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Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
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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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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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Kavanaugh hearing live updates: ‘I am terrified’ says an emotional Christine Blasey Ford — Now underway, Judge Brett Kavanaugh and professor Christine Blasey Ford face questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. — The stakes are high: a lifetime appointment to the swing seat on the Supreme Court.
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Politico:
Graham erupts in anger at Kavanaugh hearing — Lindsey Graham had had enough. — The South Carolina Republican erupted in anger during his turn to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday, marking a pivotal turn away from the GOP's previously measured attempt to rely …
Jesus Rodriguez / Politico:
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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Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump thrilled by Kavanaugh's angry defiance — President Donald Trump and his aides were ebullient Thursday as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh defiantly rejected charges of sexual misconduct — a mood that reflected some relief after Trump officials conceded that his accuser …
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CNN:
Graham tells rape victim who asked if he believes her, “Go to the cops” — As Senator Lindsey Graham was heading to the elevator after a lengthy and angry exchange with us reporters trailing him in the hallway, a young woman approached him. She was waiting for him by the elevator.
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Politico:
GOP senators: Outside Ford questioner was a mistake — Senate Republicans are second-guessing the decision to bring in a female prosecutor to question Christine Blasey Ford — as well as the format for questioning the witness — believing the move may have backfired on them.
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
What Mark Judge's Absence Reveals — The strongest evidence that Senate Republicans want to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the nation's highest court, regardless of what he may have done, was the conspicuous absence of Mark Judge from the hearing they held on Thursday.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh just got remarkably angry — and political — for a Supreme Court nominee — Before delivering his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh assured us that only one other person had seen it. But it was as if it had been approved by President Trump himself.
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Deirdre M. Bowen / USA Today:
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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Kavanaugh Monitoring Hearing From Elsewhere — Among those watching Dr. Ford's testimony was Judge Kavanaugh, a committee aide said, from a monitor in another room in the Dirksen Senate Building, where he awaits the opportunity to tell his side of the story later today.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
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.
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Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:
Kavanaugh FIGHTS BACK in Opening Statement
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Mitchell Has About 15 Minutes to Go — Three Republican …
Mitchell Has About 15 Minutes to Go — Three Republican …
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Elizabeth Landers / CNN:
Republican senator on Kavanaugh accuser: 'She's an attractive, good witness'
Republican senator on Kavanaugh accuser: 'She's an attractive, good witness'
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Mark Judge's book validates Christine Blasey Ford's timeline of the alleged Kavanaugh assault
Mark Judge's book validates Christine Blasey Ford's timeline of the alleged Kavanaugh assault
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Emma Dumain / The State:
Lindsey Graham gets angry, defends Kavanaugh during emotional hearing
Lindsey Graham gets angry, defends Kavanaugh during emotional hearing
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Jack Crowe / National Review:
Ford Admits She Flies Often after Citing Fear of Flying to Delay Hearing
Ford Admits She Flies Often after Citing Fear of Flying to Delay Hearing
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Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Two men tell Senate that they, not Kavanaugh, assaulted Ford
Two men tell Senate that they, not Kavanaugh, assaulted Ford
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Tapper: There Is No Corroborating Evidence for Any of the Charges Against Kavanaugh
Tapper: There Is No Corroborating Evidence for Any of the Charges Against Kavanaugh
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump delays Rosenstein meeting, leaving future of Mueller boss uncertain
Trump delays Rosenstein meeting, leaving future of Mueller boss uncertain
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Christine Blasey Ford Reluctantly Takes the Stage as Republicans Step Back
Christine Blasey Ford Reluctantly Takes the Stage as Republicans Step Back
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The Fear Driving Conservative Support for Kavanaugh
The Fear Driving Conservative Support for Kavanaugh
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh hearing: Supreme Court nominee insists on his innocence, calls process ‘national disgrace’
Kavanaugh hearing: Supreme Court nominee insists on his innocence, calls process ‘national disgrace’
Eve Peyser / VICE:
Men Are Defending Brett Kavanaugh Because They're Afraid
Men Are Defending Brett Kavanaugh Because They're Afraid
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Debunking 5 (More) Viral Rumors About Kavanaugh's Accusers
Debunking 5 (More) Viral Rumors About Kavanaugh's Accusers
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Kavanaugh confirmation controversy spilling into House races, and Republicans are worried
Kavanaugh confirmation controversy spilling into House races, and Republicans are worried
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Kavanaugh “hopping mad” ahead of hearing
Kavanaugh “hopping mad” ahead of hearing
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CBS News:
Christine Blasey Ford testifies she is “100 percent” sure Kavanaugh assaulted her — live updates
Christine Blasey Ford testifies she is “100 percent” sure Kavanaugh assaulted her — live updates
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Two Men Told Senate Staffers They Had “The Encounter” With Christine Blasey Ford, Not Brett Kavanaugh
Two Men Told Senate Staffers They Had “The Encounter” With Christine Blasey Ford, Not Brett Kavanaugh
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Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
President Trump's Surreal News Conference Didn't Do Kavanaugh Any Favors
President Trump's Surreal News Conference Didn't Do Kavanaugh Any Favors
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Jill Abramson / New York Times:
This Hearing Is Stacked Against Christine Blasey Ford
This Hearing Is Stacked Against Christine Blasey Ford
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Michael Lewis / The Guardian:
'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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David French / National Review:
Ford's Testimony Has Changed Everything and Nothing — A few days ago I was on Slate's Gabfest podcast and in a back-and-forth with the New York Times' Emily Bazelon about Dr. Ford's potential testimony, when I noted that live testimony can transform the dynamics of any dispute.
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Fancy Bear, the Russian Election Hackers, Have a Nasty New Weapon — If Putin's new malware hits you, don't bother wiping your hard drive. Just throw out your computer. — Russia's GRU has secretly developed and deployed new malware that's virtually impossible to eradicate …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: ‘100 PERCENT’ — THERE ARE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS who are already hoping that the White House will pull BRETT KAVANAUGH'S Supreme Court nomination — “today,” as one put it to us. “Total disaster,” as another senior Republican told us.
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