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Gabriel Pogrund / Washington Post:
'How'd you find me?':  Mark Judge has been holed up in a beach house in Delaware amid a media firestorm  —  Bethany Beach, Del. — Mark Judge has been conspicuously absent for more than a week: Named as the only witness to an alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh …
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
When the Muzzle Comes Off  —  I write this not knowing if by the time it is published, Brett Kavanaugh will still be the Supreme Court nominee, or whether more people will have come forward with more stories of assault or degradation, or whether Chuck Grassley or Donald Trump will have doubled …
The Daily Beast:
Democrats to Michael Avenatti: You're Not Helping in the Kavanaugh Fight  —  Avenatti to Democrats: Don't act so weak.  —  On Sunday evening, just as The New Yorker revealed the identity of a second woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct …
Akhil Amar / Yale Daily News:
Second thoughts on Kavanaugh  —  Minutes after President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh '87 LAW '90 to the Supreme Court, I published a controversial op-ed in The New York Times endorsing the nomination.  I later testified in support of Kavanaugh on the final day of his confirmation hearings.
Associated Press:
Republicans are digging in on Kavanaugh.  Here's why.  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The first allegation against Brett Kavanaugh left Republicans rattled and nervous.  The second left them angry and ready to fight back.  —  The GOP punched back hard Monday, seeming to cast aside — for now …
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kavanaugh's friends promoted him.  Now they have to rescue him.  —  White House aides and allies who encouraged President Donald Trump to choose him for the highest court have a lot to lose.  —  Brett Kavanaugh isn't the only prominent conservative whose reputation is threatened by allegations …
Discussion: Breitbart, Vox and CBS News
Politico:
Kavanaugh drama rattles GOP support  —  Republicans signal they will wait to pass judgment on the Supreme Court nominee until hearing from him and an accuser later this week.  —  Senate Republicans have gone from confidently predicting the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court …
John Wagner / Washington Post:   White House open to public testimony from second Kavanaugh accuser, Sanders says
Annie Karni / Politico:
Kavanaugh's wife tests standing by your man in the #MeToo era
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Kavanaugh's fate rests with Sen. Collins
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Wall Street Journal:   The Politics of Destruction  —  A second Kavanaugh accuser betrays …
Politico:
Democrats believe Ramirez but stiff-arm Avenatti
Discussion: VICE News
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Kavanaugh Just Played ‘Checkers’ on Fox
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Avenatti: New client will go public with Kavanaugh accusations by Wednesday
New York Times:
Kavanaugh's Yearbook Page Is ‘Horrible, Hurtful’ to a Woman It Named  —  Brett Kavanaugh's page in his high school yearbook offers a glimpse of the teenage years of the man who is now President Trump's Supreme Court nominee: lots of football, plenty of drinking, parties at the beach.
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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct in Fox News exclusive: 'I know I'm telling the truth'  —  Exclusive: Judge Kavanaugh talks to Martha MacCallum about the sexual misconduct allegations.  —  EXCLUSIVE - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denied accusations of sexual misconduct …
USA Today:
Third Kavanaugh accuser, a former US Mint employee, ‘100 percent credible,’ Avenatti says  —  LOS ANGELES - A third woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct will come forward in the next 48 hours, according to Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for adult film star …
Lara Bazelon / New York Times:
Man Up, Grassley.  Question Blasey Ford Yourself.  —  Outsourcing this responsibility to female aides or an outside female lawyer because of bad optics is sexist and cowardly.  —  Ms. Bazelon has written about gender bias against female litigators.  —  Who will question Christine Blasey Ford …
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
New York Times Hid Multiple Key Facts In Kavanaugh Yearbook Hit
Discussion: Raw Story and Jezebel
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Sarah Sanders won't offer assurances for future of Mueller probe if Rod Rosenstein goes  —  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders would not offer any assurances that President Trump will allow the special counsel investigation to continue without delay if Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein exits …
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Raw Story
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: The DOJ's full Rod Rosenstein exit statement
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“The Strategy Was to Try and Do Something Really Big”: Trump Wanted to Nuke Rosenstein to Save Kavanaugh's Bacon
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Ted Cruz Chased Out Of DC Restaurant By Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters  —  Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz was chased out of a DC restaurant by protesters on Monday night, according to video posted on Twitter.  —  Two videos were posted by “Smash Racism DC” and they show a large group of protesters chanting …
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Ben Steverman / BloombergQuint:
Millennials Are Causing the U.S. Divorce Rate to Plummet  —  (Bloomberg) — Americans under the age of 45 have found a novel way to rebel against their elders: They're staying married.  —  New data show younger couples are approaching relationships very differently from baby boomers, who married young, divorced, remarried and so on.
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Instagram's Co-Founders Said to Step Down From Company  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the co-founders of the photo-sharing app Instagram, have resigned and plan to leave the company in coming weeks, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
NBC News poll: It's neck-and-neck in the Arizona Senate race  —  Among likely voters, Kyrsten Sinema has 48 percent support compared with 45 percent for Martha McSally, within the poll's margin of error.  —  WASHINGTON — Arizona's closely watched Senate race is a statistical tie …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
The Evolution of Kyrsten Sinema, from Homeless Child to Senate Candidate
Discussion: ABC News
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke's false claim he did not try to leave the scene of a DWI  —  “I did not try to leave the scene of the accident, though driving drunk, which I did, is a terrible mistake for which there is no excuse or justification or defense, and I will not try to provide one.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Laura Kipnis / New York Times:
What Ian Buruma's Departure Will Cost Us  —  The editor's exit from The New York Review of Books threatens to inhibit our intellectual culture.  —  Ms. Kipnis is the author of a book about campus sexual harassment policies.  —  When Robert B. Silvers, the founding editor of The New York Review of Books …
Discussion: The Guardian
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Bloomberg-founded gun control group launches ads to flip 15 GOP House districts  —  Everytown for Gun Safety, the group founded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is rolling out a $5 million digital ad campaign targeting 15 House races, as the group continues heavy investment in the midterm elections.
Discussion: National Review
Jim Norman / Gallup:
Republican Party Favorability Highest in Seven Years  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-five percent of Americans now have a favorable view of the Republican Party, a nine-point gain from last September's 36%.  It is the party's most positive image since it registered 47% in January 2011 …
Politico:
Why Canada's leaders should wait out Trump's NAFTA deal  —  This week, Canada's leaders have a big choice to make: whether to go along with the new North American Free Trade Agreement negotiated between the Trump administration and Mexico.  President Donald Trump is demanding that Canada accept …
 
 
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Maeve Reston / CNN:
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Amnesty International USA:
Amnesty International USA Issues Rare Call for a Halt on Kavanaugh Nomination
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