memeorandum: Trenton councilman defends McBride, says ‘Jew down’ is just a ‘statement of speech’ (David Wildstein/New Jersey Globe)

7:55 PM ET, September 15, 2019

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John McCormack / National Review:

The New York Times Anti-Kavanaugh Bombshell Is Actually a Dud — Maybe Pogrebin and Kelly's book is stronger than their essay, but I'm skeptical. — If you opened Twitter on Sunday morning, you were likely greeted with the bombshell headline of the top trending news story …

Discussion: Power Line, Reason, CNN, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Latest from Crooks and Liars, Breitbart, Vanity Fair, Splinter, Law & Crime, Patterico's Pontifications and Viking Pundit

NBC News:

Democrats call for Kavanaugh impeachment over new sexual misconduct claims — Trump defended Kavanaugh after two New York Times reporters revealed new information on the sexual misconduct allegations facing the Supreme Court Justice. — A slew of prominent Democrats called on Congress …

Discussion: New York Times, RedState and The Daily Caller

Daniel Politi / Slate:

Elizabeth Warren Joins Harris, Castro in Calling for Kavanaugh's Impeachment — Sen. Elizabeth Warren became the most prominent Democratic presidential hopeful to join the calls for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to be impeached following new allegations of sexual misconduct against him.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and The Daily Beast

Jason Silverstein / CBS News:
New Brett Kavanaugh sexual misconduct accusation sets off calls for Supreme Court impeachment

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite and Power Line

David Cohen / Politico:
Trump stands up for Brett Kavanaugh over ‘liable’

Discussion: Axios, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Federalist, USA Today, Vox, Splinter and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »

Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / Washington Post:
Democratic candidates demand Kavanaugh impeachment after new allegation in Times piece

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Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
A fresh assassination of Brett Kavanaugh's character

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Jackie Mogensen / Mother Jones:
Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Calling for Brett Kavanaugh's Impeachment

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Lissette Rodriguez / ABC News:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Kavanaugh vetting process ‘was a sham’

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Mary Papenfuss / U.S. Political News …:
2020 Candidates Call For Kavanaugh Impeachment After New Misconduct Accusation

Discussion: Washington Post, Breitbart and FOX40

Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Trump says Justice Brett Kavanaugh should ‘start suing people’ after new report of sexual misconduct

Discussion: Washington Post, Law & Crime and Axios

David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:

Trenton councilman defends McBride, says ‘Jew down’ is just a ‘statement of speech’ — Muschal: 'You know, it's like a car dealer, they wanted $5,000, you Jew ‘em down to $4,000’ … Longtime Trenton City Councilman George Muschal says that will he didn't hear a colleague make an anti-Semitic slur …

Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:

In call with Trump, Pelosi and Schumer say any gun bill that doesn't include background checks ‘will not get the job done’ — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday urged President Trump to endorse House-passed gun measures …

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Politico

Sarah Ferris / Politico:

Moderate Democrats warn Pelosi of impeachment obsession — A day before the House Judiciary Committee took its biggest step yet toward impeachment last week, moderate Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi voiced his frustrations directly to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Discussion: Axios and Mediaite

Kaitlyn Krasselt / CTInsider.com: Pelosi, in CT appearance, says she's optimistic on background checks

New York Times:

‘People Actively Hate Us’: Inside the Border Patrol's Morale Crisis — Overwhelmed by desperate migrants and criticized for mistreating the people in their care, many agents have grown defensive, insular and bitter. — One Border Patrol agent in Tucson said he had been called a “sellout” and a “kid killer.”

Discussion: PJ Media Home, Hullabaloo, Axios and Fox News

Kate Sullivan / CNN:

Texas congressman pulls endorsement from Castro to support Biden — Washington (CNN)Texas Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez on Sunday flipped his support from Julián Castro to Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination, saying now is the time to narrow the 2020 field and unite as Democrats.

Discussion: Breitbart and Axios

Marc Caputo / Politico: Biden allies attack Warren's electability

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Let's Debate: Are Democrats Doomed?

Discussion: Althouse

Matthew Choi / Politico:
Texas congressman switches endorsement from Castro to Biden

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Robert Reich / The Guardian:

Trump is seriously, frighteningly unstable - the world is in danger — It is almost too late for impeachment. The 25th amendment is untested. The ballot box offers our only remaining hope — In retrospect, what's most disturbing about “Sharpiegate” isn't Trump's clumsy effort to doctor …

Discussion: Althouse

Blake Schuster / Yahoo! Sports:
American Pharoah manager denies horse bit Mike Pence during 2018 visit

Discussion: USA Today

Thor Benson / The Daily Beast:

The Climate Crisis Is Poised to Make Huge Swaths of America Totally Uninsurable — “People are going to be trapped because once it's uninsurable, good luck selling the house,” one climate expert cautioned. — As climate change spurs increasingly destructive wildfires in California …

Discussion: Raw Story

Jacob Knutson / Axios:

Wyoming coal country struggling despite Trump's support — The coal mining industry in the top coal-producing region of the U.S. is struggling despite President Trump's efforts to prop up the coal industry nationwide, according to AP. — Why it matters: Many coal producers in the Powder River Basin …

Discussion: Raw Story

Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Idle mines portend dark days for top US coal region

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA

Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:

Kamala Harris Was Ready to Brawl From the Beginning — In her first race, she defied her old boss, a fund-raising pledge — and the implication that she owed her career to her ex-boyfriend. — SAN FRANCISCO — The rebuttal sounded something like a threat. That seemed to be Kamala Harris's point.

Discussion: Althouse

Josh Campbell / CNN:

‘No turning back now’: The inside story of James Comey's trip to Trump Tower — (CNN)Josh Campbell is a CNN law enforcement analyst and former FBI supervisory special agent. His bureau career assignments included serving as special assistant to former FBI director James Comey.

Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:

McCarthy promises accountability as Barr reviews IG's FISA report: 'The closest we've ever seen to a coup' — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., promised that guilty parties will be held accountable after Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz releases his report …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Sara A. Carter

Wall Street Journal:

Iran Rejects U.S. Accusations Over Saudi Oil-Facility Attacks — Saudis race to repair the damage from the strikes, which forced the suspension of more than half of the kingdom's output — Iran denied American accusations that it was behind Saturday's debilitating strikes on Saudi oil facilities …

Discussion: Spectator USA, Bloomberg, Foreign Policy, The American Conservative, Outside the Beltway and Breitbart

Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Attack on Saudi oil sites raises risks amid US-Iran tension

Discussion: Progress Pond

David Edwards / Raw Story:

Kellyanne Conway: It's unconstitutional for Democrats to ‘embarrass this president’ with impeachment — White House aide Kellyanne Conway on Sunday insisted that Democrats do not have a “constitutional basis” to embarrass President Donald Trump by conducting an impeachment inquiry.