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• 5 DailyKos Headlines
• Sep 25, 2018 In Fox interview to clear his name, Kavanaugh even lied about his 'legal' underage drinking In a wildly inappropriate and unprecedented move engineered by the White House, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh got a national hearing in front of the friendliest possible audience, Fox TV. But even in that set-up, where he was given every opportunity to demonstrate his good character and...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 Kavanaugh's freshman roommate drops a bomb: 'Debbie has a right to be heard and I believe her' When Debbie Ramirez came forward with her account of a drunken college-aged Brett Kavanaugh disrobing in front of her in the common space of a Yale facility, she was stepping bravely into the maelstrom of Republican misogynistic hypocrisy. But she was also opening up the gates to true inspiration...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 Republicans' only 2018 hope is to rally the base, so they're going with Obamacare repeal—again It's year eight of Republicans' single-minded obsession with repealing Obamacare—not elected Republicans, that is, but the Republican base. The only demographic in the nation now that still opposes the law is people who are still willing to tell pollsters they are Republicans, and according to...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 Trump wants Kavanaugh confirmation NOW but McConnell doesn't have the votes Things got worse by the hour Monday night for Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. The Washington Post reported Donald Trump was coming unglued over the failure of Senate Republicans to push Kavanaugh’s nomination through at his decree. Trump’s growing impatience left GOP Leader...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 Kavanaugh told Fox News he wants a 'fair process'—but refused to call for an FBI investigation During his Fox News interview, Brett Kavanaugh said repeatedly that he wants a “fair process.” That phrase shows up 23 times in the transcript of the interview, in fact. Usually “I just want a fair process where I can be heard” or “I want a fair process where I can defend my...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Daily Beast
• Sep 25, 2018 Aziz Ansari’s Comeback Gigs Split Opinion FREDERIC J. BROWNThe paths of rehabilitation for comedians accused of sexual misconduct as part of the #MeToo movement are winding. But one thing is clear: They all appear to include a stop at the Comedy Cellar in New York’s Greenwich Village.After Louis C.K., the latest performer to make an...     Daily Beast        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 Why Is Samantha Markle Coming to London and What Does She Want? Jeff J MitchellEvery great love story needs a villain. And in the ongoing romantic drama of Harry and Meghan, the role is being filled (in true fairy-tale style) by Meghan’s wicked half-sister, Samantha Markle, whose latest ruse is to threaten to come to London this week, on the pretext of...     Daily Beast        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 It’s Time to Stop Hating on the Anchovy Photo illustration by The Daily BeastI like to think that because you are reading this article, you are already an anchoviphile drooling for new recipes. However, if you arrived anchovy-curious, or if you think you are a hater, rolling in it for the revulsion, I am here nevertheless, ready and...     Daily Beast        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 The Insane ‘FBI’ Premiere: G-Men Take on MS-13 and Alt-Right Terrorists Michael Parmelee/CBSOnce in a while, craving a nostalgic chuckle, my mind wanders to J. Edgar—a film that paints the civil liberties-trampling former FBI director as a tragic, closeted figure driven to heinous acts by the iniquities of his time. If only Leo-in-a-fatsuit could have loved Armie...     Daily Beast        more   
• Mother Jones Politics
• Sep 25, 2018 Roger Stone Offered to Assist His Alleged WikiLeaks Source With Legal Expenses Last year, as investigators examined claims by longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone that he was in contact during the 2016 election with WikiLeaks, Stone asserted that he had only learned about the group’s plans through an intermediary: Randy Credico, a comedian and political activist....     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 North Carolina’s New Election Law Is Going to Make It Harder for Rural Constituents to Vote This story was originally published by ProPublica. In June, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation mandating that all early voting sites in the state remain open for uniform hours on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., a move supporters argued would reduce confusion and...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 A Bill to Regulate Rehabs Faces Opposition—From Rehabs It seemed like a bill everyone could get behind, one that would protect drug users seeking addiction treatment from unscrupulous rehabs in California, home to roughly 2,000 certified treatment providers. Many are concentrated in sunny Southern California, which has been dubbed the “Rehab...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Sep 24, 2018 Calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline Spiked Last Weekend While More Kavanaugh News Broke The National Sexual Assault Hotline saw a surge in calls—a 57 percent increase from an average weekend—from Friday September 21 through Sunday September 23.  A higher volume of calls have been rolling in ever since Christine Blasey Ford accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Plunderbund
• Sep 21, 2018 Along with DeVos, School Choice Zealots Are Out In Full Force The failure of Betsy DeVos to effectively advance her privatization of public education agenda at the federal level is no reason for public education advocates to diminish their efforts. The September 4 Washington Post article “The education of Betsy DeVos: why her school choice agenda has...     Plunderbund        more   
• Sep 21, 2018 Dispatch Cites ECOT In Zach Space Endoresement Zach Space, the Democratic candidate for State Auditor, recently received the endorsement of the Columbus Dispatch. The candidate that was cozy with ECOT did not get the Dispatch endorsement. The point here is not who was endorsed but the fact that ECOT is toxic to those that aided and abetted...     Plunderbund        more   
• Sep 21, 2018 When The Other Side Has a Leo Anyone who doubts that Judge Brett Kavanaugh would target Roe v. Wade as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice might want to check the name, Leonard Leo. He is the executive vice president of the conservative 60,000 member Federalist Society, a legal group that has no small influence along Potomac...     Plunderbund        more   
• Slate
• Sep 25, 2018 Time’s Up Calls for Kavanaugh to Withdraw Supreme Court Nomination: “Do Not Delay the Inevitable” Time’s Up, the well-heeled movement founded to combat sexual harassment in the entertainment industry and beyond, is now calling on Brett Kavanaugh to withdraw his nomination to the Supreme Court for “the good of the court and the good of the country.”     Slate        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 Ted Cruz Chased Out of Fancy D.C. Restaurant by Kavanaugh Protesters Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was heckled out of a restaurant Monday night in Washington by protesters opposed to Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.     Slate        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 All Women Are Spies For the past 50 years, all spy novels have been written under the shadow cast by John le Carré. By zeroing in on the inherent duplicity of the trade and the murky politics of the Cold War, he kicked the form into a higher gear than anything offered by the camp wish fulfillment of Ian...     Slate        more   
• The Nation
• Sep 25, 2018 The Last Stand of the Angry White Man Dave Zirin Author and activist Kevin Powell joins the show to talk racism, feminism, Serena Williams, and hip-hop. The post The Last Stand of the Angry White Man appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 How Would You Feel About a 4-Day Workweek? Michelle Chen As productivity has soared, time off has not kept pace. It’s time to change that. The post How Would You Feel About a 4-Day Workweek? appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News Interview Was a Disaster—For Him Joan Walsh He was stiff and unconvincing—and he put claims on the record that could easily be disproved.  The post Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News Interview Was a Disaster—For Him appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 Trump’s Africa Roz Chast Chronicles of Nambia. The post Trump’s Africa appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• The Hill
• Sep 25, 2018 Conservative NY Times columnist calls Ted Cruz ‘a serpent covered in Vaseline’ Conservative New York Times columnist Brett Stephens on Tuesday delivered a scathing review of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), calling the former GOP presidential candidate "a serpent covered in Vaseline."Stephens, a cons...     The Hill        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 UN audience laughs when Trump boasts of achievements An audience of world leaders at the United Nations laughed on Tuesday when President Trump boasted of his achievements during his time in office."In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than...     The Hill        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 Murkowski: FBI investigation into Kavanaugh would ‘clear up all the questions’ Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) on Tuesday said an FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh would "clear up all the questions" surrounding the Supreme Court nominee."It w...     The Hill        more   
• Sep 25, 2018 Cramer questions if allegations should disqualify Kavanaugh ‘even if it’s all true’ Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), who's running in a top Senate race, questioned whether the sexual assault allegations should "disqualify" Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh "even if it's all true."In an ...     The Hill        more   
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