The ultimate vote on Brett Kavanaugh will most likely bring disrepute on the Senate and the Supreme Court, writes @dickpolman1: https://t.co/DZpdW4V5F5
— TheAtlanticPolitics (@TheAtlPolitics) October 5, 2018
Kavanaugh’s confirmation is a mindless exercise in party loyalty — and we’re all the losers, @MaxBoot writes https://t.co/RmnUpVJs4y
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) October 5, 2018
JUST IN: Senate set to stay in session all night ahead of Kavanaugh vote https://t.co/THe9kiOTHZ pic.twitter.com/mHTE8qPYlQ
— The Hill (@thehill) October 5, 2018
#BREAKING: Top Dem lawmaker promises investigation into Kavanaugh if Democrats retake the House https://t.co/vK6GjHB3sh pic.twitter.com/suM3tCwk3S
— The Hill (@thehill) October 5, 2018
Susan Collins' speech today was an embarrassment—a bad-faith effort to recast Kavanaugh as a saintly centrist. It was an insult to Americans' intelligence that portrayed Collins' own constituents as gullible fools. What a disgrace. https://t.co/KetcKczap7 @Slate
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) October 5, 2018
And @WSJ decides to go with a rape joke pic.twitter.com/ooQAtACBz0
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) October 5, 2018
Site taking donations for Sen. Susan Collins opponent was overwhelmed https://t.co/1oEgwJExaP @SenSusanCollins
— OMAPROUD (@OMAPROUD) October 5, 2018
Sen. Susan Collins was already one of the Democrats' biggest Senate targets in 2020. The moment she announced her support for Kavanaugh, she arguably became the biggest https://t.co/Y2x1WYzNq4 w/ @ericbradner & @GregJKrieg
— Dan Merica (@merica) October 5, 2018
Just a reminder that Susan Collins called on Al Franken to resign without the so-called due process and presumption of innocence that she claimed to be defending today regarding Kavanaugh’s confirmation. https://t.co/dT5jhKrLAB
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 5, 2018
Susan Collins decrying "dark money" while announcing a vote for a judge who will certainly expand the role of dark money in politics is truly galaxy brain stuff.
— Luke Morgan (@s_lukemorgan) October 5, 2018
How did Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, who have at times been treated as a pair on high-stakes votes, reach contrary ends on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination? https://t.co/Qfz7lT2jwP
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 5, 2018
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is on track to be the sole Republican senator to oppose Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court https://t.co/NYBymHTAps pic.twitter.com/gaVW2EDxcn
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 5, 2018
The president's son attacks Manchin… for voting yes on Kavanaugh? https://t.co/zVd2ool2sH
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 5, 2018
American Bar Association re-opening Kavanaugh evaluation due to "temperament" https://t.co/HrduaUD4WQ pic.twitter.com/Ua5H0iTufN
— The Hill (@thehill) October 5, 2018
Everyone the FBI couldn't talk to is now going to the press. This will end in tears. https://t.co/TkOMPBjZIl
— shauna (@goldengateblond) October 5, 2018
Trump, who paid people to attend his campaign launch, dismisses Kavanaugh opponents as paid protestors. https://t.co/Uc28u5goCv
— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 5, 2018
If you’re wondering how Kavanaugh will impact the midterms, today is October 5 2018 and the Access Hollywood tape came out on October 7 2016.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 5, 2018
On anniversary of dogged @PulitzerPrize reporting by @RonanFarrow @JodiKantor @Mega2e that brought down #HarveyWeinstein & set off #MeToo, #Kavanaugh train is derailing a long overdue cultural reckoning. My column https://t.co/Efc2sweK55 @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion
— Indira Lakshmanan (@Indira_L) October 5, 2018
#MeToo was just the beginning. Christine Blasey Ford changed everything: https://t.co/ht7d6IY8pj
— Abby McIntyre (@abbjmc) October 5, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh's roommate … https://t.co/6uM3oGjV9i
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) October 5, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
This reeks of desperation from a Prime Minister who has run out of favours. There is no "national interest case" for voting to shrink the economy, threaten workers' rights, and reduce environmental standards through Brexit. https://t.co/y6BCzw1UtC
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) October 5, 2018
The similarities between Brexiteers and Corbynites are striking. Both are hunting for traitors to hang https://t.co/u73DcyXwDU
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 5, 2018
“Brexit will be a national disaster if we sit back and let it happen, and I for one will not stand by and let the UK sleepwalk into a nightmare without putting up a fight!” https://t.co/mN1adAI5S9
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) October 5, 2018
Literally nothing to do with Brexit. pic.twitter.com/4oJlXN1jmF
— Huw (@ed_son) October 5, 2018
Sent from a loving fan #brexit pic.twitter.com/RO0s968PSv
— Good Friday Agreement (@BelfastAgmt) October 5, 2018
Finally we have found The One who can lead us through Brexit https://t.co/CHOGO9W4dN
— Gaby Hinsliff (@gabyhinsliff) October 5, 2018
Tánaiste says Ireland will never sign up to a treaty that will see a physical border re-emerge on the island of Ireland | https://t.co/eYjd8erFil pic.twitter.com/jXErGKD2vP
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) October 5, 2018
The futility of ‘Little Ulsterism’ laid bare by @Edward__Burke – a serious and scholarly take-down of “empty nationalism.” Perhaps it should be more appropriately known from now on as ‘empty-headed nationalism’ – via @guardianopinion https://t.co/Ao8SzrgHjo
— Aaron Edwards (@DrAaronEdwards) October 5, 2018
A barrister is to seek a judicial review of the Electoral Commission over its decision not to investigate the handling of a £435,000 donation to the DUP during the Brexit referendum https://t.co/0MOgMnVgpN
— Siobhán Fenton (@SiobhanFenton) October 5, 2018
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WORLD
Fifty years on from the historic civil rights march, Amnesty International has warned that human rights are still being denied in Northern Ireland and remain at further risk https://t.co/Ykc1Ixlv8N pic.twitter.com/9ghhuzROdK
— Amnesty Int'l NI (@AmnestyNI) October 5, 2018
Historic RTÉ pictures from this day 50 years ago.
4 minutes of raw footage of the civil rights march in Duke Street. https://t.co/PeoY5FrPzi
— Mark Simpson (@BBCMarkSimpson) October 5, 2018
Martin Cowley's told me he was at the Duke St march many times, but like the true journalist he is, always underplayed it – this account of how he was attacked and beaten is truly shocking, and must be read #5Oct #civilrights https://t.co/EmLTrLcUyK via @IrishTimes
— Freya McClements (@freyamcc) October 5, 2018
Elsewhere…
On October 2, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi went into his country’s consulate in Istanbul. He has not been seen since. #JamalKhashoggiDisappeared @BillLaw49 https://t.co/FYFNvOE2EU
— Fair Observer (@myfairobserver) October 5, 2018
Finally, one good thing about this whole damn day…
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict https://t.co/ncUwWc1NXY pic.twitter.com/3cWVmo7Val
— CNN (@CNN) October 5, 2018
