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11:20 AM ET, September 21, 2018

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USA Today:
Last Slide  —  WASHINGTON — More Americans oppose than support the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Public Affairs Poll finds, an unprecedented level of disapproval for a nominee to the nation's high court.  —  Amid allegations of sexual assault …
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Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
After the Kavanaugh Allegations, Republicans Offer a Shocking Defense: Sexual Assault Isn't a Big Deal  —  Ever since the professor Christine Blasey Ford revealed that she was the woman who had accused the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, in a previously confidential letter …
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, Hit & Run and Townhall
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Officials in overdrive to keep Trump from attacking Kavanaugh accuser  —  A source who has been talking to President Trump throughout the Kavanaugh crisis told Axios that “you have no idea” how hard it has been to keep him from attacking his Supreme Court nominee's accuser.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The case for Trump to shut down the government  —  THE POLITICAL CASE FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT ... If you're Trump, is there any cogent case to NOT shut down the government one week from today?  Here is what a few of the president's allies are whispering to us.
NBC News:
Yale Law dean: Reports that professor groomed female clerks for Kavanaugh ‘of enormous concern’  —  Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken wrote that she wanted to “address the press reports today regarding allegations of faculty misconduct.”  —  The dean of Yale Law School on Thursday responded …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Opposition to Kavanaugh's confirmation grows  —  Brett Kavanaugh is first Supreme Court nominee below water in the history of the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.  —  More American voters now oppose Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination than support it after he was accused …
Washington Post:
Kavanaugh accuser won't testify Monday but open to doing so later next week
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Kavanaugh Accuser Opens Negotiations on Testimony Next Week
Adam Edelman / NBC News:   Biden: Senate must treat Kavanaugh accuser Ford better than Anita Hill
Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr / New York Times:
The Case for Impeaching Kavanaugh
Discussion: Politico, Townhall and Raw Story
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump on Kavanaugh accusations: 'Why didn't somebody call the FBI 36 years ago?'
Discussion: Splinter, Bustle and CNN
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:   Partisan Politics Are Trampling American Ideals in Kavanaugh Saga
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The Senate has become a factory of suspicion and contempt
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:   Trump Tries Something Surprising: Self-Control
Online NewsHour:
It took 2 days for the FBI to investigate Anita Hill's sexual harassment allegation
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Vox and The Daily Caller
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Sen. Whitehouse Tells Tapper Democrats Will Investigate Kavanaugh and FBI If They Win Majority
Discussion: Law & Crime
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Media must set higher standard for reporting career-ending accusations
The Guardian:
Revealed: Russia's secret plan to help Julian Assange escape from UK  —  Tentative plot to whisk fugitive from London embassy on Christmas Eve was considered too risky  —  Russian diplomats held secret talks in London last year with people close to Julian Assange to assess whether they could help …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and emptywheel
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Internal GOP Poll: Pelosi Beats Trump in a Head-to-Head Matchup  —  The Democratic leader is a frequent Republican target, but an RNC poll shows she's more popular than the president.  —  President Trump likes to mock Nancy Pelosi, but a private survey conducted for the Republican National Committee finds …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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Bloomberg:
Internal GOP Poll: 'We've Lost the Messaging Battle' on Tax Cuts  — Voters say 2-to-1 the tax law benefits rich over middle class  — Tax law looms large ahead of November congressional elections  —  A survey commissioned by the Republican National Committee has led the party …
Discussion: Raw Story, CNBC, The Week, POLITICUSUSA and Axios
Tim Mak / NPR:
Russia's Pro-Gun Influence Accounts Copied The NRA — And Sometimes, Vice Versa  —  Russian social media agitators who pushed pro-gun messages in the United States sometimes copied the language of the National Rifle Association.  And sometimes, the NRA copied them.
New York Times:
Trump Sees a ‘Red Wave’ Where His Party Sees a Red Alert  —  WASHINGTON — During a discussion about his party's legislative high points this year with a small group at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, expressed a new concern about an old habit of President Trump's.
Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
September Senate Overview: Three Ratings Changes  —  As the political environment continues to favor Democrats and likely to rob Republicans of their majority in the U.S. House and a handful of gubernatorial seats, the conventional wisdom is that the fate of the GOP's Senate majority will rest …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
Axios:
The GOP's growing identity crisis  —  The Republican Party is suffering an identity crisis that poses acute short- and long-term risks: President Trump, with 38% approval in Gallup, is giving the party a constricted appeal, with the danger of continuing high-profile defections.
New York Post:
Woman on vacation reportedly finds dead tortoise in her vagina  —  A British woman has been questioned by police in Spain after doctors found a dead tortoise inside her vagina, according to reports in the Spanish media.  —  Staff at the emergency department of a medical center in the south …
Wall Street Journal:
Google Workers Discussed Tweaking Search Function to Counter Travel Ban  —  Company says none of proposed changes to search results were ever implemented  —  WASHINGTON—Days after the Trump administration instituted a controversial travel ban in January 2017, Google employees discussed …
George Stephanopoulos / ABC News:
Michael Cohen spoke to Mueller team for hours; asked about Russia, possible collusion, pardon: Sources  —  President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has participated over the last month in multiple interview sessions lasting for hours with investigators from the office …
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Judith Mischke / Politico:
Europe's papers in a froth over Theresa May's ‘Salzburg disaster’  —  Europe's newspapers were all about the acrimonious EU summit held in Salzburg, Austria on Wednesday and Thursday, at which U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May warned she is prepared to walk away from negotiations with the bloc after EU leaders rejected her Brexit plan.
Jordan Cohen / The New York Times Company:
Kirsten Danis Joining Metro  —  Kirsten Danis, who has been managing editor of The Marshall Project since 2015, is becoming deputy Metro editor for investigations.  Read more in this note from Cliff Levy.  —  Metro has had a storied tradition of world-class investigative reporting …
Discussion: New York Times
Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed News:
New Emails Show Confusion At The Pentagon After Trump's Transgender Ban Tweets  —  At 8:55 am on a Wednesday morning last summer, a tweet from the White House residence stopped much of Washington in its tracks.  —  “After consultation with my Generals and military experts …
Daniel Goldblatt / The Blast:
Beyoncé's Former Drummer Claims Singer Molested Her with ‘Dark Magic,’ ‘Extreme Witchcraft’  —  A woman who once worked as a drummer for Beyoncé claims the singer is wrapped up in the practices of “extreme witchcraft” and has been using her spells to run surveillance and control her finances …
 
 
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Exclusive: Jordan Peterson Threatened to Sue a Critic for Calling Him a Misogynist
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

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