Top Items:


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 …
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Mormon Women …, Denver Post, Vox, The Colorado Independent, ABC News, Washington Free Beacon, Axios, The Daily Caller, Rewire.News, NY State of Politics, The Gateway Pundit, NPR, Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Big Lead, The Week, Daily Kos, Daily Wire, The Hill, CBS Baltimore, The Daily Signal, Media Matters for America, Hullabaloo, Washington Post, HuffPost, IJR, CNN, Townhall, New York Magazine, Splinter, Associated Press and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:


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.
Discussion:
Hot Air, Washington Times, Townhall, National Review, TheBlaze, The New Neo, Breitbart, Liberty Unyielding, Mediaite and Roll Call


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 …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost, Shareblue Media, The Daily Caller, CNBC, Townhall, Breitbart, AOL, Hot Air, The Colorado Sun, National Review, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, New York Times, Raw Story, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Conservative News Today, Axios, The Week and USA Today


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 …
Discussion:
New Yorker, Washington Post, New York Times, ThinkProgress and The Atlantic


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


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 …
Discussion:
The Right Scoop, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Fox News, Mediaite and Newsweek


Supreme Confusion — Revelations about Brett Kavanaugh and Rod Rosenstein got the week started on a tumultuous note. Where are we headed now? — Bret Stephens: Good morning, Gail. I know we'll have plenty to say about Blasey v. Kavanaugh today, but, first, Rod Rosenstein!


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.


The virginity defense is a reminder of our ignorance about sexual violence
Discussion:
Politico, twitchy.com, ThinkProgress, Fox News, FiveThirtyEight and LifeZette

Kavanaugh's Drinking Should Be Investigated
Discussion:
USA Today, New York Times and New Republic

Senate Republicans hire female sex-crimes prosecutor to grill Brett Kavanaugh and accuser …
Discussion:
New York Times and HuffPost

Anita Hill Says Kavanaugh Accuser Hearing ‘Cannot Be Fair’
Discussion:
Washington Post, HuffPost, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and ThinkProgress


The downside of deny, deny, deny — President Trump's modus operandi …
Discussion:
HuffPost, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast and No More Mister Nice Blog

The Latest: Dem: Trump sending wrong message on Kavanaugh
Discussion:
Politico and The Daily Beast

Senate Judiciary Committee sets Kavanaugh vote for Friday
Discussion:
Townhall and Political Wire

What happens at Georgetown Prep
Discussion:
CNBC, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos

Brett Kavanaugh's Yale Classmates Remember Him In A “Drinky Crowd”
Discussion:
Politico, Daily Wire and Above the Law

The Ford-Kavanaugh hearing took a lot of work to arrange. Democrats want to scrap it
Discussion:
Liberty Unyielding


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
RELATED:


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 …

Scoop: The DOJ's full Rod Rosenstein exit statement
Discussion:
Politico, RedState, Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Hmm Daily, CNBC, New Republic, The Week, Talking Points Memo and Breitbart


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:
Vox, One America News Network, UPI, Breitbart, The American Conservative and ABC News
RELATED:

Trump 'didn't expect' to get laughed at while speaking at the UN
Discussion:
Axios

At the U.N., Trump finds the world literally laughing at him
Discussion:
Roll Call

UN audience laughs when Trump boasts of achievements
Discussion:
Washington Post, Raw Story, Shareblue Media and The Root


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 …
RELATED:

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 …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Esquire, New Republic, The Intercept and Daily Kos


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:
Talking Points Memo


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 …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, CNBC and Florida Politics


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 …
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, The Hill, Deadline, AOL and Taylor Marsh
RELATED:


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.
Discussion:
Axios, The Daily Beast, Politico, Wall Street Journal, One America News Network, Breitbart and ABC News

Chinese man accused of spying, helping recruit US engineers — CHICAGO (AP) — A Chinese citizen living in Chicago was arrested Tuesday for allegedly spying, including by helping with the recruitment of U.S. engineers, defense contractors and scientists for intelligence services in China, federal prosecutors said.


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.
Discussion:
Bloomberg


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.
Discussion:
Twitter, Breitbart, The Verge, KTVQ-TV, Hit & Run and NewsBusters, more at Techmeme »


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:
Slate, The Daily Caller, Power Line, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, Law & Crime, Jezebel, Washington Free Beacon, Politico and Political Wire


Facebook Has Removed More Than A Dozen Big Conservative And Liberal Political Pages — Facebook has removed over a dozen American hyperpartisan liberal and conservative pages with more than 30 million combined fans after discovering they were administered by the same fake account …
Discussion:
The Verge, more at Mediagazer »