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6:55 PM ET, September 26, 2018

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NBC News:
Senate probing new allegation of misconduct against Kavanaugh  —  Supreme Court Nominee has been asked privately about an accusation of physical assault, sources tell NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON —The Senate Judiciary Committee is inquiring about at least one additional allegation of misconduct …
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CNN:
Increasingly worried, Trump takes over Kavanaugh defense  —  Trump torches ‘lousy’ Democrats on Kavanaugh  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has grown increasingly dissatisfied with the way Brett Kavanaugh has defended himself in wake of sexual assault allegations that have threatened to derail …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mark Judge's former girlfriend is ready to talk to FBI and Judiciary Committee, her lawyer says  —  The onetime girlfriend of Mark Judge, who is alleged by Christine Blasey Ford to have been present while Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the 1980s, has emerged as a pivotal if hidden figure …
CNN:
Collins privately raises concerns about new allegations, lack of subpoena for Kavanaugh friend  —  (CNN)Sen. Susan Collins, who could determine whether Brett Kavanaugh gets a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court, raised serious concerns at a private meeting about the newest allegations …
New York Times:
Julie Swetnick Is Third Woman to Accuse Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct  —  Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was accused on Wednesday by another woman of engaging in sexual misconduct at parties while he was a student at Georgetown Preparatory School in the 1980s.
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“I Was Ashamed”: After Ford's Accusation, a Generation of Holton-Arms Alumnae Wrestle with Their Own Truths—Together  —  Seven Holton alums recently shared their experiences of sexual assault with me.  Many had not spoken of the incidents since they occurred in high school or shortly thereafter.
Steve Kiggins / USA Today:
Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford offers Senate four people who corroborate her assault claims  —  The attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford have sworn and signed declarations from four people who corroborate her claims of sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
CNN:
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Discussion: Axios, Politico, Bustle and VICE News
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Republican Women Lose Faith in Kavanaugh — and Trump — After Week of Accusations  —  Fewer than half of GOP women now think Judge Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed  —  Protestors rally against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh as they make their way from the Supreme Court …
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Trump Supporter on MSNBC Tells Her Daughters That Groping is ‘No Big Deal’  —  In response to the numerous sexual misconduct allegations leveled against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a Trump supporter in Montana told her young daughters that men groping women is “no big deal” while on MSNBC.
Paige Lavender / HuffPost:
Judicial Crisis Network On Kavanaugh Allegations: ‘We Have To Look Into This Further’  —  The group's chief counsel made the comments after a third woman accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexual misconduct.  —  Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director of the Judicial Crisis Network …
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh's ‘choir boy’ image on Fox interview rankles former Yale classmates  —  On Monday night, Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh said in a nationally televised interview that in his younger years, he was focused on sports, academics and “service projects.”
Elana Schor / Politico:
Merkley seeks injunction to stop Kavanaugh vote  —  Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Wednesday announced that he's seeking an injunction in federal court designed to stop a final vote on Brett Kavanaugh, asserting an obstruction of his constitutional duty to advise and consent on nominees.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh nomination: Judge says he is victim of ‘character assassination’ as third woman comes forward
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:   Brett Kavanaugh, the Child Drug Runner and Gang Rape Organizer, Is Not This Guy
Media Matters for America:
Conservative media figures won't listen to multiple women about Brett Kavanaugh, but they did …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Kavanaugh hearings: How both sides will fight to prove their case
Angelo Codevilla / American Greatness:   Cowardly Republicans Grant a False Premise
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feinstein: Kavanaugh misled about grand jury secrecy in Vince Foster probe
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Seven Questions About the Avenatti/Swetnick Story
Discussion: Townhall, New York Times and Mediaite
Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Rep. Comstock declines to say if she believes her friend Kavanaugh's accusers
Discussion: Bustle, HuffPost and Daily Kos
CNBC:
New Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick details parties where girls allegedly were drugged and raped
Adam J. White / Weekly Standard:
The Democrats' “Flight 93” Nomination
Discussion: Townhall
Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, and the Things Men Do for Other Men
Emily Tamkin / BuzzFeed News:
Diplomats Say They Were Definitely Laughing At Trump At The UN  —  Donald Trump's speech to the UN was met by widespread laughter, and diplomats have confirmed that their delegations were laughing at — not with — the US president.  —  “Sometimes, when we see a behavior or listen to arguments …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mashable
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Haaretz:   Nikki Haley to Fox News: World Leaders Laughed at Trump Out of ‘Respect’
The Daily Beast:
Revealed: What Erik Prince and Moscow's Money Man Discussed in That Infamous Seychelles Meeting  —  Mueller's team and Congressional investigators have looked into a meeting in the Seychelles between allies of Trump and Putin.  Now we have the Russian read-out of what was said.
Discussion: Shakesville and Raw Story
John LaLoggia / Pew Research Center:
Voter Enthusiasm at Record High in Nationalized Midterm Environment  —  Top voting issues: Supreme Court, health care, economy  —  With less than six weeks to go before the elections for Congress, voter enthusiasm is at its highest level during any midterm in more than two decades.
Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo:
Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information  —  Last week, I ran an ad on Facebook that was targeted at a computer science professor named Alan Mislove.  Mislove studies how privacy works on social networks and had a theory that Facebook is letting advertisers reach users …
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Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
New Polls: Democrats in Decent Shape Across the Frost Belt  —  Democratic Senate incumbents with big leads in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; very close races in Indiana Senate and Ohio governor; Scott Walker behind in Wisconsin  —  A series of new Reuters/Ipsos/University …
Discussion: Weekly Standard, TheBlaze and Axios
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
H.R. McMaster: ‘Wholly appropriate’ for Gary Cohn to remove letter from Trump's desk  —  Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Tuesday defended his ex-White House colleague Gary Cohn for removing a trade-related document from President's Trump.  —  “I know about that incident …
bellingcat:
Skripal Suspect Boshirov Identified as GRU Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga  —  Bellingcat and its investigative partner The Insider - Russia have established conclusively the identity of one of the suspects in the poisoning of Sergey and Yulia Skripal, and in the homicide of British citizen Dawn Sturgess.
Discussion: The Guardian and France 24
gprep.org:
Georgetown Preparatory School  —  Several media outlets, including The Washington Post and The New York Times, in pursuit of their own agenda, have published articles about and including Georgetown Preparatory School without seeking comment or response from the School.
Lissandra Villa / BuzzFeed News:
Rep. Keith Ellison Is Asking The House To Investigate An Ex-Girlfriend's Claims That He Abused Her  —  A growing number of Democrats say the domestic abuse allegations against Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison should be investigated, and now the House Democrat says he will request a House investigation himself.
Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
Who is Rachel Mitchell, the Arizona prosecutor chosen to question Kavanaugh and his accuser?  —  On Oct. 25, 2005, Paul LeBrun appeared in court in Maricopa County, Ariz. The former Catholic priest had been accused of molesting six boys between the ages of 11 and 13 in the late 1980s and early 1990s …
Washington Post:
President Trump's U.N. press conference, annotated  —  President Trump held just the fifth formal, solo news conference of his 20 months as president Wednesday — the day before his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, faces a pivotal hearing about a sexual assault allegation.
 
 
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Thomas Wright / The Atlantic:
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