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Wall Street Journal:
Grassley Says Workload Discourages Women Senators From Joining Judiciary Panel, Then Walks Back Remark  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) predicted that there would be more Republican women on his panel next year, after suggesting that the panel's workload was a deterrent.
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The Daily Beast:
Top Dem Super PAC Backs Away From Phil Bredesen for Backing Kavanaugh  —  One of the top Democratic aligned super PACs says it will no longer consider helping Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen in Tennessee's Senate race after Bredesen announced his support for Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Wall Street Journal:
Susan Collins Consents  —  The Maine Republican restores reason to the Kavanaugh confirmation.  —  The Editorial Board  —  With no small sense of the dramatic moment, Maine Senator Susan Collins waited until the final words of her more than 30-minute floor speech Friday to announce …
HuffPost:
Donors Are Organizing A Multimillion-Dollar Effort To Defeat Susan Collins In 2020  —  That's on top of $2 million already crowdsourced for her future Democratic opponent.  —  The left has a new top target for 2020: Maine Sen. Susan Collins.  —  While the election is more than two years away …
Olivia Paschal / The Atlantic:
Read Susan Collins's Historic Floor Speech on Brett Kavanaugh
Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
Michael Avenatti declares war on Susan Collins
National Review:   Thank You, Susan Collins
New York Times:
Collins and Manchin Will Vote for Kavanaugh, Ensuring His Confirmation
Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
The Supreme Court's Legitimacy Crisis
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Post
New York Times:
F.B.I. Review of Kavanaugh Was Limited From the Start  —  WASHINGTON — An exasperated President Trump picked up the phone to call the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, last Sunday.  Tell the F.B.I. they can investigate anything, he told Mr. McGahn, because we need the critics to stop.
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John Podhoretz / Commentary:
Backfire.  —  At 12:30 in the afternoon on September 27, I don't think there were many serious political thinkers or activists on the Right who thought Brett Kavanaugh would survive that morning's testimony by his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford.  —  Eight days later—today—Kavanaugh all but secured his appointment.
New York Times:
House Democrat Promises Kavanaugh Investigation if Party Wins Control  —  Representative Jerrold Nadler said he was prepared to look into accusations of sexual misconduct and perjury.  —  Trump Claims, Without Evidence, That Kavanaugh Protesters Were Paid  —  The president derided women protesting …
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Jack Mirkinson / Splinter:
The Democrats Failed Us  —  Let's be clear: Republicans are to blame for the fact that Brett Kavanaugh is about to become the next justice of the Supreme Court.  But that doesn't mean that Democrats don't have anything to apologize for.  —  Kavanaugh has been accused of sexual assault by a string of women.
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Attorneys: Christine Blasey Ford doesn't want Kavanaugh impeached, has no regrets  —  Washington (CNN)As Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh awaits a final Senate confirmation vote, a lawyer representing Christine Blasey Ford says she absolutely does not want him impeached if Democrats take control of Congress.
Discussion: TheBlaze
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
How Liberals Could Declare War on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court  —  His confirmation might pave the way for a full-blown constitutional crisis.  —  By all indications, Brett Kavanaugh is about to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, where he will become part of a five-justice conservative bloc …
Washington Post:
Senate votes 51 to 49 to advance Kavanaugh nomination to the Supreme Court
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
The battle over accusations goes on as Kavanaugh nomination advances  —  Kavanaugh classmates ignored by the FBI speak out, reveal new text message.  —  WASHINGTON — As Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, closed out his executive summary of allegations of sexual misconduct …
Discussion: The Intellectualist and Raw Story
CNN:
Melania Trump's latest white hat evokes colonialist comparison  —  (CNN)When first lady Melania Trump first stepped out in front of the press Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, she was wearing an outfit suitable for the setting.  She was at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, ready to pet …
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Kathleen Culliton / Park Slope, NY Patch:
'I'm Doing My Workout,' Mayor Tells Homeless Woman Seeking Help  —  Video shows Mayor Bill de Blasio told 72-year-old Nathylin Flowers Adesegun, “I can't do this now.”
Washington Post:
Trump abruptly replaces federal personnel director after just 7 months  —  President Trump on Friday abruptly replaced his federal personnel director after just seven months, leaving the agency that oversees 2.1 million civil servants with no permanent leadership at a time when the White House …
Rep. Eric Swalwell / Fresno Bee:
Nunes buried evidence on Russian meddling to protect Trump.  I know because I'm on the committee  —  No one really expected President Donald Trump, who benefited from Russia's 2016 election interference, to counter that hostile regime's active measures: Russia wanted him to win, and when they hacked, he invited them to hack more.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
A journalist's disappearance may rev up a Middle East rivalry  —  Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know?  Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.  —  We still do not know what has happened to Jamal Khashoggi.
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The War That Never Ends  —  The vote on Brett Kavanaugh is likely to be taken this weekend.  But, the impact of the battle over his confirmation is likely to have short and long-term consequences.  —  As for the short term, the consensus seems to be building among both Democratic …
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this?  —  Lindsey Graham learned the benefits of acting audaciously at a young age.  —  As a boy, no older than 6, he hung around his mom and dad's bar in Central, S.C., dressing up as a cowboy and yukking it up with drunks for laughs.
Dan Merica / CNN:
Tennessee Senate race: Phil Bredesen goes all in on pledge to break with Democrats  —  (CNN)Democratic Senate hopeful Phil Bredesen is going all out to highlight his pledge to break with his own party as he seeks to win in conservative Tennessee.  —  Bredesen, a popular former governor …
Discussion: Bredesen for Senate
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
The Kavanaugh effect: GOP runs hard against his tormenter Feinstein
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Times and KTVQ-TV
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Take a Tour of Manafort's Multimillion-Dollar Homes, Going Up for Sale  —  As part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Paul Manafort, President Trump's disgraced campaign chairman, forfeited his New York homes worth about $22 million to the government.  —  An 1890s Brooklyn brownstone with gilded details.
Don Palmerine / Washington Post:
I watched a rape.  For five decades, I did nothing.  —  Many men have stories to tell and confessions to make.  This is mine.  —  Don Palmerine is a former reporter and columnist living in Pittsburgh.  —  I was both an observer and a participant in a teenage rape.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘Willing to go to the mat’: How Trump and Republicans carried Kavanaugh to the cusp of confirmation  —  Again and again, President Trump was instructed not to do it.  A cadre of advisers, confidants and lawmakers all urged him — implored him, really — not to personally attack the women …
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
The Worst Job in American Politics  —  Why does J.B. Pritzker, or anyone, want to be governor of Illinois?  —  Almost no one in Illinois had more resources to devote to running for governor than J.B. Pritzker.  At 53, Pritzker is the billionaire scion of the state's wealthiest family.
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Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Governors: Rating Changes Four States
David French / National Review:
The Complete Case for Kavanaugh  —  The truth matters, and the truth is proved with evidence.  —  As we approach the final confirmation vote for Brett Kavanaugh, it's important to reflect back and take stock of the complete case against him - at least the complete case since Christine Blasey …
Discussion: Fox News and Townhall
VICE:
How I Quit Drinking in a World That Wants Me Drunk  —  We're taught from an early age that drinking is cool and glamorous.  We have to learn for ourselves that it's not.  —  From my early teenage years into my early 20s, every social event I attended was held together by an alcoholic glue.
 
 
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Phyllis Bennis / The Nation:
If Kavanaugh Is Confirmed, We Need to Mobilize Like Never Before
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Jim Renacci defends flying on strip club owner's plane to meeting with faith leaders
Discussion: Raw Story and TheBlaze
Daniel Payne / The College Fix:
‘Make them scared’ website posts uncorroborated sexual assault claims against male students
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Republicans are calling themselves Atticus Finch.  But it's hard to square Kavanaugh with Tom Robinson.
Discussion: HuffPost
Eren Orbey / New Yorker:
Aziz Ansari's New Standup Tour Is a Cry Against Extreme Wokeness
Associated Press:
American Bar Association reopens Kavanaugh evaluation
Discussion: CNN, The Gateway Pundit and Splinter
 Earlier Items: 
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Jacky Rosen Wants to Flip Nevada for Democrats. But First, Kavanaugh.
Discussion: TheBlaze and Politico
Camille Paglia / Hollywood Reporter:
The Rise of “Strangely Unsexy” Instagram Exhibitionism — And Why It Hurts Women (Guest Column)
Discussion: Althouse
Katie Heaney / The Cut:
Almost No One Is Falsely Accused of Rape
Discussion: Pacific Standard and Hmm Daily
Hot Air:
No, The Alleged Attack On Ford Didn't Happen At The July 1, 1982 Party, Says ... Ford Team Member
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