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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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Emily Peck / HuffPost:
Brett Kavanaugh Liked Female Clerks Who Looked A ‘Certain Way,’ Yale Student Was Told — Yale professor and “Tiger Mom” Amy Chua, who's a Kavanaugh cheerleader, told the young woman to look “outgoing.” — A few years ago, as she was prepping to interview for a judicial clerkship …
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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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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The Last Tradition
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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NBC News:
Can the FBI investigate the allegation against Brett Kavanaugh? — Analysis: President Donald Trump said investigating Christine Blasey Ford's accusation of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh “is not really their thing.” — How the FBI could investigate the Brett Kavanaugh allegation
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
‘These are the stories of our lives’: Prep school alumni hear echoes in assault claim — Bettina Lanyi remembers. It was 1986, and she was in eighth grade. She and a friend went to a house in Washington's Tenleytown neighborhood packed with high school kids, including a throng of boys …
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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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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Law & Crime, ABC News and twitchy.com
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Bredesen backs Senate vote if Kavanaugh accuser won't appear — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen said Wednesday that the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault “has a very credible story.” But he said the Judiciary Committee …
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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.
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Napolitano: If GOP Rushes Vote, There Will Be ‘Taint’ on Kavanaugh ‘That Will Never Go Away’ — On Fox Business Network, Judge Andrew Napolitano was on with Neil Cavuto this afternoon discussing the nomination vote for Brett Kavanaugh in light of Christine Blasey Ford's accusation.
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 and Washington Post
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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The Gateway Pundit, Vox and New York Times
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
McCaskill plans to vote against embattled Kavanaugh for Supreme Court seat
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Is there a Kavanaugh doppelganger?
Is there a Kavanaugh doppelganger?
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
Brett Kavanaugh's Ruined Reputation
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Media, ABC, PBS use Facebook to beg other Kavanaugh accusers to talk, ‘Truth will emerge’
Maria Caspani / Reuters:
Opposition to Kavanaugh grows, support at historic low: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Opposition to Kavanaugh grows, support at historic low: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
‘The Apprentice’ book excerpt: At CIA's ‘Russia House,’ growing alarm about 2016 election interference
‘The Apprentice’ book excerpt: At CIA's ‘Russia House,’ growing alarm about 2016 election interference
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Joe.My.God., New Republic, Talking Points Memo, The Week, Washington Monthly and Raw Story
CNN:
Grassley sets Friday deadline to hear back from Kavanaugh accuser
Grassley sets Friday deadline to hear back from Kavanaugh accuser
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Sara A. Carter, Power Line, Reuters, Shareblue Media, Sean Hannity, Bustle, Washington Free Beacon, RedState and The Atlantic
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
‘I told her that I believed her’: Calif. lawmaker describes meeting with Kavanaugh accuser
‘I told her that I believed her’: Calif. lawmaker describes meeting with Kavanaugh accuser
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Riley Snyder / The Nevada Independent:
Heller predicts Kavanaugh confirmation to Supreme Court despite ‘hiccup’
Heller predicts Kavanaugh confirmation to Supreme Court despite ‘hiccup’
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Informed Comment, Mashable, HuffPost and USA Today
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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans have no good options on Brett Kavanaugh
Republicans have no good options on Brett Kavanaugh
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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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Geoff Edgers / San Francisco Chronicle:
Chevy Chase can't change
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
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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Sam Jones / The Guardian:
Donald Trump urged Spain to ‘build the wall’ - across the Sahara
Donald Trump urged Spain to ‘build the wall’ - across the Sahara
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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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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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Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC:
Alibaba's Jack Ma backs down from promise to Trump to bring 1 million jobs to the US — Jack Ma, founder of Chinese retail giant Alibaba, has recanted his promise to Donald Trump to create 1 million U.S. jobs. — Experts have said that Ma's vow to create 1 million jobs linked …
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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 …
Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:
FEMA chief considered quitting as feud with Homeland Security secretary boiled over — MORRISVILLE, N.C. — With his home state flooded and the death toll rising, FEMA Administrator William “Brock” Long was on the verge of quitting this week. — On Sunday, his bitter feud …
Cristina Johnson / FOX News Radio:
Co-Founder Of March For Our Lives Cameron Kasky Explains The Mistakes He's Made & Why He Left March For Our Lives — Co-Founder of March For Our Lives Cameron Kasky joined Fox News Radio's Guy Benson and Marie Harf to talk about his decision to step away from March For Our Lives.
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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 …
Ross Barkan / Gothamist:
I Ran For State Senate In Brooklyn And Lost. Here's What I Learned — They don't prepare you to give a concession speech. Outside of politics, what is the equivalent? You can't find it in writing, journalism, or teaching—the fields I worked in before embarking on the wonderful …
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 …
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 …