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9:40 AM ET, October 6, 2018

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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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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 …
Discussion: Politico and Instapundit
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 …
Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
The High Court Brought Low  —  Don't let Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh have the last word about American justice.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.  —  So what now?
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 …
New York Times:
Read Susan Collins's Speech Declaring Support for Brett Kavanaugh  —  Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, announced her support on Friday for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.  With Ms. Collins's key vote, Judge Kavanaugh is all but certain to be confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Althouse, Raw Story and IJR
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Susan Collins' Bad Faith
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Nation
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Bitter Tenor of Senate Reflects a Nation at Odds With Itself
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Olivia Paschal / The Atlantic:
Read Susan Collins's Historic Floor Speech on Brett Kavanaugh
Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
The Supreme Court's Legitimacy Crisis
Discussion: Slate and Hullabaloo
Senator Susan Collins:
Senator Collins Announces She Will Vote to Confirm Judge Kavanaugh
National Review:   Thank You, Susan Collins
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.
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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.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh admits he screwed up — but doesn't actually say how
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Attorneys: Christine Blasey Ford doesn't want Kavanaugh impeached, has no regrets
Discussion: The Week and TheBlaze
Associated Press:
American Bar Association reopens Kavanaugh evaluation
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Splinter and CNN
New York Times:
F.B.I. Review of Kavanaugh Was Limited From the Start  —  President Trump, reacting to critics, said the F.B.I. should have a free hand to investigate.  But the White House counsel told him that would be potentially disastrous. … POLICE SHOOTING  —  White Officer Convicted of Murder in the Death of Black Teenager in Chicago
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
After Lots of Bluster, Trump Has a Week to Brag About  —  WASHINGTON — He promised so much success that everyone would be tired of all the winning.  But after 20 months that proved more arduous than President Trump once imagined, this may be the best week of his presidency so far.
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump's Remarkable Week  —  Column: It doesn't get much better than this.  —  Can we pause for a moment to consider what has transpired in the last seven days?  —  TRADE: Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced it had reached an agreement with both Mexico and Canada to revise …
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
Slate:
Investigation at Yale Law School  —  An inquiry into the actions of a prominent professor reveals why it's so hard to report inappropriate behavior at the top law school in the country.  —  One afternoon late in her first year at Yale Law School, Linda sat down to create a contemporaneous record …
Discussion: National Review
Luppe B. Luppen / Yahoo:
Lawsuits point to large trove of unreleased Kavanaugh White House documents  —  New details have emerged about potentially thousands of Brett Kavanaugh's White House emails and other records related to the Senate hacking scandal from early in the George W. Bush administration …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Nadia Murad / Statements:
My statement on winning the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize  —  This morning the Nobel Committee informed me that I was selected as a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.  I am incredibly honored and humbled by their support and I share this award with Yazidis, Iraqis, Kurds …
Discussion: BBC, Chicks On The Right and TMZ.com
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Lianne Kolirin / CNN:
Nadia Murad, from ISIS sex slave to global human rights campaigner
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Tennessee Senate race: Phil Bredesen goes all in on pledge to break with Democrats
Discussion: Bloomberg and Bredesen for Senate
BuzzFeed News:
Apple Insiders Say Nobody Internally Knows What's Going On With Bloomberg's China Hack Story  —  Multiple senior Apple executives, speaking with BuzzFeed News on the condition of anonymity so that they could speak freely all denied and expressed confusion with a report earlier this week …
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.”
 
 
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Washington Post:
Trump abruptly replaces federal personnel director after just 7 months
David French / National Review:
The Complete Case for Kavanaugh
Discussion: Viking Pundit and Fox News
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Rep. Eric Swalwell / Fresno Bee:
Nunes buried evidence on Russian meddling to protect Trump. I know because I'm on the committee
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