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After a hand-wringing 30-hour debate, Judge Kavanaugh is now Associate Justice Kavanaugh. Senator Susan Collins gave a clarifying speech on applying the "advice and consent" requirement - I hope the other senators got the message for next time. Another speech that caught my interest is excerpted for this letter: "Our country needs a reckoning on these issues [related to Dr. Ford saga], and there is only one remedy, change must come from where change in America always begins. The ballot box. To Americans and so many millions who are outraged, there is one answer. Vote. If you believe the process here in the senate was a sham and you believe Americans deserve better, vote. …I share the deep anguish that millions of Americans are experiencing today. …there is one answer, vote." Listening in the background, I first thought it was a Republican speaking, but to my amazement, it turned out to be Senator Charles Schumer. Careful Chuck, a lot of Republicans are just as outraged by the adventures of the past four weeks as you are, but for a different reason.

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