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Axios AM: Mike's Big 6 — The surprise love affair of 2018 — Matt Damon as Brett Kavanaugh

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Presented by The Boeing Company :   View in browser   Presented By The Boeing Company   Axios AM By Mike Allen · Sep 30, 2018 Good Sunday morning. ☕️ Situational awareness: 17 of last week's 20 most read articles on nytimes.com concerned Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The top article was a scoop about a mysterious entry in his yearbook in which he describes himself as a "Renate Alumnius." Breaking: After an earthquake in Indonesia which triggered a tsunami, more than 800 people have died and many remain missing, with a frantic search for possible survivors trapped in buildings. ( BBC )     1 big thing ... Bipartisan obsession: The Trump Show Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios   A divided nation that usually shrugs at politics — and always shrugs at midterm elections — is suddenly united, passionately and addictivel

Axios AM: Mike's Big 6 — The great Republican miscalculation: "This country is being ripped apart"

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Presented by The Boeing Company :   View in browser   Presented By The Boeing Company   Axios AM By Mike Allen · Sep 29, 2018 ☕️ Good Saturday morning. Situational awareness: "At least 384 people were killed, many swept away [from a beach festival] as giant waves crashed onto beaches, when a major earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi." ( Reuters )     1 big thing: The great Republican miscalculation Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios   Imagine if Brett Kavanaugh had offered his emotional, tearful, you-ruined-my-life opening speech to the Judiciary Committee — and then called for a quick FBI probe to clear his name and perhaps find the true assailant.  Imagine if it were he who volunteered to endure another week of scrutiny and attacks for the good of the court, the country, Dr. Ford. He woul