Charles Pierce | Dr. Ford Is Outplaying These Republican Senators. Eventually They May Realize That.

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22 September 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News 911 CALL FOR DONATIONS - If we are to have any chance of meeting our basic operating costs for September we need to get moving on donations - now. For the entire month of September so far we have a total of “288” donations from 427,594 visitors. That is abusive and it causing a big problem. It is critical now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Charles Pierce | Dr. Ford Is Outplaying These Republican Senators. Eventually They May Realize That.  Charles Pierce, Esquire Pierce writes: "Well, it seems that the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee will continue to play stupid games with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, and with the possibility of her appearing before them next week, when all their kangaroo suits will come back from the cleaners." READ MORE Brett Kavanaugh. (photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) ALSO SEE: Protesters Out in Force to Oppose Brett Kavanaugh Nomination Senior GOP Aide Working on Kavanaugh Nomination Forced Out Over Sexual Harassment Allegations Stephanie Griffith, ThinkProgress Griffith writes: "A senior Republican aide tasked with helping craft the Senate Judiciary Committee's media response to attempted rape allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been forced to resign amid reports that he was fired from an earlier job over sexual harassment allegations." READ MORE Wilbur Ross. (photo: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg) Judge Rules Wilbur Ross Can Be Deposed Over Census Citizenship Question Ted Hesson and Josh Gerstein, Politico Excerpt: "A federal court ruled that a Cabinet secretary must provide, for the first time in 19 years, sworn testimony in a civil case." READ MORE Corozal, Puerto Rico. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Puerto Rico: One Year After Maria, Recovery Remains Slow Al Jazeera Excerpt: "Puerto Ricans gathered in the US territory's capital, San Juan, on Thursday to remember the thousands who died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria one year ago." READ MORE A group of migrants await processing in a U.S. Border Patrol detention center. (photo: Gregory Bull/AP) Head of US Immigration Judges' Union Denounces Trump Quota Plan Yeganeh Torbati, Reuters Torbati writes: "The Trump administration's plan to impose a quota system on U.S. immigration judges represents a 'new and dark era,' the head of the judges' union said on Friday." READ MORE Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (L) greets U.S Foreign Secretary Henry Kissinger (R) in 1976 as Operation Condor is launched. (photo: Creative Commons) Chile Convicts 20 Pinochet-Era Intelligence Agents for Role in Operation Condor teleSUR Excerpt: "Chilean judge Mario Carroza ordered 20 former agents of Chile's infamous National Intelligence Direction (DINA) to serve prison time for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of 12 victims of the CIA-backed Operation Condor Friday." READ MORE People wait to be rescued from their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Your Future Home Could Be in a Flood Zone - and No One's Required to Tell You Greta Moran, Grist Moran writes: "So why do homeowners all over the country invest in flood-prone property in the first place? One issue is that they don't have enough information to know better." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation