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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 …
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 …
Associated Press:
Republicans are digging in on Kavanaugh. Here's why. — WASHINGTON (AP) — The first allegation against Brett Kavanaugh left Republicans rattled and nervous. The second left them angry and ready to fight back. — The GOP punched back hard Monday, seeming to cast aside — for now …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Kavanaugh's fate rests with Sen. Collins — Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a prominent moderate voice and one of the Senate's most conscientious members, is poised to make or break Brett Kavanaugh's chance at becoming a Supreme Court justice. — A big reason for that is several Senate colleagues …
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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct in Fox News exclusive: 'I know I'm telling the truth'
Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct in Fox News exclusive: 'I know I'm telling the truth'
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Politico:
Kavanaugh drama rattles GOP support
Kavanaugh drama rattles GOP support
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Lara Bazelon / New York Times:
Man Up, Grassley. Question Blasey Ford Yourself.
Man Up, Grassley. Question Blasey Ford Yourself.
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USA Today:
Third Kavanaugh accuser, a former US Mint employee, ‘100 percent credible,’ Avenatti says
Third Kavanaugh accuser, a former US Mint employee, ‘100 percent credible,’ Avenatti says
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Politico:
White House, GOP point to Democratic ‘resistance’ behind Kavanaugh ‘smear’
White House, GOP point to Democratic ‘resistance’ behind Kavanaugh ‘smear’
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
White House open to public testimony from second Kavanaugh accuser, Sanders says
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
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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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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Democratic Dream: Defeat Kavanaugh, Win the Senate and Stop Trump Supreme Court Picks
The Democratic Dream: Defeat Kavanaugh, Win the Senate and Stop Trump Supreme Court Picks
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
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Kavanaugh Just Played ‘Checkers’ on Fox
Kavanaugh Just Played ‘Checkers’ on Fox
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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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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
New York Times Hid Multiple Key Facts In Kavanaugh Yearbook Hit — A New York Times article scrutinizing inside jokes in the 1983 yearbook of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Georgetown Preparatory School hid multiple problems with its claims. — A New York Times article scrutinizing …
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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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Sarah Sanders won't offer assurances for future of Mueller probe if Rod Rosenstein goes — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders would not offer any assurances that President Trump will allow the special counsel investigation to continue without delay if Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein exits …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: The DOJ's full Rod Rosenstein exit statement
Scoop: The DOJ's full Rod Rosenstein exit statement
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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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Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Ted Cruz Chased Out Of DC Restaurant By Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters — Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz was chased out of a DC restaurant by protesters on Monday night, according to video posted on Twitter. — Two videos were posted by “Smash Racism DC” and they show a large group of protesters chanting …
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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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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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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
NBC News poll: It's neck-and-neck in the Arizona Senate race — Among likely voters, Kyrsten Sinema has 48 percent support compared with 45 percent for Martha McSally, within the poll's margin of error. — WASHINGTON — Arizona's closely watched Senate race is a statistical tie …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
The Evolution of Kyrsten Sinema, from Homeless Child to Senate Candidate
The Evolution of Kyrsten Sinema, from Homeless Child to Senate Candidate
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
There's a suburban tsunami driving 2018 — (CNN)Converging crises are compounding the risk that Republicans could suffer historic 2018 losses in suburban communities that could harden a starkly polarized alignment in American politics. — Precisely as sexual abuse allegations …
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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.
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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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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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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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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