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New Yorker:
The Confusion Surrounding the F.B.I.'s Renewed Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh  —  As the F.B.I. began its investigation this weekend into allegations of sexual misconduct by Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, several people who hope to contribute information …
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New York Times:
Chad Ludington's Statement on Kavanaugh's Drinking and Senate Testimony  —  Chad Ludington, a Yale classmate of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's who said he often drank with him, issued a statement on Sunday saying the Supreme Court nominee was not truthful about his drinking in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week.
Discussion: Axios and New York Post
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 …
New York Times:
Democrats Denounce Limits on F.B.I.'s Kavanaugh Inquiry as a ‘Farce’  —  WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. moved on Sunday to quickly complete an abbreviated investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, even as Democrats demanded more information about the inquiry's scope …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   In Kavanaugh fight, Democrats move goalposts far, far away
CNN:
FBI spoke with Deborah Ramirez, second Kavanaugh accuser
CBS News:
Transcript: Sen. Tom Cotton on “Face the Nation,” Sept. 30, 2018
Ryan Lizza / Esquire:
Devin Nunes's Family Farm Is Hiding a Politically Explosive Secret  —  Rep. Devin Nunes is head of the House Intelligence Committee and one of President Trump's biggest defenders.  For years, he's spun himself as a straight talker whose no-BS values are rooted in his family's California dairy farm.
Discussion: Raw Story
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Canada agrees to join trade accord with U.S. and Mexico, sending new NAFTA deal to Congress  —  BREAKING: Canada has agreed to join the trade deal that the U.S. and Mexico announced last month, according to two people familiar with the matter.  The move preserves the three-country format …
Discussion: Reuters, Althouse and twitchy.com
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Doug Palmer / Politico:
U.S. reaches trade deal with Canada and Mexico, providing Trump a crucial win  —  Trade ministers from the U.S., Mexico and Canada have reached a deal to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Trump administration announced late Sunday night.  —  The new pact, which is being called …
Associated Press:
Canada-US reach free trade deal with Mexico
Discussion: Axios and Breitbart
Lauren Gardner / Politico:
No sleep till NAFTA
Wall Street Journal:   U.S. and Canada Reach Nafta Deal
Bloomberg:
U.S. and Canada Reach Trade Deal to Keep Nafta Trilateral
Discussion: RedState
Washington Times:
Retraction: Aaron Rich and the murder of Seth Rich  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  The Washington Times published an op-ed column titled, “More cover-up questions: The curious murder of Seth Rich poses questions that just won't stay under the official rug,” by Adm. James Lyons (Ret.) (the “Column” …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Kavanaugh's recusal problem  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THOUGHT BUBBLE ... IF BRETT KAVANAUGH is confirmed to the Supreme Court, won't he have to recuse himself from a whole broad swath of cases, based on what he said at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing?
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
The Washington Times settles lawsuit with Seth Rich's brother, issues retraction and apology for its coverage  —  The Washington Times on Monday issued a lengthy retraction and apology for an editorial it published in March about Aaron Rich, the brother of the slain Democratic National Committee …
CBS News:
Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford hearing spurs more division - CBS News Poll  —  Americans are divided and somewhat more opposed to Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination than in favor of it after hearing Thursday from both Kavanaugh and the woman who has accused him of sexual assault …
Discussion: Political Wire and Bloomberg
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Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
Rachel Mitchell Memo Lists Weaknesses in Ford Claim: READ
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
In memo, outside prosecutor argues why she would not bring criminal charges against Kavanaugh
Nicole Gaudiano / delawareonline:
Sens. Coons and Flake discuss drama that led to call for FBI probe: ‘It was quite a moment’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and HuffPost
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 …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
‘This is march or die’: Kavanaugh urged to hit back hard  —  Allies push for an aggressive offense even as some concede that confirmation to the Supreme Court is an uphill battle.  —  Judge Brett Kavanaugh is being advised by allies to mount an aggressive and proactive campaign to win …
Sarahm / Popula:
The Movie Assassin  —  The Movie Girl  —  In October 1996, I was 27, a freelance film reviewer at Philadelphia's second best (of two) alt-weeklies and excited to see and review Anthony Minghella's The English Patient.  My excitement was not about the movie itself, which I was pretty sure would be mediocre …
Washington Post:
The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law  —  The Trump administration said Sunday it will sue California in an effort to block what some experts have described as the toughest net neutrality law ever enacted in the United States, setting …
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Politico:
Trump administration sues California over net neutrality law
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Verge
New York Times:
Biden Is Preparing for 2020.  Can He Overcome the Hill-Thomas Hearings?  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — At a Democratic rally in a downtown ballroom Sunday evening, Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island spoke vividly about the Senate hearings on the sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
ProPublica:
After Budget Cuts, the IRS's Work Against Tax Cheats is Facing “Collapse”  —  Tax evasion is at the center of the criminal cases against two associates of the president, Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.  The sheer scale of their efforts to avoid paying the government has given rise …
Robert J. Shapiro / Washington Post:
Don't be fooled: Working Americans are worse off under Trump  —  Robert J. Shapiro is the chairman of the advisory firm Sonecon and a senior fellow at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.  He was President Bill Clinton's undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs.
 
 
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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
When They Came For Kavanaugh's Kid
Discussion: Althouse and Chicks On The Right
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Sens. Jeff Flake and Chris Coons explain why they decided to delay Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation
Discussion: Townhall and The Week
James Oliphant / Reuters:
Democrats would view Rosenstein ouster as an election ‘gift’
Discussion: Political Wire
Charlie Cooper / Politico:
Dominic Raab: Time for EU to ‘get serious’ in Brexit talks
Yuri Kageyama / Marine Corps Times:
Critic of US military bases on Okinawa wins election for governor
Thomas Urbain / Yahoo:
Trump helps publishers sell millions of books — both pro and con
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
MEDIA SINK TO NEW LOWS IN THEIR ANTI-KAVANAUGH SMEAR CAMPAIGN
Discussion: Big League Politics
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
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NBC News:
Predictions of a ‘Kavanaugh wave’ in November. But for Democrats or GOP?
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Cristina Alesci / CNN:
US yogurt billionaire's solution to immigration: ‘Humanity first’
Discussion: Breitbart and ImmigrationProf Blog
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