Murshed Zaheed
#SCOTUS Justice Brett Kavanaugh parties with a gross, sleazy, pervy scumbag like Matt Gaetz and other extreme right wing provocateurs w questionable characters ans affiliations and yet POLITICO’s Playbook newsletter buries it deep in their newsletter. This is gross. #ExpandtheCourt
Dec 10, 2022 at 4:06pmWeb
Show threadMurshed ZaheedDec 10, 2022
The list of right wing extremists Kavanaugh partied with is so unbelievable it’s worth posting twice. The list includes characters like Sebastian Gorka & Stephen Miller - Nazis (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna742851), white nationalists (https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/24/stephen-miller-white-nationalist-trump-immigration-guru). If you do basic search on others your stomach will churn.
At a time folks are raising alarm about ethics and #SCOTUS this is unseemly.
Sebastian Gorka Made Nazi-Linked Vitezi Rend 'Proud' by Wearing Its Medal

Controversy has swirled around Sebastian Gorka, one of President Trump's top counterterrorism advisers, ever since he attended the president's Jan. 20 inaugural ball wearing the honorary medal of Hungarian nationalist organization Vitezi Rend. NBC News traveled to Hungary to dig deeper into Gorka's ties with the group, speaking with members of the organization as well as with locals who knew him when he lived there.

NBC News
Show threadMurshed ZaheedDec 10, 2022
One more - this list of Brett Kavanaugh and his fellow partied is as ugly and gross as the one with Trump, Ye and Fuentes.
#ExpandSCOTUS
Show threadMurshed ZaheedDec 12, 2022
As Brett Kavanaugh parties it up with white nationalists like Stephen Miller, Miller launches an "all white, all male" led project that appears to be looking to weaponize MAGA judges in federal courts against people of color. #Fediverse #LawFedi #SCOTUS https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/12/stephen-miller-america-first-legal-biden-race-policies/
How a Trump-allied group fighting ‘anti-white bigotry’ beats Biden in court

America First Legal, a group headed by Stephen Miller, has won court battles against the Biden administration while pledging to fight 'anti-white bigotry.'

The Washington Post
Show threadSonya SteeleDec 12, 2022
@murshedz Stephen Miller is evil.
Show threadPeter PrincipleDec 12, 2022

@murshedz "appears to be looking to weaponize MAGA judges in federal courts against people of color"

That was always the primary goal -- and not just for Miller. Using the "pro-life" fundies to get there was only a political tactic.

Show threadMarie HenselderKimmelDec 13, 2022
@jobsboils @murshedz 100%! Weaponizing the judiciary has been a 50 year project back to the Lewis Powell memo.
Show threadRoseFromNJ/PhillyDec 10, 2022
@murshedz with all the controversies going on w/the SCOTUS, the sexual assaulter, beer loving Kavanaugh hasn’t learned a damn thing! #AboveTheLaw?
Show threadKris IwasakiDec 11, 2022
@murshedz @RoseFromNJ
Don’t forget CRYBABY-frat boy, Kavanaugh.
Show threadTom von AltenDec 10, 2022
@murshedz Ew
Show threadSteveDec 10, 2022

@murshedz
My hypothesis about why #Kavanaugh was nominated:

The twice-impeached racist misogynist fascist idiot mobster saw the public respect for the Supreme Court was much higher than respect for him.

He was jealous, but couldn't do anything about his poll numbers.

He had minions search for a judge with a terrible ethics record who would be satisfactory to Republican Senators.

They found a guy with 80 open ethics investigations who was also a young right wing extremist.
/1

Show threadSteveDec 10, 2022

@murshedz
When Kavanaugh reached confirmation hearings, the ethics investigations soon immediately forgotten because of the sexual assault accusations and history of alcohol abuse.

Any other president would have immediately withdrawn the nomination. But for the narcissistic game show host, the accusations were the jackpot: someone who could drag down the reputation of the Supreme Court even lower the Clarence Thomas had.

Of course he fought with all he had.
/end

Show threadOuteastDec 10, 2022

@murshedz Have you heard Shilpa Ray's song for Kavanaugh, "Straight Man's Dream"? Seems apposite:

Male bonding
Homo Erectus
Boy talk with your dick in the stars
What a dream, man what a dream
A ferret's face and you can still get lucky

https://youtu.be/FmHIzCJc_es

(She's got one for Susan Collins, too, written after Collins' response to Kavanaugh's hearings: "Bootlickers of the Patriarchy". Also worth a listen. https://youtu.be/blte3EbAFzA ).

Straight Man's Dream

YouTube
Show threadLillianDec 10, 2022
@murshedz
I can't even imagine the hatred in that party.
Show threadRobert MDec 11, 2022
@murshedz Disgusting.
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanDec 10, 2022
@murshedz You should explain just who Matt Schlapp is.
Show threadChuck DarwinDec 10, 2022
@heidilifeldman @murshedz
Matthew Aaron Schlapp is an American political activist and lobbyist who is chairman of the American Conservative Union. He leads the lobbying firm Cove Strategies, which had strong ties to the Donald Trump administration. He is also a Fox News political contributor
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanDec 10, 2022
@cdarwin @murshedz sorry I wasn’t clear in my earlier post. I know these facts about Schlapp. What is needed is some explication of how he promoting Trump and the general grossness of ACU - not for me, but for for people who may not already know about the organization. I can do it but Murshed is more knowledgeable about all this than most people.
Show threadMurshed ZaheedDec 10, 2022
@heidilifeldman @cdarwin thanks for flagging it Heidi. Schlapps are ofc detestable folks with scary agenda and I agree folks should look up more and get an understanding of ACU - who are one of key cogs in right wing infrastructure (like the Federalist Society) harming our democracy.
Show threadcaseyjonesedDec 10, 2022
@murshedz Bought & paid for.
Show threadBig Head TalesDec 10, 2022
@murshedz I can’t say I’m surprised, Kavanaugh was darling of the fascist #FederalistSociety, some secret benefactor paid off millions in his personal debts, and the GOP did everything they could to block investigations into his background and the very credible allegations of rape.
#SCOTUS is irreparably compromised.
Show threadSherrilyn IfillDec 10, 2022
@murshedz This is actually unreal.
Show threadMurshed ZaheedDec 10, 2022
@ifilljustice they are just rubbing it in our faces now as they seem to think those with powers to reform this Court will never do anything about it. Why imperative for all of us to stay and get louder. Appreciate all the leadership you provide on that front. 🙏🏼
Show threadChuck DarwinDec 10, 2022
@ifilljustice @murshedz This is actually real
Show threadLisaInBlueAZDec 10, 2022
@murshedz #ExpandTheCourt @potus
Show threaddrdindDec 10, 2022
@murshedz Very damn disturbing
Show threadPetesmom *has moved*Dec 10, 2022
@murshedz They know they are untouchable. Why hide their allegiance?
Show threadDoomsdaysCWDec 10, 2022
@murshedz Gah! Erik Prince?!! Don't get me started about that #warmonger and #Blackwater/Academi!
Show threadDr.Susan BushinskiDec 10, 2022
@murshedz definitely a party I would never attend
Show threadSirNapalotDec 11, 2022
@murshedz
“The Swamp” Trump demonized in 2016 is actually full of Republicans.
Show threadLovemypupperDec 11, 2022
@murshedz wuuuuutttt
Show threadKat K 🐾🐾Dec 11, 2022
@murshedz ‘Rapists of a feather, flock together’
Show threadScott the F is implicit BaxterDec 11, 2022
@murshedz Kavanaugh is also woefully underqualified. But Republicans wanted him and here we are.
Show threadLa temerariaDec 11, 2022

@murshedz Look. He likes beer, okay? The white nationalist nazis were there too but, he probably just went because of the free beer.

*Said ironically but cringing because there's a chance I'm actually correct. And it doesn't really make it better if I am. :-(

Show threadTootUncommonDec 11, 2022
@murshedz We desperately need an *enforceable* code of conduct for the USSC
Show threadSunnySideUpDec 11, 2022
@murshedz Nazis love a good time.
Show threadDGBDec 11, 2022
@murshedz Quite the Fascist collective.
Show thread[email protected]Dec 17, 2022
@murshedz All partisan Republican tools.
Show threadGTinNCDec 10, 2022
@murshedz Since #JeffreyEpstein is no longer hosting rape parties on his island, where else would a #SCOTUS judge like #BrettKavanaugh go to drink beer and sexually assault women? The #MattGaetz estate of course. The #FBI must release the 4,500+ tips it received about #Kavanaugh that #Trump covered up. #IllegitimateSCOTUS #ImpeachKavanaugh
Show threadmaryr75Dec 10, 2022
@murshedz Frightening. Also how stupid is he? He may be an academic genus but his ethics and judgment are lacking. To say the least.
Show threadtobieDec 10, 2022

@murshedz This is absolutely appalling and, of course, Roberts will not issue any public statement reminding justices of the importance of impartiality. The only time I recall him speaking out was to denounce Schumer for a political statement.

Conservative justices can meet with Seb Gorka, Matt Gaetz, Stephen Miller, the Schlapps, and Erik Prince and Roberts says nothing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/us/roberts-schumer-supreme-court.html

John Roberts Condemns Schumer for Saying Justices ‘Will Pay the Price’ for ‘Awful Decisions’

Senator Chuck Schumer, speaking while the court heard arguments in a major abortion case, directed his criticism at President Trump’s two Supreme Court appointees.

Show threadJim Stewartson Dec 10, 2022
@murshedz Holy crap. 😦
This is one of the slimiest collections of anti-democratic chaos ops I’ve ever seen.
Show threadBlahaj EnjoyerDec 10, 2022

@murshedz

Not to mention known war criminal for hire erik prince

Show threadSimTheoryDec 10, 2022
@murshedz
#ExpandtheCourt
Show threadSherrilyn IfillDec 10, 2022
@murshedz Where did this appear? The Washington Post?
Show threadMurshed ZaheedDec 10, 2022
@ifilljustice it was buried deep in POLITICO’s PLAYBOOK section this am where they share who is partying with whom in “out and about” in DC. https://www.politico.com/playbook
Playbook

And Biden backs Mark Rutte for NATO secretary-general.

POLITICO
Show threadSherrilyn IfillDec 10, 2022
@murshedz Aha. Thank you.
Show threadMurshed ZaheedDec 10, 2022
@ifilljustice my pleasure - feels like this should be a huge story - it’s basically Kavanaugh’s version of chilling with Ye and Fuentes.
Show threadlex MariaDec 10, 2022
@murshedz Nothing to see here, just SCJ Kavanaugh hanging with an pro-authoritarian trifecta: Eric Prince, Sebastian Gorka and Stephen Miller.
Show threadmaryr75Dec 10, 2022
@Spudsforever @murshedz Judicial ethics reform must be embraced by both sides of the aisle. This is an ethics debate, not a political debate. Democrat or Republican shouldn’t matter.
Show threadcharlesesmithDec 10, 2022
@murshedz sex pests of a feather flock together?
Show threadJim HubbellDec 10, 2022
@murshedz who goes to a Christmas party and doesn't take their wife?
Show threadMark JagerDec 10, 2022
@murshedz grotesque
Show threadMatthew KopansDec 10, 2022
@murshedz i wonder if @LeahLitman and the gang at &strict Scrutiny have any thoughts about who Coach Kavanaugh is partying with?
Show threadNouraDec 10, 2022
@murshedz Some of the worst people to exist. Good god.
Show threadWTFDec 10, 2022
@murshedz SCOTUS is compromised scary and sad.
Show threadRuth Zakarin 🧶🪬😷Dec 10, 2022
@murshedz and treats it like this is all totally normal and fine. Like there’s nothing particularly noteworthy to say about it. 🤯
Show threadMolly TimminsDec 10, 2022
@murshedz At Matt Schlapp’s house no less.
Show threadNanBPDec 11, 2022
@murshedz I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but, damn!
Show threadFlaming CheetoDec 11, 2022
@murshedz I will never be convinced there was an actual real person in power named Chad Wolf. That's a paperback spy thriller character.