memeorandum: The Republican Party's woman problem is in the spotlight (Associated Press)

7:00 PM ET, September 26, 2018

Top Items:

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 …

Discussion: The Right Scoop

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 …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, The Atlantic, Vox, New Republic, CBS Pittsburgh, Politico, WPIX 11 New York, Balloon Juice, twitchy.com and KTVQ-TV

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, HuffPost, The Atlantic, Washington Monthly, New York Times, Bustle, Seven Days, Splinter, ThinkProgress, LifeZette, AUL, Raw Story, Vox, Right Wing Watch, The Guardian, Washington Times and Business Insider

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, FOX 61, Bustle, Breitbart, KTVQ-TV and KTLA

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.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, New York Times, BloombergQuint and AOL

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 …

Discussion: Townhall, The Harvard Crimson, Shareblue Media, The Daily Beast, New York Times, Splinter, LifeZette, Political Wire and Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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.

Discussion: NPR, CBS Boston, Bustle, The Daily Caller and The Week

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 …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Splinter, Law & Crime, Refinery29 and AOL

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.”

Discussion: Vox, Shareblue Media, Rewire.News, Washington Free Beacon, Daily Kos, Politico, HuffPost, Daily Wire, Althouse, Balloon Juice, CNBC, Splinter, RealityChek, New York Times, The Week, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Law & Crime, New Republic and CANNONFIRE

Elana Schor / Politico:
Merkley seeks injunction to stop Kavanaugh vote

Discussion: Common Dreams, Hot Air, Jezebel, Bustle, The Intercept, Breitbart, The Week, Political Wire, Outside the Beltway, The Resurgent and Weekly Standard

John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh nomination: Judge says he is victim of ‘character assassination’ as third woman comes forward

Discussion: Politico, ABC News, NPR, CNBC, Political Wire, Associated Press, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Essence, IJR, Power Line, Washington Monthly, twitchy.com, DCist, HuffPost, Patterico's Pontifications, Booman Tribune and Daily Kos

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 …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller and Observer

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Calls Kavanaugh Accusations ‘All False,’ but Says He Can Be Convinced by Testimony

Discussion: Political Wire, CNBC, Bustle and CNN

Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Christine Blasey Ford Polygraph Regarding Kavanaugh Assault Allegation Released

Discussion: New York Times, Common Dreams, Bloomberg and CNBC

CNN:
Yale classmates remember very different images of Brett Kavanaugh

Discussion: Raw Story, FOX 61 and KTVQ-TV

Zachary Basu / Axios:
Kavanaugh hearings: How both sides will fight to prove their case

Discussion: Politico, National Review and Washington Post

Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Against the ‘Choir Boy’ Straw Man

Discussion: Politico, The Right Scoop, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post and The Week

Brian Bennett / TIME:
Kavanaugh Denied Gang-Rape Allegation Under Oath Behind Closed Doors Tuesday

Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire

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

Discussion: CBS News, RedState, USA Today, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Daily Kos, IJR, emptywheel, Washington Free Beacon, Gothamist and Liberty Unyielding

Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The anatomy of a smear — Senate Democrats seeking …

Discussion: KTVU-TV, CNN, Mother Jones, Townhall, The Daily Signal and Media Matters for America

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

Discussion: Vox, Talking Points Memo, Washingtonian and Washington Post

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.

Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg, Washington Post, KTVQ-TV and Political Wire

Associated Press: The Republican Party's woman problem is in the spotlight

Angelo Codevilla / American Greatness: Cowardly Republicans Grant a False Premise

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

Haaretz: Nikki Haley to Fox News: World Leaders Laughed at Trump Out of ‘Respect’

Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Deliberate or Not, Trump's Speech Draws Laughter at the U.N.

Discussion: Washington Post, IJR, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, Breitbart, Quartz, HuffPost and ThinkProgress

Hayley Miller / HuffPost:
Nikki Haley: United Nations Laughter Not A Diss But A Sign Of Respect For Trump's ‘Honesty’

Discussion: Bustle, Townhall, Queerty, IJR, Mashable and The Week

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

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 …

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.

Discussion: Townhall, National Review and twitchy.com

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

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.