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Ellie Hall / BuzzFeed News:
Trump Calls Christine Blasey Ford “Credible” And Says He's Not Sure Kavanaugh's Nomination Will “Continue Onward”  —  President Donald Trump on Friday called Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee “compelling” and “credible,” adding that he was not sure …
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New Yorker:
E-mails Show That Republican Senate Staff Stymied a Kavanaugh Accuser's Effort to Give Testimony  —  Throughout Thursday's Senate hearing on Christine Blasey Ford's sexual-misconduct allegation against Brett Kavanaugh, Republicans on the Judiciary Committee claimed that they had tried in vain …
Melissa Healy / Los Angeles Times:
Here's what experts who study sexual violence say about the credibility of Christine Blasey Ford's testimony  —  What Christine Blasey Ford remembers best about that night 30-plus years ago is the laughter.  —  It came, she said, from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge …
Discussion: New York Times
United States Senator Jeff Flake:
Flake Statement on SCOTUS Nomination  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) today released the following statement:  —  “After hearing more than 30 hours of testimony from Judge Kavanaugh earlier this month, I was prepared to support his nomination based on his view of the law and his record as a judge.
CNBC:
Kavanaugh friend Mark Judge: ‘I will cooperate’ with FBI probe of sex assault claims  — A lawyer for Mark Judge, the high school buddy of embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, told CNBC that Judge “will answer any and all questions posed to him” by the FBI about serious sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh.
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Everyone Lost at the Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings  —  Yesterday was a spectacle I hope we do not have to experience again.  We watched two human beings, Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh, exposed in the rawest possible fashion to the entire world, over the gravest of accusations …
New York Times:
How the F.B.I. Will Investigate the Kavanaugh Accusations  —  WASHINGTON — The renewed F.B.I. background check of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh over allegations of sexual assault will be relatively limited, relying on voluntary interviews and document production.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
HuffPost:
Mark Judge Went To His Lawyer's Office Right When Senate Was Voting On Brett Kavanaugh  —  He's been hiding out at the beach, but he came back to Washington.  —  WASHINGTON Mark Judge, the man who was said to be present when Brett Kavanaugh allegedly sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford …
Marina Pitofsky / USA Today:
‘Your life and family are not ruined’: Parkland father slams Kavanaugh  —  The father of a victim of the Feb. 14 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida criticized Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Twitter Thursday for claiming his life has been ruined by sexual assault allegations.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, IJR and FOX40
Del Quentin Wilber / Los Angeles Times:
Former FBI agents say there are clues to follow from dramatic Kavanaugh hearing
Discussion: Politico
Jordain Carney / The Hill:   Lawyer for Kavanaugh accuser: FBI probe should not have ‘artificial’ limits
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Jeff Flake takes center stage in Kavanaugh drama — with no clear final act in sight
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:   Kavanaugh wrongly claims he could drink legally in Md.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Confirmation of Trumpism
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Trump orders FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
‘Conservatism’ seems to have lost all meaning
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Kavanaugh vote: Senate Republican leaders agree to new FBI background investigation of Kavanaugh
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Walkout was spontaneous, says Dem
Discussion: ABC News and Townhall
Associated Press:   AP FACT CHECK: Kavanaugh's claim of exoneration
Annie Karni / Politico:
White House press briefings fade amid Kavanaugh crisis
Discussion: Breitbart, Axios and Bloomberg
Associated Press:
Trump agrees to FBI probe of Kavanaugh, bows to Flake, Dems
Discussion: AUL
Ramsen Shamon / Politico:
Graham on Kavanaugh confirmation snag: ‘Somebody has got to explain this to Trump’
Discussion: Breitbart and Daily Wire
We Are UltraViolet:
Senator Jeff Flake Potentially Pressing Charges Against Sexual Assault Survivors & UltraViolet Members Who Confronted Him Earlier Today  —  WASHINGTON — An organizer for a leading national women's group, UltraViolet, was told by the U.S. Capitol Police that Senator Jeff Flake (AZ) …
Discussion: RedState and twitchy.com
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New York Times:
Jeff Flake Is Confronted on Video by Sexual Assault Survivors
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
The train will continue, and you will be crushed  —  “I was ... wondering whether I would just be jumping in front of a train that was headed to where it was headed anyway, and that I would just be personally annihilated.”  —  I am so tired.  —  The train is very, very urgent.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Root and Bustle
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Alvin Chang / Vox:
Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart  —  There was a striking difference in style — and substance.  —  There were several noticeable differences between the Senate testimony of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford.
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Katy Tur's false tweet goes viral  —  Katy Tur, the MSNBC anchor whose elevation to know-nothing cable news pundit is apparently attributable to President Trump being mean to her during the 2016 presidential election, claimed falsely this week that not a single Republican senator extended …
New York Times:
Facebook Network Breach Impacts Up to 50 Million Users  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Friday said an attack on its computer network led to the exposure of information from nearly 50 million of its users.  —  The company discovered the breach earlier this week, finding that attackers …
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Guy Rosen / Facebook:
Security Update  —  On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 25 …
Pamela MacLean / Bloomberg:
Facebook Sued in California Over Hack of 50 Million Accounts
Discussion: BloombergQuint
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump administration sees a 7-degree rise in global temperatures by 2100  —  Last month, deep in a 500-page environmental impact statement, the Trump administration made a startling assumption: On its current course, the planet will warm a disastrous 7 degrees by the end of this century.
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Congressional Democrats' lawsuit alleging Trump's private business is violating the Constitution can proceed, federal judge rules  —  A federal judge on Friday gave the go-ahead to a lawsuit filed by 200 congressional Democrats against President Trump alleging he has violated the Constitution …
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Pompeo accuses Iran of firing at U.S. embassy in Iraq  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the closure of a diplomatic mission in Iraq, following rocket launches that he blamed on Iran.  —  “I have advised the Government of Iran that the United States will hold Iran directly responsible …
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Text Messages to Jewish Voters Inflame Tense Florida Governor's Race  —  MIAMI — Text messages portraying the campaign of Florida's Democratic candidate for governor as anti-Semitic buzzed into the cellphones of some Jewish voters on Thursday night, escalating political attacks in a closely watched race that has already been ugly.
Discussion: Politico
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
House GOP super PAC cuts off support for Bishop, Coffman  —  Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with House GOP leadership, is cutting off support for two Republican incumbents, Michigan Rep. Mike Bishop and Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman, according to a person familiar with the group's plans.
Discussion: Axios
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Mike Bishop Incumbent / New York Times:   Midterm Election Poll: Michigan's 8th District, Bishop vs. Slotkin
Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
Former Employer Sued Third Kavanaugh Accuser For Sexual Harassment Allegations  — Julie Swetnick, the third woman to accuse Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in high school, faced allegations from her former employer that she engaged in “unwelcome, sexually offensive conduct” in 2000.
 
 
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Yahoo:
Obama warns against ‘racial’, ‘nationalistic’ politics
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Hannah Rodriguez / The Seattle Times:
Since the Kavanaugh hearing, calls to King County sexual-assault hotline have tripled
Reno Gazette-Journal:
Records show Adam Laxalt was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer as a teen
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
The FBI is Now Investigating the Shady Vice Squad That Cuffed Stormy Daniels
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
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