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On 'Hannity,' senior adviser for Trump 2020 fires back at the left bashing Sen. Collins and urges Republicans to vote in the midterm elections. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as…

The Kavanaugh hearings, he wrote on Friday, constituted an “American nadir.” You often hear such phrases from people who think the biggest problem with the Kavanaugh battle is that the participants weren’t more courteous and open-minded. Implying, as Brooks, Flake, and Collins do, that America’s real problem is a lack of civility rather than a lack of justice requires assuming a moral equivalence between Brett Kavanaugh’s supporters and Christine Blasey Ford’s. If tribal implies unthinking or inherited group loyalty, then Democrats and Republicans were actually more tribal in the mid-20th century. The parties are so bitterly polarized not because they’ve become more tribal but because they’ve become more ideological. The “tribalization” of American politics, Brooks argues, “leads to an epidemic of bigotry. There is no equivalence between the “bigotry” faced by preppy lacrosse players and that faced by black males. Similarly, there is no equivalence between the “bigotry” faced by men accused of sexual assault and the “bigotry” faced by women who suffer it. In April 1963, seven white Alabama ministers and one rabbi wrote a letter to Martin Luther King Jr.. The problem that the Kavanaugh struggle laid bare is not “unvarnished tribalism.” The problem is that women who allege abuse by men still often face male-dominated institutions that do not thoroughly and honestly investigate their claims. Brooks, Collins, and Flake may decry the “tension” this exposes.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) says that she is confident that Brett Kavanaugh will not help overturn Roe v. Wade and defends her record on supporting women's rights.

On the eve of a Senate vote likely to result in the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, two of the three sitting female justices said the court must guard its own reputation for being impartial, neutral and fair. Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor shared concerns that widespread polarization in the country's political environment could affect public perceptions of the court's legitimacy. Speaking at a question-and-answer session during a conference at Princeton University dedicated to celebrating women, Kagan and Sotomayor did not directly address the prospect of Kavanaugh's confirmation but said there was value to maintaining a "middle position" on the court's bench. "This is a really divided time," Kagan said. "Part of the court's strength and part of the court's legitimacy depends on people not seeing the court the way they see the rest of the governing structures of the country now." Their pre-scheduled appearance at the "She Roars" conference came just hours after Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-Virginia, announced they would support Kavanaugh's nomination. Sotomayor said she sought out "the good" in her colleagues and that the court's members had a practice of maintaining collegial relationships even in times of disagreement. "If you start from the proposition that there's something good in everyone it's a lot easier to get along with them," she said. "It's just the nine of us," Kagan added. The two justices, both Princeton graduates, were interviewed before an audience of more than 3,000 by another alumna, Heather Gerken, who currently serves as the Dean of Kavanaugh's alma mater, Yale Law School.

From Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s all-but-assured confirmation to revelations about President Trump’s wealth, here are some of this week’s biggest stories in American politics. Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation is all but assured. After devastatingly divisive confirmation hearings and an F.B.I. review of sexual misconduct allegations, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court was secured Friday after Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Joe Manchin III of West Virginia said they would back him. [Here’s how they voted Friday on advancing the confirmation.] [Read Friday’s On Washington here.] [Read the story] New York officials said on Thursday that they had joined state regulators in investigating whether taxes had been underpaid on the elder Mr. Trump’s wealth. [Read the story] Additional Reading • Sanders Dismisses The Times’s Trump-Tax Story as ‘Very Boring’ • How the Trump Family Got Rich • 11 Takeaways From The Times’s Investigation Into Trump’s Wealth No more Nafta: The United States, Canada and Mexico signed a new trade agreement. [Read the story] The president’s advisers are planning an aggressive campaign schedule for Mr. Trump to help woo voters — and are warning candidates against distancing themselves from him. • Everything You Need to Know for the Midterm Elections • How to Vote Early in the 2018 Midterm Elections Other Washington updates: Melania in Africa, Pence on China, and Trump in rallies.

Rachel Maddow looks back at the political fallout from the treatment of Anita Hill in the Clarence Thomas confirmation process when a wave of women candidates were inspired to improve their representation in the Senate. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc…

Presidential historian Jon Meacham joins to discuss the wild Capitol Hill fight over Brett Kavanaugh and the political divisions it has exposed. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful…

Lawrence looks at the markedly different standards Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins had for how they weighed their decisions on Brett Kavanaugh and why they ultimately decided the way they did. Maya Wiley, Jill Wine-Banks, and Lisa Graves discuss. »…

Senator Susan Collins stood up to the angry left-wing mob and stood for the principles that make this country great. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and…

Senator Lindsey Graham praises Senator Susan Collins' speech in support of Judge Kavanaugh on 'Hannity' and discusses the 2018 midterms. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and…