Hello and welcome to my Nuzzel newsletter. This daily newsletter, sent in the am, is a collection of political, gender-related and occasionally theatre-related or food-related stories that I'm reading from across the web.
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(CNN) The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault says the FBI should investigate the incident before senators hold a hearing on the allegations. In a letter addressed to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of…
There is no way to redo 1991, but there are ways to do better. The facts underlying Christine Blasey Ford's claim of being sexually assaulted by a young Brett Kavanaugh will continue to be revealed as confirmation proceedings unfold. Yet it's…
After days of obsessing over the anonymous New York Times op-ed and Bob Woodward's book Fear, Donald Trump's mood was improving markedly last week as he watched Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination sailing toward a confirmation vote.
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are considering having their aides question psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford should she testify about her sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. There's a…
Nearly 600 women from Christine Blasey Ford's high school have signed on to an open letter saying that they support her and believe her accusation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. “Dr. Blasey…
The Washington Post
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Michelle Lee, Robert Barnes
– Sep 18, 2:47 PM
Advocacy groups pouring money into independent campaigns to impact this fall's midterm races must disclose many of their political donors beginning this week after the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a long-running case. The high…
Special counsel Robert Mueller's Friday plea agreement with Paul Manafort took unusual and possibly unprecedented steps to undercut President Donald Trump's ability to pardon his former campaign chairman. The plea deal Mueller struck with the…
The Kansas City Star
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Hunter Woodall
– Sep 17, 5:00 PM
A titan of Kansas Republican politics is shunning Kris Kobach, her party's nominee, in his run for governor. Nancy Kassebaum, who represented Kansas for three terms in the U.S. Senate, said Tuesday she will support Democratic State Sen. Laura…
It's not like women weren't already aflame with fury. September had brought handmaids to Washington, some standing silent sentinel in Senate office buildings. Women had dressed demurely to get into Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation…
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