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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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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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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 …
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Conservative Women Are Angry About Kavanaugh—And They Think Other Voters Are, Too — When many conservative women around the country watched Christine Blasey Ford appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, they didn't find her testimony compelling or convincing, as many liberals did.
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: More Believe Ford Than Kavanaugh, A Cultural Shift From 1991 — After a day of wrenching testimony from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford — who has accused him of sexual assault in high school — more Americans say they believe Ford's account over Kavanaugh's denials …
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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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators say FBI report on Kavanaugh allegations imminent — Senators are bracing for the FBI to deliver a report as early as Wednesday afternoon reviewing sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, which would start the countdown for a critical procedural vote on Friday for the high court hopeful.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
After money surge, GOP frets Democrats can ‘buy rage in bulk’ — House Democratic candidates are raising money like never before in the run-up to Election Day — and their record-setting hauls are alarming already anxious Republicans who now worry that a difficult political environment is becoming even worse.
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Reuters:
Opposition to Kavanaugh grows after Senate hearing: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Opposition to Kavanaugh grows after Senate hearing: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Still Closely Divided on Kavanaugh Confirmation
Americans Still Closely Divided on Kavanaugh Confirmation
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
The Man Behind the Brett Kavanaugh Strategy: Don McGahn
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Conservatives should be cautious about letter from Christine Blasey Ford's ex-boyfriend
Conservatives should be cautious about letter from Christine Blasey Ford's ex-boyfriend
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh's anger may be backfiring
Brett Kavanaugh's anger may be backfiring
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CNN:
Friend of Kavanaugh accuser disputes polygraph controversy
Friend of Kavanaugh accuser disputes polygraph controversy
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New York Times:
Swing Republican Senators Condemn Trump's Mockery of Kavanaugh Accuser
Swing Republican Senators Condemn Trump's Mockery of Kavanaugh Accuser
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USA Today:
Republicans plan careful steps to protect secrecy of FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh
Republicans plan careful steps to protect secrecy of FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators use Kavanaugh to beat back 2020 primary challengers
GOP senators use Kavanaugh to beat back 2020 primary challengers
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Wall Street Journal:
Friend Rejects Claim That Ford Helped Her on Polygraph Test
Friend Rejects Claim That Ford Helped Her on Polygraph Test
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C. Ryan Barber / LAW.com:
Law Firm Partner, a Kavanaugh Classmate, Questions Yale Accuser's Claim
Law Firm Partner, a Kavanaugh Classmate, Questions Yale Accuser's Claim
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Horrified Assault Survivors Swarm Washington to Protest Kavanaugh
Horrified Assault Survivors Swarm Washington to Protest Kavanaugh
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
FBI expands inquiry into Ford allegations
FBI expands inquiry into Ford allegations
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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
That Presidential Alert on Your Phone This Afternoon Wasn't Written by Trump
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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.
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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
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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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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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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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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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House Rating Changes: Eight More GOP Seats Move Towards Democrats — Five weeks out, several personally popular Republicans who appeared to be defying the “blue wave” in Clinton-won districts are beginning to see their leads erode. GOP Reps. Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), John Katko (NY-24) …
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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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Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: DEA's Colombia post roiled by misconduct probes — BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — New turmoil has roiled the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's high-profile office in Colombia, where at least three agents have left in recent months amid investigations into alleged misconduct …
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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 …
Study Finds:
Far From United: Political Divide In America The Worst It's Ever Been — EAST LANSING, Mich. — It may not be so hard to believe during this murky political landscape, but a new study finds the divide between Democrats and Republicans is the worst it's ever been, more so than many people may even think.