.@AFJustice Nan Aron/Kavanaugh Is Confirmed. Now What? via @thenation https://t.co/jqBVXmjDmJ
— Katrina vandenHeuvel (@KatrinaNation) October 6, 2018
It's not that they didn't believe her. It's that they just didn't care.
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) October 6, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied His Way Onto the Supreme Court | The Nation https://t.co/RF45SaUCOL
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) October 6, 2018
Chief Justice John Roberts, who referred the Kozinski complaint to another circuit the day after he received it, has been sitting on Kavanaugh-related complaints for weeks, the Post reports. https://t.co/1hvtHD2dkL
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 6, 2018
“McGahn, according to people familiar with the conversation, told the president that… a wide-ranging inquiry like some Democrats were demanding—and Mr. Trump was suggesting—would be potentially disastrous for Judge Kavanaugh’s chances of confirmation.” https://t.co/KOasQ9VPpy
— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) October 6, 2018
And this person has climbed onto one of the statues that sits on either side of the Supreme Court –> pic.twitter.com/RfnP1lK5mL
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) October 6, 2018
Thread…
Thousands of protestors opposing Kavanaugh’s appointment to SCOTUS are here outside the U.S. Capitol. pic.twitter.com/rzeoDCNVUh
— Kevin Rector (@RectorSun) October 6, 2018
"I don't think they are" angry, he said. He repeated: "I don't think they are." https://t.co/h80OtICrMp
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 6, 2018
McConnell: “I want to thank the mob, because they’ve done the one thing we were having trouble doing, which was energizing our base.” https://t.co/YbB9ldklGN
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) October 6, 2018
It’d be insane for a sitting US senator to assert that these protesters — many of whom claimed to be sexual assault victims — were in fact crisis actors paid to pretend that.
I can’t wait to see your evidence for this conspiracy theory. Please, do tell. https://t.co/hd9IOPv1Na
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 6, 2018
Prediction: After supporting and enabling the utter destruction and dysfunction of the Senate by hijacking Merrick Garland's hearing and bum-rushing Kavanaugh through a sham investigation, Republicans will now lecture the country about civility, partisanship, dialogue & healing.
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) October 6, 2018
or, er, not…
The @WhiteHouse being as divisive as possible after the nomination is done and dusted. So much for independent judiciary https://t.co/oTtwKlZKF8
— Raju Narisetti (@raju) October 6, 2018
ABOARD AF1: Trump says he’s “100 percent” certain that Christine Blasey Ford named the wrong person when she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
(via @Reuters)— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) October 6, 2018
Trump is doing a campaign rally in Topeka, Kansas around 7:30. Tweets in this thread, mute thread if you don't want to read many tweets about a Trump rally, you know the drill.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 6, 2018
Interestingly, this NYT analysis that concludes this may be the best week of Trump's presidency – NAFTA deal, good jobs report, Kavanaugh confirmed – does not even mention the NYT's own story this week reporting that he committed extensive criminal fraud. https://t.co/0uOfbUilke
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 6, 2018
If I were, say @60Minutes, I’d have Deborah Ramirez & all the Yale classmates on the air Sunday night. https://t.co/pwFzg0YM5L
— Lisa Birnbach (@LisaBirnbach) October 5, 2018
Tonight and tomorrow and in the days that follow, I want you to know that we are going to meet this disappointment weighing on many of us with the power of people who want to make sure that our government represents all of us.https://t.co/2D1xt7Yz8U
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) October 6, 2018
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) October 6, 2018
If Democratic women and young people don't turn out in record numbers to vote after today, they have no excuse for what the next two years will be like.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 6, 2018
How to Register to Vote: Deadlines for Each State https://t.co/0iZtSVFlcc
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) October 6, 2018
“In less than two years, America has lost the executive, legislative and judicial branches to corruption, while other checks – the media, the criminal justice system – remain badly damaged.
That leaves one check: the people.”
Essential @sarahkendzior.https://t.co/WB5jmBHNzp
— Mik Grigg (@MikGrigg) October 6, 2018
So I heard this happened today, right in front of a shocked audience. (Artist unknown) pic.twitter.com/YnfpplY8cq
— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) October 6, 2018
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WORLD
#Turkey has concluded that Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent journalist from #Saudi Arabia, was killed in the Saudi consulate in #Istanbul earlier this week by a 15-member Saudi team sent “specifically for the murder,” https://t.co/I52OSJHbeZ h/t @rerutled
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) October 6, 2018
This day just got so much worse. If it turns out to be true, this is thoroughly outrageous. https://t.co/NdMLjPw4Ax
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) October 6, 2018
Because it sends the clear message they give zero fucks about killing a journalist and will do it in as brazen and ostentatious way possible. Let’s start there. https://t.co/oITfkSxj2E
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) October 6, 2018
In normal times, this would provoke a *major* US diplomatic response. Saudi has clearly calculated that time it it won’t – which could rapidly become very dangerous for US journalists across the world. https://t.co/XWJgJjovMB
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) October 6, 2018
Here's Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, yukking it up back in March with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose government appears to have just murdered a Washington Post columnist. pic.twitter.com/G0CIGOYeun
— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) October 6, 2018
“We started seeing more direct pressure on journalists to only publish pro-government stories,” said journalist Jamal Khashoggi before his disappearance. “The government was sending a message that if you’re not with us, you’re against us.” https://t.co/lQbQdLbUnR https://t.co/Nv0BQyHWoU
— The Intercept (@theintercept) October 6, 2018
Elsewhere…
This would normally be a big story: https://t.co/LLpYcwCrPO
— Jonathan Groves (@grovesprof) October 6, 2018
Trump admin sees China as different. Tariffs aren’t simply a negotiating tactic but a way to change incentives and prompt firms to invest less in China. Prepare for a lengthy struggle. https://t.co/lb6qIL2kxL
— bob davis (@bobdavis187) October 6, 2018
Mad Magazine absolutely knocking it out of the park here. Read it, piece by piece and it will slowly dawn on you… https://t.co/P8Mw0WE3qp
— Jonathan Norris (@jonnorris12) October 6, 2018
So Banksy put a video on Instagram and deleted it almost immediately about the whole shredder in the painting. I screen recorded it for anyone who missed it! pic.twitter.com/uryPvP21ge
— Zoe Smith (@zoelouisesmithx) October 6, 2018
— "This is the second time I've had to reclaim my property from you."
— "It belongs in a museum!" pic.twitter.com/IXiiWAieMR— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) October 6, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
“A no-deal Brexit is against the ‘will of the people’”: @Independent Editorial https://t.co/wdpLsfemt7
— John Rentoul (@JohnRentoul) October 6, 2018
“We are the only option for moderate voters” says woman who deported Windrush citizens and backed the far right Orban and is pursuing the hardest possible Brexit and extreme immigration rules and an austerity that‘s killed 1000s and sent foodbank use and childhood poverty soaring pic.twitter.com/BojWxs2rSQ
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) October 6, 2018
With the government at loggerheads and negotiations in chaos the people should have a say in the Brexit deal. That’s why I back a #PeoplesVote in today’s @yorkshirepost https://t.co/0KRXxuTtQn
— Rachel Reeves (@RachelReevesMP) October 6, 2018
Company boss refuses to take down giant 'b*****ks to Brexit' sign https://t.co/bJ3TRIYft7 pic.twitter.com/ACisUq4zVp
— The Independent (@Independent) October 6, 2018
👇 Support for an independent Scotland is at historically high levels, and will only continue to rise if the UK government doesn't reverse course on their dangerous Brexit plans. #SNP18 pic.twitter.com/rsBV9v5vtE
— The SNP (@theSNP) October 6, 2018
"unionism is a perfectly legitimate political principle… [But] to fetishise it… is to miss the point spectacularly. The point is… the great force behind [Brexit] is the emergence of English nationalism. The English blew the union up into the air."https://t.co/SpCuil2puA
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) October 6, 2018
Just arrived in Gatwick to find this new poster at passport control. Really saddened and angry. Serves no other purpose than intimidation and hostility. Come on Britain. We are better than this. pic.twitter.com/8IU0KhkI9a
— Captain SKA (@CaptainSKA) October 5, 2018