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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.
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Christine Blasey Ford's friend is not refuting Ford's allegation, will cooperate with FBI, lawyer says  —  (CNN)Leland Ingham Keyser, a friend of the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were at a party in high school, does not refute the veracity of the allegation …
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.
The Intercept:
The Unbearable Dishonesty of Brett Kavanaugh  —  Many of us who watched Thursday's Senate hearing spent much of the time cataloguing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's lies.  After hours of testimony, during which Dr. Christine Blasey Ford answered questions about her alleged sexual assault …
Sarah Hepola / New York Times:
Kavanaugh and the Blackout Theory  —  It is both easy and common to drink, act and then have no memory of it.  —  Ms. Hepola is the author of the best-selling memoir “Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget.”  —  One of the trickiest things about blackouts is that you don't necessarily know you're having one.
Discussion: The Intercept
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.
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Maryland Authorities Say They Will Investigate Kavanaugh if Ford Files Complaint  —  Local Maryland law enforcement and legal authorities say they are prepared to investigate the sexual assault allegations against embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh-if Christine Blasey Ford is willing to file a criminal complaint.
BostonGlobe.com:
The lies that senators must tell themselves to support Brett Kavanaugh  —  Make no mistake: Brett Kavanaugh's a liar.  —  He lies about little things.  He lies about big things.  He lies under oath.  —  On Friday, another high-drama day on Capitol Hill, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake …
Discussion: emptywheel and New York Times
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
FBI reaches out to second woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct  —  The FBI has begun contacting people as part of an additional background investigation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, including a second woman who alleges that the Supreme Court nominee sexually assaulted her …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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 …
Carlos Garcia / TheBlaze:
Journalists made a damaging Kavanaugh story go viral - but it was too good to be true
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:   Kavanaugh fight shows us that Washington is sick. Very sick.
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Christine Blasey Ford's Friend Doesn't Deny Assault Claim, Lawyer Says
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
America Is Finally Listening to Women. It's Sparking a National Crisis.
Discussion: Vox
New York Times:
'I Don't Think People in the U.S. Know How Closely We're Watching This'
Discussion: CBS Denver and Jezebel
NBC News:
What will FBI investigation into Kavanaugh sex-assault allegations entail?
Discussion: Mother Jones and Hot Air
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Bitter Nominee, Questions of Neutrality, and a Damaged Supreme Court
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
Ana María Archila / USA Today:
I confronted Jeff Flake over Brett Kavanaugh. Survivors like me won't stand for injustice.
Discussion: IJR, Washington Post and Vox
New York Times:
A Tumultuous 24 Hours: How Jeff Flake Delayed a Vote on Kavanaugh
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Details in Kavanaugh's 1982 calendar entry could be scrutinized in FBI investigation
New York Times:
How the F.B.I. Will Investigate the Kavanaugh Accusations
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Flake plans to support Kavanaugh after FBI investigates ‘unless they turn up something’
Del Quentin Wilber / Los Angeles Times:
Former FBI agents say there are clues to follow from dramatic Kavanaugh hearing
Discussion: Politico
Newt Gingrich / Gingrich Productions:   Next for Judge Kavanaugh: Are There Any Honorable Senate Democrats?
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
The miscalculation haunting Trump, Kavanaugh  —  Imagine if Brett Kavanaugh had offered his emotional, tearful, you-ruined-my-life opening speech to the Judiciary Committee — and then called for a quick FBI probe to clear his name and perhaps find the true assailant.
Discussion: Politico and Hullabaloo
Katrina Brooker / Fast Company:
Exclusive: Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web  —  Last week, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, asked me to come and see a project he has been working on almost as long as the web itself.  It's a crisp autumn day in Boston, where Berners-Lee works out of an office above a boxing gym.
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 …
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
The Most Important Least-Noticed Economic Event of the Decade  —  A localized recession in manufacturing-heavy areas can explain a lot of things.  —  Sometimes the most important economic events announce themselves with huge front-page headlines, stock market collapses and frantic intervention by government officials.
Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats planning to examine Trump's tax returns after the midterms  —  A nearly 100-year old statute allows the chairmen of Congress' tax committees to look at anyone's returns.  —  The years-old mystery of what's in President Donald Trump's tax returns will likely quickly unravel …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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