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*Tuesday, September 25, 2018 8:00 AM EDT*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Biden Postpones Trips To Stump For Georgia, South Carolina Gubernatorial
Candidates. <#S1>

• Biden Endorses Underwood’s Bid To Unseat Hultgren In IL14. <#S2>

• Biden To Attend Fundraiser For NJ3 Hopeful Kim On Friday. <#S3>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Trump Stands By Kavanaugh, Says Allegations “Totally Political.” <#S4>

• Media Analyses, Including NYTimes, Criticize New Yorker Story On Ramirez.
<#S5>

• Kavanaugh Categorically Denies Allegations Against Him. <#S6>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• Trump Optimistic About Second Summit With Kim; Pompeo To Return To
Pyongyang. <#S7>

• 130 Countries Sign Nonbinding US Pledge To Fight Drugs. <#S8>

• May Praises Her “Special Relationship” With Trump. <#S9>

• Rouhani No Longer Rules Out Talks With US. <#S10>

• Bolton: US Forces To Stay In Syria Until Iran, Its Proxies Depart. <#S11>

• Haspel: CIA Focusing On Nation States In Addition To Terrorists. <#S12>

• As Tariffs Take Effect, China Accuses US Of “Economic Bullying.” <#S13>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Urging “Transparency,” Trump Says He Will Meet With Rosenstein On
Thursday. <#S14>

• Spending Bill’s Fate Uncertain Due To Trump’s Anger Over Border Wall
Funds. <#S15>

• Trump Says He Is Opposed To Statehood For Puerto Rico. <#S16>

• Dimon: It Will “Be 25 Years” Before Public Forgives Wall Street For
Bailouts. <#S17>

• Drug Industry Seeks To Insert $4 Billion “Technical Correction” Into
Opioid Bill. <#S18>

• FBI Data: Number Of Violent Crimes Fell Slightly Last Year. <#S19>

• Gallup Poll: GOP’s Favorability Rating Hits Highest Point Since 2011.
<#S20>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• FDA Approves Blood Cancer Drug Duvelisib. <#S21>

• NIH, NCI Grant Helps Test Scalable Diet, Exercise Interventions For
Cancer Survivors. <#S22>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S23>

• Washington Post. <#S24>
Biden in the News
Biden Postpones Trips To Stump For Georgia, South Carolina Gubernatorial
Candidates.

The AP
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(9/24, Barrow) reports that former Vice President Joe Biden “is putting off
a campaign trip” aimed at boosting ex-state Rep. Stacey Abrams (D), who is
bidding to succeed term-limited Gov. Nathan Deal (R-GA). Biden “had planned
to come Thursday to Georgia, but the Abrams campaign and Biden’s office say
he will reschedule for October during the closing stretch of her” race
against Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R). The AP says, “A Biden aide cited
a scheduling conflict.” The AP says the “delay almost certainly will help
Biden and Abrams avoid competition for attention, in Georgia and beyond.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hear Thursday from Supreme
Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford on her allegations
that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when he was in high school.” In a
brief report, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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(9/24, Bluestein) says that Biden “has rescheduled his visit to Georgia,”
though it’s unclear when he will travel to the state. The AJC adds that “an
Abrams spokeswoman said [Biden] postponed his trip to October due to a
scheduling conflict.” On its website, WXIA-TV
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Atlanta (9/21, Padgett) offered a similar report, and The Hill
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(9/24, Hagen) also reported on the delay, drawing from the AP story.

Meanwhile, the Columbia (SC) State
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(9/24, Schecter) reports that Biden on Monday “postponed his Wednesday
swing through South Carolina” in support of state Rep. James Smith’s (D)
bid to oust Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC). Smith campaign spokesman Brad
Warthen “cited an unspecified scheduling conflict for Biden as the reason
for postponing” and “said the staffs for Biden and Smith are working to
re-schedule the trip.” The Charleston (SC) Post and Courier
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(9/24, Kropf) reports Biden “cancelled his planned trip to Charleston” in
support of Smith, whose campaign “said Biden’s office told them Monday
there was a scheduling conflict and that hopefully the visit will be
rescheduled for some time in October.” In an online article, WIS-TV
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Columbia, SC (9/24, Greene) reported, “Sources close to Biden say they’re
working on setting a later date for his South Carolina visit. There is a
possibility it could be this weekend.”
Biden Endorses Underwood’s Bid To Unseat Hultgren In IL14.

The Northwest (IL) Herald
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(9/24, Gaitan) reports that former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday
backed ex-Obama Administration official Lauren Underwood’s (D) bid to
unseat Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) in the IL14. Biden is quoted as saying of
Underwood in a statement, “I’m inspired by her commitment to public service
and thankful for her work to make high-quality, affordable health care
available to millions of families across the country. Our health care is
not the only issue on the ballot this fall. The Violence Against Women Act
is up for reauthorization. We need representatives like Lauren, people of
character and conviction, who will continue the work of changing the
culture around sexual assault.”
Biden To Attend Fundraiser For NJ3 Hopeful Kim On Friday.

The New Jersey Globe
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(9/25, Wildstein) reports that ex-Obama Administration official Andy Kim
(D), who is challenging Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) in the NJ3, “will get
some help from his former boss. Former Vice President Joe Biden will appear
at a fundraiser on Friday for” Kim “at the Philadelphia Convention Center
at 11:30 AM.”
Leading the News
Trump Stands By Kavanaugh, Says Allegations “Totally Political.”

President Trump tweeted
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last night to write, “The Democrats are working hard to destroy a wonderful
man, and a man who has the potential to be one of our greatest Supreme
Court Justices ever, with an array of False Accusations the likes of which
have never been seen before!” Trump also tweeted
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“REMEMBER THE MIDTERMS!”

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(9/24, lead story, 4:28, Moran) reported that Trump is “standing by his
nominee,” Brett Kavanaugh. Trump was shown saying yesterday, “I am with
Judge Kavanaugh. And I look forward to a vote and for people to come out of
the woodwork from 36 years ago and 30 years ago and never mention it and
all the sudden it happens, in my opinion, it’s totally political. It is
totally political.” Reuters
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(9/24, Cowan, Hurley) also reports that “Trump, himself accused during the
2016 presidential race of sexual misconduct with numerous women, remained
steadfast in his support for Kavanaugh.” USA Today
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(9/24, Fritze, Shesgreen) notes Trump said between meetings at the UN, “I
am with him all the way. ... We certainly hope he’s going to be confirmed,
and quickly. His family has suffered. ... Hopefully he will be confirmed
quickly.” The Los Angeles Times
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(9/24, Stokols) quotes Trump as further stating, “There’s a chance that
this could be one of the single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a
candidate for anything. ... But I am with Judge Kavanaugh and I look
forward to a vote.”

The New York Times
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(9/24, Baker, Sullivan) reports that “in a radio interview” yesterday,
Trump “acknowledged that he would most likely not be able to persuade any
Democrats to vote for...Kavanaugh, meaning that he would have to hold
nearly every Republican to win confirmation in the narrowly divided
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“Geraldo Rivera for the debut show of ‘Geraldo in Cleveland’” on WTAM
radio, “We may get a couple in states where I won by many, many points –
you understand that – but we’ll essentially get no Democrat.”

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(9/24, story 2, 1:23, Jiang) noted that “on CBS This Morning, Senior
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway called the claims a ‘left-wing
conspiracy.’” Conway was shown saying, “I just don’t think one man’s
shoulders should bear decades of the #MeToo movement.”

The Washington Post
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(9/24, Selk) reports that “if the White House had qualms about openly
challenging the first woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett M.
Kavanaugh of sexual assault, its reservations disappeared the instant a
second accuser spoke up.” The Post refers to “a night-and-day difference
from the restraint the White House showed when Kavanaugh’s first accuser
went public a week earlier – when...Trump’s surrogates urged her to tell
her story to the Senate panel reviewing the nomination. But then,” adds the
Post, “Kavanaugh’s confirmation seemed in less danger at the time.”

*Trump Sidesteps Question About Roe V. Wade. *The Washington Post
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(9/24, Wagner) reports that in his interview for Rivera’s radio show,
Trump, “who as a candidate said he would appoint Supreme Court judges who
would overturn Roe v. Wade, hedged...when asked whether the landmark
abortion decision should be scuttled.” Rivera asked Trump, “Do you believe
that Roe v. Wade should be overturned?” Trump replied, “Yeah, I don’t want
to talk about it now, because that’s a controversy that I’m going to leave
to the courts.”

*Collins Says She Doesn’t Believe Kavanaugh Would Overturn Roe V.
Wade. *The Washington Examiner
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(9/24, Leonard) reports, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), “a pivotal vote on”
Kavanaugh’s confirmation, “said she doesn’t believe that he would vote to
overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision legalizing abortion nationwide.”
Said Collins, “I do not believe he’s going to repeal Roe v. Wade.” The
Examiner adds “Kavanaugh has not said how he would rule on abortion, but
Collins told reporters previously that he told her he considered it
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(9/24, story 2, 2:31, Bruce) reported, “For...Collins, the political
pressure...came right to her doorstep” as protesters rallied outside her
office “demanding she vote no on Brett Kavanaugh or else.” ABC added that
“even before a second accuser came out alleging sexual misconduct by
Kavanaugh, Collins said she wouldn’t be rushed.” Collins was shown saying,
“Do I feel pressure? Sure, but I don’t feel pressure to make a decision
until I’m ready. And, by the way, there are, like, seven of us that are
undecided, it’s not just me.”
Media Analyses, Including NYTimes, Criticize New Yorker Story On Ramirez.

A number of news accounts are taking issue with the quality of the
reporting behind the New Yorker
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story containing Deborah Ramirez’s explosive accusations against Judge
Brett Kavanaugh. Conservative outlets and White House adviser Kellyanne
Conway highlighted, in particular, a New York Times
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(9/23, Stolberg, Fandos) analysis that indicated the paper had considered
the story but found no corroboration for Ramirez’s claims – and that she
had told others that she was not certain about her allegations. The Times
said it “interviewed several dozen people over the past week in an attempt
to corroborate her story, and could find no one with firsthand knowledge.”
Moreover, added the Times, “Ms. Ramirez herself contacted former Yale
classmates asking if they recalled the incident and told some of them that
she could not be certain Mr. Kavanaugh was the one who exposed himself.”
The Times also pointed out that “the New Yorker did not confirm with other
eyewitnesses that...Kavanaugh was at the party.”

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(9/24, lead story, 2:46, Alexander) similarly reported that “the New Yorker
has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses Kavanaugh was present at the
party, and two of the male classmates who Ramirez alleged were involved and
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(9/24, lead story, 3:30, Cordes) also said that “classmates who were at the
party told The New Yorker they don’t recall Kavanaugh doing that, but
Kavanaugh’s Yale roommate, James Roche, a software CEO, told a San
Francisco reporter...that Kavanaugh was frequently drunk and incoherently.”
He “said he never saw Kavanaugh engage in sexual misconduct but called the
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(9/24), Gayle King noted that Farrow and Mayer acknowledge that “no
eyewitnesses have confirmed that [Kavanaugh] was even at the party.”
However, Nancy Cordes went on to report that “some” of Ramirez’s classmates
“confirmed...they were told at the time about [the incident], while others
said they had ‘zero recollection.’”

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(9/24), “It turns out she didn’t actually remember what happened. None of
the people she said were in the room remember what happened either. Yet
after talking to her lawyer for a week she suddenly remembers it. That’s
enough for CNN. String them up, guilty as charged.”

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(9/24), Commentary’s Noah Rothman maintained that “the story in The New
Yorker questions itself on several occasions: Can’t put Brett Kavanaugh in
the room, notes that...the allegations were made after six days of
‘interrogating her own memories’ with the help of her attorney, which is
itself something that’s a little suspicious considering that Ramirez,
according to the New York Times, told her friend that she wasn’t sure
whether Brett Kavanaugh was there or not. ... Anybody who is leaping to
collusions is doing so, I think, for politically motivated reasons. We
don’t have enough information to draw a conclusion.”

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(9/24), NBC News’ Kasie Hunt said, “I had one top Republican aide send me a
paragraph from the New York Times story off of The New Yorker story looking
at how they had trouble finding somebody who had a firsthand account that
lined up with Mrs. Ramirez’s story that she told in The New Yorker.” Hunt
suggested that the new unsubstantiated allegations against Kavanaugh may
“ultimately pull Republicans together, harden them, make them want to fight
for Brett Kavanaugh.” Joe Scarborough added, “Certainly I would think that
its hardened the position of Democrats who were considering supporting
Brett Kavanaugh. ... I don’t think we will see the four, five, six
Democrats that were considering crossing over doing that now.” Scarborough
went on to complain about “so many on the left and some former
Republicans...making terrible accusations about Judge Kavanaugh, one saying
that he’s a ‘serial sexual predator.’”

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(9/24), Conway said, “Indeed, it’s starting to feel like a vast left-wing
conspiracy. The New York Times said they interviewed dozens of people over
the last couple weeks trying to verify the second accusation and they
couldn’t go forward with their reporting. ... In fact, the New York Times
also reports that Ms. Ramirez was asking people if they remembered and
telling them that she couldn’t be sure either.” The Washington Times
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(9/24, Muñoz) points out “Conway said The Times’ made that point in the
article, ‘Not because they are supportive of the president’s Supreme Court
nominee, but because they have some standards.’”

Politico
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(9/24, Morin) reports that “when asked whether she believes Ramirez made up
her claim, Conway said she has ‘no idea,’ adding that The New Yorker
article even mentioned that Ramirez said she couldn’t be sure herself.”
Added Conway, “She has said there are gaps in her own knowledge, that...she
was inebriated as well.” Added Conway, “I do think it’s very circular,
though, to have a New Yorker story come out with much thinner evidence than
Ronan Farrow is used to having in his articles ... And then the Democrats
saying, ‘Oh my God, look at this. We have to investigate.’ So, there’s a
great deal of suspicion.”

David Marcus writes for the Federalist
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(9/24, Marcus), “So bereft of evidence is the story that The New York
Times, along without other outlets, investigated the story and found it too
wanting of evidence to publish.” The Daily Caller
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(9/24, Athey) also notes the NYTimes analysis, and highlights that Ramirez
“told The New Yorker that there are significant ‘gaps’ in her memory of the
incident and that it took six days of consulting her memory for her to be
sure that Kavanaugh was at the alleged party.” The Washington Examiner
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(9/24, Scarry) runs a similar story. The New York Post
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(9/24, Moore) also reports the Times “said it had interviewed a number of
people to corroborate...Ramirez’s story but couldn’t find anyone with
firsthand knowledge of the incident.”

Breitbart
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(9/24, Nolte) says, “The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow and his co-author Jane
Mayer are under fire for publishing a second allegation of sexual
misconduct against...Kavanaugh,” and “when you look at how thin the story
is, that criticism might be valid.” However, adds Breitbart, “were it not
for the New Yorker, we would not have learned how Democrats are willing to
manipulate events behind the scenes in their ongoing effort to destroy
Kavanaugh with unsubstantiated allegations from more than 30 years ago.”

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(9/24) to discuss his new piece with Mayer alleging that Kavanaugh exposed
himself to a fellow Yale student 35 years ago. Farrow said “there is a
coalition of former Yale students working with Brett Kavanaugh’s office. A
number of them...pushing back against Ms. Ramirez’s claim are individuals
she alleged to be participants in this attack on her, which Brett
Kavanaugh’s office seemed surprised by.” Farrow added, “The point I want to
make here is this: it is not accurate to say those who knew him at the time
dispute this. We talked to a roommate...who was living with [Kavanaugh]
when this alleged incident took place who said he was indeed frequently
drunk, that he took part in activity that made him unsurprised by this
claim and found this woman credible.”

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(9/24), why Ramirez waited 35 years to make her allegation, Mayer said,
“People remember, at the time, a classmate at Yale remembers this. He heard
about this that night, I think, right after or the next day. She didn’t
come forward with it. What happened was, the classmates at Yale were
talking to each other about it. They were e-mailing about it back in July,
before Christine Blasey Ford came forward, and eventually the word spread.
It spread to the Senate and to the media.” Mayer said Ramirez “wants...to
bring in the FBI.” Mayer added, “There are at least two of the males at the
party who signed a letter that said that it didn’t happen. She feels
disappointed and kind of betrayed by them, and she would like them to say
that to the FBI under oath.”

*No Witnesses Cited By Ford, Ramirez Are Backing Their Stories. *
Breitbart
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(9/24, Nolte) reports “the two women making sexual misconduct allegations
against...Kavanaugh claim to have witnesses, but so far, all of their
witnesses back Kavanaugh’s claim that nothing happened.” Breitbart adds
that “by submitting their respective statements to the Senate Judiciary
Committee,” the Ford “witnesses did so under penalty of imprisonment, and
all three have zero recollection of the house party in question.”

*Hannity: “Guilt By Accusation” Should “Not Happen In This
Country.” *Sean Hannity said on Fox News’ Hannity[image: Image removed by
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(9/24), “Democrats, people on the left, they have already convicted Judge
Kavanaugh. According to them, he has no presumption of innocence, no right
to be heard, no reason to be believed, no due process. Actually, there are
lawmakers, lawmakers that are throwing law out the window and claiming his
guilt by accusation. This should not happen in this country.”

*WPost Editorial: FBI Should Investigate Ford, Ramirez Claims. *Citing
Ramirez’s allegations and Kavanaugh’s denial of them, the Washington Post
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(9/24) argues in an editorial that if Kavanaugh “is telling the truth, he
and his allies should want a professional, impartial investigation to
gather what facts exist.” The Post says “calling in the FBI would assure
the public that the Senate is taking all reasonable steps to get at the
truth. Mr. Kavanaugh and his Republican backers should want that as much as
Ms. Ford and the Democrats calling for FBI involvement.”
Kavanaugh Categorically Denies Allegations Against Him.

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(9/24), an emotional and visibly distraught Supreme Court Justice-designate
Brett Kavanaugh said last night, “I have never sexually assaulted anyone,
not in high school, not ever. I have always treated women with dignity and
respect. Listen to the people who have known me best through my whole life.
The women who have known me since high school.” Asked if he remembers ever
being at a party with Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh said, “I do not.
This was an allegation about a party in the summer of 1982 with five people
present. I was never at any such party. The other people who alleged to be
present said they do not remember any such party. A woman who was present,
who is Dr. Ford’s lifelong friend, said she doesn’t know me and never
remembers being at a party with me at any time in her life. All I am asking
for is a fair process where I can be heard.”

The New York Times
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(9/24, Grynbaum) says, “The interview, recorded at a Washington hotel on
Monday afternoon, was arranged by White House aides looking to salvage
Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation, which has teetered in the wake of
allegations of sexual impropriety that he has denied.” The Times adds, “The
platform of Fox News offered Judge Kavanaugh a prime opportunity to make
his case directly to President Trump and his supporters. Not only is Mr.
Trump an avid watcher, but his deputy chief of staff, Bill Shine, was
formerly a co-president of the channel.”

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(9/24) whether he and his wife ever thought, “This is enough. This is not
worth it.” Kavanaugh said, “I am not going to let false accusations drive
us out of this process. We are looking for a fair process where I can be
heard and defend my integrity, my lifelong record of promoting dignity and
equality for women starting the women who knew me when I was 14 years old.
I am not going anywhere.” Asked on Fox News The Story[image: Image removed
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(9/24) about Deborah Ramirez’s allegations, Kavanaugh said, “I never did
any such thing. Never did any such thing. The other people alleged to be
there don’t recall any such thing. If such a thing had happened, it would
have been the talk of campus. The women I knew in college and the men I
knew in college say it is inconceivable that I could have done such a
thing.”

The Washington Post
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(9/24, Barnes) describes Kavanaugh as “defiant and at times emotional,” and USA
Today
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(9/24, King) reports he said “he’s resolute about not letting ‘false
accusations’ force him to withdraw.” The AP
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(9/19, Freking) reports “Kavanaugh was asked if there was any chance Ford
misunderstood an exchange between them.” Kavanaugh replied, “I have never
had any sexual or physical activity with Dr. Ford.” The Washington Times
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(9/24, Swoyer) reports Kavanaugh also “indignantly denied the allegation
from Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn star Stormy Davis, who is
herself engaged in a legal battle with President Trump, who says he has a
client who is willing to detail instances of Judge Kavanaugh and a high
school friend using drugs and alcohol to try to lure women into sex.”

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(9/24) how this process has been for her and her family. She said, “It’s
very difficult to have these conversations with your children, which we had
to have – some broader terms for our youngest. But, they know Brett. They
know the truth. We told hem at the very beginning of this process, this
will be not fun sometimes. You are going to hear things that people feel
strongly. You need to know that. Just remember, you know your dad.”

Kavanaugh also made his case in a letter
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to the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Washington Times
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(9/24, Swoyer) reports he “said...that he’s the victim of attempts at
‘character assassination’ but said he won’t be intimidated into withdrawing
his nomination.” Kavanaugh also “said he is looking forward to defending
himself at a hearing Thursday,” and “refuted a new accusation in The New
Yorker this weekend that he exposed himself to a classmate at Yale
University, also in the 1980s.” Wrote Kavanaugh, “There is now a frenzy to
come up with something – anything – that will block this process and a vote
on my confirmation from occurring.” But “I will not be intimidated into
withdrawing from this process. The coordinated effort to destroy my good
name will not drive me out.”

The New York Post
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(9/24, Golding) reports Kavanaugh also wrote, “These are smears, pure and
simple. And they debase our public discourse. But they are also a threat to
any man or woman who wishes to serve our country.” The Daily Caller
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(9/24, Johnson) called it “a defiant letter,” and Breitbart
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(9/24, Spiering) said that Kavanaugh “responded to the latest allegations
of sexual misconduct...by denouncing them as smears.” To USA Today
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(9/24, Collins), meanwhile, “Kavanaugh’s letter is a summation of
Republican talking points over the last week that have only grown louder in
the face of the new allegations.”

*Kavanaugh On Trump’s Support: “I Know He’s Going To Stand By
Me.” *Kavanaugh
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(9/24) if he believes Trump will stand by him. Kavanaugh said, “I know he
is going to stand by me. He called me this afternoon and said he is
standing by me.” Ahead of the interview, Trump tweeted
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“Brett Kavanaugh and his wife, Ashley, will be interviewed tonight at 7pmE
on @marthamaccallum @FoxNews. This is an outstanding family who must be
treated fairly!”

*Kavanaugh Says He Was A Virgin During Years In Question. *Kavanaugh
said on Fox News The Story[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(9/24), “I didn’t have anything close to sexual intercourse in high school
or for many years thereafter. The girls from the schools I went to and I
were friends.” Asked if he was a virgin through all the years in question,
Kavanaugh said, “That’s correct.” Asked if that includes high school and
college, he said, “Many years after. I will leave it that. Many years
after.” The Washington Post
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(9/24, Barnes) reports, meanwhile, that “neither of Kavanaugh’s accusers
have said their encounters with him included sexual intercourse.”

*McConnell Denounces Anti-Kavanaugh “Smear Campaign” Orchestrated
By Democrats. *In the aftermath of the allegations against Kavanaugh, media
reports describe Republicans as standing by the nominee and accusing
Democrats of orchestrating the attacks to keep the Senate from confirming
him. The AP
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(9/24, Mascaro, Jalonick, Lemire) reports Republicans yesterday “thundered
into an all-out campaign to save...Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination,”
and the Washington Post
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(9/24, Kim) offers a similar account, saying the President and other
Republicans “dug in Monday in their support for” Kavanaugh. The Wall Street
Journal
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(9/24, Andrews, Peterson) also notes Republicans came together yesterday in
defense of the nominee. Sean Davis writes for the Federalist
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(9/24, Davis) that “the rubber is about to meet the road for Senate
Republicans. They have a simple choice: they can vote to
confirm...Kavanaugh, thereby ending the baseless and unsubstantiated
Democrat- and media-fueled smear campaign against him, or they can kiss
House and Senate majorities goodbye for the next decade, if not longer.”

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(9/24, lead story, 3:30, Cordes) reported that “Republicans insist they are
not rattled” and “strongly reiterated their support for Kavanaugh,” and
showed Senate Majority Leader McConnell saying on the Senate floor,
“Another orchestrated, last-minute hit on the nominee.” ABC World News
Tonight[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(9/24, story 2, 2:31, Bruce) said that McConnell was “defiant” yesterday,
“blasting Democrats for playing politics.” McConnell was shown saying,
“This is what the so-called resistance has become. A smear campaign, pure
and simple. Aided and abetted by members of the United States Senate.”
The Daily
Caller
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(9/24, Johnson) quotes McConnell as saying, “Even by the far-left’s
standards, this shameful, shameful smear campaign has hit a new low.”

Meanwhile, the New York Post
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(9/24, Golding) indicates McConnell “accused his Democratic counterparts
Monday of throwing ‘all the mud they could manufacture’ to try to derail”
the nomination, and added, “Senate Democrats and their allies are trying to
destroy a man’s personal and professional life on the basis of decades-old
allegations that are unsubstantiated and uncorroborated.” McConnell “read
excerpts from a New York Times
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(9/23, Stolberg, Fandos) report that...raised questions about claims by
Deborah Ramirez, who has accused Kavanaugh of drunkenly exposing himself to
her during a dorm party while they were freshman classmates at Yale
University.”

The Daily Caller
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(9/24, Johnson) notes McConnell said, “According to the reporter of this
second allegation, the accuser ‘came forward because Senate Democrats began
looking,’ and now they are calling for even further delays and further
obstruction over a second decades-old allegation that is so thin and so
unsupported that the New York Times refused to even run a story about it.”
McConnell “cited that The New York Times passed on the story because they
could not pin down any witnesses to corroborate the story.” Added
McConnell, “Oh, but that hasn’t stopped Judiciary Committee Democrats from
shoveling it onto their smear campaign and demanding for further delays.
... They just wanted it to wind up in the press. Another orchestrated
last-minute hit on the nominee.”

Bloomberg News
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(9/24, Dennis, Litvan, Kapur) reports “Republicans are scrambling to save
Kavanaugh’s nomination as...McConnell promised he will get a floor vote
soon.” The Washington Examiner
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(9/24, Ferrechio) points out, however, that “McConnell would not respond to
a question...about the specific timing of a vote, or whether it would take
place before the start of the Oct. 1 high court term.”

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(9/24), “McConnell has been saying in other forums that Judge Kavanaugh
will be confirmed. He didn’t go that far” Monday “and that may tell us
something. I think this matter is still up in the air and everything will
depend on Thursday’s testimony by the two players here.” Along those lines,
Politico
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(9/24, Everett, Bresnahan) reports that “Senate Republicans have gone from
confidently predicting the confirmation of...Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
to a new message: It all comes down to Thursday.”

*Hatch: “Not Untypical” For Democrats “To Pull This Kind Of Crap.” *ABC
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(9/24, story 2, 2:31, Bruce) reported that “Republicans are plowing ahead.”
Sen. Orrin Hatch “says the latest allegations are, quote, phony.” Hatch was
shown saying, “Well, it’s amazing to me that these allegations come out of
nowhere at the last minute.” The CBS Evening News[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(9/24, lead story, 3:30, Cordes) showed Hatch also saying, “It’s not
untypical for our friends on the other side to pull that kind of crap.”

*Cornyn: “Only A Partisan” Would Judge Allegations Credible. *USA
Today
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(9/24, Collins) reports that Sen. John Cornyn tweeted
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about the allegations against Kavanaugh, writing, “Only a partisan would
claim these credible without evidence.” Cornyn also tweeted
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yesterday, “Ramirez told ex-classmates she couldn’t be certain Kavanaugh
was the one who exposed himself.”

*Cotton Blames Democrats, Calls For Vote “This Week.” *The New York
Times
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(9/24, Stolberg) reports GOP Sen. Tom Cotton agreed with this GOP
colleagues on the Kavanaugh controversy, saying yesterday, “The Democrats
are engaged in a campaign of delay and character assassination against
Judge Kavanaugh. ... It’s time to vote this week.”

*Graham: Allegations “Collapsing,” But Left Sees “No Boundaries”
When Attacking Trump. *Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Fox News’ Hannity[image:
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(9/24) that the Democrats knew about the allegations “since July 30th. They
chose to do nothing about it. For them to complain about the process is
like an arsonist complaining about a fire. The allegations against Judge
Kavanaugh are collapsing. This has been the worst low point in the Senate
for me and that is saying a lot. I never thought it would get this bad. We
will have a hearing Thursday and have a vote soon thereafter. I look
forward to supporting this good man. The take away for me is that when it
comes to Donald Trump, there are no boundaries, there are no rules.
Whatever you need to do to destroy him and his agenda is ok and that is
very sad.”

*Caddell: “Everyone Is Roadkill” To Democrats Seeking To Torpedo
Kavanaugh Nomination. *Breitbart
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(9/24, Kraychik) reports that pollster and political analyst Pat Caddell
said on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with Breitbart
News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow that Democrats view “everybody as
roadkill” on the road to block Kavanaugh’s nomination. Caddell said, “It is
frightening how people’s lives are damaged, I mean, are thrown away. ...
Everybody is roadkill when it comes to their desire to succeed in their
goal, which is to beat Kavanaugh, whether it destroys him, his family,
whatever — whether the charges are real or spurious. … [This will cause]
people to not want to be in public life. Who wants this done to them? All
in the name of a political goal.”

*Biggs: Democrats’ Goal Is To Stop Any Trump Nominee. *In an op-ed
for USA Today
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(9/24, Biggs), GOP Rep. Andy Biggs, a member of the House Judiciary
Committee argues that even before Kavanaugh’s nomination was announced,
Democrats made clear “stated that their mission was to stop any nomination
by President Trump, no matter how qualified, because they hate Donald
Trump.” Biggs argues that because Kavanaugh “has demonstrated his veracity
and character publicly, and the Democrats have shown that they don’t care
about him except as a means to thwart President Trump’s agenda, the Senate
Judiciary Committee should quickly hear Ford’s story in a public hearing,
allow the judge to testify in response, and immediately vote.”

*Bill Bennett: Kavanaugh Clash Is “Culture War On Steroids.” *To
the Washington Post
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(9/24, Costa), “the battle over...Kavanaugh has inflamed the culture wars,
with conservatives casting their support for the nominee as a stand against
the forces of political correctness and liberals striking back with a
passionate mantra: ‘Believe women.’” Said Bill Bennett, “It’s the culture
war on steroids, an incredible divide and intense to the point where people
won’t talk to each other in some cases. ... You have the anti-Trump
resistance, the MeToo movement and the Supreme Court making for a perfect
storm of controversy.”

*Ford Says She Will Answer Committee Questions Despite Fear.
*The Washington
Examiner
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(9/24, Quinn) reports that in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Grassley which was made public Monday, Ford “vowed...she will
testify and answer questions from members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, despite her fear of doing so.” Ford wrote, “While I am
frightened, please know, my fear will not hold me back from testifying and
you will be provided with answers to all of your questions. ... I ask for
fair and respectful treatment.” She added, “I hope that we can find such a
setting and that you will understand that I have one motivation in coming
forward — to tell the truth about what Mr. Kavanaugh and his friend Mark
Judge did to me. ... My sincere desire is to be helpful to persons making
the decision.”

*Democrats Say They Had To Weigh Politics Against Respecting Ford’s
Privacy. *The AP
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(9/24, Mascaro) reports on Senate Democrats handling of Ford’s accusation
against Kavanaugh. The AP says that Democrats “have faced fierce criticism
from Republicans for keeping their secret until what they say was the
eleventh hour.” While “the timing suggests a coordinated ploy to sabotage a
conservative jurist they oppose,” Democrats “argue they were pulled between
the politics and the need to respect Ford’s privacy.”

*John Yoo: Senate Panel Should Ensure Justice Fairness For Ford,
Ramirez, Kavanaugh. *In an op-ed for the Washington Post
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(9/24, Yoo), John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California at
Berkeley, who served as general counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee
from 1995 to 1996, writes that “the Senate should demonstrate its fitness
to perform its constitutional duty of advice and consent by enforcing basic
standards of justice and fairness. The Judiciary Committee should be fair
to Ford and Ramirez. It must be no less fair to Kavanaugh.”

*Tumulty: Ford, Ramirez, Kavanaugh Deserve “A Fair Hearing.” *Karen
Tumulty writes in the Washington Post
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(9/24, Tumulty) that Ford and Ramirez “are coming under blistering
criticism from Kavanaugh supporters over their failure to produce witnesses
who could substantiate their claims.” While it is “easy to understand why
Ford would be unable to find that kind of corroboration, given that she has
alleged a furtive assault in a bedroom while a party was going on in
another part of a house,” Ramirez’s “inability to find people who can back
up her account of an episode she claims happened during a drinking game in
the common room of a dormitory suite” is “less explicable.” Tumulty adds,
“Evidence doesn’t always come delivered in neat, watertight packages. It is
in everyone’s interest — including Kavanaugh’s — that it be given a fair
hearing.”

*Avenatti: Third Kavanaugh Accuser To Come Forward In Next 48
Hours. *USA Today
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(9/24, Woodyard, Ortiz) reports that Stormy Daniels’ attorney Michael
Avenatti says a third woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct “will
come forward in the next 48 hours.” Avenatti “told reporters he has been
hired by a former employee of both the State Department and the US Mint who
has information of a sexual nature about Kavanaugh and his high school
friend Mark Judge.” According to Avenatti, “It will relate to how they
behaved at countless house parties.” Avenatti also told reporters the
woman, who has multiple security clearances will “literally risk her life’’
by coming forward. He added that she is “100 percent credible,’’ and has
multiple witnesses to corroborate her story. Avenatti said on CNN Cuomo
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(9/24), “If anyone has been paying attention over the last six to seven
months, they know that I do not traffic in rumor and nonsense. I state
facts and I have evidence to back it up. I made a lot of predictions over
the last six, seven months. I’ve been proven right time and time again. And
I would not make these accusations lightly. I understand the magnitude of
the water, if you will, that we’re in presently. So I’m highly confident in
the accusations that are going to be made and the statements that are going
to be made by my client.”

Breitbart
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(9/24, Caplan) reports that Avenatti “asked Monday for the Senate Judiciary
Committee to investigate text in Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s high school
yearbook for evidence of sexual predation.” In an email to Mike Davis,
Chief Counsel for Nominations for the Senate Judiciary Committee, he
“called on the panel to ask Kavanaugh about the meaning of a caption
reading ‘FFFFFFFourth of July’ — a code, the lawyer claims, means ‘Find
them, French them, Feel them, Finger them, F*ck them, Forget them.’”
Avenatti wrote, “We have reason to believe” that interpretation, and added,
“We request that Mr. Kavanaugh provide an answer as why these entries were
made and what they stand for.”

Politico
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(9/24, Korecki)says Avenatti has again “found a way to claw his way into
another major scandal, potentially making a bad situation even worse for
the Trump White House.” Politico adds that “his efforts have shaped a
profile resembling a Democratic anti-Trump — a character brazen, pugilistic
and media-savvy enough to go toe-to-toe with Trump, whom Democrats have
struggled to message against.”

In a separate story, Politico
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(9/24, Schor, Bade) reports that while “most Democrats are taking Ramirez’s
allegation seriously — if not to the extent they’re publicly backing Ford —
they’re stopping far short of giving the same treatment to a third,
undisclosed woman linked to the nominee and represented by celebrity lawyer
Michael Avenatti.” Democrats “are treading lightly on the claims from
Avenatti.”

*Kavanaugh’s Yearbook Includes “Hurtful” Reference To Female
Student. *The New York Times
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(9/24, Kelly, Enrich) reports that along with “reminiscences about sports
and booze” in Kavanaugh’s high school yearbook “is a mysterious entry:
‘Renate Alumnius.’” The word “Renate,” is “a reference to Renate Schroeder,
then a student at a nearby Catholic girls’ school.” According to two of
Kavanaugh’s classmates, “the mentions of Renate were part of the football
players’ unsubstantiated boasting about their conquests.” Renate Schroeder
Dolphin, who was among the women signed a letter attesting to Kavanaugh’s
character, was not aware of the yearbook references when she signed the
letter. In a statement to the Times, she said “I don’t know what ‘Renate
Alumnus’ actually means. I can’t begin to comprehend what goes through the
minds of 17-year-old boys who write such things, but the insinuation is
horrible, hurtful and simply untrue. I pray their daughters are never
treated this way. I will have no further comment.”

*Dozens Of Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters Arrested On Capitol Hill. *USA
Today
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(9/24, Bacon) reports “dozens of protesters were arrested outside the
Capitol Hill offices of multiple senators Monday while women across the
nation staged walkouts as opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett
Kavanaugh grew stronger amid accusations of sexual assault as a young man.”
USA Today adds that “protesters carrying signs and chanting slogans filled
hallways outside the offices of Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Dianne
Feinstein, D-Calif., and other lawmakers.” Eva Malecki, communications
director for Capitol Police, “confirmed the arrests were made at the
Dirksen Senate Office Building but would not say how many.”

Breitbart
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(9/24, House) also says “more than one hundred purported Yale Law students
are on Capitol Hill Monday to protest...Kavanaugh, a Yale undergraduate and
law school alumnus,” and the Washington Post
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(9/24, Svrluga) that “more than 100 students traveled Monday to Washington
to protest at the Supreme Court and to meet with senators, while others
staged a sit-in at the law school.” In DC, “students held umbrellas and
signs aloft outside the Supreme Court in the rain, while on campus in New
Haven, they filled the hallway of the law school.” The Post adds “more than
30 professors canceled classes Monday.”

The New York Times
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(9/24, Salam, Chokshi) also points out that “survivors of sexual assault
and their supporters stood shoulder to shoulder on the steps of New York’s
City Hall on Monday, holding signs that read ‘I believe Christine,’
‘Misogyny bores me’ and ‘Block InJustice Kavanaugh.’” Those rallies and the
ones on Capitol Hill “were part of a series of protests across the country
to show solidarity with Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez.”

*Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters Chase Cruz Out Of DC Restaurant. *The Daily
Caller
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(9/24, Athey) reports that video posted on Twitter purports to show Sen.
Ted Cruz (R-TX) being chased out of a DC restaurant Monday night. Two
videos posted by “Smash Racism DC” show “a large group of protesters
chanting ‘We believe survivors’ in reference to sexual assault allegations”
against Kavanaugh.

*Hollywood Stages Walkout In Support Of Ford. *The Los Angeles Times
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(9/24, Hill) reports that Hollywood showed its support for Ford on Monday
“as people took to the sidewalks in an organized walkout.” For the walkout,
“people were encouraged to wear black and walk out of wherever they were at
10 a.m. PDT in a silent show of support.” The Times adds, “Social media
quickly filled with examples of celebrity participants in the movement,
including Debra Messing, Emmy Rossum and Kerry Washington.”

*#MeToo PAC Targeting Accused Politicians Excludes Democrats.
*The Daily
Caller
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(9/24, Hasson) reports that the Enough Is Enough Voter Project, a PAC
“affiliated with Women’s March is targeting 2018 political candidates
accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or other offenses against women.”
However, “so far the PAC’s list of targeted candidates only includes
Republicans and excludes several prominent Democrats accused of sexual
misconduct, domestic abuse or covering up harassment.”
Foreign Policy
Trump Optimistic About Second Summit With Kim; Pompeo To Return To
Pyongyang.

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(9/24, story 3, 0:45, Glor) reported that at the UN General Assembly in New
York on Monday, President Trump signed a trade deal with South Korea, “but
the focus, he says, remains on North Korea.” Trump is “very optimistic”
about a second summit with Kim Jong-Un “and says he thinks it will happen
in the not-too-distant future, although he did not reveal possible dates or
locations. He also talked about the great progress the two countries have
made. In fact, just a year ago here at the UN, the President called Kim
‘Little Rocket Man’ and said he would ‘totally destroy’ North Korea.”

The Washington Post
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(9/24, Nakamura) reports Trump told reporters that he “expects to meet
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ‘quite soon,’ expressing optimism that his
efforts to negotiate a denuclearization deal are still on track.” Trump
said the talks “are ‘moving very well’ and that the two sides are making
‘tremendous progress,’ even though he had abruptly canceled a visit from
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Pyongyang earlier this month.” Trump said
Kim “had sent him a letter requesting a second meeting. ‘We’ll be doing
that,’ he said.” The AP
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(9/24, Lemire, Miller) says it was South Korean President Moon Jae-in who
delivered the “personal message to Trump from Kim after their inter-Korean
talks last week in Pyongyang.” Reuters
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(9/24, Mason, Alexander) quotes Trump as saying, “Chairman Kim has been
really very open and terrific, frankly. I think he wants to see something
happen.” Calling Trump’s tone “far less ominous” than a year ago, the AP
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(9/24, Lemire, Miller) reports that the President said “preparations are
underway” by Pompeo to organize the second presidential meeting.

Brian Todd of [image: Image removed by sender. Video]CNN’s
Situation Room
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(9/24) said Trump’s “confidence in his personal dynamic with” Kim and
optimism about the denuclearization process came despite “strong
indications” that the North continues to produce fissile material for
nuclear bombs and has “failed to commit to letting UN weapons inspectors
into the country.” USA Today
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(9/24, Shesgreen, Fritze) says Trump’s “effusive praise for Kim” and
assertions that “the negotiations over North Korea’s nuclear arsenal have
resulted in ‘tremendous progress’” were “rejected by several outside
experts and even some of Trump’s own advisers.” Pompeo, meanwhile, “sounded
a tougher note” than Trump during the Monday meetings, telling reporters
that the US still expects the “full, complete, verified denuclearization of
North Korea.” Until that is achieved, “he said, the US will not ease the
crippling economic sanctions against the Kim regime.” Nonetheless, “Pompeo
defended the prospect of a second summit, saying it’s a new strategy after
years of failed negotiations.”

“We’ve been at this the other way an awfully long time and failed,”
Pompeo told reporters, adding, “‘We tried to do details, we tried to do
step for step,’ but those were unsuccessful,” the AP
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(9/24) reports. Pompeo continued, “We’re bringing the two senior leaders,
the individuals who can actually make the decisions that will move this
process forward” and secure a breakthrough. Bloomberg News
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(9/24, Wadhams, Olorunnipa) reports that Pompeo said he is “confident” that
a second summit will happen, and that he expects to “be traveling to
Pyongyang before too long as well to make the final preparations for the
second meeting between the two leaders.”

In an analysis, the Washington Times
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(9/24, Taylor) says Trump “may be known for clashing with the United
Nations” by withdrawing the US from its various programs, but he began this
year’s UNGA session “on a positive note” with his optimistic remarks on
North Korea. According to this aides, Trump “is poised to capitalize on his
unconventional personal diplomacy to forge a new relationship with
Pyongyang.” According to the Times, “Uncertainty looms over the extent to
which” Kim “is serious about abandoning his nuclear weapons,” but US
officials “hope the prospect of progress overshadows other vexing issues on
the table this week in New York.”

Still, a New York Times
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(9/24, Schwirtz) analysis says, Trump’s “decision to conduct a session of
the Security Council this week” has “been a source of anxiety and
confusion” for many diplomats. The Times says this year’s UN General
Assembly session comes “against the backdrop of global calamities,” and
“American leadership, many argue, is a prerequisite for solving each of
these crises. But in case after case, critics say, American leadership is
lacking.” The US under Trump is moving “deeper into going it alone at the
United Nations, withdrawing from some important agencies and defunding
others,” while the Administration “also has pursued what it calls an
America First agenda that critics, among them close allies, say has
exacerbated crises.” In private, “some United Nations officials are even
willing to consider the possibility that the disruptions caused by the
Trump administration could do some good,” but “nearly two years into his
presidency, Mr. Trump remains for much of the world a source of
bewilderment.”

*Bolton: Trump Has Succeeded In Getting Kim To Commit To
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(9/24), National Security Adviser Bolton said, “The President’s policy of
economic pressure through sanctions and military pressure brought Kim Jong
Un to the table,” and “pledged...to denuclearize North Korea and that’s
what we are working on.” Asked if he is concerned that the government of
South Korea is moving ahead with negotiations that do not include the US,
Bolton said, “We have always tried to stay as close as we can to our allies
in South Korea and