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6:25 PM ET, September 27, 2018

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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?”
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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.
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Kavanaugh hearing live updates: ‘I am terrified’ says an emotional Christine Blasey Ford  —  Now underway, Judge Brett Kavanaugh and professor Christine Blasey Ford face questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday.  —  The stakes are high: a lifetime appointment to the swing seat on the Supreme Court.
CNN:
Graham tells rape victim who asked if he believes her, “Go to the cops”  —  As Senator Lindsey Graham was heading to the elevator after a lengthy and angry exchange with us reporters trailing him in the hallway, a young woman approached him.  She was waiting for him by the elevator.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump thrilled by Kavanaugh's angry defiance  —  President Donald Trump and his aides were ebullient Thursday as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh defiantly rejected charges of sexual misconduct — a mood that reflected some relief after Trump officials conceded that his accuser …
Discussion: CBS News, Vox, New Republic and Observer
Deirdre M. Bowen / USA Today:
I'm from Kavanaugh's elitist world.  I know how prep-school privilege buries secrets.  —  Students attending Washington-area prep schools are groomed to be society's leaders.  But a blemishless record speaks more to secrecy than integrity.  —  CONNECT  —  The whores on the hill.
Politico:
GOP senators: Outside Ford questioner was a mistake  —  Senate Republicans are second-guessing the decision to bring in a female prosecutor to question Christine Blasey Ford — as well as the format for questioning the witness — believing the move may have backfired on them.
Discussion: Townhall, Shareblue Media and Axios
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
What Mark Judge's Absence Reveals  —  The strongest evidence that Senate Republicans want to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the nation's highest court, regardless of what he may have done, was the conspicuous absence of Mark Judge from the hearing they held on Thursday.
Discussion: Fox News, New York Times and HuffPost
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Mitchell Has About 15 Minutes to Go  —  Three Republican senators remain, and each has five minutes to question Dr. Ford.  If they all yield their time to Ms. Mitchell, she has about 15 minutes left.  —  Highlights  —  We're Back From Lunch Recess; Hirono Goes on the Offensive
Elizabeth Landers / CNN:
Republican senator on Kavanaugh accuser: 'She's an attractive, good witness'  —  (CNN)One of the Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee listening to the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford told reporters Thursday that the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault is “an attractive, good witness.”
Dan Merica / CNN:
Democrat apologizes for fundraising off Kavanaugh allegations  —  Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono's re-election campaign on Thursday apologized for sending a fundraising email regarding the assault allegations made against Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh by professor Christine Blasey Ford.
Politico:
Graham erupts in anger at Kavanaugh hearing
Discussion: Axios and Vox
Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:   Kavanaugh FIGHTS BACK in Opening Statement
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh just got remarkably angry — and political — for a Supreme Court nominee
Discussion: New Republic and Splinter
Emma Dumain / The State:
Lindsey Graham gets angry, defends Kavanaugh during emotional hearing
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Kavanaugh confirmation controversy spilling into House races, and Republicans are worried
Discussion: Bloomberg and Detroit News
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump delays Rosenstein meeting, leaving future of Mueller boss uncertain
Discussion: Breitbart
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh hearing: Supreme Court nominee insists on his innocence, calls process ‘national disgrace’
CBS News:
Christine Blasey Ford testifies she is “100 percent” sure Kavanaugh assaulted her — live updates
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Two Men Told Senate Staffers They Had “The Encounter” With Christine Blasey Ford, Not Brett Kavanaugh
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Kavanaugh “hopping mad” ahead of hearing
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
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
President Trump's Surreal News Conference Didn't Do Kavanaugh Any Favors
Discussion: New York Times, Bloomberg and CNN
CNN:
Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testify on sex assault allegations
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.
David French / National Review:
Ford's Testimony Has Changed Everything and Nothing  —  A few days ago I was on Slate's Gabfest podcast and in a back-and-forth with the New York Times' Emily Bazelon about Dr. Ford's potential testimony, when I noted that live testimony can transform the dynamics of any dispute.
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Fancy Bear, the Russian Election Hackers, Have a Nasty New Weapon  —  If Putin's new malware hits you, don't bother wiping your hard drive.  Just throw out your computer.  —  Russia's GRU has secretly developed and deployed new malware that's virtually impossible to eradicate …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: ‘100 PERCENT’  —  THERE ARE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS who are already hoping that the White House will pull BRETT KAVANAUGH'S Supreme Court nomination — “today,” as one put it to us.  “Total disaster,” as another senior Republican told us.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
 
 
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