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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Kavanaugh Accuser's Classmate: ‘That It Happened Or Not, I Have No Idea’ — A former classmate of Christine Blasey Ford tells NPR that she does not know if an alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh took place as she first suggested on social media.
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Emily Peck / HuffPost:
Brett Kavanaugh Liked Female Clerks Who Looked A ‘Certain Way,’ Yale Student Was Told — Yale professor and “Tiger Mom” Amy Chua, who's a Kavanaugh cheerleader, told the young woman to look “outgoing.” — A few years ago, as she was prepping to interview for a judicial clerkship …
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Talking Points Memo, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
The Guardian:
‘No accident’ Brett Kavanaugh's female law clerks ‘looked like models’, Yale professor told students — Guardian learns Amy Chua said she would advise students on their physical look to help win post in Kavanaugh's chambers — A top professor at Yale Law School who strongly endorsed supreme …
Axios:
Dems plot massive campaign if Kavanaugh falls — If Brett Kavanaugh's nomination sinks, Democrats would turn the midterms into a referendum not just on President Trump but also women's rights, abortion and the future of the Supreme Court, sources tell Axios.
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Washington Post, Politico, Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Political Wire, The Week, Breitbart and Wall Street Journal
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kavanaugh saga sets Washington rumor mill on fire — Activists, reporters, and White House officials are consumed with a barrage of rumors, hearsay and tantalizing tips about a Supreme Court nominee and his accuser. — It is the tweet that launched a thousand rumors.
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire, Power Line, NBC News, Breitbart and Hot Air
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans, be forewarned: Kavanaugh's accuser has options — The Post reports: … Trump, whom a flock of women has accused of harassment and assault, and the all-male Republican contingent on the Senate Judiciary Committee might think they have Ford cornered.
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Vox, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, Common Dreams and CNN
Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
The drive to sink Kavanaugh is liberal totalitarianism … If Senate Democrats and their media allies manage to destroy Brett Kavanaugh, they will bring America one step closer to a new, liberal style of totalitarianism. — I don't use the “T"-word lightly.
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Outside the Beltway and The Last Tradition
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Republicans push to confirm Kavanaugh amid fears it will come at a political cost
Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Roy Moore calls on GOP to ‘take a stand’ and support Kavanaugh amid sex abuse allegation
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Shareblue Media, Joe.My.God., YouTube and Raw Story
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The most infuriating aspect of the Kavanaugh conversation
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Talking Points Memo, The Nevada Independent and The Hill
Matt Bai / Yahoo:
What Kavanaugh deserves — and what we deserve from him
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CNN, New York Times and Daily Wire
David Marcus / The Federalist:
Whatever Happens To Kavanaugh, Feinstein Got Exactly What She Wanted
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Politico, twitchy.com and Common Dreams
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Bredesen backs Senate vote if Kavanaugh accuser won't appear
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Tennessean.com and Instapundit
Cokie Roberts / ABC News:
Christine Blasey Ford made her choice. Now she needs to tell her story to the Senate: COLUMN
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twitchy.com, Breitbart and Common Dreams
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Collins: My office has gotten ‘pretty ugly voicemails, threats’ over Kavanaugh
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Townhall, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, HuffPost, Daily Caller News Foundation, Washington Free Beacon and Betsy's Page
Associated Press:
How 65 women came to Kavanaugh's defense in matter of hours
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Washington Post, Law & Crime, twitchy.com, ABC News and Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
Unraveling the Russia Story So Far … On an October afternoon before the 2016 election, a huge banner was unfurled from the Manhattan Bridge in New York City: Vladimir V. Putin against a Russian-flag background, and the unlikely word “Peacemaker” below. It was a daredevil happy birthday to the Russian president, who was turning 64.
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emptywheel and Raw Story
Marc Caputo / Politico:
New racial controversy batters DeSantis — This is the fifth race-related issue concerning the Florida candidate, his gubernatorial campaign or one of its supporters. — MIAMI — A Republican activist who donated more than $20,000 to Ron DeSantis and lined up a speech for him at President Trump's Mar …
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Splinter, Raw Story, Joe.My.God., Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Mediaite and Florida Politics
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Top U.S. Diplomat Backed Continuing Support for Saudi War in Yemen Over Objections of Staff — Mike Pompeo made decision after being warned that a cutoff could jeopardize $2 billion in weapons sales to America's Gulf allies — WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo backed continued U …
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The American Conservative, The Daily Caller, Splinter, Defense One, Axios and CNN
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democrats fear Trump ‘October Surprise’ document dump — Democrats worry that Trump and his allies are teeing up a series of document releases meant to gin up GOP voters before the midterms. — Democratic operatives are growing anxious that Republicans working to undermine the FBI's Russia probe …
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The Atlantic
Geoff Edgers / Washington Post:
THE 74-YEAR-OLD COMEDY STAR IS SOBER AND READY TO WORK. THE PROBLEM IS NOBODY WANTS TO WORK WITH HIM. — Chevy Chase is sitting on the porch, outside his home in wooded Westchester County. He takes a drag off a Marlboro and casually mentions that he ran into Donald Glover backstage at “Saturday Night Live.”
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Katie Weston / Daily Express:
Huge 1000ft spider web appears overnight on a beach in Greece — AN ENORMOUS and terrifying spider web has sprung up in Greece overnight, covering everything from trees to shrubs near a lagoon. — A tranquil beachfront has been transformed by the starving spiders.
Alexandra Deabler / Fox News:
McDonald's customers who hung fake poster in restaurant for 51 days get $25G checks from fast-food chain — Two McDonald's customers who went viral for hanging a poster in a Pearland, Texas, restaurant have been awarded for their prank with a big payout from the fast-food chain.
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
‘These are the stories of our lives’: Prep school alumni hear echoes in assault claim — Bettina Lanyi remembers. It was 1986, and she was in eighth grade. She and a friend went to a house in Washington's Tenleytown neighborhood packed with high school kids, including a throng of boys …
BostonGlobe.com:
Elizabeth Warren for president? New survey shows Mass. voters don't love that idea — She has the national profile. She has the money. What US Senator Elizabeth Warren may not have, should she decide to run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, is the endorsement of Massachusetts voters.
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Political Wire
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Source: Nellie Ohr Is Refusing To Appear For Congressional Deposition — Nellie Ohr, the wife of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, is refusing to appear before Congress for a closed-door hearing that was scheduled to take place this Friday, sources tell The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Scott Daugherty / Virginian-Pilot:
Racist, offensive behavior “rife” in Norfolk Homeland Security office, EEOC rules — The Department of Homeland Security's investigative office in Hampton Roads is “clearly rife with offensive and racially hostile behavior,” the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a decision obtained by The Virginian-Pilot.
OpenSecrets.org:
Member dues plummet, leaving the NRA in the red for second straight year — The National Rifle Association is traditionally one of the most powerful and financially intimidating interest groups in Washington. But a new third-party audit of the group's finances obtained by OpenSecrets raises questions …
Cristina Johnson / FOX News Radio:
Co-Founder Of March For Our Lives Cameron Kasky Explains The Mistakes He's Made & Why He Left March For Our Lives — Co-Founder of March For Our Lives Cameron Kasky joined Fox News Radio's Guy Benson and Marie Harf to talk about his decision to step away from March For Our Lives.
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Washington Free Beacon, IJR and Daily Wire
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
New data: Democrats crushing Republicans in 2018 elections — Note: The 2018 data is preliminary through Sept. 12 and excludes runoffs, special elections and candidates who ran unopposed. Prior data includes unopposed candidates if they were on the ballot.
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CNBC and Political Wire
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem Tilt in CD07 — GOP incumbent still in the hunt despite strong anti-Trump sentiment — West Long Branch, NJ - Democrat Tom Malinowski holds a narrow lead over incumbent Republican Leonard Lance in the race for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District, according to the Monmouth University Poll.
Abacus Data:
Election 2015 started as a three party race. Countdown to 2019 begins with the NDP well back. — A year from now, we will likely be in the middle of the 2019 federal election. Over the past 5 days, we polled 2,000 Canadian adults how they are seeing their political choices and how they feel about their political leaders.
BBC:
Donald Tusk: Theresa May's Brexit trade plan won't work — Theresa May's proposed new economic partnership with the EU “will not work”, the head of the European Council has said. — Donald Tusk said the plans risked undermining the EU's single market. — He was speaking at the end …
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Telegraph
Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:
FEMA chief considered quitting as feud with Homeland Security secretary boiled over — MORRISVILLE, N.C. — With his home state flooded and the death toll rising, FEMA Administrator William “Brock” Long was on the verge of quitting this week. — On Sunday, his bitter feud …
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Talking Points Memo and HuffPost
Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
Florida GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis Spoke to Anti-Muslim Hate Group — Ron DeSantis wants to be just like Donald Trump. He's off to a great start—he spoke to a group whose leader thinks Muslims 'can't be loyal citizens' of the United States.
New York Times:
They Were Seeking Mental Health Care. Instead They Drowned in a Sheriff's Van. — MULLINS, S.C. — Nicolette Green had decided to get better. The medication she was taking to treat her schizophrenia had calmed her and cleared her head. On Tuesday morning, her oldest daughter, Rose …
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