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Bloomberg:
FBI Lacks White House Approval to Talk to Kavanaugh and Ford, Sources Say — White House views Senate testimony as sufficient, people say — Sanders says Senate to ‘make the determination of the scope’ — The FBI hasn't interviewed Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh …
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Amid Kavanaugh Confirmation Battle, Democratic Enthusiasm Edge Evaporates — Just over a month away from critical elections across the country, the wide Democratic enthusiasm advantage that has defined the 2018 campaign up to this point has disappeared, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
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NBC News:
Dozens of potential sources of information have not been contacted by the FBI in Kavanaugh investigation — With the investigation winding down, multiple individuals who have tried to contact the bureau have not heard back. — WASHINGTON — More than 40 people with potential information …
Margot Cleveland / USA Today:
Christine Blasey Ford's changing Kavanaugh assault story leaves her short on credibility — Put aside Christine Blasey Ford's emotional performance. Her testimony revealed her as a witness whose memories change at her convenience. — CONNECT — When Christine Blasey Ford testified …
Connie Chung / Washington Post:
Dear Christine Blasey Ford: I, too, was sexually assaulted — and it's seared into my memory forever — Connie Chung is a broadcast journalist. — Dear Christine Blasey Ford, — I, too, was sexually assaulted — not 36 years ago but about 50 years ago. I have kept my dirty little secret to myself.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh's anger may be backfiring — Brett M. Kavanaugh will still probably be confirmed to the Supreme Court. But it's becoming increasingly clear that he damaged himself with last week's angry appearance in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Conservatives should be cautious about letter from Christine Blasey Ford's ex-boyfriend — Conservatives lit up Tuesday night when Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee released a letter claiming to be from an ex-boyfriend of Christine Blasey Ford that undermined her testimony against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
FBI expands inquiry into Ford allegations — (CNN)The FBI is expanding its inquiry into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh beyond the initial four interviews that the White House directed to be conducted. — The efforts come as anticipation builds …
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Reuters:
Opposition to Kavanaugh grows after Senate hearing: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators say FBI report on Kavanaugh allegations imminent
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Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:
Michael Avenatti Releases New Statement from Unidentified Witness Alleging ‘Inappropriate Conduct’ by Kavanaugh
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C. Ryan Barber / LAW.com:
Law Firm Partner, a Kavanaugh Classmate, Questions Yale Accuser's Claim
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Just Security, HuffPost and CBS News
Wall Street Journal:
Friend Rejects Claim That Ford Helped Her on Polygraph Test
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CNN:
Friend of Kavanaugh accuser disputes polygraph controversy
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators use Kavanaugh to beat back 2020 primary challengers
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USA Today:
Republicans plan careful steps to protect secrecy of FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Horrified Assault Survivors Swarm Washington to Protest Kavanaugh
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New York Times:
Swing Republican Senators Condemn Trump's Mockery of Kavanaugh Accuser
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Conservative Women Are Angry About Kavanaugh—And They Think Other Voters Are, Too
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
New poll shows that Republicans have become the party of #MeToo backlash
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Fox News:
Christine Blasey Ford ex-boyfriend says she helped friend prep for potential polygraph; Grassley sounds alarm
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
QAnoners Cheer Trump's Text Alert Test, See It As a Step Towards Martial Law — ‘That is how we will receive orders if all else fails.’ — Phones across the country buzzed Wednesday afternoon for the first national test of FEMA's presidential-level emergency alert system.
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USA Today:
A presidential alert test from FEMA is coming to your cellphone. But can you turn it off? — Cellphones across the United States will be buzzing in unison Wednesday with a special test message from the Trump administration. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency will conduct a test …
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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
That Presidential Alert on Your Phone This Afternoon Wasn't Written by Trump
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Melina Delkic / New York Times:
How Times Journalists Uncovered the Original Source of the President's Wealth — Three reporters spent over a year digging through more than 100,000 pages of documents and chasing down key sources familiar with President Trump's father and his empire. — Times Insider delivers behind …
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Michael D'Antonio / CNN:
Trump is exposed as the fraud that he is
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Even Inherited His Self-Made Myth
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Washington Post, Vox, New York Times, New Republic and Raw Story
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump rips into The New York Times over tax schemes report
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Areo:
Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship — This essay, although hopefully accessible to everyone, is the most thorough breakdown of the study and written for those who are already somewhat familiar with the problems of ideologically-motivated scholarship, radical skepticism and cultural constructivism.
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Jillian Kay Melchior / Wall Street Journal:
Fake News Comes to Academia
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Meritocracy Against Itself — How Ivy League resentments took over the Kavanaugh debate. — A week ago, Elizabeth Bruenig of The Washington Post wrote a column about the dreadful feeling of being yanked back, thanks to the allegations of teenage sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh …
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National Review and The American Conservative
Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed News:
This Ohio Woman's Run-In With The FBI Gives Us A Window Into Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia Probe — WASHINGTON — Cassandra Ford tends to stay online late into the evening and then sleep in. So when two FBI agents dispatched by special counsel Robert Mueller's office pounded on her boyfriend's door …
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Raw Story
James D. Melville Jr / Washington Post:
I stepped down as U.S. ambassador to Estonia. Here's why. — James D. Melville Jr. is a former member of the U.S. Foreign Service who served as ambassador to Estonia from 2015 until his resignation in July. — When you serve as U.S. ambassador to a foreign capital, you represent your country, of course.
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Chris Christie on early Trump problems: ‘I probably could have prevented 75 percent of them’ — Chris Christie, 56, is the former governor of New Jersey and was a Republican candidate for president in the 2016 primary elections. — Corey Lewandowski recently said that President Trump got off …
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Mediaite
YouTube:
VICE | Official Trailer — IN THEATERS CHRISTMAS. VICE explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-Pre...
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
The silencing of Jamal Khashoggi — “I never wanted to be labeled as an exiled dissident,” Jamal Khashoggi often tells me. When we meet in person or chat over WhatsApp, Jamal's mission is very clear: He just wants to write and be a journalist. As his editor, I can say that what comes through …
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Chloe Melas / CNN:
CBS executive placed on leave following allegations of sexual and homophobic language in the workplace — (CNN)A CBS executive has been placed on leave after multiple individuals spoke to CNN accusing the senior vice president of talent for CBS Televisions Studios, Vincent “Vinnie” Favale …
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