps forward

A woman who says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her when they were in high school more than 30 years ago has stepped forward to tell her story to the Washington Post.

The changing Supreme Court lands Arkansas in middle of abortion legal fight

The New York Times focuses on a doctor who provides medication abortion in Fayetteville in a report on what the post-Anthony Kennedy U.S. Supreme Court might do to eroding availability of abortion in the U.S. The outlook in Arkansas and the U.S. is not good.
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