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Let me offer a bit of reaction to the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. If you ask me, the real loser here is Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Cal), who sat on Dr. Ford's accusation for almost two months after learning about it. I would thus propose a bit of reform. Congress should set a period of time, after a nomination is announced, for citizens to come forward with any reasons why the nominee should not be confirmed to the designated office, or forever hold their peace. Senators who receive such objections should bring them to the attention of the appropriate committee within another set period of time.
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Now that I've put in my $0.02, here are some things going on:
From Voice Of Europe, two Spanish cities with leftist mayors have endured a crime wave by migrants.
From the NL Times, if you can go to Amsterdam and have €1,000 in leftover cash, you can attend a speech by former President Obama.
From Dutch News, more details emerge about the seven suspects arrested yesterday in the Netherlands on terror charges.
From VRT NWS, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel calls for a "sacred alliance" between Europe and Africa.
From France24, the Canadian Parliament votes to strip Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship.
From RFI, after arson at a French slaughterhouse, tensions rise between farmers and vegans.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Germany's Angela Merkel and Turkey's Recep Erdoğan agree to "revive cooperation mechanisms".
From Deutsche Welle, the meeting between Merkel and Erdoğan is overshadowed by free-press conflict.
From El País, the Spanish federal government will allow regional and local governments to nullify Uber and Cabify licenses.
From the Express, a secret document advised the U.K. government to cover up the realities of E.U. membership.
From the Independent, Boris Johnson does not rule out challenging Theresa May for the leadership of the Conservative Party.
From the Evening Standard, a strike by Ryanair workers results in 250 cancelled flights.
From ANSA, the Milan stock exchange tumbles in response to Italy's higher projected deficit.
From the Greek Reporter, speaking at the U.N., Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says that his country is promoting stability in the Balkans.
From Russia Today, Russian leftists oppose a coin honoring a woman who almost killed Vladimir Lenin.
From Sputnik International, Syria expects the delivery of S-300 air defense systems from Russia.
From Radio Poland, military leaders from all 29 NATO countries meet in Warsaw.
From The Slovak Spectator, thousands from the For A Decent Slovakia movement protest around their country.
From Arutz Sheva, according to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Palestinian leader Abbas is not helping his people.
From Rûdaw, security forces cast the first votes in Iraqi Kurdistan's elections.
From The Telegraph, in Kashmir, terrorists fire at police from a mosque. (If you fire at someone from a house of worship, you're a terrorist. This Indian website is not to be confused with the British site having the same name.)
From The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a Syrian man arrested in Germany belonged to a cell planning attacks in Israel with chemical weapons.
From Gatestone Institute, Sweden becomes a sanctuary for someone who commits a hate crime against Jews. (H/T Tim Tapp for Tweeting this story. It also appears, like the previous two links, on The Religion Of Peace.)
From FrontpageMag, the Christian female victims of Boko Haram and the silence of the left.
From National Review, SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh made a "history changing" speech.
From Townhall, the Kavanaugh hearing became "the Democrats' worst nightmare".
From Breitbart's Big Government, after the Judiciary Committee votes to send Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) wants a one-week delay.
From Life News, there's no point to another FBI investigation of Brett Kavanaugh.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) have introduced a bill to fund school security.
From the New York Post, a vote-counting machine used in 23 states still has a flaw first discovered 11 years ago. (The old saying, sometimes attributed to Joseph Stalin, that it's not he who votes that counts, but he who counts the votes appears to be coming true more and more.)
From Breitbart's Big Hollywood and the "you've got to be kidding" department, the attempted reboot of the 1990s sitcom Murphy Brown will feature a cameo by a recent presidential candidate.
And from The Babylon Bee and the "don't give them any ideas" department, using a new FBI technique, unpleasant facial expressions are admissible as evidence of guilt.
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