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SHOCKER: Ex-boyfriend filed restraining order against third Kavanaugh accuser.

According to Vinneccy, Swetnick threatened him after they broke up and even after he got married to his current wife and had a child.

“Right after I broke up with her, she was threatening my family, threatening my wife and threatening to do harm to my baby at that time,” Vinneccy said in a telephone interview with POLITICO. “I know a lot about her.”

“She’s not credible at all,” he said. “Not at all.”

More at the link. Plus: “When asked if the allegation of a restraining order were true, Avenatti said: ‘I don’t know one way or another,’ adding he would research it further.” Top work, there.

APPENDICITIS? You may just need antibiotics.

TAMARA KEEL EXPLAINS WHY SHE’S SO UNHAPPY WITH THE KAVANAUGH STUFF:

My conservative friends keep bringing up Bill Clinton and The Evel Knievel of Chappaquiddick, and they don’t grasp that the #MeToo movement was in *response* to that environment in the past.

People don’t understand how common sexual assault and straight-up rape is…and, yes, #MeToo…and this groundswell happens where now we’re not going to sweep it under the rug, we’re not going to let it slide with a “boys will be boys” or “she should have been more careful”.

But somehow the movement got shanghaied, first by people who diluted the meaning to “someone at work said my ankles were fat”, and now finally we’ve come to this.

DiFi’s smug little last-minute “Aha! I’ve got a ‘gotcha’ that’ll stick it to the GOP but good!” expression…its blatant politicization…is in danger of becoming the Pickett’s Charge of the #MeToo movement. Movements have backlashes and pendulums swing both ways. Thanks for f$cking it up, Diane.

Yep. But politicizing things and ruining them is what Democrats do.

UPDATE: From the comments: “The extra last-minute allegations are consistent with an orchestrated effort to persuade the nominee to withdraw so that the accuser does not have to testify.”

JAMES ROBBINS: Despite new accusers, Democrats war on Brett Kavanaugh could cost them midterm elections. Well, telling men to “shut up” isn’t the slickest marketing strategy.

Related: S.E. Cupp: The danger of Democratic overreach: The Kavanaugh hearings could fuel Republican turnout, as many Americans see the weaponization of #MeToo.

It would be ironic if the Democrats blocked Kavanaugh only for the GOP to pick up Senate seats and confirm someone really hardcore.

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CHRISTINE FORD SAYS THAT ALTHOUGH SHE CAN’T REMEMBER THE PLACE OR DATE, the evening was “seared” into her memory.

Where have we heard that line before?

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OUT OF AFRICA: Third Case Of Monkeypox Reported In The UK. Good news/bad news: It’s a healthcare worker who cared for one of the first two victims.

THIS PROBABLY DISQUALIFIES HIM FROM ANY FUTURE SUPREME COURT NOMINATION: Lil Xan Was Hospitalized for Eating Too Many Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, WHEN THEY STICK YOU WITH THE NEEDLE YOU WAKE UP FAST: Scientists Developing Blood Test For Drowsy Driving.

GOOD LORD: Illegal Immigrant Arrested For Beating Homeless Men to Death Was Deported Six Times, Released by Obama.

I REMEMBER WHEN LEFTIES LAUGHED AT PIZZAGATE, NOW THEY’RE INVENTING SEX CONSPIRACIES OF THEIR OWN: Judiciary Committee Responds To ‘Gang Rape’ Accusation.

Related: Female High School Friend of Kavanaugh Says Latest Allegation ‘False,’ ‘Absurd.’ How likely is it that someone could run (at least) 10 parties that revolved around gang rape, and go through six FBI background checks without it coming up? If you believe that, then you should want to abolish the FBI as incompetent.

UPDATE: More.

I’D PREFER A VETO, BUT YOU’VE GOT TO PICK YOUR BATTLES: Trump to Back Spending Bill, Avert Shutdown.

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SUZANNE VENKER: What Republicans Get That Democrats Don’t About Sex. “Human nature is more complex than progressive slogans.”

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CHANGE? Californians To Try To Kill High-Speed Rail Project By Referendum.

The debates over repealing the gas tax and the floundering bullet train have a significant intersection. As the Times reports, state representatives have recently suggested that some funds from the new gas taxes may eventually need to go into funding the rail project. None of these proposals are sitting well with the groups who feel that they’ve been overly taxed already with little to show for it. The total cost of the high-speed rail project had already doubled yet again from the 2013 projection of $33B to $77B. The completion date has already been stretched out to 2033 and nobody knows how high the total cost could go by then.

At the same time, the state needs an estimated $177B over the next ten years to try to bring their roads and bridges up to some reasonable measure of safety and repair. California’s state government currently has no idea where that money is going to come from unless they go back to the well yet again and raise taxes even more. This appears to be prompting some fiscal sanity among a growing number of residents who are pushing back against their liberal stronghold leadership.

To say nothing of California’s public pension crisis.

OH: Bill Cosby’s star on Hollywood Walk of Fame won’t be removed.