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To Build 'Firewall' Against Trump Agenda in State Houses Across US, Women's Group Endorses 10 Under-the-Radar Progressives

SCOTUS Lead Paint Ruling Could Open Door to Corporate Liability for Climate, Gun Violence, and Opioid Crises

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"Like the lead paint case, we have an industry that knew its products could inflict serious damage and continued to promote those products anyway."

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"It Doesn't Matter" If Accusations Against Kavanaugh True, Says Trump: "We Won"

Jon Queally, staff writer

The president also claimed he treated Dr. Christine Blasey Ford with "great...

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Demanding Kavanaugh Impeachment, Law Students Launch Nationwide Strike Against Illegitimate Justice

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"We have a moral obligation in our profession to advocate for justice."

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'Welcome to the Future': SCOTUS Ruling on North Dakota's Voter ID Law Underscores Nationwide GOP Attack on Voting Rights

"Any 'Her' Will Do": Due Process for Boys Like Kavanaugh, But Feinstein Latest Target of Trump's "Lock Her Up" Chant

When It Comes to Climate Crisis and Kavanaugh's First Day on the Supreme Court, "It's Not Very Promising"

Petitions to Impeach Kavanaugh Surge as Organizers Say Not Even Supreme Court Justices 'Above the Law'

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) enters a Capitol Police vehicle after announcing on the Senate floor on Friday that she would vote for Brett Kavanaugh. The senator has taken heightened security measures since the announcement but has reported that she's received a positive response to her decision in Maine.

Pledging to Unseat Collins, Mainers Challenge Senator's "Infuriating and Completely False" Narrative on Response to Kavanaugh Vote

'What Goes Around, Comes Around': Kavanaugh's Snarl Takes on New Meaning Now That He's a U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Hundreds of protesters occupy the center steps of the East Front of the U.S. Capitol after breaking through barricades to demonstrate against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh October 06, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Kavanaugh Confirmation Followed Swiftly by This Call: 'Impeach Kavanaugh'

Protesters rally against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, outside of the Supreme Court, October 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. The Senate is set to hold a final vote Saturday evening to confirm the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.

'We Will Not Be Silenced': As Protests Continue, Debbie Ramirez Champions Collective Courage of Sexual Assault Survivors Standing Against Kavanaugh

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) (C) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol October 02, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Here's "Something Bold" Democrats Can Do: Conduct the Kavanaugh Probe White House and GOP Refused to Have

"I'm Just a Good Old West Virginia Boy": Sen. Joe Manchin Becomes Only Democrat to Support Kavanaugh

Screengrab from Crowdpac campaign to unseat Collins in 2020

After Backing Kavanaugh, Funding Platform to Unseat Susan Collins in 2020 Crashes From Traffic Surge

A young woman covers her mouth in protest across from Senator Susan Collins office in Portland, Maine while Collins announced her decison to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. (Photo: Jenna McGuire/Common Dreams)

Explosion of Anger, Promises to Oust Her in 2020 After Susan Collins Says "Yes" to Brett Kavanaugh

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This Will Be Her Legacy

It took Susan Collins almost an hour of bullshit, disingenuous, pandering blather to reveal she would betray Mainers, women and humanity with her Kavanaugh vote - this, after thousands wrote, called, visited, protested, pleaded she do the right thing. Instead, wrote faith leaders

It took Susan Collins almost an hour of bullshit, disingenuous, pandering blather to reveal she would betray Mainers, women and humanity with her Kavanaugh vote - this, after thousands wrote, called, visited, protested, pleaded she do the right thing. Instead, wrote faith leaders, "She has bartered her soul for a 'mess of pottage.'" Collins later whined she felt "bullied" by all those tearful survivors. She ain't seen nothing yet.

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UltraViolet PAC Names & Endorses 10 Trailblazing State and Local Women Candidates You Should Know About

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s First Day on the Supreme Court

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Government Watchdogs Call for an Impeachment Investigation Against Justice Kavanaugh for Potential Sexual Assault, Perjury, and Bringing the Judiciary into Disrepute

Human Rights Campaign

Senator Collins’s Deeply Disappointing Vote Will Have Long Lasting Consequences for Millions

NARAL Pro-Choice America

Senator Collins Turns Her Back on Women in Maine and Across the Country

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Women’s Group on Kavanaugh Vote

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How Guantanamo Set the Stage for the Kavanaugh Hearings

John Buell

After Mitch McConnell’s Coup: Democratizing the Court, Democratizing America

Ralph Nader

Let’s Start a Kavanaugh Watch to Check All Five Corporate Judges

Bill Blum

5 Truths Exposed by Kavanaugh's Rise to the Supreme Court

Lisa Graves

By Honoring Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's Request for Privacy, Sen. Feinstein Did Exactly the Right and Moral Thing

Ayanna Pressley

I Believe Survivors. I Believe Christine Blasey Ford. And I Still Believe Anita Hill

Pierre Tristam

Saint Kavanaugh

Sam Husseini

Young and Professional Kavanaugh: "It's All Part of the Same Scummy Guy"

Gary Zuckett

West Virginia Survivors Say NO To Kavanaugh

Charles P. Pierce

Ben Sasse Is Sad. Ben Sasse Is a Hypocrite.

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