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Kevin Wallevand / WDAY-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: Heitkamp reveals Kavanaugh vote and reasoning to WDAY News  —  FARGO — U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp will vote NO on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination.  —  Heitkamp sat down exclusively with WDAY News to share what she will do when the U.S. Senate votes …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
For Once, I'm Grateful for Trump  —  In the president, one big bully stands up to others.  —  For the first time since Donald Trump entered the political fray, I find myself grateful that he's in it.  I'm reluctant to admit it and astonished to say it, especially since …
New Yorker:
The F.B.I. Probe Ignored Testimonies from Former Classmates of Kavanaugh  —  Frustrated potential witnesses who have been unable to speak with the F.B.I agents conducting the investigation into sexual-assault allegations against Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh …
Dow Jones Newswires:
White House Finds No Corroboration of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Kavanaugh in FBI Report  —  It is unclear whether White House had finalized its review of FBI interview reports  —  WASHINGTON—The White House has found no corroboration of the allegations of sexual misconduct …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Flake: No corroboration for Ford's claims in FBI report  —  Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), a key swing Republican vote, said Thursday that a new FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh has failed to corroborate Christine Blasey Ford's allegation of sexual assault against the Supreme Court nominee.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Real Reason the White House Told the FBI Not to Interview Christine Blasey Ford?  —  The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have a theory. … On Wednesday night, the lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford responded sharply to the news that the Trump White House had blocked the FBI …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans' misogyny will come back to haunt them  —  Republicans under President Trump have adopted a distinct political methodology evocative of autocratic regimes: Eschew rationality and facts, whip up hate, play to the mob.  They cannot make winning, rational arguments on immigration …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is Kavanaugh Helping Republicans' Midterm Chances?  —  In midterm elections, with different candidates on the ballot in every state and district, it's rare to see the sort of sharp, turn-on-a-dime shifts in the polls that we frequently saw during the 2016 presidential election, for example.
Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Time magazine puts Christine Blasey Ford on the cover  —  New York (CNN Business)Christine Blasey Ford is on the cover of this week's Time magazine.  But it's not a photograph of Ford; it's an illustration of the words and phrases from her testimony arranged into a striking image of her taking an oath.
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump, GOP Get A Big Kavanaugh Bounce — IBD/TIPP Poll  —  The Democrats' all-out attack on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, which culminated in a blisteringly partisan hearing last Thursday, may have backfired on the party just before the November elections.
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
'I don't think their mother breast-fed them': GOP senator attacks Democrats who oppose Kavanaugh  —  Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R) opened his appearance on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Tuesday with the tiniest, frailest of olive branches for his Democratic colleagues in the ongoing battle …
NBC News:
FBI confidential Kavanaugh report handed to White House, Senate
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
In The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow Disgraces Himself Once Again
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Another big Mitch McConnell Supreme Court gamble looks set to pay off
Discussion: Political Wire
Brandon Morse / RedState:
It's Over: Flake And Collins Agree Kavanaugh FBI Report Is Good As Democrats Leave Chuck Schumer's Office “Stone-Faced”
Bloomberg:
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies  —  In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help with a major expansion of its streaming video service, known today as Amazon Prime Video.
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Kate Fazzini / CNBC:
Chinese spy chips are found in hardware used by Apple, Amazon, Bloomberg says; Apple, AWS say no way
Andrew Seidman / Philly.com:
Alex Trebek apologizes for his performance as moderator of Pa. Gov. debate  —  Alex Trebek, the Jeopardy! host roundly criticized for his Monday night performance as moderator of the lone Pennsylvania gubernatorial debate this fall, apologized Wednesday, saying he had “failed to recognize the seriousness of the event for the voters.”
Discussion: HuffPost
Julián Aguilar / The Texas Tribune:
Beto O'Rourke on possible endorsement from Obama: “I don't think we're interested.”  —  Former President Barack Obama has endorsed nearly a dozen Texas Democrats so far this election year.  But Beto O'Rourke isn't one of them.  On Thursday the border Democrat said that was fine by him.
Discussion: Political Wire
Haley Sweetland Edwards / TIME:
How Christine Blasey Ford's Testimony Changed America  —  History often seems inexorable in hindsight, shaped by powerful figures operating beyond our control.  But when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford walked in to face the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 27, raised her right hand and swore to tell the truth …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Colin Dwyer / NPR:
Here Are The Winners Of The 2018 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants  —  What could possibly bring together a painter, an economist, a pastor and a planetary scientist?  If you ask the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the answer is simpler than you may think: They've all shown creativity …
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Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Local journalism makes a difference
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Fox News:
Accused doxxer of GOP senators allegedly threatened to publish their children's health information  —  A Democratic congressional intern accused of publishing the private information of at least three Republican lawmakers allegedly threatened to leak senators' children's health information if a witness told anyone about his activities.
CNN:
Collins: “It appears to be a very thorough investigation”  —  Sen. Susan Collinsarrives at the Office of Senate Security, which houses a ‘sensitive compartmented information facility,’ or SCIF, where Senators are able to view the report about alleged sexual assaults by Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill.
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Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Senate: Rating Changes in Four Races  —  Two things tend to happen in the final weeks of an election cycle: a few races that we've been watching become more competitive while others that had the potential to become very close recede to safer columns for the party holding the seats.
Discussion: Mediaite
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Russian Official Linked to Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Trump Tower Lawyer, Is Dead  —  Russia's Deputy Attorney General Saak Karapetyan was exposed this year for running a foreign recruitment operation with Natalia Veselnitskaya.  —  A Russian official accused of directing the foreign operations …
Discussion: Law & Crime
bellingcat:
305 Car Registrations May Point to Massive GRU Security Breach  —  In an unprecedented step, the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) and the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice on October 4, 2018 disclosed the identities under which four Russian individuals …
Politico:
DCCC chair: 60 Dem House candidates raised over $1 million in third quarter  —  Sixty House Democratic candidates broke the $1 million mark in fundraising from July through September, a whopping total fueling the party's campaign to retake the House in November.
Discussion: Political Wire
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
A Former Obama Operative Built a New Anti-Republican Attack Machine  —  One evening in September, Tanya, a consultant at a big New York firm, was on her laptop scrutinizing public records and reading posts on VKontakte, the Russian social network, involving Representative Dana Rohrabacher, the Republican congressman from California.
Discussion: Raw Story
David K. Li / NBC News:
Suge Knight sentenced to 28 years behind bars for fatal hit-and-run  —  The former hip-hop mogul pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter for running over Terry Carter in January 2015.  —  A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced disgraced music mogul Suge Knight to 28 years in prison …
Discussion: TMZ.com, CNN and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
The rise and the reckoning: Inside Brett Kavanaugh's circles of influence
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Los Angeles Times:
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Rasmussen Reports:
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Discussion: Breitbart and Daily Wire
Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair:
Will Anti-Trump Millennials Actually Turn Up to Vote?
Washington Post:
Congressional Republicans tentatively agree to raise federal worker pay, rebuffing Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts 7 more races towards Dems
 Earlier Items: 
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
At Trump's big-city hotels, business dropped as his political star rose, internal documents show
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Grossmann / FiveThirtyEight:
Voters Like A Political Party Until It Passes Laws
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Republican Party Needs to Embrace Liberalism
Susan Chira / New York Times:
Driven by South's Past, Black Women Seek Votes and a New Future
Discussion: Politico
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Republicans face big risks in contested California races as Democrats fight for control of the House
Discussion: Bloomberg
Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times:
The busboy who tried to help a wounded Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 dies.  His life was haunted by the violence
Discussion: NPR
 

 
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