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NBC News:
Accuser's schoolmate says she recalls hearing of alleged Kavanaugh incident — Cristina King Miranda says she recalls it being discussed at their school, but has no first-hand knowledge of the alleged assault by Brett Kavanaugh. — WASHINGTON — A former schoolmate of Brett Kavanaugh's accuser wrote …
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Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
McCaskill plans to vote against embattled Kavanaugh for Supreme Court seat — WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill officially announced Wednesday evening that she will oppose federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. — The Missouri Democrat made her announcement …
Maria Caspani / Reuters:
Opposition to Kavanaugh grows, support at historic low: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans said they opposed President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, as the candidate's confirmation hearings took place and as he fended off a sexual assault claim, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
The FBI did investigate Anita Hill's accusation, and it took 3 days — Watch how senators grilled Anita Hill in 1991 — (CNN)As Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers insist the FBI investigate her allegation of sexual and physical assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh …
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Los Angeles Times
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
‘I told her that I believed her’: Calif. lawmaker describes meeting with Kavanaugh accuser — The California lawmaker who first heard Christine Blasey Ford's allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said Wednesday that she became convinced of Ford's credibility during …
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
Brett Kavanaugh's Ruined Reputation — You can't associate with Donald Trump without some of his thuggishness rubbing off. — Appearances matter — especially to President Donald Trump. On the first day of his presidency, Trump lauded the look of “my generals,” proudly describing them as products of “central casting.”
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans have no good options on Brett Kavanaugh — Led by President Trump, Republicans are increasingly suggesting that the timing of Christine Blasey Ford's accusation against Brett Kavanaugh is suspicious. There are plenty of reasons to doubt that theory — most notably the fact …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Debunking 5 Viral Rumors About Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh's Accuser
Debunking 5 Viral Rumors About Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh's Accuser
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senate Republican signal they will forge ahead on embattled nominee Kavanaugh
Senate Republican signal they will forge ahead on embattled nominee Kavanaugh
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Media, ABC, PBS use Facebook to beg other Kavanaugh accusers to talk, ‘Truth will emerge’
Wall Street Journal:
Portrait of Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford: Thorough, Guarded, Accomplished Academic
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Republicans push to confirm Kavanaugh amid fears it will come at a political cost
Republicans push to confirm Kavanaugh amid fears it will come at a political cost
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Will Schmitt / Springfield News-Leader:
Claire McCaskill says she's voting ‘no’ on Brett Kavanaugh
Claire McCaskill says she's voting ‘no’ on Brett Kavanaugh
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Political Wire
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Kavanaugh Accuser's Lawyer Says Rush To Hearing Is ‘Not A Fair Or Good Faith Investigation’
Kavanaugh Accuser's Lawyer Says Rush To Hearing Is ‘Not A Fair Or Good Faith Investigation’
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Daily Wire, Talking Points Memo and Bustle
NAACP LDF:
John Legend Issues a Call to Action in Ad Launched by 14 Leading Social Justice Organizations …
John Legend Issues a Call to Action in Ad Launched by 14 Leading Social Justice Organizations …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
It's a Set-up — If Ford won't agree to testify, hold the vote tomorrow as planned.
It's a Set-up — If Ford won't agree to testify, hold the vote tomorrow as planned.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Brett Kavanaugh Is Accused Of Sexual Assault. That Hasn't Changed Public Opinion At All.
Brett Kavanaugh Is Accused Of Sexual Assault. That Hasn't Changed Public Opinion At All.
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Associated Press:
How 65 women came to Kavanaugh's defense in matter of hours
How 65 women came to Kavanaugh's defense in matter of hours
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Carol Kuruvilla / HuffPost:
Preacher Franklin Graham Claims Brett Kavanaugh Abuse Allegation Is Irrelevant
Preacher Franklin Graham Claims Brett Kavanaugh Abuse Allegation Is Irrelevant
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Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
'I'd Do Her': Mike Bloomberg and the Underbelly of #MeToo
'I'd Do Her': Mike Bloomberg and the Underbelly of #MeToo
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Vox, Roll Call and Refinery29
Nancy Cook / Politico:
'We're very confident:' Trump, GOP growing more bullish about Kavanaugh's survival
'We're very confident:' Trump, GOP growing more bullish about Kavanaugh's survival
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Former classmate of Kavanaugh's denies being at party in sexual assault allegation
Former classmate of Kavanaugh's denies being at party in sexual assault allegation
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Washington Post:
Trump feels angry, unprotected amid mounting crises — President Trump's declaration that “I don't have an attorney general” was not merely the cry of an executive feeling betrayed by a subordinate. — It was also a raw expression of vulnerability and anger from a president who associates …
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The Hill:
Hill.TV INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: Trump eviscerates Sessions: 'I don't have an attorney general' — in an Oval Office interview with Hill.TV launched one of his most ferocious broadsides to date against Jeff Sessions — , suggesting the attorney general was essentially AWOL and performing badly on a variety of issues.
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The Hill:
READ: President Trump's exclusive interview with Hill.TV — covered a range of topics in an extensive Oval Office interview on Tuesday with Hill.TV's John Solomon and Buck Sexton. — Here is the extended conversation, which took place late Tuesday afternoon following the president's press conference …
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Media Matters for America:
After demanding release of DOJ documents, Trump admits he's just doing what his sycophants tell him to do — Law enforcement and national security experts are warning that President Donald Trump's decision to selectively declassify and release portions of sensitive Justice Department documents related …
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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
FBI, DOJ Plan Redactions Despite Trump's Document Order
FBI, DOJ Plan Redactions Despite Trump's Document Order
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Investor's Business Daily, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Washington Times, Axios and The Daily Caller
Elizabeth Bruenig / Washington Post:
What do we owe her now? — About that night — Aug. 11, 2006, was a sweltering Friday night in the midst of a long, fatally hot summer. A 16-year-old girl reported that she was raped that night, in a storage shed off a dirt road in my hometown of Arlington, Tex. Nobody was ever prosecuted for it …
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The American Conservative
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
‘The Apprentice’ book excerpt: At CIA's ‘Russia House,’ growing alarm about 2016 election interference — The warren of cubicles was secured behind a metal door. The name on the hallway placard had changed often over the years, most recently designating the space as part of the Mission Center for Europe and Eurasia.
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Cara Buckley / New York Times:
New York Review of Books Editor Is Out Amid Uproar Over #MeToo Essay — Ian Buruma, the editor of The New York Review of Books, left his position on Wednesday amid an uproar over the magazine's publication of an essay by a disgraced Canadian radio broadcaster who had been accused of sexually assaulting and battering women.
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Michael Hobbes / Highline:
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong — From the 16th century to the 19th, scurvy killed around 2 million sailors, more than warfare, shipwrecks and syphilis combined. It was an ugly, smelly death, too, beginning with rattling teeth and ending with a body so rotted out from the inside …
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The Hill:
Trump slams Bush for ‘worst single mistake’ in U.S. history — took a little time during a policy-rich interview in the Oval Office to give his take on the biggest mistake in American history. — Was it the Civil War? Nah. The failure to stop Sept. 11? Nope. How about Pearl Harbor?
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Project Veritas:
Deep State Unmasked: Leaks at HHS; DOJ Official Resists “From Inside,” DOJ: “These allegations are deeply concerning...referred to Inspector General.” — [This post contains video, click to play] — DOJ: “These allegations are deeply concerning...referred to Inspector General.”
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Tightening Texas race boosts Democrats' hopes of taking Senate: Reuters poll — NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Democratic congressman aiming to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in Texas has pulled even in the race, a Reuters poll found, a spark of hope for a party seeking a Senate majority to curb President Donald Trump's agenda.
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UVA Center / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
New Polls: Tight Senate Races Across the Sun Belt
New Polls: Tight Senate Races Across the Sun Belt
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Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
Lawmaker: US Senate staff targeted by state-backed hackers — A U.S. lawmaker says foreign government hackers continue to target the personal accounts of U.S. senators and their aides — and that the Senate's security office won't help defend them. — Senator Ron Wyden says in a letter …
CNN:
Pompeo cracks down, on improper use, of commas at State Department — Washington (CNN)Iran, North Korea, Syria and ... commas. While Mike Pompeo is focused on a number of key geopolitical concerns, an email obtained by CNN suggests that the secretary of state also appears to have had it …
The Sun:
SANDS CRAZY Donald Trump suggested building a wall across the SAHARA to solve Europe's migrant crisis, Spanish minster claims — Respected Foreign minister Josep Borrell claims the US President suggested building an insanely immense barrier across North Africa to curb the numbers of African migrants surging into Europe
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
An Interview With the Psychiatrist Who Says White House Officials Called Her With Concerns About Trump — Last April, Dr. Bandy Lee, a Yale School of Medicine forensic psychiatrist, organized a conference called Duty to Warn about what she and some colleagues considered the necessity …
Washington Post:
Woman fatally stabbed in D.C.'s popular Logan Circle neighborhood — A woman jogging in the Logan Circle neighborhood in Northwest Washington was fatally stabbed Tuesday evening in what police said was probably a random attack. — Wendy K. Martinez, 35, was attacked just before 8 p.m …
Jonathan Van Meter / New York Magazine:
Can I Get a Hug? Cory Booker's got a lot of love to give, and he's betting that's what it will take to win in 2020. — Anyone who thinks it's nothing but teeth-grinding paranoia and rank misery in Washington these days hasn't been to the office of New Jersey senator Cory Booker. These people are happy.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel warns Trump may order military action in Venezuela for political gain — Former Obama and Clinton aide Rahm Emanuel is warning that Trump could order military action in the increasingly unstable Venezuela for political gain.
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Raw Story