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Suppressed Blasey Ford Yearbooks Reveal Fast Times at Holton-Arms — Democrats plan at Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to use the high school yearbooks of embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, which they say imply he and his prep school pals regularly got drunk …
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Silence on Wall Street. Tears in a retirement home. The country watches, transfixed, as Ford tells her story. — LAKE WORTH, Fla. — “It looks like she's crying,” Hilda Darkins said, as several retirees around her dabbed their own eyes. “Who can blame her?”
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Senate probing new allegation of misconduct against Kavanaugh — Supreme Court Nominee has been asked privately about an accusation of physical assault, sources tell NBC News. — WASHINGTON —The Senate Judiciary Committee is inquiring about at least one additional allegation of misconduct …
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I'm from Kavanaugh's elitist world. I know how prep-school privilege buries secrets. — Students attending Washington-area prep schools are groomed to be society's leaders. But a blemishless record speaks more to secrecy than integrity. — CONNECT — The whores on the hill.


GOP governors call for delaying Kavanaugh vote — Four Republican governors have called for the Senate to take its time with or even forgo a vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill to examine sexual assault allegations against him.
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This Revolution, Too, Will Eat Its Children — What this frenzied national inquest means for our civic culture. — It wasn't long ago that Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court hinged, as it must, on his qualifications as a judge. Then, necessarily, it became a question of his fitness as a man.


Two Men Told Senate Staffers They Had “The Encounter” With Christine Blasey Ford, Not Brett Kavanaugh — WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee staff interviewed two men who said they believed that they, and not US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, had “the encounter” …
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Ex-boyfriend filed restraining order against third Kavanaugh accuser — Julie Swetnick, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a friend of attending house parties where women — including herself — were sexually assaulted, had a restraining order filed against her years later in Miami by her former boyfriend.
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Christine Blasey Ford Reluctantly Takes the Stage as Republicans Step Back — WASHINGTON — She was nervous as anyone would be describing perhaps the worst evening of her life. Her voice at times was high, her manner solicitous. And for a moment, it was possible to hear that 15-year-old girl trying …
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Tapper: There Is No Corroborating Evidence for Any of the Charges Against Kavanaugh — CNN anchor Jake Tapper noted Thursday there is “no contemporaneous, corroborating evidence” for any of the sexual misconduct allegations made against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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This Hearing Is Stacked Against Christine Blasey Ford — It is almost unthinkable that there will be a second Supreme Court justice taking his seat under suspicions of perjury and sexual misconduct. — Ms. Abramson is a former executive editor of The Times and author, with Jane Mayer …
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The Fear Driving Conservative Support for Kavanaugh — It's remarkable: The more women accuse of Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, the more committed to his confirmation conservatives become. On Monday, after Deborah Ramirez became the second woman to accuse Kavanaugh of wrongdoing …
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Toxic Bro Culture Finally Found a News Peg
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Ford questioning leaves some Trump allies cringing
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Men Are Defending Brett Kavanaugh Because They're Afraid
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Kavanaugh “hopping mad” ahead of hearing
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A field guide to the legal teams at Kavanaugh's hearing
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President Trump's Surreal News Conference Didn't Do Kavanaugh Any Favors
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Kavanaugh confirmation controversy spilling into House races, and Republicans are worried
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Christine Blasey Ford testifies she is “100 percent” sure Kavanaugh assaulted her — live updates
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Democrat apologizes for fundraising off Kavanaugh allegations
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READ: Christine Blasey Ford's Opening Statement For Senate Hearing
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Kavanaugh hearing: Gov. Scott says Senate must ‘get it right’ on sex assault allegations
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First Republican calls for FBI to investigate Kavanaugh
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EXCLUSIVE: Julie Swetnick Meets With John Heilemann | THE CIRCUS | SHOWTIME
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Ginsburg cheers on #MeToo movement in advance of Kavanaugh-Ford hearing
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Bill Clinton accuser to make Capitol Hill appearance in support of Kavanaugh
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Man Apologizes For Claiming Kavanaugh Sexually Assaulted His Friend, Says He ‘Made A Mistake’
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Kavanaugh questioned about Rhode Island sexual assault allegation
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POLITICO Playbook: Where things stand on Kavanaugh
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Two men tell Senate that they, not Kavanaugh, assaulted Ford
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BREAKING: KAVANAUGH ACCUSER CALLED FOR MILITARY COUP AGAINST TRUMP, ACCUSED HIM OF ‘MANSLAUGHTER’
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No Standards: NBC News' latest charge shows that the media will report any allegation against Kavanaugh, however thin
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‘Give it to me’: Trump lets loose with 81 minutes of bluster, falsehoods and insults
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'This guy doesn't know anything': the inside story of Trump's shambolic transition team — Chris Christie noticed a piece in the New York Times - that's how it all started. The New Jersey governor had dropped out of the presidential race in February 2016 and thrown what support he had behind Donald Trump.
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U.S. court upholds Louisiana restriction on abortion clinics — AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Louisiana provision that requires doctors who perform abortions in the state to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
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Bill Clinton's Rape Accuser Is at Kavanaugh Hearing and Highlighting Democrat's “Believe Women” Double Standard
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Indicted Incumbent Leads in CD50 — 1-in-10 voters think Hunter is guilty but still support him — West Long Branch, NJ - Republican incumbent Duncan Hunter holds a sizable lead over Democratic challenger Ammar Campa-Najjar in the race for California's 50th Congressional District, according to the Monmouth University Poll.
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Trump claims he rejected a meeting with Trudeau over NAFTA — but Canada says it never asked to meet — President Donald Trump says he declined a one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the United Nations General Assembly. — President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday …
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Fact check: 8 things Trump got wrong at his news conference
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Massive House Map Continues to Grow — Recent polling and new TV ad reservations suggest an expanding battlefield with 40 days until the midterms. — Ally Mutnick — Democrats are finding compelling evidence that a new set of Republican-held seats are becoming increasingly competitive, stretching an already expansive map.