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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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Washington Post, Raw Story, HuffPost, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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Wall Street Journal:
Susan Collins Consents — The Maine Republican restores reason to the Kavanaugh confirmation. — The Editorial Board — With no small sense of the dramatic moment, Maine Senator Susan Collins waited until the final words of her more than 30-minute floor speech Friday to announce …
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Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Jezebel
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.
HuffPost:
Donors Are Organizing A Multimillion-Dollar Effort To Defeat Susan Collins In 2020
Donors Are Organizing A Multimillion-Dollar Effort To Defeat Susan Collins In 2020
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Fox News Insider, Washington Post, Bangor Daily News and USA Today
Olivia Paschal / The Atlantic:
Read Susan Collins's Historic Floor Speech on Brett Kavanaugh
Read Susan Collins's Historic Floor Speech on Brett Kavanaugh
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New York Times and The American Conservative
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Did Michael Avenatti help doom the case against Brett Kavanaugh?
Did Michael Avenatti help doom the case against Brett Kavanaugh?
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Politico, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon, Breitbart and twitchy.com, more at Techmeme »
John Podhoretz / Commentary:
Backfire. — At 12:30 in the afternoon on September 27, I don't think there were many serious political thinkers or activists on the Right who thought Brett Kavanaugh would survive that morning's testimony by his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. — Eight days later—today—Kavanaugh all but secured his appointment.
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Jack Mirkinson / Splinter:
The Democrats Failed Us — Let's be clear: Republicans are to blame for the fact that Brett Kavanaugh is about to become the next justice of the Supreme Court. But that doesn't mean that Democrats don't have anything to apologize for. — Kavanaugh has been accused of sexual assault by a string of women.
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Breitbart, The Federalist, New York Daily News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Brett Kavanaugh Will Be Confirmed, and Liberals Should Blame Michael Avenatti
Brett Kavanaugh Will Be Confirmed, and Liberals Should Blame Michael Avenatti
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Hot Air and twitchy.com
Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
The High Court Brought Low
The High Court Brought Low
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The Other McCain, Joe.My.God. and Outside the Beltway
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Sens. Susan Collins and Jeff Flake Are Frauds, Plain and Simple. Their Kavanaugh Votes Show It.
Sens. Susan Collins and Jeff Flake Are Frauds, Plain and Simple. Their Kavanaugh Votes Show It.
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Attorneys: Christine Blasey Ford doesn't want Kavanaugh impeached, has no regrets
Attorneys: Christine Blasey Ford doesn't want Kavanaugh impeached, has no regrets
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TheBlaze
Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
The Supreme Court's Legitimacy Crisis
The Supreme Court's Legitimacy Crisis
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Hullabaloo and Washington Post
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
How Liberals Could Declare War on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court
How Liberals Could Declare War on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Associated Press:
American Bar Association reopens Kavanaugh evaluation
American Bar Association reopens Kavanaugh evaluation
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The Gateway Pundit, Splinter and CNN
Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
Michael Avenatti declares war on Susan Collins
Michael Avenatti declares war on Susan Collins
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CNN, The Daily Beast and Patterico's Pontifications
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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IJR, Raw Story, Joe.My.God., The Right Scoop and Daily Wire
New York Times:
F.B.I. Review of Kavanaugh Was Limited From the Start — WASHINGTON — An exasperated President Trump picked up the phone to call the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, last Sunday. Tell the F.B.I. they can investigate anything, he told Mr. McGahn, because we need the critics to stop.
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Viking Pundit
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘Willing to go to the mat’: How Trump and Republicans carried Kavanaugh to the cusp of confirmation — Again and again, President Trump was instructed not to do it. A cadre of advisers, confidants and lawmakers all urged him — implored him, really — not to personally attack the women …
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 …
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The Intellectualist and Raw Story
CNN:
Melania Trump's latest white hat evokes colonialist comparison — (CNN)When first lady Melania Trump first stepped out in front of the press Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, she was wearing an outfit suitable for the setting. She was at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, ready to pet …
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The Guardian, Jezebel and Front Page Magazine
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Melania Trump Raises Eyebrows in Africa With Another White Hat
Melania Trump Raises Eyebrows in Africa With Another White Hat
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Quartz, HuffPost, Raw Story, Chicks On The Right, Vox, Mashable, twitchy.com, AOL and Althouse
Nadia Murad / Statements:
My statement on winning the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize — This morning the Nobel Committee informed me that I was selected as a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. I am incredibly honored and humbled by their support and I share this award with Yazidis, Iraqis, Kurds …
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Chicks On The Right and TMZ.com
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Lianne Kolirin / CNN:
Nadia Murad, from ISIS sex slave to global human rights campaigner
Nadia Murad, from ISIS sex slave to global human rights campaigner
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KTVQ-TV, TheBlaze, Daily Caller News Foundation and Common Dreams
Slate:
Investigation at Yale Law School — An inquiry into the actions of a prominent professor reveals why it's so hard to report inappropriate behavior at the top law school in the country. — One afternoon late in her first year at Yale Law School, Linda sat down to create a contemporaneous record …
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.”
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Daily Caller News Foundation
Luppe B. Luppen / Yahoo:
Lawsuits point to large trove of unreleased Kavanaugh White House documents — New details have emerged about potentially thousands of Brett Kavanaugh's White House emails and other records related to the Senate hacking scandal from early in the George W. Bush administration …
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Talking Points Memo
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
LaCroix ingredients: Lawsuit alleges “all natural” claim is false — LaCroix sparkling water is facing a lawsuit alleging its claims of “all natural” and “100 percent natural” are misleading because of artificial ingredients. — “Testing reveals that LaCroix contains a number of artificial ingredients …
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USA Today, The Daily Caller and CBS Chicago
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 …
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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Raw Story
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 …
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
A journalist's disappearance may rev up a Middle East rivalry — Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. — We still do not know what has happened to Jamal Khashoggi.
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New York Times, Politico and Council on Foreign Relations
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Tennessee Senate race: Phil Bredesen goes all in on pledge to break with Democrats — (CNN)Democratic Senate hopeful Phil Bredesen is going all out to highlight his pledge to break with his own party as he seeks to win in conservative Tennessee. — Bredesen, a popular former governor …
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Bloomberg and Bredesen for Senate
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
The Kavanaugh effect: GOP runs hard against his tormenter Feinstein
The Kavanaugh effect: GOP runs hard against his tormenter Feinstein
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The Hill and Washington Times
Washington Post:
Trump abruptly replaces federal personnel director after just 7 months — President Trump on Friday abruptly replaced his federal personnel director after just seven months, leaving the agency that oversees 2.1 million civil servants with no permanent leadership at a time when the White House …
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Take a Tour of Manafort's Multimillion-Dollar Homes, Going Up for Sale — As part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Paul Manafort, President Trump's disgraced campaign chairman, forfeited his New York homes worth about $22 million to the government. — An 1890s Brooklyn brownstone with gilded details.