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Christine Blasey Ford
October 8, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Rapist Trump Lied About Claim That FBI Properly Investigated Kavanaugh
A new report details how the Trump White House secretly killed an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against then–Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
May 9, 2020
Libby Watson
The Depressing Future of the #MeToo Movement
The radical promise of “Believe Women” has been an unintended casualty of the quickly fading Biden sexual misconduct controversy.
November 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump incites a “lock her up” chant against women who make sexual harassment accusations.
October 2, 2018
Alex Shephard
What Brett Kavanaugh Is Getting Away With
Even with an FBI investigation, Republicans have no intention of getting to the bottom of the assault allegations against him.
September 27, 2018
Jeet Heer
There seems to be no Republican consensus on how to respond to Ford’s testimony.
September 27, 2018
Matt Ford
The Kavanaugh hearing seems designed to fail.
September 27, 2018
Alex Shephard
Christine Blasey Ford’s gut-wrenching testimony was a huge blow to Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination.
September 21, 2018
Matt Ford
Why Trump Can’t Believe Christine Blasey Ford
His own, extensive experience with being accused of sexual assault informs his defense of Brett Kavanaugh.

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