Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh speaks at his ceremonial swearing-in in the East Room of the White House on October 8, 2018, in Washington, DC.
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In the 1970s, a revolution began. It was a deliberately hidden revolution, concealed so well that it is unknown to most Americans, even though it has profoundly and forever changed the nation. This ongoing revolution has brought us a Grand Canyon of inequality, Donald Trump — and now, Brett Kavanaugh. To understand what happened, we must go to the beginning.
It was 1971, and US corporations had a problem. The economies of Europe and Asia, previously devastated by WWII, had recovered and were knocking on our door with their cars, consumer electronics, appliances and other goods. US corporate profits fell like wet laundry.
Not only were US companies under pressure from abroad — they were also under pressure domestically. According to corporate attorney Lewis Powell, the politics of the ’60s had emboldened “Communists, New Leftists and other revolutionaries,” who were now joined by “the […]
Too bad Kavanaugh wasn’t given a polygraph test. I would like to see those results, and bet they would have been enough to change the minds of those who voted him in.
Rev Dean I don’t think facts would make the least difference to those who voted for Kavanaugh. Once on the “list” when his turn came he would be elevated to the supreme court regardless, after all they had the votes. Just bread and circus for the plebs.