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Wall Street Journal:
Grassley Says Workload Discourages Women Senators From Joining Judiciary Panel, Then Walks Back Remark — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) predicted that there would be more Republican women on his panel next year, after suggesting that the panel's workload was a deterrent.
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Friend of Dr. Ford Felt Pressure to Revisit Statement — At issue is statement to committee that she knew nothing about alleged sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh. — A friend of Christine Blasey Ford told FBI investigators that she felt pressured by Dr. Ford's allies to revisit …
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New York Times:
House Democrat Promises Kavanaugh Investigation if Party Wins Control — Representative Jerrold Nadler said he was prepared to look into accusations of sexual misconduct and perjury. — Trump Claims, Without Evidence, That Kavanaugh Protesters Were Paid — The president derided women protesting …
Washington Post:
Senate votes 51 to 49 to advance Kavanaugh nomination to the Supreme Court — The Senate advanced Brett M. Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination in a key procedual vote Friday morning, putting him one step closer to confirmation and ending a deeply partisan and rancorous fight.
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The Daily Beast:
Top Dem Super PAC Backs Away From Phil Bredesen for Backing Kavanaugh — One of the top Democratic aligned super PACs says it will no longer consider helping Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen in Tennessee's Senate race after Bredesen announced his support for Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren's new, tantalizing claim about Kavanaugh shows what utter madness this is — One of the most infuriating aspects of this whole Kavanaugh saga is the degree to which we are flying blind about some of the most fundamental points of disagreement at its core.
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CBS News:
Collins to announce Kavanaugh vote in floor speech — live updates — Judge Brett Kavanaugh will get a final Senate floor vote, after enough senators voted to advance his nomination Friday. The final vote was 51 to 49. — Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, one of four undecided key senators …
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Senator Susan Collins:
Senator Collins Announces She Will Vote to Confirm Judge Kavanaugh — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) delivered remarks from the Senate floor this afternoon to announce her decision to vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Matt Vespa / Townhall:
We're Clear: We Have The Votes; UPDATE: Manchin To Back Kavanaugh — UPDATE: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) announces she will be voting to confirm Kavanaugh. With Manchin, we have 51 votes. That's the ball game. … Well, unless something big happens, it looks like Judge Brett Kavanaugh …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Murkowski: Kavanaugh ‘good man’ but maybe ‘not the right man for the court’
Murkowski: Kavanaugh ‘good man’ but maybe ‘not the right man for the court’
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Michael Lista / New Yorker:
The Tears of Brett Kavanaugh
The Tears of Brett Kavanaugh
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Collins backs Kavanaugh, all but assuring confirmation
Collins backs Kavanaugh, all but assuring confirmation
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Wall Street Journal:
Bar Association's Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary Reopens Evaluation of Kavanaugh
Bar Association's Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary Reopens Evaluation of Kavanaugh
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David Brooks / New York Times:
A Complete National Disgrace
A Complete National Disgrace
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Wall Street Journal:
Murkowski: Kavanaugh a Good Man But ‘Not the Best Man for the Court at This Time’
Murkowski: Kavanaugh a Good Man But ‘Not the Best Man for the Court at This Time’
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Sen. Durbin on Kavanaugh: I'll never forget the “fire in his eyes”
Sen. Durbin on Kavanaugh: I'll never forget the “fire in his eyes”
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Quin Hillyer / National Review:
Lisa Murkowski Should ‘Pair No’ with Steve Daines's ‘Paired Yes’
Lisa Murkowski Should ‘Pair No’ with Steve Daines's ‘Paired Yes’
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Stephanie Gutmann / USA Today:
Democrats' big miscalculation: Conservative women like me won't abandon Brett Kavanaugh
Democrats' big miscalculation: Conservative women like me won't abandon Brett Kavanaugh
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Tim Kenneally / The Wrap:
Kathy Griffin Snipes at Michael Moore Over ‘Stop Hoping’ Tweet: ‘Michael...WE LOST’
Kathy Griffin Snipes at Michael Moore Over ‘Stop Hoping’ Tweet: ‘Michael...WE LOST’
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this? — Lindsey Graham learned the benefits of acting audaciously at a young age. — As a boy, no older than 6, he hung around his mom and dad's bar in Central, S.C., dressing up as a cowboy and yukking it up with drunks for laughs.
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Don Palmerine / Washington Post:
I watched a rape. For five decades, I did nothing. — Many men have stories to tell and confessions to make. This is mine. — Don Palmerine is a former reporter and columnist living in Pittsburgh. — I was both an observer and a participant in a teenage rape.
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The War That Never Ends — The vote on Brett Kavanaugh is likely to be taken this weekend. But, the impact of the battle over his confirmation is likely to have short and long-term consequences. — As for the short term, the consensus seems to be building among both Democratic …
Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Governors: Rating Changes Four States — If political geography is helping Senate Republicans, it isn't doing much for the party's quest to hold their losses in gubernatorial contests to a minimum. There are a handful of races in very red states that have inched from the Likely …
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Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
The Worst Job in American Politics
The Worst Job in American Politics
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Kathleen Culliton / Park Slope, NY Patch:
'I'm Doing My Workout,' Mayor Tells Homeless Woman Seeking Help — Video shows Mayor Bill de Blasio told 72-year-old Nathylin Flowers Adesegun, “I can't do this now.”
Rep. Eric Swalwell / Fresno Bee:
Nunes buried evidence on Russian meddling to protect Trump. I know because I'm on the committee — No one really expected President Donald Trump, who benefited from Russia's 2016 election interference, to counter that hostile regime's active measures: Russia wanted him to win, and when they hacked, he invited them to hack more.
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Christopher R. Browning / The New York Review of Books:
The Suffocation of Democracy — As a historian specializing in the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, and Europe in the era of the world wars, I have been repeatedly asked about the degree to which the current situation in the United States resembles the interwar period and the rise of fascism in Europe.
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Associated Press:
American Bar Association reopens Kavanaugh evaluation — WASHINGTON — The nation's largest legal organization is reopening its evaluation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh based on his performance during a Senate hearing last week. — The American Bar Association's Standing Committee …
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Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
The battle over accusations goes on as Kavanaugh nomination advances — Kavanaugh classmates ignored by the FBI speak out, reveal new text message. — WASHINGTON — As Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, closed out his executive summary of allegations of sexual misconduct …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Here's how much Americans trust 38 major news organizations (hint: not all that much!) — About 13 percent of Americans don't trust any news outlet at all. (They went 2-to-1 for Trump in 2016.) — Surveys about “media trust” suffer from a definitional problem.
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Eren Orbey / New Yorker:
Aziz Ansari's New Standup Tour Is a Cry Against Extreme Wokeness — Last week, in Connecticut, at a stop on the comedian Aziz Ansari's comeback tour, ticket holders were told to lock away their electronic devices before entering the venue. At the door, ushers sealed smartphones …
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Bloomberg:
Bloomberg Terminal Demo Request — The headlines alone are dizzying. Since the New York Times reported allegations of serial predation by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein a year ago, at least 425 prominent people across industries have been publicly accused of sexual misconduct …
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Camille Paglia / Hollywood Reporter:
The Rise of “Strangely Unsexy” Instagram Exhibitionism — And Why It Hurts Women (Guest Column) — The pro-sex pop-culture academic contends that misguided posts and Hollywood ignorance plague the current generation: “It's time for a major rethink of women's self-presentation.” — Welcome to the flesh parade!
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Katie Heaney / The Cut:
Almost No One Is Falsely Accused of Rape — Much mention has been made recently (mostly by men) of false rape accusations, and how frequently they occur. During Brett Kavanaugh's testimony last week, several senators apologized for the damage supposedly inflicted by these claims (which …
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Hot Air:
No, The Alleged Attack On Ford Didn't Happen At The July 1, 1982 Party, Says ... Ford Team Member — Glad they waited until the eve of the cloture vote to make this clear, after a week of theorizing by chumps like me and days spent by the FBI interviewing people named on Kavanaugh's calendar on that date.
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Adele Scalia / The Federalist:
I'm An Immigrant, Minority Woman Going Republican Over Democrats' Treatment Of Kavanaugh — All it took was Democrats' treatment of Brett Kavanaugh over the last few weeks to turn me into that elusive creature: a minority, immigrant woman who supports Republicans. — I have become a unicorn.
Kyle Rempfer / Army Times:
Sheriff's deputies laughed at and filmed Army veteran as he died in a jail cell — An Oregon county sheriff's office has condemned the actions of three of its deputies who filmed and laughed at an Army veteran as he died of a drug overdose in a padded jail cell.
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