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11:55 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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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 …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Capitol Hill Ralph Club  —  Brett Kavanaugh faces his moment of truth in a town that doesn't care about truth.  —  WASHINGTON — I never thought it could be as brutal.  —  The same Republican gargoyles who once tore Anita Hill limb from limb knew they had to tread gingerly, with women at the barricades.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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.
Discussion: Political Wire, Breitbart and ABC News
Mike Rogoway / Oregonian:
Julie Swetnick, a Brett Kavanaugh accuser, faced misconduct allegations at Portland company  —  Julie Swetnick, one of the women accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, faced allegations of her own misconduct during a short stint at a Portland tech company 18 years ago.
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.
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.
CNN:
Classmate: Kavanaugh drank heavily - CNN Video  —  Liz Swisher, former Yale classmate of Brett Kavanaugh, told CNN's Chris Cuomo she never saw Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh be sexually aggressive, but said that he lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee about his drinking habits.
Victoria McGrane / BostonGlobe.com:
Warren says she will ‘take a hard look at running for president’  —  HOLYOKE - US Senator Elizabeth Warren made her most definitive indication to date that she is mulling a run for the White House in 2020, telling a town hall crowd Saturday that she will take a “hard look at running for president” after the Nov. 6 midterm elections.
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.
Mara Gay / New York Times:
Make My Sexual Assault Count  —  What America owes women right now.  —  Ms. Gay is a member of the editorial board.  —  I was at my favorite bar recently, just a few blocks from my apartment, when the boy who raped me came over to say hello and give me a kiss on the cheek.
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
Kavanaugh Could Help G.O.P. in Senate Midterms.  But Not in House Races.  —  WASHINGTON — By agreeing to delay Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's nomination in the short term, President Trump and Senate Republicans are making two long-term bets: that a drawn-out confirmation battle will secure …
Press Herald:
Our View: Brett Kavanaugh has shown he doesn't belong on the Supreme Court  —  The man who testified Thursday can't control his temper, he is overtly partisan and he doesn't always tell the truth.  —  BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD  —  Dr. Christine Blasey Ford delivered emotionally devastating …
Sarah Hepola / New York Times:
Kavanaugh and the Blackout Theory
Discussion: The Intercept
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Fewer Believe Brett Kavanaugh Than His Accuser, Poll Finds
Discussion: Political Wire and Vox
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
FBI reaches out to second woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Christine Blasey Ford's friend is not refuting Ford's allegation, will cooperate with FBI, lawyer says
BostonGlobe.com:
The lies that senators must tell themselves to support Brett Kavanaugh
Discussion: emptywheel
The Intercept:
The Unbearable Dishonesty of Brett Kavanaugh
The Daily Beast:
Brett Kavanaugh Can Be Saved. Things Don't Look So Good For The Supreme Court Though.
Discussion: Breitbart and Portside
William Saletan / Slate:
Kavanaugh Lied to the Judiciary Committee—Repeatedly
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Flake plans to support Kavanaugh after FBI investigates ‘unless they turn up something’
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite and The Atlantic
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Kavanaugh fight shows us that Washington is sick. Very sick.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Moral-Panic Phase  —  Why is the Kavanaugh nomination causing people to lose their minds?  —  D  —  ear Reader (Including everybody who'd just like a time-out),  —  Maybe it's because I've been getting so much grief from left and right for the alleged sin of “both sides-ism” …
Doree Lewak / New York Post:
Israeli student at Columbia says she's being bullied by Palestinian group … As an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, Ofir Dayan served in hostile territory in Gaza and Lebanon.  But, the undergrad told The Post, nothing prepared her for life at Columbia University.
 
 
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