Chart of the Day: The Brent Premium Is Nearly $10 Right Now
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’ve got no special reason for posting this, but if you’d like a 30-second break from the insane tawdriness of the Kavanaugh affair, here’s a chart about oil prices: The two most widely traded grades of oil are Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate. Most…
Calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline Spiked Last Weekend While More Kavanaugh News Broke
Protesters gather in front of the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 24.Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The National Sexual Assault Hotline saw a surge in calls—a 57 percent increase from an average weekend—from Friday September 21 through Sunday September 23. A higher volume of calls…
Swing Vote on Kavanaugh Says He’ll Be Great on Abortion Rights
Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This is from an interview with Sen. Susan Collins recorded a few days ago: .@SenatorCollins on Brett Kavanaugh: “First of all, I do not believe he’s going to repeal Roe v. Wade.” She says she’s “very close” to a decision. https://t.co/OKQXwpmzBl…
Brett Kavanaugh Digs In: “I’m Not Going Anywhere”
Brett Kavanaugh during his interview with Fox News.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh broke his silence on his sexual misconduct allegations in an interview with Fox News on Monday, calling them “false accusations.” The Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation hearings were thrown into chaos when…
Defiant Kavanaugh Blasts Allegations as “Smear” Campaigns
Erin Scott/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a fiery letter addressed to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Brett Kavanaugh on Monday forcefully rejected the sexual assault allegations that have been leveled against him, claiming that the accusations were part of a political effort aimed to destroy his nomination…
“Town Burned Down” Is a Searing Triumph
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Adam’s House CatTown Burned DownATO “Town Burned Down” is the great lost Drive-By Truckers album—sort of. The first band of DBT principals Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley recorded their sole album in 1990, only to see it go unreleased at the time. Adam’s House Cat…