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Hours before Kavanaugh nomination hearings, Bush lawyer releases 42,000 pages of documents to Judiciary Committee — Hours before the start of hearings on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, the lawyer for former president George W. Bush turned over 42,000 pages of documents …
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Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
There Is No Grassroots Energy Rallying for Brett Kavanaugh. None. — Last Sunday, several hundred protestors rallied in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado, against President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh. Local reporters were on hand, and the protest earned …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A very newsy first day back — DRIVING THE DAY — WELCOME BACK ... LOTS OF NEWS ... 64 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY ... REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT TO BE IN WASHINGTON THIS MONTH — especially House Republicans. All they need to do is fund the government …
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Fox News:
Brett Kavanaugh hearing repeatedly interrupted by Dem objections, protests
Brett Kavanaugh hearing repeatedly interrupted by Dem objections, protests
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CNN:
The Kavanaugh hearing … GO DEEPER — The Trump administration …
The Kavanaugh hearing … GO DEEPER — The Trump administration …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed News:
The Justice Department Was Behind The Decision To Keep 100,000 Pages Of Kavanaugh's Record Secret
The Justice Department Was Behind The Decision To Keep 100,000 Pages Of Kavanaugh's Record Secret
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh hearing: Democrats cry foul over lack of access to documents, seek to delay proceedings
Kavanaugh hearing: Democrats cry foul over lack of access to documents, seek to delay proceedings
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Vox, Axios, The Crime Report and The Democrats
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Democrats vow ‘sparks will fly’ over Trump's Supreme Court pick
Democrats vow ‘sparks will fly’ over Trump's Supreme Court pick
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Political Wire
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Views of Kavanaugh Confirmation Remain Closely Divided
Views of Kavanaugh Confirmation Remain Closely Divided
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National Review
Justin Wedeking / Washington Post:
No, it's not just theater. Here's what to expect from the Kavanaugh hearings this week
No, it's not just theater. Here's what to expect from the Kavanaugh hearings this week
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Senate hearings to get underway on Trump Supreme Court pick
Senate hearings to get underway on Trump Supreme Court pick
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Brett Kavanaugh May Soon Unshackle All Rich Political Donors
Brett Kavanaugh May Soon Unshackle All Rich Political Donors
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Washington Post:
Bob Woodward's new book reveals a ‘nervous breakdown’ of Trump's presidency — John Dowd was convinced that President Trump would commit perjury if he talked to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. So, on Jan. 27, the president's then-personal attorney staged a practice session to try to make his point.
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump irritated he wasn't interviewed by Woodward for upcoming book — Woodward to release Trump book before midterms — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has become increasingly exasperated in recent weeks that he wasn't interviewed by Bob Woodward ahead of the publication of his upcoming book …
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Poll: Democrats regain clear advantage in midterms shaping up as referendum on President Trump — Two months ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats hold a clear advantage over Republicans in congressional vote support, with antipathy toward President Trump fueling Democratic enthusiasm …
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USA Today:
Trouble for Trump? Poll shows midterm election edge for Democrats and female candidates — WASHINGTON - The political landscape for the midterm elections favors Democrats in general and women candidates in particular, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, raising the prospect …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Democrats open up biggest lead in midterms since 2006 — With their supporters energized in opposition to Donald Trump, Democrats hold their widest advantage in midterm election vote preferences since 2006, when they seized control of both houses of Congress.
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Axios and Washington Post
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Public split on Kavanaugh, views on abortion access shift
Public split on Kavanaugh, views on abortion access shift
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Chuck Todd / The Atlantic:
It's Time for the Press to Stop Complaining—And to Start Fighting Back — I've devoted much of my professional life to the study of political campaigns, not as a historian or an academic but as a reporter and an analyst. I thought I'd seen it all, from the bizarre upset that handed …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Fox & Friends hosts visibly deflated after legal analyst says Trump's latest tweet gives ‘fodder’ for Mueller's probe — The hosts of “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday appeared visibly deflated after legal analyst Andrew Napolitano told them that President Donald Trump's latest tweets attacking …
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Sputnik International, Breitbart and Mediaite
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Top TV Advisers Keep Telling Him: Fire the ‘Shill’ Jeff Sessions Now
Trump's Top TV Advisers Keep Telling Him: Fire the ‘Shill’ Jeff Sessions Now
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HuffPost, ABC News, The Daily Caller, CNBC and Daily Kos
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Congressional Republicans Don't Even Pretend to Stand up to Trump Anymore
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘Two easy wins now in doubt’: Trump renews attack on Sessions
‘Two easy wins now in doubt’: Trump renews attack on Sessions
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Sopan Deb / New York Times:
New Yorker Festival Pulls Steve Bannon as Headliner Following High-Profile Dropouts — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, will no longer appear as a headliner at this year's New Yorker Festival, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, announced in an email to the magazine's staff on Monday evening.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Enough, already, with anything Steve Bannon has to say. We got it the first time.
Enough, already, with anything Steve Bannon has to say. We got it the first time.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Poke, The American Conservative and Eschaton
David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Franklin's family says eulogy was offensive — NEW YORK (AP) — The late Aretha Franklin's family said Monday that it found an Atlanta pastor's eulogy delivered at the Queen of Soul's funeral last week to be offensive and distasteful. — The eulogist, the Rev. Jasper Williams Jr. …
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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Mueller's Office Will Grill Him About Roger Stone. He Will Respond With Comedy. — Randy Credico, a comedian and left-wing political activist, has an appointment on Sept. 7. With Robert S. Mueller III. Before a grand jury. Under oath. — And he is planning to do impressions, because that's what he does.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Every ad makes me like Beto more’: Ted Cruz's latest attack on Beto O'Rourke for swearing massively backfires — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) put out a new ad attacking Democratic opponent Beto O'Rourke on Monday — and he was quickly buried in mockery. — A new video ad posted …
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Andy McDonald / HuffPost:
They Found Beto O'Rourke's First Album, And It's ... Actually Pretty Good
They Found Beto O'Rourke's First Album, And It's ... Actually Pretty Good
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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
‘I begged him not to’: He loved the CIA. And that's what led to his death. — They came from all corners of his life. His New England boarding school. His small liberal arts college. The Marines. And the CIA. — Family, friends and colleagues gathered on a summer Monday to pay tribute to George …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Why Trump is so frantic right now — President Trump's incoherence grows to keep pace with his desperation. These days, he makes less sense than ever — a sign that this malignant presidency has entered a new, more dangerous phase. — I can't be the only one who thinks he sounds less …
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Daily Kos
Daniel Noah Halpern / GQ:
Sperm Count Zero — A strange thing has happened to men over the past few decades: We've become increasingly infertile, so much so that within a generation we may lose the ability to reproduce entirely. What's causing this mysterious drop in sperm counts—and is there any way to reverse it before it's too late?