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7:50 PM ET, October 4, 2018

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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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Lulu Ramadan / mypalmbeachpost:
Retired Supreme Court Justice: Kavanaugh does not belong on high court  —  Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday said that high court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, who Stevens once lauded in one of his books, does not belong on the Supreme Court.
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Former ACLU leaders blast ‘appalling’ anti-Brett Kavanaugh ad campaign  —  Former American Civil Liberties Union leaders say the group is making a serious mistake in opposing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with a $1 million ad buy focused on sexual misconduct allegations.
Discussion: RT
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 …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Is Kavanaugh Helping Republicans' Midterm Chances?
Salt Lake Tribune:   Tribune editorial: Hatch attack on alleged witness is despicable
Haley Sweetland Edwards / TIME:
How Christine Blasey Ford's Testimony Changed America
Discussion: Mother Jones
Megan Doyle / Press Herald:   Maine women, including sexual assault survivors, converge on Capitol to sway Collins
Dow Jones Newswires:
White House Finds No Corroboration of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Kavanaugh in FBI Report
New Yorker:
The F.B.I. Probe Ignored Testimonies from Former Classmates of Kavanaugh
NBC News:
FBI confidential Kavanaugh report handed to White House, Senate
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:   'I don't think their mother breast-fed them': GOP senator attacks Democrats who oppose Kavanaugh
Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Doug Jones says female staffers have been threatened by Brett Kavanaugh supporters
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Law & Crime
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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Fred Sainz / Apple:
What Businessweek got wrong about Apple
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Rifts Break Open at Facebook Over Kavanaugh Hearing  —  SAN FRANCISCO — “I want to apologize,” the Facebook executive wrote last Friday in a note to staff.  “I recognize this moment is a deeply painful one — internally and externally.”  —  The apology came from Joel Kaplan, Facebook's vice president for global public policy.
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Local journalism makes a difference
Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service:   Pastor and activist William J. Barber II wins MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Trump Considers Ousting Air Force Head Over Space Force Pushback  —  The president appears to be tired of Pentagon officials slow rolling his orders.  —  U.S. President Donald Trump is peeved with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson over her handling of his directive to stand up a separate Space Force …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Task & Purpose
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
The Daily Beast:
Democrats Fear the Party's Kavanaugh Obsession Could Backfire  —  Sensing a bump for Republicans, some strategists want to pivot if he's confirmed.  Problem is the base may not be so ready to let it go.  —  With Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court looking more likely …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
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 and Daily Wire
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.
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.
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Rasmussen Reports:
in Politics  —  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll …
Discussion: Breitbart, Daily Wire and AOL
Jamal Khashoggi / Washington Post:
This should be a column by Jamal Khashoggi  —  Editor's note: Jamal Khashoggi is a Saudi journalist and author, and a columnist for Washington Post Global Opinions.  Khashoggi's words should appear in the space above, but he has not been heard from since he entered a Saudi consulate in Istanbul …
Jack Crowe / National Review:
Georgetown Prep Alumni Clarify Meaning of 'Devil's Triangle' in Letter to Judiciary Committee  —  In a letter sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, a group of Georgetown Prep alumni confirmed Brett Kavanaugh's explanation of the term “Devil's Triangle,” which he was asked …
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
The rise and the reckoning: Inside Brett Kavanaugh's circles of influence  —  He would be, in the words of his prep school's motto, a man for others.  At an age when most young people struggle to figure out their path forward, he knew he would devote his life to public service.
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 …
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 and Politico
 
 
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