Mother Jones has discovered who paid off Kavanaugh's debts...

[Loki Liesmith]

It was…his parents.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/heres-the-truth-about-brett-kavanaughs-finances/

[czarjak]

1. Bushies always get theirs.

[harumph]

2. well, he is just a grown up frat boy.

IOW, while I desired something more sinister, I'll settle for him being a pudgy - I like beer - momma's boy
who needed his irresponsible ass bailed out.

[Champp]

9. Boofer! Another Republican family values role model

[canuckledragger]

27. That's the look of a spoiled child.

A spoiled child that's pissy he's not getting his way.

[mikeysnot]

3. Now was it the radical left or the far left that stephanie is straw manning?

Horrible written argument for MJ. It was his partisan hackers and perjury on his confirmation hearings. And then that was the non investigation investigation by the fbi.

[cinematicdiversions]

4. Well that is anticlimactic....

[Mike Niendorff]

5. This headline is incorrect.

The author does not claim to have "discovered" anything.

The piece's argument is merely conjecture and speculation, and simply refers back to a previous piece the same author wrote in 2018 claiming that it "seems very likely the explanation is a simple one: He gets money from his family."

Again, that's not evidence.

This article simply repeats and references the author's own previously published speculation.


MDN

[Champp]

10. Thank you, Mike. The headline is VERY misleading

[lagomorph777]

14. Thanks for digging a little deeper.

And thanks to the OP for promoting disinformation.

[Calista241]

15. What a garbage article. Thanks for posting. n/t

[Scrivener7]

6. If true, that makes him the rich boy version of the 30 year old unemployed guy living in his

mother's basement eating cheetos and spouting ultra conservative politics.

Only his daddy bought him a Supreme Court chair to do it from.

[Loki Liesmith]

11. Oh he's right out of an eighties John Hughes teen flick

Richie jerk gets in trouble. Parents bail him out.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. So where'd his parents get the cash?

Are they wealthy? A loan? A gift from a friend? Not that there’s anything wrong with that, necessarily.

From MoJo:

As I explained back in 2018, gifts from family don’t have to be reported on federal judicial disclosure forms, and Kavanaugh’s family had deep pockets. He’s the only child of a “swamp creature,” Ed Kavanaugh, a longtime lobbyist for the cosmetics industry who spent his career schmoozing with Beltway insiders to fend off health and safety regulations and dueling with activists who wanted to ban cosmetic testing on animals. When the elder Kavanaugh retired in 2005, his compensation package that year from the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association totaled $13 million, according to the nonprofit group’s IRS filing.

[uponit7771]

8. +1

[Mad_Machine76]

12. The dismissive tone of this article bothers me

It seems to equate with any legitimate questions or skepticism or desire for further investigation with Glenn Beck/Alex Jones-like conspiracy fearmongering on the left.

[ShazamIam]

13. lol on the "not owned by the Kochs," but an original member of the Federalist Society.

[Vinca]

16. Did we ever find out how he happened to have so much debt in the first place? I've forgotten.

He looks like the kind of shifty weasel who might gamble on the side.

[Loki Liesmith]

18. From the article

As it turned out, there were rather simple answers to most of those questions. Kavanaugh explained to the Senate Judiciary Committee that much of his credit card debt stemmed from either work on his fixer-upper mansion or buying Nats season and playoff tickets for himself and a handful of dudes who’d been going to the games together for years.

[Demovictory9]

17. not surprising. many of the SCOTUS grew up privileged. have no idea how real folks live

[BradAllison]

19. Money laundering

Filter it from Kennedy's kid...to the parents....to Boozin' Brett. A true family affair.

[Nevilledog]

20. *cough*bullshit*cough*

[Loki Liesmith]

21. Never trust a right wing rag like...checks notes...

Mother Jones.

[Nevilledog]

22. That doesn't make their reporting bullet proof.

[Loki Liesmith]

23. And calling bullshit because the reporting gives you a sad

Is just how bulletproof?

[Nevilledog]

26. It was a pleasure posting to your thread.

[LanternWaste]

25. Odd you're the only one making that particular argument.

But I get it... when rational thought fails, reach for the reductio ad absurdum for a pretense of cleverness.

(reductio ad absurdum-- check notes, mkay?)

[Loki Liesmith]

28. I didn't make an argument at all

I simply mocked an ignorant take.

I’m fortunate, though, that I get to do it twice in one thread.

[Retrograde]

24. Wonder what else they paid for

maybe making some drunk driving tickets disappear, paying young women to keep quiet about assaults - I don't believe Blasey Ford was the only one he tried to force himself on.

[mikeysnot]

29. If I was still subscribing to MJ I would have cancelled

My subscription…

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/heres-the-truth-about-heres-the-truth