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Chad Ludington's Statement on Kavanaugh's Drinking and Senate Testimony — Chad Ludington, a Yale classmate of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's who said he often drank with him, issued a statement on Sunday saying the Supreme Court nominee was not truthful about his drinking in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week.
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The Confusion Surrounding the F.B.I.'s Renewed Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh — As the F.B.I. began its investigation this weekend into allegations of sexual misconduct by Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, several people who hope to contribute information …
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ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, CANNONFIRE, Media Matters for America and Eschaton
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Another Trump coverup? Former FBI agents question limits on probe of Kavanaugh. — The White House appears to be playing all kinds of crafty rhetorical games to obscure the answer to a simple question: Has it deliberately placed limits on the scope of the FBI's renewed background check …
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NBC News, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Shakesville and Popular Information
James Comey / New York Times:
The F.B.I. Can Do This — Despite limitations and partisan attacks, the bureau can find out a lot about the Kavanaugh accusations in a week. — Mr. Comey is the former F.B.I. director. — The F.B.I. is back in the middle of it. When we were handed the Hillary Clinton email investigation in 2015 …
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Politico, The Week, The Daily Caller, The Resurgent, HuffPost, RedState, CNN, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Mother Jones and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Democrats Denounce Limits on F.B.I.'s Kavanaugh Inquiry as a ‘Farce’ — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. moved on Sunday to quickly complete an abbreviated investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, even as Democrats demanded more information about the inquiry's scope …
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National Review, CNN, Hit & Run, Raw Story, The Week, Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost, Washington Monthly, Splinter, CBS Denver, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Kavanaugh fight, Democrats move goalposts far, far away — Ask any casual observer what the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation fight is about, and the answer will be the allegation that at a high-school party 36 years ago, when Kavanaugh was 17, he drunkenly forced then-15-year …
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Kavanaugh Said He Had ‘No Connections’ to Yale. He Was, in Fact, a Legacy Student
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The American Conservative and The Intercept
Ryan Lizza / Esquire:
Devin Nunes's Family Farm Is Hiding a Politically Explosive Secret — Rep. Devin Nunes is head of the House Intelligence Committee and one of President Trump's biggest defenders. For years, he's spun himself as a straight talker whose no-BS values are rooted in his family's California dairy farm.
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Raw Story
CBS News:
Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford hearing spurs more division - CBS News Poll — Americans are divided and somewhat more opposed to Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination than in favor of it after hearing Thursday from both Kavanaugh and the woman who has accused him of sexual assault …
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Political Wire and Bloomberg
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Megan Kellr / The Hill:
Flake: If I were running for reelection ‘not a chance’ I'd call for Kavanaugh investigation
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twitchy.com, Washington Post, The Federalist, The Week, The Atlantic and Above the Law
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Brett Kavanaugh is “too big to fail”
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Politico, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly, The Week, twitchy.com and Raw Story
Annie Karni / Politico:
‘This is march or die’: Kavanaugh urged to hit back hard
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Talking Points Memo and Washington Post
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Four in 10 believe allegations against Kavanaugh, three in 10 do not: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Daily Wire
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Sens. Jeff Flake and Chris Coons explain why they decided to delay Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation
Nicole Gaudiano / delawareonline:
Sens. Coons and Flake discuss drama that led to call for FBI probe: ‘It was quite a moment’
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Talking Points Memo and HuffPost
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
A 4-4 court? — This scenario seemed unthinkable a month ago …
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Conservative News Today, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, Townhall and Political Wire
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
The Washington Times settles lawsuit with Seth Rich's brother, issues retraction and apology for its coverage — The Washington Times on Monday issued a lengthy retraction and apology for an editorial it published in March about Aaron Rich, the brother of the slain Democratic National Committee …
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Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Washington Times:
Retraction: Aaron Rich and the murder of Seth Rich — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — The Washington Times published an op-ed column titled, “More cover-up questions: The curious murder of Seth Rich poses questions that just won't stay under the official rug,” by Adm. James Lyons (Ret.) (the “Column” …
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Wall Street Journal and Joe.My.God.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Kavanaugh's recusal problem — DRIVING THE DAY — THOUGHT BUBBLE ... IF BRETT KAVANAUGH is confirmed to the Supreme Court, won't he have to recuse himself from a whole broad swath of cases, based on what he said at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing?
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Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and The Week
Doug Palmer / Politico:
U.S. reaches trade deal with Canada and Mexico, providing Trump a crucial win — Trade ministers from the U.S., Mexico and Canada have reached a deal to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Trump administration announced late Sunday night. — The new pact, which is being called …
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Globe and Mail, Townhall, One America News Network, Scared Monkeys, Axios and Political Wire
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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Canada agrees to join trade accord with U.S. and Mexico, sending new NAFTA deal to Congress — Canada agreed late Sunday to join the trade deal that the United States and Mexico reached last month, meeting negotiators' self-imposed midnight deadline designed to allow the current Mexican president …
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Vox, Reuters, Toronto Star, HuffPost, New York Times, Althouse and twitchy.com
Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
Rachel Mitchell Memo Lists Weaknesses in Ford Claim: READ — Rachel Mitchell, the veteran sex crimes prosecutor from Maricopa County, Arizona who was chosen by the GOP to question Christine Ford and Brett Kavanaugh, sent a memo to Republican senators calling Ford's allegations a “he said, she said” case that “is even weaker than that.”
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The American Conservative, Power Line and Instapundit
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New York Times:
Biden Is Preparing for 2020. Can He Overcome the Hill-Thomas Hearings? — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — At a Democratic rally in a downtown ballroom Sunday evening, Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island spoke vividly about the Senate hearings on the sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh …
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Talking Points Memo
Daily Mail:
Donald Trump Jr. on DailyMailTV: He-said she-said cases harm boys too — Donald Trump Jr. says he-said, she-said sexual assault claims make him fear more for his sons than his daughters. Don Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle gave DailyMailTV their first joint broadcast interview.
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Washington Times, HuffPost, The Daily Beast, No More Mister Nice Blog and Splinter
Politico:
Trump administration sues California over net neutrality law — The decision sets up a high stakes legal bout between the Justice Department and the nation's most populous state. — The Justice Department is suing California to block a recently signed law restoring net neutrality rules …
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Talking Points Memo and The Verge
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Texas governor calls Beto O'Rourke ‘cult-like’ figure — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday described Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) as “cult-like” in the way that he's garnered attention in his bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). — “He's been a cult-like, very popular figure …
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Political Wire, Austin American-Statesman, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com and El Paso Times
Sarahm / Popula:
The Movie Assassin — The Movie Girl — In October 1996, I was 27, a freelance film reviewer at Philadelphia's second best (of two) alt-weeklies and excited to see and review Anthony Minghella's The English Patient. My excitement was not about the movie itself, which I was pretty sure would be mediocre …
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