On The Gist, Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation is all but certain.A recent Donald Trump tweet gave credence to a bogus (and dangerous) claim: that South Africa’s white farmers are the first targets in a looming genocide. Quartz reporter Lynsey Chutel has the actual statistics, as well as the political context—land reform—that pushed white nationalists into embracing victimhood in the first place.In the Spiel, a roundup of the minor scandals that broke over Labor Day weekend.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices