Kavanaugh Confirmation / #MeToo
- Here’s Why Republican Women Will Stick with Brett Kavanaugh — And Donald Trump by Amanda Marcotte (AlterNet)
- What Would Take to Impeach Brett Kavanaugh If He’s Confirmed to the Supreme Court? by Alex Henderson (AlterNet)
- Kavanaugh won’t teach Harvard Law class next year by Matthew Choi (Politico)
- Dean At Catholic University Suspended For Tweet About Kavanaugh Accuser by Emily Sullivan (NPR)
- Brett Kavanaugh Thinks People Like Brett Kavanaugh Aren’t Fit to Be Judges by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Flake concerned by Kavanaugh’s ‘partisan’ interactions at Senate hearing (Reuters)
- Jeff Flake: ‘We Can’t Have That on the Court’ by Elaina Plott (The Atlantic)
- Republicans don’t care if Kavanaugh is guilty because they don’t think what he did was wrong by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- 6 weird moments from Trump’s freewheeling comments about Kavanaugh during the USMCA press conference by Emily Stewart (Vox)
- Is 8 Enough? The Consequences Of The Supreme Court Starting 1 Justice Down by Nina Totenberg (NPR)
- Analysis: What Happened to Lindsey Graham? by Julian E. Zelizer (The Atlantic)
- Opinion: Not everyone belongs on the Supreme Court by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)
- Opinion: Republicans have a strategy to save Kavanaugh. It exposes Trumpism at its worst. by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- Kavanaugh’s temperament and credibility emerge as flashpoints in Supreme Court fight by John Wagner and Mike DeBonis (Washington Post)
- Ford demands interview in FBI probe by Elana Schor, Burgess Everett (Politico)
- The FBI Is Investigating Kavanaugh — But It May Be Forced to Ignore the Most Damning Evidence Against Him by Cody Fenwick (AlterNet)
- Brett Kavanaugh’s Ramirez Story Is Unraveling by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- Trump Says the MeToo Era Is Frightening for Men, But Hey, Women Are Doing Great by Ben Dreyfuss (Mother Jones)
- Trump: ‘Scary and difficult time for young men’ in US (BBC)
- Trump: ‘It’s A Very Scary Time For Young Men In America’ by Miles Parks (NPR)
- Brett Kavanaugh Protesters Arrested After Occupying W.V. Senator’s Office For 11 Hours by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
- Lindsey Graham Urges Trump To Renominate Brett Kavanaugh If Nomination Fails by Jenna Amatulli (Huffington Post)
- Class canceled: Brett Kavanaugh withdraws from Harvard Law amid student protests by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
- Two former Yale classmates withdraw support for Kavanaugh by Michael Burke (The Hill)
- Trump openly mocked Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault testimony at a rally by Tara Golshan (Vox)
- Trump: ‘Scary and difficult time for young men in the U.S.’ (BBC News)
- Mitch McConnell Says FBI’s Kavanaugh Report Won’t Be Made Public by Igor Bobic, Arthur Delaney (Huffington Post)
- Kavanaugh’s temperament and credibility emerge as flash points in Supreme Court fight by John Wagner and Mike DeBonis (The Washington Post)
- Many Senators want at least parts of FBI report on Kavanaugh released by Seung Min Kim (The Washington Post)
- Read Hillary Clinton’s Remarks on Brett Kavanaugh by Elaine Godfrey (The Atlantic)
- Trump mocks Christine Blasey Ford testimony at Mississippi rally by Megan Keller (The Hill)
- Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony (BBC)
- Donald Trump Just Mocked Christine Blasey Ford at Mississippi Rally by Jackie Flynn Mogensen (Mother Jones)
- More Than 500 Law Professors Condemn Kavanaugh For ‘Lack Of Judicial Temperament’ by Matt Ferner (Huffington Post)
- Texts Reportedly Show Kavanaugh Coordinating Response With Friends to Ramirez Allegations Before New Yorker Story Published by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- The People the F.B.I. Has Interviewed in the Kavanaugh Investigation — and Those It Has Not (updates) by Karen Yourish and Troy Griggs (NY Times)
Melania Trump
- Melania Trump Arrives In Ghana, Starting First Solo Foreign Trip by Tamara Keith (NPR)
- Melania Trump opens Africa tour in Ghana with baby weighing (Al Jazeera)
- Melania Trump Donated ‘Be Best’-Themed Blankets to Mothers at a Ghana Hospital by Raisa Bruner (TIME)
Trump Tax Schemes
- Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father by David Barstow, Susanne Craig, Russ Buettner (New York Times)
- Trump engaged in fraud, dubious tax schemes in 1990s: NYT (Al Jazeera)
- Times Report: Trump Wealth Largely Based on Tax Scams and Bailouts From Dad by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Trump helped parents shield millions from taxes: New York Times (Reuters)
- Trump gained millions from questionable tax strategies: New York Times by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- A NYT investigation dismantles Trump’s ‘self-made’ image and alleges sketchy tax schemes by Emily Stewart (Vox)
- 11 takeaways from the Times’s investigation into Trump’s wealth by Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig, and David Barstow (The NY Times)
- The New York Times’s Investigation into Donald Trump’s Taxes Is Getting a Documentary Short by Julie Miller (Vanity Fair)
- White House slams NYT report on Trump tax schemes by Quint Forgey, Aaron Lorenzo (Politico(
Mueller Investigation
- Mueller Is Investigating 2016 Hacking Campaign Against Anti-Trump Conservatives by Travis Gettys (AlterNet)
- Mueller ‘downsizing’ with departure of 2 prosecutors by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
- Paul Manafort met with Robert Mueller’s team: report by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Mueller is investigating attacks against conservative Trump critic: report by Travis Gettys (Salon)
- Robert Mueller’s Russia Investigation Sheds Attorneys in Sign of a Narrowing Probe by Eric Tucker, Chad Day (TIME)
Visas
- The Trump Administration Will Start Denying Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Foreign Officials by Luke Darby (GQ)
- U.S. Halts Visas For Diplomats’ Same-Sex Partners If They’re Not Married by Colin Dwyer (NPR)
- Trump Administration Will No Longer Grant Visas To Same-Sex Partners Of Diplomats by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
NAFTA / Trade Deal
- Why Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 Is a Win for Big Oil — But a Huge Loss for Workers and the Environment by Benjamin Dang (AlterNet)
- Trump’s new trade deal is better for workers than NAFTA was by Alexia Fernández Campbell (Vox)
- USMCA, the new trade deal between the US, Canada, and Mexico, explained by Jen Kirby (Vox)
Other News
- Trump reportedly picks handbag designer as ambassador to South Africa by Jason Burke and Sabrina Siddiqui (The Guardian)
- Behold a new Trump monument in England: A bloated POTUS confronted defiantly by Roald Dahl’s Matilda by Isaac Stanley-Becker (Washington Post)
- Four White Supremacists Arrested for Their Role in Charlottesville Violence by Rosa Furneaux (Mother Jones)
- US Secretary of State Pompeo to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un (Al Jazeera)
- The Trump Administration Set a Record-Low Limit for Refugee Admissions. It Let In Half That Number. by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
- White House Transcript Edits Trump’s Dig That Female Reporter ‘Never’ Thinks by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- White House corrects Trump’s insult in press conference transcript by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Trump Told Eric Trump And Michael Cohen To Keep Stormy Daniels Quiet: Report by Sara Bobltz (Huffington Post)
- Trump falls 138 spots on Forbes’ 400 richest Americans list by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Pompeo, Kim Jong Un set Sunday meeting in North Korea by Nahal Toosi (Politico)
- Michael Bloomberg jolts Senate battle with $20 million for Democrats by Robert Costa (The Washington Post)
- A Surprise Inspection of an ICE Detention Center Reveals Horrific Conditions by Madison Pauly (Mother Jones)
- The Trump Administration Is Moving to Weaken EPA Radiation Regulations: Experts by Ellen Knickmeyer (TIME)
Analysis
- An under-the-radar provision in the US-Mexico-Canada trade deal looks like a direct shot at China by Bob Bryan (Business Insider)
Opinion
- Donald Trump and the Self-Made Sham by Editorial Board (NY Times)
- A Bad Move That Could End Up Exposing Kids to Chemicals by Philip J. Landrigan and Lynn R. Goldman (NY Times)