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Written by Olivia Paschal (@oliviacpaschal), Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey), and Madeleine Carlisle (@maddiecarlisle2) Today in 5 Lines Speaking at The Atlantic Festival in Washington, D.C., Senator Jeff Flake criticized Brett Kavanaugh for his recent appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling his interactions with lawmakers “sharp and partisan.” “We can’t have that on the Court,” he said. Four members of a militant white-supremacist group were arrested in connection with last year’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jason Kander, a rising star within the Democratic Party, announced that he’s dropping out of the Kansas City mayor’s race to seek treatment for PTSD. Despite that, Wittes writes, “If I were a senator, I would vote against Kavanaugh’s confirmation.” The Power of Women’s Anger: In her new book, Rebecca Traister argues that women's anger can lend itself to political change. However, in Laura Kipnis’ opinion, such a tactic is short sighted. Why Did No One Save Gabriel? : Los Angeles authorities knew that eight-year-old Gabriel Fernandez was suffering brutal abuse at home. But they didn’t act until it was too late. But, The Wall Street Journal reports, Trump appears to have personally directed his son, Eric Trump, and his former lawyer Michael Cohen to coordinate legal action against Daniels. Does the organization have a popularity problem?

Jason Kander is a former Army intelligence officer who served in Afghanistan and the former Missouri secretary of state, and he has announced he's running for mayor of Kansas City. Kander joins Morning Joe to discuss the move and his…

WASHINGTON • Jason Kander has written a book that is as much about his fealty to Taco Bell, baseball and pop culture as it is a paean to politics, the profession that he writes he will never apologize for pursuing. “Outside the Wire,” which is due to be released Aug. 7 by the Hachette Book Group, is mostly about the 2016 Missouri Senate candidate’s life philosophy. But Kander, a Democrat who last month announced that he would run for mayor of Kansas City, makes it clear that his life’s vocation will center around seeking public office. “Outside the Wire” refers to Kander’s tour in Afghanistan as an Army intelligence officer. He joined the military in the wake of 9/11, he writes, because of a “burning sense of obligation” to serve his country. “Outside the wire” is a reference to convoys out of American military bases in Afghanistan, where U.S. troops have fought for 17 years. Everything from “The West Wing” to “Blazing Saddles” is invoked. Kander says he didn’t reject raising money from big donors because it would have been akin to his Kansas City Royals giving up their designated hitter in the “name of ideological purity” while opponents kept their DH. Blunt beat Kander by less than 3 points. • Although Kander singles out a few Missouri politicians and political figures for criticism (he writes that Republican mega-donor Rex Sinquefield’s hobby is “collecting Missouri politicians”) Kander tends to dispense his barbs to groups.

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