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Brett M. Kavanaugh / Wall Street Journal:
I Am an Independent, Impartial Judge — Yes, I was emotional last Thursday. I hope everyone can understand I was there as a son, husband and dad. — I was deeply honored to stand at the White House July 9 with my wife, Ashley, and my daughters, Margaret and Liza, to accept President Trump's nomination …
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Wall Street Journal:
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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Charles Ludington / Washington Post:
We were Brett Kavanaugh's drinking buddies. We don't think he should be confirmed. — Charles Ludington, Lynne Brookes and Elizabeth Swisher attended Yale University from 1983 to 1987 with Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh. — We were college classmates and drinking buddies with Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
2. “We don't have 50” — Sources involved with Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation were nervous going into today's 10:30 a.m. test vote, Jonathan Swan reports: — Four senators are undecideds: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
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David Brooks / New York Times:
A Complete National Disgrace — The Kavanaugh hearings as American nadir. — Over the past few years, hundreds of organizations and thousands of people (myself included) have mobilized to reduce political polarization, encourage civil dialogue and heal national divisions.
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Anna Staver / Denver Post:
Colorado's Cory Gardner reviews FBI report on Kavanaugh after listening to sexual assault survivors — A Politico report late Thursday featured a statement that said Gardner “remains supportive of Judge Kavanaugh's nomination.” … Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, hasn't decided how he'll vote …
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Washington Post:
Vote ‘no’ on Kavanaugh — AS SENATORS prepare to vote this week on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, they, and the rest of the country, must wonder: Which Brett M. Kavanaugh are they evaluating? Is it the steady, conservative jurist he was reputed to be before his confirmation saga?
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New York Times:
How Brett Kavanaugh Failed — And why the Senate should vote to keep him off the Supreme Court. — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. — The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
GOP nervous ahead of Kavanaugh vote: “We don't have 50 right now” — Sources involved with Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation are nervous going into today's 10:30 a.m. test vote. — Four senators are undecideds: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
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Gregg Nunziata / New York Post:
FBI's Kavanaugh investigation was by the book — just like Democrats demanded … Gregg Nunziata is a lawyer in Washington, DC, who previously served as chief nominations counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. — The FBI has completed a supplemental investigation into recent allegations …
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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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
‘Grow up’: Orrin Hatch waves off female protesters demanding to speak with him
‘Grow up’: Orrin Hatch waves off female protesters demanding to speak with him
Aaron Mesmer / FOX13news:
Man threatened to kill members of Congress over Kavanaugh votes, deputies say
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
GOP senator may miss Kavanaugh vote for daughter's wedding
GOP senator may miss Kavanaugh vote for daughter's wedding
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Politico:
GOP leaders all but guarantee Kavanaugh confirmation
GOP leaders all but guarantee Kavanaugh confirmation
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Erica Y King / ABC News:
Kavanaugh's nomination advances to final floor vote in Senate
Kavanaugh's nomination advances to final floor vote in Senate
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New York Times:
Trump Mocks Al Franken for Quick Resignation Over Claims of Sex Misconduct
Trump Mocks Al Franken for Quick Resignation Over Claims of Sex Misconduct
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Benjamin Brown / Fox News:
Friend of Christine Blasey Ford reportedly felt pressure to revisit statement on allegations
Friend of Christine Blasey Ford reportedly felt pressure to revisit statement on allegations
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Kevin Wallevand / WDAY-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: Heitkamp reveals Kavanaugh vote and reasoning to WDAY News
EXCLUSIVE: Heitkamp reveals Kavanaugh vote and reasoning to WDAY News
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Lulu Ramadan / mypalmbeachpost:
Retired Supreme Court Justice: Kavanaugh does not belong on high court
Retired Supreme Court Justice: Kavanaugh does not belong on high court
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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Christine Blasey Ford Changed Everything
Christine Blasey Ford Changed Everything
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Adele Scalia / The Federalist:
I'm An Immigrant, Minority Woman Going Republican Over Democrats' Treatment Of Kavanaugh
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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Associated Press:
Sen. Steve Daines will be at daughter's wedding in Montana — Kavanaugh vote or no
Sen. Steve Daines will be at daughter's wedding in Montana — Kavanaugh vote or no
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Windsor Mann / The Week:
Brett Kavanaugh is in the wrong branch of government
Brett Kavanaugh is in the wrong branch of government
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Gregory Eady / Washington Post:
Trying to understand how Jeff Flake is leaning? We analyzed his Twitter feed — and were surprised.
Michael Lista / New Yorker:
The Tears of Brett Kavanaugh
The Tears of Brett Kavanaugh
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Salt Lake Tribune:
Tribune editorial: Hatch attack on alleged witness is despicable
Tribune editorial: Hatch attack on alleged witness is despicable
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Justin Wise / The Hill:
Capitol Police make over 300 arrests during anti-Kavanaugh protests
Capitol Police make over 300 arrests during anti-Kavanaugh protests
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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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Chris Baynes / The Independent:
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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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Roxane Gay / New York Times:
I Thought Men Might Do Better Than This
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.
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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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Mitch McConnell's Legacy Is Riding on Kavanaugh's Confirmation — Picture this: Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C. Early July 2017, a punishing 86 degrees. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walking alongside his wife, Elaine Chao. His casual comment to her, overheard by a reporter …
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
The Kremlin's For Kavanaugh: Russian State Media Back Trump's Supreme Court Nominee
The Kremlin's For Kavanaugh: Russian State Media Back Trump's Supreme Court Nominee
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Job growth slumps in September, but the unemployment rate hits the lowest level since 1969 — The unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.7 percent, the lowest level since December 1969 and one-tenth of a percentage point below expectations.
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Associated Press:
Still Anonymous: White House hunt for op-ed author fades — WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember Anonymous? — One month ago Friday, an unidentified Trump administration official set off a White House firestorm by claiming in a New York Times opinion piece to be part of a secret “resistance” …
New York Times:
2018 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Yazidi Activist and Congolese Doctor — In the midst of a global reckoning over sexual violence, a Yazidi woman who was a captive of the Islamic State and a Congolese gynecological surgeon were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their campaigns to end the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.
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