DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY DIGEST: Kavanaugh Schoolmate Urges Georgetown Prep Grads to Break Silence on Sexual Assault, Party Culture, ACLU Formally Opposes Kavanaugh, Citing Credible Sexual Assault Allegations & Partisan Temperament & Trump Admin Sends 1,600 Kids to Texas Tent City as Number of Detained Children Hits Record High & More 2OKT18

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Tuesday, October 2, 2018 democracynow.org Stories Kavanaugh Schoolmate Urges Georgetown Prep Grads to Break Silence on Sexual Assault, Party Culture As the FBI presses forward with a limited investigation into allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a group of alumni from his all-male high  ... Read More → ACLU Formally Opposes Kavanaugh, Citing Credible Sexual Assault Allegations & Partisan Temperament The American Civil Liberties Union has come out against the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. It is only the fourth time in the  ... Read More → Trump Admin Sends 1,600 Kids to Texas Tent City as Number of Detained Children Hits Record High The Trump administration is transferring detained migrant children from shelters across the country to a barren tent city in West Texas. The New York Times ... Read More → What Does Trump's "New NAFTA" Trade Deal Signal for Workers, Corporate Power & the Environment? The United States and Canada have reached a tentative agreement to save NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, with a new trilateral deal that will be ... Read More → Headlines → White House Expands Kavanaugh FBI Probe NBC: Kavanaugh Contacted Ex-Classmates to Refute 2nd Accuser’s Claims Former Kavanaugh Classmate Recalls 1985 Drunken Bar Fight Kavanaugh Protesters Take to the Streets, Confront Senators President Trump to ABC News’s Cecilia Vega: “You’re Not Thinking” SCOTUS Opens Session with 8 Judges, Rejects Uranium Mining Appeal Indonesia: Death Toll from Earthquake and Tsunami Tops 1,200 Iran Fires Missiles into Syria in Response to Sept. 22 Ahvaz Attack Israel Injures Scores of Protesters in Occupied Territories Clashes FLOTUS Melania Trump Starts Solo Visit to African Continent Barcelona: Protesters Clash with Police on Catalan Referendum Anniversary Japan: Okinawa Elects Governor Opposed to U.S. Military Bases Mourners Remember Las Vegas Mass Shooting 1 Year Later California Enacts New Gun Control Measures Sweden: Photographer Linked to Nobel Literature Prize Convicted of Rape Sidelined Football Star Eric Reid Continues Protests as He Returns to NFL Amazon to Raise Minimum Wage to $15/Hour for U.S. Workers Trump Travel Ban Reporting Wins Emmy Award Forward this email → Donate today → Follow

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