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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Aaron Mesmer / FOX13news:
Man threatened to kill members of Congress over Kavanaugh votes, deputies say — WINTER HAVEN (FOX 13) - A Polk County man is behind bars after he allegedly threatened to shoot members of Congress and their families, along with law enforcement and “liberals,” depending on how the Supreme Court confirmation …
Stephanie Gutmann / USA Today:
Democrats' big miscalculation: Conservative women like me won't abandon Brett Kavanaugh — Democrats turned the Supreme Court confirmation process into a campaign ad. But identity politics and “war on women” tropes only push GOP women away. — CONNECT — There are so many of us.
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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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GOP leaders all but guarantee Kavanaugh confirmation
GOP leaders all but guarantee Kavanaugh confirmation
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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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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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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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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Christine Blasey Ford Changed Everything
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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Adele Scalia / The Federalist:
I'm An Immigrant, Minority Woman Going Republican Over Democrats' Treatment Of Kavanaugh
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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Ruth Graham / Slate:
The Kavanaugh Hearings Have Women Fired Up ... to Vote Republican
The Kavanaugh Hearings Have Women Fired Up ... to Vote Republican
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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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David Nather / Axios:
Exclusive poll: America riveted by Kavanaugh fight
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Trump mocks Al Franken over resignation: He folded ‘like a wet rag’
Trump mocks Al Franken over resignation: He folded ‘like a wet rag’
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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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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
‘Grow up’: Orrin Hatch waves off female protesters demanding to speak with him — Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) raised the ire of protesters on Thursday after telling a group of mostly women who confronted him in one of the Senate buildings that he would talk to them when they “grow up.”
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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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Chris Baynes / The Independent:
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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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Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
US unemployment rate falls to 49-year low of 3.7 percent
US unemployment rate falls to 49-year low of 3.7 percent
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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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New York Times:
2018 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Congolese Doctor and Yazidi Activist — In the midst of a global reckoning over sexual violence, a Congolese gynecological surgeon and a Yazidi woman who was a captive of the Islamic State 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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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” …
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Rifts Break Open at Facebook Over Kavanaugh Hearing — SAN FRANCISCO — “I want to apologize,” the Facebook executive wrote last Friday in a note to staff. “I recognize this moment is a deeply painful one — internally and externally.” — The apology came from Joel Kaplan, Facebook's vice president for global public policy.
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Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Zuckerberg Faces Anger Over Facebook Executive's Kavanaugh Support
Zuckerberg Faces Anger Over Facebook Executive's Kavanaugh Support
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