Trump says the SCOTUS pick will "most likely" be a woman. He says: "I think the choice will be next week."
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 19, 2020
A political row has broken out over the US Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday. President Trump is urging his party to get the position filled 'without delay' https://t.co/69hesea1U7
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) September 19, 2020
Replacing RBG just before or after the election will shake our institutions to their foundations.
— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) September 19, 2020
Don’t go there, Sen. McConnell, if you care at all about the republic and not just the Republican Party. https://t.co/LZjVW9vd3u
Trump: We have an obligation. We won and we have an obligation as the winners to pick who we want. That’s not the next president, hopefully I’ll be the next president… pic.twitter.com/I3c0yXn812
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 19, 2020
Pure cynical bad faith nonsense. Laying the groundwork to justify a completely unjustifiable nihilistic power play by casting themselves as the victims responding to Dem moves that haven't even happened yet — after Republicans are the ones who shredded basic norms last time. https://t.co/6w23hDrrsz
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) September 19, 2020
The simple fact is that any political party that's complicit in 200,000 deaths isn't going to care what you think of their stealing another Supreme Court seat
— David Lazarus (@Davidlaz) September 19, 2020
EDITORIAL | A screenwriter couldn’t have written a scenario that more perfectly defined hypocrisy and shamelessness.
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) September 19, 2020
Such a corrupt act happening on McConnell and Trump’s watch is unsurprising.https://t.co/mGN1ESrHQi
Faced with choosing between another Justice and losing his control of the Senate, McConnell will decide to stay in power. @JaneMayerNYer https://t.co/MA7Eqp6bwm
— David Rohde (@RohdeD) September 19, 2020
Predictable. He is who he is. https://t.co/e4gnzDcjZX
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) September 19, 2020
The Post is tracking where GOP senators stand on quickly filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat
— Kevin Uhrmacher (@KevinUhrm) September 19, 2020
w/ @kevinschaul @RiegerReport https://t.co/IDNR2Jn9JX
This may be the height of cowardly NPR dweebishness. https://t.co/BA3BcuTcnh
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 19, 2020
Every Republican Senator that votes to fill Ginsburg's seat is voting to kick millions of Americans off their health care in the middle of a pandemic. https://t.co/RPXQyJiCR9
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) September 19, 2020
but before any of that happens, they have to win the election, not just for the White House but for the Senate https://t.co/7IUG1fG3bk
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) September 19, 2020
Trump made a lottttt of news just now leaving the White House.
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) September 19, 2020
He said he has approved the TikTok deal in concept, that he thinks his Supreme Court nominee will be a woman, that he thinks it's likely next week and that he would prefer a vote before the election. pic.twitter.com/sl9HazqJDd
WATCH: Trump spoke at his Nevada rally about staying in office for 12 years despite constitutional limits, and accused the Democrats again of trying to ‘rig’ the election https://t.co/aH5pGptJEb pic.twitter.com/kHgea2KUI2
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 19, 2020
Just wait until the #QANON crowd gets ahold of that tweet. Codes! Numbers! Baffling inanity!
— Brennan Meinke (@BrennanMeinke) September 19, 2020
And..
RBG funeral plans:
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) September 19, 2020
A ceremony inside the court is expected as early as Tuesday, according to someone familiar with the plan, followed by an outdoor viewing that would adhere to social distancing guidelines.
https://t.co/jkTgS8BLRD
I wrote this late last night, with my timeline full of cynicism and despair masquerading as savvy realism.
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) September 19, 2020
Yes, McConnell's GOP is shameless. But to treat their rank hypocrisy as inevitable—the obvious, expected move—is to let them off the hook. https://t.co/Z6KNSkYBOR
"My dearest Ruth, you are the only person I have loved in my life."
— NPR (@NPR) September 19, 2020
In 2016, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recited a handwritten letter that her late husband, Marty, had drafted to her when he was ill at a hospital in 2010. Listen here: pic.twitter.com/8f7rcH7Hyg
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WORLDWIDE
The rivalry between India and China in the remote region of Ladakh is a gentler one, driven by science, local partnerships, and the impulse to widen our window onto the cosmos. https://t.co/RP0OaFhWMN
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 19, 2020
Very sad news. Professor Cohen was one the most influential academics in our field. His strong voice and clear analysis will be dearly missed. Thinking of you @KatrinaNation. "Stephen F. Cohen, Influential Historian of Russia, Dies at 81" https://t.co/biXvCuhYjP
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) September 19, 2020
BREAKING: Former prime minister John Turner has died at 91. https://t.co/iEjTIZBV26
— CBC News (@CBCNews) September 19, 2020
“Just as there is no one way to write a story, there is no one way to edit it for publication”: Advice from our former fiction editor Roger Angell, who turns 100 today. https://t.co/SgrdnrB67O
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 19, 2020
Everything is bad, but Ireland has a President we all really like, and the whole country mourned the death of one of his beautiful dogs today, and that's a small, good thing to have done together.
— Paul Duane 🏳️⚧️ (@paulduanefilm) September 19, 2020
síoda is #1 trending as she should be pic.twitter.com/5Z1IVsiwhU
— nathan (@nathanxjohnston) September 19, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
UK risks new lockdown as COVID cases hit highest since May https://t.co/wThtYC5wjm pic.twitter.com/UvNPkZ4oiG
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 19, 2020
See story: https://t.co/STFeTHKWeD
— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) September 19, 2020
Boris Johnson’s most senior scientific advisers warned him that the public’s failure to follow lockdown rules was allowing the pandemic to spiral out of control again https://t.co/43DRWlv5DI
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 19, 2020
SUNDAY TIMES: £10,000 fine for people who fail to self isolate #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/5bLKObIEig
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 19, 2020
Boris Johnson 'worried about money' and if 'he can afford a nanny' on £150k wagehttps://t.co/XM8n9X6V1i pic.twitter.com/XwUSppY6Q2
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) September 19, 2020
Sunday Times on Johnson. His time is divided between 99.9% ‘considering’ with Cummings; 0.1% finally being forced into doing something, when it’s too late. pic.twitter.com/ZLNbtjYn6g
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) September 19, 2020
At least a thousand now gathered at anti-lockdown protests in Trafalgar Square following a Save Our Children QAnon-inspired rally earlier.
— Marianna Spring (@mariannaspring) September 19, 2020
Lots of placards promoting conspiracy theories – from Covid is a hoax to Bill Gates wants to kill everyone with vaccine to QAnon!
MAY: Let Our Teacher Be Heroes @GavinWilliamson
— Stefan Simanowitz (@StefSimanowitz) September 19, 2020
JULY: Eat Out to Help Out @RishiSunak
AUGUST: We’ve Had Our Lunch Now Get Back to Work @michaelgove
SEPTEMBER: £10,000 Fine For Leaving House @BorisJohnson
The #HerdImmunityScandal in four @DailyMailUK frontpage headlines pic.twitter.com/BT62EDMiuq
— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) September 19, 2020
DUP MP Ian Paisley has sent a letter to the US Ambassador to UK @woodyjohnson4 “anyone who believes stopping trade between the UK & USA is an option needs their head examined.”
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) September 19, 2020
He said the Ambassadors response put “@JoeBiden back in his box”
Full story in the Mail on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/ClI29f8gmz
A pound will be worth about 2p after their no deal #brexit fantasy comes to pass, so they’re well worth holding on to.
— Brendan May (@bmay) September 19, 2020
The Overnight Note 