It's not a matter of "believing" or "disbelieving" Tara Reade, it's about assessing the credibility of the claim she's making. That's what is required journalistically and logically. So far, every single development has undercut the credibility of her claim

I'm happy to get ratio'd on these tweets. If you want to pretend that patently non-corroborative evidence is corroborative, if you want to pretend that a Larry King phone call substantiates a rape claim when it absolutely doesn't, that's your problem. It's pathetic, actually

I think jettisoning all critical faculties when evaluating claims like these -- because you have some political ax to grind, or for any other reason -- is really bad in the long run for US politics and culture. And yes, that also applies to claims made against Republicans

If my viewpoint on this happens to align with partisan liberals for the time being, so be it. Plenty of my Trump-related commentary has incidentally aligned with Trump supporters. I don't base what I say/think on who may or may not agree at any given time.