What a week!… a news roundup

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Guests: Jeffrey Rosen, Adam Serwer, Tyler Tynes

We’re going to delve into some of the biggest stories of the last week. First, we’ll talk about the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominees Brett Kavanaugh with JEFFREY ROSEN, President and CEO of The National Constitution Center. Then, ADAM SERWER of The Atlantic will give us his thoughts on the anonymous op-ed, allegedly written by a senior official in Trump’s White House, published in the New York Times. We’ll close out the hour discussing the ongoing controversy surrounding Colin Kaepernick, which was recently reignited by a Nike ad in which he was featured. TYLER TYNES, staff writer for SB Nation, will talk about the Kaepernick ad and about the nationwide debate surrounding the activist athlete.

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