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New York Times:
Kavanaugh's Yearbook Page Is ‘Horrible, Hurtful’ to a Woman It Named  —  Brett Kavanaugh's page in his high school yearbook offers a glimpse of the teenage years of the man who is now President Trump's Supreme Court nominee: lots of football, plenty of drinking, parties at the beach.
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Gabriel Pogrund / Washington Post:
'How'd you find me?':  Mark Judge has been holed up in a beach house in Delaware amid a media firestorm  —  Bethany Beach, Del. — Mark Judge has been conspicuously absent for more than a week: Named as the only witness to an alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh …
abc7news.com:
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Yale roommate says he believes second accuser  —  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's roommate from Yale says he believes the second woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.  —  James Roche says he was Kavanaugh's roommate in the Fall of 1983.
Discussion: AOL, Axios, The Week and HuffPost
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
When the Muzzle Comes Off  —  I write this not knowing if by the time it is published, Brett Kavanaugh will still be the Supreme Court nominee, or whether more people will have come forward with more stories of assault or degradation, or whether Chuck Grassley or Donald Trump will have doubled …
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct in Fox News exclusive: 'I know I'm telling the truth'  —  Exclusive: Judge Kavanaugh talks to Martha MacCallum about the sexual misconduct allegations.  —  EXCLUSIVE - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denied accusations of sexual misconduct …
The Daily Beast:
Democrats to Michael Avenatti: You're Not Helping in the Kavanaugh Fight  —  Avenatti to Democrats: Don't act so weak.  —  On Sunday evening, just as The New Yorker revealed the identity of a second woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct …
USA Today:
Third Kavanaugh accuser, a former US Mint employee, ‘100 percent credible,’ Avenatti says  —  LOS ANGELES - A third woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct will come forward in the next 48 hours, according to Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for adult film star …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“The Strategy Was to Try and Do Something Really Big”: Trump Wanted to Nuke Rosenstein to Save Kavanaugh's Bacon  —  But Trump allies are privately imploring him to cut Kavanaugh loose to save Republicans' electoral chances in the midterms.  —  BY - GABRIEL SHERMANSeptember 24, 2018,
Politico:
Kavanaugh drama rattles GOP support  —  Republicans signal they will wait to pass judgment on the Supreme Court nominee until hearing from him and an accuser later this week.  —  Senate Republicans have gone from confidently predicting the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Akhil Amar / Yale Daily News:
Second thoughts on Kavanaugh  —  Minutes after President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh '87 LAW '90 to the Supreme Court, I published a controversial op-ed in The New York Times endorsing the nomination.  I later testified in support of Kavanaugh on the final day of his confirmation hearings.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kavanaugh's friends promoted him.  Now they have to rescue him.  —  White House aides and allies who encouraged President Donald Trump to choose him for the highest court have a lot to lose.  —  Brett Kavanaugh isn't the only prominent conservative whose reputation is threatened by allegations …
Discussion: Vox, CBS News and Breitbart
John Wagner / Washington Post:
White House open to public testimony from second Kavanaugh accuser, Sanders says  —  The White House is open to the idea of a second accuser of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for Thursday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders …
Wall Street Journal:   The Politics of Destruction  —  A second Kavanaugh accuser betrays …
Politico:
Democrats believe Ramirez but stiff-arm Avenatti
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:   Kavanaugh Just Played ‘Checkers’ on Fox
Annie Karni / Politico:
Kavanaugh's wife tests standing by your man in the #MeToo era
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Associated Press:   Republicans are digging in on Kavanaugh. Here's why.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Brett Kavanaugh, Facing New Allegations, Vows He Will Not Withdraw
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
'I've never sexually assaulted anyone': Brett Kavanaugh offers deeply personal defense in Fox News interview
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Is Coming Apart
Discussion: New Republic and Law & Liberty
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke's false claim he did not try to leave the scene of a DWI  —  “I did not try to leave the scene of the accident, though driving drunk, which I did, is a terrible mistake for which there is no excuse or justification or defense, and I will not try to provide one.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Instagram's Co-Founders Said to Step Down From Company  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the co-founders of the photo-sharing app Instagram, have resigned and plan to leave the company in coming weeks, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Jim Norman / Gallup:
Republican Party Favorability Highest in Seven Years  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-five percent of Americans now have a favorable view of the Republican Party, a nine-point gain from last September's 36%.  It is the party's most positive image since it registered 47% in January 2011 …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Bloomberg-founded gun control group launches ads to flip 15 GOP House districts  —  Everytown for Gun Safety, the group founded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is rolling out a $5 million digital ad campaign targeting 15 House races, as the group continues heavy investment in the midterm elections.
Keri Blakinger / Houston Chronicle:
Toothless Texas inmates denied dentures in state prison  —  For the better part of four years, David Ford has not had much in the way of teeth.  —  When he first came to state prison, the Houston man had just enough molars to hold in place his partial dentures.
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Ted Cruz Chased Out Of DC Restaurant By Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters  —  Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz was chased out of a DC restaurant by protesters on Monday night, according to video posted on Twitter.  —  Two videos were posted by “Smash Racism DC” and they show a large group of protesters chanting …
Politico:
Why Canada's leaders should wait out Trump's NAFTA deal  —  This week, Canada's leaders have a big choice to make: whether to go along with the new North American Free Trade Agreement negotiated between the Trump administration and Mexico.  President Donald Trump is demanding that Canada accept …
Amnesty International USA:
Amnesty International USA Issues Rare Call for a Halt on Kavanaugh Nomination  —  Amnesty International USA today called on a halt to a vote on President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States unless and until any information relevant …
Discussion: TheBlaze
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran video threatens missile strikes on UAE, Saudi Arabia  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian media outlet close to the country's hard-line Revolutionary Guard published a video Tuesday threatening the capitals of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with missile attacks …
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / Jezebel:
The Next Step for #MeToo Is Into the Gray Areas  —  As we near the one-year mark of the public accusations against Harvey Weinstein—that he serially assaulted women; that he used his power to avoid any consequences for doing so—and the subsequent spread of the nationwide #MeToo movement, we are also facing its backlash.
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
Reddit's Largest Pro-Trump Subreddit Appears To Have Been Targeted By Russian Propaganda For Years  —  It appears that right-wing news websites funded by Russia's Internet Research Agency have been aggressively targeting Reddit's largest pro-Trump subreddit, /r/The_Donald, for over a year.
Discussion: The Verge
 
 
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