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• FBI to speak with Ford about alleged death threats against her

  22-09-2018 01:33 via vtdigger.org
  Christine Blasey Ford, who says she was sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh when both were in high school. CBS news screen shot
  Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, was scheduled to speak with the FBI Friday afternoon about death threats made against her. That development follows release of a letter Thursday from Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy and nine other Democrats urging bureau FBI to begin an investigation into those r
  
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• FBI to speak with Blasey Ford as Leahy and fellow Democrats push for probe

  22-09-2018 01:33 via vtdigger.org
  Christine Blasey Ford, who says she was sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh when both were in high school. CBS news screen shot
  Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, was scheduled to speak with the FBI Friday afternoon about death threats made against her. That development follows release of a letter Thursday from Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy and nine other Democrats urging bureau FBI to begin an investigation into those r
  
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• Mark Tucker: It is not education that makes education costs so high

  22-09-2018 01:05 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Mark Tucker, who is superintendent of the Washington Northeast Supervisory Union.
  I read with interest David Moats recent piece in VTDigger and found myself nodding in agreement with almost every point he made. One in particular said, “One of the reasons politicians at the state level would like to assert control over the schools is that the education fund is an enormous pool of money, and they would like to get their hands on some of it for purpo
  
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• Peter Berger: The secret to success

  22-09-2018 01:00 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Berger, an English teacher at Weathersfield School who writes “Poor Elijah’s Almanack.” The column appears in several publications including the Times Argus, the Rutland Herald and the Stowe Reporter.
  Youthful Poor Elijah read big books on the beach, including “On the Beach,” which wasn’t especially big but was about nuclear war, which is a big, weighty topic, especially when you’re 12. His biggest summer
  
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• Bob Stannard: The hunt for witches

  22-09-2018 00:55 via vtdigger.org
  Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bob Stannard, an author, musician and former lobbyist. This piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
  “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.”– The Wizard of Oz
  Since the day he won the Republican Party nomination for president, Donald Trump has decried that the system was rigged. He did so because he believed he would lose to Hillary Clinton. Faced with the prospects of being a “LOSER” he had to create a sit
  
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• Senate Judiciary Committee Plots Way Forward In Kavanaugh Hearings dlvr.it/QkzLxl https://t.co/XSpmdGMP62

  22-09-2018 00:30 via twitter.com
  
  Senate Judiciary Committee Plots Way Forward In Kavanaugh Hearings dlvr.it/QkzLxl https://t.co/XSpmdGMP62
  
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