Demonstrators Are Swarming Capitol Hill to Protest Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday, senators confirmed Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, in spite of the cries of protesters who stormed the Senate—at times interrupting the vote. “You are a coward!” a protester yelled as Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) placed his vote in favor…
A Bitterly Divided Senate Elevates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Senate today voted 50 to 48 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. The closeness of his confirmation vote is unprecedented. Kavanaugh won even fewer ayes than Justice Clarence…
Mitch McConnell Just Called the Democrats’ Opposition to Kavanaugh “a Great Political Gift”
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In advance of the Saturday’s Senate vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told the Washington Post he was grateful for the opposition to Kavanaugh from Democratic senators and protesters. “It’s been a great political gift for…
Whose Base is More Pissed Off About Brett Kavanaugh?
Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Mitch McConnell says he’s thrilled that Democrats tried so hard to keep a serial liar and teenage sexual marauder off the Supreme Court: “It’s been a great political gift for us. The tactics have energized our base,” he said, adding: “I want to…
Kavanaugh Accuser Deborah Ramirez: “This Is How Victims Are Isolated and Silenced”
Tom Williams/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a statement released Saturday, Deborah Ramirez—who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her while the two were at Yale—said senators, like her classmates at Yale, are “deliberately ignoring [Kavanaugh’s] behavior.” “I feel like I’m right back at…
No One Cares About Donald Trump’s Financial Fraud
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Four days ago the New York Times published a huge and meticulously documented story about Donald Trump’s long record of tax evasion and financial fraud before he ran for president. James Fallows has a question: Will this latest financial data make any difference in support…