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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
Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Trump says Justice Brett Kavanaugh should ‘start suing people’ after new report of sexual misconduct — KEY POINTS — President Donald Trump said that Justice Brett Kavanaugh should “start suing people” or the Department of Justice “should come to his rescue” on Sunday.
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POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite and The Week
Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
New Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh Emerges: NYT
New Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh Emerges: NYT
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The Daily Beast, twitchy.com, New York Post and Raw Story
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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Althouse
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Blake Schuster / Yahoo! Sports:
American Pharoah manager denies horse bit Mike Pence during 2018 visit — Either Mike Pence has besmirched Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, or the champion horse bruised the Vice President of the United States. In any case, the two have found themselves in the strangest of political scandals.
Chris Bumbaca / USA Today:
VP Mike Pence says Triple Crown winner American Pharoah bit him during visit to Kentucky farm
VP Mike Pence says Triple Crown winner American Pharoah bit him during visit to Kentucky farm
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The Independent and U.S. Political News …
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.”
Amir Vera / CNN:
Minnesota police charge man with arson in connection with fire that destroyed a 119-year-old synagogue — (CNN)A man was arrested Friday in connection with a fire that destroyed a 119-year-old synagogue, Minnesota authorities said. — Adas Israel Synagogue in Duluth …
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Brady Slater / duluthnewstribune.com:
Suspect arrested in Duluth synagogue fire
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Attack on Saudi oil sites raises risks amid US-Iran tension — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom's oil production threatened Sunday to fuel regional tensions, as Iran denied U.S. allegations …
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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.
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
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Biden, Sanders continue sparring on health care after third debate
Biden, Sanders continue sparring on health care after third debate
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Politico
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 …
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Was Ready to Brawl From the Beginning — In her first race, she defied her old boss, a fund-raising pledge — and the implication that she owed her career to her ex-boyfriend. — SAN FRANCISCO — The rebuttal sounded something like a threat. That seemed to be Kamala Harris's point.
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Althouse
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Let's Debate: Are Democrats Doomed? — Trump changed the game forever. — WASHINGTON — He's in our heads. — Even more than we knew. — It isn't just that he hovered over the Democratic debate on Thursday night: Should the candidates attack him or leave him to self-destruct?
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Althouse and Rolling Stone
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Kellyanne Conway: It's unconstitutional for Democrats to ‘embarrass this president’ with impeachment — White House aide Kellyanne Conway on Sunday insisted that Democrats do not have a “constitutional basis” to embarrass President Donald Trump by conducting an impeachment inquiry.
Kalina Oroschakoff / Politico:
David Cameron: Boris Johnson 'didn't believe' in Brexit — 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. — In an extract from his forthcoming memoir …
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The Times & The Sunday Times
San Francisco Chronicle:
Democrats are and should be conducting an impeachment inquiry — From the moment Democrats became a majority in a divided Congress under a compromised presidency, the foremost question facing them has been whether to impeach the president. So what's their answer? — Don't ask them.
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Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Holder cautions against potentially prosecuting Trump post presidency
Holder cautions against potentially prosecuting Trump post presidency
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, BizPac Review, Washington Times and Washington Monthly