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11:00 AM ET, September 29, 2018

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New York Times:
At Times, Kavanaugh's Defense Misleads or Veers Off Point  —  On Thursday, the adolescent jottings of Brett M. Kavanaugh in his high school yearbook were being scrutinized under the searing lights of a Supreme Court confirmation hearing, where he sat accused of committing a drunken sexual assault when he was 17.
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Carlos Garcia / TheBlaze:
Journalists made a damaging Kavanaugh story go viral - but it was too good to be true  —  Mainstream media reporters and commentators appeared to be much too zealous in spreading a false story on social media Friday that was very damaging to Brett Kavanaugh, the president's nominee to the Supreme Court.
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Bitter Nominee, Questions of Neutrality, and a Damaged Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — In the first round of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings early this month, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh kept his cool under hostile questioning, stressed his independence, and exhibited the calm judicial demeanor …
New York Times:
A Tumultuous 24 Hours: How Jeff Flake Delayed a Vote on Kavanaugh  —  WASHINGTON — Surrounded by his colleagues in a cramped corridor behind the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Jeff Flake was in agony, getting pounded on all sides.  —  He had already released a statement that he would vote …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
In Plain Terms, Judge Brett Kavanaugh Lies About Everything  —  He lied about his days as a Republican operative, about the drinking age in Maryland, about the “Devil's Triangle.”  All of it.  —  WASHINGTON—  Stars and Stripes  —  had a damn fine Friday morning, one of which any newspaper would have been proud.
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
America Is Finally Listening to Women.  It's Sparking a National Crisis.  —  “The only consensus,” declared the Washington Post about Thursday's Judiciary Committee hearings, “was that the Senate — and the nation — had hit a new low.”  In the Weekly Standard, Jonathan Last added that …
Discussion: Vox and Weekly Standard
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Kavanaugh fight shows us that Washington is sick.  Very sick.  —  Analysis: The Kavanaugh confirmation process will end with no winners.  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's capital is critically ill.  —  “D.C. is truly disgusting right now on both sides,” a top Trump ally told NBC News shortly …
New York Times:
'I Don't Think People in the U.S. Know How Closely We're Watching This'  —  International readers tell us how the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee affected their perceptions of the United States.
Discussion: Jezebel and Outside the Beltway
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Jeff Flake Explains Himself  —  Jeff Flake barely slept the night before he upended the battle for the Supreme Court.  —  The Arizona senator had spent days agonizing over what to do with the explosive allegation that Judge Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted a young woman when he was in high school.
Del Quentin Wilber / Los Angeles Times:
Former FBI agents say there are clues to follow from dramatic Kavanaugh hearing … Former FBI officials expressed confidence Friday that agents could quickly interview key witnesses and track down potential leads into Christine Blasey Ford's allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett …
Discussion: Politico
Erik Brady / USA Today:
Is Brett Kavanaugh right that he can no longer coach girls basketball?  —  Brett Kavanaugh testified the other day that he might never coach girls' basketball again.  —  He shouldn't - at least not until further investigation has concluded.  —  The U.S. Senate may yet confirm Kavanaugh …
Sam Baker / Axios:
How to impeach a Supreme Court justice  —  Some Democrats are already rumbling about trying to remove Brett Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court, if he's confirmed.  That is not at all realistic.  —  The big picture: Supreme Court justices can be impeached.  But if there aren't 50 votes …
Ana María Archila / USA Today:
I confronted Jeff Flake over Brett Kavanaugh.  Survivors like me won't stand for injustice.  —  Jeff Flake finally called for an FBI investigation, showing the power survivors of sexual assault have when we stand together in the fight for change.  —  CONNECT
Discussion: Washington Post, Vox and CBS Philly
Emma Dumain / The State:
Graham's defense of Kavanaugh has conservatives applauding.  How long will that last?  —  WASHINGTON  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham is ready to run for reelection in 2020.  —  He's championed a pet cause of the conservative base this week that's crucial to winning in South Carolina like rarely before.
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Was I the only one who shuddered at Brett Kavanaugh's belligerent comments about beer?
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Details in Kavanaugh's 1982 calendar entry could be scrutinized in FBI investigation
Discussion: Townhall
Newt Gingrich / Gingrich Productions:   Next for Judge Kavanaugh: Are There Any Honorable Senate Democrats?
Marina Pitofsky / USA Today:
‘Your life and family are not ruined’: Parkland father slams Kavanaugh
Discussion: IJR, ThinkProgress and FOX40
Marian Bull / GQ:
How to Talk to the Women in Your Life Right Now
Discussion: Althouse and WINK NEWS
CNBC:
Kavanaugh friend Mark Judge: ‘I will cooperate’ with FBI probe of sex assault claims
Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Senate GOP agrees to one-week delay on Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation to allow for FBI probe
David Bauder / Associated Press:   More than 20 million people watched Kavanaugh hearing
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
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New York Times:
How the F.B.I. Will Investigate the Kavanaugh Accusations  —  Can the bureau finish investigating in a week?  What about the allegations of other women?  Here's what to expect from the inquiry.  —  Here are three inconsistencies the F.B.I. investigation could address.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
John Bowden / The Hill:
Bannon predicts ‘three-way race’ in 2020  —  Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon is predicting that the 2020 presidential race could become a three-way contest.  —  Bannon said on “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday night that the race could involve a three-way battle between President Trump …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Abolish the death penalty  —  Without being aware of it, Vernon Madison might become a footnote in constitutional law because he is barely aware of anything.  For more than 30 years, Alabama, with a tenacity that deserves a better cause, has been trying to execute him for the crime he certainly committed …
 
 
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