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1 verified report published on October 7, 2018.
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October 7 was one of those days when Trumpworld’s preferred strategy—deny, attack, declare victory, move on—ran straight into the wall of what had already happened. The Kavanaugh fight had not been cleaned up; it had been hardened into a broader judgment about the administration’s character and credibility. That’s the kind of damage that doesn’t vanish with another tweet or a triumphant shout from the South Lawn. It lingers, and on this day it was still spreading.
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Trump got his Supreme Court win, but October 7 turned it into a fresh reminder of how ugly the confirmation fight had become. The victory was still being processed through a cloud of sexual-assault allegations, furious protest, and a widening sense that the White House had bulldozed ahead no matter the collateral damage.