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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 29

      emptywheel Retweeted Nate Silver

      I keep coming back to this. This man argued aggressively that lying about sex was an impeachable offense. *He* helped set that standard. He should be held to it.https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1046048160483815425 …

      emptywheel added,

      Nate SilverVerified account @NateSilver538
      During the Whitehouse questions about the yearbook, he's literally almost sneering with contempt while launching into a series of wildly implausible explanations on ralphing, devil's triangle, Renate Dolphin, "boofed", etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ccXpDhMmBY … https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1046019746070745090 …
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    2. Karmatella‏ @Karmatella Sep 29
      Replying to @emptywheel

      I can't forget the cruel, sneering disdain when he asked Amy Klobuchar if she blacked out drinking. Showed his attitude to women right there, and the GOP knew it, they got him out of there right then for a "break".

      1 reply 8 retweets 38 likes
      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 29
      Replying to @Karmatella

      I didn't take that to be sexism. I just think he, like most Republican operatives, will project about anything, even to the point of absurdity, which this was in context.

      11:30 AM - 29 Sep 2018
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        2. Michael Strauss‏ @Earth_Media_ Sep 29
          Replying to @emptywheel @Karmatella

          And that bullying-back is the instinctive go-to strategy for an wannabe alpha when confronted by a perceived personal attack. Standard bar-fight mentality - reinforced by prep sessions with Orange Leader.

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        3. gupwalla‏ @gupwalla Sep 29
          Replying to @Earth_Media_ @emptywheel @Karmatella

          It's also the kind of over-compensating that certain people do when confronted with their own vices. Their ego won't let them hate themselves, so the hate has to be projected outwards. (I guess we're saying the same thing). Think, eg, Ted Haggard.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        4. Saving democracy=crushing GOP‏ @KatinkaTheKat Sep 30
          Replying to @gupwalla @Earth_Media_ and

          That look she gave him when he threw her Q back at her. It's like she knew she was dealing w another defensive drunk.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        5. gupwalla‏ @gupwalla Sep 30
          Replying to @KatinkaTheKat @Earth_Media_ and

          She's also a skilled prosecutor and would pick up on something like that when interrogating a witness in court.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. VCU Heel‏ @Syzyfowe Sep 29
          Replying to @emptywheel @Karmatella

          His apology was meaningless. His responses in that exchanged exposed his true character more than any other part of the hearings.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Karmatella‏ @Karmatella Sep 29
          Replying to @Syzyfowe @emptywheel

          I think so too, it really stuck with me. He even knew her father was a reformed alcoholic, which added to the cruelty.

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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        1.  🎃 🦇 🕸 Braineating bug | ALWAYS scary!  🕸 🦇 🎃‏ @fowerli Sep 29
          Replying to @emptywheel @Karmatella

          He very indignantly accused low key Patrick Leahy of mocking Judge for alcoholism when he asked some pretty obvious questions about him. It was weird crisis acting on K’s part. A coached response I guess.

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        1. REAL GOOD‏ @defactogood Sep 29
          Replying to @emptywheel @Karmatella

          Same projection to Whitehouse – "Do you like beer, senator? What do you like to drink?"https://youtu.be/ikTZhmGMxyM?t=2m20s …

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        1. ShannonOakes‏ @ShannonOakesTw Sep 29
          Replying to @emptywheel @Karmatella

          ShannonOakes Retweeted DCGomez

          https://twitter.com/AllThingsNatSec/status/1046137417596432384 …

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          DCGomez @AllThingsNatSec
          As a former FBI profiler who studied the serial sexual predator personality, I found Kavanaugh’s response to Klobucher’s questioning disturbing as well. https://twitter.com/El_Grillo1/status/1046135187656994816 …
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        1. Aaditya‏ @aaditks Sep 29
          Replying to @emptywheel @Karmatella

          He had already answered Mitchell whether he has ever gotten blacked out drunk. And he also asked Whitehouse about whether he liked beer. Where is the sexism exactly?pic.twitter.com/r2u1JeRyEF

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