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This week on Middle Theory, the ongoing controversy surrounding Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh reaches critical mass, following testimony from one of his accusers and an ensuing FBI investigation.
In light of recent news in the United States, things are feeling particularly divided as of late. Hence, looking back to the times of the American Founding Fathers, we often see that concerns over political partisanship contributing to division among the populace was something they discussed then too. Consider the words of George Washington, who during his Farewell Address on September 19, 1796, said, “[The spirit of party] serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another.”
We also have Thomas Jefferson, who wrote to James Monroe in 1808 that, “You will soon find that so inveterate is the rancor of party spirit among us, that nothing ought to be credited but what we hear with our own ears. If you are less on your guard than we are here, at this moment, the designs of the mischief-makers will not fail to be accomplished, and brethren and friends will be made strangers and enemies to each other.”
Today, we can see that many of the same concerns remain present… and one issue that has struck the heart and soul of America as of late has been the party division erupting around Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh. As the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford was televised before the world last Thursday, we heard first hand (and for the first time) from one of Kavanaugh’s key accusers, as well as from Kavanaugh himself who passionately defended himself against what he has called “Search and Destroy” tactics in testimony that followed.
As the FBI investigation has been underway over the days that followed, after a last-minute deal secured by Republican Jeff Flake, we analyze what documentation and source material is available to us, in an effort to fill in the missing pieces of the puzzle, and make sense of this maddening affair for ourselves.
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Finally, here are links to stories addressed on this week’s program:
- WHAT STAYS IN VEGAS: Vegas Strip will go dark year after sniper killed 58 at concert
- Shooter’s Motive STILL Unknown
- LOHAN TO THE RESCUE: Mother of two punches Lindsay Lohan over ‘child abduction’ bid
- TRUMP MCA PRESS CONFERENCE: Dow jumps more than 250 points after the US and Canada secure a deal to replace NAFTA
- KAVANAUGH: SEARCH AND DESTROY
- THE MOMENT: Jeff Flake’s change of heart
- Jeff Flake: ‘We Can’t Have That on the Court’
- Sens. Flake and Coons discuss drama that led to call for FBI probe: ‘It was quite a moment’
- Analysis: How Jeff Flake seized the spotlight in Kavanaugh confirmation
- Jeff Flake has managed to frustrate all sides in past 2 years
- Trump: No limits on FBI’s investigation into allegations against Brett Kavanaugh
- 5 key questions the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings left unanswered
- Kavanaugh’s entire summer calendar can be viewed online
- Brett Kavanaugh’s yearbook: the “boof” joke, explained
- Brett Kavanaugh was ‘belligerent and aggressive’ drinker, Yale classmate says
- Kavanaugh was involved in bar brawl at Yale
- Kavanaugh High School Pal Writes In Memoir Of Being Wild Drunk With Girls
- Drinking age was raised to 21 in Maryland when Kavanaugh was 17
- Vox accuses Ed Whelan of possible “conspiracy” with Kavanaugh
- Julie Swetnick appears on camera for interview
- NBC News Sits Down With Kavanaugh Accuser Julie Swetnick But Can’t Verify Claims
- Ex-boyfriend filed a restraining order against third Kavanaugh accuser
- Seven questions for Julie Swetnick and Michael Avenatti
- Text messages suggest Kavanaugh wanted to refute accuser’s claim before it became public
- My sinister battle with Brett Kavanaugh over the truth – by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard