Brett Kavanaugh: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[@kristinwood3677]

This feels like it happened 10 years ago.

[@florianadolf2256]

Yeah... and you're not even in the corona pandemic / botched crisis mgmt era yet with that comment from your 6 months younger self... 😷🤯😷🤯😷🤯 Wish time machines exist?

[@knockhello2604]

@@H-to-O Yeah

[@nihilisticspacelizard1868]

Florian Adolf Oh, you sweet sweet 3 week old younger version of me... you have no idea how much worse things got. Truly another world, a better world, was the one 3 weeks ago.

[@jayjaythejetplane5390]

Coming from May 2020, it’s been a fucking lifetime

[@TheGrayMysterious]

It feels like Donald Trump has been President for decades. There's just so much _shit_ to talk about...

[@Supernoxus]

"What do you mean by 'attractive'?" -"Oh..."

[@kilroywashere6075]

Said a man who sometimes thinks he is wearing his glasses and isn't, and has to have his notes for his say in the hearing printed up in large print because he can't see small print! He was turning the pages of notes so fast , Chuck Grassley's hair was blowing in the wind!

[@CortezEspartaco2]

She's attractive and therefore believable. If she were uglier, I wouldn't be so inclined to believe her testimony. His thought process, probably.

[@digitalsaint2040]

lawyers use the term "attractive" when selecting jury personal. man or woman can be an "attractive juror/witness" so its not really out of place in legal setting. even pleasing; use to describe how a witness did on the stand. terms like "I like" or "he's good" is implicit in personal bias. using 3rd person adj's is preferable. even though, it standsto be said he was not talking to other lawyers or peers when he said this.

[@sbbs3534]

@@digitalsaint2040 yeah, attractive alone would've been fine but 'pleasing' is pushing it

[@DemarMerka]

He may just be the next one on trial. Lol what a complete dick head. Lol

[@dennisbarnes9317]

"We believe you, we just don't care". An American tradition passed downed for generation s

[@SAFbikes]

How funny is it that this is popping up in my recommendations now with Biden’s accusations of much worse. I wonder how last week tonight covers Tara Reide? And I’m a democrat :( so sad, very bad, not great

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@SAFbikes Less credible accusations.

[@hanaomer4419]

teamSAF bmx I’m also curious how they’re going to speak on this. But I don’t really trust her accusations because of how much she’s lied in her life. So it makes it hard to know whether this is another lie or not

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@hanaomer4419 Could you specify what lies she's told previously?

[@hanaomer4419]

spongeintheshoe she lied about receiving her bachelors degree at antioch university when she didn’t and then she got into law school based on that lie. Even her own autobiography is filled with some big embellishments. Seriously read up on her, even some of her friends had some concerning things to say about her. I’m not saying she lied about the assault because the things that happened are known only to them. But I’m also not ready to condemn him without any sort of evidence and without really knowing anything.

[@jorgeluz9560]

3 years later, and he has been thoroughly redeemed, he proved wrong everyone who doubted him, the ones who detracted him and all those who mischaracterized him. John Oliver should issue a formal apology. I'm talking about Gritty, of course.

[@JennTaylr]

Had us in the first part

[@rahulkadian3469]

You had us in the first half I am not going to lie!

[@valar5028]

You are bad 😅

[@draconiclady0610]

#GrittyJustice

[@andrellana8838]

Well done!!

[@julialostetter8855]

I love how done her lawyers were with the questions about the polygraph

[@patriciaohare3090]

they had her back.

[@andrewbledsoe131]

I mean.. it's their job and why they got paid

[@alyxwarner2984]

"As is standard procedure" was such a slam dunk lmfao

[@pringers3831]

@@andrewbledsoe131 They represented her pro bono. The male lawyer, Michael Bromwich, resigned from his law firm to do so.

[@timw9745]

@@alyxwarner2984 If you quote, quote correctly. He said ''as is routine''. But great nonetheless haha

[@MrBitanical]

“The Devil’s Triangle is a drinking game” “Okay, will you describe it to us?”

[@aceiumgalyss223]

Right?? He said it was a quarters game lmao

[@Isaiah42069]

i cant believe this show of all shows skipped over Boofing. or butt chugging.. talk about comedy gold

[@krashkb2900]

It's a Threesome. 2 guys and a girl

[@davos6129]

I'd pay money to see Kavanaugh make up a drinking game that fits the name "Devil's Triangle"

[@policyoftruth8881]

3 shot glasses placed in a triangle at one end of a table and quarters or ping pong balls used to try and shot them in to win. not real hard to explain some call it quarters some call it devils triangle. there ya go

[@thomashyle6098]

just to be clear "Did you ever have a blackout?" "I DON"T KNOW" is 'yes'

[@thomashyle6098]

if you hadn't had one you'd know the answer was 'no'

[@patriciaohare3090]

and to ask the questioner if she ever had a blackout? Insolence!

[@justsomeoneelse5942]

Patricia O'Hare I mean it was Klobuchar

[@spacecadet9663]

@@justsomeoneelse5942 Yeah, not that it weighs on the hearing itself but I'm pretty sure Klobuchar used to have some trouble with Alcoholism. Then again, alcoholism is pretty prevalent among politicians. Especially among politicians who have been in the game at a local level for a while, simply look at Iowa's Governor Kim Reynolds whose had several DUI's throughout her career

[@stephengrigg5988]

@@spacecadet9663 the "trouble" that Klobuchar had with alcohol is that her father was an alcoholic that destroyed their family and she never drank because of it. Nice try though

[@WyldFyreFli]

I don't know but smirking asking a female senator if she ever gets black out during a rape inquiry feels a little rapey in itself lol

[@paulthomson5907]

I found it very odd as well. It had tones of him hitting on her and at the same time finding another victim (or potentially victim blaming?)

[@winonafrog]

Seriously. It is humiliating watching this 5 years later knowing he not only got the SC seat but still has it. A total embarrassment.

[@priyadhillon8324]

what makes it worse is the fact that amy klobuchar's father was an alcoholic

[@gayralseitweets]

​@@winonafrog The US has really gone down the gutter

[@GroundZer0Mike]

Unfortunately they all ignored the warning signs, and Roe v. Wade was overturned, with his vote. The Republican party is a scourge.

[@wop52000]

Whoever wrote the mambo number 5 joke. Should get a raise.

[@alopiaspelagicus1628]

It was so good!

[@petergandenberger8154]

I totally agree. And Lou Bega needs royalties from that gem!!

[@rohitverma4870]

I paused this video and watched the mambo number 5 video and came back here

[@ykMMD]

@@rohitverma4870 Same :')

[@charge416]

Theory: Kavanaugh is actually Calendar Man from the DCU

[@veganarchistcommunist3051]

"Hey Brett, what day is it?" Brett tears up, "It's August 26th. My dad once went to the store on August 26th and wrote it in his calendar and then told me about it one year later on Christmas."

[@AFN2750]

“I was 43 that Christmas”

[@darktaku4216]

@@AFN2750 "It was after a fight I had in a boat at Rhode Island."

[@Jaz_3001]

I love your profile image

[@seanmiller2834]

Straight Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@DkKombo]

He was accused of rape you heartless monster

[@rhibread11]

Rewatching this in June 2020. Forgot there was a studio audience.

[@jamesiyer4937]

What's a studio audience?

[@expatla8671]

@@jamesiyer4937 you got me!

[@avedic]

What's that noise in the background? It sounds like white noise.....but with sporadic vocalizations and rhythmic pulses of hand noises. It sounds so strange. Does anyone know what it is?

[@angelafisher5726]

I was just thinking the same thing.... its July 2020. I forgot what live audiances sounded like. Lmao.

[@shola7987]

Smh seems so long ago ..so much has transpired 😓

[@zardiatmeb]

One of the most tragic aspects of John Oliver's Last Week Tonight pieces is the fact that it becomes increasingly relevant by each passing year.

[@geridinewhite869]

It horrifying that Tootle Turtle senator Mitch McConnell told news reporters that he and the repugnants are going to ram this thing thru .....

[@florete2310]

True. Just rewatching it on the backdrop of the entire Justice Alito / Justice Thomas double shitshow unfolding... Things went pretty downhill from thereon out...

[@thomasmoore8794]

Well said. It's a little haunting.

[@lizzyd9082]

The entire time kavanaugh was on the stand, it felt like an snl skit

[@patriciaohare3090]

I believe SNL did a skit after this aired.

[@lizzyd9082]

Patricia O'Hare I know it’s just scary how they didn’t even have to parody it, it was already so ridiculous

[@Britt4770]

Yeah it absolutely feels like he not Matt Damon should have said " live from New York, its Saturday Nigh live".

[@AdumbDriver]

I watched the snl version before I watched this, the studio audience makes it eerily similar to the performance

[@cwalker6911]

@@AdumbDriver I saw the snl skit first too and watching the actual version, I am applauding Matt Damon. He nailed it!

[@mossattacks9191]

I’m from a coastal community in RI and I’ll give you my expert opinion here: if he didn’t get in a fight on a boat in RI, he at least got in a fight on a boat in Connecticut

[@11bkev]

Whoever made that accusation did so to the Senate and is being investigated by the FBI for lying to Congress. That ought to be funny

[@jcdc1824]

If Kavaknob was in a fight, on a boat, on land or in the air, there was definitely a whole lot of bitch-slapping, biting and hair pulling involved.

[@jonnie13131]

@@jcdc1824 I'd kill to see a video of that!

[@mossattacks9191]

Alexander the Greater both

[@construct8295]

mossattacks fair enough

[@ultimateninjaboi]

"As is routine," is like... the best shutdown/clap back I've ever seen. And like... it literally followed a statement that was already a great shutdown, in itself.

[@OrigamiMarie]

Delivered in the best deadpan "here, pass me the mic for a moment" way. Lawyers really know how to do this.

[@mcswashbuckler3833]

OrigamiMarie being friends with a lawyer is so awesome because you just see the way they just shut down conversations. They’re so good. I have never seen anyone with a greater ability to come up with a response/rebuttal than a lawyer

[@ricochet4674]

@@OrigamiMarie sounded more like in exasperation to me rather than deadpan.

[@ritamariekelley4077]

It was the only response that was challenging Kavanaugh's serial lying.

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

@@OrigamiMarie He shoulda dropped the mic after that.

[@betoflores9177]

It’s crazy how similar his testimony was to R. Kelly’s meltdown looking back years later. Funny how one was rightfully shat on and sent to jail while the other is a SC Justice now.

[@kinjalkadakia6933]

white male privilege

[@lb2040]

Whatever the reason could be, I am pretty sure it has definitely nothing to do with skin colour /s

[@WalterTheWalrus]

(Looks left, right, left) Hey wait a minute!

[@TheOhmahgawdz]

The accuser's story had a billion holes in it, and none of her own witnesses didn't corroborate it (some even openly contradicted it). He could've dropped his pants and shat on the judge's desk, and there would've been exactly the same amount of credibility in the case against him.

[@bluegenes2273]

Sounds about white.

[@TvTrollByIvy]

I really think he should have talked more about beer. I dont think he was clear enough.

[@mercenarybrave]

TvTrollByIvy did he say he liked beer?

[@willritter4076]

let's all thank Brett Kavanaugh for putting the PUB in Republican, but he doesn't belong on SCOTUS... I'd be honored if some fellow concerned citizens would check out my acoustic piano & vocal covers of 80s/90s classic songs on my channel. Covers include Sting, Prince, George Michael, Radiohead, Tom Petty, Phil Collins, the GooGoo Dolls, Sarah McClachlan, Billy Joel, Earth Wind & Fire, plus a couple of '010s classics from Bruno Mars and Coldplay. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and peace.

[@NaumRusomarov]

the dude clearly said that he likes beer and that he's not a sexual predator.

[@gentleman_oni]

Do you think he likes it and/or drinks it? I just couldn't tell

[@mercenarybrave]

gentleman oni I couldn’t tell either. He either really likes it or really really likes it.

[@AFN2750]

The pause before “drinking game” was basically a confession right there...

[@colzbroeffectboss4619]

When all you have is a story about an event that took place 30 years ago, it's no surprise you take to pseudo psychology to prove someone else is guilty.

[@uknow1994]

You are so right about that

[@FatedHandJonathon]

@@colzbroeffectboss4619 Let's be clear: as far as the "Devil's Triangle" thing, no reasonable person cares what Justice Kavanaugh got up to in his personal time 30 years ago -- indeed, we shouldn't care if he were still having Devil's Triangles every week to this day. Sex is not unethical, and while the media would surely make a whole scandal of it, it really wouldn't matter. No one should be mortified at the thought that he might have had a threesome in high school. The problem comes from the fact that he tried to fib about it. We now have a Supreme Court Justice who is willing to deliver false testimony under oath, and *that* is disgraceful.

[@colzbroeffectboss4619]

@@FatedHandJonathon But now you've shifted the goalpost. The whole "Devil's Triangle" was not, by anyone, presented as a harmless orgy between consenting adults. We were sold some narrative that it's some sick gang rape ritual, to which, of course, Kavanagh denied partaking in. Of course, no reasonable person would care about Kavanagh's sex life, but people obviously cared to know whether or not he was a rapist or partook in gang rape, which is why he was asked about the "Devil's Triangle" thing.

[@FatedHandJonathon]

@@colzbroeffectboss4619 Then he should have said that instead of committing perjury. I'm not weighing in on the rape question here. I am discussing the very real crime he committed in front of Congress. We have a Justice with so little respect for the sanctity of a court of law that he is willing to lie under oath in order to save face. The Devil's Triangle is not a drinking game. Justice Kavanaugh knows it is not a drinking game. And yet he wilfully testified that it was one, because the alternative might make him look bad. That is inexcusable, and as a trained and appointed judge, he knew it was inexcusable. Politicians can tell little white lies. Judges testifying in court absolutely cannot.

[@Miuccia.]

“Don’t die” Hits differently today.

[@bent404]

😢

[@superduper.cooper]

☹️😭

[@matileelikenatalie]

Rest In Peace, RBG 😢

[@realzachfluke1]

When you look at how _different_ this episode of John Oliver’s show was compared to his 2020 episodes in general, but *especially* the Supreme Court one he just put out, the contrast is just utterly staggering. It’s like, yes, Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation was completely terrible, and a disgrace to the Senate as institution (as if they needed any more help with that at that point), but you can CLEARLY tell that as a society, we still had some glimmer of....I don’t know, hope? I’m not sure if hope is the right word though. It might be more accurate to say that we all knew we weren’t at rock bottom YET, and things weren’t yet as bad as they could be. We were headed that way, and it’s clear we both knew it, and felt a strong sense of urgency that it was imperative to stop the bleeding/devolution towards full on fascism. You could see it in John’s eyes. But now? Now we know that there’s legitimately *no further down* we can go, without what’s left of our democracy completely collapsing, once and for all, like all democracies have done eventually. We also know that under this government, you and I *and every one of us* have no Constitutional rights assuming we’re deemed to be political enemies by the state (which, spoiler alert, if you watch John Oliver you 100% count, and as such will be treated like a treasonous domestic terrorist if you protest the government, the police, etc) Dissent is not permitted publicly, protests of any kind (EXCEPT for white supremacist, fascist, extreme Christian fundamentalist, and anti-Black Lives Matter protests-OH, and deranged anti-mask/conspiracy theory protests) are _violently crushed_ by militarized police no matter where you live, and in many cases, those police forces are actively, and unapologetically coordinating with _armed far right extremist militias,_ who have been fed/brainwashed with lies, conspiracy theories, and dangerous propaganda by Fox News (and much, MUCH worse) for YEARS, which has predictably and tragically led to the murders of unarmed peaceful protestors in the streets. Not only THAT, which is _more than way too f#%king much already,_ we’ve also watched our entire economy collapse in a matter of MONTHS! Not the stock market, because the US stock markets have become completely socialized (propped up by us, the taxpayers) and unable to fail, but the economy that affects the working class. We’ve watched jobs being lost, wages being slashed, and 60% of small businesses in America PERMANENTLY close, because of a virus. A pandemic that our government was both UNWILLING, and INCAPABLE, of protecting our people from, has proven to all that the US government is akin to a government of a failed state. Because America IS a failed state. No civilized, developed country, would allow people to suffer on a nationwide scale like this. *And you can see it all like a living history book if you just scroll through John Oliver’s episodes over the last four years, but especially from 2019 to 2020.* There’s only a microgram of hope we can latch onto at any given time, and things are horrific, yet we just have to _keep fighting_ anyway. It can always get worse, and we could all be dead. Be strong, friends. That’s all we can do.

[@janeryan2709]

@@realzachfluke1 We have one more chance this November. If we don't save it, America is done.

[@Resi1ience]

"As is routine." That is the most subtle, perfect, truly savage thing to say in a courtroom, to someone questioning the validity of your _polygraph._

[@corpsethegreat2841]

This episode is attractive, in other words pleasing.

[@robertstan298]

Oh...

[@MoonLight-zj8iu]

Hussam noooooo

[@StillMindTracks]

still hilariouslysad

[@jerijohnston7389]

1000th like.

[@Mavenlands]

Jeri Johnston nobody cares

[@agneslongstaff2009]

That "oh" by Orin Hatch is one of the best things I've ever heard

[@ObediahPolkinghornIII-cz5io]

Now we know what his 'Oh' face looks like, too.

[@bear_witness]

Yasssss!

[@natasham8063]

+

[@jesurenbnb]

That's the moment he realized he made a mistake

[@astrowolvez]

Are we just going to ignore how he literally addmited that they won't give her a fair trial? Because that sounds crazy illegal.

[@einsame_Maria]

I think because of the statue of limitations. The alleged harassment took place 36 years ago.

[@totallynameless8861]

@@einsame_Maria Assault, you mean. Sexual assault.

[@einsame_Maria]

@@totallynameless8861 yes, I meant assault, of course

[@josephdale69]

Astro Wolvez How do you feel about Tara Reade and Joe Biden?

[@gnatscrafts]

Einsame M Yes, since this wasn’t a trial, it doesn’t matter if it’s “fair.” It was a hearing to just hear testimony, not to make a clear judgement.

[@kevinrogala5577]

Rewatching this after roe v wade was overturned makes me that much more sad. Thank god that john is so funny

[@charlesgarrett7766]

Ford lied, i can tell, just by how she told the story, im used to hearing poeple lie and she sounded like someone who was told to embellish on a story

[@mr.wonkastyle2558]

I cannot believe this is where we are in 2022

[@gooner424]

Shocking that one President who never won the popular vote, wound up stealing 3 seats and tearing rights away from women across the nation.

[@brianformica2599]

A couple of lines (including RBG) hit different now and it hurts

[@dlo111]

So true. My heart breaks for the backwards spiral the US is on.

[@horsegirlb7120]

As a local Rhode Islander, I can confirm - he is the type to get into fights on a boat. I mean they're hard to see from shore where we can't afford boats, but judging by the way they treat retail workers in the grocery store...

[@carultch]

A fight on a boat in Rhode Island? What kind of fight? I'm picturing fight between Peter Griffin fighting with Ernie the giant chicken.

[@thecloverpatch631]

@@carultch Peter Griffin vs Ernie the Chicken is playful neighborly banter compared to a real fight on a boat in Rhode Island.

[@matthiasnagorski8411]

@@carultch that's what I'm going to imagine Kavanaugh's fights look like. That, or him sobbing about calenders and work out routines as someone punches his tear-streaked cheeks.

[@quetzalcoatl6189]

Imagine living in a small coastal state and not owning a boat.

[@stephenwright8824]

@@quetzalcoatl6189 Imagine living on a small island and not knowing how to swim. That's Ireland.

[@matilda4664]

you've heard "i can't be racist, i've had black friends", not see "i couldn't have sexually assaulted a woman, i have female friends"

[@tifforo1]

Especially since that one manages to make less sense.

[@finntracy3235]

@Football Tactics racism is more than just "i hate black people," its a series of internalized prejudices and beliefs that one must self check for, you can be personally nice to a few individual black people and still have negative biases toward black people as a whole

[@finntracy3235]

Football Tactics if someone, in their heart of hearts, believed that you as a person were inherently dumber, lazier, and more violent, based solely on how you look, would it matter if they were attacking you physically or not? Biases are important to self check for, and your last statement is kind of a blanket statement, not everyone who has implicit biases is going to be super cognizant of them or be open about them toward people of color they befriend.

[@captainsimbadog8347]

Football Tactics If you think about it it’s not complicated because you don’t really need to think about it very much

[@johnhawthorn5393]

I see liberals are still butthurt over the fact that this man will be making decisions on important matters for the next several decades lol

[@rnm5429]

I'm re-watching this in June 2021 and it's still stunning. He was belligerent, so freaking weird and entitled. The fact that he brought a calendar from 1982 to refute Ms. Ford's claim is so unbelievably insane. Like who keeps calendars for more than 30years? Where does he keep them? How many calendars does he have?

[@sidoniegabrielle269]

yeah, this one was truly wild. also, tf does he supposedly write on the calendars? personally my calendar has doctor’s appointments, meetings with friends, and work schedules on it. don’t tend to write “party where i didn’t sexually assault *specific individual*”

[@nicholnunn8074]

Watching this is Jan 2022 and its insane to comprehend this man is on the SC. Even if he was innocent, his entire demeanor is bizarre. Judges expect you to maintain demeanor when you are in their court. Agreed that you might be upset if wrongfully accused of something, but in their court you would not be allowed to behave this way. Blows my mind.

[@kenabbott8585]

" Like who keeps calendars for more than 30years? The kinda people who end up on the Supreme Court. But it's cute that you can actually declare someone is "entitled" when he's being falsely accused of horrific crimes. Here's hoping you never end up that entitled.....

[@abhikrajan8904]

ken u are the man the world needs. lessgo sexism

[@thiccboi8963]

@@kenabbott8585 unsurprising once you remember Thomas was admitted to the Supreme Court despite allegations of sexual harassment

[@fish4716]

"You're looking for a fair process? You came to the wrong town at the wrong time." Did he literally just admit they weren't being fair?

[@RelentlessOhiox]

That's Linds for ya.

[@alno2554]

His word salad attempting to be poetically tough shows Lindsay was in a rebel mood that day. He should have worn a beret to top it off.

[@godluckNgoodspeed]

I will not tolerate this slander against an american hero Gritty is based af

[@MadGrubble]

You had me scared there for a second.

[@agentorange81]

Lol he's good man! Leave him alone! Haha

[@kevinvilmont6061]

😂

[@bohrium1501]

"I hate to say it, but I'm starting to think that men might be too emotional for the supreme court." ICONIC.

[@bohrium1501]

@SuperCorrector1 I have absolutely no idea what this means. Are you using the "Ok, boomer" format for a "gestapist," whatever that is? I am legitimately confused.

[@bohrium1501]

@SuperCorrector1 Wait, wasn't the Gestapo the secret police of Nazi Germany? I definitely support Nazis as much as I support Trump, considering the fact that they are both racist and have/will lead to the death of hundreds, if not thousands. As for Kavanaugh, I would say allegedly assaulting Dr. Ford (and two other women) definitely isn't all that great. You know, I would have loved to hear a verdict from a jury or judge, but since there wasn't a full trial, I guess we'll just have to decide for ourselves to believe three people over one.

[@bohrium1501]

@SuperCorrector1 I have no idea what you're talking about. Dr. Ford's Statement: www.npr.org/2018/09/26/651941113/read-christine-blasey-fords-opening-statement-for-senate-hearing. She remembers it in great detail, including the names of Kavanaugh's friends at the time. As to why sexual assault victims don't go to the police should be pretty f*cking obvious: no one believes them. How many people of power are currently in office despite many claims of inappropriate behaviour? This was a long time ago, where sexism - believe it or not - was worse than it is today. Even if she went to the cops, they would likely tell her not to press charges - then or now. You, yourself, don't believe her. Why would anyone else? Also, google is free. Search it up yourself if you really want to know. I don't have to spend my time educating you when you probably don't even think women are equal to men. If you did, you would take the time to consider Kavanaugh, a man, is lying instead of multiple women.

[@bohrium1501]

@SuperCorrector1 www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/us/kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford.html If listening to facts makes me an Islamo-Marxist troskist, then so be it. I prefer to treat women as people, so I can see if you can't quite understand it.

[@bspitler0]

@@bohrium1501 Amazing assumptions! The easiest way to identity a crazed leftist is usually their reaction if you disagree with them. A leftist will somehow decide you must me SOME kind of bigot or evil thing. Even over a he said she said thing like this. Innocent until PROVEN guilty doesnt exist anymore for a leftist. Which is concerning. If I were a woman could I accuse you of rape? Itll ruin your life, even if you're innocent, because of people like you. Just food for thought.

[@lilly5695]

I love how John doesn’t make fun of him for just crying but crying for the stupidest shit ever

[@jasonbolding3481]

Such toxic masculinity from oliver

[@cantstopthepun]

@@jasonbolding3481 John is probably the least toxic masculine person ever.

[@thegamelabgaming7556]

Jason Bolding it’s impossible for John to look masculine in the first place, he looks like a confused lawyer who had a mid life crisis *this is satire*

[@caileanireland1877]

TheGameLab /gaming as a child of a lawyer who had a mid-life crisis, yup. Satire

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@cantstopthepun He might not be masculine, but he's certainly toxic.

[@elljay02]

Matt Damon nailed his Kavanaugh impression on SNL so hard after this hearing, down to every single aggressive sniff.

[@MissIsabelle18]

Every once in a while I watch this again, just to see Brett cry

[@ishaanpomichter]

You must hate yourself

[@adrianashilling2573]

The SNL skit was hard to distinguish from the real thing.

[@bloodaonadeline8346]

it’s almost as satisfying as listening to you cry about trump getting 3 Scotus picks.

[@Chaoticchips]

@@bloodaonadeline8346 almost as good as hearing republicans scream about voter fraud without any proof. Don’t forget 1/6/21

[@MissIsabelle18]

@@bloodaonadeline8346 aww babe no need to worry about me I'm fine 🥰

[@toxicnarwhal13]

Do you think his"prepared statement" reads pause to cry...

[@theone8789]

Absolutely!

[@naturallyartificial4090]

If someone says you raped them and didn't give any evidence and yet people believe you are a horrible rapist based on the vague recollections of a woman who should have come out years before but didn't, how would you feel.

[@astrowolvez]

@@naturallyartificial4090 no.

[@ryanjapan3113]

Caleb Conway false allegations are so rare they should (almost) never Be given time to change opinions on rape allegations also I doesn’t matter a Supreme Court Justice should be calmer regardless

[@antonbrakhage490]

@@ryanjapan3113 False rape allegations are rare, yeah, because contrary to the paranoid fantasies of Right-wingers, there aren't millions of women sitting out there plotting how to frame innocent men for money and attention. Which makes sense, really, because being a rape accuser, especially in a high-profile case, tends to mean not easy money, but having your life destroyed as you have to go through the courts while being dragged through the mud and getting death and rape threats from Alt Reichists. Plus, let's say, for the sake of argument, that Kavanaugh is innocent of rape. Great. That means that all we have is a partisan conspiracy theorist perjurer on the Supreme Court.

[@IYANULIVEOFFICIAL]

"She's Pleasing" oh my godd that cringeworthy to no end.

[@AquaValentineGG]

All the Republicans in the government right now are stupidity cringy and gross. 😂 and did I mention stupid

[@crazy0277]

- Oh.

[@chenjia1964]

better give ford a hug, she's gonna need lots of support o-o

[@kaileygray1857]

That senator has a history of using pleasing to describe personalities. he's just so old his vocab no longer makes sense. Still sounds awful, but I do not think he meant it that way. He's just living in the 40s still.

[@josecampos-sz2ur]

Kailey Gray, he called her "attractive" and then to clarify said "she was pleasing", that's not very ambiguous. If he's still living in the forties than that it makes sense why he makes such incredibly sexist and just moronic comments.

[@darkphoenix6807]

The sad thing is not just that this is now a Supreme Court justice, but that this Man has been a judge for decades! Terrifying!

[@derpinguin7003]

She could have come forward decades ago and he may have not become a judge. But she chose to keep quiet for 40 years…

[@ashlinday4469]

@@derpinguin7003 so you chose to victim blame? Maybe she didn’t feel comfortable until now… it can take years or decades before people open up about that stuff

[@nakedpnkmolerat]

Screwing over people that appear before him, for decades.

[@beardiemom]

@@ashlinday4469 She still wasn't comfortable during the hearing. "I'm terrified" are not usually words that come out of a comfortable person's mouth.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

When he said 'Devil's Triangle' is a drinking game, the Senator should have asked him how it's played...

[@saiyanmgtow]

Carolyn's RV Life He did. Brett said it had three cups and was like "quarters".

[@MadMax-09]

Maybe you should have watched the hearing yourself instead of being told what to think by a third-party, then you'd know he was asked and as he started answering Senator Whitehouse told him to stop.

[@lebrandon6555]

Saiyan MGTOW P funniest part of the whole hearing quarters my ass

[@IIdemonII]

do more

[@kenbob1071]

Provided the FBI isn't hog-tied by the Trump Admin., they should interview Brett's graduating class to see if, what everybody and their grandma called "quarters" back in the '80s, was called "Devil's Triangle" at their school.

[@travis303]

The saddest thing about this as I rewatch it on Dec. 28, 2020 is seeing John tell the chihuhua "don't die, don't die." She couldn't last just a couple months longer. RBG's death was one of the saddest things to come out of this year, and extremely detrimental to the country. A big loss.

[@LeviForWaifu]

Ding dong the witch is dead Which old witch? The one who wanted age of consent lowered to 12 and self defense made illegal Ding dong

[@LeviForWaifu]

@Oliver's 50th Account So the self defense thing did happen? And thats good too? /ftsoa

[@Onigirli]

@@LeviForWaifu What does /ftsoa mean? Google gives me nothing

[@PanzerLord]

@@LeviForWaifu You got a source?

[@mike5556]

@@LeviForWaifu No, she didn't. How stewpid [sic] are you?

[@thomasbedient9191]

"Not the tone of a man who hopes to one day have the honor of one day serving on the supreme court, but the tone of someone who feels ENTITLED to be on it." And that was my takeaway from the whole Kavanaugh debacle. Its why I had to wait a full 6 months to watch this episode because the man infuriates me so much. Even putting the allegations aside, he was NOT qualified for the position and only got it because he was young and conservative. If you recall, those were the only qualifications Trump was talking about before the nomination. "We want someone young, who's going to be there a long time." Or something to that effect. I'm STILL pissed Kavanaugh got confirmed.

[@asher8754]

The only qualification to being the court is to be an American citizens. Not even an age litmit like the rest of the govt so fuck off. And even then so what only reason keagan was put on was because she was Obama’s SG and young and liberal.

[@daerdevvyl4314]

Thomas Bedient After spending a couple of weeks being accused of being a gang rapist and having himself and his family receive death threats, he was pissed off. Wouldn’t you be? And if he hadn’t been, you would have said he was cold and emotionless. And by the way, if Ford had spoken in a perfectly calm voice, you would speak about how strong and confident she is. There’s always a way to spin a person’s demeanor the way you want it, which is why conservatives keep talking about the need for EVIDENCE, for fuck sake! You know, evidence? Like what we used to use to make important judgements before we started letting twitter mobs make decisions by who can scream the loudest.

[@ObediahPolkinghornIII-cz5io]

Getting upset isn't proof of innocence, any more than anxiety is a sign of dishonesty. All hypotheticals aside (especially the ones about gender bias, power differentials, and whatever else we throw into the mixing bowl today), we have a credible accusation from a credible witness and we have a douchebag of an accused who seems more interested in playing the victim than addressing the accusations. If he wants to be taken seriously, he can start by acting like a judge. Even if he's innocent, he's so mercurial that I wouldn't want him anywhere near the Supreme Court.

[@ObediahPolkinghornIII-cz5io]

@V. V God had nothing to do with it. ;)

[@daerdevvyl4314]

John Rabson Jr You’re right that the demeanors of Kavanaugh and Ford can’t tell us whose telling the truth or whether Kavanaugh committed sexual assault all those years ago. Which is why we should look at the evidence. You say that there’s a crredible accusation by a credible witness. What’s your basis for saying her and her accusation are credible? My basis for saying it’s not credible include: 1) The suspicious timing of it. She didn’t accuse Kavanaugh for over 30 years, only for it to surface after his confirmation hearings but before the committee voted. This was calculated for maximum delay. If the Democrats could delay until the midterms, they believed that they could derail Kavanaugh’s nomination altogether. 2) The whole business with her fear of flying again seemed like a delay tactic. She supposedly has a fear of flying, so she has to drive across the country. “Fine,” the committee says, “we’ll come to you in California.” This offer receives no reply. But it turns out that she gets to the hearing by... flying. She just waits a few days before doing so. Then it turns out that she flies a lot. She flies for work. She flies across the Pacific Ocean to go on vacation on remote islands. She flew to Hawaii with a boyfriend. The boyfriend says that she went on a tour with him flying over mountains in a small plane (which most people with a fear of flying would find terrifying) and showed no sign of fear whatsoever. The fear of flying story is a lie to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation in the hopes that the Democrats could take the Senate and stop his confirmation altogether. 3) She can’t remember any details except the assault. She doesn’t know where it happened (except she said it was near a certain club which would put it several miles from her home), she doesn’t know when, she doesn’t know how she got to the party, she doesn’t know how she got home. But she’s sure that it happened and that she had 1 beer. If she knew how she got home, there would have to be witnesses who saw this extremely upset girl walking several miles by herself, or someone who drove her home who could testify about how upset she seemed. Nope. 4) Of the people who she said were at the party, none of them recalled such an incident. Some of them said they don’t recall being at a party with Brett Kavanaugh. Her close friend said that she never met Kavanaugh and Ford never told her about this incident, although she did say that she believes Ford. 5) If it was simply about Ford’s testimony, I wouldn’t find it credible for the reasons listed above. But the Democrats took anything and everything seriously if it meant sullying Kavanaugh’s reputation and of course delaying the proceedings. Julie Swetnick had ridiculous stories about gang rapes. They brought out yearbooks and dissected what Kavanaugh wrote. There was discussion about what the phrases in the yearbook meant and whether he was lying about them. And of course, his demeanor during his testimony was seen as proof of his guilt. I mean, how dare he be angry after being repeatedly accused of gang rape in a proceeding that seemed to be calculated for political putposes? 6) You will notice that I’ve never said that Kavanaugh is innocent. How would I know? I wasn’t there. But many many people have stated that he’s a rapist even though they weren’t there either. The current theory is that you must believe any women who makes such an accusation because “women don’t lie about rape.” This means in effect that you have to convict any man who is accused, regardless of evidence or lack thereof. There was also a constant call for the FBI to investigate. So they did as best as they could. They interviewed the witnesses (again). And what else is there to investigate? There’s no crime scene, there’s no evidence to analyse. But there’s this perception that if the FBI just were able to “do a real investigation” they’d be able to find evidence that Kavanaugh’s a rapist. I swear some people have seen too many episodes of CSI or Criminal Minds if they think that law enforcement can investigate a non existent crime scene. You say that Kavanaugh is too mercurial to be a justice. I contend that you only saw him under very unusual circumstances, after he and his family had spent the last two weeks getting death threats. TL;DR John Rabson Jr. is full of shit.

[@steffijmusic]

"Get off that bench, you entitled monster! is the perfect ending to this episode and hopefully, with the new Justice documentary, it will be the perfect ending to the Kavanaugh era too.

[@sanguineel]

What new justice documentary?

[@rancidprince3133]

Honestly I trust Gritty to be a Supreme Court Judge more than I trust this guy

[@breb3523]

when he said "have you?” he should have been held in contempt

[@hugo13231]

I don't think he could be held in contempt in that context, he was before a judiciary committee where this applies (I think).

[@tylerkeller8869]

bre b while I agree with you... This was a confirmation hearing. Not a criminal trial.

[@2Guys1ControllerShow]

Why?

[@Rucka_Inc.]

@@hugo13231 of course they couldn't. These people just want blood. Democrats are domestic terrorists.

[@TeamCashCache]

RuckaInc what just what

[@UserInterface00]

Wow, HBO throwing out a full non edited version of Last Week Tonight. Give a thumbs up for that!!

[@ForeverMe543]

UserInterface00 that’s mostly cause nothing was off topic or extra 😛

[@GaitaPonto]

they are doing their best to keep boohoo liberals feeling angry.

[@ForeverMe543]

Gaita Ponto and apparently to make snowflakkke trolls outraged that they don’t understand what the adults are talking about

[@trungnguyenhoang6821]

because Brett is so fuck up, he deserves a full segment

[@snigwithasword1284]

Hopefully not just because Gritty was tied in from the beginning...

[@StoicGardens]

Coming back to this after the KBJ hearing is really tough. The complete difference between the two is so striking.

[@SoSickRick]

Yeah one answered questions the other couldn’t tell you what a women is without passing a college level biology course.

[@blackscreenstories3704]

@@SoSickRick okay okay okay we all know you have a small penis

[@kenabbott8585]

Yeah, nobody dishonestly accused Jackson of rape just to keep her off the court.

[@acejax4808]

@@SoSickRickWhich one is which?

[@fandomcringebucket]

​@@SoSickRick As a cisgender girl... Hey. Stop. Trying to define a "woman" on biological lines... it's just. Degrading. It reduces a woman down to a function- whether that's having a vageena, making children, having periods, or producing the large gametes (a.k.a. eggs)- it's all icky. You're obviously trolling, but think about that. The implication that gender is linked to biology often comes with the degrading implication that your existence as a man or a woman is purely based on biological function- not as how you live and how you function in society. It's gross. Stop doing that.

[@supergluehotty]

"He'd be real pretty if he smiled more." 😂

[@danielgertler5976]

Pretty sure he'd just be a crushed beer can with a smile.

[@gawthic1]

I disagree, he looks like a human-orc hybrid.

[@daleanolan1464]

No his smile is super creepy

[@depressedbreakfast2614]

Brett kavanaghs face is the physical embodiment of getting drunk and beating your wife

[@ForeverMe543]

Dalea Nolan He’s a predator, predators always look creepy when they smile

[@pth5214]

Latest Urban Dictionary: Devils Triangle A made up game of quarters with three cups arranged in a triangle. The rules are unknown because the inventor of the game, Brett Kavanaugh, could not explain them under oath. "Hey Renate? Want to play devils triangle with Mark and I?" Brett asked.

[@lesbrown9850]

bullshit I lived the 80S its a 3 way with a whore and two guys asshole

[@tanvirkabir4960]

Instruction not clear, sausage stuck in beer bottle.

do you always miss the joke?

[@TheNitrop]

I think our guy PT H here was being sarcastic man...

[@georgecostanza8461]

I don’t know if it’s just a Midwest thing, but I remember playing the Devil’s Circle about 5 years ago. It’s basically a game where you sit at a table and you hold a quarter against the table and flick it, then the next person has to flick it again and keep it spinning, and the last person to flick it before it falls over has to take a drink. I think the Devil’s Triangle might have been the original name, I’m not sure. But it’s definitely a drinking game. The Devil’s threesome is a sex act, not the Devil’s Triangle

[@lb9545]

I could apply for a job at McDonalds, screech and cry, and then scream "Do you have a drinking problem?!?" at the interviewer, and McDonalds would have every right to turn me away as unfit for the job. The fact that Kavanaugh is sitting on the Supreme Court is reprehensible!

[@jasonbolding3481]

A job interview in Washington dc can not ask about any accusations that did not result in conviction. You would be right to be pissed they illegally accused you of bring a drunk gang rappist

[@mcswashbuckler3833]

Jason Bolding the comment had no reference to his indignance. The comment took issue with the socially unacceptable act of dodging a question in a congressional hearing by asking whether the person asking the question had a drinking problem. They then went on to show that on a small, low stakes job, his behavior classifies him as unfit, much less a job at the highest court in the country, a very high stakes job that impacts the lives of Americans across the country (overturning legislation, determining the rights of American citizens, etc.). What legitimate issue do you have with this?

[@jasonbolding3481]

@@mcswashbuckler3833 no they didn't, McDonalds can't ask how much you drink due to ADA, this job interview argument fails on every level

[@mcswashbuckler3833]

Jason Bolding the point was that the sort of behavior that is unacceptable in the setting of a low stakes job should not be acceptable in a high stakes job

[@The_Tiffster]

@@mcswashbuckler3833: I'm pretty sure jason bolding is special needs....he lacks the capacity to understand.

[@RetroKid]

This just shows me how hopeless the system is. You've got these rich old idiots running the country and getting away with ridiculous behavior, all the while, expecting us to maintain decency and act in a civilized manner. This country just needs to start over, because it's rotten from top to bottom.

[@voxpopuli348]

I agree. I'm glad he put it back on the corrupt Senators.

[@nakedpnkmolerat]

What the F are you talkin about, Kavanaugh's not old; he was only 54. But if you think that's old, maybe we should turn the reins over to a younger generation: Marjorie Traitor Greene, Matt Gaetz, George Santos. Enough? Do you think Trump was any better when he was a young man? You're an ignorant ageist.

[@StalwartTirith]

10:18 the thing that makes this moment perfect is that absolutely dumbfounded look the woman sitting behind him to the left gets on her face when he asked that question.

[@RobJD]

That's Alyssa Milano

[@LadyEowyn]

I never noticed her face in that moment. Wow.

[@sheilascanlon4928]

Isn't it his wife...think so

[@jacquelineholbrook3236]

The best part is that each woman in this shot has the same reaction. Look at Amy Klobuchar, then the woman behind her, then the woman behind Kavanaugh. And even vaguely you can see the eyebrows of the woman behind the woman behind him raise up in shock. The implications of that moment are incredible, thanks for pointing it out @Matthew Herring!

[@SIGNIFYING_NOTHING]

"Yes we drank beer, my friends and I, boys and girls. Yes, we drank beer. I liked beer, still like beer, we drank beer at the drinking age I noted was 18, so the seniors were legal, senior year in high school people were legal to drink, yeah we drank beer, and I said sometimes...sometimes probably had too many beers and sometimes other people had too many beers, we drank beer, we like beer".

[@ichbinjasokreativ2452]

There are similar comments under other LWT videos, are they all written by you? If so, then you deserve a metal. These comments really reinforce the point of how crazy some people speak.

[@tajicbladeofthelegion5474]

Beer count: 10 Over 13.5% of the words in that paragraph are the word "beer (s)"

[@SIGNIFYING_NOTHING]

@@ichbinjasokreativ2452 Nah I rarely comment on KZbin videos. I just thought this quote was too crazy to not write down.

[@GeorgiaOverdrive]

roggeray this reads like a Trump transcript.

[@ObediahPolkinghornIII-cz5io]

I'm surprised at how few people realize that the Second Amendment wasn't meant to constrain the states.

[@OpinionsNoOneCaresAbout]

The drinking age in Maryland was raised to 21 when Kavanaugh was 17, but yeah, whatever.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodli3559]

Yes a minor underage drinking charge but to lose your job at the Supreme Court

[@nelixsulu6201]

Teenagers can sneak drinks from their parent’s stash. I’ve done it, plenty of us have done it

[@TheDCcity]

@subtle username he is innocent she admitted that she made it up

[@TheDCcity]

@subtle usernameshe literary admitted that it was all false.

[@TheDCcity]

@subtle username it's wrong to ridicule an innocent man who could have lost his livelihood and family for a lie. Its defamation and people like ford need to be in prison

[@Z-Strike026]

After hearing Roe v. Wade was overturned, the first thing I asked myself was, "How the fuck did we get here?" The Answer is: This Guy. This fucking guy is how we got here.

[@DJ-sv7xf]

You're right! But also captain tomato face 'I grab women by the......' Horrifying times!

[@Hunte9753]

Good step moving forward.

[@jonathanporter295]

its like he isn't sure how to cry so he just made it up on the fly.

[@yellowcard360]

^ This.

[@singerrb4984]

He is working the refs.

[@eriklosure2781]

😂 has a little bit more attention to the grass but I don’t know how to do it because I don’t know how to get it to the work truck I wanna is the day I got to go to school and I got to go to school bus and I have to go to school bus stop and I have

[@woody_you_want]

The worst acting job I've ever seen

[@ChildrensRightsFirst947]

America's a joke. The lunatics really are running the asylum.

[@SalemTheTyrant]

I was sexually assaulted over the course of a year and when I told my school about it, I gave specific dates that they could look ok their cameras and find him groping next or forcing me against a wall. I did not press charges since that would force many of my friends to get involved (some who even told the school that I was correct and they had seen the guy aggressively assault me and talk about wanting me dead after I reported him). The guy’s testimony was a lot like Brent’s. Guess what my school said? “It’s a he said she said situation.”

[@kristietamato]

I’m sorry this happened to you. Your school sucks. Your friends were trying to help you, let them. It’s okay to ask for help, it does not make you weak or anything less. We have to create an environment that is healthy for everyone and that includes getting boys to know that that behavior is not okay.

[@Blunderful19]

Best wishes from a stranger. Trying to send some strength your way. I hope it finds you well.

[@artaum5635]

You should've gotten your friends involved, if they don't want to support you in that situation they aren't real friends. Also any witnesses and additional voices will help

[@benp9793]

Maybe you should have done something about it. You have arms, you can use them, you know? To hit or stab people? To choke people? To punish people who have hurt you?

[@Blunderful19]

@@benp9793 This is classic victim blaming. It is a bad thing. Sexual assault victims often have feelings of self guilt which internally complicate their responses. It can take a very long time to come to terms with what happened. Even then, there's the constant public discourse of "he said she said" which permeates all discussions. You're making excuses for a sexual predator. You should be ashamed.

[@tyraxusprime]

"Don't die" hits harder nowadays. RIP RBG, the world is a darker place without you

[@jono_owa]

And we're getting a 6/3 majority so hallelujah

[@jacob.overtime]

Jonathan Rampersad amen

[@janeryan2709]

@@jono_owa We already have a 5/3 majority... Screwed either way.

[@UndertakerU2ber]

It's okay, cause she was just a bundle of cells...

[@josephschultz3301]

@@UndertakerU2ber Same as everyone, yourself included.

[@Dem0Dule]

Just remember,that a sitting justice very obviously perjured themselves in front of a congressional committee.

[@thecloverpatch631]

I was on a review board for a Frat related incident at a college, and while all of them were guilty as fuck, the college kids in that frat held themselves with more professionalism than Kavanaugh did here.

[@gulopoli2486]

Regardless of the personal views one may have, the fact that Kavanaugh was so disrespectful and poor at answering prepared questions should concern everybody. As his job requires him to be better prepared and more composed, regardless of how targeted the allegations would be. Furthermore, he must try to at least appear unpartisan. As it is now his confirmation would further call into question the validity of the supreme Court.

[@luisjalabert8366]

Incredible. Who answers "I don't know, have you?" like a rebel teenager in a trial like this?

[@LazerpawX7]

@Joe Blow And if she called him a gang rapist falsely she should be punished. But accusations must be looked into to find out if they are true or false. If they are clearly false then steps should be taken to punish the person clearly spreading false accusations. But that does not mean to dismiss every allegation on face value because no hard evidence is present. Investigations are meant to find that evidence

[@joaoweimar8087]

Omg, he's a baby

[@JeansiByxan]

You clearly have no idea how complicated law is.

[@M377ow]

He's not any of that. Concerned ?

[@seethreepio]

“Men are too emotional for the Supreme Court” was the best line I’ve ever heard.

[@ichbinjasokreativ2452]

then you didn´t hear what he was saying. He said that that specific man is too emotional for the supreme court, not that all men are.

[@myawilliams9682]

@@ichbinjasokreativ2452 Jesus Christ dude it was a joke lol no need to get triggered

[@L._.A-06]

Markus P. He did indeed say “men” in general and it was a joke so

[@strawberrysana4497]

J0ECRAWF15H triggered

[@Booty_In_Space]

@@strawberrysana4497 I'll "trigger" you. ;)

[@tomlxyz]

The fact that he fails so hard at pretending to be a good guy makes me feel like he's so far from it that he doesn't even know how that is

[@peyton3974]

“As is routine”

[@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844]

Honestly, that's my favourite part of this. Just the pure, pure sass from that man's tone of voice.

[@oscarmccormack1611]

They all got released in Canada! Finally, it's been months!

[@isaacgaul4570]

Yeah about time

[@SpenserRoger]

Oh that's why it's on trending. I get it.

[@xxendoffatexx9677]

No doubt about time

[@TheAtheistPriest]

Legal weed, John Oliver, and we're not American... a great day to be Canadian!

[@robq3229]

been waiting for what feels like forever

[@ParodyOfHumanity]

If you were conducting a job interview and the person you were interviewing was acting like Kavanaugh would you still give the person the job?

[@alensaric1082]

That's not analogous, unless you have 400 interviewers and half of whom are trying to do everything in their power to stop you from getting the job

[@ParodyOfHumanity]

Apparently you’ve never worked in a highly competitive field. As an interviewer after seeing this do you still believe he’s the best applicant for the position? That under duress he’s displayed the proper characteristics that will best serve the position?

[@ParodyOfHumanity]

Alen Saric Thanks for reply btw I enjoy a good dialogue

[@judymcclenny9549]

No. I'm not an interviewer, anyones boss or in a position to interview someone, yet the answer is still no. If I were in such a position I would not hire someone like Brett Kavanaugh & that's regardless of whether he actually committed the crime he's been accused of in his teenage years. That said, I do think he's guilty of rape & not just because of Dr. Kristine Blausie Ford's compelling testimony.

[@LMKgoddess]

In my opinion no, due to how he was highly emotional about the calendars, that would have made more sense if his father was dead and not sitting behind him, along with how he said he was innocent but refused to take tests that would prove his innocence. In a work place it would be similar to a store employee doing everything to prove they didn't steal from the store except look at the security tapes.

[@kevinsysyn4487]

They should have interviewed his wife. I watched her during the hearing and her body language told a different story than he did. She is the person who really knows him. I don't know why she was left out. Alcoholic phony lying abuser, was written all over her face. She knew his accusers were being truthful and he was lying.

[@kenabbott8585]

You're going to accuse this guy of vicious crimes, based on what you think was his wife's facial expression? Well, I suppose that's the kinda thing the Left does.....

[@jennybugsification13]

"Devil's Triangle?" "..drinking game." Well, I'm convinced.

[@celiwhaaat6285]

The awkward pause is what sells it, right?

[@ZT1ST]

"It's a sinking game."

[@josephschultz3301]

@@celiwhaaat6285 It's the best part of the clip, yo. You can see him screaming _"Dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit!"_ inside his own head.

[@Angry5704]

I hadn't heard of it before, but I knew it was fake because of how long he hesitated.

[@OpossumOnTheMoon]

Nobody: Bret Kavanaugh: I lIkE bEeR! dO yOu LiKe BeEr?!

[@Der_Dekanter]

Touché

[@brentwallace775]

Who _doesn't_ like beer?

[@justonemori]

@@brentwallace775 Non losers like President Trump

[@inversion9651]

I'm just here to tell you that meme sucked.

[@dilldowschwagginz2674]

I like beer

[@TimeandMonotony]

"We believe you, we just don't care." Oof that hit hard.

[@lisadaniels1365]

GoP politics embodied in one phrase.

[@contentlobby3824]

I don't believe Ford. I do care that a man's life and name is being run through the mud.

[@KC-xp8dg]

And yet here all of you are saying to Kavanaugh "We don't believe you, and we don't care." So... that's better in your eyes because you see one side as evil and one side is good. I mean Men and Women as much as I mean Republicans and Democrats when I say the good v. evil thing, too.

[@pheenobarbidoll2016]

Pfftt..he ran his own life down after that devil's triangle is a drinking game bullshit. Maybe he shouldn't have been such a fucking drunk.

[@contentlobby3824]

@@pheenobarbidoll2016 were you there? Grow a brain you commi fuck.

[@johnny2handss432]

This aged very well. Thank u John, I appreciate u.

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

It’s like his people coached him by telling him to tear up and get emotional, and then he decided to do that repeatedly during the weirdest times

[@jx51.50]

They told him what to do but not when to do it. I guess they figured they shouldn’t need to teach when an emotional response should be elicited.

[@claudemaassen2963]

Watching his testimony, I thought exactly the same think.

[@trucquynh3948]

ngl i think they actually sat behind the scene rolling their eyes the whole time, going 'cant believe we paid for this clown'. and turns out hes not even worth it lmao

[@abelincon8472]

Well can u say the same for ford?

[@f1zz-k1d89]

@@abelincon8472 no.

[@justineharper3346]

Not completely relevant, but when this was all over the news, it made me remember a repressed memory of sexual assault during college 15 years ago. My young mind at the time convinced itself that it was mutual because I couldn't stand the thought of being a victim. All this Kavanough crap made me revisit it and realize I was straight up raped. I just wanted to share because I get annoyed when people question why it took so long for the victim to speak up. Sometimes they repress that shit

[@gettothepoint_already3858]

So at the time it was consensual sex, but now upon reflection you decided it was a rape. Jeez, it's almost like you change your mind or something.

[@TsukiKatana]

@@gettothepoint_already3858 No, Not how that works. She was raped. Numerous studies are coming out showing women repress and reframe because "it's my fault" or "I don't want to have been raped" is still a theme. It's like refusing to accept someone is assaulted because someone suckerpunched them at a bar instead of violenty beat them in a back alley, and they're insisting they didn't get in a fight for the same reason. If you're going to hold on to the whole "If you didn't report it then, it wasn't rape," I worry about your past and current partners mental health.

[@bubbles9040]

Paul Apollonio a way the human brain deals with trauma is by masking it repressing and hiding it

[@annika8674]

Thank you for sharing your story. I experienced trauma as well and although it wasn’t sexual assault the effect on my thought process was to reframe it as something that was my fault. Traumas effect on your brain makes it really hard for victims to come out with their stories because of fear or even repression or reframing of the memory of the traumatic event. Stay strong. Women and trauma victims appreciate your strength and bravery.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

@@gettothepoint_already3858 Did you not read her words? Have you *any* idea how traumatic something like that would be? The human brain looks for easier to deal with explanations than actually facing the truth. You don't exactly do male's any favours by talking like that.

[@tokiobabe99]

I love that the newscaster said the kids were probably scarred for life by gritty. They're supposed to be impartial but the mascot is just that bad lol.

[@trenten3461]

That's because cable news is fake news. Local news stations probably doesn't have enough airtime to run with a bias. There is a difference, I know...

[@sidoniegabrielle269]

feels like it’s been a thousand years, and he’s never leaving that court now, but lord this hearing is a timeless classic. america is crumbling to pieces, weird awful horrifying shit is happening every second, but the moments as detailed and disgustingly beautiful as boof calendar’s dramatic performance are my favorite. reminds me that no matter how dark things get, often, it’s for some hilariously stupid reasons

[@sidoniegabrielle269]

don't worry girlie it doesn't get better

[@angelinabenitaz]

Y’all are forgetting kavanaugh got what he wanted and Dr fords life will never be the same

[@jonathancastillo8298]

Steve White money is definitely no substitute to closure. Publicly coming out like that and having Republicans berate her for the rest of life now is not thing even millions of dollars could fix.

[@jonathancastillo8298]

Steve White same question to you. How old are you and how much money do you make? Maybe someone like you really does need the money but us middle class folk have no need for that quantity of money. And as for her being a “hero”, a quick google search yielded that she is no longer working at Palo Alto university and had to move four times due to harassment. So either you are purposefully omitting facts, which a man of your caliber I’m sure you wouldn’t, or you are just saying what you want to hear. So good day to you

[@jonathancastillo8298]

Steve White until I see an empirical article by you with cited sources and actual facts, I cannot take your “research” at face value. Insulting your intelligence you say? More like your ego.

[@chayimweinstock443]

@Steve White "There is no way Ford could have been motivated by money?" Are you real?

[@ellielegler338]

@Steve White I just did a quick google search "where is Christine Ford now?", and found several articles stating that she faced harassment and had to move 4 times. What sort of research are you doing?

[@Asher8328]

I've never seen anyone testify before Congress act like Kavanaugh. His demeanor alone is enough for me to not want him on Supreme Court, let alone these allegations or his politics.

[@contentlobby3824]

Oh boo hoo, he wasn’t a perfect angel, and isn’t liberal.

[@businessbuilder92]

@@billhenderson8537 good thing you dont make those peoples decisions then i suppose

[@mathunit1]

@@businessbuilder92 So you're defending Kavanaugh then?

[@businessbuilder92]

@@mathunit1 it's irony, sarcastic way of saying "who are you to judge who should be judge?" if the standards are so high that person doesn't get to make decisions either it's pretty self explanatory or was that just a rhetorical question?

[@Christian-vq3lr]

Phobic Comic yeah, it happened years ago. The only possible evidence at this point is testimonies

[@awesomecat42]

Can we talk about the look Kavanaugh's wife was giving his the whole time? I can't even tell if she's sad, disappointed, or angry. Probably all three.

[@lolxdrofl.demeh.315]

I actually thought, that that was just one random woman, who was just absolutely disgusted by him and couldn't believe the drama he was building up. And then I looked her up and now I'm confused...

[@astrowolvez]

Which one is his wife. It seems like everyone woman behind him is glaring. 😂

[@npc6817]

I-I mean sure yeah I like beer. Do you like beer? Real smooth darling, reeal smooth.

[@DemonDante1000]

@Rehaan Aamir by who exactly? By the Republicans who refused to perform a detailed investigation into the incident? The same Republicans who limited the scope of the investigation that finally did take place so as to prevent the FBI from speaking to particular witnesses? The same Republicans who claimed the entire hearing was a conspiracy started by the left? You are certainly entitled to believe what you want to, but not everyone is as gullible and wrong as you are. Also, might want to take some critical thinking exercises to exercise that brain muscle of yours

[@DemonDante1000]

@Rehaan Aamir Try not to choke on your own foot: www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-reporting-details-how-fbi-limited-investigation-of-kavanaugh-allegations/ar-AAHnC4O

[@magamegabamba]

watching this today, a day after the overturning of Roe V Wade, it's scare how right the guy at 23:10 was

[@Vic420.69]

Give me a break simp

[@summydots]

Did Kavanagh have a direct role in that? Ik he probably did but i want to know for sure sure..

[@magamegabamba]

@@summydots He was a part of the Supreme Court who voted in favor of the overturning

[@Hunte9753]

He was right to overturning abortion.

[@jelybrd]

As a judge he ruled Polygraphs can be used. As a Supreme Court Nominee he said they are unreliable. So he should either retract his initial ruling and reverse any penalties levied on citizens based on a polygraph test, or he should retract his second statement and take the polygraph.

[@shanemcdowell6722]

Can I get a link to a source showing him refusing to take a polygraph.

[@TheHurby]

Um, he said so himself that he didn't take a polygraph in the hearing

[@VK2532]

TheHurby He said no he didn't take one, he didn't say no he wont take one. There is a difference. He didn't take one because it is unnecessary and it can't be used in crime cases. The supposed victim took it because she was told to but we don't know who took it for her and how credible or who verified it as credible, it was done behind doors with no knowledge of it by anyone but the lawyers who wanted to make it seem like a valid proof when it isn't. It just show your stress level when answering questions, it doesn't show if you are lying and tell you what the real answer is, it is not a tv game show.

[@ivanmontalco5082]

@@VK2532 he can take it and clear his name. But he wont because he is a fucking liar

[@MeanBeanComedy]

IF he rules polygraphs can be used (haven't heard that and haven't seen any evidence for it), he should retract that. Polygraphs are hogwash and poppycock and shouldn't be given credence by any educated person.

[@Persiansweetcat1]

The US politics has turned into a multiple season of Scandal, The Good wife AND Desperate Housewives all together

[@onekid10]

Why this true tho

[@b.parker1740]

It's also a stupid version of West Wing with a splash of Veep and a little Better Call Saul and Jersey Shore for flavor.

[@rynemcgriffin1752]

Bruce Parker Does That make The Situation Trump?

[@i-am-your-conscience]

Not to forget House of Cards. A House of Cards with Kevin Spacey with all what we now know about him

[@jensendash]

"man, that bus crash really turned into a multiple clip from Speed, Death Proof, and Dr. Strange." DAFT

[@rafaelrojas07]

I'd like to remind everyone here that he was sober during the hearing. I can't imagine what he's like when he's intoxicated.

[@HalcyonVoid]

Exactly, you can't, so don't imply he is worse without knowing for sure.

[@pytheasbarcelone6421]

I'm not sure he was sober. Only the three first letters.

[@focusconcentration8]

I've noticed a pattern with these privileged, entitled "men" like Trump and Kavanaugh. They had everything handed to them in life and ended up inarticulate and temperamental, because they never had to work or study to get ahead.

[@benvinson2460]

GlintTheStrong Kavanaugh's own classmate at Yale said that he was aggressive and hostile while drunk. Kavanaugh himself admitted in an email with friends that he was aggressive after getting drunk and losing money while gambling.

[@bigchief8017]

She admits to being 15 years old and consuming alcohol, and we are expected to believe she was sober? We are expected to believe her alcohol fueled recollection is accurate? Why are drunk women believable, but drunk men are dangerous? Hahahahahahahahaha! This is what’s wrong with Democrats/liberals/Fascists.

[@FloridaSalon]

Even if you take the stance that nothing he did in his younger life should affect this decision, the conduct you showed in these clips should bring any case he presided over into question. He's shown himself to be a condescending liar.

[@michael.schuler]

Aside from all the objections brought up here, let's not forget that Kavanaugh is on the record with the opinion that a sitting president should not be subject to subpoena, prosecution, or indictment while in office. He also refused to state whether or not he believes a president can pardon himself. I presume these facts were not unknown to President Trump when he selected him.

[@ariaalexandria3324]

He's a raging hypocrite. When Clinton was president, he was all in favor of it, and wanted questions so in depth that Ken Star refused to ask them.

[@biokido575]

You are talking out of your ass. He does believe that sitting presidents should not be subject to all of that but he also believes they should be impeached first.

[@Minecraftrok999]

bio kido Well and how would you be able to impeach a president if you cannot know wether he is guilty or not without the information gained by the subpoena? ...

[@jiv32]

Surprised LastWeekTonight didn't find that out.

[@MocHades]

#fakenews

[@seanbasu4255]

I know that this is old, but I’m rewatching this and I feel like people don’t care much if someone gets felt up in high school because the idea is that teenage boys are Just Like That... which is not true??? Like there is such thing as a respectful, kind teenage boy, and Kavanaugh was clearly never that

[@mcswashbuckler3833]

Thank you. I cannot tell you how many people assumed that I was like this in high school. Too many people have this image of every teenage boy in their head without actually knowing anything about the person in question, and that leads to actual sexual predators being let off the hook

[@kalicat6232]

To be honest, I can’t think of one teenage boy who felt up girls, had crazy sexual experiences each weekend, used girls like Kleenex, etc... I am a few years younger than BK, so perhaps AIDS made our sexual experiences a bit different. To me it sounds more like these young men were from a very wealthy and privileged life where they could act like dogs and get away with it because daddy was rich / powerful and could clean up and messes these boys made.

[@rosannarivero2863]

Kali Cat exactly and aptly put

[@SentientPotatoXIII]

Only entitled incels are like that. Age has nothing to do with it.

[@alessandroiskaymaurer1517]

Kavanaugh was not proven guilty that means that in the eyes of the law he is not guilty which is what really matters.

[@uniqueusername_]

“The seniors were legal... to drink.”

[@johnpriced]

buddy really said the drinking age is 18? how did they vote him in and he don't know that!?

[@robbiesilverwolf]

The drinking age was changed that year

[@Astraeus..]

@@robbiesilverwolf Not sure why everybody seems to think that's the case. Congress required states to raise their age to 20 by 1986, and 21 by 1987, but Maryland notably had already raised theirs to 21 in 1982.

[@scottlancaster5812]

If they "Seniors" were 18 already, they were grandfathered in, AND it was still 18 just miles down the road in DC.

[@Chunkboi]

So they put seniors in a blender?

[@sol_ab143]

Jesus Christ, how was he ever appointed

[@RelentlessOhiox]

Who the hell knows it's the government.

[@JuMiKu]

They said so: They had twenty names of judges, who would rule as the Republicans wanted and Trump picked one at random. (Or more likely, was given a large sum of money, because the dude is loaded.)

[@davidr1638]

These proceedings are pointless. Who ever the president appoints to the Supreme Court always gets accepted. These hearings are just for formality reasons but are meaningless.

[@CloroxBleachCompany]

18:10 “This is the most unethical sham since I’ve been in politics!” Does this guy forget he was in the Senate voting to fund the war in Iraq even AFTER it was proven there were no WMD’s?!??

[@brooklyna007]

Also, he is not in politics. He is a friggin judge. That is not a political position and I don't think he gets that.

[@metalhos]

moral is only an argument for the GOP if it serves their narrative.

[@chars_78]

Dont forget that McCain was one of those who was pro-war too.

[@zackp5294]

Clorox Bleach no smart people here please leave Clorox!

[@mrjesuschrist2u]

But there were WMDs .... Try Google.

[@adhikaris6397]

"That's a plaintive spoken word cover of 'Mambo no. 5"- I died laughing. Genius

[@daemonblackfyre7171]

Brett Kavanaugh ft. DMX -- What These Bitches Want: There was Brenda, LaTisha, Linda, Felicia (okay) Dawn, LeShaun, Ines, and Alicia (ooh) Teresa, Monica, Sharron, Nicki (uh-huh) Lisa, Veronica, Karen, Vicky (damn) Cookies, well I met her in a ice cream parlor (aight?) Tonya, Diane, Lori and Carla (okay) Marina (uh) Selena (uh) Katrina (uh) Sabrina (uh) About three Kim's (what?) LaToya, and Tina (WHOO!) Shelley, Bridget, Cavi, Rasheeda (uh-huh) Kelly, Nicole, Angel, Juanita (damn!) Stacy, Tracie, Rohna, and Ronda (what?) Donna, Ulanda (what?) Tawana, and Wanda (what?)

[@SmilieLyon]

The way he focuses on beer suggests that he went a lot further than beer.

[@maryanneslater9675]

It made me wonder what was really in that glass that he needed a gulp of every time he got emotional.

[@markarmage3776]

You people are morons, right? You're doing what, judging people on drinking beer? Blowjob Bill, sexually black mail and abuse people, there's a whole impeachment process, actual crime. Hussein Obama, serious drug abuse, he admitted it. Why don't you go back to school, kids? Pathetic!

[@deadgaming20]

@@markarmage3776 have you watched the video through? lmfao... its quite obvious this dude was lying through every hole in his body..

[@markarmage3776]

@@deadgaming20 Now that's the point, you used a comedic nonsensical video to judge a serious case of human rights violation. And that's violation of due process, go back to school, pal.

[@deadgaming20]

alright, have fun thinking whatever you want to think, and being the minority on this issue :)!

[@mkl5448]

Year after year, hands down best show on TV.

[@gg454lune]

Kavanaugh should know that using whataboutism with the senators is not the best way to help clear his name. When John Oliver talked about that a few months ago, I thought it was gonna keep being just a joke.

[@Pecisk]

Whataboutism is passive aggressive defense mechanism.

[@claudemiropacheco]

The "attractive" followed by "pleasing", couldn't express more the "respect" those old GOPers have for women.

[@cookiebandit18]

Agreed. I high key expect that a few of them want this buried so no one gets any ideas about digging up their own monstrocities from the past.

[@hollyrochford]

claude, we can't expect much from old man Hatch. After all he thinks common pedestrians when given a little more money only spend it on booze & women. Meaning - he doesn't naturally consider women as anything other than objects to obtain. Happy that fool is leaving american politics.

[@Chronicallywitty]

claudemiropacheco don't forget to vote this year

[@Derekivery]

Exactly! Me: A woman has come forward to share the pain of her dealing with sexual assault. Is there anything we can do to help her? GOP: First question, how hot is she?

[@Nightowljrm]

Boy, if this ain't the truth.

[@nowayjose4598]

That is a supreme court judge? That is the best the USA has to offer? I seriously would not hire him to deliver pizza.

[@asher8754]

Then you’d be sued for wrongful termination

[@nowayjose4598]

@@asher8754 Wrongful termination before I even hired him?

[@wolfwoodphreak]

@@asher8754 yeah totally can be terminated BEFORE hiring. clearly you arent very employable

[@acarroll1714]

Have you seen our president?

[@ObediahPolkinghornIII-cz5io]

I wouldn't trust him near the sausage.

[@emiliemanes9499]

"Don't die" I've come from 2021 and we miss her dearly. The country will never be the same.

[@feebleterrance]

“THIS IS THE MOST UNETHICAL...” **looks at script* “... SHAM...” **script check* “...SINCE I’VE BEEN IN POLITICS.”

[@ravivdlin9412]

He was thinking about Trumps balls on his chin that's why he kept forgetting the script

[@zoelarios4004]

Did anyone else read this like graham? 😂

[@Emilstekcor]

Anyone else stare at his teeth flare up and remember that scene from the office where Dwight says that when you show your teeth you are afraid.

[@0hMyGandhi]

Really comes from *looks at script* THE HEART. *looks for cameras to make eye contact with viewer* Joking aside, if one cannot remember a single sentence, especially when spoken aloud, as a proclamation and denouncement of a particular process...It needs to be said in one go and memorized. Graham look to have been channelling Christopher Walken with that speech.

[@XxLgrande77xX]

Alex Muncatchy I thought I read Hitchens the first three times I read you but you're alright

[@patrickgallehugh]

“Plaintive spoken word cover of Mambo no. 5” I’m dead 😂😂😂

[@Ramsey276one]

6:45 W T F XD

[@simonforsell99]

Scrolling through the comments while watching and I reached this comment just as he said it hahah

[@HariShankar-gq5us]

Old guy says"I think she's pleasing"...oh the cringe

[@Fankas2000]

He is commenting on a woman's appearance in the 21 century. Thats basically rape.

[@Bottledhybz]

They are basically the same age, so what

[@lynazidane6697]

fuck you. In this context it is extremely inappropriate and gross and if you can't see that then I do know what to say to you other than reconsider everything that led you to being so dumb.

[@Sparksterchan]

@@Fankas2000 Nah, bro. Her appearance has nothing to do with her testimony being credible. And him calling her pleasing is NOT the same thing as calling her pretty. "Pleasing" has some pretty freaking strong implications. Just admit he's a creeper.

[@Fankas2000]

Sparksterchan "Pleasing" has some pretty freaking strong implications There is such a thing as reading too deep.

[@homerco213]

Make one woman's life miserable you say? ~Kavanaugh - "Hold my beer."

[@TheZombiesoul]

I like beer, i drink beer, we drink beer, she drinks beer, they drink beer, he drinks beer, we like beer and sometimes beer drinks me.

[@Chronicallywitty]

Juan Flores don't forget to vote this year

[@frostfang1]

"Are...are you drunk right now, Kavanaugh?"

[@LoKi16124]

In soviet Russia beer always drinks you...

[@MrLaxinator]

We are here to drink your beer And steal your rum at a point of a gun Your alcohol to us will fall 'Cause we are here to drink your beer.'

[@EzioHanitore]

But weve got the biggest Balls of them all

[@snputri]

Watching this again still anger me how he can easily get away with this. He is textbook example of an entitled, egoistic, weak boy mentality who needs people around him to continously boost his ego for him to feel self worth.

[@ericynot]

In other words, just like the guy who nominated him for the Supreme Court.

[@Lord_eBatts]

Your comment is also known as the motto of the Republican party!

[@Rucka_Inc.]

Get away with what? Ms. Ford's testimony was completely contradicted by her witnesses and she had literally no evidence and barely any recognition of the event at all. The only thing she consistently knew was that Brett was the one who did it. She doesn't remember the date, she got the location wrong, she was inconsistent with the number of people being there, she doesn't even remember how she escaped. Just be honest and think for yourself. Don't just believe stuff because your friends told you to. You need to be independent, not reliant. Again, think for yourself.

[@Rucka_Inc.]

@Kathryn Foster-martin Riiiight. Try harder next time.

[@SaraWolffs]

@@Rucka_Inc. Even if she did lie, which is hard to ascertain given how the Republicans set up the hearings, we still have someone on the US Supreme Court who, during his confirmation hearing, perjured himself over trivialities (the definition of "devil's triangle"), misrepresented witness statements, evaded questions with simple factual answers, dodged questions with an obvious right answer, and lost his temper in a manner unbefitting a judge. Quite apart from the truth of the allegation, his reaction to it itself was damning enough. Even a false allegation shouldn't have provoked this kind of reaction from someone fit to be on the US Supreme Court.

[@louiselopez1890]

Just searched what happened after the trial and it's so sad to see that he did get the position and is now the associate justice of the supreme court, even after two additional women accused him of sexual assault. And to see that those very credible accusations were just regarded as "conspiracies"?

[@TheGeorgeee13]

Same with biden but ohhh it only matters against non democrats

[@7thCobweb]

Jorge O. obviously it doesn't matter for democrat or republican men bc they get away with it anyway!

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@TheGeorgeee13 Biden said that even though it was false, she still deserved to have her argument heard and the facts examined. Kavanaugh said that investigating a false claim would be an insult.

[@Chaoticchips]

Jorge O. Dumbass

[@historicarchives4841]

He was cleared by the FBI

[@michaelgeorge595]

I always felt that the expression on his wife’s face (sitting behind him on his right), spoke volumes. She appears dejected, depressed, and unhappy with the truths that emerged. She must have known his history before saying “I do”.