I yield my time
by Tom Sullivan
Maria Gallagher and Ana Maria Archila cornered Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator (video) Friday morning. (Image via @mgallagher822 )
Brian Williams opened his show Friday night, saying, “It appears that in the last 24 hours, three women may have changed the course of history. They are Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher.” (Video at link.)
I yield my time.
If I got to ask Brett Kavanaugh a question I’d start with “Before we get into it, I’d like to yield 30 seconds of my time so everyone here – both Democrats and Republicans – can join me in giving Brett Kavanaugh a round of applause for going to Yale.”— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) September 29, 2018
The Devil’s Triangle is a sex act between two men and one woman. It is well documented and widely known. There is no drinking game called “Devil’s Triangle.”
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Renate Alumni is bragging about having been inside Renate.
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Perjury is a crime.— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) September 29, 2018
And nobody in the history of flatulence has ever, in any civilization, referred to it as “Boofing.”— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) September 29, 2018
Google it for the actual definition. It has to do with rectal insertions and is an outdated slang term used by frat boys I knew. This guy yelled and whined and lied about everything. Now you know.— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) September 29, 2018
In 1982, when Kavanaugh was 17, the drinking age in Maryland was not 18. It was 21. I did not go to Yale Law School.— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) September 29, 2018
These are some of the dumbest mistruths and lies Brett Kavanaugh said under oath yesterday. Another one was that he and Mark Judge didn’t get wasted and pin down a young Christine Blasey at a party and sloppily attack her in a way she will remember for the rest of her life.— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) September 29, 2018
Days after November 8, 2016, the answering machine at the local Democratic Party office was overflowing with calls from distraught women. This week was a replay.
I yield time to my colleagues and the women who contacted them this week. First, a Facebook post Friday from the chair of our local Democratic committee:
Our headquarters is being overloaded with calls and drop-in visits from women who have never been involved in politics, and in the past two days have decided they want to do something for this election.
We’re scheduling an open house on Sunday where people can come in and find a way to be involved – or just come and talk to other people who are being impacted by the news.
Our experience was not unique. In a followup note about the open house from another officer:
Today, at Headquarters, we have had multiple women show up, some in tears, wanting to mobilize due to the events of yesterday. We are all so devastated by the immediate result of the hearings but we cannot give up.
We will listen, help them get resources, present opportunities for action. BE THERE FOR THEM.
Someone noted in my Twitter feed Friday that during the January 2017 Women’s March, even with millions in the streets, there were no cops in riot gear. Lavanya Ramanathan saw it as a sign of white privilege, and in large part it was. Perhaps also, the tweet countered, it was because authorities simply don’t take women seriously.
If Senate Republicans vote Brett Kavanaugh onto the U.S. Supreme Court, authorities might need the riot gear.
We’re making an announcement soon!
One thing’s for sure: we’re going to march. https://t.co/BDm2M9PHHj— Women's March (@womensmarch) September 28, 2018
Today and tomorrow, we are joining @BlackWomensBP for the #MarchForBlackWomen. We hope you are too!
On January 19, 2019, we all march again.
Save the date: The #WomensWave is coming. https://t.co/Di6LqQQJfL pic.twitter.com/2vbs06ZRqR— Women's March (@womensmarch) September 29, 2018
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