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9:30 AM ET, September 19, 2018

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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Ford wants FBI investigation before testifying  —  (CNN)The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault says the FBI should investigate the incident before senators hold a hearing on the allegations.  —  In a letter addressed to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Cut Bait”: As the Kavanaugh Nightmare Escalates, Trump Is Gripped with Uncertainty as Ivanka Suggests Cutting the Judge Loose  —  The threat of losing the House and Senate has stopped Trump from going scorched-earth on Christine Blasey Ford.  If Trump antagonizes women voters …
New York Times:
Christine Blasey Ford Wants F.B.I. to Investigate Kavanaugh Before She Testifies  —  WASHINGTON — The woman who has accused President Trump's Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault threw into doubt plans for an extraordinary Senate hearing to air her accusations, charging on Tuesday …
NBC News:
The allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are not simply a ‘he said, she said’ situation  —  Prosecutors look for corroborating evidence — and there are strong indications already that Christine Blasey Ford is telling the truth about her attack.  —  Created with Sketch.
Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
Men Are More Afraid Than Ever  —  It is a remarkable fact of American life that hordes of men are now defending sexual assault.  It's not immediately clear why.  It seems like the very definition of an unforced error.  But a substantial group, many of them in politics …
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Republicans Consider Using Female Staffers To Question Christine Blasey Ford
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: GOP pushing Kavanaugh nom back on track
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Times
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   WATCH: Katy Tur dismantles Orrin Hatch with epic mashup of his comments smearing female victims
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Grassley: No reason to delay Kavanaugh hearing
Discussion: HuffPost, Bustle and National Review
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:   Sen. Hirono: Men Need To “Shut Up,” Kavanaugh Accuser Needs To Be Believed And I Believe Her
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Christine Ford Wants FBI Investigation Before She Testifies
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Roll Call
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Brett Kavanaugh and Our Accountability Crisis
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
A Hill to Die on  —  Justice both delayed and denied.
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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
FBI, DOJ Plan Redactions Despite Trump's Document Order  — The agencies can't offer a timeline to finish their review  — Holding back information could spark confrontation with Trump  —  President Donald Trump has demanded the “immediate declassification” of sensitive materials …
Discussion: Axios and Washington Times
Mike Levine / ABC News:   Trump ‘dossier’ stuck in New York, didn't trigger Russia investigation, sources say
Washington Post:   ‘I should have fired him before I got here’: Trump says he regrets not firing Comey sooner
The Hill:
Hill.TV INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: Trump eviscerates Sessions: 'I don't have an Attorney General'  —  in an Oval Office interview with Hill.TV launched one of his most ferocious broadsides to date against Jeff Sessions  —  , suggesting the attorney general was essentially AWOL and performing badly on a variety of issues,
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Democrats fear Shalala campaign is in ‘sleep mode’ while challenger surges  —  The congressional seat was supposed to be the easiest of Democratic pickups.  Hillary Clinton carried the Miami-based 27th District by nearly 20 percentage points just two years ago.
Discussion: Naked Politics
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Tightening Texas race boosts Democrats' hopes of taking Senate: Reuters poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Democratic congressman aiming to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in Texas has pulled even in the race, a Reuters poll found, a spark of hope for a party seeking a Senate majority to curb President Donald Trump's agenda.
Washington Post:
The Trump administration gives the world one more reason to lose faith in America  —  ANOTHER MILESTONE in America's retreat from global leadership passed Monday when the Trump administration announced that it will cap refugee admissions next year at 30,000, by far the lowest ceiling since the current program was established in 1980.
Discussion: Defense One and The Daily Caller
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Ron Nixon / New York Times:
U.S. Loses Track of Another 1,500 Migrant Children, Investigators Find
Discussion: Splinter
Dylan McGuinness / MySanAntonio.com:
Flores defeats Gallego in Senate District 19  —  Voters elected political newcomer Pete Flores to the Texas Senate on Tuesday, flipping a Democratic district red for the first time in 139 years and further bolstering Republicans' supermajority in the chamber ahead of the November elections.
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
‘The Apprentice’ book excerpt: At CIA's ‘Russia House,’ growing alarm about 2016 election interference  —  The warren of cubicles was secured behind a metal door.  The name on the hallway placard had changed often over the years, most recently designating the space as part of the Mission Center for Europe and Eurasia.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
The Five Battlefields for Control of the House  —  The sizzling-hot day in the Santa Clarita Valley seemed far away inside the air-conditioned food court where Victoria Rust, 57, waited for a cheese pizza.  Seeking refuge from the scorching heat is a familiar exercise for voters …
Discussion: Political Wire, CNBC and Axios
Washington Post:
Political nonprofits must now name many of their donors under federal court ruling after Supreme Court declines to intervene  —  Advocacy groups pouring money into independent campaigns to influence this fall's midterm races must disclose many of their political donors beginning this week …
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Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
SCOTUS Denies Stay, New Disclosure Ruling Goes Into Effect
Zoe Forsey / Mirror.co.uk:
Woman's perfect Tinder date with ‘The One’ shattered by five simple words  —  They had been messaging for a while and she thought she knew him pretty well - but she was very, very wrong  —  Tinder can be a tricky game, so when one woman went on the perfect date she thought that was it.
Jonathan Van Meter / New York Magazine:
Can I Get a Hug?  Cory Booker's got a lot of love to give, and he's betting that's what it will take to win in 2020.  —  Anyone who thinks it's nothing but teeth-grinding paranoia and rank misery in Washington these days hasn't been to the office of New Jersey senator Cory Booker.  These people are happy.
 
 
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Justin Caruso / Breitbart:
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Hillary: Kavanaugh's Accuser Deserves ‘the Benefit of the Doubt’
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Axios and HuffPost
Denise Clifton / Mother Jones:
Trump's Lies Have Grown Far More Frequent—and More Dangerous
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Post:
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