Maria and Julio talk about the aftermath of the Kavanaugh SCOTUS confirmation, the rise of a populist in Brazil and the conviction of a Chicago police officer for shooting and killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald four years ago.   ITT Staff Picks

• An analysis of why many white women didn't believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, from Rewire.News.
• This is the tent city built in Texas for the migrant children, from The New York Times.
• From The Chicago Tribune, the story of the father and son who testified as eyewitnesses on the Laquan McDonald case.