Top Items:


California professor, writer of confidential Brett Kavanaugh letter, speaks out about her allegation of sexual assault — Earlier this summer, Christine Blasey Ford wrote a confidential letter to a senior Democratic lawmaker alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted …
Discussion:
NBC News, CNN, NPR, Washington Times, Law & Crime, Raw Story, Towleroad Gay News, Popular Information, Stupid Girl, SCOTUSblog, The Hill, Mercury News, KTLA, Breitbart, Mediaite, New York Post, Front Page Magazine, Informed Comment, Washington Blade, American Greatness, Townhall, The American Spectator, Politico, FiveThirtyEight, The Daily Caller, LifeZette, Mother Jones, twitchy.com, The Daily Beast, Vox, Wall Street Journal, POLITICUSUSA, The Other McCain, Fox News, France 24, Daily Kos, RedState, Splinter, Axios, HuffPost, The Last Refuge, Talking Points Memo, Roll Call, Hot Air, Althouse, fox13now.com, Washington Free Beacon, Power Line, Hollywood Life, IJR, Little Green Footballs, TheBlaze, Washington Monthly, VICE News, Outside the Beltway, CBS New York, CNBC, Above the Law, thenewcivilrightsmovement.com, New Republic, The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, Hullabaloo, AOL, Joe.My.God., ThinkProgress, Shareblue Media and JustOneMinute
RELATED:


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 …
Discussion:
Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and Talking Points Memo


Flake opposes quick vote on Kavanaugh, putting confirmation in doubt — Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court hit a serious roadblock Sunday night, as GOP Senate Judiciary Committee member Jeff Flake said he is uncomfortable voting to advance Kavanaugh's nomination later this week …
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, Axios, LifeZette, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Atlantic, POLITICUSUSA, Power Line, RedState, Daily Kos, HuffPost, Political Wire, The New Neo, CNN, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Talking Points Memo, Law & Crime, Mother Jones, Balloon Juice, The Slot, Vox and Mediaite


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:
Discussion:
CBS News, CNN, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, Roll Call, twitchy.com and Mother Jones


Weighing the Allegations against Brett Kavanaugh — They're serious but not solid. — The allegations against Brett Kavanaugh — outlined now on the record in the Washington Post by Palo Alto University professor Christine Blasey Ford — are substantial and serious.
Discussion:
Townhall, The Other McCain, Front Page Magazine, LifeZette, The Daily Beast, Mediaite and RedState

POLITICO Playbook: Can Kavanaugh hang on? — DRIVING THE DAY — IN NORMAL TIMES, BRETT KAVANAUGH would be under tremendous pressure to abandon his bid for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. His accuser — Christine Blasey Ford — has spoken on the record …


Delay the Vote — for Kavanaugh, for His Accuser and for the Court
Discussion:
Above the Law, Mother Jones, Mediaite, Raw Story and Washington Free Beacon

The power of a named accuser: Kavanaugh's future now hangs in the balance
Discussion:
Political Wire

Read the letter Christine Blasey Ford sent accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct
Discussion:
The Dworkin Report, Betsy's Page, The Daily Beast, Instapundit, Vox and Mediaite

Kavanaugh accuser willing to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee
Discussion:
Political Wire

Two Republican senators urge committee to hear out Kavanaugh accuser before vote
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Politico, POLITICUSUSA and Power Line

The Supreme Court Is Too Important to Rush a Confirmation Vote for Brett Kavanaugh

Key Republicans Want Kavanaugh Charge Probed as Trump Backs Pick
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo and BloombergQuint

Brett Kavanaugh's Sexual Assault Accuser Has Come Forward, and Her #MeToo Story Might Disqualify Him
Discussion:
Raw Story, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, Law & Crime and Washington Times

Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation at Risk After Accusation by Christine Blasey Ford
Discussion:
POLITICUSUSA, Simple Justice, alicublog, Townhall, The Daily Caller, KTLA, Law & Crime, Breitbart, CNN, Splinter, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Roll Call and Talking Points Memo

Woman Alleging Misconduct by Kavanaugh in High School Steps Forward
Discussion:
Washington Post and Politico

Kavanaugh faces his #MeToo test to reach Supreme Court
Discussion:
twitchy.com, Breitbart and The Hill

Calls Grow To Delay Kavanaugh Vote After Accuser Goes Public
Discussion:
Media Matters for America, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo


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.
Discussion:
NY State of Politics, HuffPost and Balloon Juice


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 …


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.
Discussion:
New York Daily News, New York Times, Deadline, Associated Press, Althouse, The Guardian, Page Six, Mashable, Jezebel and IndieWire


Behind the scenes: Republican fears and opportunities — A source who has seen recent polling, conducted by the Republican National Committee, told me the data show that a majority of Trump voters don't believe the mountain of evidence that Democrats will win back the House in November.
Discussion:
RedState
RELATED:


Time Magazine Sold to Salesforce Founder Marc Benioff for $190 Million — Benioffs won't have day-to-day operational role at Time Magazine — Time magazine will have a new home. — Nearly eight months after Meredith Corp. MDP -0.57% completed its purchase of Time Inc. …
Discussion:
PR Newswire, CNNMoney, CBS Philly, BloombergQuint, NPR and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »


Exclusive: Pompeo seeks rapprochement with alienated U.S. diplomats — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has nearly doubled promotions of top American diplomats as he seeks to restore diplomatic ties with a workforce alienated by his predecessor, Rex Tillerson.
Discussion:
Political Wire


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 …


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.
Discussion:
The Hill, Hollywood Life, Joe.My.God., TMZ.com and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »


Trump's foreign policy has devolved into chaos — It sounds unlikely, but the record shows that the most effective foreign policy adviser to President Trump since his election has been Barack Obama. — In their sole meeting, on Nov. 10, 2016, Obama managed to focus Trump …