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12:15 PM ET, September 17, 2018

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CNN:
Brett Kavanaugh is willing to answer questions on allegations, has hired an attorney  —  (CNN)Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said Monday that he would be willing to speak with lawmakers to refute an allegation of physical and sexual assault by a woman who has come forward publicly with the accusation.
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Axios:
Scoop: GOP plans to play hardball on Kavanaugh  —  Strategists advising Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh plan to use aggressive tactics this week in response to the public accusation of a “stumbling drunk” sexual assault in high school that instantly imperiled his confirmation, top sources tell Jonathan Swan:
HuffPost:
Alumnae Of Christine Blasey Ford's High School Circulate Letter Of Support  —  Ford's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are “all too consistent with stories we heard and lived while attending Holton,” they wrote.  —  A group of women who went to Christine Blasey Ford's high school …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Believes There Is a ‘Conspiracy’ to Torpedo the Kavanaugh Nomination  —  The president and his team are not deterred by the sexual assault allegations being made against their Supreme Court nominee.  If anything, their back is up even more.  —  In the hours after a 51-year-old …
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
Donald Trump Jr. Instagram Post Mocks Woman Who Says She Was Sexually Assaulted By Brett Kavanaugh  —  Donald Trump Jr. posted an image on his Instagram account that appeared to mock the woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted by the president's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Megyn Kelly makes case against Kavanaugh's accuser: ‘Maybe he blew her off and she had an axe to grind’  —  NBC News host Megyn Kelly asserted on Monday that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed unless the woman who has accused him of sexual assault can prove that she's not lying.
Discussion: Vox and Townhall
Billy Perrigo / TIME:
Donald Trump, Jr. Posts Instagram Apparently Mocking Kavanaugh's Accuser  —  Donald Trump, Jr., son of President Donald Trump, posted an image to his Instagram account on Sunday appearing to mock the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
Discussion: New Republic, Townhall and HuffPost
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Collins knocks Democrats over handling of Kavanaugh assault allegation  —  (R-Maine), a key swing vote in the Supreme Court fight, is knocking Senate Democrats for their handling of a sexual assault allegation against nominee Brett Kavanaugh.  —  Collins questioned why Democrats had waited …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and CNN
John F. Harris / Politico:
Why God Is Laughing at Brett Kavanaugh  —  American politics is about power, not principle.  If anyone should know this, it's Brett Kavanaugh.  —  God, it's sometimes said, has an awesome sense of humor; if so, the Almighty must have been vastly entertained by the turns of fortune on display this past weekend in American politics.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Kavanaugh's Nomination in Turmoil as Accuser Says He Assaulted Her Decades Ago
Grabien News:
'Something's Wrong with Her': Christine Ford's Students Savage Her in Reviews
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Kavanaugh's sexual assault accuser believes she could have been raped, her attorney says
Discussion: CNBC, HuffPost and New York Times
David French / National Review:
Weighing the Allegations against Brett Kavanaugh
CNN:
Read the letter Christine Blasey Ford sent accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Kavanaugh accuser may testify ‘under oath,’ Conway says, as lawyer opens door
Discussion: IJR, The Daily Signal and POLITICUSUSA
Politico:
What Should the Senate Do With Brett Kavanaugh?
Discussion: Reason, The Daily Beast and Hit & Run
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Flake opposes quick vote on Kavanaugh, putting confirmation in doubt
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Can Kavanaugh hang on?
Discussion: American Prospect, The Week and Salon
Grant Stern / The Dworkin Report:
This is what you need to do today to #PostponeTheVote on Kavanaugh
Discussion: Daily Wire, The Slot and CNN
New York Times:
Bloomberg May Run for President as a Democrat.  His Views on Policing and #MeToo Could Be a Problem.  —  SEATTLE — Michael R. Bloomberg is actively considering a campaign for president as a Democrat in 2020, concluding that it would be his only path to the White House even as he voices stark disagreements …
Discussion: Axios, AOL, Splinter and Eschaton
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
New leak shows Julian Assange sought Russian visa in 2010  —  LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange had just pulled off one of the biggest scoops in journalistic history, splaying the innards of American diplomacy across the web.  But technology firms were cutting ties to his website, WikiLeaks …
Discussion: Politico and Task & Purpose
Hillary Rodham Clinton / The Atlantic:
American Democracy Is in Crisis  —  It's been nearly two years since Donald Trump won enough Electoral College votes to become president of the United States.  On the day after, in my concession speech, I said, “We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead.”  I hoped that my fears for our future were overblown.
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Noah's Ark except it's a school bus: Truck driver rescues 64 dogs and cats from floods of Hurricane Florence  —  There is nothing like a meal at the Waffle House after driving more than 60 animals from the South Carolina coast to southern Alabama inside of a school bus.  Tony Alsup can attest.
Discussion: Greenville News
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Washington Post:
Florence has made Wilmington, N.C., an island cut off from the rest of the world
Discussion: Townhall and The Guardian
Wall Street Journal:
Florence Washes Away Portion of Coal-Ash Landfill in North Carolina
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Daphne Merkin / Vulture:
Introducing Soon-Yi Previn As controversies tumbled around her, the daughter of Mia Farrow and wife of Woody Allen stayed silent for decades.  No more.  —  Once, she was seen as a victim, her youth and relative innocence taken advantage of by a powerful, much older man who sucked her into his vortex.
Paige Williams / New Yorker:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump's Battering Ram  —  What does the press secretary believe in—other than defending the President's every word?  —  Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, says that she never set out to be “the face of anything.”
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Tom Arnold and Mark Burnett in Physical Altercation at Evening Before Emmy Party  —  The tension between Tom Arnold and Mark Burnett boiled over into a physical altercation at Sunday's Evening Before Emmy party, a fundraiser for the Motion Picture Television Fund.  —  Details of the incident are still unclear.
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Windsor Mann / The Week:
You'll miss Trump one day  —  I'm going to miss President Trump when he's gone.  If you want his presidency to end as badly as I do, you probably will, too.  The day he leaves office, I will be overjoyed.  The day after he leaves office, I will be bored.  —  The post-Trump era will be less frightening but more dull.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Nicole Goodkind / Newsweek:
Ted Cruz Campaign is Mailing Donation Requests Disguised as Legal Summonses  —  Ted Cruz's Texas Senatorial campaign has sent hundreds of thousands of mailers seeking donations that are meant to look like official county summons, a high-ranking campaign official confirmed to Newsweek.
Roque Planas / HuffPost:
Bombshell Washington Post Story On Trump Passport Crackdown Withheld, Distorted Key Facts  —  State Department data shows passport denials in suspect midwife cases have dropped under Donald Trump.  You wouldn't know from reading the Post.  —  AUSTIN, Texas On Aug. 29 …
 
 
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