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12:35 PM ET, September 25, 2018

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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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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 …
abc7news.com:
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Yale roommate says he believes second accuser  —  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's roommate from Yale says he believes the second woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.  —  James Roche says he was Kavanaugh's roommate in the Fall of 1983.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
New York Times Hid Multiple Key Facts In Kavanaugh Yearbook Hit  —  A New York Times article scrutinizing inside jokes in the 1983 yearbook of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Georgetown Preparatory School hid multiple problems with its claims.  —  A New York Times article scrutinizing …
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 …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Ted Cruz forced from restaurant amid Kavanaugh drama  —  Washington (CNN)Sen. Ted Cruz was forced to leave a Washington restaurant Monday after left-wing activists swarmed the senator, heckling him with chants and demanding to know his position on embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:   The Abandoned World of 1982  —  We are invited now to consider …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Supreme Court Fight Goes Prime Time With Kavanaugh's Fox News Interview
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Kavanaugh's fate rests with Sen. Collins
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Lara Bazelon / New York Times:
Man Up, Grassley. Question Blasey Ford Yourself.
Politico:
White House, GOP point to Democratic ‘resistance’ behind Kavanaugh ‘smear’
Associated Press:   Republicans are digging in on Kavanaugh. Here's why.
Chris Perez / New York Post:
Activists shouting ‘we believe survivors’ chase Ted Cruz from restaurant
Discussion: Politico, Axios, Townhall and Althouse
Wall Street Journal:   The Politics of Destruction  —  A second Kavanaugh accuser betrays …
USA Today:
Third Kavanaugh accuser, a former US Mint employee, ‘100 percent credible,’ Avenatti says
Annie Karni / Politico:
Kavanaugh's wife tests standing by your man in the #MeToo era
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct in Fox News exclusive: 'I know I'm telling the truth'
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump attacks second Kavanaugh accuser, saying she ‘has nothing,’ admits she was drunk
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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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump bragged about his presidency and world leaders laughed  —  World leaders laughed Tuesday after President Donald Trump said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly that his administration had accomplished more than any other in American history.
Discussion: ABC News and Breitbart
Washington Post:
At United Nations, Trump rejects constraints imposed by other nations, says U.S. will act to counter ‘global control’  —  UNITED NATIONS — President Trump declared Tuesday that his administration will reject attempts from other nations to impose constraints on the United States …
Discussion: USA Today
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Trump greeted with laughter while touting his administration's accomplishments at UN
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump emphasizes US accomplishments in UN speech
Discussion: New Republic and KTVQ-TV
Padma Lakshmi / New York Times:
I Was Raped at 16 and I Kept Silent  —  I understand why a woman would wait years to disclose a sexual assault.  —  Ms. Lakshmi is an A.C.L.U. ambassador for immigration and women's rights.  —  When I was 16 years old, I started dating a guy I met at the Puente Hills Mall in a Los Angeles suburb.
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:   When the Muzzle Comes Off
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: The DOJ's full Rod Rosenstein exit statement  —  The full text of the Rod Rosenstein exit statement, drafted by Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores and sent to the White House Monday morning, has been reviewed by Axios.  —  Its veracity has been confirmed by three sources close …
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Sarah Sanders won't offer assurances for future of Mueller probe if Rod Rosenstein goes
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Raw Story
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Tight Race in CD07  —  Dem running strong against Tea Party incumbent  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democrat Abigail Spanberger holds a narrow lead over incumbent Republican Dave Brat in the race for Virginia's 7th Congressional District, according to the Monmouth University Poll.
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.
Discussion: WCCO | CBS Minnesota
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.
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 …
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
There's a suburban tsunami driving 2018  —  (CNN)Converging crises are compounding the risk that Republicans could suffer historic 2018 losses in suburban communities that could harden a starkly polarized alignment in American politics.  —  Precisely as sexual abuse allegations …
Discussion: New York Times
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: Spectator USA and The Guardian
 
 
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