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• GOP agrees to FBI probe of Kavanaugh, delaying Senate vote

  28-09-2018 23:41
  Washington • After a dramatic flurry of last-minute negotiations, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh cleared a key procedural hurdle Friday, but his confirmation prospects were still deeply uncertain as Republicans agreed to ask for a new FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations.Under pressure from moderate members, Republican leaders said they would allow the new probe for up to one week, slowing their rush to confirm Kavanaugh shortly after the new high court term opens on Mon
  
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• Utah Royals expect to compete for NWSL championship next season

  28-09-2018 22:57
  It all happened so fast.When the Utah Royals embarked on their inaugural season in the National Women’s Soccer League in March, neither the players, coaches or front office knew what to expect. There were no win totals, no playoff or championship hopes in mind.After all, the team had formed in only 90 days after Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen scooped up the roster remnants of the dissolved FC Kansas City franchise.“I honestly didn’t have the time to have expectations,&rdq
  
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• Two Salt Lake City protests against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh share same message: ‘Believe women'

  28-09-2018 22:40
  Nearly simultaneous to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to advance Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court on Friday, a group of about 25 protestors stood outside the Salt Lake City office of Sen. Orrin Hatch to protest the judge who has been accused of sexual misconduct.Many in the crowd didn’t even know yet that the committee had voted 11-10 to move the nomination forward to the full Senate vote — but they came anyway, many of them angry with what they ha
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - For Jazz, Success Follows the Arc of Rubio’s Revival

  28-09-2018 22:33 via sportspyder.com
  ... ree together. The trio had a minus-16 Net Rating through January 22, and the Jazz were 8-13 in all games where the three shared the court. From that point for ...
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Joe Ingles switches roles this summer

  28-09-2018 22:31 via sportspyder.com
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• We've teamed up with @nordictrack to teach our fans how to stay in shape for the upcoming season. Here is a behind… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-09-2018 22:17 via twitter.com
  We've teamed up with @nordictrack to teach our fans how to stay in shape for the upcoming season. Here is a behind… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Trump holds firm for Kavanaugh but calls accuser ‘credible’

  28-09-2018 22:15
  Washington • President Donald Trump said Friday he found the testimony by a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh decades ago to be “very compelling,” but added that he’d given no consideration to the idea of nominating someone else."Not even a little bit," Trump said.The president told reporters that Christine Blasey Ford "was a very credible witness" but also that Kavanaugh's own testimony on Thursday before the Senate Judicia
  
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• GOP advances Kavanaugh after Flake calls for FBI probe

  28-09-2018 22:02
  Washington • After a flurry of last-minute negotiations, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court Friday after agreeing to a late call from Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona for a one week investigation into sexual assault allegations against the high court nominee.However, it was unclear whether Republican leaders, who have pushed for fast confirmation of Kavanaugh, would back Flake's call for an investigation or instead would pre
  
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• ‘This is why people don’t come forward’: After a year of #MeToo, Utah sex-assault victims say Kavanaugh hearing has reinforced a damaging culture

  28-09-2018 22:00
  As Christine Blasey Ford on Thursday described Brett Kavanaugh's hand over her mouth, Beth felt an ache in her throat, 23 years after she says two men tightened their hands around her neck and raped her.“Listening to her talk about hands being held over her mouth, I felt that suffocating feeling,” said Beth, a Salt Lake City woman who asked to be identified by only her first name. "I get it. I know what that’s like, how powerless you are. Especially when there’s two of th
  
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• Ya'll are going to want to check out this new Nike Store ASAP... 😍 Grand opening tonight at 5:30pm! Come down to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-09-2018 21:52 via twitter.com
  Ya'll are going to want to check out this new Nike Store ASAP... 😍 Grand opening tonight at 5:30pm!Come down to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [NBA] - Exploring, relaxing and ... farming? Jazz players did it all this offseason

  28-09-2018 21:46 via sportspyder.com
  ... etely back into NBA action, let’s take a quick look at how some of the other Jazz players spent their offseason. DONOVAN MITCHELL   By now, you’ve probably he ...
  
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• BYU was able to handle Wisconsin’s trademark power. Washington’s speed and offensive balance will be another deal altogether

  28-09-2018 21:28
  Seattle • Even the BYU football program’s most fervent detractors had to admit that the Cougars’ stunning 24-21 win over then-No. 6 Wisconsin was impressive, given how it came in the face of 80,000 Badgers fans a year after that infamous 40-6 beatdown at home.But we’re here to tell you that if the No. 20-ranked Cougars can knock off No. 11 Washington on Saturday night at Husky Stadium, it would be an even more noteworthy accomplishment.How so?In a word: matchups.The Cougar
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz Rank: Ekpe Udoh comes in as the 12th man

  28-09-2018 21:19 via sportspyder.com
  ... ter, has been voted 12th. The backup center played some good minutes for the Jazz when went down with an injury last year. His raw stats aren’t anything to wr ...
  
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• Senate panel advances Kavanaugh to full Senate

  28-09-2018 21:10
  Washington • The Latest on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh (all times EST):2:50 p.m.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is meeting with Republicans senators in his office to discuss the next steps on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate Friday afternoon. GOP senators from the panel dashed to McConnell's office immediately after the vote.Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, a member of the committee,
  
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• How I Spent My Summer Vacation : Utah Jazz edition 🏝 And is @NazzyJML the best “Instagram husband" on the team? 🤔… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-09-2018 20:21 via twitter.com
  How I Spent My Summer Vacation : Utah Jazz edition 🏝And is @NazzyJML the best “Instagram husband" on the team? 🤔… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The latest: Senate panel advances Kavanaugh to full Senate

  28-09-2018 20:20
  Washington • The Latest on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh (all times EST):2:10 p.m.Sen Jeff Flake says Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination should on hold so the FBI can investigate the sexual misconduct allegations against him.Flake, the deciding vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted to advance Kavanaugh's nomination to a full floor vote, but said the vote should be delayed for up to a week to allow time for the investigation of Christine Blasey Ford's claims
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Gone for the summer—reliving the players’ busy offseason adventures

  28-09-2018 20:04 via sportspyder.com
  ...Please try again later. Published on Sep 28, 2018 The players from the Utah Jazz are from far and wide. They spent their summer making appearances, exploring ...
  
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• Street closures part of new security measures for Mormon General Conference weekend in downtown Salt Lake City

  28-09-2018 20:04
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday a series of new security measures for its twice-yearly conferences — including street closures — designed to “improve safety and enhance the patron experience.”The fall sessions of General Conference are scheduled Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6 and 7, at the 20,000-seat Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City. Sessions are planned for 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Oct. 6 and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Oct. 7.
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• [NBA] - Utah Jazz Announce 2018-19 Broadcast Schedule

  28-09-2018 19:57 via sportspyder.com
  ... ter Craig Bolerjack returns for his 14th year as the television voice of the Jazz. For the ninth-straight season, Bolerjack will team up with analyst and form ...
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Jazz strength coach teaches how to increase your vertical

  28-09-2018 19:52 via sportspyder.com
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• Have the Utes fixed their wobbly offense? Answers are due Saturday at Washington State

  28-09-2018 19:48
  Utah's defensive backs want to be remembered as the best secondary in school history. Intercepting a pass or two would help make their case, and they will have all kinds of opportunities Saturday.That's just one way of looking at the challenge awaiting the Utes, as they meet Washington State at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash.The matchup comes with multiple dimensions and is a checkpoint in Utah’s season, as September ends. The fundamental question is who’s dealing with more pressure
  
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• ‘Get lucky, somehow:’ Utahn Tony Finau’s good bounce helped the U.S. team take a Ryder Cup lead that didn’t last

  28-09-2018 19:47
  As Tony Finau's golf ball sailed toward the water on the right side of 16th green Friday, this was the Utahn's thought: “Get lucky, somehow.”In a snapshot, that successful wish captured the entire morning session of the Ryder Cup’s opening day. Finau’s favorable bounce off a wooden bulkhead led to a tying birdie from 4 feet. And when the European team of Justin Rose and Jon Rahm struggled on No. 18, Finau and partner Brooks Koepka earned a 1-up victory — after never
  
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• Facebook says 50 million accounts affected by ‘security issue’

  28-09-2018 19:42
  As many as 90 million Facebook users will have to log back into their accounts after the social network admitted on Friday that hackers had stolen the security tokens associated with 50 million user profiles.As a precaution, Facebook has reset the security tokens for the 50 million accounts as well as for 40 million others.The attackers exploited Facebook's systems through a flaw in the company's "View As" feature, the company said, which allows a Facebook user to view his or her own profile as
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Royce O'Neale finds a unique way to train this off-season

  28-09-2018 19:39 via sportspyder.com
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Grayson Allen wants to put his reputation behind him but won't back down as Utah Jazz player

  28-09-2018 19:38 via sportspyder.com
  ... y be the only new player among the 13 players who suit up each night for the Jazz since only Jonas Jerebko is not back from last year’s top 13. So what are hi ...
  
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• Utah Jazz announce broadcast, streaming schedule for 2018-19 season

  28-09-2018 19:28
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz games will be available on TV, radio and — for the first time — streaming devices.The team announced its broadcast schedule on Friday morning. AT&T SportsNet will again broadcast most of the Jazz's regular-season games (76 regular season and three preseason games). Craig Bolerjack (play-by-play) and Matt Harpring (analyst) return for their 14th and ninth straight seasons, respectively.Bolerjack's call will also be available for the first time at a
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz announce broadcast, streaming schedule for 2018-19 season

  28-09-2018 19:26 via sportspyder.com
  ...schedule on Friday morning. AT&T SportsNet will again broadcast most of the Jazz’s regular season games (76 regular season and three preseason games). Craig...
  
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• Grayson Allen wants to put his reputation behind him but won't back down as Utah Jazz player

  28-09-2018 19:23
  SALT LAKE CITY — By now, Grayson Allen is getting weary of any talk about his "reputation" as a collegiate player at Duke following him into the NBA.Allen, as most basketball followers know, was involved in several tripping incidents in college, including one last December that resulted in an indefinite suspension that ended up being just one game.Allen had to answer questions about that reputation when he was first drafted by the Utah Jazz in June and one came up again in his first media
  
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• .@attsportsnetRM will provide fans more ways to watch the Utah Jazz this season. Fans can download the AT&T Sport… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-09-2018 19:19 via twitter.com
  .@attsportsnetRM will provide fans more ways to watch the Utah Jazz this season. Fans can download the AT&T Sport… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Headlines, dividing lines and other lines are prominent in exhibit of works by University of Utah faculty

  28-09-2018 19:14
  A line can serve “as a path, a break, a division,” says Felicia Baca.In the new exhibit Baca curated for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, all kinds of lines can be found: lines on canvas or paper, lines of poetry, fault lines in the Earth, the line tethering a kite, even newspaper headlines.The exhibit’s title, “Site Lines,” is a play on words, said Baca, visual arts manager of the Utah Division of Arts & Museums.The idea of sight lines is common in architecture an
  
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• Westminster College’s new president, to be inaugurated Saturday, hopes to ‘counter that mindset’ that private college is inaccessible

  28-09-2018 19:13
  Westminster College, a private institution tucked in the foothills of Salt Lake City, will inaugurate its 19th — and second female — president Saturday morning.Bethami Dobkin will take over the post after spending the last 10 years as provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of communication at Saint Mary’s College of California. She is replacing Stephen Morgan, who retired after 37 years at Westminster and three as its president.“It’s a really
  
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• What’s the Jazz’s game plan for Saturday vs. Perth? ‘It’s preseason — we gotta focus on ourselves.’

  28-09-2018 19:01
  The Jazz are playing their preseason opener Saturday against the Perth Wildcats of the Australian NBL.Coach Quin Snyder acknowledged earlier in the week that they weren’t even going to discuss specifics about Perth until Friday.The reasoning is pretty simple.“It’s preseason — we gotta focus on ourselves,” said point guard Ricky Rubio.With Snyder pointing out that Perth will do things that pretty much no NBA teams will, there’s not a lot to be gained from spend
  
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• Union Pacific disputes Utah tax bill, says it’s off by millions

  28-09-2018 18:39
  Union Pacific Railroad Company is fighting the state of Utah over hundreds of millions of dollars in tax valuation — and it could have a big impact on local governments in areas where the company’s rail, equipment, buildings and land accounts for a significant share of taxable property.The Utah Tax Commission has assessed Union Pacific $1.5 billion in property tax valuation for 2018, but the railroad says that should only be $885 million.A federal judge has ordered that the disputed
  
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• Ramesh Ponnuru: What we didn’t learn from the Kavanaugh hearing

  28-09-2018 18:39
  We didn't learn much from the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing Thursday. The evidence about whether Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Professor Christine Blasey Ford when they were teenagers in the early 1980s remains what it was beforehand. The hearings only reinforced some things we already knew.First: Ford's accusation is the most serious of the ones against the judge. The Democrats mostly stayed away from The New Yorker magazine's rumor-mongering concerning Deborah Ramirez - who p
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Why Brett Kavanaugh should not be confirmed

  28-09-2018 18:35
  Many of the arguments made by Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's supporters are illogical or downright wrong. So many, in fact, that one is tempted to confuse bad-faith or amateurish arguments against recent allegations (e.g., "there is no evidence against him" - as if completely credible victim testimony under oath, prior statements and a polygraph don't count) with arguments against his confirmation. The two are not the same. His supporters' arguments - an illogical and unproven assertion that this is
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Do the Utah Jazz need a No. 2 scorer behind Donovan Mitchell?

  28-09-2018 17:54 via sportspyder.com
  ... . Making better passes. Finding Rudy on lobs a lot more.” Mitchell told Utah Jazz radio play-by-play commentator David Locke, when asked about where he can im ...
  
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• How well do you know the news? Take this quiz to find out.

  28-09-2018 17:50
  Last week, 97 percent of you knew why a Utah Valley University professor resigned, but only 41 percent knew how Trib reporters learned a Utah detective was targeting adults seeking sex with other adults. Think you kept up with the news this week? Take our quiz to find out. A new quiz will post every Friday morning. You can find previous quizzes here. If you’re using The Salt Lake Tribune mobile app, click here.
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• Lawsuit settled, former SNAP director returns to the fight against abuse

  28-09-2018 17:35
  St. Louis • David Clohessy, a longtime leader with Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, stood on a sidewalk near the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis and told a group of reporters about nine Catholic priests who were named in a recent Pennsylvania grand jury report on child sex abuse.The church removed these men from their parishes and sent them to the St. Louis area to live at Roman Catholic facilities that treat sexually abusive priests, according to SNAP, which aim
  
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• Who you got in the three-point contest?! Come out to @vivintarena 🚨 TONIGHT 🚨 and enjoy a little taste of Jazz bas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-09-2018 17:17 via twitter.com
  Who you got in the three-point contest?!Come out to @vivintarena 🚨 TONIGHT 🚨 and enjoy a little taste of Jazz bas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Pope Francis defrocks Chilean priest at center of sex abuse scandal

  28-09-2018 17:17
  Vatican City • Pope Francis has defrocked the Chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his “supreme” authority to stiffen a sentence originally handed down by a Vatican court in 2011.In a statement Friday, the Vatican said Francis had laicized the 88-year-old Rev. Fernando Karadima, who was originally sanctioned to live a lifetime of “penance and prayer” for having sexually abused minors in the upscale Santiago parish
  
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• While at @dukeMBB, Steve Wojciechowski had Quin Snyder as an assistant coach. He then went on to help recruit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-09-2018 16:34 via twitter.com
  While at @dukeMBB, Steve Wojciechowski had Quin Snyder as an assistant coach. He then went on to help recruit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Kavanaugh gains key GOP senator ahead of crucial vote

  28-09-2018 16:34
  Washington • Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh gained the support of a key Republican senator Friday, virtually ensuring his nomination will advance to the full Senate a day after he adamantly denied sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford, who insisted she’s “100 percent” certain he did.Moments before the panel convened, Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, a member of the committee, announced he would vote to confirm Kavanaugh, who he said was entitled to the "presumption of i
  
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• Alexandra Petri: HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO BRETT KAVANAUGH?

  28-09-2018 16:26
  HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO BRETT KAVANAUGH?HOW DARE YOU DENY HIM THIS SEAT?!Listen, NO, YOU listen!Do you know who Brett Kavanaugh is? Brett Kavanaugh went to Georgetown Prep!BRETT KAVANAUGH IS AN OPTIMIST WHO LOOKS ON THE SUNSHINE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN!BRETT KAVANAUGH IS NOT YELLING!YOU'RE YELLING!If Brett does not secure a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court, this country will be IN SHAMBLES! THIS IS HIS BIRTHRIGHT! Do you know how embarrassing it is for a Georgetown Prep graduate to NOT be
  
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• ‘Get lucky, somehow:’ Utahn Tony Finau’s good bounce helps the U.S. team take the Ryder Cup lead

  28-09-2018 16:14
  As Tony Finau's golf ball sailed toward the water on the right side of 16th green Friday, this was the Utahn's thought: “Get lucky, somehow.”In a snapshot, that successful wish captured the entire morning session of the Ryder Cup’s opening day. Finau’s favorable bounce off a wooden bulkhead led to a tying birdie from 4 feet. And when the European team of Justin Rose and Jon Rahm struggled on No. 18, Finau and partner Brooks Koepka earned a 1-up victory — after never
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: An in-law doesn’t like hanging with our family. Should I confront or keep the peace?

  28-09-2018 16:13
  Dear Ann Cannon • I have a question about a family situation. I don’t want to give too many details, but I have a family member named Pat who is married to Chris. Pat is generally happy and eager to participate in family events, Chris is not. It has become normal to expect Chris to not show up to dinners, trips, outings, etc., with the family, even if it would benefit Pat and Chris’ kids to have Chris there. Sad for the kids.Anyway, because Pat likes to be with the family, Pat w
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Selling “The Deep State”: Former Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s book makes it on The New York Times’ bestseller list

  28-09-2018 15:58
  Former Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s new book has climbed to No. 7 on The New York Times’ list of hardcover nonfiction bestsellers. The book, “The Deep State: How an army of bureaucrats protected Barack Obama and is working to destroy Donald Trump,” debuted on Sept. 18 and is largely drawn on Chaffetz’s time in Congress. In its 223 pages, he demonstrates contempt for federal workers he assails as going against the Founding Fathers’ goal of limited government and
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: What the heck is New Fox? What is the network becoming?

  28-09-2018 15:00
  What in the world is happening to Fox?The network used to be all about youth. Cutting edge. Pushing the envelope.Now it’s kicking off its new Friday schedule with the return of “Last Man Standing” (7 p.m., Ch. 13) — a 7-year-old show that stars 65-year-old Tim Allen as a guy who (metaphorically, at least) tells whippersnappers to get off his lawn.Fox follows that with the new sitcom “The Cool Kids” (7:30 p.m., Ch. 13), which stars David Alan Grier, 62; Leslie
  
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• Noah Smith: How to fill the gaps in the U.S. economy

  28-09-2018 15:00
  What do the internet, nuclear power, GPS, cloud computing, voice recognition and artificial intelligence all have in common? They were all developed with the help of the U.S. government. As economist Mariana Mazzucato and others have documented, government-led research efforts have been crucial to breakthroughs in a number of key technologies that later yielded big dividends for American industry.Many of these advances have come through a single agency — the Defense Advanced Research Proje
  
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• Eugene Robinson: How low can Republican senators go?

  28-09-2018 15:00
  Washington • For all intents and purposes, Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing was over as soon as Christine Blasey Ford began to read her opening statement.Of course she was credible. She’s a Ph.D. psychologist in the midst of a distinguished career, for heaven’s sake. Her voice was both strong and vulnerable as she recounted the details of the sexual assault she says she suffered at the clumsy, drunken hands of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. She didn&rs
  
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• Anne Applebaum: At the UN, a ‘realism’ that’s anything but

  28-09-2018 15:00
  Odd juxtapositions, absurd contrasts — these are the stuff of humor. People sometimes laugh, nervously, when someone states something that is both true and unacceptable. People sometimes laugh, uproariously, when someone states something that is both false and exaggerated. “In less than two years,” said President Trump at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, “my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country.” And
  
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