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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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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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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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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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Wall Street Journal:
Murkowski: Kavanaugh a Good Man But ‘Not the Best Man for the Court at This Time’ — GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska told reporters that she had been wrestling with her decision before she voted against advancing Judge Kavanaugh on Friday. — “I believe we are dealing with issues …
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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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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
Elizabeth Warren's new, tantalizing claim about Kavanaugh shows what utter madness this is
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Washington Post:
Vote ‘no’ on Kavanaugh — AS SENATORS prepare to vote this week …
Vote ‘no’ on Kavanaugh — AS SENATORS prepare to vote this week …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Flake support puts Kavanaugh on cusp of confirmation
Flake support puts Kavanaugh on cusp of confirmation
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
GOP nervous ahead of Kavanaugh vote: “We don't have 50 right now”
GOP nervous ahead of Kavanaugh vote: “We don't have 50 right now”
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Gregg Nunziata / New York Post:
FBI's Kavanaugh investigation was by the book — just like Democrats demanded
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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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Senate narrowly advances Kavanaugh nomination to final vote
Senate narrowly advances Kavanaugh nomination to final vote
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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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Adele Scalia / The Federalist:
I'm An Immigrant, Minority Woman Going Republican Over Democrats' Treatment Of Kavanaugh
Erica Y King / ABC News:
Kavanaugh latest: Senate narrowly advances Kavanaugh confirmation to a final vote
Kavanaugh latest: Senate narrowly advances Kavanaugh confirmation to a final vote
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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.
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
Associated Press:
Interpol president reported missing during trip to China — PARIS (AP) — The president of Interpol, a former senior Chinese security official, has been reported missing after he traveled to his native country at the end of September, a French judicial official said Friday.
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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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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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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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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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New York Times:
Trump Mocks Al Franken for Quick Resignation Over Claims of Sex Misconduct — ROCHESTER, Minn. — President Trump on Thursday mocked former Senator Al Franken for folding “like a wet rag” and quickly resigning last year in the face of sexual misconduct allegations — an extraordinary statement …
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Brett Molina / USA Today:
Republican Sen. Steve Daines will be at daughter's wedding Saturday, same day Senate may vote on Kavanaugh — Republican Senator Steve Daines said he plans to attend his daughter's wedding in Montana on Saturday, the same day the Senate may vote to confirm nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
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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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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 …
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.