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4:20 PM ET, September 26, 2018

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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 …
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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.
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.”
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, AOL and Refinery29
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.
New York Times:
Kavanaugh Is Accused by a Third Woman of Sexual Misconduct  —  Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was accused Wednesday by another woman of having engaged in sexual misconduct at parties while he was a student at Georgetown Preparatory School in the 1980s.  —  The allegation came from Julie Swetnick …
Media Matters for America:
Conservative media figures won't listen to multiple women about Brett Kavanaugh, but they did take an anonymous 4chan post at face value  —  Right-wing media figures spread a hoax after an anonymous 4chan poster claimed without evidence to have duped lawyer Michael Avenatti about the existence …
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Brett Kavanaugh, the Child Drug Runner and Gang Rape Organizer, Is Not This Guy  —  To believe all the accusations about Kavanaugh is to disregard everything we intuitively know about human behavior.  —  Fact check: true.  —  Brett Kavanaugh, the left would have you believe …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh nomination: Judge says he is victim of ‘character assassination’ as third woman comes forward  —  Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh is scheduled to appear Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a high-stakes hearing.  The committee will hear from Christine Blasey Ford …
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
New Poll Finds Americans Deeply Divided By Gender On Kavanaugh Nomination  —  The stakes are high for Thursday's Capitol Hill hearing, pitting Trump Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexual assault — an accusation Kavanaugh has denied …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Against the ‘Choir Boy’ Straw Man  —  This morning we have seen the arrival into the Kavanaugh Saga of a giant straw man: namely, that Brett Kavanaugh told Martha McCallum that he was a sober, dull “choir boy” in high school and college, and that this claim demonstrates that he is a liar.
Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, and the Things Men Do for Other Men
Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County prosecutor tapped to lead hearing for Brett Kavanaugh, accuser
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:   Christine Blasey Ford Polygraph Regarding Kavanaugh Assault Allegation Released
Adam J. White / Weekly Standard:
The Democrats' “Flight 93” Nomination
Discussion: Townhall
CBS News:
Michael Avenatti says new Brett Kavanaugh accuser will come forward before Thursday
Discussion: Townhall, RedState and Law & Crime
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Avenatti Client Emerges With New Allegations Against Kavanaugh
Angelo Codevilla / American Greatness:   Cowardly Republicans Grant a False Premise
CNBC:
New Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick details parties where girls allegedly were drugged and raped
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Avenatti: New Kavanaugh accuser ‘100 percent’ prepared to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Online NewsHour:   Majority of Americans oppose Kavanaugh nomination if Ford's allegation is true, poll says
Haaretz:
Nikki Haley to Fox News: World Leaders Laughed at Trump Out of ‘Respect’  —  ‘They loved how honest he is,’ claimed the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations  —  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley claimed on Fox News that U.S. President Donald Trump's speech …
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Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Deliberate or Not, Trump's Speech Draws Laughter at the U.N.  —  UNITED NATIONS — They laughed.  —  Not even a minute into the speech.  They laughed.  —  On the planet's biggest stage, with more than 100 world leaders gathered with their ministers, ambassadors and dignitaries of every stripe …
Emily Tamkin / BuzzFeed News:
Diplomats Say They Were Definitely Laughing At Trump At The UN
Discussion: Raw Story and Mashable
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
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
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Hayley Dixon / Telegraph:
Skripal ‘hitman’ unmasked as GRU colonel awarded Russia's highest military honour by Vladimir Putin
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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 and Axios
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
The billionaire LA Times owner calls social media the ‘cancer of our time’  — Social platforms may have revolutionized how people get information, but they've also been criticized for spreading “fake news.”  — “The short attention span we're creating in this millennium is actually very dangerous,” says the owner of the LA Times.
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Former GOP rainmaker gives $200K to Gillum  —  TALLAHASSEE — Mike Fernandez, a longtime Republican megadonor who has left the party, gave $200,000 to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum last week.  —  The health care billionaire has long been one of Florida Republicans' biggest rainmakers …
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Adam Smith / Tampa Bay Times:   Ron DeSantis' wobbly campaign is running out of time to show he's ready for big leagues
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.
Sharon Coolidge / Cincinnati.com:
Aftab Pureval's secret poll obtained by Enquirer  —  Here's what you need to know about Steve Chabot and Aftab Pureval in 30 seconds Wochit  —  The Enquirer has obtained the poll at the center of a campaign finance spending complaint against Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Aftab Pureval …
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Website Revs Up, With New York Magazine's Help, to Cover More Local News  —  With the once robust metropolitan news coverage in New York dwindling, a new nonprofit website called The City is teaming up with New York magazine in hopes of replacing some of that lost local accountability and investigative journalism.
 
 
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Rosenstein must resist any pressure to cut and run
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Who is Rachel Mitchell, the Arizona prosecutor chosen to question Kavanaugh and his accuser?
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