The only thing I really believe about this report is that Kavanaugh walked out of the room with a big smile on his face...that guy just strikes me as a lightweight who would not care about the gravity of the decision.
Kavanaugh has rubbed me the wrong way all along too. But all the characterizations are believable, including Gorsuch being cowed after having put up enough of a fight to need the shouting from Roberts—and ACB quietly and unflappably going along too.
Thomas has been the one real brass-balled giant on the court, more than Scalia, for decades.