The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is set to begin confirmation hearings on Monday for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Republicans remain upbeat about her eventual confirmation, as Democrats have pledged to use every possible procedural roadblock to derail her. Meanwhile, the mainstream media have focused on Barrett’s religious faith, painting her association with the ecumenical group, People of Praise, as problematic.

Barrett’s confirmation hearings will begin October 12 and last four days, according to Senate aides familiar with the process. Senators can either attend in person or participate remotely, as they’ve done in other hearings and in other committees since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

Three senators have recently tested positive for COVID-19: Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Ron Johnson, R-Wis. Three others: Ben Sasse, R-Neb., Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and James Lankford, R-Okla., are self-quarantining due to contacts they’ve had with their colleagues who have tested positive. All but Johnson and Lankford sit on the Judiciary Committee.

Vice President Mike Pence and California Senator Kamala Harris faced off in the vice-presidential debate tonight from Salt Lake City, Utah at the University of Utah. The 90-minute debate featured various topics including questions on the coronavirus, the economy, the Supreme Court and abortion.

Moderator Susan Page began the night by asking Senator Harris about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and what a Biden-Harris administration would do differently to respond to the outbreak.

“Would you impose new lockdowns… a federal mandate to wear masks?” Page asked. “Our plan is about what we need to do around a national strategy for contact tracing, for testing, for administration of a vaccine and making sure it will be free for all,” Harris stated.

Vice President Pence defended the Trump Administration’s record pointing out that the president suspended all travel from China back in February and that Joe Biden had called it “xenophobic.”

Planned Parenthood has released its 2020 voter guide for the general public. Unsurprisingly, it pushes a pro-abortion agenda and appears to actively try and deceive its supporters.

As part of the campaign called “We Decide 2020,” it explains that, “At the ballot box, we decide what we do with our own bodies.” All those interested need to do is input their address to see what Planned Parenthood thinks about various political candidates, both at the federal and state level, and various ballot measures.