Open thread for Night Owls: Senate Republicans attempt to gut confirmation process via speed | International News Live Blog

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Evan Osnos at The New Yorker writes—Senate Republicans Gut the Confirmation Process: McConnell’s schedule insures that reporters will be spread thin, details will go unexamined, and a share of the public already addled by a Presidential transition marred by Trump’s denigration of the intelligence community will be overwhelmed with noise. … http://internationalnewslive.com/open-thread-for-night-owls-senate-republicans-attempt-to-gut-confirmation-process-via-speed/