(2) Photo released hours before the returnees arrived, from the Pompeo-Kim meeting yesterday.
(3) POTUS arriving at Andrews aboard Marine One.
(4) Pompeo bounded off the plane because he knew he only had about 15 minutes in which to brief POTUS and VP on his trip before the plane carrying the returnees arrived.
(5) From inside the returnees' plane looking out toward the media and others waiting to welcome them home.
(8) One of my favorite photos from the night. Genuine warmth all round.
(9) The three men appeared deeply happy to be home but also exhausted and probably thinner than they would like to be. Walter Reed will take great care of them as they "decompress" and adjust to a totally different environment. Mental wellbeing is paramount.
(10) VP giving an interview to Good Morning America, some time after 4am. Everyone involved in this is running on adrenalin and not enough sleep. That's OK because they are team #HighEnergy.
(11) And the Today Show...
(12) And CBS This Morning. VP showing Margaret Brennan the psalm & personal thank you handwritten on a notecard by the 3 returnees. This may have been the card given to Pompeo when they arrived.
(13) A photo of the notecard the returnees gave to @VP when they arrived.
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(2) Brett M. Kavanaugh will soon be the 102nd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the USA. He has earned this highest honor throughout his life, inspired by his trailblazing mother, Judge Martha Kavanaugh.
His title for these few hours is Associate Justice Designate.
(3) This statement from the Supreme Court explains the two ceremonies:
(2) This WaPo reporter is incorrect about the vote being "scheduled for" Saturday. The earliest time a vote COULD be held is Saturday pm. There's no reason not to hold it on Sun/Mon IF we need Daines. I think we won't. Read my 5 tweets about him here:
(1) A directory of my Kavanaugh threads since July 9, 2018.
I never planned more than a couple of threads about him this year but, I shoulda known the Dems would try to destroy whoever was the nominee this time.
(2) Like Democrats, I'd already decided how I felt about him before his nomination was announced. I live-tweeted the announcement, which was a great event in itself.
(3) I followed Kavanaugh's progress over the summer and on September 22nd, I finally wrote a thread about the preparations for the all-important hearing on September 27th. It covers the hearing before the next thread started the day after.
(2) Mitch laughing to himself about how absurd it is that he has to push his way through the crowd of reporters on 9/25/18.
(3) Sen Grassley is 85 years old. (Democrats have senators around that age, too.)
Today he had to hold onto a Capitol Police officer to reduce the risk of a reporter knocking him over. This has to stop. Senators must return to being able to walk around freely at work.
(2) First Lady Melania Trump is a natural in this important role.
She's one of those women whose face lights up whenever she is around children. God Bless our great First Lady.
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(3) FLOTUS left Joint Base Andrews in her trademark high heels and arrived in Ghana wearing practical flats. She still looks sensational, whatever she happens to wear!
(2) Cloture in the Senate is a procedural step that you can learn more about at the link below. The senate.gov website is the best resource for learning about Senate procedure and a lot more. Same for house.gov.
(3) Watching live Senate floor proceedings is boring as hell, as they pass bills for naming Post Offices, & so on. But every now & then, they confirm a SCOTUS judge. And this time, they will affirm our great #BillOfRights#DueProcess & the hard-won #RuleOfLaw. Seriously. 🇺🇸🦅