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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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I know I wouldn't.
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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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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
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September 18: Ed Whelan teases he has exculpatory "evidence" September 20: Ed Whelan publicly blames "Squi" to exculpate Kavanaugh
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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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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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Did the letter include anyone else from the high school she went to?
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Yes. Britt Humes daughter.
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Who has been publicly awful these last few weeks.
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Weeks?
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Good point. Should have said the few weeks that I've been aware of her.
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