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🗞️ Story file #1706

Republicans seek to confirm trump judges before Senate control ends

Nov 10, 5 PM ET to Nov 12, 8 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

📰 read it at: HuffPost The Daily Beast CBS News CNN New York Times Yahoo News Reuters Just the News Washington Examiner Fox News Newsmax OAN The Daily Signal The Washington Sun

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  1. Nov 10, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: Reuters
  2. Nov 12, 7 AM ETpeak: on 11 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

611TueWedThupeak: 11 front pages, Thu 7 AMTue Nov 10, 6 AM ET: on 1 front pages (1 right)Tue Nov 10, 7 AM ET: on 1 front pages (1 right)Tue Nov 10, 8 AM ET: on 1 front pages (1 right)Tue Nov 10, 9 AM ET: on 1 front pages (1 right)Tue Nov 10, 10 AM ET: on 2 front pages (1 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 11 AM ET: on 2 front pages (1 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 12 PM ET: on 2 front pages (1 right, 1 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 1 PM ET: on 4 front pages (2 right, 2 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 2 PM ET: on 4 front pages (2 right, 2 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 3 PM ET: on 4 front pages (2 right, 2 leans right)Tue Nov 10, 4 PM ET: on 5 front pages (2 right, 2 leans right, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 5 PM ET: on 7 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 6 PM ET: on 7 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 7 PM ET: on 7 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 8 PM ET: on 7 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 9 PM ET: on 7 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 10 PM ET: on 7 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Tue Nov 10, 11 PM ET: on 7 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 12 AM ET: on 8 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 1 AM ET: on 8 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 2 AM ET: on 8 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 3 AM ET: on 8 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 4 AM ET: on 8 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 5 AM ET: on 8 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 6 AM ET: on 8 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 7 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 leans left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 8 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 leans left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 9 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 leans left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 10 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 2 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 leans left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 11 AM ET: on 6 front pages (2 right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 leans left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 12 PM ET: on 6 front pages (2 right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 leans left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 1 PM ET: on 7 front pages (3 right, 1 center, 1 left, 1 leans left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 2 PM ET: on 8 front pages (3 right, 1 center, 1 left, 2 leans left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 3 PM ET: on 8 front pages (3 right, 1 center, 1 left, 2 leans left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 4 PM ET: on 8 front pages (3 right, 1 center, 1 left, 2 leans left, 1 not rated)Wed Nov 11, 5 PM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Wed Nov 11, 6 PM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Wed Nov 11, 7 PM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Wed Nov 11, 8 PM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Wed Nov 11, 9 PM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Wed Nov 11, 10 PM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Wed Nov 11, 11 PM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Thu Nov 12, 12 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Thu Nov 12, 1 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Thu Nov 12, 2 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Thu Nov 12, 3 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Thu Nov 12, 4 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Thu Nov 12, 5 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Thu Nov 12, 6 AM ET: on 9 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 1 left, 3 leans left)Thu Nov 12, 7 AM ET: on 11 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 2 left, 4 leans left)Thu Nov 12, 8 AM ET: on 11 front pages (3 right, 1 leans right, 1 center, 2 left, 4 leans left)
Front pages carrying it each hour, by the outlets' lean, the side that had it first at the bottom:leftleans leftcenterleans rightrightnot rated. First: Fox News, Tue 6:02 AM ET.
Nov 10, 12 PMNov 1112 PMNov 12Fox NewsFox NewsFox News, Nov 10, 6:02 AM ET: Trump's Supreme Court majority faces looming threat after Dem Senate takeover: 'Stuck'Washington ExaminerWashington ExaminerWashington Examiner, Nov 10, 10:02 AM ET: Trump urges Senate confirmation of judicial nomineesWashington Examiner, Nov 11, 5:00 PM ET: GOP holdouts complicate Trump’s final chances to reshape US courtsWashington Examiner, Nov 11, 9:00 PM ET: GOP holdouts complicate Trump’s chance to reshape US courtsJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Nov 10, 1:02 PM ET: Trump nominates 3 more federal judges as Senate mulls lame duck plansOANOne America News NetworkOne America News Network, Nov 10, 1:02 PM ET: Trump: ‘Very important’ for Senate to confirm pending nominations, including federal judgesThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Nov 10, 4:02 PM ET: Trump And Republicans Start Racing To Confirm JudgesReutersReutersReuters, Nov 10, 5:02 PM ET: Senate Republicans kick off lame-duck dash to advance Trump judge picksReuters, Nov 11, 5:00 AM ET: Trump replaces judicial nominee in last-ditch bid to reshape US appeals courtThe Daily SignalThe Daily SignalThe Daily Signal, Nov 10, 5:02 PM ET: Inside the Race to Get Trump’s Judicial Nominees Confirmed Before Democrat TakeoverHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Nov 11, 12:00 AM ET: Trump Swaps Appeals Court Nominee As Republicans Try To Get More Judges ConfirmedCBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News, Nov 11, 7:00 AM ET: Trump's judicial confirmations to face resistance in Democratic-controlled SenateCBS News, Nov 11, 4:00 PM ET: Trump's judicial confirmations to face resistance in Dem-controlled SenateNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Nov 11, 1:00 PM ET: Trump's Judicial Reshaping Faces Roadblock With Dem WinNewsmax, Nov 11, 5:00 PM ET: Senate GOP Rushes Trump Judges as MAGA Agenda StallsNewsmax, Nov 11, 9:00 PM ET: Senate GOP Rushes to Push Through Trump JudgesNew York TimesNew York TimesNew York Times, Nov 11, 2:00 PM ET: Republicans Begin Aggressive Lame-Duck Push to Install Trump JudgesYahoo NewsYahoo NewsYahoo News, Nov 11, 5:00 PM ET: GOP moves to swiftly confirm Trump's judicial appointments before Senate control endsCNNCNNCNN, Nov 12, 7:00 AM ET: Republicans’ lame-duck dash to confirm judges is already hitting speed bumps The Democrats’ coming takeover of the Senate has kickstarted a scramble to confirm two dozen of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees before Republicans turn over the gavel in January.The Daily BeastThe Daily BeastThe Daily Beast, Nov 12, 7:00 AM ET: Trump’s Judge Plot Hits Major Obstacle
Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline, and a headline swapped for a new one between our hourly looks runs on to it. A gap means a look found the story gone from that front page. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

💬 Quoted

  1. “Stuck”1
  2. “Very important”1

phrases its headlines put in quotation marks; the bar is how many outlets did

📌 Linked by aggregators

1 Political Wire

aggregators linking to it from their front page (they don't count as outlets covering it)

✏️ 4 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • CBS News (2 wordings): “Trump's judicial confirmations to face resistance in Democratic-controlled Senate” → “Trump's judicial confirmations to face resistance in Dem-controlled Senate”
  • Newsmax (3 wordings): “Trump's Judicial Reshaping Faces Roadblock With Dem Win” → “Senate GOP Rushes to Push Through Trump Judges”
  • Reuters (2 wordings): “Senate Republicans kick off lame-duck dash to advance Trump judge picks” → “Trump replaces judicial nominee in last-ditch bid to reshape US appeals court”
  • Washington Examiner (3 wordings): “Trump urges Senate confirmation of judicial nominees” → “GOP holdouts complicate Trump’s chance to reshape US courts”
📰 Every outlet's headline 14left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

🎙️ On the shows

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  1. 🐘 Erick Erickson 1
  2. 🫏 MeidasTouch 1

🕵️ Investigated, joked about

🕵️ investigative reporting on it and 🃏 satire joking about it (jokes, never counted as coverage); the bar is pieces

  1. 🃏 The Onion 1
  2. 🃏 The Babylon Bee 1

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🧩 How it's being told

The stories under this news, from our motif index, and who told each: the shows we follow by their lean, people online, fact-checkers. A story people tell, not a claim that it's true; claims are matched to this story by our tools, so a link can be wrong.

  • 🧩 Midnight judges 🐘 2 right shows
    “Republicans must work around the clock to confirm all judicial nominees before Democrats take power.”
  • 🧩 Use it or lose it 🐘 2 right shows
    ↔️ its answer: Pass nothing until January
    “Republicans must work around the clock to confirm all judicial nominees before Democrats take power.”

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ Names in it

SenateDonald TrumpRepublican PartyFederal Judiciary

🔎 Checking

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🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Democrats gain Senate control

  1. Democrats gain Senate control limiting Trump's judicial nominations

    Nov 5, 11 AM ET

  2. Senate Democrats vow to block trump's Supreme Court nominees

    Nov 6, 3 PM ET

  3. Republicans seek to confirm trump judges before Senate control ends (this story)

    Nov 10, 5 PM ET

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