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Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Education, testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 13, 2025.

Dems rip McMahon in Senate hearing

Griffin Eckstein
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Why Hegseth's misogynist past matters

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) (Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)

GOP Sen. tried to trap Merrick Garland

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice on Capitol Hill on October 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Patrick Semansky - Pool/Getty Images)

Amy Coney Barrett and the end of the ACA

Bob Cesca
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Attorney General nominee William Barr speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Bill Barr remains a mystery

Heather Digby Parton
Brett Kavanaugh; Alexander Hamilton (AP/Getty/Salon)

Reform the Supreme Court, the right way

Eric J. Segall
Brett Kavanaugh (AP/Gabriella Demczuk)

A master class in white male domination

Ross Haenfler
Lindsey Graham; Brett Kavanaugh (AP/Salon)

White male rage boils over

Heather Digby Parton
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Lindsey Graham (Getty/Salon)

Lindsey Graham and the fall of democracy

Andrew O'Hehir
Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP/Tom Williams)

Kavanaugh's gruesome carnival

Heather Digby Parton
Brett Kavanaugh; Christine Blasey Ford. Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP/Salon)

Kavanaugh's conspiracy-theory defense

Amanda Marcotte
Brett Kavanaugh; Christine Blasey Ford; Deborah Ramirez; Julie Swetnick (AP/www.researchgate.net/Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence/Twitter/Michael Avenatti)

Showdown day on Capitol Hill

Heather Digby Parton
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Chuck Grassley; Donald Trump; Lindsey Graham; Mitch McConnell; Brett Kavanaugh (AP/Getty)

Kavanaugh: GOP's anti-#MeToo weapon

Amanda Marcotte
Brett Kavanaugh (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Brett Kavanaugh accused of gang rape

Matthew Rozsa
Anita Hill testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 11, 1991. (AP)

The right reboots "nutty and slutty"

Amanda Marcotte
(AP/Jim Lo Scalzo)

Trump, Kavanaugh and "hostile sexism"

Chauncey DeVega
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Chuck Grassley; Christine Blasey Ford; Mitch McConnell (AP/www.researchgate.net)

Beyond Ford-Kavanaugh: The larger war

Paul Rosenberg
(AP/Salon)

Guys: Brett Kavanaugh is one of us

Andrew O'Hehir
Joe Biden (Getty/Mark Wilson)

Have Biden, Senate learned their lesson?

Rachel Leah
Edward Whelan; Brett Kavanaugh (eppc.org/AP)

Ed Whelan is sorry for Kavanaugh theory

Matthew Rozsa
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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh speaks after Donald Trump announced his nomination at the White House on July 9, 2018. (Getty/Mandel Ngan)

Now the Kavanaugh battle gets darker

Heather Digby Parton
Brett Kavanaugh; Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Photo montage by Salon)

Kavanaugh: Now the misogyny is clear

Amanda Marcotte
Orrin Hatch; Brett Kavanaugh; Donald Trump (AP/Salon)

Kavanaugh battle: War on Women continues

Jared Yates Sexton
Brett Kavanaugh (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kavanaugh: the affluenza justice

Chauncey DeVega
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