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10:00 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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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:
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 …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh accuser willing to testify, her lawyer says; White House's Kellyanne Conway says, ‘She should be heard’  —  A lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who said Judge Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her when the two were in high school, said Monday that Ford is willing to testify …
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.
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Lawyer: Kavanaugh accuser willing to testify publicly  —  Washington (CNN)Debra Katz, the lawyer for a woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, said Monday that her client would be willing to testify in public to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation at Risk After Accusation by Christine Blasey Ford  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's bid to confirm Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court was thrown into uncertainty on Sunday as a woman came forward with explosive allegations that Mr. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Murkowski: Committee ‘might’ need to consider delaying Kavanaugh vote
Discussion: Splinter
Axios:
Kavanaugh accuser willing to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee
Discussion: Political Wire and CNN
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Kavanaugh accuser willing to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee, lawyer says
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Can Kavanaugh hang on?
Discussion: The Week, Mother Jones and The Guardian
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
The power of a named accuser: Kavanaugh's future now hangs in the balance
John Fund / National Review:   Democrats Want Their Pound of Kavanaugh Flesh
Bloomberg:
Key Republicans Want Kavanaugh Charge Probed as Trump Backs Pick
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.
New York Times:
Bloomberg May Run for President as a Democrat.  His Views on Policing and #MeToo Could Be a Problem.  —  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: 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 …
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.
Discussion: Greenville News
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Washington Post:   Florence has made Wilmington, N.C., an island cut off from the rest of the world
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.
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
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Associated Press:   Grim warnings for White House, Republicans ahead of election
Windsor Mann / The Week:
You'll miss Trump one day  —  I'm going to miss President Trump when he's gone.  If you want his presidency to end as badly as I do, you probably will, too.  The day he leaves office, I will be overjoyed.  The day after he leaves office, I will be bored.  —  The post-Trump era will be less frightening but more dull.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.”
Nicole Goodkind / Newsweek:
Ted Cruz Campaign is Mailing Donation Requests Disguised as Legal Summonses  —  Ted Cruz's Texas Senatorial campaign has sent hundreds of thousands of mailers seeking donations that are meant to look like official county summons, a high-ranking campaign official confirmed to Newsweek.
Discussion: The Week and Shareblue Media
 
 
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Danny Vinik / Politico:
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Miles Parks / NPR:
NPR/Marist Poll: 40 Percent Of Americans Think Elections Aren't Fair
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Yahoo:
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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
On Constitution Day, a professor tries to spread founding principles on campus
Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
A Trump effect at journalism schools? Colleges see a surge in admissions.
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
North Korea's Trump-Era Strategy: Keep Making A-Bombs, but Quietly
Discussion: CBS News and Politico
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Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:
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Discussion: Political Wire
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Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
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James Pomfret / Reuters:
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