#1218 Kavanaugh forced upon America (Supreme Court)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 12 October 2018
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Air Date: 10/12/2018
Today we take a look at the process and conclusion of Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court and how the whole spectacle, top to bottom, was drenched in some of the worst aspects of patriarchy and toxic masculinity that our society has to offer.
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SHOW NOTES
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman offers an in-depth analysis of the battle over Kavanaugh.
Eve Ensler is an award-winning playwright and author of The Vagina Monologues. She recently published “A Letter to White Women Who Support Brett Kavanaugh” in Time Magazine.
Ch. 3: Look at me: Meet an activist who confronted Jeff Flake - In the Thick - Air Date 9-30-18
By confronting Senator Jeff Flake and telling her story of sexual assault, Ana María Archila has become an icon in the midst of the Kavanaugh nomination debate. Maria and Julio talk to Archila about her action on Capitol Hill.
Ch. 4: Having It Both Ways With Kavanaugh - On the Media - Air Date 9-28-18
Brooke reflects on this week's explosive Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh and how it exposed the fault lines in America's fragile democracy.
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Ch. 6: Choice words on how to avoid being like Kavanaugh - @EdgeofSports w Dave Zirin - Air Date 9-30-18
'Choice Words’ about Brett Kavanaugh, high school sports and toxic masculinity.
Trump’s greatest superpower is his ability to wield victimhood, and he’s taking full advantage of it to defend Kavanaugh and undermine the #MeToo movement.
Ch. 8: Picking Apart the Backlash - On the Media - Air Date 10-5-18
Slate staff writer Lili Loofbourow anticipated a backlash to the #MeToo movement. She explains several of the logical fallacies that give this, and any, backlash life, and she described the "chivalry racket" used to paper over women's anger.
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 9: Words of encouragement in the wake of Kavanaugh - V from Central New York
Ch. 10: What structural changes can the left make? - Nathan from San Diego
Ch. 11: Final comments on some structural changes that need to be made to steer our country back toward democracy
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is supported by the Must Triumph podcast from Sam Yang. Must Triumph is a |
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| 0:24.5 | recent episode I heard Sam pulled in concepts from Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, sci-fi legend |
| 0:30.9 | Isaac Asimov and others to examine some of the structures of modern society and more |
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| 0:46.0 | You can find Must Triumph wherever you listen to podcasts or directly at musttriumph.com. |
| 0:52.6 | And now, welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast in which we shall |
| 0:57.0 | learn about the process and conclusion of Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme |
| 1:01.2 | Court, and how the whole spectacle top to bottom was drenched in some of the worst aspects |
| 1:06.5 | of patriarchy and toxic masculinity that our society has to offer. Clipsy day come from |
| 1:12.0 | intercepted democracy now in the thick on the media, edge of sports, and the Daily Show. |
| 1:22.6 | It's critical to look at the grassroots activism all along the way of this process, and |
| 1:35.6 | I hope the history books will record this because this is the story of this historic moment. |
| 1:42.6 | Whether we're talking about the beginning of September with the original hearings, during |
| 1:46.3 | those what four days of hearings, I think more than 220 overwhelmingly women were arrested |
| 1:53.6 | as they were protesting, both in the chamber of the hearing, the original hearing, where |
| 2:00.0 | it looked like Kavanaugh was a shoe-in. |
| 2:16.1 | hanning about the right to determine the future of their own bodies, their reproductive sovereignty |
| 2:24.0 | over their own bodies, or they were outside of key senators, offices, getting arrested, |
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