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Kevin Wallevand / WDAY-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: Heitkamp reveals Kavanaugh vote and reasoning to WDAY News — FARGO — U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp will vote NO on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination. — Heitkamp sat down exclusively with WDAY News to share what she will do when the U.S. Senate votes …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
For Once, I'm Grateful for Trump — In the president, one big bully stands up to others. — For the first time since Donald Trump entered the political fray, I find myself grateful that he's in it. I'm reluctant to admit it and astonished to say it, especially since …
Dow Jones Newswires:
White House Finds No Corroboration of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Kavanaugh in FBI Report — It is unclear whether White House had finalized its review of FBI interview reports — WASHINGTON—The White House has found no corroboration of the allegations of sexual misconduct …
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New Yorker:
The F.B.I. Probe Ignored Testimonies from Former Classmates of Kavanaugh — Frustrated potential witnesses who have been unable to speak with the F.B.I agents conducting the investigation into sexual-assault allegations against Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Flake: No corroboration for Ford's claims in FBI report — Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), a key swing Republican vote, said Thursday that a new FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh has failed to corroborate Christine Blasey Ford's allegation of sexual assault against the Supreme Court nominee.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans' misogyny will come back to haunt them — Republicans under President Trump have adopted a distinct political methodology evocative of autocratic regimes: Eschew rationality and facts, whip up hate, play to the mob. They cannot make winning, rational arguments on immigration …
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Real Reason the White House Told the FBI Not to Interview Christine Blasey Ford? — The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have a theory. … On Wednesday night, the lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford responded sharply to the news that the Trump White House had blocked the FBI …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is Kavanaugh Helping Republicans' Midterm Chances? — In midterm elections, with different candidates on the ballot in every state and district, it's rare to see the sort of sharp, turn-on-a-dime shifts in the polls that we frequently saw during the 2016 presidential election, for example.
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Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Time magazine puts Christine Blasey Ford on the cover — New York (CNN Business)Christine Blasey Ford is on the cover of this week's Time magazine. But it's not a photograph of Ford; it's an illustration of the words and phrases from her testimony arranged into a striking image of her taking an oath.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Here's a list of people the FBI did NOT interview. Okay with this, Flake and Collins? — The White House and Republicans have announced that the FBI's reopened background check investigation into new accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh has been delivered to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Never Conservatives — The Kavanaugh fight isn't about Trump. We're all deplorables now. — The Editorial Board — Donald Trump didn't help Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation with his crude mockery of Christine Blasey Ford on Tuesday night in Tennessee, but then this Supreme Court moshpit isn't about this President.
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Kavanaugh latest: Sen. Collins, a key GOP vote, says FBI investigation appears ‘very thorough’
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Axios:
An October surprise: The Brett bounce
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Manchin stays on the fence during Kavanaugh battle
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James Roche / Slate:
I Was Brett Kavanaugh's College Roommate
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
'I don't think their mother breast-fed them': GOP senator attacks Democrats who oppose Kavanaugh
NBC News:
FBI confidential Kavanaugh report handed to White House, Senate
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Sinéad Baker / Business Insider:
The FBI reportedly interviewed only 9 people about the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
How Jeff Flake's One-Week Delay Helped Clear Brett Kavanaugh's Name
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Brandon Morse / RedState:
It's Over: Flake And Collins Agree Kavanaugh FBI Report Is Good As Democrats Leave Chuck Schumer's Office “Stone-Faced”
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Another big Mitch McConnell Supreme Court gamble looks set to pay off
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: How Senate Republicans could win the battle and the war on Kavanaugh
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Dishing up lies while proclaiming the love of facts, Trump and Sarah Sanders gaslight America
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Collins: “It appears to be a very thorough investigation”
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
As FBI background check of Kavanaugh nears its end, probe appears to have been highly curtailed
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Have Decided to Ignore All of Brett Kavanaugh's Lies
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Phil Mattingly / CNN:
The single copy of the FBI's Kavanaugh report is behind closed doors. Here's what senators have to do to see it
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Bloomberg:
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies — In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help with a major expansion of its streaming video service, known today as Amazon Prime Video.
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Kate Fazzini / CNBC:
Chinese spy chips are found in hardware used by Apple, Amazon, Bloomberg says; Apple, AWS say no way
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Andrew Seidman / Philly.com:
Alex Trebek apologizes for his performance as moderator of Pa. Gov. debate — Alex Trebek, the Jeopardy! host roundly criticized for his Monday night performance as moderator of the lone Pennsylvania gubernatorial debate this fall, apologized Wednesday, saying he had “failed to recognize the seriousness of the event for the voters.”
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Colin Dwyer / NPR:
Here Are The Winners Of The 2018 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants — What could possibly bring together a painter, an economist, a pastor and a planetary scientist? If you ask the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the answer is simpler than you may think: They've all shown creativity …
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Russian Official Linked to Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Trump Tower Lawyer, Is Dead — Russia's Deputy Attorney General Saak Karapetyan was exposed this year for running a foreign recruitment operation with Natalia Veselnitskaya. — A Russian official accused of directing the foreign operations …
Julián Aguilar / The Texas Tribune:
Beto O'Rourke on possible endorsement from Obama: “I don't think we're interested.” — Former President Barack Obama has endorsed nearly a dozen Texas Democrats so far this election year. But Beto O'Rourke isn't one of them. On Thursday the border Democrat said that was fine by him.
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Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Senate: Rating Changes in Four Races — Two things tend to happen in the final weeks of an election cycle: a few races that we've been watching become more competitive while others that had the potential to become very close recede to safer columns for the party holding the seats.
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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump, GOP Get A Big Kavanaugh Bounce — IBD/TIPP Poll — The Democrats' all-out attack on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, which culminated in a blisteringly partisan hearing last Thursday, may have backfired on the party just before the November elections.
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305 Car Registrations May Point to Massive GRU Security Breach — In an unprecedented step, the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) and the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice on October 4, 2018 disclosed the identities under which four Russian individuals …
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Daily Mail:
Latest From MailOnline … - A weary-looking Leland Keyser was seen for the first time since Christine Ford named her as a corroborating witness to claims Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her — Keyser, 52, whom Ford described as her ‘best friend’ at Holton-Arms preparatory school in Bethesda …
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Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times:
The busboy who tried to help a wounded Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 dies. His life was haunted by the violence — Juan Romero struggled for decades with a memory he could not escape. — He left Los Angeles and moved to Wyoming, later came back west and settled in San Jose, raised a family and devoted himself to construction work.
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
A Former Obama Operative Built a New Anti-Republican Attack Machine — One evening in September, Tanya, a consultant at a big New York firm, was on her laptop scrutinizing public records and reading posts on VKontakte, the Russian social network, involving Representative Dana Rohrabacher, the Republican congressman from California.
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Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times Names Julia Turner Deputy Managing Editor, Overseeing Arts and Entertainment Coverage — The Los Angeles Times named Julia Turner its deputy managing editor responsible for Arts and Entertainment coverage. Turner will report to Kimi Yoshino, who was recently promoted to Senior Deputy Managing Editor.
Haley Sweetland Edwards / TIME:
How Christine Blasey Ford's Testimony Changed America — History often seems inexorable in hindsight, shaped by powerful figures operating beyond our control. But when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford walked in to face the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 27, raised her right hand and swore to tell the truth …
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