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2:35 PM ET, September 20, 2018

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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Kavanaugh Accuser's Classmate: ‘That It Happened Or Not, I Have No Idea’  —  A former classmate of Christine Blasey Ford tells NPR that she does not know if an alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh took place as she first suggested on social media.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans, be forewarned: Kavanaugh's accuser has options  —  The Post reports: … Trump, whom a flock of women has accused of harassment and assault, and the all-male Republican contingent on the Senate Judiciary Committee might think they have Ford cornered.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kavanaugh saga sets Washington rumor mill on fire  —  Activists, reporters, and White House officials are consumed with a barrage of rumors, hearsay and tantalizing tips about a Supreme Court nominee and his accuser.  —  It is the tweet that launched a thousand rumors.
CULT OF THE 1ST AMENDMENT:
WHY CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD'S HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS WERE SCRUBBED: Faculty Approved Racism, Binge Drinking and Promiscuity  —  On Monday Sept. 17th, Christine Blasey Ford's high school yearbooks suddenly disappeared from the web.  I read them days before, knew they would be scrubbed, and saved them.
Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Roy Moore calls on GOP to ‘take a stand’ and support Kavanaugh amid sex abuse allegation  —  Former Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore called on Republicans to “take a stand” and support suggested U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh following the sexual misconduct allegations levied against him …
Axios:
Dems plot massive campaign if Kavanaugh falls  —  If Brett Kavanaugh's nomination sinks, Democrats would turn the midterms into a referendum not just on President Trump but also women's rights, abortion and the future of the Supreme Court, sources tell Axios.
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Collins: My office has gotten ‘pretty ugly voicemails, threats’ over Kavanaugh
Hailey Fuchs / Yale Daily News:
A flag of underwear: Photo from Kavanaugh's time shows DKE hijinks
Discussion: Discourse.net
Joe Heim / Washington Post:   ‘These are the stories of our lives’: Prep school alumni hear echoes in assault claim
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
In the ‘80, boys’ prep schools like Kavanaugh's could be bastions of misogyny
Todd Ruger / Roll Call:
Judiciary Staffer's Tweets Fuel Fight Over Kavanaugh Accuser
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Brandon Morse / RedState:
Joy Behar Claims “White Men” Aren't Protecting Women From People Like “Probably Guilty” Kavanaugh
Discussion: Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
Brandon Morse / RedState:
The Circus Around the Kavanaugh Accusations Exposes the Extraordinary Sexism of the Left
Discussion: East Bay Times, POLITICUSUSA and IJR
Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
The drive to sink Kavanaugh is liberal totalitarianism
Matt Bai / Yahoo:
What Kavanaugh deserves — and what we deserve from him
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and Daily Wire
The Guardian:
‘No accident’ Brett Kavanaugh's female law clerks ‘looked like models’, Yale professor told students  —  Guardian learns Amy Chua said she would advise students on their physical look to help win post in Kavanaugh's chambers  —  A top professor at Yale Law School who strongly endorsed supreme …
Discussion: Above the Law and Balloon Juice
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Emily Peck / HuffPost:
Brett Kavanaugh Liked Female Clerks Who Looked A ‘Certain Way,’ Yale Student Was Told  —  Yale professor and “Tiger Mom” Amy Chua, who's a Kavanaugh cheerleader, told the young woman to look “outgoing.”  —  A few years ago, as she was prepping to interview for a judicial clerkship …
New York Times:
Unraveling the Russia Story So Far … On an October afternoon before the 2016 election, a huge banner was unfurled from the Manhattan Bridge in New York City: Vladimir V. Putin against a Russian-flag background, and the unlikely word “Peacemaker” below.  It was a daredevil happy birthday to the Russian president, who was turning 64.
Discussion: emptywheel and Raw Story
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
Ben Carson's HUD: Political loyalty required, no experience necessary  —  The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded promotions and pay increases to five political operatives with no housing policy experience within their first months on the job, demonstrating what government watchdogs …
Discussion: New Republic
Marc Caputo / Politico:
New racial controversy batters DeSantis  —  This is the fifth race-related issue concerning the Florida candidate, his gubernatorial campaign or one of its supporters.  —  MIAMI — A Republican activist who donated more than $20,000 to Ron DeSantis and lined up a speech for him at President Trump's Mar …
NBC News:
Aberdeen, Maryland shooting: Three dead after woman opens fire at Rite Aid facility  —  Harford County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the scene at 9:09 a.m. ET, authorities tweeted.  —  At least three people were killed after a woman opened fire at a Rite Aid facility in Maryland on Thursday morning …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Vox, Townhall and TheBlaze
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Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Multiple people killed in shooting at Rite Aid distribution facility near Aberdeen, Md.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Vox and WBAL
Reuters:
French court orders Le Pen to submit to psychiatric evaluation  —  PARIS (Reuters) - A French court ordered Marine Le Pen to submit to a psychiatric evaluation as part of its investigation into her decision to post images of Islamic State executions on Twitter, the far right leader said on Thursday and denounced the order.
Discussion: Politico and Observer
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democrats fear Trump ‘October Surprise’ document dump  —  Democrats worry that Trump and his allies are teeing up a series of document releases meant to gin up GOP voters before the midterms.  —  Democratic operatives are growing anxious that Republicans working to undermine the FBI's Russia probe …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Raw Story
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
SC congressman jokes about Supreme Court sexual assault amid Kavanaugh drama  —  A South Carolina GOP congressman opened an election debate Thursday by joking that he almost had to miss it and fly back to Washington to address the latest drama involving the Supreme Court.
bellingcat:
Skripal Suspects Confirmed as GRU Operatives: Prior European Operations Disclosed  —  In the previous part of a joint investigation, Bellingcat and The Insider - Russia established that:  — Alexander Petrov - a fake cover persona for a yet unidentified Russian individual …
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Top U.S. Diplomat Backed Continuing Support for Saudi War in Yemen Over Objections of Staff  —  Mike Pompeo made decision after being warned that a cutoff could jeopardize $2 billion in weapons sales to America's Gulf allies  —  WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo backed continued U …
BostonGlobe.com:
Elizabeth Warren for president?  New survey shows Mass. voters don't love that idea  —  She has the national profile.  She has the money.  What US Senator Elizabeth Warren may not have, should she decide to run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, is the endorsement of Massachusetts voters.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Source: Nellie Ohr Is Refusing To Appear For Congressional Deposition  —  Nellie Ohr, the wife of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, is refusing to appear before Congress for a closed-door hearing that was scheduled to take place this Friday, sources tell The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Matt Katz / WNYC News:
Gov. Murphy Calls for Bergen County Sheriff's Resignation, After Racist Remarks Caught on Tape  —  Gov. Phil Murphy is calling for the resignation of Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino after WNYC obtained a secret recording of the sheriff making racist remarks about black people …
OpenSecrets.org:
Member dues plummet, leaving the NRA in the red for second straight year  —  The National Rifle Association is traditionally one of the most powerful and financially intimidating interest groups in Washington.  But a new third-party audit of the group's finances obtained by OpenSecrets raises questions …
Discussion: New Republic
Scott Daugherty / Virginian-Pilot:
Racist, offensive behavior “rife” in Norfolk Homeland Security office, EEOC rules  —  The Department of Homeland Security's investigative office in Hampton Roads is “clearly rife with offensive and racially hostile behavior,” the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a decision obtained by The Virginian-Pilot.
Shawna Kwan / BloombergQuint:
Four-Bedroom Home Goes on Sale in Hong Kong for $446 Million  —  (Bloomberg) — There's expensive, and then there's Hong Kong property expensive.  —  A four-bedroom house in the exclusive Peak neighborhood has hit the market for an eye-watering HK$3.5 billion ($446 million) …
Alexandra Deabler / Fox News:
McDonald's customers who hung fake poster in restaurant for 51 days get $25G checks from fast-food chain  —  Two McDonald's customers who went viral for hanging a poster in a Pearland, Texas, restaurant have been awarded for their prank with a big payout from the fast-food chain.
Katie Weston / Daily Express:
Huge 1000ft spider web appears overnight on a beach in Greece  —  AN ENORMOUS and terrifying spider web has sprung up in Greece overnight, covering everything from trees to shrubs near a lagoon.  —  A tranquil beachfront has been transformed by the starving spiders.
Alex Wickham / BuzzFeed:
The UK Government Is Planning To Set Up A Regulator For The Internet  —  Exclusive: BuzzFeed News has obtained details of plans being drawn up by ministers that also include a compulsory code of conduct and age verification for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Wall Street Journal:
Google Says It Continues to Allow Apps to Scan Data From Gmail Accounts  —  Lawmakers had asked company to explain policy in wake of WSJ report  —  WASHINGTON—Google Inc. told lawmakers it continues to allow other companies to scan and share data from Gmail accounts, responding to questions raised …
 
 
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
How a racist robocall and an FBI inquiry shook up the Florida governor's race
Discussion: Washington Post
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh's unlikely story about Democrats' stolen documents
Discussion: Daily Wire and Above the Law
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New data: Democrats crushing Republicans in 2018 elections
Discussion: CNBC and Political Wire