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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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Reuters:
Opposition to Kavanaugh grows after Senate hearing: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Opposition among Americans to Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, has increased in the wake of his testimony last week before a U.S. Senate committee …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:   Americans Still Closely Divided on Kavanaugh Confirmation
C. Ryan Barber / LAW.com:
Law Firm Partner, a Kavanaugh Classmate, Questions Yale Accuser's Claim
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Horrified Assault Survivors Swarm Washington to Protest Kavanaugh
Fox News:
Christine Blasey Ford ex-boyfriend says she helped friend prep for potential polygraph; Grassley sounds alarm
USA Today:
Republicans plan careful steps to protect secrecy of FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh
Discussion: NTK Network
Prachi Gupta / Jezebel:   I Know Brett Kavanaugh, But I Wouldn't Confirm Him
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
New poll shows that Republicans have become the party of #MeToo backlash
Discussion: Breitbart
Haley Britzky / Axios:
Lindsey Graham says the midterms are now about Kavanaugh
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
The Hard Times:   Tiffany Trump Receives First Ever Text From Father
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 …
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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.
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.
Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:   Trump Bets Kavanaugh Fight Will Fire Up GOP Voters
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Rachel Mitchell expertly eviscerates the case against Kavanaugh
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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Justin Wise / The Hill:   New York State Tax Department reviewing Trump tax scheme allegations
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump rips into The New York Times over tax schemes report
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
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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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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 …
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers' Bizarre New Mascot, Is Antifa Now  —  Anti-fascists have claimed the NHL's new orange Muppet as their own anti-Trump.  —  “Gritty,” the wild-eyed, Muppet-looking mascot of Philadelphia Flyers is an anti-fascist now, and there's nothing you can do about it, anti-fascists say.
Discussion: Billy Penn
 
 
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kvpr.org:
A Look Inside The 40-Page Nunes Mailer Targeting The Fresno Bee
Discussion: Mother Jones
PRRI:
Partisanship Trumps Gender: Sexual Harassment, Woman Candidates, Access to Contraception …
Discussion: Salon, Rewire.News and Vox
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
How the Kavanaugh Fight Will Shape Our Politics
Discussion: Instapundit
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US terminates 1955 treaty with Iran after UN court ruling
Discussion: Reuters and Shakesville
 Earlier Items: 
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus Chairman says ‘strong suggestion’ undercover FBI sources taped Trump campaign
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Small GOP Lead in CD01
Harriet Sherwood / The Guardian:
The chosen one? The new film that claims Trump's election was an act of God
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP gloom: Republicans predict House majority will be swept away by Democratic ‘spending tsunami’
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Molly McKew / Wired:
BRETT KAVANAUGH AND THE INFORMATION TERRORISTS TRYING TO RESHAPE AMERICA
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Conservative Group Wants You to Believe Iran's President Endorsed Beto O'Rourke
Discussion: New Republic, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
New York Times:
Kavanaugh's 1983 Letter Offers Inside Look at High School Clique
 

 
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