Month / October 2018

by KWALKER

Pittsburgh suspect echoed talking point that dominated Fox News airwaves

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/29/media/pittsburgh-suspect-invasion/

In the search for answers after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, there is newfound scrutiny on the suspect’s social media posts and how his anti-Semitism merged with a hatred of immigrants. 

The suspect, Robert Bowers, complained about immigrant “invaders” six days before the shooting.
While there is no such invasion happening, this rhetoric has blanketed right-wing media in relation to the Central American migrant caravan that’s been in the news this month. 
And Bowers apparently noticed. On October 21, he wrote on Gab, “I have noticed a change in people saying ‘illegals’ that now say ‘invaders’. I like this.”
by KWALKER

Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination heads to final Senate vote with near-certain confirmation

For weeks, Kavanaugh’s future has hung in the balance during hours of hearings, FBI investigations and a smattering of sexual assault allegations. The remarkable and ugly set of twists and turns over the weeks all ended at the doorsteps of several key lawmakers.

Senators Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Joe Manchin, D-W.V., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, waited until Friday to announce how they would vote. By the end of the day, there was a slim, 51-49 vote tally in favor of Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

Collins’ dramatic decision, laid out in a nearly 45-minute speech on the Senate floor Friday, pushed Republicans over the edge and became a turning point for Kavanaugh.

CHRISTAL HAYES | USA TODAY |