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2:05 PM ET, October 4, 2018

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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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.
James Roche / Slate:
I Was Brett Kavanaugh's College Roommate  — There's Nothing Like Seeing a Headline About the President Inheriting a Fortune via Fraud and Knowing He'll Definitely Get Away With It  —  In 1983, I was one of Brett Kavanaugh's freshman roommates at Yale University.
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 …
New York Times:
The Senate Should Not Confirm Kavanaugh, Signed, 1,700+ Law Professors (and Counting)  —  The following letter will be presented to the United States Senate on Oct. 4.  It will be updated as more signatures are received.  —  Judicial temperament is one of the most important qualities of a judge.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
As FBI background check of Kavanaugh nears its end, probe appears to have been highly curtailed  —  The FBI background check of Brett M. Kavanaugh appeared to remain curtailed in its scope Wednesday even as agents neared the end of their work, opening up the possibility that the bureau …
Wall Street Journal:
The Never Conservatives  —  The Kavanaugh fight isn't about Trump.  We're all deplorables now.  —  The Editorial Board  —  Donald Trump didn't help Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation with his crude mockery of Christine Blasey Ford on Tuesday night in Tennessee, but then this Supreme Court moshpit isn't about this President.
Brandon Morse / RedState:
It's Over: Flake And Collins Agree Kavanaugh FBI Report Is Good As Democrats Leave Chuck Schumer's Office “Stone-Faced”  —  These previous weeks have been nothing short of unprecedented.  The Democrats pulled every dirty trick in the book to make sure Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh never donned …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
In The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow Disgraces Himself Once Again  —  At The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow ties himself and his reputation to another preposterous Jane Mayer effort, and thereby continues what has been a baffling self-immolation.  One might have thought that, after the rank embarrassment …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
NBC News:
FBI confidential Kavanaugh report handed to White House, Senate
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Have Decided to Ignore All of Brett Kavanaugh's Lies
David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Real Reason the White House Told the FBI Not to Interview Christine Blasey Ford?
Discussion: The Hill, Splinter and The Daily Beast
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Dishing up lies while proclaiming the love of facts, Trump and Sarah Sanders gaslight America
Discussion: The Week, CBS Boston and Mother Jones
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What's going on with that FBI investigation?
Discussion: USA Today and ThinkProgress
Washington Post:
Key Republicans signal satisfaction with FBI report, increasing confirmation odds for Kavanaugh
Axios:
An October surprise: The Brett bounce  —  Top Republicans tell Axios that they're seeing a surprising and widespread surge in GOP voter enthusiasm, powered largely by support for Brett Kavanaugh and his Supreme Court nomination.  —  What they're saying: “The Kavanaugh debate has dropped …
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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.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Republican enthusiasm surges amid Supreme Court battle
Discussion: Raw Story and NPR
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Another big Mitch McConnell Supreme Court gamble looks set to pay off
Discussion: Political Wire
Phil Mattingly / CNN:
The single copy of the FBI's Kavanaugh report is behind closed doors.  Here's what senators have to do to see it
Discussion: The Root
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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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 …
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Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
UK accuses Kremlin of ordering series of ‘reckless’ cyber-attacks
Discussion: Mother Jones, NPR, New Republic and Reuters
Associated Press:   The Latest: US charges 7 Russian intel officers with hacking
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 and UW News
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Charleston Gazette-Mail:   Local journalism makes a difference
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
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.
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  —  Juan Romero struggled for decades with a memory he could not escape.  —  He left Los Angeles and moved to Wyoming, later came back west and settled in San Jose, raised a family and devoted himself to construction work.
Discussion: NPR
Washington Post:
Congressional Republicans tentatively agree to raise federal worker pay, rebuffing Trump  —  Congressional Republicans have tentatively agreed to a 1.9 percent pay raise for the nation's 2 million civilian federal workers, overruling President Trump who sought to freeze their pay.
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Republicans face big risks in contested California races as Democrats fight for control of the House … Republicans are at risk of a wipeout in California's six most hotly contested congressional races, a new poll shows — a result that could radically reshape the state's political map, with major consequences nationally.
Kelley Paul / CNN:
My husband, Rand Paul, and our family have suffered intimidation and threats  —  Sen. Paul's injuries worse than first reported  —  Kelley Paul is the wife of Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers.  —  (CNN)An open letter to Senator Cory Booker:
John Solomon / The Hill:
Russia collusion bombshell: DNC lawyers met with FBI on dossier before surveillance warrant  —  Congressional investigators have confirmed that a top FBI official met with Democratic Party lawyers to talk about allegations of Donald Trump-Russia collusion weeks before the 2016 election …
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
At Trump's big city hotels, business dropped as his political star rose, internal documents show  —  CHICAGO — Ten years ago, retired electrician Dave Roberts invested $650,000 in Donald Trump.  Roberts bought a single room in Trump's hotel on the Chicago River, then waited for his share of the Trump profit stream.
Discussion: Raw Story and KRTV-TV
Daily Mail:
Latest From MailOnline … - A weary-looking Leland Keyser was seen for the first time since Christine Ford named her as a corroborating witness to claims Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her  — Keyser, 52, whom Ford described as her ‘best friend’ at Holton-Arms preparatory school in Bethesda …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County deputies stopped thousands of innocent Latinos on the 5 Freeway in hopes of their next drug bust  —  The team of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies cruises the 5 Freeway, stopping motorists on the Grapevine in search of cars carrying drugs.  —  They've worked the mountain pass …
 
 
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Politico:
House Democrats plan investigations blitz over Trump health policies
Discussion: Raw Story
Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair:
Will Anti-Trump Millennials Actually Turn Up to Vote?
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts 7 more races towards Dems
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
A Former Obama Operative Built a New Anti-Republican Attack Machine
Matt Grossmann / FiveThirtyEight:
Voters Like A Political Party Until It Passes Laws
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Mike Pence: “China wants a different American President”
Discussion: ABC News, Observer and NBC News
 Earlier Items: 
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Republican Party Needs to Embrace Liberalism
Matt Berman / BuzzFeed News:
Millennial Men And Women Are Divided On Race And Gender Issues, New Poll Finds
Discussion: New Republic
John Culhane / Politico:
What Happens if a Democratic House Votes to Impeach Kavanaugh?
Discussion: The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Susan Chira / New York Times:
Driven by South's Past, Black Women Seek Votes and a New Future
Discussion: Politico
James Arkin / Politico:
GOP struggles to put away vulnerable Dems in Senate battlegrounds
James Lamond / Center for American ProgressCenter …:
The Origins of Russia's Broad Political Assault on the United States
 

 
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