| At fraught Kavanaugh hearing, dueling narratives and a fresh battle of beliefs Posted: 27 Sep 2018 02:40 PM PDT ![At fraught Kavanaugh hearing, dueling narratives and a fresh battle of beliefs]( "At fraught Kavanaugh hearing, dueling narratives and a fresh battle of beliefs") Christine Blasey Ford testified on Thursday that she remembered all those details about that summer evening in which she alleges a drunk, teenage Kavanaugh groped her and tore at her clothes, with the music turned loud and Mr. Kavanaugh's hand over her mouth muffling her yells for help. It was deeply personal testimony, delivered in raw and vulnerable tones.
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| With new missile defense for Syria, Russia shifts its relationship with Israel Posted: 27 Sep 2018 12:42 PM PDT ![With new missile defense for Syria, Russia shifts its relationship with Israel]( "With new missile defense for Syria, Russia shifts its relationship with Israel") Russia has just taken a huge gamble in Syria. It will greatly strengthen Moscow's hand in determining the endgame in the seven-year-old civil war if it works. The Russians have indicated that they will effectively impose what is known as A2/AD (anti-access/area denial) over the entire Syrian theater by supplying Syrian forces with advanced S-300 anti-aircraft systems.
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| Brazil’s WhatsApp election campaign Posted: 27 Sep 2018 11:37 AM PDT ![Brazil's WhatsApp election campaign]( "Brazil's WhatsApp election campaign") If voters anywhere deserve to be distrustful of politicians, it is in Brazil. The use of social media has greatly altered the public discourse in an election seen as the most consequential since the first democratic election in 1989. Brazil has become a test case of what happens when citizens take charge of distributing information about candidates, replacing the role of journalists and political parties.
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| With echoes of the past, ‘Murphy Brown’ reboot tackles Trump-era culture wars Posted: 27 Sep 2018 10:13 AM PDT ![With echoes of the past, 'Murphy Brown' reboot tackles Trump-era culture wars]( "With echoes of the past, 'Murphy Brown' reboot tackles Trump-era culture wars") Watching old clips of "Murphy Brown" can often feel equal part prescient, equal part dispiriting, as if past and present are seamlessly connected despite a gap of more than 20 years. There's the one episode, spinning off the Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill Senate hearings, where Murphy is summoned to Capitol Hill about a leaked confidential Senate report. "May I respectfully remind you of the importance of the press in a democratic society?" Murphy answers the senator grilling her in a Southern drawl.
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