It’s time to update the GOP’s Marquess of Queensbury Rules.

If you saw Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Brett Kavanaugh’s swearing-in ceremony, you know that we may need to fill her seat in about 4 1/2 minutes. Naturally, I hope she lives to be 300 — although parenthetically, it seems she already has.

The confirmation hearings for Kavanaugh made Robert Bork’s hearings look like a day at the beach. At least liberals only lied about Bork’s judicial philosophy. They didn’t accuse him of being Ted Bundy. The next nomination hearing will make Kavanaugh’s look like an ice cream social.

Just because it didn’t work this time doesn’t mean Republicans’ work is done. They have to make sure this never happens again.

Democrats are already pushing the idea that Kavanaugh’s confirmation was somehow illegitimate because of the shoddy FBI investigation. Liberals’ beef is that the FBI neglected to interview Kavanaugh’s former Yale classmates, who dispute his characterization of precisely how big a drinker he was in college.

I wouldn’t say he was a belligerent drunk, but more of an obstreperous drunk.

No, no! I would say he was a mild drunk with periods of obstreperousness.

This is not the stuff of perjury prosecutions.

Of course, if true, it’s HUGE. Kavanaugh’s demeanor when drunk in college sounds nearly as awful as liberals’ behavior when sober — obnoxious, aggressive and argumentative. I refer you to the recent antics we’ve seen on Capitol Hill, as well as anywhere Ted Cruz stops in for a bite.

Since none of the FBI’s latest report on Kavanaugh has leaked, the one thing we can be sure of is that the agents turned up nothing unfavorable on him. Except for a colonoscopy, I think we’re done with Kavanaugh.

It’s the accusers who have skirted investigation. Even Republicans have moved on. He’s on the court, so who cares if Kavanaugh was falsely accused of “rape” in front of his little girls?

That’s what everyone thought when the falsely accused Duke lacrosse players were proved innocent and the D.A. was disbarred. Why go after the accuser? Hasn’t she suffered enough?

Crystal Mangum was not prosecuted for falsely charging she was gang-raped. And see? No harm, no foul! She went on to live a happy and productive — oh, wait! The next time we heard about Mangum was when she stabbed her boyfriend to death.

On reflection, it certainly seems possible that Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick was not being completely, 100 percent honest in her sworn statements about repeatedly attending high school parties in the 1980s, when she was a college student, where underage girls were drugged and gang-raped.

Deborah Ramirez’s three-decade-old, unsubstantiated, recovered memory of a drunken Kavanaugh exposing himself as a college freshman is the sort of charge that makes feminists laugh! (I know that from reading Gloria Steinem’s explanation in The New York Times that Gov. Bill Clinton summoning a female underling to his hotel room, dropping his pants and saying, “Kiss it!” did not rise to the level of sexual harassment. He took “no” for an answer!)

Perhaps Republicans could get Steinem to explain under oath why it’s acceptable for a sitting governor to do what is disqualifying for a drunk college freshman to do.

While no one would question the word of a living saint like Christine Blasey Ford, some parts of her testimony demand the clarity that can be obtained only in a formal legal proceeding — such as her trauma-induced need for two front doors (when the second front door seems clearly attached to a rental apartment); her fear of flying (but only when it will delay a confirmation hearing); and her claim that she never helped anyone prepare for a polygraph (contradicted by her ex-live-in boyfriend); among other things.

Pretending they are the wronged ones, liberals keep yipping about Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. They believe any attack on Kavanaugh was justified after the dirty trick pulled by Republicans on Garland.

The Republicans’ refusal to hold hearings on Garland has been called an “unprecedented obstruction” (MSNBC’s Chris Hayes), a “violation of traditions in norms” (Hayes again), an “insult and injury” (Sen. Cory Booker) and “remarkable and unprecedented” (MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow). The GOP’s treatment of Garland showed their “hypocrisy on Brett Kavanaugh” (MSNBC’s Ari Melber).

The truth is apparently a big secret, inasmuch as even Republicans aren’t saying it. You’ll read it here for the first time.

The Republicans’ wily, underhanded, double-dealing trick with Garland was this: Win a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate! I know liberals won’t read the Constitution, but can they do math? Garland didn’t have the votes.

Republicans had 54 seats and, in 2016, Senate rules still required 60 votes for Supreme Court appointments. Democrats would have needed 14 Republican senators to switch sides to confirm a Democratic president’s nominee.

There was no way that was happening. A Republican Senate simply wasn’t going to give “consent” to any Democratic nominee eight months before a presidential election — even an election that everyone thought Hillary was going to win. The Constitution says “advice and consent,” not “advice and rubber-stamp.”

There was nothing “unprecedented” about a Republican Senate rejecting a Democratic nominee — other than the fact that Republicans were the ones doing it. Democrats do it all the time.

That’s how we got Justice Anthony Kennedy — whom Kavanaugh replaced: A Democratic Senate rejected Reagan nominee Robert Bork. That’s also how we got Harry Blackmun, author of the ridiculously lawless Roe v. Wade: A Democratic Senate rejected Richard Nixon’s previous nominees Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell.

It would have been a waste of time and only humiliated Garland to hold hearings. At least Republicans didn’t accuse him of gang rape.

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A new study shows that the “#MeToo” movement has had unintended consequences and caused more men to do what Vice President Mike Pence was once heavily criticized for doing.

The #MeToo movement, which started the trend of outing colleagues, friends, and family for perceived sexual harassment, has shaken the country over the past year.

Without even looking at a study, it’s observable that the left has been using the movement as a political weapon and people may be giving more credence to false allegations than they have before.

However, the affect of the “#MeToo” movement goes even deeper.

A study published by The Society for Human Resource Management suggests that there have been unintended changes in work behavior and hiring practices since last year.

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Nearly one third of executives have changed their behavior “to a moderate, great or very great extent to avoid behavior that could be perceived as sexual harassment.”

The cost of this change might not be what the “#MeToo” movement wanted.

The CEO of SHRM, Johnny C. Taylor Jr., expressed concerns about executives excluding women out of fear to avoid facing potential sexual harassment allegations.

“One troubling trend is executives going as far as to not invite female colleagues on trips, to evening networking events or into their inner circles to avoid any situation that could be perceived incorrectly, thus reducing the opportunity for women,” Taylor said.

In a video published by USA Today, Taylor elaborated on his concerns.

“There were men who specifically said, ‘I will not hire a woman going forward,’” Taylor explained. “Those who said they would hire a woman said they would not travel with one, and they, more importantly they would not engage in activities after business hours.”

This trend seems to match a rule of the vice president, who made headlines last year when he said that he would not have dinner alone with any woman other than his wife.

At the time, Pence was heavily criticized for his comment, which was a reflection of his Christian faith more than a defense against sexual harassment allegations.

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“If Pence won’t eat dinner alone with any woman but his wife, that means he won’t hire women in key spots,” Mother Jones lead editor Clara Jeffery said at the beginning of a long, unhinged Twitter rant.

1/ If Pence won’t eat dinner alone with any woman but his wife, that means he won’t hire women in key spots.

— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 29, 2017

Amid her rant, Jeffery pondered if Pence would bring a witness with him to interviews.

“For that matter, how would he ever even interview a woman. With a chaperone?” she pondered.

Her question was in jest, but bringing a witness to closed-door meetings doesn’t seem like a bad idea these days.

Some on the left were offended by Pence’s philosophy, but there appears to more than just a religious reason for doing what he does. A lot of men are afraid of facing sexual harassment allegations that may not be true thanks to the “#MeToo” movement.

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Via Daily Caller:

On the same week Antifa protesters shut down a street corner, threatened drivers with physical harm, and vandalized cars in Portland, Oregon, Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters called President Donald Trump “a poster boy for what a mob protestor looks like.”

Waters appearing on MSNBC with Chris Hayes was asked to comment on a montage of several Fox News Commentators and Republican politicians calling protesters from the left “mob rule.”

Waters responded, “This president is the poster boy for what a mob protester looks like. He is matter of fact, he’s the one who has been violent in his speech. He’s the one in his rallies have said things like this, I’d like to punch him in the face. Trump said that at one of his rallies. He said knock the crap out of them, would you, and seriously, OK, just knock the hell. I mean, I promise I will pay the legal fees. That’s the kind of talk that he has done. That’s violent talk, we don’t have that kind of talk that have come from the women that are protesting.”

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CNN is being accused of racism after commentators Bakari Sellers and Tara Setmayer bashed rapper Kanye West over his support for Trump on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, going so far as to call him a “token negro.”

“Kanye West is what happens when negroes don’t read,” CNN commentator Bakari Sellers said, in reference to an old Chris Rock bit.

CNN’s Tara Setmayer went even further, calling Kanye West a “an attention whore like the president.”

“He’s all of a sudden now the model spokesperson—he’s the token Negro of the Trump Administration?” she also said.

Don Lemon laughed and giggled throughout the segment as the two commentators degraded Kanye West.

.@Bakari_Sellers: “My issue with Kanye West is quite simple — is that anti-intellectualism simply isn’t cool.” https://t.co/FVeCRODqXl pic.twitter.com/rhH5nWSubZ

— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) October 10, 2018

Turning Point USA Communications Director Candace Owens accused the network of racism over this language in a tweet sent Wednesday:

Last night on @CNN, Kanye West was called a “token negro” and a “dumb negro”.

I want you guys to imagine if those words were EVER uttered on @FoxNews.

CNN has finally committed to going full blown RACIST.

They want their slaves back 😂😂@Bakari_Sellers @donlemon #TRUMP2020 https://t.co/QL2RGvHlLo

— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) October 10, 2018

“Last night on CNN, Kanye West was called a ‘token negro’ and a ‘dumb negro’. I want you guys to imagine if those words were EVER uttered on FoxNews. CNN has finally committed to going full blown RACIST. They want their slaves back,” Owens wrote.

This isn’t the first time the liberal network has been accused of racism over some suspect comments. Analyst Jeffrey Toobin blamed Antifa violence on black Americans in August, raising the ire of Candace Owens again, who said that the network was being “horribly racist.”

“Blaming black Americans for crimes that an ALL-WHITE gang commits—why? Because white Democrats are incapable of violence, and only black democrats are?” she tweeted.

Others on Twitter voiced their objection to CNN’s Kanye-bashing:

This is pretty despicable. Not every black person is an intellectual like @Bakari_Sellers @TaraSetmayer @donlemon but regular folks have some decency and common sense. And @cnn is cool with this? #Kanye #KanyeWest https://t.co/4vEsKfaBpQ pic.twitter.com/0IWJQ6sse0

— Patrice Lee Onwuka (@PatricePinkFile) October 10, 2018

How can any honest person not call this CNN segment racist?

– “Kanye is what happens when negroes don’t read”
– Kanye is “token negro of the Trump administration”
– “Black folks are about to trade Kanye West in the racial draft”
– “Kanye’s an attention whore, like the president” pic.twitter.com/rT6bQZwKmc

— Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 10, 2018

These hateful people on CNN called Kanye West a “Dumb Negro” and a “Token Negro”.

He said Supporting Trump is what happens when blacks don’t read.

CNN allowed this kind of language and Don Dirty Lemonade laughed! pic.twitter.com/M7bkq8DVuQ

— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) October 10, 2018

This is an absolutely shameful segment on @DonLemon’s show last night about Kanye West, and if a similar segment occurred on Fox News about a liberal black person, CNN would be covering it as major news, rightfully so: https://t.co/MF4Pw90lhc pic.twitter.com/gKAiRpKizS

— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) October 10, 2018

This is repulsive https://t.co/cV1twDEorH

— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) October 10, 2018

CNN: It’s okay to bring a black person on TV to call Kanye West a “token negro”, but it’s NOT okay for a reformist Muslim to call Islamic terrorists terrorists. pic.twitter.com/yJDIXv9G5w

— Imam of Peace (@Imamofpeace) October 10, 2018

‘Kanye West is what happens when Negroes don’t read’: CNN guest declares artist too stupid to meet with Trump https://t.co/n5VTnvx4Ip

— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) October 10, 2018

Anti-intellectualism isn’t cool? I think Kanye just won 2024. https://t.co/KKbCrYZ8gX

— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) October 10, 2018

President Donald Trump on Monday criticized Democrats for already discussing the idea of impeaching newly-confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, calling allegations of teenage sexual predation a Democrat-led “hoax.”

President Trump on talks of Kavanaugh impeachment: “I think it’s an insult to the American public, and I think you’re going to see a lot of things happen on November 6 that would not have happened before” pic.twitter.com/MINAGYJTJx

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 8, 2018

“I’ve been hearing that now they’re thinking about impeaching a brilliant jurist, a man that did nothing wrong, a man that was caught up in a hoax set up by the Democrats, using the Democrats’ lawyers. Now they want to impeach him,” President Trump told reporters on the White House grounds. “I’ve heard this from many people. I think it’s an insult to the American public, and I think you’re going to see a lot of things happen on November 6 that would not have happened before.”

Last week, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) vowed to probe teenage sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh. “It is not something we are eager to do,” Nadler told the New York Times last week. “But the Senate having failed to do its proper constitutionally mandated job of advise and consent, we are going to have to do something to provide a check and balance, to protect the rule of law and to protect the legitimacy of one of our most important institutions.”

However, not all Democrats are on board — yet.

In an interview with Yahoo News, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) refused to dismiss discussions of removing Kavanaugh if Democrats retake a majority in Congress next month. “I think that after the dust settles on the night of the 6th, I think that’s where we start to evaluate … what is the best thing for us to be focusing on in terms of what’s best for America and the American people,” the 2020 hopeful said.

The Senate on Saturday confirmed Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court 50-48 and was promptly sworn in as the 114th justice by Chief Justice John Roberts and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Some of pop superstar Taylor Swift’s most loyal fans were angered by her far-left rant on Sunday evening, where she attacked Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn, describing herself as “appalled” and “terrified” by the lawmaker’s policies.

In a long Instagram post, the “Shake it Off” singer said that recent events in her life had led her to take a stand against Blackburn, who she implied would discriminate against women, black people, and homosexuals.

“I’m writing this post about the upcoming midterm elections on November 6th, in which I’ll be voting in the state of Tennessee,” Taylor Swift wrote. “In the past, I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now.”

“Blackburn’s voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me,” she continued. “She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values.”

While some of Swift’s fans praised her for joining the leftist agenda, many of her followers were left less than impressed by her apparent virtue signaling.

@taylorswift13: Marsha Blackburn believes principles that have blessed this country for over 200 years. She believes in principles given to us by God. You now align yourself with Hollywood which is a cauldron of godlessness. I once liked and respected you so much.

— Lori Perkins (@RightLadyNC) October 8, 2018

I am very disappointed in @taylorswift13‘s recent comments about great candidate for US Senate @MarshaBlackburn. Does every pop star/actor have to voice their political opinions to the world? Newsflash: we don’t care. Never have, never will. #VoteMarsha

— Aaron Farris (@AaronFarrisMN) October 8, 2018

@taylorswift13 Respectfully, be quiet and sing! I guess you’re more pop than country now anyway. You’re country fans are gonna be disappointed. Now you’re on the level of Katie Perry.

— janice (@theemporersnew) October 8, 2018

@taylorswift13 I love ya but u r wrong about ms Blackburn please check her records on votes compared to all sex scandal the former governor had

— Michael Morrow (@koch41955) October 8, 2018

Taylor Swift can use her popularity to sway voters to vote Democrat. It’s sad she must-lead the public due to her lack of knowledge of Blackburn. She lied. She lost my family and friends support. Only support she has now is from the Socialist. She’s tied her wagon to baby killers

— Mike (@Mortimer1952) October 8, 2018

@taylorswift13 the one reason why I liked Taylor Swift as an artist was because I believed that she did not need to voice her political opinions. I am very disappointed as a black man whose daughter idolizes you. Why does everyone feel a need to voice their political opinion?

— Karl Haynes (@karlhaynes) October 8, 2018

@taylorswift13 So disappointed that you decided to play politics:(. I thought you were brilliant when you said, I am not going to tell people who to vote for, but I will encourage them to vote. With all the divide in this country, you were only place where politics didn’t matter.

— beatio (@beatio) October 8, 2018

@taylorswift13 ssssshhhhhhhh. Don’t start the political stuff sweetie. Please keep your views to yourself. Lots and lots of parents and grandparents will make sure money won’t be spent on you. Super disappointed in you.

— Jami (@Merrtell) October 8, 2018

Swift’s political outburst was particularly surprising to some people who believed she was secretly a Republican or of conservative and libertarian leanings. However, she has recently voiced support for progressive issues such as the LGBT agenda and even donated to the gun control campaign “March for Our Lives.”

The 28-year-old singer was the source of controversy around the 2016 presidential election after she repeatedly refused to denounce Donald Trump while not revealing who she would vote for.

Last year, an editorial by The Guardian even described her as “an envoy for Trump’s values,” arguing that her music “[echoed] Trump’s obsession with petty score-settling in their repeated references to her celebrity feuds” while also reflecting in “painstaking detail on her failed romantic relationships.”

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