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Gabriel Pogrund / Washington Post:
'How'd you find me?': Mark Judge has been holed up in a beach house in Delaware amid a media firestorm — Bethany Beach, Del. — Mark Judge has been conspicuously absent for more than a week: Named as the only witness to an alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh …
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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Yale roommate says he believes second accuser — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's roommate from Yale says he believes the second woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. — James Roche says he was Kavanaugh's roommate in the Fall of 1983.
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
When the Muzzle Comes Off — I write this not knowing if by the time it is published, Brett Kavanaugh will still be the Supreme Court nominee, or whether more people will have come forward with more stories of assault or degradation, or whether Chuck Grassley or Donald Trump will have doubled …
The Daily Beast:
Democrats to Michael Avenatti: You're Not Helping in the Kavanaugh Fight — Avenatti to Democrats: Don't act so weak. — On Sunday evening, just as The New Yorker revealed the identity of a second woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct …
Politico:
Kavanaugh drama rattles GOP support — Republicans signal they will wait to pass judgment on the Supreme Court nominee until hearing from him and an accuser later this week. — Senate Republicans have gone from confidently predicting the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court …
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Lara Bazelon / New York Times:
Man Up, Grassley. Question Blasey Ford Yourself. — Outsourcing this responsibility to female aides or an outside female lawyer because of bad optics is sexist and cowardly. — Ms. Bazelon has written about gender bias against female litigators. — Who will question Christine Blasey Ford …
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kavanaugh's friends promoted him. Now they have to rescue him. — White House aides and allies who encouraged President Donald Trump to choose him for the highest court have a lot to lose. — Brett Kavanaugh isn't the only prominent conservative whose reputation is threatened by allegations …
Politico:
White House, GOP point to Democratic ‘resistance’ behind Kavanaugh ‘smear’ — They allege a sinister liberal plot to bring down the Supreme Court nominee. — At first, the Sunday night publication of a New Yorker article detailing a new allegation of sexual misconduct …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
White House open to public testimony from second Kavanaugh accuser, Sanders says
Chris Perez / New York Post:
Activists shouting ‘we believe survivors’ chase Ted Cruz from restaurant
Activists shouting ‘we believe survivors’ chase Ted Cruz from restaurant
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Supreme Court Fight Goes Prime Time With Kavanaugh's Fox News Interview
Supreme Court Fight Goes Prime Time With Kavanaugh's Fox News Interview
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“The Strategy Was to Try and Do Something Really Big”: Trump Wanted to Nuke Rosenstein to Save Kavanaugh's Bacon
“The Strategy Was to Try and Do Something Really Big”: Trump Wanted to Nuke Rosenstein to Save Kavanaugh's Bacon
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Kavanaugh's wife tests standing by your man in the #MeToo era
Kavanaugh's wife tests standing by your man in the #MeToo era
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Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Ted Cruz Chased Out Of DC Restaurant By Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters
Ted Cruz Chased Out Of DC Restaurant By Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Kavanaugh Just Played ‘Checkers’ on Fox
Kavanaugh Just Played ‘Checkers’ on Fox
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Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Avenatti: New client will go public with Kavanaugh accusations by Wednesday
Avenatti: New client will go public with Kavanaugh accusations by Wednesday
HuffPost:
Women Walk Out Across The Country In Support Of Kavanaugh's Accusers
Women Walk Out Across The Country In Support Of Kavanaugh's Accusers
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Avenatti calls Kavanaugh a H.S. rapist; Kavanaugh says he was a virgin; Media pounces
Avenatti calls Kavanaugh a H.S. rapist; Kavanaugh says he was a virgin; Media pounces
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
James Woods refuses to delete meme that he says got him locked out of Twitter
James Woods refuses to delete meme that he says got him locked out of Twitter
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New York Times:
Kavanaugh's Yearbook Page Is ‘Horrible, Hurtful’ to a Woman It Named — Brett Kavanaugh's page in his high school yearbook offers a glimpse of the teenage years of the man who is now President Trump's Supreme Court nominee: lots of football, plenty of drinking, parties at the beach.
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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct in Fox News exclusive: 'I know I'm telling the truth' — Exclusive: Judge Kavanaugh talks to Martha MacCallum about the sexual misconduct allegations. — EXCLUSIVE - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denied accusations of sexual misconduct …
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Akhil Amar / Yale Daily News:
Second thoughts on Kavanaugh — Minutes after President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh '87 LAW '90 to the Supreme Court, I published a controversial op-ed in The New York Times endorsing the nomination. I later testified in support of Kavanaugh on the final day of his confirmation hearings.
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USA Today:
Third Kavanaugh accuser, a former US Mint employee, ‘100 percent credible,’ Avenatti says — LOS ANGELES - A third woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct will come forward in the next 48 hours, according to Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for adult film star …
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David French / National Review:
On Fox, Brett Kavanaugh Mounts an Aggressive, Specific Defense
On Fox, Brett Kavanaugh Mounts an Aggressive, Specific Defense
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Instagram's Co-Founders Said to Step Down From Company — SAN FRANCISCO — Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the co-founders of the photo-sharing app Instagram, have resigned and plan to leave the company in coming weeks, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Ben Steverman / BloombergQuint:
Millennials Are Causing the U.S. Divorce Rate to Plummet — (Bloomberg) — Americans under the age of 45 have found a novel way to rebel against their elders: They're staying married. — New data show younger couples are approaching relationships very differently from baby boomers, who married young, divorced, remarried and so on.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke's false claim he did not try to leave the scene of a DWI — “I did not try to leave the scene of the accident, though driving drunk, which I did, is a terrible mistake for which there is no excuse or justification or defense, and I will not try to provide one.”
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Laura Kipnis / New York Times:
What Ian Buruma's Departure Will Cost Us — The editor's exit from The New York Review of Books threatens to inhibit our intellectual culture. — Ms. Kipnis is the author of a book about campus sexual harassment policies. — When Robert B. Silvers, the founding editor of The New York Review of Books …
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Jim Norman / Gallup:
Republican Party Favorability Highest in Seven Years — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-five percent of Americans now have a favorable view of the Republican Party, a nine-point gain from last September's 36%. It is the party's most positive image since it registered 47% in January 2011 …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Bloomberg-founded gun control group launches ads to flip 15 GOP House districts — Everytown for Gun Safety, the group founded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is rolling out a $5 million digital ad campaign targeting 15 House races, as the group continues heavy investment in the midterm elections.
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National Review
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: The DOJ's full Rod Rosenstein exit statement — The full text of the Rod Rosenstein exit statement, drafted by Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores and sent to the White House Monday morning, has been reviewed by Axios. — Its veracity has been confirmed by three sources close …
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Politico:
Why Canada's leaders should wait out Trump's NAFTA deal — This week, Canada's leaders have a big choice to make: whether to go along with the new North American Free Trade Agreement negotiated between the Trump administration and Mexico. President Donald Trump is demanding that Canada accept …
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