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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Friend Rejects Claim That Ford Helped Her on Polygraph Test  —  Monica McLean, a friend of Christine Blasey Ford, rejected the assertion that Dr. Ford had coached her on how to take a polygraph test, as alleged by a former boyfriend of Dr. Ford in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:
Michael Avenatti Releases New Statement from Unidentified Witness Alleging ‘Inappropriate Conduct’ by Kavanaugh  —  Attorney Michael Avenatti has released another sworn statement from someone claiming to have knowledge of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh misbehaving at parties when he was in high school.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Still Closely Divided on Kavanaugh Confirmation  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — During a week in which Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh defended himself before the Senate against sexual assault allegations, a growing percentage of Americans now have an opinion about whether he should be confirmed.
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
USA Today:
Republicans plan careful steps to protect secrecy of FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh
Discussion: NTK Network
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Conservatives should be cautious about letter from Christine Blasey Ford's ex-boyfriend
Prachi Gupta / Jezebel:   I Know Brett Kavanaugh, But I Wouldn't Confirm Him
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.
Fox News:
Christine Blasey Ford ex-boyfriend says she helped friend prep for potential polygraph; Grassley sounds alarm
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 Donald Trump
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators use Kavanaugh to beat back 2020 primary challengers  —  Senate Republicans are making an aggressive play to ward off primary challenges in 2020, digging in behind embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and showing the GOP base that they are fighting on behalf of President Donald Trump's court pick.
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Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:   Trump Bets Kavanaugh Fight Will Fire Up GOP Voters
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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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 …
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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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
YouTube:
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
New poll shows that Republicans have become the party of #MeToo backlash  —  A majority of Republicans would support a candidate whom multiple women have accused of sexual assault (again).  —  A new poll is the latest evidence of a dramatic partisan breakdown over what to do about sexual assault allegations …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Haley Britzky / Axios:
Lindsey Graham says the midterms are now about Kavanaugh
Discussion: Political Wire
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Small GOP Lead in CD01  —  Positive views of incumbent overcome Dem-leaning environment  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The contest in Pennsylvania's newly drawn 1st Congressional District remains tight, but Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick has inched ahead of Democratic challenger Scott Wallace …
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
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
New York Times:
Kavanaugh's 1983 Letter Offers Inside Look at High School Clique  —  The beachfront property was rented, the guests were invited and an ever-organized Brett M. Kavanaugh had some advice for the seven Georgetown Preparatory School classmates who would be joining him for the weeklong escapade.
Molly McKew / Wired:
BRETT KAVANAUGH AND THE INFORMATION TERRORISTS TRYING TO RESHAPE AMERICA  —  The network architecture built in Gamergate helped propel Trump to the presidency and fuel conspiracies like Pizzagate and QAnon.  Now it's backing Brett Kavanaugh.  —  SINCE THE ADVENT of Donald Trump's candidacy …
 
 
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PRRI:
Partisanship Trumps Gender: Sexual Harassment, Woman Candidates, Access to Contraception …
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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
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 Earlier Items: 
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Sanders to launch new plan to break up Wall Street giants, including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus Chairman says ‘strong suggestion’ undercover FBI sources taped Trump campaign
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:
Campus mob enraged by ‘Confirm Kavanaugh’ display (VIDEO)
Discussion: Chicks On The Right and Daily Wire
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’
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Conservative Group Wants You to Believe Iran's President Endorsed Beto O'Rourke
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Axios:
Trump's 2020 dreams  —  President Trump is increasingly fantasizing …
 

 
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