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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Lisa Murkowski Delivers Message: Take Kavanaugh Accusations Seriously  —  WASHINGTON — Republican Party leaders may be insisting that they will install Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, but Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is offering a blunt warning of her own …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
GOP lawmaker: Second Kavanaugh accuser refusing to talk to Congress  —  Deborah Ramirez, a Yale University classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, is refusing to talk to the Senate Judiciary Committee about her decades-old accusation against Kavanaugh, a GOP lawmaker said Tuesday.
Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
Brett Kavanaugh and the Cruelty of Male Bonding  —  For what it's worth, and absent evidence or allegations to the contrary, I believe Brett Kavanaugh's claim that he was a virgin through his teens.  I believe it in part because it squares with some of the oddities I've had a hard …
Rosario Marin / BuzzFeed News:
I Was The US Treasurer.  I Didn't Tell The FBI Background Checkers About My Abuser.  —  I don't know Brett Kavanaugh personally, but all my friends who know him say he is a good man and he conducts himself honorably.  I don't know Professor Christine Blasey Ford, but from the people who do know her …
Discussion: Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate panel schedules Kavanaugh vote for Friday  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court on Friday morning, less than 24 hours after Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford appear before the panel to discuss Ford's allegation …
Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
Brett Kavanaugh's Yale Classmates Remember Him In A “Drinky Crowd”  —  In his college years, Brett Kavanaugh was ingrained in a social world that centered around alcohol, according to classmates who knew him at Yale, joining a notorious fraternity on a campus where few took part in Greek life …
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Avenatti: I wasn't scammed  —  Michael Avenatti on Tuesday lashed out at reports that a client who was preparing to level allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was a fake and part of a ruse by an outside group targeting Avenatti.  —  “I made the determination …
William Saletan / Slate:
Kavanaugh's Drinking Should Be Investigated  —  It's possible the Supreme Court nominee was so intoxicated that he doesn't remember assaulting his accusers.  We must find out.  —  On Tuesday, President Trump dismissed the latest sexual misconduct accusation against his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Three Yale Law School classmates who endorsed Kavanaugh call for investigation into sexual misconduct claims  —  Three Yale Law School classmates who endorsed Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh called Tuesday for an investigation into allegations by two women that he engaged in sexual misconduct in the 1980s.
Washington Post:
Rachel Mitchell, an Arizona county sex crimes prosecutor, emerges as top GOP choice to question Kavanaugh accuser before committee  —  All 11 Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are men.  That left the GOP with only men questioning Christine Blasey Ford about her allegation …
Discussion: Washington Times
Washington Times:   Kavanaugh accuser asks Senate to limit press access for hearing
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Senate Judiciary Committee sets Kavanaugh vote for Friday
Discussion: Townhall and Political Wire
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:   Arizona prosecutor Rachel Mitchell emerges as GOP choice to question Kavanaugh and accuser at hearing
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Senate Republicans hire female sex-crimes prosecutor to grill Brett Kavanaugh and accuser …
Discussion: New York Times and HuffPost
Fran Brennan / NTK Network:
Biden in 1991: The FBI ‘Do Not Reach Conclusions’ When Investigating Sexual Misconduct
Discussion: Townhall and The Right Scoop
Associated Press:
The Latest: Dem: Trump sending wrong message on Kavanaugh
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Beast
CNN:
Senate Judiciary hires female outside counsel to question Kavanaugh accuser on Thursday
Discussion: The Root
Molly Roberts / Washington Post:
What happens at Georgetown Prep
Discussion: The Federalist, CNBC and RedState
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The Ford-Kavanaugh hearing took a lot of work to arrange. Democrats want to scrap it
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
valleynewslive.com:
Congressman Cramer on Kavanaugh and more
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Rod Rosenstein's departure was imminent.  Now he likely survives until after the midterms, officials say  —  Rod J. Rosenstein's departure seemed so certain earlier this week that his boss's chief of staff told colleagues he had been tapped by the White House to take over as second-in-command …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Considers Keeping Rosenstein On, Advisers Say  —  President wants to hear from No. 2 Justice official directly about reports he considered secret taping, say people who have talked to Mr. Trump  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has told advisers he is open to keeping Deputy Attorney …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump says he has ‘no plans’ to meet with Iranian leader at the U.N.  —  NEW YORK — President Trump said Tuesday that he has “no plans” to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani while both leaders are attending the annual U.N. General Assembly this week.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
There's a baby at the U.N. General Assembly
Discussion: NPR, ABC News and Fox News
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Trump 'didn't expect' to get laughed at while speaking at the UN
Discussion: Axios
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
At the U.N., Trump finds the world literally laughing at him
Discussion: Roll Call
Jfranzblau / OpenTheGovernment.org:
Newly released memo reveals secretary of homeland security signed off on family separation policy  —  Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen previously denied existence of policy  —  Open the Government and the Project On Government Oversight have obtained documents through a Freedom of Information Act …
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Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed News:
The Secretary Of Homeland Security Said There Was “No Policy Of Separating Families.”  A Memo Proves There Was.  —  A memo signed by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristjen Nielsen contradicts statements she made at the height of the family separation crisis last spring that the administration …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Democrats have narrow lead in top Florida contests  —  In the Senate race, Bill Nelson gets support from 48 percent of likely voters, while Republican Rick Scott, the state's current governor, gets 45 percent.  —  Democrats are ahead in the competitive Senate and gubernatorial races in Florida …
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Deputy press secretary Raj Shah plans to leave White House after Kavanaugh confirmation hearings  —  WASHINGTON — One of the White House's most visible staffers has his eye on the exit door.  Raj Shah, a deputy press secretary who has stepped behind the podium for numerous daily briefings …
Discussion: Splinter and Talking Points Memo
Louise Matsakis / Wired:
Twitter Releases New Policy on ‘Dehumanizing Speech’  —  Twitter on Tuesday announced a new policy addressing “dehumanizing speech,” which will take effect later this year, and for the first time the public will be able to formally provide the company with feedback on the proposed rule.
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
FEMA Chief Brock Long's Unauthorized Travel Cost Government $151,000, Inspector General Report Shows  —  Long misused government resources to commute home to North Carolina and on family trip to Hawaii, according to report  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump's top disaster official cost …
Chris Francescani / ABC News:
Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in state prison with no bail during appeals  —  Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in state prison by a Pennsylvania judge who had designated the comedian a “sexually violent predator.”  —  Judge Steven O'Neill sentenced Cosby in a Norristown …
Jessie Van Berkel / Star Tribune:
Star Tribune sues to unseal Ellison's divorce records  —  Ellison, Democratic candidate for attorney general accused by ex-girlfriend of abuse, was divorced in 2012.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  The Star Tribune has joined a legal effort to unseal the divorce records of U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the Democratic candidate for attorney general.
 
 
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Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Consumer confidence hits 138.4 in September, vs. 132 estimate
Discussion: NTK Network
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘F**k you all!’ …
Discussion: Breitbart
Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
Chinese man accused of spying, helping recruit US engineers
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Election security bill won't pass ahead of midterms, says key Republican
Chris Bragg / Albany Times Union:
Cuomo campaign admits outreach by Crystal Run
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Senate GOP Effort to Rebuke Trump on Trade Has Died a Quiet Death
Discussion: Raw Story
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
U.S. Military Contractor In Afghanistan Fired For Wearing Neo-Nazi Flag
Media Matters for America:
GOP-backed congressional candidate is a 9/11 truther who cites an Alex Jones video
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Mic Fires Reporter After ‘Multiple, Disturbing Allegations’ of Misconduct
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jezebel
MSNBC:
Goldstone: I thought only Don Jr. would read email
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Has Removed More Than A Dozen Big Conservative And Liberal Political Pages
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Tight Race in CD07
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Millennials Are Causing the U.S. Divorce Rate to Plummet
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