I’m so sorry <3

I can’t even watch it - just reading the live blogs/updates is enough to have me a teary, quivering mess at my desk. I want so much to be righteously angry instead, but I can’t manage it today. I am in awe of Dr. Blasey Ford’s bravery.

Crimes of sexual violence are the only crimes where the accuser is guilty of perjury until proven innocent.

You know what’s really, really enraging? That these assholes want to question her but only want to do it through a “lady prosecutor.” Because they know it doesn’t play well to have a bunch of white men asking her about her sexual assault. Fuck you, guys. If you want to call her a liar, YOU DO IT IN YOUR OWN VOICES.…

This tweet is too real:

Her neurological explanation of how trauma forms memories made me want to dramatically fist pump at work

Wow on her opening statement. My bias is that I have work with survivors of abuse as legal aid attorney. For whose unable to watch, that was strong and convincing testimony by Dr. Ford. Who knows whether this will matter because polictic is so often impervious to our ethics and morals, but she was great.

Honestly, I don’t know if it makes me a bad citizen or weak or whatever but I can’t even listen. I can’t watch. I can’t have my blood pressure skyrocket, I can’t be sitting here at work grinding my teeth with that bullshit in the background. I want to stay informed, I want to be active...but I can’t. even just…

This woman is a hero. My goodness what she has been through and is continuing to go through to keep scum off the SCOTUS... #ThankYouDrFord

The “two front doors” thing made me sob so I guess that’s how this day is going.

I have been going through similar issues for similar reasons this week. I know it doesn’t feel like it, but you are strong, brave, and loved. I am so sorry for what that monster did to you. Is there a way you can get to a rape crisis center near you? They do free counseling sessions, even years out from the rape.  

anyone clock that? Diane Feinstein was speaking for what, 80 seconds before he interrupted her? I see this is going to go so well

This has been the most exhausting. I’ve been reliving my multiple rapes and abuse by my longterm highschool bf all week while seeing these headlines. I’m not even able to read full articles because my brain blacks out; it can’t handle it.
I wish I could drain the bank accounts and funds of all these assholes pushing…

There will never be a second hearing. If it gets to the point where enough committee members want one, Kavanaugh is done.

Damn. I hadnt considered the trophy angle. We’ve gone from Dumb House of Cards/Scandal to Dumb Criminal Minds.

Avenatti’s client has those old all-white all-male majority judiciary committee sphincters all puckered up (this is a fun visual: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members) ‘cause she is a security vetted gov’t employee putting her whole job and legacy on the line. She faces serious charges and likely…

Julie Swetnick needs to be heard. She has signed an affidavit under penalty of perjury that details Kavanaugh’s involvement in train/gang rapes including those during Beach Week, something that he not only wrote down on his creepy calendar, but SAVED all of these years like a fucking trophy.

Mark Judge’s ex-girlfriend says she wants to testify. You know the one who Judge confided in that he and his buds liked to gang rape girls in high school...

Maybe Harris can pry something loose on Thursday once he’s up there on his own.

Hewing this closely to prepared verbiage, and not even trying to make it sound natural, is a clear sign there’s someone behind him who’s told him in no uncertain terms not to speak freely. Because when you let people do that – and you can, when you don’t have anything to hide – they start slipping into the natural…