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6:00 PM ET, September 29, 2018

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NBC News:
White House limits scope of the FBI's investigation into the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh  —  The FBI has not been permitted to investigate the claims of Julie Swetnick, a White House official confirmed to NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is limiting the scope …
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Washington Post:
FBI reaches out to Deborah Ramirez, a woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct  —  The FBI has begun contacting people as part of an additional background investigation of Kavanaugh, according to people familiar with the unfolding investigation.
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
White House Directs FBI to Interview First Two Kavanaugh Accusers, But Not the Third  —  FBI probe won't include interviewing Julie Swetnick, drawing criticism from her attorney  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been instructed by the White House to interview two of the women …
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
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 …
ACLU:
In Rare Move, ACLU to Oppose Kavanaugh for Supreme Court  —  NEW YORK — In the wake of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's sworn testimony of sexual abuse at the hands of Brett Kavanaugh, the American Civil Liberties Union has announced its opposition to his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Fewer Believe Brett Kavanaugh Than His Accuser, Poll Finds  —  But most Americans say they haven't changed their minds about his confirmation.  —  Americans are modestly less likely to believe Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's testimony than they are to believe his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, a new YouGov survey finds.
Discussion: Political Wire and Vox
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 …
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 …
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
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
In Plain Terms, Judge Brett Kavanaugh Lies About Everything
Erik Brady / USA Today:
Is Brett Kavanaugh right that he can no longer coach girls basketball?
Anthony Rivas / ABC News:
Avenatti says client is ‘telling the truth’ about Brett Kavanaugh, waiting for FBI interview
Carlos Garcia / TheBlaze:
Journalists made a damaging Kavanaugh story go viral - but it was too good to be true
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
The Daily Beast:
Brett Kavanaugh Can Be Saved. Things Don't Look So Good For The Supreme Court Though.
Discussion: Portside
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Christine Blasey Ford's Friend Doesn't Deny Assault Claim, Lawyer Says
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:   Kavanaugh fight shows us that Washington is sick. Very sick.
Sam Baker / Axios:
How to impeach a Supreme Court justice
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Breitbart
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
America Is Finally Listening to Women. It's Sparking a National Crisis.
Discussion: Vox
Newt Gingrich / Gingrich Productions:   Next for Judge Kavanaugh: Are There Any Honorable Senate Democrats?
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Threats Against Jeff Flake and Chuck Grassley Prompt Additional Security
Discussion: The Daily Caller, IJR and Daily Wire
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Flake plans to support Kavanaugh after FBI investigates ‘unless they turn up something’
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
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 …
 
 
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