@10:30, 10/7/18

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/us/politics/trump-kavanaugh.html

The Republican party has a win for autocracy, misogyny, and racism.

2
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/us/politics/cory-booker-iowa-president.html

Elizabeth Warren is the best of the lot so far.

3
Election forecasts are uncertain.
The question has become the size of the blue wave.
The parties cannot neglect state politics.
The district maps must be redrawn.

4
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/us/politics/supreme-court-nominees-robert-bork.html

The "advice and consent of the Senate" is always thoroughly political.
The Senate has not passed on a man who is insane often.   

5
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/world/asia/pompeo-north-korea-visit.html

Kim Jong-un is a skilled autocrat.
Mike Pompeo is not a skilled diplomat.

Denuclearization remains a dream
 

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