Will be most dramatic Congressional moment since, at least, Comey testimony. https://t.co/DHOH8EvdnF
— Niall Stanage (@NiallStanage) September 17, 2018
Then let's go ahead and have the hearing.
If he wants to avoid the hassle, Judge Kavanaugh can send over his senior colleague on the DC Circuit, Judge Merrick Garland, to testify in his place.https://t.co/Mr5Hctf2t7— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) September 17, 2018
This buys some time to make sure this is not a terrible idea before it happens. https://t.co/LiXnOAoJPq
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 17, 2018
Professor Ford and Judge Kavanaugh should both testify under oath before the Judiciary Committee.
— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) September 17, 2018
Trump, fuming privately, gives measured response to Kavanaugh news https://t.co/q6NoV254Vf @jeffzeleny reports @TheLeadCNN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 17, 2018
McConnell seems to know a hearing would be fatal to both Kavanaugh's chances and the GOP Senate majority. I suspect he would ask Trump to withdraw the nominee before he lets a hearing go forward.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) September 17, 2018
I support Mrs. Ford's decision to tell her story. It's hers to tell and it must be taken seriously. I find her credible and the attacks on her must stop. https://t.co/KhK0EDE2RB
— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) September 16, 2018
Julia Louis-Dreyfus joins alumnae of Kavanaugh accuser's high school supporting her https://t.co/6Rqz2q9bth pic.twitter.com/5iMRYxLfJ7
— The Hill (@thehill) September 17, 2018
New: I talked to the other Christine Ford, a very nice person who was giving a speech to the L.A. Dept. of Mental Health when Drudge, GatewayPundit, Posobiec and others started tearing apart her RateMyProfessors page, claiming she was Kavanaugh's accuser.https://t.co/8Xf1EOWG9A
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 17, 2018
Hey @CNN, rather than using the headline “MeToo Movement Threatens to Tank Kavanaugh’s Nomination,” why not try “Kavanaugh’s Alleged Assault Threatens to Tank His Nomination”?
— Lisel Hintz (@HintzLisel) September 17, 2018
GOP Releases New Letter Supporting Kavanaugh Signed By Orrin Hatch 500 Times https://t.co/t6Xbr4t6Nh pic.twitter.com/4xTZWCBAMX
— The Onion (@TheOnion) September 17, 2018
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ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
An investigation into FEMA chief Brock Long has been referred to federal prosecutors to determine whether criminal charges should be pursued, people familiar with the probe tell WSJ.https://t.co/AdC34bWc5y
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 17, 2018
JUST IN: Mueller says FLYNN is ready for sentencing. pic.twitter.com/Pu14Gnss6K
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) September 17, 2018
Time for a distraction?
Here we go. https://t.co/wrHYTXpMmS
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 17, 2018
New statement from @RepAdamSchiff, on Trump's release of all that new classified Russia probe info: pic.twitter.com/6zlUtcZbZJ
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 17, 2018
Stunning. Would like to hear what Rosenstein has to say about this. https://t.co/n3jMtQexcO
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) September 17, 2018
"I've never before seen a statement from the White House ordering declassification of something that the intelligence agencies were not ready to declassify… That's going to have huge repercussions" – @KenDilanianNBC #MTPDaily pic.twitter.com/Fo7eVRlJQk
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) September 17, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — US slashes refugee admission limit for next year to 30,000; 15,000 fewer than this year.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 17, 2018
Before you argue that this Trump DOJ document release is a "distraction" — and perhaps that's the intention — just remember this:
There is zero chance the Kavanaugh story is going away.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 17, 2018
China has paid us $0 dollars in tariffs. Tariffs are paid by importers and ultimately by consumers. https://t.co/edmpyAhT4A
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) September 17, 2018
One eye popping thing the Woodward book mentions is the cost of the Afghanistan War; over one trillion dollars. U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan have cost US taxpayers $5.6 trillion since 2001. And you wonder why your roads and bridges and schools are so shitty.
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) September 16, 2018
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WORLD
Well, this is big: @AP have a leak of internal @WikiLeaks documents, including one showing Julian Assange sought a Russian visa in 2010 – and asked Israel Shamir to get it for him. https://t.co/9WOLxyVp92
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) September 17, 2018
Manafort may be very happy about going back to prison. https://t.co/Fg3EMXbDVW
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) September 16, 2018
#Assad military says 28 cruise missiles fired in op tween US-UK ships & #Israel air force
US denies involvement#Syria https://t.co/iosEUncmiP
— Scott Lucas (@ScottLucas_EA) September 17, 2018
Classrooms near empty as school starts in crisis-stricken Venezuela https://t.co/30UM3Afp87 pic.twitter.com/T3EIVveSUL
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 17, 2018
CBS and Miami in spotlight for age and gender discrimination in news industry https://t.co/wJ8QlEU4JW via @medium pic.twitter.com/zj764uX8ab
— Disrupt MediaLab (@dmedialab) September 17, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
UK will shift Brexit stance in its ‘darkest hour’ claim EU leaders in Salzburg, diplomats in Brussels privately warned that Theresa May still needed to make a significant shift on her red.https://t.co/S1CdWf7eB2
— zita London (@zii_london) September 17, 2018
Hammond backs IMF warning on no-deal Brexit – https://t.co/vC7Hwb6Hb1 via @FT
— Simon Usherwood (@Usherwood) September 17, 2018
“Those EU leaders have been encouraged on one level by Chequers, they think the prime minister has taken some very serious political risk," says our political editor Nicholas Watt.@nicholaswatt | @BBCTwo | #newsnight pic.twitter.com/2GQ7Gebmsn
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) September 17, 2018
This is reality not scaremongering. 2,000 families with a ruined Christmas, our auto and manufacturing sectors in jeopardy. The architects of a No Deal Brexit
aren't clueless. Like Thatcher and co, who destroyed our coal mines, they simply don't care.https://t.co/9gz0olEm1W— Tom Watson (@tom_watson) September 17, 2018
What astonishes the Continental observer of British politics is the gusto with which Oxford-trained priviledged elites call each other ‘bigwigs’. When indeed they were all classmates. https://t.co/Wb6FsuqL6D
— Holger Hestermeyer (@hhesterm) September 17, 2018
'I've spent the last week speaking to 10 EU diplomats about Brexit. As a patriotic Brit, I found their words painful to hear' | Chuka Umunna pic.twitter.com/NZXiTT7qyu
— The Independent (@Independent) September 17, 2018
The Brexit Bonehead Of The Week Competition gets off to a flying start with Bernard Jenkin and these comments shortly before JLR announced short time working. Well done Bernard! Other submissions welcome. https://t.co/6XJzChGWYt
— Gavin Esler (@gavinesler) September 17, 2018
Sir Vince Cable is now nine years older than Ming Campbell was when he was forced to stand down for being too old
— Matt Chorley (@MattChorley) September 17, 2018
