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John McCormack / National Review:
The New York Times Anti-Kavanaugh Bombshell Is Actually a Dud — Maybe Pogrebin and Kelly's book is stronger than their essay, but I'm skeptical. — If you opened Twitter on Sunday morning, you were likely greeted with the bombshell headline of the top trending news story …
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Democrats call for Kavanaugh impeachment over new sexual misconduct claims — Trump defended Kavanaugh after two New York Times reporters revealed new information on the sexual misconduct allegations facing the Supreme Court Justice. — A slew of prominent Democrats called on Congress …
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Power Line, RedState, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and abc7NY
Sandra E. Garcia / New York Times:
Calls for Kavanaugh's Impeachment Come Amid New Misconduct Allegations — President Trump and other Republicans defended the Supreme Court justice after a New York Times essay described a previously unreported story about him as a student at Yale. — Several Democratic presidential candidates called …
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POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Corey Lewandowski is plotting a run for Senate in New Hampshire as a pro-Trump candidate — Watch for Trump's former campaign manager at the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday — and not just because of the prospect of a fiery exchange with Chairman Jerry Nadler.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
New Book: Christine Blasey Ford's Friend Leland Keyser Doesn't Believe Her — “It just didn't make any sense,” lifelong friend Leland Keyser told New York Times reporters about Ford's allegations, adding “I don't have any confidence in the story.” — Buried at the end of their new book …
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Elizabeth Warren Joins Harris, Castro in Calling for Kavanaugh's Impeachment
Elizabeth Warren Joins Harris, Castro in Calling for Kavanaugh's Impeachment
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The Daily Caller, Axios and The Daily Beast
Jason Silverstein / CBS News:
New Brett Kavanaugh sexual misconduct accusation sets off calls for Supreme Court impeachment
New Brett Kavanaugh sexual misconduct accusation sets off calls for Supreme Court impeachment
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Mediaite, Occupy Democrats and PJ Media Home
Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / Washington Post:
Democratic candidates demand Kavanaugh impeachment after new allegation in Times piece
Democratic candidates demand Kavanaugh impeachment after new allegation in Times piece
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Fox News, Reuters and Washington Times
Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
A fresh assassination of Brett Kavanaugh's character
A fresh assassination of Brett Kavanaugh's character
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Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, FOX59 and Instapundit
David Cohen / Politico:
Trump stands up for Brett Kavanaugh over ‘liable’
Trump stands up for Brett Kavanaugh over ‘liable’
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Lissette Rodriguez / ABC News:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Kavanaugh vetting process ‘was a sham’
Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Kavanaugh vetting process ‘was a sham’
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Jackie Mogensen / Mother Jones:
Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Calling for Brett Kavanaugh's Impeachment
Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Calling for Brett Kavanaugh's Impeachment
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Townhall, Breitbart, U.S. Political News …, Talking Points Memo and Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Campaign Shakes Up New Hampshire Operation — Senator Bernie Sanders has overhauled his New Hampshire state operations five months before the primary, as his campaign fights to maintain support in a state he won by more than 22 percentage points in 2016.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Nancy Pelosi's next target: Mitch McConnell — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will escalate her caucus' anti-Mitch McConnell messaging this fall, testing a theory that this can be more effective than just continuing the party's anti-Trump rhetoric, Democratic leadership aides tell Axios.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
In call with Trump, Pelosi and Schumer say any gun bill that doesn't include background checks …
In call with Trump, Pelosi and Schumer say any gun bill that doesn't include background checks …
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Hullabaloo and Politico
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Moderate Democrats warn Pelosi of impeachment obsession
The Texas Tribune:
Julián Castro hit Joe Biden over Barack Obama's immigration legacy. But in 2013, Castro supported Obama's policies. — Castro hasn't always been a liberal darling on border issues: In 2013, he gave a full-throated endorsement of the border and immigration policies advocated by Obama …
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Thor Benson / The Daily Beast:
The Climate Crisis Is Poised to Make Huge Swaths of America Totally Uninsurable — “People are going to be trapped because once it's uninsurable, good luck selling the house,” one climate expert cautioned. — As climate change spurs increasingly destructive wildfires in California …
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Washington Monthly and Raw Story
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Trenton councilman defends McBride, says ‘Jew down’ is just a ‘statement of speech’ — Muschal: 'You know, it's like a car dealer, they wanted $5,000, you Jew ‘em down to $4,000’ … Longtime Trenton City Councilman George Muschal says that will he didn't hear a colleague make an anti-Semitic slur …
New York Times:
‘People Actively Hate Us’: Inside the Border Patrol's Morale Crisis — Overwhelmed by desperate migrants and criticized for mistreating the people in their care, many agents have grown defensive, insular and bitter. — One Border Patrol agent in Tucson said he had been called a “sellout” and a “kid killer.”
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PJ Media Home, Hullabaloo, Axios and Fox News
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Trump: US ‘locked and loaded’ against attackers of Saudi oil facility ‘depending on verification’ — President Trump on Sunday suggested U.S. investigators had “reason to believe” they knew who launched crippling attacks against a key Saudi oil facility, and vowed that America was “locked and loaded depending on verification.”
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Politico, CNN, Townhall, Mediaite and One America News Network
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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 …
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Blake Schuster / Yahoo! Sports:
American Pharoah manager denies horse bit Mike Pence during 2018 visit
American Pharoah manager denies horse bit Mike Pence during 2018 visit
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NBC News:
Biden delivers most significant speech yet on race, says silence on hate ‘is complicity’ — “There can be no realization of the American Dream without grappling with the original sin of slavery,” Biden said. — Former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday made his most expansive speech yet on race …
Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
Steven Mnuchin's Mysterious Link to Creepy Epstein Model Scout — The treasury secretary's name shows up on official records for a company formed in the 1980s by Jeffrey Epstein's close friend, the model scout Jean-Luc Brunel. — In the late 1980s—before he was a member of Donald Trump's Cabinet …
Colin Packham / Reuters:
Exclusive: Australia concluded China was behind hack on parliament, political parties - sources — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian intelligence determined China was responsible for a cyber-attack on its national parliament and three largest political parties …
Washington Post:
TikTok's Beijing roots fuel censorship suspicion as it builds a huge U.S. audience — Hong Kong unrest features prominently on most social media, but not on TikTok — A search for “#hongkong” on Twitter reveals a vast visual patchwork of the city's unavoidable protests, including pro-China agitprop …