John Cassidy | Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Nomination Is in Big Trouble




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John Cassidy | Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Nomination Is in Big Trouble 
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens during the first day of his confirmation hearing. (photo: ABC)
John Cassidy, The New Yorker
Cassidy writes: "A day after Brett Kavanaugh's accuser came forward and identified herself as a fifty-one-year-old psychology professor named Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court appears to be in serious jeopardy."
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Haitian and African migrants seeking asylum in the United States. (photo: Guillermo Arias/Getty Images)
Haitian and African migrants seeking asylum in the United States. (photo: Guillermo Arias/Getty Images)

'People Will Die': Obama Official's Warning as Trump Slashes Refugee Numbers
Amanda Holpuch, Guardian UK
Holpuch writes: "A former senior government official who oversaw refugee resettlement under Barack Obama warned that the Trump administration's decision to slash the refugee admissions cap to a record low could have fatal consequences."
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Red Square in Moscow, Russia. (photo: AfricaPatagonia)
Red Square in Moscow, Russia. (photo: AfricaPatagonia)

At CIA's 'Russia House,' Growing Alarm About 2016 Election Interference
Greg Miller, The Washington Post
Miller writes: "In the months leading up to the 2016 election, senior Russia House officials held a series of meetings in a conference room adorned with Stalin-era posters, seeking to make sense of disconcerting reports that Moscow had mounted a covert operation to upend the U.S. presidential race."
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Two police stand at their vehicle. (photo: Guardian Liberty Voice)
Two police stand at their vehicle. (photo: Guardian Liberty Voice)

US Police 'Using Tiger Text App to Conceal Evidence'
Simon Boazman and Jeremy Young, Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has discovered that a self-deleting messaging app called Tiger Text has been adopted by at least one US police department, which may have used it to share sensitive and potentially incriminating information."
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Teachers striking in West Virginia. (photo: VICE)
Teachers striking in West Virginia. (photo: VICE)

Teachers Strike Wave: This Is a Struggle to Save Public Education
Arlene Inouye, Jacobin
Excerpt: "The education strike wave initiated by West Virginia's wildcat has reached the coasts. Teachers in Washington and Pennsylvania have walked off the job to demand better wages and better schools."
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A funeral in Palestine. (photo: Muhammad Smiry/Twitter)
A funeral in Palestine. (photo: Muhammad Smiry/Twitter)

Muhammad Rimawi Becomes 'Third Palestinian Tortured to Death' by Israel This Year
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Muhammad Rimawi, a 24-year-old Palestinian, died in Israeli custody Tuesday morning after Israeli forces beat him and kidnapped him from his home in the Beit Rima village in the occupied West Bank."
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Workers spraying crops. (photo: Getty Images)
Workers spraying crops. (photo: Getty Images)

Report: 140 House Members Vote Against Chemical Safeguards Every Time
Environmental Working Group
Excerpt: "Too many members of Congress have collaborated with the Trump administration or cast votes in favor of policies that reversed or delayed chemical bans, gutted chemical safety rules, rejected sound science, weakened worker and consumer protections, and denied justice to asbestos victims."
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