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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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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.
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 …
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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.
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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 …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Politico and Instapundit
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 …
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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.
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Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
The High Court Brought Low — Don't let Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh have the last word about American justice. — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. — So what now?
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh admits he screwed up — but doesn't actually say how — This post has been updated. — Brett M. Kavanaugh on Thursday took another highly unusual step for a Supreme Court nominee, writing an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. The op-ed notably comes as he is widely expected …
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Susan Collins Consents
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Fox News Insider:
McConnell Praises Sen. Collins, Responds to Susan Rice Possibly Floating Opposing Bid
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Justin Wise / The Hill:
Kagan warns that Supreme Court may not have a swing vote anymore
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation will delegitimize the Supreme Court — and that's good
HuffPost:
Donors Are Organizing A Multimillion-Dollar Effort To Defeat Susan Collins In 2020
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Bitter Tenor of Senate Reflects a Nation at Odds With Itself
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CNN:
The effort to unseat Susan Collins in 2020 is already underway
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Olivia Paschal / The Atlantic:
Read Susan Collins's Historic Floor Speech on Brett Kavanaugh
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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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Jack Mirkinson / Splinter:
The Democrats Failed Us
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Brett Kavanaugh Will Be Confirmed, and Liberals Should Blame Michael Avenatti
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Did Michael Avenatti help doom the case against Brett Kavanaugh?
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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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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 …
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 …
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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.
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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 …
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
The battle over accusations goes on as Kavanaugh nomination advances — Kavanaugh classmates ignored by the FBI speak out, reveal new text message. — WASHINGTON — As Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, closed out his executive summary of allegations of sexual misconduct …
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