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12:15 AM ET, September 17, 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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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 …
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 …
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: The Dworkin Report 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: POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart and Axios
David Lat / New York Times:
Delay the Vote — for Kavanaugh, for His Accuser and for the Court  —  Christine Blasey Ford deserves to be heard.  And the judge deserves a chance to clear his name.  —  Mr. Lat is a former federal law clerk and prosecutor.  —  In many ways, Judge Brett Kavanaugh is the perfect Supreme Court nominee.
David French / National Review:
Weighing the Allegations against Brett Kavanaugh  —  They're serious but not solid.  —  The allegations against Brett Kavanaugh — outlined now on the record in the Washington Post by Palo Alto University professor Christine Blasey Ford — are substantial and serious.
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
Discussion: Washington Post
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination in Turmoil as Accuser Comes Forward
Discussion: KTLA, CNN, Breitbart and Splinter
Sasha Ingber / NPR:
Calls Grow To Delay Kavanaugh Vote After Accuser Goes Public
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Kennedy says Kavanaugh vote will continue as planned on Thursday
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
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.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind the scenes: Republican fears and opportunities  —  A source who has seen recent polling, conducted by the Republican National Committee, told me the data show that a majority of Trump voters don't believe the mountain of evidence that Democrats will win back the House in November.
Discussion: RedState
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: Jezebel, Deadline, Mashable and IndieWire
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
The Picture of Anderson Cooper is Real.  The Claims About the Picture Are False.  —  A viral picture of Anderson Cooper in waist high water is real.  But it is not from Hurricane Florence.  —  I note that even a post here at The Resurgent fell for the claims attacking Anderson Cooper.
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
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 …
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
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
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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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Financial Times:
Swiss call in Russian envoy to protest over spying
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