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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 — INCHEON, South Korea — A landmark report from the United Nations' scientific panel on climate change paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than previously thought …
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Washington Post:
The world has barely 10 years to get climate change under control, U.N. scientists say — “There is no documented historic precedent” for the scale of changes required, the body found. — The world stands on the brink of failure when it comes to holding global warming to moderate levels …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Why I'm Leaving the Republican Party — Unlike Senator Susan Collins, who took pages upon pages of text on national television to tell us something we already knew, I will cut right to the chase: I am out of the Republican Party. — I will also acknowledge right away what I assume …
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Sophia A. Nelson / NBC News:
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation is the ultimate affirmation of the patriarchy — and Republican women let it happen
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation is the ultimate affirmation of the patriarchy — and Republican women let it happen
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The Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Daily Caller, New York Times and Daily Kos
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
The Political Aftermath of the Senate's Final Kavanaugh Vote
CBS News:
Susan Collins: Kavanaugh vote “ranks right up there” with the most difficult votes she has cast
Susan Collins: Kavanaugh vote “ranks right up there” with the most difficult votes she has cast
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Lindsey Graham Is the Saddest Story in Washington
Lindsey Graham Is the Saddest Story in Washington
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Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog and ABC News
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Susan Collins's Declaration of Cowardice
Susan Collins's Declaration of Cowardice
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CNN, New York Times and Bangor Daily News
Alan Dershowitz / Fox News:
Kavanaugh and impeachment - Democrats, don't try to conduct a revenge inquisition
Kavanaugh and impeachment - Democrats, don't try to conduct a revenge inquisition
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Daily Wire and Raw Story
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Astronaut Scott Kelly apologizes after quoting, praising Winston Churchill — Scott Kelly, a retired American astronaut with multiple space flights under his belt, apologized Sunday after quoting Winston Churchill and calling the 20th century British prime minister “one of the greatest leaders of modern times.”
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New York Times:
Interpol Chief, Detained by China, Resigns Under ‘Supervision’ of Party Watchdog — In a stunning move that could set back the country's efforts to expand its global presence, the Chinese Communist Party announced late Sunday that the missing president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei …
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Associated Press:
Wife says Interpol officer sent knife image as danger signal — LYON, France (AP) — The wife of a leader of international police agency Interpol made an impassioned plea to the world Sunday for help bringing her missing husband to safety, saying he sent her an image of a knife before he disappeared …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Brett Kavanaugh will bring change to the Supreme Court, but maybe not what you think — Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination will change the court, but the question is how and to what degree. — CONNECT — With Brett Kavanaugh as the newest associate justice of the Supreme Court, things are going to be different.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Bitter partisan battle wounded Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court he's joined
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
Requiem for the Supreme Court
CBS News:
Senate races: GOP up in Texas, Tennessee; Dems up in Arizona, New Jersey — CBS News poll — The battle for Senate control finds Democrats trying to mount upset challenges in a string of typically Republican states, and this round of Battleground Tracker polls shows them having at best mixed results so far.
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Bulgarian TV host Victoria Marinova raped and killed — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Bulgarian authorities to conduct a rigorous, thorough investigation into the killing of Victoria Marinova, presenter and administrative director for local television channel TVN.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Bulgarian Journalist Victoria Marinova Brutally Raped and Murdered
Bulgarian Journalist Victoria Marinova Brutally Raped and Murdered
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Martin Dimitrov Birn Sofia / Balkan Insight:
TV Host's Brutal Murder Shakes Bulgaria
TV Host's Brutal Murder Shakes Bulgaria
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The Guardian
New York Times:
Limo Crash Leaves 20 Dead in Upstate New York; Accident Toll Is One of the Worst in Memory — SCHOHARIE, N.Y. — It was an intersection of two highways, one a steep downhill road, that residents had long warned was notoriously dangerous. — On Saturday afternoon, their worst fears were realized …
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Albany Times Union:
20 killed in Schoharie limousine crash
20 killed in Schoharie limousine crash
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Washington Post:
We need answers on Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance — THREE GOVERNMENTS now bear inescapable responsibility to act on the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, the renowned Saudi journalist and commentator for The Post, who vanished after entering Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul last Tuesday.
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Did the Saudis Murder Jamal Khashoggi?
Did the Saudis Murder Jamal Khashoggi?
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: White House begins prepping for Democratic legal storm — Top officials inside the White House have taken their first steps to prepare for an onslaught of investigations if Democrats win the House. — What we're hearing: According to a source with direct knowledge …
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Raw Story
Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed News:
Police Removed A Texas Yard Sign Showing A GOP Elephant With Its Trunk Up A Woman's Skirt — Police in Texas removed an anti-Republican political sign from a woman's yard Tuesday night last week, amid nationwide rancor over the Senate's vote on Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Dems see blue ‘tsunami’ in House as Senate path narrows — Democrats have a better shot than ever at winning back the House majority with 30 days to go before the midterm elections, but have seen their chances of taking back the Senate erode amid the controversy surrounding Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
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Emily Tillett / CBS News:
McConnell: Senate won't be “intimidated” by “mob-like tactics” of anti-Kavanaugh protesters
McConnell: Senate won't be “intimidated” by “mob-like tactics” of anti-Kavanaugh protesters
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Political Wire and Hullabaloo
Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
This website will tell Georgia voters if they were purged... but they must reregister by Tuesday — Journalist Greg Palast has created a website so that voters in Georgia can learn if they were wrongly purged — If you're a voter in Georgia, there is a 1 in 10 chance that you were purged from the voting rolls at some point in 2017.
Corey Kilgannon / WRAL-TV:
The World's Oldest Barber Is 107 and Still Cutting Hair Full Time — NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. — Anthony Mancinelli shook out a barber towel and welcomed the next customer to his chair in Fantastic Cuts, a cheery hair salon in a nondescript strip mall, about an hour's drive north of New York City.
KATU-TV:
Driver plows through protesters in downtown Portland — A driver plowed through a group of protesters marching in downtown Portland on Oct. 6, 2018. KATU photo — AA — PORTLAND, Ore. - A driver plowed through a group of protesters in downtown Portland Saturday afternoon.
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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Taylor Swift, Apolitical No More, Endorses Democratic Candidates in Tennessee — Taylor Swift, the pop music titan who has been notably apolitical in turbulent political times, broke her silence on Sunday and endorsed two Democratic candidates running for election in Tennessee.
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