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12:15 PM ET, October 6, 2018

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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“None of This Was Fair”: the Kavanaugh Nomination Marks the Triumph of Trumpism on Capitol Hill  —  For the President, the whole fight has been the kind of win he loves: divisive and loud, with enraged liberals sputtering and his political base riled up.  —  By the time Senator Susan Collins …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘Willing to go to the mat’: How Trump and Republicans carried Kavanaugh to the cusp of confirmation  —  Again and again, President Trump was instructed not to do it.  A cadre of advisers, confidants and lawmakers all urged him — implored him, really — not to personally attack the women …
Wall Street Journal:
Grassley Says Workload Discourages Women Senators From Joining Judiciary Panel, Then Walks Back Remark  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) predicted that there would be more Republican women on his panel next year, after suggesting that the panel's workload was a deterrent.
New York Sun:
Susan Collins' Game Changer  —  It's tempting to call Senator Susan Collins' announcement of her intention to vote for Judge Kavanaugh a profile in courage and it surely is that.  In recent weeks she has been subjected to threats of violence and what she considers to be a bribery attempt …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Susan Collins' Bad Faith  —  Her pro-Kavanaugh speech on the Senate floor was an insult to Americans' intelligence.  —  Sen. Susan Collins' Friday speech announcing her decision to support Brett Kavanaugh's elevation to the Supreme Court revealed that her vote had never really been in doubt.
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Nation
Politico:
Senate set to vote on Kavanaugh
Discussion: Political Wire, CNN and HuffPost
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Bitter Tenor of Senate Reflects a Nation at Odds With Itself
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Merrick Garland Has Recused Himself From The Ethics Complaints Against Brett Kavanaugh  —  Chief Judge Merrick Garland disqualified himself from handling ethics complaints against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit announced Saturday morning.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Robert Post / Politico:
Brett Kavanaugh Cannot Have It Both Ways  —  As the former dean of Yale Law School, I'm shocked by the judge's partisan turn.  —  Brett Kavanaugh and I differ on most fundamental questions of constitutional law.  Nevertheless, as a former dean of the institution where he received his law degree …
Press Herald:
Our View: With a ‘yes’ vote, Sen. Collins ties her legacy to that of Brett Kavanaugh  —  It may not seem fair to pin so much responsibility on one senator, but she is part of a small group of her colleagues who could break a partisan vote.  —  Maine's Sen. Susan Collins did more than announce …
Discussion: Kennebec Journal …
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Kagan warns that Supreme Court may not have a swing vote anymore  —  Associate Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said Friday she fears the high court may lack a justice going forward who would serve as a swing-vote on cases, speaking hours after President Trump's second nominee Brett Kavanaugh secured enough votes to be confirmed.
Discussion: The Week and POLITICUSUSA
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh admits he screwed up — but doesn't actually say how
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation will delegitimize the Supreme Court — and that's good
Discussion: Althouse and Daily Kos
Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
The High Court Brought Low
New York Times:
F.B.I. Review of Kavanaugh Was Limited From the Start  —  President Trump, reacting to critics, said the F.B.I. should have a free hand to investigate.  But the White House counsel told him that would be potentially disastrous. … POLICE SHOOTING  —  White Officer Convicted of Murder in the Death of Black Teenager in Chicago
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Luppe B. Luppen / Yahoo:
Lawsuits point to large trove of unreleased Kavanaugh White House documents
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Peter Baker / New York Times:
After Lots of Bluster, Trump Has a Week to Brag About  —  WASHINGTON — He promised so much success that everyone would be tired of all the winning.  But after 20 months that proved more arduous than President Trump once imagined, this may be the best week of his presidency so far.
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump's Remarkable Week  —  Column: It doesn't get much better than this.  —  Can we pause for a moment to consider what has transpired in the last seven days?  —  TRADE: Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced it had reached an agreement with both Mexico and Canada to revise …
John Podhoretz / Commentary:
Backfire.  —  At 12:30 in the afternoon on September 27, I don't think there were many serious political thinkers or activists on the Right who thought Brett Kavanaugh would survive that morning's testimony by his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford.  —  Eight days later—today—Kavanaugh all but secured his appointment.
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Attorneys: Christine Blasey Ford doesn't want Kavanaugh impeached, has no regrets
Discussion: The Week, Politico and TheBlaze
Hrag Vartanian / Hyperallergic:
$1.3M Banksy Artwork “Self-Destructs” at Auction  —  A Banksy artwork “self-destructed” at a Friday night Sotheby's auction in London.  —  “Girl with a Balloon” (2006) was the final lot of the evening sale at Sotheby's and ended things off with an impressive final price of £953,829 …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. General Considered Nuclear Response in Vietnam War, Cables Show  —  WASHINGTON — In one of the darkest moments of the Vietnam War, the top American military commander in Saigon activated a plan in 1968 to move nuclear weapons to South Vietnam until he was overruled by President Lyndon B. Johnson …
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed News:
A Reporter Who Wore A MAGA Hat While Covering A Trump Rally Has Been Fired  —  A reporter for an NBC affiliate in Minnesota was fired Friday, one day after he was spotted wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while covering a Trump rally for the local TV station.
Washington Post:
Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph John Pycior Jr.  —  The weekend before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, my entire family went to Baltimore to tour a railroad museum.  While in Baltimore, we trekked to Inner Harbor and went to a beautiful bookstore housed in an old industrial building.
 
 
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
“Cocaine Mitch” wins over deplorables
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Of Demagogues and Pedagogues  —  Colombia demonstrates the value of the political center.
Ginger Hervey / Politico:
Austria's Christian Kern withdraws from EU election run
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Russian plot to kill defector began with a false story of his death
Slate:
Investigation at Yale Law School
Discussion: National Review
Washington Post:
Trump abruptly replaces federal personnel director after just 7 months
Discussion: Booman Tribune
 Earlier Items: 
Phyllis Bennis / The Nation:
If Kavanaugh Is Confirmed, We Need to Mobilize Like Never Before
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Jim Renacci defends flying on strip club owner's plane to meeting with faith leaders
Discussion: Raw Story and TheBlaze
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Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
The battle over accusations goes on as Kavanaugh nomination advances
Discussion: The Intellectualist and Raw Story
Rep. Eric Swalwell / Fresno Bee:
Nunes buried evidence on Russian meddling to protect Trump. I know because I'm on the committee
Discussion: Raw Story
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