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1:40 PM ET, September 17, 2018

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HuffPost:
Alumnae Of Christine Blasey Ford's High School Circulate Letter Of Support  —  Ford's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are “all too consistent with stories we heard and lived while attending Holton,” they wrote.  —  A group of women who went to Christine Blasey Ford's high school …
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Michael Judge / Washingtonian:
Kavanaugh's Character Witness Once Wrote About His Family for Washingtonian.  Check Out What His Brother Wrote in to Rebut Him.  —  Brett Kavanaugh's accuser says Mark Judge was in the room.  He says Kavanaugh didn't do anything.  —  Christine Blasey Ford says Supreme Court nominee Brett …
CNN:
Brett Kavanaugh is willing to answer questions on allegations, has hired an attorney  —  (CNN)Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said Monday that he would be willing to speak with lawmakers to refute an allegation of physical and sexual assault by a woman who has come forward publicly with the accusation.
Axios:
Scoop: GOP plans to play hardball on Kavanaugh  —  Strategists advising Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh plan to use aggressive tactics this week in response to the public accusation of a “stumbling drunk” sexual assault in high school that instantly imperiled his confirmation, top sources tell Jonathan Swan:
Grabien News:
'Something's Wrong with Her': Christine Ford's Students Savage Her in Reviews  —  ‘Many dislike Professor Ford due to her dark personality’  —  Brett Kavanaugh's formerly anonymous accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, has come forward.  She's a professor in the Social Work Department at California State University - Fullerton.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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 …
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
Donald Trump Jr. Instagram Post Mocks Woman Who Says She Was Sexually Assaulted By Brett Kavanaugh  —  Donald Trump Jr. posted an image on his Instagram account that appeared to mock the woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted by the president's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
Politico:
‘I do not know this woman’: Trump allies rally to Kavanaugh's defense
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:   The claim against Kavanaugh is not a suspicious 11th-hour bombshell.  Because we're not in the 11th hour.
John F. Harris / Politico:
Why God Is Laughing at Brett Kavanaugh
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Kavanaugh's Nomination in Turmoil as Accuser Says He Assaulted Her Decades Ago
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Megyn Kelly lays out what Kavanaugh's defenders will say: ‘Maybe he blew her off and she had an axe to grind’
Discussion: Townhall and Washington Post
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Brett Kavanaugh's Mother Presided Over Foreclosure Hearing Involving Accuser's Parents
David French / National Review:
Weighing the Allegations against Brett Kavanaugh
Politico:
What Should the Senate Do With Brett Kavanaugh?
Discussion: Reason, The Daily Beast and Hit & Run
CNN:
CNN Polls: Democrats hold the upper hand in Arizona, Tennessee Senate races  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Democrats hold an advantage in two states that are critical to the party's chances of taking control of the US Senate, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS.
New York Times:
Bloomberg May Run for President as a Democrat.  Some of His Views May Cause Him Trouble.  —  SEATTLE — Michael R. Bloomberg is actively considering a campaign for president as a Democrat in 2020, concluding that it would be his only path to the White House even as he voices stark disagreements …
Discussion: Axios, AOL, Splinter and Eschaton
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
New leak shows Julian Assange sought Russian visa in 2010  —  LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange had just pulled off one of the biggest scoops in journalistic history, splaying the innards of American diplomacy across the web.  But technology firms were cutting ties to his website, WikiLeaks …
Discussion: Politico, RT and Task & Purpose
New York Times:
Reversing Course, Chris Collins Will Seek 4th House Term Despite Indictment  —  Representative Chris Collins, the New York Republican indicted on insider trading charges last month, reversed course on Monday and planned to announce he would seek another term, according to two Republicans familiar with his plans.
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Noah's Ark except it's a school bus: Truck driver rescues 64 dogs and cats from floods of Hurricane Florence  —  There is nothing like a meal at the Waffle House after driving more than 60 animals from the South Carolina coast to southern Alabama inside of a school bus.  Tony Alsup can attest.
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Washington Post:
Florence has made Wilmington, N.C., an island cut off from the rest of the world
Wall Street Journal:
Florence Washes Away Portion of Coal-Ash Landfill in North Carolina
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
Roque Planas / HuffPost:
Bombshell Washington Post Story On Trump Passport Crackdown Withheld, Distorted Key Facts  —  State Department data shows passport denials in suspect midwife cases have dropped under Donald Trump.  You wouldn't know from reading the Post.  —  AUSTIN, Texas On Aug. 29 …
Paige Williams / New Yorker:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump's Battering Ram  —  What does the press secretary believe in—other than defending the President's every word?  —  Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, says that she never set out to be “the face of anything.”
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.
Uzra Zeya / Politico:
Trump Is Making American Diplomacy White Again  —  I worked at the State Department for 27 years and was proud to watch it become more diverse.  Until President Trump.  —  When I joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1990, I used to joke that all my South Asian-American colleagues and I could fit comfortably at a table for four.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:
Exclusive: Pompeo seeks rapprochement with alienated U.S. diplomats
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Marc Benioff Explains Why He Is Buying Time Magazine  —  While having a massage late Sunday, the West Coast-based tech billionaire discussed via text message why he was entering the East Coast-based media industry by acquiring Time Inc.'s flagship publication.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Tom Arnold and Mark Burnett in Physical Altercation at Evening Before Emmy Party  —  The tension between Tom Arnold and Mark Burnett boiled over into a physical altercation at Sunday's Evening Before Emmy party, a fundraiser for the Motion Picture Television Fund.  —  Details of the incident are still unclear.
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Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter:
Tom Arnold and Mark Burnett Scuffled at Pre-Emmys Party
 
 
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