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2:20 PM ET, September 27, 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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Jesus Rodriguez / Politico:
GOP governors call for delaying Kavanaugh vote  —  Four Republican governors have called for the Senate to take its time with or even forgo a vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill to examine sexual assault allegations against him.
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Silence on Wall Street.  Tears in a retirement home.  The country watches, transfixed, as Ford tells her story.  —  LAKE WORTH, Fla. — “It looks like she's crying,” Hilda Darkins said, as several retirees around her dabbed their own eyes.  “Who can blame her?”
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Two Men Told Senate Staffers They Had “The Encounter” With Christine Blasey Ford, Not Brett Kavanaugh  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee staff interviewed two men who said they believed that they, and not US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, had “the encounter” …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
This Revolution, Too, Will Eat Its Children  —  What this frenzied national inquest means for our civic culture.  —  It wasn't long ago that Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court hinged, as it must, on his qualifications as a judge.  Then, necessarily, it became a question of his fitness as a man.
Politico:
Ex-boyfriend filed restraining order against third Kavanaugh accuser  —  Julie Swetnick, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a friend of attending house parties where women — including herself — were sexually assaulted, had a restraining order filed against her years later in Miami by her former boyfriend.
Jill Abramson / New York Times:
This Hearing Is Stacked Against Christine Blasey Ford  —  It is almost unthinkable that there will be a second Supreme Court justice taking his seat under suspicions of perjury and sexual misconduct.  —  Ms. Abramson is a former executive editor of The Times and author, with Jane Mayer …
CNN:
Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testify on sex assault allegations … “Game Changer” for Americans in debt: 0% intro APR until 2020  —  Getting approved for 1 of these cards means you have excellent credit  —  9 cards charging 0% interest until 2020  —  Amazingly simple way to pay off credit card debt fast
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The Fear Driving Conservative Support for Kavanaugh  —  It's remarkable: The more women accuse of Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, the more committed to his confirmation conservatives become.  On Monday, after Deborah Ramirez became the second woman to accuse Kavanaugh of wrongdoing …
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Tapper: There Is No Corroborating Evidence for Any of the Charges Against Kavanaugh  —  CNN anchor Jake Tapper noted Thursday there is “no contemporaneous, corroborating evidence” for any of the sexual misconduct allegations made against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Luppe B. Luppen / Yahoo:
A field guide to the legal teams at Kavanaugh's hearing  —  As the Senate Judiciary Committee reconvenes on Thursday to hear Christine Blasey Ford's allegations of sexual assault against  —  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, nearly everyone will be bringing a lawyer.
Discussion: The Atlantic, ABC News and Splinter
Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Toxic Bro Culture Finally Found a News Peg
Discussion: The Atlantic, ThinkProgress and Vox
Eve Peyser / VICE:
Men Are Defending Brett Kavanaugh Because They're Afraid
Discussion: New York Post, Vox and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Kavanaugh “hopping mad” ahead of hearing
Discussion: Associated Press and Breitbart
NPR:
READ: Christine Blasey Ford's Opening Statement For Senate Hearing
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
President Trump's Surreal News Conference Didn't Do Kavanaugh Any Favors
Discussion: Bloomberg, New York Times and CNN
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Bill Clinton accuser to make Capitol Hill appearance in support of Kavanaugh
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Where things stand on Kavanaugh
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
A day that will resonate in history
The Daily Beast:
‘Disaster’: Trumpworld Starting to Sweat Over Brett Kavanaugh's Mounting Sexual Assault Allegations
Discussion: ABC News
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
No Standards: NBC News' latest charge shows that the media will report any allegation against Kavanaugh, however thin
New York Times:
Read Christine Blasey Ford's Prepared Statement
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Third Kavanaugh accuser gives first TV interview
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Bustle
Michael Lewis / The Guardian:
'This guy doesn't know anything': the inside story of Trump's shambolic transition team  —  Chris Christie noticed a piece in the New York Times - that's how it all started.  The New Jersey governor had dropped out of the presidential race in February 2016 and thrown what support he had behind Donald Trump.
Jon Herskovitz / Reuters:
U.S. court upholds Louisiana restriction on abortion clinics  —  AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Louisiana provision that requires doctors who perform abortions in the state to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
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Brandon Morse / RedState:
Bill Clinton's Rape Accuser Is at Kavanaugh Hearing and Highlighting Democrat's “Believe Women” Double Standard
Discussion: Daily Wire and IJR
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump claims he rejected a meeting with Trudeau over NAFTA — but Canada says it never asked to meet  — President Donald Trump says he declined a one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the United Nations General Assembly.  —  President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday …
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Rachel La Corte / National Journal:
Massive House Map Continues to Grow  —  Recent polling and new TV ad reservations suggest an expanding battlefield with 40 days until the midterms.  —  Ally Mutnick  —  Democrats are finding compelling evidence that a new set of Republican-held seats are becoming increasingly competitive, stretching an already expansive map.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Indicted Incumbent Leads in CD50  —  1-in-10 voters think Hunter is guilty but still support him  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Republican incumbent Duncan Hunter holds a sizable lead over Democratic challenger Ammar Campa-Najjar in the race for California's 50th Congressional District, according to the Monmouth University Poll.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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