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New York Times:
Brett Kavanaugh Fit In With the Privileged Kids. She Did Not. — Deborah Ramirez's Yale experience says much about the college's efforts to diversify its student body in the 1980s. — Deborah Ramirez had the grades to go to Yale in 1983. But she wasn't prepared for what she'd find there.
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NYT Reporters Say They Uncovered New Sexual Misconduct Claim Against Kavanaugh — Two New York Times reporters said they learned of the unreported claim while investigating Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh for an upcoming book. — Two New York Times reporters say they've uncovered …
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Political Wire and Raw Story
Hanna Rosin / New York Times:
‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’ Takes a Hard Look at the Supreme Court Justice and His Accusers — THE EDUCATION OF BRETT KAVANAUGH — An Investigation — Nearly a year after the fateful Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh have become martyrs …
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Washington Post
Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
New Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh Emerges: NYT — A New York Times investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's time at Yale University has uncovered another allegation of sexual misconduct that was previously unreported.
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Raw Story
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
'I'm going to kill myself:' A veteran tells Sanders he's drowning in medical debt — John Weigel, a 58-year-old Navy veteran, was desperate to tell Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) his story. — So on Friday afternoon, he folded his $139,000 hospital bill into his pants pocket and took …
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Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
CNN's Mark McKinnon Praises Bernie Sanders' ‘Humanity’ For Response to Veteran Who Threatened Suicide at Town Hall
CNN's Mark McKinnon Praises Bernie Sanders' ‘Humanity’ For Response to Veteran Who Threatened Suicide at Town Hall
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Breitbart, CNN and Reno Gazette-Journal
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Joe Biden commits to releasing medical records before 2020 Iowa caucuses
Joe Biden commits to releasing medical records before 2020 Iowa caucuses
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The Hill and U.S. Political News …
Kalina Oroschakoff / Politico:
David Cameron: Boris Johnson 'didn't believe' in Brexit — Former PM rips into successor and accuses Gove of disloyalty. — David Cameron has accused Boris Johnson of not believing in Brexit but backing it anyway during the referendum campaign on Britain's EU membership to advance his political career.
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The Times & The Sunday Times
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Despite Turning Down Inauguration Gig, Elton John Has a Recurring Role in Trump's Presidency — The email was cordial, warm and deferential. — “Thank you so much for the extremely kind invitation to play at your inauguration,” wrote one of President Trump's favorite musicians, Sir Elton John.
Chris Bumbaca / USA Today:
VP Mike Pence says Triple Crown winner American Pharoah bit him during visit to Kentucky farm — American Pharoah has it all these days. By becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years in 2015, the horse secured a life of pampering and mating at Coolmore's Ashford Stud Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.
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The Independent, U.S. Political News … and McClatchy Washington Bureau
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Holder cautions against potentially prosecuting Trump post presidency — Holder: Dems should proceed with impeachment inquiry — Washington (CNN)Former Attorney General Eric Holder predicted President Donald Trump may be prosecuted after his presidency if he doesn't first face impeachment proceedings …
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BizPac Review, Washington Monthly and Washington Times
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Planned Parenthood and Fired Former Chief Mired in Escalating Dispute — Leana Wen, who was fired in July as Planned Parenthood president after less than a year on the job, is at odds with the group over the terms of her departure and the group's direction.
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Axios, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Resist? — Perhaps we should back off from the Third Reich analogies and begin to take our duties as citizens seriously. — When Donald Trump was elected president of these United States — or, more properly, president of the federal government of the United States of America …
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Shuts Down About Half Its Oil Output After Drone Strikes — Attack on two Aramco facilities is the latest in a series targeting the kingdom's oil assets — Saudi Arabia is shutting down about half of its oil output after apparently coordinated drone strikes hit Saudi production facilities …
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
In Coal Country, the Mines Shut Down, the Women Went to Work and the World Quietly Changed — From 2010 to 2017, Letcher County in Kentucky saw a greater shift in the gender balance of its labor force than almost any other county in the United States. — FLEMING-NEON, Ky. …
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Trump is seriously, frighteningly unstable - the world is in danger — It is almost too late for impeachment. The 25th amendment is untested. The ballot box offers our only remaining hope — In retrospect, what's most disturbing about “Sharpiegate” isn't Trump's clumsy effort to doctor …
Brady Slater / duluthnewstribune.com:
Suspect arrested in Duluth synagogue fire — City officials will meet the media Sunday to discuss the arrest and “the conclusion” of the investigation into the fire that destroyed the synagogue belonging to Adas Israel Congregation. — A suspect has been arrested in the fire that destroyed …
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Politico
Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Trust Our Weather Forecasters, Not Trump — What if you knew a skyscraper was going to topple in the wind, but no one believed you? — All through the summer of 1978, Harold Gibson, the meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service in New York, would recall, he was “sweating blood.”
Associated Press:
Fetal remains found on property of former South Bend abortion doctor — WILL COUNTY, Ill. (WNDU) Police say 2,246 medically preserved fetal remains were found on the property of Ulrich George Klopfer, a late abortion doctor who used to operate a South Bend clinic. — Klopfer died on Sept. 3.
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Zachary Stieber / theepochtimes.com:
Doctor Who Had Fetal Remains in Home Performed Abortions on 10-Year-Old, 13-Year-Old
Doctor Who Had Fetal Remains in Home Performed Abortions on 10-Year-Old, 13-Year-Old
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Washington Post, LifeSiteNews and Instapundit