PBC News & Comment: Kavanuagh Picked a Fight After UB-40 Show

Yale classmate’s revelation of drunk Kavanaugh provoking bar fight in New Haven proves, again, Lyin’ Cryin’ Brett is not qualified…..
--listen to Loose Bruce Kerr's update of the Yale drinking tune, The Whiffenpoof Song here
--it’s pretty clear to any honest observer that Kavanaugh has not been truthful, but standards have eroded a but under Trump
--WashPost columnist Paul Waldman recounts latest exposure of Kavanaugh’s dissembling along with the growing stack of lies
--America’s leading Flake says he will vote against Kavanugh if lies are proven, but he’s pretty selective
--when the FBI completes its whirlwind investigation, who gets the report?
--in early Senate floor debate on nomination, Dems stress temperament of unhinged candidate
--Harvard’s Laurence Tribe says Kavanaugh would have to recuse himself on many cases after his hyper partisan attacks
--driven by polls that show males support Trump and Kavanaugh, the GOP spin is all about pity for white boys, especially the entitled ones
--at ConsortiumNews, Joe Lauria recaps the story and reveals his experience as a young altar boy who rejected sexual advances from a priest
--in op-ed, Bill McKibben exposes Trump’s actions on climate and migrant children while we’ve been distracted by confirmation drama
--new California law requiring women on corporate boards would only affect 72 companies
--oligarch Jeff Bezos decides to share the wealth, raising Amazon’s minimum wage to $15 after Bernie Sanders protested
--in op-ed, Prof. Josephine Wolff hammers Trump for “reckless” cybersecurity strategy
--WashPost and Esquire reveal that Rep. Devin Nunes’ family farm is in Iowa, and miss critical factor: Nunes claims to be a farmer on the ballot
--Melania splits for Africa to promote programs Donnie wants to cripple
--Alex Trebek moderated debate of governor candidates in Pennsylvania, gets panned
--FBI raid in Oregon faced booby traps like Raiders of the Lost Ark