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Brett Kavanaugh: “I Did Things In High School That Make Me Cringe Now”

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh

After presenting himself to the nation as a “virgin” who never ever drank in excess during high school or college in an interview with Fox News earlier this week, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh now admits he was “not perfect” and did drink in high school.

From The Washington Post:

In his prepared testimony for Thursday’s Senate hearing, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh says he was ‘not perfect’ in high school and drank beer with friends but strongly denies having committed sexual assault.

“In retrospect, I said and did things in high school that make me cringe now,” he says, adding that “sometimes I had too many” when he drank beer.

But Kavanaugh says what he has been accused of by Christine Blasey Ford is altogether different.

“What I’ve been accused of is far more serious than juvenile misbehavior,” Kavanaugh says in testimony released by the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I never did anything remotely resembling what Dr. Ford describes.”

Kavanaugh says he is the victim of “grotesque and obvious character assassination.”

“There has been a frenzy to come up with something — anything, no matter how far-fetched or odious — that will block a vote on my nomination,” Kavanaugh says, in the testimony released by the Senate Judiciary Committee. “These are last minute smears, pure and simple.”

In his Fox News interview with Martha McCallum, Kavanaugh asserted he’d never done “anything” like what has been described by his accusers nor had he ever consumed alcohol in excess.

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’50/20′ – “An Interracial, Age Challenged, Sexually Fluid Web Series”

Christopher Long and Christopher Nester in “50/20”

The new digital offering “50/20” bills itself as “an interracial, age challenged, sexually fluid web series.”

In the new series, written by Christopher Long and Evan Wynkoop, John (Christopher Nester) and Chris (Christopher Long) meet by chance on a baseball field and an accidental conversation becomes a romantic moment.

Or does it?

Chris is an African-American man in his 50s with a great job, great apartment, great friends, but not-so-great love life. Two years after the death of his longtime lover, he’s been on a lot of bad dates.

John is a good-looking guy in his 20s trying to find a career. A college graduate, he’s in that New York City “table-waiting, bartending, personal training” mode.

Neither of the two were looking for anything when they met, but the conversation leads to John asking for Chris’s phone number.

Plus, according to the digital series’ official website, Chris has never dated a white person and John has never dated anyone who wasn’t white.

Did I mention that Chris is gay and John is straight?

It’ll be interesting to see where this goes.

Check out episode one, “Chance Meeting,” below.

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Donald Trump: Brett Kavanaugh Is A “Gem”

Donald Trump doubled-down on his beleaguered Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh calling Kavanaugh "a gem."

Donald Trump doubled-down on his beleaguered Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh calling Kavanaugh “a gem.”

The Trumpster also indicated the Republicans weighing Kavanaugh’s nomination could not be “nicer,” and that he would have preferred the nominee to have been pushed through more quickly.

This comes in the same morning that a 3rd Kavanaugh accuser came forward to allege she not only witnessed ‘gang rapes’ in which Kavanaugh took part in during high school house parties, but became a victim of those ‘gang rapes.’

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Breaking: 3rd Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward With Allegations of ‘Gang Rape’

Julie Swetnick

CNN producer Javi Morgado has shared on Facebook the deposition of Julie Swetnick, who has come forward accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of being involved in ‘gang rapes’ during the 1980s.

She alleges she witnessed Kavanaugh and his bestie Mark Judge ‘spike’ the punch at parties with alcohol and drugs to help drug girls and lower their inhibitions. She says she

“I have a firm recollection of seeing boys lined up outside rooms at many of these parties waiting for their ‘turn’ with a girl inside the room. These boys included Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh,” Swetnick said.

She not only saw the behavior at house parties during that time, but became a victim of one of those ‘gang rapes.’ She alleges Kavanaugh and Mark Judge were involved.

According to her signed affidavit, she has witnesses to support her allegations.

Swetnick is the client Michael Avenatti has been referring to in his tweets of late.

Swetnick is no slacker. She’s held security clearances with the federal government in the Justice Department, State Department, Homeland Security and more.

In a statement released by the White House, Kavanaugh denied the new allegations:

“This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone. I don’t know who this is and this never happened.”

See the sworn affidavit below. Click on the images below to enlarge.

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Bill Cosby Sentenced to 3-10 Years In Prison For Sexual Assault

Bill Cosby, formerly “America’s Dad,” has been sentenced to three to ten years in prison for three counts of sexual assault.
Bill Cosby (booking photo via Montgomery County Board of Commissioners)

Bill Cosby, formerly “America’s Dad,” has been sentenced to three to ten years in prison for three counts of sexual assault.

After years of scandal and accusations, Cosby was found guilty of three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault in April.

While state guidelines recommend between one and four years for each count, a single count has the potential to carry 10 years in prison meaning Cosby could have faced a 30-year prison sentence.

According to Yahoo News, Judge Steven O’Neill told the court during sentencing, “I’m not permitted to treat him any differently based on who he is or who he was.”

The District Attorney had asked for the maximum sentence but the defense team requested leniency in regard to Cosby’s age and frailty (Cosby is now legally blind).

Cosby will now serve at least three years in prison with the possibility of supervised release at that point, but there’s no guarantee he’ll be released then.

Andrea Constand, his victim, was in the courtroom as well as more than half a dozen of Cosby’s other accusers (he had nearly 60 in total).

In her victim impact letter, which was shared in court on Monday, Constand wrote that the “psychological, emotional, and financial bullying included a slander campaign in the media that left my entire family reeling in shock and disbelief.”

“Now, almost 15 years later, I’m a middle aged woman who’s been stuck in a holding pattern for most of her adult life, unable to heal fully or move forward,” she added.

In addition to the prison sentence, Cosby was denied bail; has been ordered to pay a $25,000 fine; undergo counseling for the rest of his life; and register as a sex offender.

In the era of the #MeToo movement, it’s notable that in order to deliver justice for the victim, it took two trials and dozens of accusers to come forward.

And people wonder why sexual assault victims don’t come forward immediately.

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Updated: UN General Assembly Laughs As Trump Boasts Of His Achievements

UPDATE – After saying he “didn’t expect that reaction” in the moment, Donald Trump later reversed himself saying, “That was meant to get some laughter.”

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Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Donald Trump boasted that his administration “has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country.”

And the folks in the hall laughed.

Watch below.

And remember, there’s always a tweet:

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Convicted Felon/NRA Prez Oliver North Defends Brett “Skippy” Kavanaugh

That bastion of honor, Oliver North, convicted felon and NRA president, defends Supreme Court nominee Brett “Skippy” Kavanaugh in a new spot from the NRA:

“A man who refers to himself as Spartacus smears a man who serves the homeless, as a racist. A political party coordinates violent protests to smear a father and run his children out of the room. A man who lied about military service, who stole valor, smears a humble public servant and calls for his nomination to the Supreme Court to be withdrawn. A woman who wants to confiscate your firearms leaks an unsubstantiated accusation to smear a man because he believes in our Second Amendment.

“Politicians call a privileged senator who killed a woman, a lion, and now they smear Brett Kavanaugh as a threat to women. Since the election of Donald Trump, the character assassination of good Americans like Brett Kavanaugh by those with half his intellect and a fraction of his virtue, has been unconscionable.

“I didn’t hold dying Marines in my arms defending freedom, so corrupt politicians could disgrace their heroic sacrifice. We the people denounce their character assassination, their hypocrisy, their lies. And we proudly stand with Brett Kavanaugh. And we the people, will bring dignity back to our democratic process.”

In 1989, North was convicted of lying to Congress, shredding documents and accepting an illegal gratuity as a result of the Iran/Contra scandal.

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Tweets Of The Day: Brett “Skippy” Kavanaugh

Now that four women have claimed sexual misconduct by Supreme Court nominee Brett “Skippy” Kavanaugh, “Skippy” has offered up his personal calendars dating back to the early 1980s, when he was in high school, to show he didn’t attend the party where his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, says he sexually assaulted her.

First of all, who do you know has their “high school calendars” 30+ years later?

Second, what high school student in the 1980s notated the parties they got drunk at on those calendars they kept for 30+ years?

Finally, if his “calendars” don’t include the parties where he noted he and his friends drank 100 kegs in 1982-1983, then he’s just proved the calendars are bullshit, right?

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Out Music: Richard Cortez “The Welder & The Lark”

(screen capture from “The Overture/Don’t Go, Not Yet”)

Out singer/songwriter Richard Cortez recently dropped his 7th studio release titled, The Welder & The Lark.

The collection of six tracks, which OUT calls “especially profound,” explores innately personal themes of unrequited love, intimacy and monogamy across three music videos.

Cortez, who walked away from a production deal in 2004 when asked to present himself as a ‘straight’ artist, has spent years releasing his music through his own record label, Wollenberg Records.

The entrancing final music video for the collection, “The Overture/Don’t Go, Not Yet,” features an overture composed by collaborator Cole Witter utilizing musical themes from all six tracks as well as the EP’s opening track.

Along with the music, Cortez invited cinematographer Philip Campbell and dancer/choreographer Christian Denice to collaborate on the visuals.

In an interview with OUT, Cortez explains that much of the project was inspired by a unrequited love that could never be.

“What do you do with all the love you have for someone who doesn’t love you the same way in return?,” Cortez wondered aloud to OUT. “Some people drown their sorrows in whiskey gingers, or “eat. pray. love.” their way around the world — I decided to spend every dollar I had on creating an infinite space where that love could live and be free.”

Deciding that a suite of songs dedicated to this love wasn’t enough, Cortez gathered together a coalition of creatives from different mediums to breathe a larger, more expansive multimedia life into the project.

“I never got to tell him I loved him, so I’m telling the world,” added Cortez.

“Every single artist who contributed to this project makes their own work that inspires me regularly,” Cortez told OUT.

“Cole Witter, Boy Radio, Philip Campbell, Kevin William Reed, Christian Denice, Erik Carter, Logan Sawtelle, and Nick Kask inspire me far beyond this work. Individually, they are all incredible and important.”

With a goal of exploring heartbreak through several artistic mediums, Cortez admits his biggest challenge was learning to “trust and let go, allowing the true heart of collaboration to be the driving force of the project.”

That lesson allowed more wisdom to manifest throughout the development of The Welder & The Lark.

Cortez summed up the creative journey for OUT:

“Overall, it was healing process, both artistically and spiritually. I learned to take my time. I learned to let my heart break without punishing myself for it. I learned that I don’t have to be suffering to make relevant and impactful work. I learned a lot about trust and acceptance in collaboration. I learned to take bigger risks, both creatively and financially, as an independent artist. But more than any of that, I learned that loving the process of creation will always generate a beautiful outcome.