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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
MeToo Is a ‘Movement Toward Victimization,’ G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says — BISMARCK, N.D. — Representative Kevin Cramer of North Dakota has repeatedly made headlines this year in his race against Senator Heidi Heitkamp because of off-the-cuff comments that range from inflammatory to indelicate.
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Summer Meza / The Week:
Democrats' first 2020 debate is only months away — Those hoping for a break from high-pressure politics after the November midterms are out of luck. After just a short couple of months to catch our collective breath, it'll be time to start thinking about the 2020 presidential election.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
With Battle Over, Kavanaugh Quickly Gets to Work as a Supreme Court Justice
With Battle Over, Kavanaugh Quickly Gets to Work as a Supreme Court Justice
Kathryn Krawczyk / The Week:
Brett Kavanaugh just hired the Supreme Court's first all-women law clerk team
Brett Kavanaugh just hired the Supreme Court's first all-women law clerk team
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Court Battle Shifts the Political Terrain for Senators in the Heartland
Court Battle Shifts the Political Terrain for Senators in the Heartland
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Washington Post and North Dakota Republican Party
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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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The planet is on a fast path to destruction. The media must cover this like it's the only story that matters. — After a week of dire news — the certainty of our ruptured nation, the likelihood of a journalist being murdered — the United Nations' report on climate change was, for some people, a bridge too far.
Washington Post:
The world has barely 10 years to get climate change under control, U.N. scientists say
The world has barely 10 years to get climate change under control, U.N. scientists say
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Christopher Joyce / NPR:
Climate Report Warns Of Extreme Weather, Displacement of Millions Without Action
Climate Report Warns Of Extreme Weather, Displacement of Millions Without Action
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Jonathan Watts / The Guardian:
We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN
We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN
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Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Was There a Connection Between a Russian Bank and the Trump Campaign? — A team of computer scientists sifted through records of unusual Web traffic in search of answers. — In June, 2016, after news broke that the Democratic National Committee had been hacked, a group of prominent computer scientists went on alert.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Hope Hicks to Head Communications for New Fox — Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director who served during the chaotic first year of the Trump administration, has been named head of corporate communications for New Fox, the company to emerge after 21st Century Fox completes …
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PR Newswire:
“FOX” Adds to Executive Team with Government Affairs and Corporate Communications Leads for the New Company
“FOX” Adds to Executive Team with Government Affairs and Corporate Communications Leads for the New Company
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Hope Hicks to join New Fox as chief communications officer
Hope Hicks to join New Fox as chief communications officer
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Wall Street Journal:
Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public — Google opted not to disclose to users its discovery of a bug that gave outside developers access to private data. It found no evidence of misuse. — Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users …
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Margot Cleveland / USA Today:
Democrats have unleashed a red wave of Brett Kavanaugh-believing women voters — Democrats' partisan treatment of Christine Blasey Ford's accusations against Brett Kavanaugh shows women just who is really on their side. — CONNECT — The Democrats declared war on Brett Kavanaugh in the name of women's rights.
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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.”
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Rod Rosenstein to Join Trump Aboard Air Force One — WASHINGTON — Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, and President Trump planned to travel to Florida together on Air Force One Monday morning, a week and a half after the two were scheduled to discuss remarks Mr. Rosenstein …
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Juliette Garside / The Guardian:
Former Cambridge Analytica chief used N-word to describe Barbados PM — Exclusive: leaked papers reveal racist slur by Alexander Nix, who is pitching to run election campaigns in Caribbean — Alexander Nix, the former chief executive of the elections consultancy Cambridge Analytica …
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Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
Life on the Dirtiest Block in San Francisco — SAN FRANCISCO — The heroin needles, the pile of excrement between parked cars, the yellow soup oozing out of a large plastic bag by the curb and the stained, faux Persian carpet dumped on the corner. — It's a scene of detritus that might bring …
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Mesfin Fekadu / Yahoo:
APNewsBreak: Hillary, Bill Clinton to go on tour this year — NEW YORK (AP) — Now that Beyonce and Jay-Z are off the road, another power couple is taking their place: Hillary and Bill Clinton. — The Clintons announced Monday they will visit four cities in 2018 and nine in 2019 across North America …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Bill and Hillary Clinton are going on tour in 2018, 2019
Bill and Hillary Clinton are going on tour in 2018, 2019
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New York Times:
Passenger Expressed Concern About Limo Shortly Before Crash Killed 20 — The company that provided the limousine that crashed in upstate New York on Saturday, killing 20 people, had repeatedly failed motor vehicle inspections and the driver did not have a proper license, according to state officials and federal transportation records.
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Jennifer Gould Keil / New York Post:
Feds freeze Russian oligarch's assets, Upper East Side mansion … A sprawling mansion on the Upper East Side has been frozen as part of a hard-core battle between the US government and Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, The Post has learned. — US officials say Deripaska, an aluminium billionaire …
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The Daily Beast:
Taylor Swift Endorses Bredesen & Cooper, Says Blackburn ‘Terrifies’ Her — Taylor Swift may be notoriously candid about her personal life, but there's one thing she's always kept private: her politics. Throughout a tumultuous two years, Swift has stayed silent on her political leanings …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Can Taylor Swift, revered by young Americans, help lead Democrats out of the woods?
Can Taylor Swift, revered by young Americans, help lead Democrats out of the woods?
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Jon Kyst / EU vs DISINFORMATION:
Viral “Manspreading” Video is Staged Kremlin Propaganda — A young woman walks up to a man in a subway train and pours liquid over him from a plastic bottle. — The scene is repeated a number of times with different men who all react with anger and bewilderment.
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Middle East Eye:
‘Deafening silence’: White House's response to Khashoggi disappearance — MBS has been at the helm of a kingdom-wide crackdown on opposition since ascending to crown prince. But has Trump emboldened him? — The US presidency has yet to comment on the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (AFP)
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Jamal Khashoggi chose to tell the truth. It's part of the reason he's beloved.
Jamal Khashoggi chose to tell the truth. It's part of the reason he's beloved.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump's successful neutering of the FBI's Kavanaugh investigation has scary implications — A proof of concept for further erosion of the FBI. — Donald Trump's instinct was right. A loyal FBI is worth a purge or two. — Case in point: Brett Kavanaugh is an associate justice on the Supreme Court.
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Media Matters for America:
The press helped build Donald Trump's lie; now it has to reckon with that — Donald Trump rose to prominence and the presidency on the strength of his self-proclaimed mastery of “The Art of the Deal.” It was that business acumen, Trump claimed, that allowed him to turn a paltry loan from his father into a vast empire.
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Washington Post:
Survey of battleground House districts shows Democrats with narrow edge — Likely voters who live in 69 battleground House districts across the country narrowly prefer Democratic candidates, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School survey, a potentially worrying sign for Republicans given …
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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.