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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 29

    Here's a point a reader made: 1) The 65-woman letter came b4 Dr. Ford's name became public (and some people withdrew after her name did become public). 2) So Ford should, at least conceivably, have been invited to join the letter. 1/n

    5:21 AM - 29 Sep 2018
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      2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 29

        GOP's prosecutor elicited evidence from Ford & Kavanaugh that, in the summer in question, Ford and Kavanaugh were more closely traveling the same circles, thru "Squi." As @pbump notes, Kavanaugh was w/Squi 13 times that summer. Dr. Ford was "going out" with him, perhaps earlier

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 29

        So if Ford was NOT asked to be on that 65-lady letter (a smaller number still back it), then it suggests EITHER someone knew not to invite her to be OR the 65 ladies aren't representative of the women who were in Kavanaugh's circles that summer.

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      4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 29

        Oops. Forgot the link to @pbump.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/27/republicans-prosecutor-may-have-helped-undercut-kavanaughs-defense/ …

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      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 29

        Add this to the reasons why the Ed Whelan hoax was so ham-handed. 1) It seems they were trying to take out the witness to the event who might be sympathetic to Ford 2) Now Squi, a middle school teacher, is pissed he was falsely accused 3) Suggests Whelan/Kav knew Squi's role

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      2. Desiree Hernandez‏ @DesireeResists Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I think this is because she wasn't deeply enmeshed in the community. Predators look for loners and sideliners. People no one would miss. Those girls are probably all Facebook friends, I'll bet she's not connected to them anymore, if she ever was.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 29
        Replying to @DesireeResists

        Yes, that's probably it--she's not facebook friends with them still, in part bc of the negativity that circle of friends holds for her.

        2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
      4. Desiree Hernandez‏ @DesireeResists Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Plus, others said the event was gossipped about. If these prissy girls knew she was accusing him of something nasty then, they knew not to ask her to sign. I wonder if the FBI will look into when, if ever, she was ostracized.

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      2. David Black‏ @muffin_train Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The letter came out immediately after her allegations did, which indicates that they already had it prepared. They knew this might be coming. All the haranguing about ‘why didn’t someone say something during the hearings’ could as easily apply to the Republicans.

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      3. Swearin' Spartacus‏ @Spartacussin Sep 29
        Replying to @muffin_train @emptywheel

        I'm less inclined to give this argument much credence--I was by no means a hugely popular person in high school, but if something like this happened, the facebook groups of my high school/college could easily rustle up about a hundred people to sign a letter in a few hours.

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      4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 29
        Replying to @Spartacussin @muffin_train

        Right. Facebook easily explains how the letter came together (and a woman who went to one of the relevant schools has made clear to me). But that says the current Facebook list may self-select for those who remain in certain circles.

        6 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
      5. Can of Pineapple‏ @CanofPineapple Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel @Spartacussin @muffin_train

        I'd say this sounds right. Dr Ford hasn't lived around there for a long time, it's very possible she doesn't keep in touch with these other women.

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      6. Swearin' Spartacus‏ @Spartacussin Sep 29
        Replying to @CanofPineapple @emptywheel @muffin_train

        I know I wouldn't.

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      7. Can of Pineapple‏ @CanofPineapple Sep 29
        Replying to @Spartacussin @emptywheel @muffin_train

        If I never saw a person I went to high school with ever again I wouldn't be sad - and I live thousands of miles away now. Were this exact thing to happen with a guy I knew, even closely, in high school, I doubt I'd be contacted.

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      2. pillarist‏ @pillarist Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        September 14: 65 women sign letter who were in high school circles September 16: Dr. Ford goes public after media (and probably others) begin to learn identity after anonymous allegations

        1 reply 4 retweets 12 likes
      3. pillarist‏ @pillarist Sep 29
        Replying to @pillarist @emptywheel

        September 18: Ed Whelan teases he has exculpatory "evidence" September 20: Ed Whelan publicly blames "Squi" to exculpate Kavanaugh

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      1. Caryn’s creepy calendars‏ @CarynLonz Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The letter was not normal. The basketball team was not normal. The 30-year-old calendars was not normal. The hearing was NOT normal. Why can’t anything post-November 2016 just be NORMAL???pic.twitter.com/lpPwodcPw3

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      2. Cheryl‏ @Hushes Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        How many women were contacted and declined? 65 is an odd number. If CBF wasn't the only woman, then K would have had to be involved in determining the call list otherwise the list organizer would have stumbled on other survivors. Wait. Did they inadvertently contact survivors? 🤔

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      2. Sylvester McMonkey McBean‏ @McbeanMcmonkey Sep 29
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Did the letter include anyone else from the high school she went to?

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      3. Rich Weinstein‏ @phillyrich1 Sep 29
        Replying to @McbeanMcmonkey @emptywheel

        Yes. Britt Humes daughter.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Glenn Morin‏ @GlennMorin10 Sep 29
        Replying to @phillyrich1 @McbeanMcmonkey @emptywheel

        Who has been publicly awful these last few weeks.

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      5. Skeevy Wonder‏ @larryjamad Sep 29
        Replying to @GlennMorin10 @phillyrich1 and

        Weeks?

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      6. Glenn Morin‏ @GlennMorin10 Sep 29
        Replying to @larryjamad @phillyrich1 and

        Good point. Should have said the few weeks that I've been aware of her.

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