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Brett M. Kavanaugh / Wall Street Journal:
I Am an Independent, Impartial Judge  —  Yes, I was emotional last Thursday.  I hope everyone can understand I was there as a son, husband and dad.  —  I was deeply honored to stand at the White House July 9 with my wife, Ashley, and my daughters, Margaret and Liza, to accept President Trump's nomination …
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Charles Ludington / Washington Post:
We were Brett Kavanaugh's drinking buddies.  We don't think he should be confirmed.  —  Charles Ludington, Lynne Brookes and Elizabeth Swisher attended Yale University from 1983 to 1987 with Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh.  —  We were college classmates and drinking buddies with Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh.
Anna Staver / Denver Post:
Colorado's Cory Gardner reviewing FBI report on Kavanaugh after listening to sexual assault survivors  —  The senator wants to finish reading the FBI report before making a decision, spokesman Casey Contres said. … Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, hasn't decided how he'll vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh …
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Vote ‘no’ on Kavanaugh  —  AS SENATORS prepare to vote this week on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, they, and the rest of the country, must wonder: Which Brett M. Kavanaugh are they evaluating?  Is it the steady, conservative jurist he was reputed to be before his confirmation saga?
Wall Street Journal:
Friend of Dr. Ford Felt Pressure to Revisit Statement  —  At issue is statement to committee that she knew nothing about alleged sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh.  —  A friend of Christine Blasey Ford told FBI investigators that she felt pressured by Dr. Ford's allies to revisit …
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
GOP senator may miss Kavanaugh vote for daughter's wedding  —  A GOP senator may miss a Senate confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this weekend because his daughter is getting married on Saturday.  —  Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) will walk his daughter down the aisle …
Lulu Ramadan / mypalmbeachpost:
Retired Supreme Court Justice: Kavanaugh does not belong on high court  —  Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday said that high court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, who Stevens once lauded in one of his books, does not belong on the Supreme Court.
Kevin Wallevand / WDAY-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: Heitkamp reveals Kavanaugh vote and reasoning to WDAY News  —  FARGO — U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp will vote NO on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination.  —  Heitkamp sat down exclusively with WDAY News to share what she will do when the U.S. Senate votes …
New York Times:
How Brett Kavanaugh Failed  —  And why the Senate should vote to keep him off the Supreme Court.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.  —  The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh …
Mike Allen / Axios:
2. “We don't have 50”  —  Sources involved with Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation were nervous going into today's 10:30 a.m. test vote, Jonathan Swan reports:  — Four senators are undecideds: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
Salt Lake Tribune:   Tribune editorial: Hatch attack on alleged witness is despicable
USA Today:   Vote no on Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
‘Grow up’: Orrin Hatch waves off female protesters demanding to speak with him
Discussion: Townhall
Politico:
GOP leaders all but guarantee Kavanaugh confirmation
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
GOP nervous ahead of Kavanaugh vote: “We don't have 50 right now”
Discussion: The Week
Barton Swaim / Weekly Standard:   In Defense Of Lindsey Graham's Righteous Rage
CNN:
Cory Booker says report had “hints of misconduct”
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
No matter what happens, Kavanaugh is being punished
Discussion: Law & Liberty
New York Times:
Kavanaugh Vote on Friday Will Be a Showdown in the Senate
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this?  —  Lindsey Graham learned the benefits of acting audaciously at a young age.  —  As a boy, no older than 6, he hung around his mom and dad's bar in Central, S.C., dressing up as a cowboy and yukking it up with drunks for laughs.
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:   Lindsey Graham Welcomed Trump's China Tariffs, Then Helped Companies Avoid Them
Ruth Graham / Slate:
The Kavanaugh Hearings Have Women Fired Up ... to Vote Republican  —  The accusations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are widely perceived to be a boon to Democrats heading into the midterm elections in November.  “The women of this country identify with Dr. Ford …
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Stephanie Gutmann / USA Today:
Democrats' big miscalculation: Conservative women like me won't abandon Brett Kavanaugh  —  Democrats turned the Supreme Court confirmation process into a campaign ad.  But identity politics and “war on women” tropes only push GOP women away.  —  CONNECT  —  There are so many of us.
Discussion: National Review
Christina Cauterucci / Slate:   Christine Blasey Ford Changed Everything
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Trump mocks Al Franken over resignation: He folded ‘like a wet rag’  —  President Trump mocked former Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) at a campaign rally in Minnesota Thursday for resigning following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.  —  “That guy was wacky.  Boy did he fold up like a wet rag, huh?”
Discussion: Breitbart and TheBlaze
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Washington Post:   Trump mocks Al Franken for resigning quickly amid sexual misconduct allegations
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Rifts Break Open at Facebook Over Kavanaugh Hearing  —  SAN FRANCISCO — “I want to apologize,” the Facebook executive wrote last Friday in a note to staff.  “I recognize this moment is a deeply painful one — internally and externally.”  —  The apology came from Joel Kaplan, Facebook's vice president for global public policy.
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BBC:
Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden  —  An eight-year-old found a pre-Viking-era sword while swimming in a lake in Sweden during the summer.  —  Saga Vanecek found the relic in the Vidöstern lake while at her family's holiday home in Jönköping County.
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Associated Press:
Still Anonymous: White House hunt for op-ed author fades  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember Anonymous?  —  One month ago Friday, an unidentified Trump administration official set off a White House firestorm by claiming in a New York Times opinion piece to be part of a secret “resistance” …
Chris Baynes / The Independent:
Interpol chief missing: French police launch investigation into President Meng Hongwei's disappearance  —  Meng Hongwei, 64, has not been heard from since travelling to China in late September  — {{#singleComment}}{{value}} comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComme nt}}{{value}} comments{{/singleComment}}
New York Times:
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for Fighting Sexual Violence  —  The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to two campaigners against wartime sexual violence: Dr. Denis Mukwege, 63, a Congolese gynecological surgeon, and Nadia Murad, 25, who became the bold …
Bloomberg:
Bloomberg Terminal Demo Request  —  The headlines alone are dizzying.  Since the New York Times reported allegations of serial predation by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein a year ago, at least 425 prominent people across industries have been publicly accused of sexual misconduct …
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Trump Considers Ousting Air Force Head Over Space Force Pushback  —  The president appears to be tired of Pentagon officials slow rolling his orders.  —  U.S. President Donald Trump is peeved with Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson over her handling of his directive to stand up a separate Space Force …
New York Times:
New York Regulators Examine the Trump Family's Tax Schemes  —  New York City officials said on Thursday that they had joined state regulators in examining whether President Trump and his family underpaid taxes on his father's real estate empire over several decades.
 
 
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