At the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, former volunteers attending the celebration in Washington were invited to their home-state senator’s offices. We met with Sen. Susan Collins to discuss issues relevant to the Peace Corps. It was a fascinating meeting. Sen. Collins was keenly aware of all the issues we wished to […]
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Sen. Collins should reject nominee
I can’t imagine anyone being so uncaring a person that they would imply, in print, in the yearbook (a book many people will hold onto for their entire lives) that they had had sex with the same women that other people on their sports team had done. Brett Kavanaugh could have stepped up and apologized. […]
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Ford's story has inconsistencies
On Sept. 30, Rachel Mitchell, who was hired by Senate Republicans to lead the questioning of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh last week, published a memorandum. That document details why Mitchell, a prosecutor from Arizona with 25 years of experience dealing with sex crimes, does not believe that any reasonable prosecutor would bring the […]
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Maine women, including sexual assault survivors, converge on Capitol to sway Collins
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kate Byrne sat on the cold tile floor outside the office of Maine Sen. Susan Collins. Four floors below, in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building, police were arresting hundreds of protesters who had swarmed the nation’s capital to oppose Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Upstairs, […]
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Susan Collins says she was briefed on Kavanaugh report but won't talk about her vote
Sen. Susan Collins called the FBI report into allegations of sexual misconduct against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh a “very thorough investigation” Thursday. “It appears to be a very thorough investigation, but I am going back later today to personally read the interviews,” Collins said after leaving a closed-door briefing with her Republican colleagues. […]
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Senate gets FBI Kavanaugh report, gets ready to vote Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate braced for a crucial initial vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh’s tottering Supreme Court nomination after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set his polarized chamber on a schedule to decide an election-season battle that has consumed the nation. A showdown roll call over confirmation seemed likely over the weekend. McConnell, R-Ky., cemented […]
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Kavanaugh a threat to the rights of LGBTQ+ people
Soon, the U.S. Senate will likely vote to either confirm or reject Brett Kavanaugh as the next Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. If Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed, his decisions will have an enormous impact on the lives of marginalized people. I remember exactly where I was when I found out that […]
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Republicans' war on women
Forget for a moment Christine Blasey Ford’s statement. Look, really look, at Brett Kavanaugh — his anger, his entitlement, his drinking, his hot-headed temperament, his frat-boy mentality, his saving calendars from his glory days (yikes). Look at his policies and partisan attitudes. I do not want a lifetime appointment given to an immature man who, […]
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Take a look at Christine Ford
Why are the Democrats so concerned with Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s drinking, but hardly mention Christine Blasey Ford’s drinking the day or night in question? She admitted that she had a beer. Who knows how many she really had. And, at 15 years old, even one beer might give a person that age enough of a […]
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Collins — do the respectable thing
I strongly urge Sen. Susan Collins to oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. This issue goes above adherence to party ties. As a society, we are in a moment of taking sexual harassment and assault seriously for the first time in history. To ignore accusations and confirm Kavanaugh would not only […]