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Robin Abcarian: What now with Kavanaugh?

There are two kinds of people in this country today: Those who believe that men who are credibly accused of sexually assaulting or harassing women are perfectly appropriate candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court ... and the infuriated rest of us.

How else to explain reaction to a newly surfaced allegation of sexual misconduct against beer-loving Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh?

President Trump urged Kavanaugh to sue for libel and has urged the Justice Department to "rescue" Kavanaugh - how exactly that rescue would occur is not clear.

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