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Ex-Senator Aide: Kavanaugh Should Be Impeached
Lisa Graves, former top aide to Senator Patrick Leahy, discusses more.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Donors Get the Green
The governor is awarding renewable energy grants to his big money contributors.
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A Power More Supreme Than Any Judge
Strikes and protest movements have been the most effective way to take on a reactionary Supreme Court.
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Is Harvey Weinstein Buying Favorable Treatment From Law Enforcement?
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo mysteriously put a pause on an investigation into the handling of the case against Weinstein.
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Scott Pruitt’s Personal Security Cost Taxpayers Over $3.5 million: EPA Audit
Over just 11 months in 2017, Pruitt racked up more than double the spent by previous spent by previous administrators.
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Documents Reveal Kavanaugh Thinks Abortion Decision Is Not “Settled Law”
Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, discusses more.
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New Documents Appear to Show Kavanaugh Lied Under Oath Multiple Times
Did Kavanaugh lie under oath during hearings for his nomination to the US Court of Appeals in 2004 and 2006?
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Rats Ahoy
The “ship of state” is sinking, and the “rats” are getting out.
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Indigenous Authorities Unite Against Corruption Debacle in Guatemala
An important anti-corruption commission is under threat from the central government.
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The Daily Briefing
Once again, Trump relies on his most trusted sources.