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Kevin Wallevand / WDAY-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: Heitkamp reveals Kavanaugh vote and reasoning to WDAY News — FARGO — U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp will vote NO on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination. — Heitkamp sat down exclusively with WDAY News to share what she will do when the U.S. Senate votes …
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Lulu Ramadan / mypalmbeachpost:
Retired Supreme Court Justice: Kavanaugh does not belong on high court — Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday said that high court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, who Stevens once lauded in one of his books, does not belong on the Supreme Court.
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
For Once, I'm Grateful for Trump — In the president, one big bully stands up to others. — For the first time since Donald Trump entered the political fray, I find myself grateful that he's in it. I'm reluctant to admit it and astonished to say it, especially since …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Flake: No corroboration for Ford's claims in FBI report — Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), a key swing Republican vote, said Thursday that a new FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh has failed to corroborate Christine Blasey Ford's allegation of sexual assault against the Supreme Court nominee.
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Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Time magazine puts Christine Blasey Ford on the cover — New York (CNN Business)Christine Blasey Ford is on the cover of this week's Time magazine. But it's not a photograph of Ford; it's an illustration of the words and phrases from her testimony arranged into a striking image of her taking an oath.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans' misogyny will come back to haunt them — Republicans under President Trump have adopted a distinct political methodology evocative of autocratic regimes: Eschew rationality and facts, whip up hate, play to the mob. They cannot make winning, rational arguments on immigration …
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Real Reason the White House Told the FBI Not to Interview Christine Blasey Ford? — The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have a theory. … On Wednesday night, the lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford responded sharply to the news that the Trump White House had blocked the FBI …
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New Yorker:
The F.B.I. Probe Ignored Testimonies from Former Classmates of Kavanaugh — Frustrated potential witnesses who have been unable to speak with the F.B.I agents conducting the investigation into sexual-assault allegations against Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is Kavanaugh Helping Republicans' Midterm Chances? — In midterm elections, with different candidates on the ballot in every state and district, it's rare to see the sort of sharp, turn-on-a-dime shifts in the polls that we frequently saw during the 2016 presidential election, for example.
Dow Jones Newswires:
White House Finds No Corroboration of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Kavanaugh in FBI Report
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Here's a list of people the FBI did NOT interview. Okay with this, Flake and Collins?
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Kavanaugh latest: Sen. Collins, a key GOP vote, says FBI investigation appears ‘very thorough’
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Megan Doyle / Press Herald:
Maine women, including sexual assault survivors, converge on Capitol to sway Collins
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Former ACLU leaders blast ‘appalling’ anti-Brett Kavanaugh ad campaign
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Axios:
An October surprise: The Brett bounce
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
'I don't think their mother breast-fed them': GOP senator attacks Democrats who oppose Kavanaugh
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
How Jeff Flake's One-Week Delay Helped Clear Brett Kavanaugh's Name
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NBC News:
FBI confidential Kavanaugh report handed to White House, Senate
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Manchin stays on the fence during Kavanaugh battle
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Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Doug Jones says female staffers have been threatened by Brett Kavanaugh supporters
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Brandon Morse / RedState:
It's Over: Flake And Collins Agree Kavanaugh FBI Report Is Good As Democrats Leave Chuck Schumer's Office “Stone-Faced”
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Sinéad Baker / Business Insider:
The FBI reportedly interviewed only 9 people about the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh …
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
In The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow Disgraces Himself Once Again
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Bloomberg:
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies — In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help with a major expansion of its streaming video service, known today as Amazon Prime Video.
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Fred Sainz / Apple:
What Businessweek got wrong about Apple
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Rifts Break Open at Facebook Over Kavanaugh Hearing — SAN FRANCISCO — “I want to apologize,” the Facebook executive wrote last Friday in a note to staff. “I recognize this moment is a deeply painful one — internally and externally.” — The apology came from Joel Kaplan, Facebook's vice president for global public policy.
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Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Trump Considers Ousting Air Force Head Over Space Force Pushback — The president appears to be tired of Pentagon officials slow rolling his orders. — U.S. President Donald Trump is peeved with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson over her handling of his directive to stand up a separate Space Force …
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The Daily Beast:
Democrats Fear the Party's Kavanaugh Obsession Could Backfire — Sensing a bump for Republicans, some strategists want to pivot if he's confirmed. Problem is the base may not be so ready to let it go. — With Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court looking more likely …
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Andrew Seidman / Philly.com:
Alex Trebek apologizes for his performance as moderator of Pa. Gov. debate — Alex Trebek, the Jeopardy! host roundly criticized for his Monday night performance as moderator of the lone Pennsylvania gubernatorial debate this fall, apologized Wednesday, saying he had “failed to recognize the seriousness of the event for the voters.”
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Julián Aguilar / The Texas Tribune:
Beto O'Rourke on possible endorsement from Obama: “I don't think we're interested.” — Former President Barack Obama has endorsed nearly a dozen Texas Democrats so far this election year. But Beto O'Rourke isn't one of them. On Thursday the border Democrat said that was fine by him.
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Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
GOP County Chair Shares Fake 1980s Christine Blasey Ford Picture, Suggests She's Too Ugly to Sexually Assault — A North Carolina Republican leader attempted to ridicule an alleged 1982 photo of Christine Blasey Ford on Facebook, but the picture is actually just a random internet meme.
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Haley Sweetland Edwards / TIME:
How Christine Blasey Ford's Testimony Changed America
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Fox News:
Accused doxxer of GOP senators allegedly threatened to publish their children's health information — A Democratic congressional intern accused of publishing the private information of at least three Republican lawmakers allegedly threatened to leak senators' children's health information if a witness told anyone about his activities.
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John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump, GOP Get A Big Kavanaugh Bounce — IBD/TIPP Poll — The Democrats' all-out attack on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, which culminated in a blisteringly partisan hearing last Thursday, may have backfired on the party just before the November elections.
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Colin Dwyer / NPR:
Here Are The Winners Of The 2018 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants — What could possibly bring together a painter, an economist, a pastor and a planetary scientist? If you ask the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the answer is simpler than you may think: They've all shown creativity …
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Jillian Jorgensen / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Mayor de Blasio hands out nearly $1.6 million in raises to City Hall staffers — Mayor de Blasio doled out about $1.6 million in raises to favored City Hall staffers in the last fiscal year — including a 60% pay bump for a long-serving aide Wiley Norvell, a Daily News analysis found.
Jack Crowe / National Review:
Georgetown Prep Alumni Clarify Meaning of 'Devil's Triangle' in Letter to Judiciary Committee — In a letter sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, a group of Georgetown Prep alumni confirmed Brett Kavanaugh's explanation of the term “Devil's Triangle,” which he was asked …
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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
The rise and the reckoning: Inside Brett Kavanaugh's circles of influence — He would be, in the words of his prep school's motto, a man for others. At an age when most young people struggle to figure out their path forward, he knew he would devote his life to public service.
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305 Car Registrations May Point to Massive GRU Security Breach — In an unprecedented step, the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) and the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice on October 4, 2018 disclosed the identities under which four Russian individuals …
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