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3:45 PM ET, September 20, 2018

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Kavanaugh Accuser Opens Negotiations on Testimony Next Week  —  WASHINGTON — The woman who has accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault, in an apparent bid to jump-start negotiations, has told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she “would be prepared to testify next week,” …
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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.
Hailey Fuchs / Yale Daily News:
A flag of underwear: Photo from Kavanaugh's time shows DKE hijinks  —  In an Aug. 30 letter to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee, female college classmates of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh '87 LAW '90 testified to the judge's respect for women, praising his character and his support for female athletics at Yale.
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.
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.
New York Times:
Evangelical Leaders Are Frustrated at G.O.P. Caution on Kavanaugh Allegation  —  Worried their chance to cement a conservative majority on the Supreme Court could slip away, a growing number of evangelical and anti-abortion leaders are expressing frustration that Senate Republicans …
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 …
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Collins: My office has gotten ‘pretty ugly voicemails, threats’ over Kavanaugh  —  GOP Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), who has been viewed as a key swing vote in the Supreme Court fight, said in a recent interview that her office has received “some pretty ugly voicemails” over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination.
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
In the ‘80, boys’ prep schools like Kavanaugh's could be bastions of misogyny
Jessica Valenti / Medium:
How Very Bad Men Get Away With Rape
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Aides quietly stunned by Trump's respectful handling of Kavanaugh accuser
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
Brandon Morse / RedState:
The Circus Around the Kavanaugh Accusations Exposes the Extraordinary Sexism of the Left
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, East Bay Times and IJR
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
GOP Fakes Sincerity for Kavanaugh's Accuser, Then Goes In for Kill
Discussion: Townhall, Hullabaloo and CNN
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Booker's push for Kavanaugh vote delay called out over his 1992 column detailing teenage groping
Todd Ruger / Roll Call:   Judiciary Staffer's Tweets Fuel Fight Over Kavanaugh Accuser
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Brett Kavanaugh Has Been Found Guilty Until Proven Innocent
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 …
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Fmr Scalia Law Clerk Makes Bombshell Claim ‘Compelling Evidence’ Will Exonerate Kavanaugh Soon  —  At least one defender of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh believes it won't be long until the embattled judge is exonerated of wrongdoing and confirmed to his post.
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 …
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.
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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
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New York Times:   A Timeline Showing the Full Scale of Russia's Unprecedented Interference in the 2016 Election, and Its Aftermath
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
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 …
Discussion: The Weed Blog and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 and Splinter
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.
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 …
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.
Ian Duncan / Baltimore Sun:
Wrongly saying Baltimore reached a deal with the ACLU, Jeff Sessions links rising crime to consent decree  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in speech Wednesday that a civil rights decree designed to reform the Baltimore Police Department was linked to rising crime.  (Aaron Bernstein / Reuters)
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Vox, The Hill and CNBC
Tal Kopan / CNN:
ICE arrested immigrants who came forward to take in undocumented children  —  Boy traumatized after separation: I can't forget  —  Washington (CNN)Federal officers have arrested dozens of immigrants who came forward to take care of immigrant children in government custody, and the Trump administration is pledging to go after more.
Discussion: Yahoo and KTLA
 
 
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Neal Rothschild / Axios:
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Discussion: CNBC and Political Wire
San Francisco Chronicle:
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
‘These are the stories of our lives’: Prep school alumni hear echoes in assault claim