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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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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Republicans push to confirm Kavanaugh amid fears it will come at a political cost — President Trump and Senate Republicans on Wednesday took a hard line: full-speed ahead on Brett M. Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court despite an allegation of sexual assault decades ago.
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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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Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
The drive to sink Kavanaugh is liberal totalitarianism … If Senate Democrats and their media allies manage to destroy Brett Kavanaugh, they will bring America one step closer to a new, liberal style of totalitarianism. — I don't use the “T"-word lightly.
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Associated Press:
How 65 women came to Kavanaugh's defense in matter of hours — NEW YORK (AP) — It started as a series of phone calls among old high-school friends and ended up embroiling 65 women in the firestorm over a sexual assault allegation that could shape the Supreme Court.
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Carol Kuruvilla / HuffPost:
Preacher Franklin Graham Claims Brett Kavanaugh Abuse Allegation Is Irrelevant — The son of the late Billy Graham said that even if Christine Blasey Ford's allegation of sexual assault is true, it shouldn't matter. — Franklin Graham, a son of the famed late preacher Billy Graham …
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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 …
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.”
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Debunking 5 Viral Rumors About Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh's Accuser — Dr. Blasey has been the target of widespread social media disinformation since she came forward with accusations of sexual assault against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
The FBI did investigate Anita Hill's accusation, and it took 3 days
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Riley Snyder / The Nevada Independent:
Heller predicts Kavanaugh confirmation to Supreme Court despite ‘hiccup’
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
‘These are the stories of our lives’: Prep school alumni hear echoes in assault claim
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans have no good options on Brett Kavanaugh
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Media, ABC, PBS use Facebook to beg other Kavanaugh accusers to talk, ‘Truth will emerge’
NAACP LDF:
John Legend Issues a Call to Action in Ad Launched by 14 Leading Social Justice Organizations …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
‘I told her that I believed her’: Calif. lawmaker describes meeting with Kavanaugh accuser
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New York Times:
From the Anonymity of Academia to the Center of a Supreme Court Confirmation
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Will Schmitt / Springfield News-Leader:
Claire McCaskill says she's voting ‘no’ on Brett Kavanaugh
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Wall Street Journal:
Portrait of Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford: Thorough, Guarded, Accomplished Academic
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senate Republican signal they will forge ahead on embattled nominee Kavanaugh
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Brett Kavanaugh Is Accused Of Sexual Assault. That Hasn't Changed Public Opinion At All.
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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.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans seem to have the votes to move forward with Brett Kavanaugh
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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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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 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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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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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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Aaron Bracamontes / KTSM-TV:
Child pornography reason behind Sunspot Observatory closure, according to court documents — A federal search warrant reveals that Sunspot Solar Observatory was shut down as FBI agents conducted computer forensic searches for child pornography. — The source of child pornography was traced …
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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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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Geoff Edgers / Washington Post:
THE 74-YEAR-OLD COMEDY STAR IS SOBER AND READY TO WORK. THE PROBLEM IS NOBODY WANTS TO WORK WITH HIM. — Chevy Chase is sitting on the porch, outside his home in wooded Westchester County. He takes a drag off a Marlboro and casually mentions that he ran into Donald Glover backstage at “Saturday Night Live.”
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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
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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 …
New York Post:
De Blasio has secret meeting with Red Sox management … Red Alert! — Mayor Bill de Blasio met secretly with Red Sox brass for a 90-minute lunch on Wednesday at the downtown offices of Goldman Sachs, The Post has learned. — Hizzoner, a lifelong Red Sox fan, met with the team's GM Dave Dombrowski …
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 …
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 …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Once ‘99 Percent Against Trump,’ Dean Heller Calls Him ‘Great Leader’ — Senator Dean Heller on Wednesday called President Trump “a great leader” who had revived Nevada's economy, a striking departure from the arm's-length approach Mr. Heller took with Mr. Trump in the 2016 campaign and in the first months of his presidency.
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