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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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The Editors: It is time for the Kavanaugh nomination to be withdrawn  —  Dr.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.
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 …
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Yale Law School Calls for Further Inquiry into Sexual Assault Allegations  —  Yale Law School, where Judge Kavanaugh studied, on Friday called for further investigation into the allegations against the Supreme Court nominee.  —  Heather Gerken, the law school's dean, said in a statement …
Discussion: Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
Clare Foran / CNN:
Two red state Democrats announce opposition to Kavanaugh  —  Kavanaugh apologizes after spar with Klobuchar  —  Washington (CNN)Two red state Democrats facing re-election in 2018 announced on Friday that they oppose Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Political Wire
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
The American Bar Association had concerns about Kavanaugh 12 years ago.  Republicans dismissed those, too.  —  History repeated itself.  At least it had a spell of deja vu when the American Bar Association released an extraordinary statement at a crucial moment that raised concerns …
Discussion: NPR and The Week
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Kavanaugh nomination vote live updates; Democrats briefly walk out  —  Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court is poised for a vote Friday morning by the Senate Judiciary Committee amid high partisan tensions.  —  The Republican-led committee began a crucial meeting to debate …
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 …
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
A path that could lead to the truth about Brett Kavanaugh  —  Here are two true and very relevant facts:  —  1) The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, probably together with the fundraiser/lawyer they sent Christine Blasey Ford, are guilty of an unconscionable series of dishonest political dirty tricks.
Discussion: New York Times
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 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
‘Conservatism’ seems to have lost all meaning
Discussion: Raw Story
Doreen St. Félix / New Yorker:
The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings Will Be Remembered as a Grotesque Display of Patriarchal Resentment
Discussion: ThinkProgress and ABC News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   The most telling moment: Kavanaugh goes after Sen. Klobuchar
Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times:   An editor tells of a past sexual assault, sparking dialogue about a crude newsroom culture
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   “If They Can, They Will”: The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing and the Angry Politics of Now
Associated Press:   AP FACT CHECK: Kavanaugh's claim of exoneration
Ledyard King / USA Today:
Prosecutor who questioned Christine Ford says she wouldn't prosecute Brett Kavanaugh
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
With support from key GOP senator, Judiciary Committee sets favorable vote for Kavanaugh
Discussion: Daily Wire
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:   Walkout was spontaneous, says Dem
United States Senator Jeff Flake:
Flake Statement on SCOTUS Nomination
National Review:
Confirm Kavanaugh  —  The Senate should elevate Judge Brett Kavanaugh …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
For Trump and White House, Kavanaugh hearing was a suspenseful drama in two acts
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Going Beyond #MeToo: Brett Kavanaugh's Affected Outrage, Explained
Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
George W. Bush Is Whipping Votes for Brett Kavanaugh
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
David Allison / Atlanta Business Journal:
Coca-Cola in spotlight at Supreme Court hearing with Christine Blasey Ford
Discussion: Awful Announcing and Vox
CNN:
Democratic senator: The Senate has become an arm of the Trump White House
Discussion: ABC News and KTVQ-TV
Politico:
GOP barrels toward Kavanaugh vote with key Republicans undecided
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, our engineering team discovered a security issue affecting almost 50 million accounts.  We're taking this incredibly seriously and wanted to let everyone know what's happened and the immediate action we've taken to protect people's security.
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Facebook security breach allowed hackers to control the accounts of up to 50 million users
Discussion: CBS Denver
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.
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
House Intel GOP Withholds Rohrabacher and Wasserman Schultz's Russia Probe Transcripts  —  On Friday, Republicans on the House intelligence committee voted to declassify 53 interviews from its Russia probe.  Just not all of them.  —  House Intelligence Committee Republicans voted on Friday …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House intel panel to release transcripts of now-defunct Russia probe
Discussion: ABC News
NBC News:
Big donor to Trump campaign made overture to top Russian official, boasting of connections  —  The businessman, who donated $273,000 in 2016, wanted a face-to-face meeting with a Russian official.  —  A Russian-born American businessman who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars …
Discussion: AOL and Mediaite
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Luke Harding / The Guardian:   Russian-US tycoon boasted of ‘active’ involvement in Trump election campaign
 
 
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