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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 …
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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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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 …
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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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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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 …
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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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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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.
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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Matt Bai / Yahoo:
What Kavanaugh deserves — and what we deserve from him — “We want to make sure everything is perfect,” President Trump said the other day about the delay in confirming Brett Kavanaugh, as if he were throwing the judge a surprise birthday party or sending him off on a Carnival cruise.
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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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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Napolitano: If GOP Rushes Vote, There Will Be ‘Taint’ on Kavanaugh ‘That Will Never Go Away’
New York Times:
From the Anonymity of Academia to the Center of a Supreme Court Confirmation
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
The FBI did investigate Anita Hill's accusation, and it took 3 days
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Carol Kuruvilla / HuffPost:
Preacher Franklin Graham Claims Brett Kavanaugh Abuse Allegation Is Irrelevant
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Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
McCaskill plans to vote against embattled Kavanaugh for Supreme Court seat
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Media, ABC, PBS use Facebook to beg other Kavanaugh accusers to talk, ‘Truth will emerge’
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
‘I told her that I believed her’: Calif. lawmaker describes meeting with Kavanaugh accuser
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Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Is there a Kavanaugh doppelganger?
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Riley Snyder / The Nevada Independent:
Heller predicts Kavanaugh confirmation to Supreme Court despite ‘hiccup’
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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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democrats fear Trump ‘October Surprise’ document dump — Democrats worry that Trump and his allies are teeing up a series of document releases meant to gin up GOP voters before the midterms. — Democratic operatives are growing anxious that Republicans working to undermine the FBI's Russia probe …
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
A New Petition From House Democrats Could Complicate Nancy Pelosi's Future
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Sam Jones / The Guardian:
Donald Trump urged Spain to ‘build the wall’ - across the Sahara — Spanish foreign minister says US president advised tactic to stem migration across the Med — Donald Trump suggested the Spanish government tackled the Mediterranean migration crisis by emulating one of his most famous policies …
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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 …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
New racial controversy batters DeSantis — This is the fifth race-related issue concerning the Florida candidate, his gubernatorial campaign or one of its supporters. — MIAMI — A Republican activist who donated more than $20,000 to Ron DeSantis and lined up a speech for him at President Trump's Mar …
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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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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Nearly half in top 5 U.S. cities don't speak English at home, record 67 million — Nearly half of the residents in the nation's five biggest cities do not speak English at home, choosing instead their native language, according to the latest Census Bureau data that details the impact of a decade of soft immigration policies.
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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 …
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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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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