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1:15 PM ET, September 18, 2018

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Anita Hill / New York Times:
How to Get the Kavanaugh Hearings Right  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee has a chance to do better by the country than it did nearly three decades ago.  —  Ms. Hill is a professor at Brandeis University.  —  There is no way to redo 1991, but there are ways to do better.
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The Daily Beast:
Team Trump: If We Ditch Kavanaugh, We're Signing Our Own ‘Death Warrant’  —  It's Judge Kavanaugh or bust.  —  For Donald Trump's White House, Brett Kavanaugh is increasingly irrelevant to the politics of his own Supreme Court nomination.  Instead, those close to the president view …
Julia Prodis Sulek / Mercury News:
MeToo spurred Christine Blasey Ford to open up about alleged attack year before Kavanaugh nomination, friends say  —  'I've been trying to forget this all my life,' she told friend, 'and now I'm supposed to remember every little detail'  —  PALO ALTO — The fog was just lifting at Capitola beach …
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
I Believe Her  —  “Dear Caitlin,” an inscription in my 12th-grade yearbook begins.  “I'm really very sorry that our friendship plummeted straight downhill after the first few months of school.  Really, the blame rests totally on my shoulders.  To tell you the truth, I've wanted to say this all year.
Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
A former sex-crimes prosecutor analyzed Ford's allegations against Kavanaugh.  Here's her take.  —  Soon after Christine Blasey Ford was revealed as the author of a letter alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her decades ago, the responses ran along predictable lines.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
No. 2 Senate Republican sharply questions credibility of Kavanaugh accuser
Tamara Keith / NPR:
Democrats Want FBI To Investigate Kavanaugh Allegations. It Likely Won't
Discussion: National Review, Axios and The Week
Russ Feingold / HuffPost:   We Know Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied Already
Tom McCarthy / The Guardian:
Stormy Daniels' tell-all book on Trump: salacious detail and claims of cheating  —  Exclusive: pornographic actor says Trump 'didn't want to be president' in her book Full Disclosure  —  In a tell-all memoir, the pornographic actor Stormy Daniels details salacious descriptions of her time with Donald Trump …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Penis Looks Like Toad From Mario Kart, Says Stormy Daniels
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Perez Hilton
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Hope you aren't eating when you read this, because Stormy Daniels went there
Discussion: The Root and The Guardian
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Internal RNC Poll: Complacent Trump Voters May Cost GOP Control of Congress  —  A private survey shows many Republican voters “don't believe there is anything at stake” in the midterm elections.  —  A private survey conducted for the Republican National Committee and obtained …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ted Cruz and the Death of Conservatism  —  Ted Cruz is running for reelection in Texas trying to humanize himself by talking about basketball, and accusing his opponent, Beto O'Rourke, of liking tofu, hating the national anthem, and plotting to ban barbecue.
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
RNC internal poll finds GOP in danger due to complacent Trump voters: report
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Democratic poll: Public doubts GOP can combat corruption, but not convinced Dems can either
New York Times:
Trump's Growing Legal Team Has a Problem: It's Operating Partly in the Dark  —  The president's lawyers are struggling to understand where the investigations surrounding him are going, and the extent of his legal exposure.  —  2018 EMMY AWARDS  —  ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Win Top Awards
Joe McDonald / Associated Press:
China raises tariffs on $60B of US goods in technology fight  —  BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday announced a tariff hike on $60 billion of U.S. products in response to President Donald Trump's latest duty increase in a dispute over Beijing's technology policy.
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Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
China Once Looked Tough on Trade. Now Its Options Are Dwindling.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump could play Scrooge this holiday season
Deepti Hajela / Associated Press:
Man caught shaving on train in viral video says don't judge  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was mocked online after he was recorded shaving at his seat on a commuter train headed out of New York City said he was just trying to clean up after days spent in a homeless shelter.
Discussion: CBS New York and Daily Wire
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump-proof aspects of Manafort deal rankle lawyers  —  Robert Mueller seems to have built in safeguards to discourage the president from pardoning Manafort.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's plea agreement with Paul Manafort on Friday took unusual and possibly unprecedented steps …
Carlos Frías / miamiherald:
First he praised Castro.  Now ‘Salt Bae’ chef lavishes Venezuela's Maduro with steak dinner  —  First the chef known as Salt Bae riled Cuban Americans by dressing up in honor of the late dictator Fidel Castro.  —  Now Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe, the man who became a meme …
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Ethan Epstein / Weekly Standard:
Senators Shouldn't Harass Their Constituents on Twitter
Discussion: twitchy.com
Chelsea Curtis / Today's News Herald:
Kelli Ward's next act?  ‘Mamma Mia!’  —  Mamma Mia, here she goes again.  —  After losing her bid for United States Senate last month, Kelli Ward plans to hit the stage this November — and it won't be to discuss politics.  —  The Lake Havasu City resident has been cast in Grace Arts Live's production of …
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Leaked NPR Emails: Don't Call Kermit Gosnell an ‘Abortion Doctor’  —  National Public Radio's own past reporting called Kermit Gosnell an ‘abortion doctor.’ But when the makers of a new documentary wanted to pay to use the phrase on air, no dice.  —  Early last month, John Sullivan …
Project Veritas:
Deep State Unmasked: State Department on Hidden Cam, “Resist Everything,” “I Have Nothing to Lose”  —  [This post contains video, click to play]  —  Federal Employee for State Department: “Resist everything... Every level.  F**k sh*t up.”  —  Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) …
Bloomberg:
Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements  —  Tesla is under investigation by the Justice Department over public statements made by the company and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, according to two people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News' Tom Schoenberg and Matt Robinson report.
Hunter Woodall / Kansas City Star:
GOP stalwart Nancy Kassebaum picks Democrat Laura Kelly over Kris Kobach  —  A titan of Kansas Republican politics is shunning Kris Kobach, her party's nominee, in his run for governor.  —  Nancy Kassebaum, who represented Kansas for three terms in the U.S. Senate, said Tuesday …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jesse Barron / GQ:
How Puerto Rico Became the Newest Tax Haven for the Super Rich  —  A year after the tragedy of Hurricane Maria, the 51st state has become the favorite playground for extremely wealthy Americans looking to keep their money from the taxman.  The only catch?  They have to cut all ties to the mainland (wink, wink).
NBC News:
In stunning move, Trump declassifies documents related to Russia probe  —  The move covers about 20 pages of the warrant obtained to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and FBI interviews.  —  WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented move that stunned current and former intelligence officials …
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Politico:
Trump orders declassification of surveillance application, release of Comey texts
 
 
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New York Times:
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The Emmys Telecast Was a Cringe-Worthy, Tone-Deaf Embarrassment
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
WATCH: Ex-GOP chair reports Republicans are discussing ‘how they withdraw this nomination’ after Kavanaugh allegations
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