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10:50 PM ET, September 16, 2018

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Emma Brown / Washington Post:
California professor, writer of confidential Brett Kavanaugh letter, speaks out about her allegation of sexual assault  —  Earlier this summer, Christine Blasey Ford wrote a confidential letter to a senior Democratic lawmaker alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Flake opposes quick vote on Kavanaugh, putting confirmation in doubt  —  Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court hit a serious roadblock Sunday night, as GOP Senate Judiciary Committee member Jeff Flake said he is uncomfortable voting to advance Kavanaugh's nomination later this week …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Believes There Is a ‘Conspiracy’ to Torpedo the Kavanaugh Nomination  —  The president and his team are not deterred by the sexual assault allegations being made against their Supreme Court nominee.  If anything, their back is up even more.  —  In the hours after a 51-year-old …
CNN:
Read the letter Christine Blasey Ford sent accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct  —  Washington (CNN)The following is the text of the letter Christine Blasey Ford wrote to Sen. Dianne Feinstein detailing an event in which she accuses Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Delay the Kavanaugh Vote  —  I worked for a president who was arrested for driving under the influence at age 30.  One of the most admired and successful governors of our times was arrested as a college student for industrial-scale drug possession.  Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke …
Discussion: Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA and Axios
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Brett Kavanaugh's Sexual Assault Accuser Has Come Forward, and Her #MeToo Story Might Disqualify Him  —  The anonymous woman who accused Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault has come forward.  Her name is Christine Blasey Ford, and her allegation deserves to be taken seriously.
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP senator: Hold off on Kavanaugh vote until accuser is heard  —  The White House on Sunday stood by Brett M. Kavanaugh after a woman publicly accused him of sexual assault decades ago, an allegation that triggered the most concrete signs yet of Republican resistance to President Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Woman Alleging Misconduct by Kavanaugh in High School Steps Forward  —  Senate minority leader Charles Schumer called for a halt to the confirmation proceedings in response, but a spokesman for Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley said a committee vote this week had not been delayed.
Discussion: Washington Post
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination in Turmoil as Accuser Comes Forward
Discussion: HuffPost, The Daily Caller and KTLA
Wall Street Journal:
Brett Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward About Alleged Sexual Assault
Discussion: RedState, Townhall and CNN
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Kennedy says Kavanaugh vote will continue as planned on Thursday
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
Dianne Feinstein / Los Angeles Times:
Why I'm voting ‘no’ on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination
Discussion: Washington Times and Mother Jones
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Magazine Sold to Salesforce Founder Marc Benioff for $190 Million  —  Benioffs won't have day-to-day operational role at Time Magazine  —  Time magazine will have a new home.  —  Nearly eight months after Meredith Corp. MDP -0.57% completed its purchase of Time Inc. …
Associated Press:
Grim warnings for White House, Republicans ahead of election  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The prognosis for President Donald Trump and his party was grim.  —  In a post-Labor Day briefing at the White House, a top Republican pollster told senior staff that the determining factor in the election …
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Percy Allen / The Seattle Times:
Storm not expecting a White House invitation, and it won't go even if one is extended
Discussion: IJR and Daily Wire
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Trump's foreign policy has devolved into chaos  —  It sounds unlikely, but the record shows that the most effective foreign policy adviser to President Trump since his election has been Barack Obama.  —  In their sole meeting, on Nov. 10, 2016, Obama managed to focus Trump …
Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
Biden: I wish I had spoken out against Trump sooner … Former Vice President Joe Biden Saturday night told the audience at the Human Rights Campaign's National Dinner that he wished he trashed President Trump sooner.  —  “Barack and I agreed we would be quiet for the first year …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
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Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
Anne Hathaway denounces white privilege in award speech
Discussion: Breitbart
Washington Post:
Alarm grows inside FEMA as administrator Brock Long fights for his job  —  As the Federal Emergency Management Agency heads into peak hurricane season, an internal investigation has imperiled its top official, sparking a growing backlash within the agency where career officials …
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Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
FEMA administrator defends President Trump's comments about Puerto Rico death toll …
Discussion: Politico
Tovah Lazaroff / Jerusalem Post:
ARI FULD, ISRAELI-AMERICAN TERROR VICTIM, ‘LIVED AND DIED A HERO’  —  Fuld was assistant director of Standing Together, an organization that supports IDF soldiers, according to his personal website.  —  Ari Fuld, who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in a stabbing attack …
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Ari Fuld / Arutz Sheva:
Man murdered in Gush Etzion attack
Associated Press:
Palestinian stabs American-Israeli man to death in West Bank
Discussion: Reuters and Breitbart
Hillary Rodham Clinton / The Atlantic:
American Democracy Is in Crisis  —  It's been nearly two years since Donald Trump won enough Electoral College votes to become president of the United States.  On the day after, in my concession speech, I said, “We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead.”  I hoped that my fears for our future were overblown.
Daphne Merkin / Vulture:
Introducing Soon-Yi Previn As controversies tumbled around her, the daughter of Mia Farrow and wife of Woody Allen stayed silent for decades.  No more.  —  Once, she was seen as a victim, her youth and relative innocence taken advantage of by a powerful, much older man who sucked her into his vortex.
Discussion: Deadline and IndieWire
Daily Mail:
Britain's oldest person is celebrating her 112th birthday, she said secret to long life is whisky  —  Mrs Jones, a Liverpudlian by birth, was born on September 16, 1906 - only five years after the death of Queen Victoria.  —  She has lived through 26 prime ministers and survived both world wars.
Chloe Melas / CNN:
Michael Moore believes ‘evil genius’ Trump will be a two-term president  —  (CNN)Michael Moore believes President Donald Trump is an “evil genius” who will be re-elected.  —  The documentary filmmaker spoke to CNN while promoting his upcoming film about the impact of Trump's 2016 victory, “Fahrenheit 11/9.”
Discussion: Townhall and HuffPost
John Solomon / The Hill:
Lisa Page bombshell: FBI couldn't prove Trump-Russia collusion before Mueller appointment  —  To date, Lisa Page's infamy has been driven mostly by the anti-Donald Trump text messages she exchanged with fellow FBI agent Peter Strzok as the two engaged in an affair while investigating the president …
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Manafort deal with Mueller ‘really good for the country,’ Ken Starr says: ‘We should want the truth’  —  Former Independent Counsel Ken Starr, who led federal investigations of President Clinton, said special counsel Robert Mueller's striking a deal to win the cooperation …
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emptywheel:
Paul Manafort's Modus Operandi: Accuse the Female Politician of Crimes She Didn't Commit, Then Dodge Sanctions
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 
 
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Carla Marinucci / Politico:
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Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
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Financial Times:
Swiss call in Russian envoy to protest over spying
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Graham: Trump came ‘really close’ to moving U.S. dependents out of South Korea
Discussion: Breitbart and Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
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CBS News:
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Discussion: Political Wire
National Journal:
Identity, Not Ideology, Driving the Democratic Party
Aron Heller / Associated Press:
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