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leading figures in politics, public policy and journalism are joining thousands of Texans at The 2018 Texas Tribune Festival to discuss big-picture solutions to pressing policy issues. </p> <span class="full_story"><a class="unlink" href="/web/20180929090930/https://www.texastribune.org/series/2018-texas-tribune-festival-coverage/">More in this series <i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></a></span> </div> </header> <p dir="ltr">Featuring more than 360 speakers, the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival is hosting more than 90 panels on pressing policy issues facing our state and our nation. Check this page for highlights from the three-day Festival, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://festival.texastribune.org/">go here</a> to see the full schedule.</p> <h3 dir="ltr">It’s all Kavanaugh, all day</h3> <p dir="ltr">As the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh in Washington, talk of the nominee dominated panels at TribFest on Friday.</p> <p dir="ltr">A panel on gender and leadership analyzed Wednesday’s testimony before the committee from Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school.</p> <p dir="ltr">Interviews on the law got into the procedural complexities of U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake’s call to hold an FBI investigation into those allegations. Even conversations on foreign affairs were not immune — one panelist said everyone at the United Nations couldn't stop talking about Kavanaugh.</p> <div class="plugin-ad plugin"> <div class="plugin-ad__inner"> <p class="plugin-ad__label">The Texas Tribune thanks its sponsors. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://mediakit.texastribune.org/" ga-on="click" ga-event-category="Sponsorship" ga-event-action="sponsorship-intent" ga-event-label="Hum">Become one</a>.</p> <div class="plugin-ad__unit"> <div id="ad-unit-163466"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="plugin plugin--centered plugin--centered-narrow plugin--centered-padded"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/wendyrsherman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wendyrsherman</a>: "The most peculiar thing, was what was on everybody's mind at the U.N., was the Kavanaugh hearing. It was extraordinary." <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/hashtag/TribFest18?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TribFest18</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://t.co/aPluhmPLyN">pic.twitter.com/aPluhmPLyN</a></p>— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1045781604390457344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930js_/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> <p dir="ltr">In a discussion on the legacy of President George W. Bush, where Kavanaugh served as White House staff secretary, his former colleagues staunchly defended the nominee, fresh off a fiery testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.</p> <div class="plugin plugin--centered plugin--centered-narrow plugin--centered-padded"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At Texas Tribune festival Karl Rove says “this is unprecedented” re Kavanaugh. Says Feinstein “sabotaged” nomination process, no White House could prepare <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/hashtag/TribFest18?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TribFest18</a></p>— Jay Root (@byjayroot) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/byjayroot/status/1045770077306589185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930js_/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> <div class="plugin plugin--centered plugin--centered-narrow plugin--centered-padded"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former W adviser Dan Bartlett “I’ve had several beers with Brett” and never saw him “out of control.” Says typically ppl have same character throughout life. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/hashtag/TribFest18?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TribFest18</a></p>— Jay Root (@byjayroot) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/byjayroot/status/1045782988938792966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930js_/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> <p dir="ltr">Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder hailed the recently-ordered FBI investigation into allegations against Kavanaugh as overdue, describing the Judiciary’s Committee delay in asking the FBI to examine Ford’s allegations as “unconscionable.”</p> <div class="plugin plugin--centered plugin--centered-narrow plugin--centered-padded"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/EricHolder?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EricHolder</a>: An additional FBI investigation should have been done a week or two ago. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/hashtag/TribFest18?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TribFest18</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://t.co/J7ZFZfAyFH">pic.twitter.com/J7ZFZfAyFH</a></p>— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1045771195050684416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930js_/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> <div class="plugin plugin--centered plugin--centered-narrow plugin--centered-padded"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Holder on Kavanaugh testimony: "If i’m a prosecutor trying to asses the credibility of this witness, there are things that would've given me pause."</p>— Alexa Ura (@alexazura) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/alexazura/status/1045772253919662080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930js_/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> <p dir="ltr">As the hearing went on in Washington, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., was vocal about his opposition to the way Senate Republicans have handled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation.</p> <p dir="ltr">“They literally set it up as a he said, she said,” Merkley said. “It is a shameful moment that 11 Republicans refuse to push the president to open an investigation.”</p> <div class="plugin plugin--centered plugin--centered-narrow plugin--centered-padded"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/JeffMerkley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeffMerkley</a> says he was disappointed in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/JeffFlake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeffFlake</a>. <br><br>Watch here. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://t.co/DclUTBYOHY">https://t.co/DclUTBYOHY</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/hashtag/TribFest18?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TribFest18</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://t.co/JI3UziwZl6">pic.twitter.com/JI3UziwZl6</a></p>— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1045717986127097856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930js_/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> <p dir="ltr">Pundits and politicos on the right and left said the clash in Washington would fuel greater division among the American electorate.</p> <p dir="ltr">At “Making Mr. Right,” a panel on the future of conservatism, conservative commentator Bill Kristol predicted the Kavanaugh hearings would pull Republican voters to the polls in droves. “This brings out the worst in everyone,” he said. “People genuinely feel their person has been mistreated.”</p> <div class="plugin-ad plugin"> <div class="plugin-ad__inner"> <p class="plugin-ad__label">The Texas Tribune thanks its sponsors. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://mediakit.texastribune.org/" ga-on="click" ga-event-category="Sponsorship" ga-event-action="sponsorship-intent" ga-event-label="Hum">Become one</a>.</p> <div class="plugin-ad__unit"> <div id="ad-unit-163467"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="plugin plugin--centered plugin--centered-narrow plugin--centered-padded"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/bdomenech?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bdomenech</a> says the Kavanaugh hearings will bring out more Trump voters. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/hashtag/TribFest18?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TribFest18</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://t.co/K9EMYRwOgP">pic.twitter.com/K9EMYRwOgP</a></p>— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1045759248112574464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930js_/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> <p dir="ltr">Former state Sen. Wendy Davis said that she now feels "more committed" than ever before to check "white male privilege."</p> <p dir="ltr">“If they ignore us, they will be held accountable,” she said.</p> <p dir="ltr">Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman said she cried during testimony Thursday by both Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh. “America needs to go back to a place of civility, where we can disagree but not be hostile about it," she said. “Disagreement is needed for democracy.”</p> <h3 dir="ltr">Avenatti talks Brett Kavanaugh, 2020 run</h3> <div class="plugin plugin--centered plugin--centered-full plugin--centered-narrow"> <figure itemprop="lead_art" class="image_default"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/uQDdLGSGInQZm_lx0YYvL2_7Tic=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(70)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/09433223e6108f4ce92d934768d505e7/TTF18_Avenatti_4_ES_TT.jpg"> </noscript> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1px)" 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In a wide-ranging conversation with Tribune CEO Evan Smith, he lamented a system of divisive partisan politics while launching a series of jabs at President Donald Trump.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We have the greatest course-correction moment we’ve had in years available to us in about 40 days,” Kerry said Thursday evening during the opening keynote of the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin.</p> <p dir="ltr">And he nodded to one of the most-watched races in that midterm: Texas’ U.S. Senate race. “And there’s a guy running whose name begins with a ‘B.’”</p> <p dir="ltr">Watch a live-stream and read more from The Tribune’s Emma Platoff <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090930/https://www.texastribune.org/2018/09/28/texas-tribune-festival-michael-avenatti/">here</a>.</p> <h3 dir="ltr">NYC Mayor de Blasio talks “progressive vision” for his city, the country</h3> <div class="plugin plugin--centered plugin--centered-full plugin--centered-narrow"> <figure itemprop="lead_art" 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