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8:15 PM ET, September 30, 2018

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James Comey / New York Times:
The F.B.I. Can Do This  —  Despite limitations and partisan attacks, the bureau can find out a lot about the Kavanaugh accusations in a week.  —  Mr. Comey is the former F.B.I. director.  —  The F.B.I. is back in the middle of it.  When we were handed the Hillary Clinton email investigation in 2015 …
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New York Times:
Yale Classmate Accuses Kavanaugh of ‘Blatant Mischaracterization’ of His Drinking  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats reacted with anger on Sunday as it became clear that the White House and Senate Republicans had imposed a narrow scope on the new F.B.I. investigation into Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Brett Kavanaugh is “too big to fail”  —  For the White House, it's Brett Kavanaugh or bust.  They have no Plan B and there's not even discussion of one, according to five sources with direct knowledge of the sensitive internal White House talks.  —  What they're saying: “He's too big to fail now …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
FBI spoke with Deborah Ramirez, second Kavanaugh accuser  —  (CNN)The FBI spoke with Deborah Ramirez on Sunday in its investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a source familiar with the matter has told CNN.  —  Ramirez accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a party …
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Fight over Kavanaugh intensifies amid confusion over limits of FBI sexual assault investigation  —  The White House has not placed any limits on the FBI investigation into claims of sexual assault leveled against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh but is also opposed an open-ended …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Daily Mail:
'I'm a victim of sexual assault': Kellyanne Conway chokes up as she makes shocking revelation on CNN while defending SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh  — White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway made the revelation during an interview with CNN on Sunday morning
Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:
Cotton: Feinstein to be investigated over leaked letter from Ford  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office will be investigated to determine if it leaked a confidential letter from one of Brett Kavanaugh's accusers, Sen. Tom Cotton said Sunday.  —  Cotton, an Arkansas Republican …
NBC News:
Limits to FBI's Kavanaugh investigation have not changed, despite Trump's comments  —  Trump's Saturday night tweet has not changed the limits imposed by the White House counsel's office on the FBI's Kavanaugh investigation, sources say.  —  FBI begins new Brett Kavanaugh background investigation
Politico:
The fight over the scope of the Kavanaugh probe
Discussion: Townhall, IJR and The Atlantic
Taylor Utzig / WREX-TV:
Winnebago County GOP headquarters vandalized overnight
Discussion: Breitbart, Townhall and John Cabello
Wall Street Journal:
White House Questioned on Its Role in Kavanaugh FBI Probe
Discussion: Axios, The Guardian and The Week
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Kavanaugh Confirmation: Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Says We're Seeing The 'Death …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Sen. Chuck Grassley asks FBI to probe false allegation against Kavanaugh
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
House GOP cancels Yoder ad buys  —  The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has canceled more than $1 million in planned advertising aimed at helping Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) in the coming weeks.  —  The decision to cut advertising, described to The Hill by a source familiar …
Discussion: Kansas City Star and Townhall
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Kanye West Delivers Pro-Trump Rant on ‘SNL,’ Gets Booed By Audience  —  The rapper/entrepreneur delivered a pro-Trump speech in a red MAGA hat after his final performance—one that didn't make it to air.  —  Following his performance of “Ghost Town” during the 44th season premiere of Saturday Night Live …
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Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
How We Know Kavanaugh Is Lying  —  This man should not serve another day as any kind of judge...  On Thursday morning, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Christine Blasey Ford detailed under oath her claim that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attacked her and sexually violated her when he was 17.
El Paso Times:
Last Slide  —  AUSTIN — Roughly 55,000 people stood crammed together at Auditorium Shores in Austin on Saturday for the Turn Out For Texas rally, watching as U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke sang “On the Road Again” with country music legend Willie Nelson.  —  Attendees at the free concert …
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Pentagon's immigrant recruit program stymied  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Stricter Trump administration immigration policies have stymied Pentagon plans to restart a program that allowed thousands of people with critical medical or Asian and African language skills to join the military …
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
The Republican Party Abandons Conservatism  —  Ignoring the dictum that if one is not of the left as a young person one has no heart, and not of the right in middle age one has no head, I have always been a conservative.  I voted Republican most of the time, affiliated with the GOP …
Rick Montgomery / Stars & Stripes:
Judge's ruling may force Kansas Army officer's adopted Korean daughter to leave US  —  A retired Kansas Army officer has lost his fight in federal court over his adopted daughter's citizenship status, meaning she may have to return to her native South Korea.
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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NBC News:
Predictions of a ‘Kavanaugh wave’ in November. But for Democrats or GOP?
Discussion: IJR
Cristina Alesci / CNN:
US yogurt billionaire's solution to immigration: ‘Humanity first’
Discussion: Breitbart
Associated Press:
California is 1st state to require women on corporate boards
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Administration Prepares a Major Weakening of Mercury Emissions Rules
Matt Thompson / The Atlantic:
This Was Never About Finding Out the Truth
Discussion: Mother Jones
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Iran plans to use other currencies to get around U.S. sanctions
Washington Post:
Death toll soars past 800 in Indonesia earthquake, tsunami
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 9-30-18: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Rep. Jerrold Nadler
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
‘It breeds resistance’: Even among conservatives, Trump's use of presidential power causes alarm
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
Five myths about capitalism
Discussion: Hot Air, The Week and Instapundit
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Kavanaugh's hearings are a national disaster — and the worst is yet to come
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
An Age Divided by Sex
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