Despite the coordinated (and uncoordinated) smear campaigns against him, Brett Kavanaugh is a Supreme Court Justice. A lot of people have moved on, but many others clearly have not. ThinkProgress founder and current brains behind the “Popular Information” newsletter Judd Legum falls into the latter category.
Today, he’s going after Facebook for being a sponsor of a Federalist Society event featuring Kavanaugh:
1. For the last 13 months BRETT KAVANAUGH has kept a low profile.
That changes tonight, when Kavanaugh is honored as the keynote speaker at The Federalist Society's annual black tie dinner.
And who is a "Gold Circle" sponsor of the event?
FACEBOOKhttps://t.co/amtwSyaLCw
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 14, 2019
2. Last year, many Facebook employees were angry when a top Facebook executive, Joel Kaplan, showed up to support Kavanaugh
Facebook attempted to control the damage & Kaplan apologized
Now, Facebook is sponsoring Kavanaugh's return to the public stagehttps://t.co/amtwSyaLCw pic.twitter.com/1pqSiSPVZA
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 14, 2019
His outrage over Facebook’s sponsorship is goofy enough. But get a load of this:
3. One thing that has changed since Kavanaugh's confirmation is that the evidence against Kavanaugh has gotten STRONGER.
Specifically, there are now more corroborating evidence to support the claims of Deborah Ramirez, who wasn't even allowed to testifyhttps://t.co/amtwSyaLCw
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 14, 2019
The evidence against Kavanaugh has gotten STRONGER, you guys.
It like, got stronger, man. pic.twitter.com/PQn9iWhJxJ
— Regs (@r3gulations) November 14, 2019
Stronger? Show your work. There hasn’t been evidence yet.
— ᴍʀ sɪᴇғᴇʀᴛ (@mrsiefert) November 14, 2019
When you type it in all caps it HAS to be true
— PeterM61 (@PeteM48) November 14, 2019
Also Confederate currency has gotten more valuable
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) November 14, 2019
????????
Say no to drugs bro
— LauraSalazar (@Laura_Salazar_M) November 14, 2019
nah, dude
— Lisa H Turnage (@LisaTurnage12) November 14, 2019
No it hasn't, you miserable liar.
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) November 14, 2019
He said the information is popular. That is true. He didn’t say the information is accurate.
— Colin Duffy (@TheRightDuff) November 14, 2019
This is called fan fiction, my dude.
— Red Dot in a Blue Dot in a Red State (@reddotinaustin) November 14, 2019
It's not bad for fan fiction, but even fiction has to have some semblance of believability to be successful. Try again, and make sure to inject some reality into your story.
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) November 14, 2019
Just subscribe to his newsletter
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 14, 2019
Subscribe to his newsletter and get all the popular information!
4. Facebook says it doesn't matter because it donates to groups across the political spectrum
But those other groups aren't celebrating a man accused of sexual assault
I will continue to hold Facebook accountable.
For more, sign up for my newsletter ➡️ https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 14, 2019
5. Facebook did not respond to a question about whether it consulted with the employees who were upset by Kaplan's appearance last year before agreeing to sponsor this event.
Facebook did tell me, after I asked, that Kaplan wasn't attending the dinnerhttps://t.co/amtwSyaLCw
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 14, 2019
If you are a Facebook employee who has thoughts or concerns about your company's sponsorship of Brett Kavanaugh's return to the public stage please contact me.
You can reach me securely at [email protected]
I will protect your identityhttps://t.co/amtwSyaLCw
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 14, 2019
He will protect you.
Juddle is definitely going to die on this hill that Kavanaugh is somehow different from other justices. https://t.co/ZkthTmefQa
— Neon Porter Taster (@neontaster) November 14, 2019
That was the whole point of the smear campaign against him. It was to ensure that even if he was confirmed, they could always argue he and his decisions are illegitimate.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) November 14, 2019