• Three takeaways from Day One of Kavanaugh’s confirmation fight (The Daily Signal)

• Kavanaugh hearings are merely an audition for 2020 Democrats (Washington Examiner)

• Durbin admits that Dems oppose Kavanaugh nomination because he is Trump’s pick (CNS News)

• Parkland victim’s dad claims Kavanaugh wouldn’t shake hands but that’s not what happened (The Daily Wire)

• Another Demo upset: Socialist Pressley beats 10-term Rep. Capuano in Boston primary (Yahoo News)

• FBI investigation looms over Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum (CBS News)

• Trump suggests Woodward is a “Dem operative” (The Hill)

• Trump responds to Nike (The Daily Caller)

• Nike stock plunges after tapping Kaepernick as “Just Do It” campaign poster boy (PJ Media)

• Health law’s constitutionality is back in focus with GOP lawsuit (The Wall Street Journal)

• Trump flirts with government shutdown that Republicans are racing to avoid (Bloomberg)

• Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will be John McCain’s successor in the U.S. Senate (AZ Central)

• Mueller will accept some written answers from Trump (The New York Times)

• Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces he will not seek reelection (Fox News)

• Amazon is second U.S. company to reach $1 trillion market value (ABC News)

• Google won’t tell Congress if it’s working with China on censored search engine (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Goodbye Facebook? Why some small businesses are quitting the social network (NBC News)

• Oops! The EPA published the Social Security numbers of people who filed FOIA requests (Reason)

• Humor: Democrats demand Kavanaugh submit to DNA test to prove he’s not actually Hitler (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: Labor unions can be great institutions again (Washington Examiner)

• Policy: What about “below the fold” regulatory actions? (American Action Forum)

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