This was such an odd strategy. They needed the optic of empathy, not someone in an adversarial position who is making this look more like a trial. Maybe that’s the point to bamboozle people into thinking there’s some official burden of proof for Dr. Ford involved here, but that is ... not smart. It’s just another…

No need to apologize for something no one needs to be sorry for.

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

If this is true is the stupidest fucking tactic in the history of goddamn stupid fucking tactics.

There’s a concern the lastest RI accusation could’ve been faked and it is a red herring planted by the GOP.

Like half the questions he hasn’t even let the reporters finish what they’re trying to ask so he’s not even really answering their questions- he just hears words and GOES. So many random tangents(he just mentioned Elton John). It’s so batshit. I’m sober and my head is going to combust.

It’s been pretty off the rails- he’s been really angry in this one. There’s occasional gibberish, more anger, some stuff that sounds like facts, more anger, he struggles with words and tries to fill in stuff, more anger, ANGER ANGER ANGER. And now he just said that people at the U.N. weren’t laughing at him, they were…

Thank you! David Corn is a dose of sanity today... much needed.

Boy, I can’t wait to read the article in Forbes about all the money you can make lying about sexual assault.

‘I’m a very famous person, unfortunately.’

He’s a huge blowhard, but he's a blowhard with receipts.

It’s astounding to witness the Right’s inability to nominate a candidate who hasn’t committed some heinous act(s) in their past

I know we were all hoping to avoid this, but if this moves to a vote, it is up to women (and the men who support us) to FUCK SHIT UP. We have to donate to democrats, call our senators, volunteer in key senate races (you can volunteer for Beto even if you don’t live in TX) and protest when and where we can.

I know people rag Avenetti and for good reason, but he does seem to keep his ducks in a row when it comes to making accusations and taking clients. I’d bet he spends a LOT of time vetting claims from wackos and delusional types in general and nowadays it would be even more important. He picks one wrong client and it’s…

This is discussed over on the Splinter thread, but just for anyone who didn’t see it:

Turn your disgust into anger. Go to your local high school and/or college and register young women to vote. Drag every decent person you know to the polls. Fight back.

I want to throw up. I am so disgusted by everyone in the Republican party right now.

Actual cannibal Shia LaBeouf. (This song is one of my favorite things! Closely followed by the video for this song.)

Thank you for adding “struggle mustache” to my personal lexicon.

I’m just realizing it’s LaBeouf, and not Boeuf, which always drove me batty, because Boeuf is masculine in French, le boeuf. Beouf, as far as I can tell from my Oxford dictionary doesn’t mean anything at all.