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posted by takyon on Saturday October 06 2018, @08:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the let-'er-rip dept.

Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The vote was 50-48 in favor of Kavanaugh.

Senators Collins, Flake, and Manchin had already announced their intentions to confirm Kavanaugh before the vote was held. Senator Lisa Murkowski, who was previously ready to vote "no", agreed to vote "present" instead so that Senator Steve Daines could attend his daughter's wedding instead of being present in the Senate to support Kavanaugh.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by shortscreen on Saturday October 06 2018, @08:41PM (1 child)

    by shortscreen (2252) on Saturday October 06 2018, @08:41PM (#745156) Journal

    The senate voted 54-45 to confirm Bloody Gina. Although it looks like several dems who were OK with overseeing systematic torture of prisoners were willing to draw the line at possibly assaulting someone as a drunken teenager.

    Dems need to study some game theory. As of now they are heavily prone to making themselves look bad while fighting battles that produce no gains, while forfeiting battles that could have gained something for the stated reason of not being made to look bad.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Saturday October 06 2018, @10:27PM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday October 06 2018, @10:27PM (#745225) Journal

    Silly rabbit, you presume democrats oppose militarism, torture, and police-state practices.