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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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
With Battle Over, Kavanaugh Quickly Gets to Work as a Supreme Court Justice
Justin Wise / The Hill:
McConnell: GOP senators were ‘literally under assault’ in days before Kavanaugh vote  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Monday that GOP senators were “literally under assault” during the confirmation process for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women.
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Political Wire
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Margot Cleveland / USA Today:
Democrats have unleashed a red wave of Brett Kavanaugh-believing women voters
Discussion: Bangor Daily News and twitchy.com
Cass R. Sunstein / Bloomberg:
GOP's Toasts to Kavanaugh Are Unspeakably Cruel
Discussion: Washington Monthly
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
We need to stay angry about Kavanaugh
Discussion: Daily Wire and Feeds
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.
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.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Praying for Jamal Khashoggi  —  Saudi Arabia stands accused of killing him.  If it did, it will be a disaster for the regime of Mohammed bin Salman.  —  Last Nov. 7, I wrote a column about the new Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.  It ended this way: “As a veteran Saudi journalist remarked …
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Manal al-Sharif / Washington Post:
Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance spreads fear worldwide, but we won't be silenced
Washington Post:   Erdogan demands that Saudis prove missing journalist left their consulate alive
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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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.
Discussion: VICE
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Washington Post:
After selling off his father's properties, Trump embraced unorthodox strategies to expand his empire
Discussion: Hit & Run
Stephanie Baker / Bloomberg:   Trump Is Still Losing Millions at His Golf Resorts in Scotland
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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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Hope Hicks to join New Fox as chief communications officer
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Beast
Ted Cruz Incumbent / New York Times:
We're getting ready to poll voters.  —  Can Democrats turn Texas blue?  —  Beto O'Rourke Congressman  —  This survey was conducted by The New York Times Upshot and Siena College.  —  Where we'll call:  —  Vote choice: Dem.  Rep. Don't know Didn't answer  —  Explore the 2016 election in detail with this interactive map.
Discussion: Political Wire
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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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Boing Boing
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The corruption of the GOP is complete: So what's Plan B?  —  The Republican Party's Trumpization is complete.  It's not a conservative party, or a small government party or an anti-authoritarian party (to the contrary!).  It has become the caricature of the left from days gone by …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:   The dark side of American conservatism has taken over
bellingcat:
Second Skripal Poisoning Suspect Identified as Dr. Alexander Mishkin  —  In the preceding report from the current investigation into the two suspects in the Skripals poisoning case, Bellingcat and its reporting partner the Insider disclosed the identity of one of the two suspects.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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.”
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Mike Bloomberg's super PAC spends over $2 million to support seven Democratic women running in House races  — A super PAC funded mainly by billionaire Mike Bloomberg spends over $2 million this month in support of seven women running to unseat veteran House Republicans.
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
Can Mike Bloomberg Make America Boring Again?
Discussion: New York Daily News
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.
TMZ.com:
John Mayer Wants to Create a New ‘Male Contract’ Regarding Masculinity  —  John Mayer wants to can the idea that men must be alpha males and take what they want — including women — and replace it with a new doctrine focused on respect and sensitivity.  —  The guitar-slinging crooner …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
CNN Poll: Majority oppose Kavanaugh, but his popularity grows with GOP  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)The wrenching battle over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the high court left the public with sharply negative impressions of the new Supreme Court justice and raised questions about his truthfulness …
Discussion: KTVQ-TV
 
 
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says Chicago police should use ‘stop-and-frisk’ tactics to curb shootings
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Tara Isabella Burton / Vox:
Christian nationalism, explained through one pro-Trump propaganda film
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Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Trust in Vladimir Putin declines steeply among Russians, poll shows
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump's successful neutering of the FBI's Kavanaugh investigation has scary implications
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Who needs brand names? Now Amazon makes the stuff it sells
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Rod Rosenstein to Join Trump Aboard Air Force One
Washington Post:
Survey of battleground House districts shows Democrats with narrow edge
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Financial Times:
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