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Theresa Vargas / Washington Post:
Va. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax denies sex assault allegation from 2004 — Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax issued a statement early Monday denying a sexual assault allegation that appeared on the same conservative website that posted a racist photograph from Gov. Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook page.
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Patrick Howley / Big League Politics:
Stanford Fellow Hints At Possible Justin Fairfax Sex Assault — A woman named Vanessa Tyson, who is a fellow at Stanford University, says that a man who allegedly sexually assaulted her at the 2004 Democratic National Convention is now an office-holder about to get a “very big promotion,” …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Justin Fairfax, Virginia's Lieutenant Governor, Denies Sexual Assault Allegation — Justin Fairfax, Virginia's lieutenant governor, issued a statement denying an unsubstantiated claim of sexual assault. — PRESIDENT TRUMP — Will the Mueller Report Be Made Public? Trump Won't Commit
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Virginia lieutenant governor says timing suspect for ‘smear’ allegations against him — Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax said Monday that it's no coincidence an uncorroborated sexual assault accusation from more than a decade ago has emerged right as he potentially could be elevated to the state's governorship.
WWBT-TV:
Lt. Gov. Fairfax slams ‘defamatory and false’ sexual assault allegation
Lt. Gov. Fairfax slams ‘defamatory and false’ sexual assault allegation
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New York Times:
Virginia Capitol in Chaos as Pressure on Northam Intensifies
Virginia Capitol in Chaos as Pressure on Northam Intensifies
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David French / National Review:
Comparing the Allegations against Brett Kavanaugh and Justin Fairfax
Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:
Washington Post Refused To Run Sketchy Sex Assault Allegation Against A Democrat.
Washington Post Refused To Run Sketchy Sex Assault Allegation Against A Democrat.
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Virginia Voters Quickly Sour on Northam Amid Blackface Scandal — Democrat sees 41-point drop in net approval after yearbook photo emerges — Northam spoke to reporters Saturday, denying that he is in the picture on his medical school yearbook page. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images)
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Awful Game Theory Behind Ralph Northam — History shows he might be better off staying the course. — Let's stipulate that Governor Ralph Northam is a bad person—or at least a person who, as an adult, did something really stupid and hurtful by dressing in blackface and/or Klan garb.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Blackface Is the Tip of the Iceberg
Blackface Is the Tip of the Iceberg
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Alan Suderman / Associated Press:
Virginia governor meets with Cabinet amid pressure to resign
Virginia governor meets with Cabinet amid pressure to resign
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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Site Behind Northam Revelations Is Backed by GOP Operatives
Site Behind Northam Revelations Is Backed by GOP Operatives
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Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic:
Ralph Northam's Mistake
Ralph Northam's Mistake
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Ben White / Politico:
Soak the rich? Americans say go for it — The prospect of 70 percent tax rates for multimillionaires and special levies on the super-rich draw howls about creeping socialism and warnings of economic disaster in much of Washington. — But polling suggests that when it comes to soaking the rich …
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Claire Williams / Morning Consult:
Warren's Proposed Tax on Wealthy Draws More Support Than Ocasio-Cortez's — 63% of voters think upper-income people currently pay too little in taxes — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) at a Nov. 1, 2017, rally protesting the Republican tax plan outside the U.S. Capitol.
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Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
Ana Maria Archila, Who Confronted Sen. Jeff Flake, Will Be Ocasio-Cortez's SOTU Guest
Ana Maria Archila, Who Confronted Sen. Jeff Flake, Will Be Ocasio-Cortez's SOTU Guest
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
If Trump declares a national emergency, Pelosi can jam Republicans. Here's how. — Senate Republicans appear to be in a panic about President Trump's threat to declare a national emergency to realize his unquenchable fantasy of a big, beautiful wall on the southern border.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Graham: There could be GOP ‘war’ over border wall
Graham: There could be GOP ‘war’ over border wall
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dems Prefer Electability in 2020 — Some GOP voters want a primary challenge but most would back Trump — West Long Branch, NJ - In the run-up to 2020, fewer than 4-in-10 voters back a second term for President Donald Trump. The Monmouth University Poll finds a sizable number of GOP voters …
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Jim Morrison / Washington Post:
Northam's med school banned yearbooks in 2013 — after students posed in Confederate garb — NORFOLK — The first person Richard V. Homan hired after becoming provost of Eastern Virginia Medical School President seven years ago was Mekbib Gemeda, in the newly created position of vice president for diversity and inclusion.
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Ian Parker / New Yorker:
A Suspense Novelist's Trail of Deceptions — Dan Mallory, who writes under the name A. J. Finn, went to No. 1 with his début thriller, “The Woman in the Window.” His life contains even stranger twists. — Dan Mallory, a book editor turned novelist, is tall, good-looking, and clever.
Washington Post:
‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ — When we go off to war. When we exercise our rights. When we soar to our greatest heights. — When we mourn and pray. When our neighbors are at risk. When our nation is threatened. There's someone to gather the facts. — To bring you the story. No matter the cost.
Tony Rizzo / Kansas City Star:
Kansas judge calls children the ‘aggressor’ in sex abuse case with 67-year-old man — Can children aged 13 and 14 years old be the aggressors in a sexual encounter with a 67-year-old man? — A Leavenworth County judge recently said he thought so when he reduced the prison sentence for a man …
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Washington Post:
'It's way too many': As vacancies pile up in Trump administration, senators grow concerned — From the Justice Department to Veterans Affairs, vast swaths of the government have top positions filled by officials serving in an acting capacity — or no one at all.
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Senate Appoints Critic of Amazon Deal to Key Board (With Veto Power) — [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] — When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio crafted a deal to bring a major new Amazon campus to New York City late last year, they tried to make it hard to block.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Biden's Anguished Search for a Path to Victory — Joe Biden reliably blows through every public and private deadline for making a decision about running for president. But he's giving everyone he's seen in recent weeks the feeling that he's very close to saying yes.
Mike Allen / Axios:
A big leak rattles the White House — The massive leak of President Trump's private schedules, which dropped yesterday in the weekly Axios Sneak Peek newsletter, set off internal finger-pointing and speculation more fevered than any since the New York Times' anonymous op-ed.
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Associated Press:
Trump campaign takes steps to prevent a challenge within GOP — WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about a potential Republican primary challenge, President Donald Trump's campaign has launched a state-by-state effort to prevent an intraparty fight that could spill over into the general-election campaign.
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Al-Monitor:
Detained Iranian environmentalist says she was tortured — Niloufar Bayani is shown in this undated photo. — A year has passed since Iran arrested a number of environmentalists over accusations of spying and other serious crimes. The arrests shocked the Iranian activist community …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Attacking a Pay Wall That Hides Public Court Filings — WASHINGTON — The federal judiciary has built an imposing pay wall around its court filings, charging a preposterous 10 cents a page for electronic access to what are meant to be public records. A pending lawsuit could help tear that wall down.
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Washington Post:
Iraqi president rejects Trump's plan to ‘watch Iran’ from military bases in Iraq — Iraqi President Barham Salih on Monday rejected a plan floated by President Trump that calls for keeping U.S. forces in Iraq to “watch” neighboring Iran, saying the United States should not burden Iraq with its own “policy priorities.”
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Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
The Anti-Muslim Hate Group Backing Laura Loomer's ‘Independent Journalism’ — Laura Loomer, a once-prominent right-wing activist, frequently solicits donations from her followers so that she may create what she calls “independent journalism.” She hasn't disclosed to her supporters …
Jill Abramson / Washington Post:
Will the media ever figure out how to cover Trump? — Jill Abramson is a journalist and author of the new book “Merchants of Truth.” — The news media's collective shock that Donald Trump won in 2016 was evidence of how out of touch most reporters were with the less affluent, less educated …
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