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Manu Raju / CNN:
American Bar Association: Delay Kavanaugh until FBI investigates assault allegations  —  Washington (CNN)The American Bar Association is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to halt the consideration of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until an FBI investigation …
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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 …
Keane / America Magazine:
The Editors: It is time for the Kavanaugh nomination to be withdrawn  —  Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee today clearly demonstrated both the seriousness of her allegation of assault by Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and the stakes of this question for the whole country.
Alan Dershowitz / Fox News:
Postpone Kavanaugh confirmation until FBI can investigate accusations against him  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee needs to slow down and postpone its vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court until the FBI can investigate accusations of sexual misconduct leveled against him by three women.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The most telling moment: Kavanaugh goes after Sen. Klobuchar  —  Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh decided that to have any chance to reach the court, he would have to shed the pretense he was a fair-minded, calm, judicious thinker.  He came out in the afternoon filled with venom, screaming at the committee.
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Kavanaugh wrongly claims he could drink legally in Md.  —  BOSTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has repeatedly said that he was legally allowed to consume beer as a prep school senior in Maryland.  In fact, he was never legal in high school because the state's drinking age increased …
Mike Allen / Axios:
The next ugly fight: Impeachment(s)  —  In a foreshadowing of how much uglier U.S. politics could get, top Democratic operatives are already talking about impeachment of Brett Kavanaugh as a 2020 campaign issue if he gets confirmed to the Supreme Court.  —  The impeachment talk reflects …
Politico:
GOP barrels toward Kavanaugh vote with key Republicans undecided  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee is moving toward a Friday vote, and GOP leaders are planning to keep the chamber in session on Saturday.  —  Senate Republicans are racing to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, betting …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“If They Can, They Will”: The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing and the Angry Politics of Now  —  There are two Americas, growing more enraged by the minute, and they are not listening to each other.  —  How could we have expected anything from Trump's Washington other than the circus that unfolded …
New York Times:
Why Brett Kavanaugh Wasn't Believable  —  And why Christine Blasey Ford was.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.  —  What a study in contrasts: Where Christine Blasey Ford …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and PinkNews
Matthew Zeitlin / Slate:
There's an Entry on Kavanaugh's 1982 Calendar That Supports Ford's Story Better Than His Own  —  Much of Brett Kavanaugh's testimony Tuesday focused on calendars he kept in the summer of 1982, where he detailed a few months that consisted mostly of hanging out with friends and sports camps and …
CNN:
Jeff Flake will vote to confirm Kavanaugh  —  Sen. Jeff Flake, one of the key senators we've been watching, says he'll vote yes on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination. … Here's the full statement:  —  What comes next for Kavanaugh's nomination  —  During an intense …
Discussion: Axios, Political Wire and The Nation
Wall Street Journal:
Kavanaugh Monitoring Hearing From Elsewhere  —  Among those watching Dr. Ford's testimony was Judge Kavanaugh, a committee aide said, from a monitor in another room in the Dirksen Senate Building, where he awaits the opportunity to tell his side of the story later today.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
With support from key GOP senator, Judiciary Committee sets favorable vote for Kavanaugh  —  The panel met a day after Christine Blasey Ford publicly accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her.  —  WASHINGTON — Moments after a key Republican swing senator announced his support …
David Allison / Atlanta Business Journal:
Coca-Cola in spotlight at Supreme Court hearing with Christine Blasey Ford  —  So the surprise winner in today's historic U.S. Senate hearing over the controversial nomination of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is — The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO).  —  As tens of millions of Americans …
Associated Press:   AP FACT CHECK: Kavanaugh's claim of exoneration
CNN:   Democratic senator: The Senate has become an arm of the Trump White House
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Going Beyond #MeToo: Brett Kavanaugh's Affected Outrage, Explained
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Kavanaugh Has Become a Hero to the Incel Community
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Streiff / RedState:
BREAKING. Collins, Murkowski, and Donnelly Make Their Decision
Discussion: National Review and NTK Network
Doreen St. Félix / New Yorker:   The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings Will Be Remembered as a Grotesque Display of Patriarchal Resentment
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
For Trump and White House, Kavanaugh hearing was a suspenseful drama in two acts
Wall Street Journal:
At Fundraiser, Trump Praises ‘Tremendous’ Kavanaugh, Claims Upper Hand on Trade
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Daily Caller
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A Rosenstein scoop, plus the Kavanaugh aftermath
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Philly.com
Washington Post:
Kavanaugh confirmation decision: Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, a key holdout, announces support for Supreme Court nominee
Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Brett Kavanaugh's Testimony Made It Easier Than Ever to Picture Him as an Aggressive, Entitled Teen
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and HuffPost
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Brett Kavanaugh's Hearings Convinced Me That He's Guilty
Discussion: Townhall
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
Brett Kavanaugh Once Said Polygraphs Are A Good Tool. Now He Says They're Unreliable.
Discussion: Above the Law
Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Someone on Capitol Hill just doxxed Republican Sens. Mike Lee, Orrin Hatch, and Lindsey Graham
Jason Dick / Roll Call:
Kavanaugh Nomination Fate Is Still the Superunknown
Mikhael Smits / Washington Free Beacon:
Christine Blasey Ford: Feinstein Recommended Attorney Debra Katz to Me
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Moderate Republicans remain undecided on Kavanaugh after hearing
Discussion: demwritepress.com, POLITICUSUSA and Vox
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:   Lindsey Graham's meltdown gives away the GOP game on Kavanaugh
Matt Ford / New Republic:
Brett Kavanaugh Disqualified Himself From the Supreme Court
Discussion: Townhall and Mediaite
CBS News:
Brett Kavanaugh hearing: Kavanaugh insists on his innocence
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.
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
For Rent: 98-Square-Foot BR in Co-Living Apt., Community Included  —  Millennials outsource life—cleaning, social planning, even shampoo—to housing startups  —  Scott Levine wakes each morning in his tiny room in the Alta apartment building in Long Island City, N.Y., across the river from Manhattan.
 
 
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