• Don't forget: Kavanaugh probably would have been blocked if Democrats hadn't filibustered Gorsuch (Hot Air)
  • Democrats pledge to investigate Brett Kavanaugh if they win in November (The Daily Wire)
  • McConnell open to Supreme Court nomination in 2020 (The Hill)
  • Thanks Obama: Health insurance deductibles up 212% since 2008 (Reason)
  • Federal government cut 1,000 jobs in September; -16,000 under Trump (CNS News)
  • Pentagon report on U.S. defense industry a "wakeup call" — too reliant on China for materials (Fox Business)
  • China says it's not afraid of a trade war with the U.S. — its actions show otherwise (CNBC)
  • Chicago police officer guilty of murder in shooting black teen (Bloomberg)
  • Humor: Ginsburg volunteers to be "swing vote" (ScrappleFace)
  • Policy: Trauma and Truth: The feminist movement has shifted the definition of rape to include regret (City Journal)
  • Policy: The lessons of America's longest war: Afghanistan still a question mark after 17 years of fighting (Washington Examiner)

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