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Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing

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*Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:00 AM EDT*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Poll: Biden Holds 21-Point Lead Among Iowa Democrats. <#S1>

• Biden Endorses Spanberger’s Bid To Unseat VA7 Rep. Brat. <#S2>

• Biden Congratulates Nobel Prize Winning Researcher. <#S3>

• Booker, Biden Headed To Hollywood To Raise Money For Democrats. <#S4>

• Lifetime Relaunches “Stop Violence Against Women” Campaign. <#S5>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Media Analyses: US-Canada-Mexico Agreement A Major Win For Trump. <#S6>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• Despite Canceled Beijing Trip, Mattis Says US-China Relations Will Not
Worsen. <#S7>

• North Korea Accuses US Of Demanding Too Much Ahead Of Pompeo’s Visit.
<#S8>

• Trump Awards Medal Of Honor To Afghan War Veteran. <#S9>

• Saudi Arabia Admits “Mistakes” In Coalition Operations In Yemen. <#S10>

• US Scales Back Military Presence In Persian Gulf Despite Anti-Iran
Rhetoric. <#S11>

• Lebanese FM Leads Diplomats On Tour Of Alleged Hezbollah Missile Sites.
<#S12>

• Pew Survey Finds Declining Global Opinions Of Trump, US. <#S13>

• Trump Offers Condolences To Indonesia As Death Toll Rises From Tsunami.
<#S14>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Trump Backs “Comprehensive” Kavanaugh Probe, Warns Against “Witch Hunt.”
<#S15>

• Minnesota Democrats’ Report: Ellison Accuser’s Claim Can’t Be
Substantiated. <#S16>

• Trump Touts Blackburn, Blasts Potential 2020 Rivals At Tennessee Rally.
<#S17>

• Obama Announces Second Round Of 2018 Campaign Endorsements. <#S18>

• Trump Says Bump Stocks Will Soon Be Banned. <#S19>

• DHS IG Report Criticizes Family Separation Policy. <#S20>

• Poll: 52% Oppose Trump Firing Rosenstein. <#S21>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• Groups Worry Medicare Part B CAP Would Hinder Patient Access To Drugs.
<#S22>

• Roswell Park Cancer Moonshot Immuno-Oncology Network Gets NIH Grant.
<#S23>

• Breast Cancer Awareness Month Highlights Progress Made In Treatments,
Testing. <#S24>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S25>

• Washington Post. <#S26>
Biden in the News
Poll: Biden Holds 21-Point Lead Among Iowa Democrats.

Politico
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(10/1, Korecki) reports former Vice President Joe Biden “holds a 21-point
lead among potential 2020 Democratic contenders in a survey
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of likely Iowa Democratic caucus-goers.” While that places Biden “well
ahead of the field of prospective candidates, his advantage might not hold
for long, according to the new poll.” The same group, “of which 37 percent
said they’d caucus for Biden if the caucus were held today, also described
their ideal presidential candidate as someone younger and free of
Washington tarnish.”

        *Medium Analysis: Biden “Most Consequential” Former VP,
Well-Positioned For 2020. *Under the headline “The Irresistible, Ineffable,
Occasionally Exhausting Power Of Joe Biden,” Garance Franke-Ruta writes at
Medium
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(10/1), “Nearly two years after the last election, with the clock ticking
toward decision day, Biden has kept busy, cultivating exactly the kind of
good will necessary to position himself for either one final bid for office
– or for being one of the most consequential former vice presidents to
leave the White House without becoming president.” Franke-Ruta says that
thanks to Biden’s work over the past two years, “he’s able to elevate
races, draw additional media to candidate events, galvanize volunteers, and
act as a national seal of approval for candidates new to the national
stage.” She concludes that “the endorsements and campaign appearances and
fundraising efforts, meanwhile, put him in touch with a whole new
generation of Democrats. ... And if in some not too distant future Biden
needs to reach out to them, well, that’s politics.”
Biden Endorses Spanberger’s Bid To Unseat VA7 Rep. Brat.

The Washington Post
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(10/1, Vozzella) reports, “Former vice president Joe Biden on Monday
endorsed Abigail Spanberger, the Democrat trying to unseat Rep. Dave Brat
in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District.” Biden said, “In all my years in
politics, I can say that Abigail is the only former CIA Operative and Girl
Scout Leader that I have had the good fortune to endorse. ... And I’m proud
to do so because I know Abigail has what it takes to win in November.” The
Post says that “Biden, who is considering a 2020 presidential bid, has
endorsed 14 other candidates for federal, state and local offices around
the country this year, according to Ballotpedia. But this is the first
Virginia race he has waded into since last year, when he campaigned for
now-Gov. Ralph Northam (D) and endorsed five Democrats in House of
Delegates races.”
Biden Congratulates Nobel Prize Winning Researcher.

The Houston Patch
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(10/1) reports, “Former Vice President Joe Biden placed a call to Jim
Allison, Ph.D. Monday to congratulate him on winning the 2018 Nobel Prize
in Physiology or Medicine.” Biden said, “I just wanted to congratulate you
and thank you for everything you’ve done. I am so happy for you and you
deserve the recognition. You’re going to save an awful lot of lives.”
The Houston
Chronicle
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(10/1) reports that Biden’s “son Beau was diagnosed and received treatment
for brain cancer at the” MD Anderson Cancer Center, where Allison serves as
the chairman of immunology. The Chronicle says “Biden’s time in Houston
laid the seeds for the Obama administration’s Cancer Moonshot initiative to
accelerate progress against the deadly disease.” The Houston Chronicle
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(10/1) has a second report on accolades received by Allison.
Booker, Biden Headed To Hollywood To Raise Money For Democrats.

Deadline Hollywood
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(10/1) reports that Sen. Cory Booker (D) is headed to Hollywood “this month
to raise money for Democratic candidates in the midterms,” while NBC News
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(10/1) reports, “Former Vice President Joe Biden will headline a fundraiser
in Beverly Hills this Wednesday” and that “tickets for the Biden event,
hosted at the offices of Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, are $5,000 a
head.” Newsmax
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(10/1) also reports Booker’s and Biden’s fundraising trips.
Lifetime Relaunches “Stop Violence Against Women” Campaign.

Variety
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(10/1) reports that “Lifetime is relaunching its Emmy Award-winning public
affairs campaign, ‘Stop Violence Against Women.’” Lifetime “is partnering
with advocacy groups, survivors and thought leaders to spread awareness,
empower women, provide healing tools and support for women and survivors in
need of assistance.” Variety says the Biden Foundation is among these
groups.
Leading the News
Media Analyses: US-Canada-Mexico Agreement A Major Win For Trump.

President Trump tweeted
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yesterday, “Late last night, our deadline, we reached a wonderful new Trade
Deal with Canada, to be added into the deal already reached with Mexico.
The new name will be The United States Mexico Canada Agreement, or USMCA.
It is a great deal for all three countries, solves the many...
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deficiencies and mistakes in NAFTA, greatly opens markets to our Farmers
and Manufacturers, reduces Trade Barriers to the U.S. and will bring all
three Great Nations together in competition with the rest of the world. The
USMCA is a historic transaction!...[continuing tweet
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to Mexico and Canada!”

        Media reports are largely casting the new agreement as a major win
for Trump. All three networks reported the story, with ABC World News
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(10/1, story 6, 0:45, Muir) saying Trump “is celebrating his biggest trade
achievement yet,” and the CBS Evening News[image: Image removed by sender.
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(10/1, story 3, 2:10, Jiang) that Canada “agreed to lift restrictions on
its dairy markets so US farmers can export products more easily.” However,
“the biggest impact is on the automobile industry,” as “in order to avoid
tariffs, the deal requires 75% of a car’s component parts to be
manufactured in North America, up from NAFTA’s 62.5 percent. It also
requires that at least 30 percent of the work on a car be completed by
employees earning $16 an hour or more.” CBS added that “this new agreement
is a campaign promise fulfilled by...Trump, who is expected to turn it into
a big talking point as he hits the trail again for the mid-term elections.”
In a similar report, NBC Nightly News
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(10/1, story 3, 1:50, Welker) showed Trump saying, “I promised to
renegotiate NAFTA, and today we have kept that promise.”

        Under the headline, “Trump Hails Revised Nafta Deal As A Trade
Promise Kept,” the New York Times
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(10/1, Rappeport) calls the deal “Trump’s biggest trade achievement to
date,” and reports Trump said in a news conference yesterday that the deal
showed that his “get-tough approach to trade, including his use of tariffs,
was bringing results.” The New York Times
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(10/1, Porter) reports separately, “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada
came away with a few items considered sacred for his nation’s economic
security: a dispute resolution system for companies that feel unjustly
targeted with taxes and a distant expiration date to the agreement.”
However, “the agreement does not eliminate the steep tariffs on steel and
aluminum that Mr. Trump imposed in the spring,” and “instead, Mr. Trudeau
said his country would continue to negotiate for their removal.” The Hill
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(10/1, Fabian) says Trump “took a victory lap” yesterday at the White
House, and the Los Angeles Times
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(10/1, Lee) that he said “tariffs the US has placed on steel and aluminum
imports from Canada and Mexico will remain in place ‘until such time as we
can do something different,’ such as quotas, ‘so that our industry is
protected.’”

        The New York Times
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(10/1, Tankersley) says the deal includes a “consequential set of
revisions,” including “new rules for automobile production, meant to
incentivize production of cars and trucks in countries that pay higher
wages.” The Wall Street Journal
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(10/1, Salama, Mauldin) reports that in a departure from past trade deals,
labor unions expressed praise for Trump’s approach, and that a group that
represents Detroit auto makers came out in favor of the deal. Said Matt
Blunt, president of the American Automotive Policy Council, “We commend the
United States, Canada, and Mexico negotiators for striking a deal.” Under
the agreement, says the Wall Street Journal
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(10/1, Mauldin) in a separate story, at least two-fifths of automobiles
eligible for duty-free trade will have to originate from workers earning at
least $16 an hour.

        The Detroit Free Press
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(10/1, Lawrence, Howard, Lareau) reports the “requirements for more
regional content produced by workers making higher wages should mean a
boost for American workers,” particularly as the deal “calls for higher
wages for autoworkers.” However, some also feared the new rules would cause
car prices to go up. The Washington Post
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(10/1, Long) also says that “many economists think these new rules will
help some North American workers,” but “they...warn that car prices might
rise and some small cars may no longer be made in North America because
they would be too expensive under the new requirements.” To the Wall Street
Journal
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(10/1, Dawson, Roberts), however, the deal is a major win for automakers at
any rate, because it removes uncertainty and allows them to move forward
with factory investments.

        The Washington Examiner
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(10/1, Higgins) reports that, ultimately, “Canada gave ground to the US” by
agreeing to roll “back protections for its domestic dairy industry,
providing a victory to American farmers on one of the key points of
negotiation.” Yesterday, the Washington Times
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(10/1, Miller) points out, the deal “got a thumbs-up from American
farmers.” Americans for Farmers & Families spokesman Casey Guernsey, for
example, “said the three-way deal showed Mr. Trump remembered his promise
‘to stand up for rural America.’” Sen. Charles E. Grassley, meanwhile,
“said the agreement looked ‘very favorable’ to American and Iowa
agriculture,” and tweeted
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“Pres Trump’s tough negotiation position may [be] paying off.” According to USA
Today
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(10/1, Barrett), “dairy farmers in states such as New York and Wisconsin
will be able to sell more of their milk, butter and cheese to Canada under
a new trade pact.” Canada “will eliminate its so-called Class 7 milk
pricing system, which makes it cheaper for the country’s dairy processors
to buy certain ingredients domestically,” and “market access for the US
will exceed Canada’s concessions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks.”

        The Washington Post
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(10/1, Ross) reports that by making those concessions, “Canada avoided
doomsday scenarios that had been hanging over the country for months,
particularly Trump’s threat of punitive tariffs on auto imports that would
have caused major economic fallout.” The Post adds, however, that “the
Canadian sectors most affected by the deal, particularly dairy producers,
criticized the government Monday,” but “even that disapproval was
relatively muted.” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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(10/1, Barrett) reports, “The National Milk Producers Federation, one of
the US dairy industry’s largest trade groups, called the trade agreement,
which eliminates penalties, ‘incremental progress.’” Said its president,
Jim Mulhern, “We appreciate that the Trump administration continually
raised the profile of our issues at the negotiating table.”

        The Los Angeles Times
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(10/1, Lee) reports that during his press conference, Trump said, “Once
approved by Congress, this new deal will be the most modern, up-to-date and
balanced trade agreement in the history of our country, with the most
advanced protections for workers ever developed.” Reuters
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(10/1, Holland) notes Trump also said yesterday the deal “would support
hundreds of thousands of US jobs, marking it as a victory in his push to
reshape the lines of global commerce.” Said Trump, “It means far more
American jobs, and these are high-quality jobs.” The Washington Times
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(10/1, Miller) notes that Trump, who “often complains that reciprocity was
the key element missing from deals such as NAFTA,” said of the new
agreement, “We have negotiated this new agreement based on fairness and
reciprocity,” adding “that ‘reciprocity’ was the most important world in
trade deals.”

        The AP
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(10/1, Thomas, Gillies) reports that Trump “branded the trade deal the
USMCA,’ a moniker he said would replace” NAFTA, and, “with a satisfied
smile...said the new name had a ‘good ring to it,’ repeating U-S-M-C-A
several times.” However, the AP says Trump also “noted that the deal would
need to be ratified by Congress,” and “when told that he seemed confident
of congressional approval...he said he was ‘not at all confident’” because
Democrats are likely to say, “Trump likes it so we’re not going to approve
it.” To Politico
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(10/1, Cassella), that is “not outside the realm of possibility,” as “newly
powerful Democrats who despise the president, and who would be loath to
hand anything even closely resembling a policy victory to the White House,
could simply choose to reject anything that comes their way.”

        CQ Roll Call
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(10/1, Bennett) reports, however, that “a top author of the deal says there
is no major flaw to prevent Democrats from supporting it.” USTR Lighthizer,
“who was instrumental in the deal, predicted the agreement would pass both
chambers ‘with a substantial majority.’” Said Lighthizer, “There are no
poison pills for Democrats.”

        The Daily Caller
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(10/1, Bogorowski) casts the agreement as “providing Trump a crucial win as
he has long promised to renegotiate the pact,” and Bloomberg News
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(10/1, Pettypiece, Mayeda) reports that it may “score political points for
Trump ahead of the mid-term elections” because “revamping Nafta was a key
promise of his 2016 election campaign.” Bloomberg adds “corporate America’s
response to the deal has largely been one of relief that Trump didn’t scrap
the entire trade alliance,” while “industry groups spanning retailers,
textiles and consumer products commended the deal.” Reuters
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(10/1) quotes David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist for JPMorgan Funds, as
saying, “It really is tweaks to NAFTA, but at least some of them in a
positive direction from the economic perspective. It really is very small
changes to the underlying framework of North American trade, but that’s a
positive. ... To the extent we avoided a trade war in this hemisphere at
least that is a positive.”

        The Washington Post
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(10/1, Werner) reports, meanwhile, Republicans in Congress, “who generally
like NAFTA, applauded the announcement of the new deal, with some saying it
validated Trump’s approach to trade policy.” The Washington Post
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(10/1, Long) also reports the Administration earned “wary praise Monday
from business groups, farmers, investors and even some Democratic
lawmakers.” However, Trump’s “ebullience about ‘high-quality American jobs’
ushering in ‘a new dawn for the American auto industry’ stood in contrast
to the relatively muted assessments of professional economists.”

        *Trump Mocks “Babies” Who Criticized His Use Of Tariffs. *CNN’s
Situation Room
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(10/1) reported at his press conference Monday, “Trump seemed to delight in
taking on his GOP critics who have blasted his policy at imposing tariffs
on US allies.” CNN showed Trump saying, “Just for those babies out there
that keep talking about tariffs – that includes Congress --” who said,
“‘Oh, please, don’t charge tariffs.’ Without tariffs, you wouldn’t be – we
wouldn’t be standing here” with the new trade agreement.

        *Schumer: Trump “Deserves Praise.” *The Washington Examiner
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(10/1, Weaver) reports Senate Minority Leader Schumer “gave...Trump rare
praise Monday for the renegotiated trade deal between the US, Mexico, and
Canada.” Schumer “said that Trump ‘deserves praise’ for taking ‘large
steps’ to improve the outgoing North American Free Trade Agreement,”
adding, “As someone who voted against NAFTA and opposed it for many years,
I knew it needed fixing.” The Washington Times
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(10/1, Dinan) also reports “Schumer sounded a cautiously positive note
Monday about the new US-Mexico-Canada trade deal,” and ABC World News
Tonight
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(10/1, story 6, 0:45, Muir) referred to “the President earning rare praise
tonight from...Schumer, who gave” him “credit for taking steps to improve
the deal.”

        *Democrat From District Carried By Trump Calls Revised NAFTA
“Promising.” *On MSNBC’s Morning Joe
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(10/1), Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) was asked whether the revised deal is “a
better NAFTA,” Bustos said, “There are two signs that are promising: I come
from farm country, and the fact that there is an agreement worked out on
milk, and how we can trade better with Canada on milk; and the other
component, non-ag-related, is the $16 an-hour minimum wage for the auto
workers out of Mexico.” Bustos pointed out that she won re-election by more
than 20 points in a district carried by Trump.

        *Kudlow: “Sometimes Hard Ball Works.” *National Economic Council
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(10/1) if the President “beat up” Canada to get this deal. Kudlow said, “I
wouldn’t say beat up but sometimes hard ball works. He has been steadfast
in his view. NAFTA had to be fixed.” Kudlow added, “When you look at the
market openings, for dairy farmers, wheat, manufacturing, automobiles and
so forth, what you got here is a preservation and strengthening of the
supply chains, which is what businesses were really worried about. That was
the heart of NAFTA. Tariff-free supply chains and I think not only has that
been preserved, it has actually been expanded. The US farm community and
manufacturing community benefited. I think all three countries benefited
from that. I would also say it sends an important message to China where
we’re trying to negotiate on trade.”

        *Mnuchin: New Trade Deal “Revolutionary.” *Treasury Secretary
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(10/1) what “guarantees” he can give that the deal “gets you as much as you
can get on dairy,” and “that it does have enforceable environmental and
labor provisions.” Mnuchin said that when “people go through the details,
they are going to be incredibly pleased with” the plan. Mnuchin was also
asked about concerns that “the auto provisions and the rules of origin” –
which require that 75 percent of all cars be manufactured in North America,
and that 40 to 45 percent of vehicles be made by people who are making $16
an hour or more – will raise the price of cars in the US and potentially
drive manufacturing of some cars overseas. He replied, “I don’t think that
should be a concern at all. Quite the contrary, this will bring jobs back
to America. ... This is a revolutionary agreement.”

        Mnuchin was later asked how the deal came to be made after
President Trump last week signaled that talks with Canada were going
poorly. Mnuchin said
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“Lots of deals are done at the last minute. ... Ambassador Bob Lighthizer
and Jared Kushner did a great job negotiating around the clock. We made a
lot of progress over the last weekend.” Mnuchin also defended the
Administration’s use of tariffs. He said tariffs “Are a great negotiating
tactic. ... There is no question whether it was Mexico, Canada, the EU, or
China – [tariffs are] very effective in negotiating better deals.” When
asked if the US can “apply the same rules” to the EU and Japan “as has
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that on “many of the same issues, absolutely.”

        *Navarro Touts Deal, Chides Media For Failing To Cover Trump’s
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(10/1), Peter Navarro, Director of the White House National Trade Council,
said the new USMCA is the “biggest deal in history, no hyperbole...a great
day for America and a great day for North America.” Navarro added, “It’s
really an extraordinary deal because it’s a case where this President...has
been able to make a deal where everybody is better off. ... It’s a promise
made, promise kept. Everybody criticized this President for trying to undo
NAFTA, which was the worst trade deal we have ever had, but today, it looks
like it’s done.” According to Navarro, the President is “quietly...putting
together a record on the economy and trade [that] is better than any
President in modern history. I said ‘quietly’ because the media has largely
ignored it.”

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(10/1), “Trump is the visionary on this. He was very involved in that. I
think that Ambassador Robert Lighthizer and Jared Kushner did have a great
teamwork on this. Both of them should be congratulated for bringing this to
the finish line. ... I think it’s a very bullish day for America. It’s a
bullish day for North America.” Navarro added, “President Trump basically
has declared that we will no longer be the piggyback of the world. We are
free traders All we seek is fair and reciprocal trade that’s the approach
we take. And when countries come to the table and bargain fairly, we sign
deals.”

        *NYTimes: Despite Having Made “Concessions,” Mexico Hails
Agreement. *The New York Times
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(10/1, Malkin) reports “Mexico’s incoming president, the leftist Andrés
Manuel López Obrador, once railed against free-market policies and harbored
deep misgivings about the North American Free Trade Agreement.” Yet “hours
after Canada joined an agreement between Mexico and the United States to
revamp the 24-year-old trade deal, the president-elect and his aides on
Monday hailed the last-minute negotiations that salvaged the trilateral
accord.” The Times adds “both Mr. López Obrador, Mexico’s president-elect,
and the center-right Enrique Peña Nieto, its president, welcomed news of
the agreement, glossing over the fact that it included Mexican concessions
– particularly in the auto industry, a key concern for...Trump.”

        *WPost Editorial: Agreement “Could Have Been Worse.” *The Washington
Post
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(10/1) editorializes that Trump’s “aggressive and unpredictable approach to
trade policy demands a new definition of success. Call it the ‘could have
been worse’ standard.”
Foreign Policy
Despite Canceled Beijing Trip, Mattis Says US-China Relations Will Not
Worsen.

The AP
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(10/1, Baldor, Burns) reports Defense Secretary Mattis “said Monday that he
doesn’t see the US relationship with China worsening after a series of
setbacks.” Mattis told reporters in Paris, “There’s tension points in the
relationship, but based on discussions coming out of New York last week and
other things that we have coming up, we do not see it getting worse.” He
added, “We’ll sort this out.” Also on Monday, Pentagon officials told the
AP that “Mattis had dropped plans to visit China amid rising tensions
between Beijing and Washington.” The trip was never publicly announced, but
Mattis was expected “to visit Beijing in October for two-plus-two security
talks with his Chinese counterpart as well as US Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo and Pompeo’s Chinese counterpart.”

        The Washington Times
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(10/1, Wolfgang) says that “there are conflicting reports as to exactly how
the meeting fell apart,” but it “comes as the relationship between
Washington and Beijing continues to deteriorate.” The Wall Street Journal
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(10/1, Lubold, Page) reports a US defense official said late Sunday that
the Pentagon soured on the prospect of Mattis attending the conference
after learning that his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Wei Fenghe, would not be
able to attend the planned meeting. The Pentagon confirmed the cancellation
shortly after the USS Decatur sailed near at least two Chinese military
outposts in the disputed South China Sea.

        Fox News’ Special Report
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(10/1) reported that the US Navy warship sailed near the “two contested
islands” during a freedom of navigation operation. A Chinese destroyer
“came within 45 yards of the US ship, which the US Pacific Fleet called
unsafe.”
North Korea Accuses US Of Demanding Too Much Ahead Of Pompeo’s Visit.

The New York Times
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(10/1, Choe) reports that North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News
Agency (KNCA) published commentary on Tuesday in accusing the
Administration of demanding too much and conceding too little in
denuclearization negotiations. In response to demands by US officials and
analysts for “a full inventory of its nuclear program for verification and
to start dismantling its nuclear and missile facilities,” KCNA “called such
demands ‘rubbish’” and said a US declaration to end the Korean War “can
never be a bargaining chip for” denuclearization. “If the US doesn’t want
the end of war,” KCNA added, then North Korea “will also not particularly
hope for it.” According to the Times, the commentary indicates that
Pyongyang “will drive a hard bargain when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
makes his fourth visit to Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, this month”
to “narrow differences over the terms of denuclearizing and arrange a new
summit meeting between Mr. Kim and Mr. Trump.”

        *South Korea Says North Removing Land Mines From Two DMZ Sites. *The
AP
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(10/1) reports South Korea’s Defense Ministry “says it believes North Korea
has begun removing land mines from two sites at the rivals’ heavily
fortified border.” Earlier Monday, South Korea “sent troops to remove its
mines from the sites at the Demilitarized Zone under recent agreements with
North Korea aimed at reducing their decades-long military animosity.” The
Defense Ministry “says it detected North Korean soldiers engaging in what
it believes are demining-related work at the two sites.” The New York Times
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(10/1, Sang-Hun) reports the army engineers’ “efforts on Monday began a
two-month operation to clear mines and build a road to Arrowhead Hill, also
known as Hill 281, in the DMZ, the South Korean Defense Ministry said in a
statement.” Arrowhead Hill was “selected as the site for them to jointly
conduct a pilot search for remains within the no-man’s zone, where some of
the fiercest battles of the Korean War were fought.”
Trump Awards Medal Of Honor To Afghan War Veteran.

USA Today
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(10/1, Jackson, Brook) reports, “Conferring the Medal of Honor on a former
Army medic, President Donald Trump praised recipient Ronald Shurer II on
Monday as an inspiration who saved lives in Afghanistan, served as a
special agent in the Secret Service, and is now battling cancer.” During a
White House ceremony, Trump said, “He’s been fighting it every single day.
He’s a warrior.” In a brief statement after the ceremony, Shurer said he
was “incredibly honored and humbled” by the Medal of Honor, and he paid
tribute to his comrades in battle, saying, “It’s really a team effort.” The CBS
Evening News
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(10/1, story 5, 3:00, Glor) showed Trump saying, “We stand in awe of your
father’s courage. We really do. Today he joins the world’s most elite
gathering of heroes.”

        ABC World News Tonight
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(10/1, story 10, 1:30, Muir) reported, “On April 6, 2008, Shurer and his
fellow soldiers were ambushed by some 200 enemy fighters” in Afghanistan,
“taking on heavy machine gun, sniper, and rocket-propelled grenade fire.
Braving the onslaught, Shurer, the only medic, immediately and courageously
began treating more than a dozen wounded, sprinting through enemy fire
while returning fire. Climbing a mountain to treat the wounded. For more
than six hours, he bravely faced down the enemy, using his own body as a
shield.”

        The New York Post
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(10/1, Schultz) reports Shurer “was greeted with such a loud ovation at the
White House” that Trump quipped, “I wish I was that popular.” NBC Nightly
News
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(10/1, story 6, 1:50, Holt) reported that “even now, Staff Sergeant Shurer
continues to serve his country by protecting the President as a member of
the US Secret Service.”
Saudi Arabia Admits “Mistakes” In Coalition Operations In Yemen.

Reuters
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(10/1, Nebehay) reports Saudi Defense Ministry representative Osaiker
Alotaibi on Monday told the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the
Child that Riyadh “was working hard to correct mistaken targeting by its
military coalition in Yemen that has killed civilians including children.”
The panel of independent rights experts “examined the Saudi record on
compliance with a treaty protocol on children in armed conflict, and
repeatedly raised the issue of children killed by coalition attacks in
Yemen.” The panel’s vice-chair, Clarence Nelson, said the issue of children
casualties in Yemen “has been going on a number of years,” and nothing
indicates “that any perpetrators or people responsible for these kinds of
actions have been prosecuted or sanctioned or dealt with in any way.”
US Scales Back Military Presence In Persian Gulf Despite Anti-Iran Rhetoric.

The Wall Street Journal
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(10/1, Youssef, Lubold) reports that even as the Administration ramps up
its rhetoric on Iran, the US military presence in the Persian Gulf region
has dwindled. The Journal notes that the USS Theodore Roosevelt departed
the region in March, and has yet to be replaced by another aircraft
carrier. The US has also moved four Patriot missile systems out of the
region.

        *Iran Launches Missile Strikes On Targets In Eastern Syria.
*The Washington
Post
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(10/1, Cunningham) reports Iran “launched missile strikes on what it said
were Sunni Islamic extremist hideouts in eastern Syria, a move it portrayed
as retaliation for a deadly terrorist attack on an Iranian military parade
last month.” The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “said it fired six
medium-range missiles into Syria from bases in western Iran at 2 a.m. local
time, striking east of the Euphrates River and killing and wounding several
militants. It said its combat drones then targeted the sites.” In a
statement on its website, the Guard “described those killed as ‘takfiri
terrorists,’ a term it often uses to refer to the Islamic State.” The
Washington
Times
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(10/1, Muñoz) reports US officials “claim[ed] the Iranian missiles landed
dangerously close to U.S.-backed forces in Syria and their American
military advisers, who are in the midst of a final push to drive ISIS from
its last enclaves in Syria.” The “missile barrage” came “a week after the
group claimed credit” for the parade attack.

        Bloomberg News
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(10/1, Lawati) reports the IRG said they were “targeting ringleaders of
last month’s attack on a military parade in the southwestern city of
Ahvaz.” the IRNA reported that “six missiles were fired from a distance of
570 kilometers while seven drones bombarded the positions of the terrorists
in Syria,” and that some of “the leaders of the September 22 attack were
killed or wounded and their ammunition stockpiles destroyed, the agency
said, without giving details.”

        *OPEC Oil Production Up Marginally In September. *Reuters
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(10/1, Lawler) reports OPEC “delivered only a limited increase in oil
production in September, a Reuters survey has found, as a cut in Iranian
shipments due to U.S. sanctions offset higher output in Libya, Saudi Arabia
and Angola.” The 15 members of OPEC “pumped 32.85 million barrels per day
in September, the survey on Monday found, up 90,000 bpd from August’s
revised level and the highest this year.” However, the “12 OPEC members
bound by a supply-limiting agreement actually cut output by 70,000 bpd
because of declines in Iran and Venezuela, boosting compliance with supply
targets to 128 percent from a revised 122 percent in August, the survey
found.”

        Meanwhile, Reuters
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reports Iran has “no plans to cut oil production, the head of the state-run
National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Ali Kardor, said on Monday, according
to the Tasnim news agency.” Though the US “aims to reduce Tehran’s oil
revenue to zero in an effort to force Iran’s leadership to change its
behavior in the region,” Tasnim quoted Kardor as saying Iran is
“experiencing no issues with receiving income from its oil sales.”

        *Iran May Offer Crude Oil For Export Through Stock Exchange. *
Reuters
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(10/1, Dehghanpisheh) reports Iran “may start offering oil via its stock
exchange as soon as next week, the head of state-run National Iranian Oil
Company, Ali Kardor, said Monday, according to the Islamic Republic News
Agency (IRNA).” Kardor said “one million barrels of oil will be offered on
the stock exchange which will only be for export.”

        *Iran Sentences Three To Death Amid Anti-Corruption Push. *Bloomberg
News
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(10/1, Motevalli) reports a “notorious Iranian gold dealer known as the
‘Sultan of Coins’ was among three men sentenced to death this week in the
strongest warning yet to officials and merchants not to exploit the
country’s financial troubles as the next round of U.S. sanctions loom.”
Bloomberg notes that given “growing public anger over the deteriorating
economy,” the Iranian government “embarked on a drive to root out
corruption and punish speculators it blames for exacerbating the currency
crisis.”

        *Standard Chartered Faces Possible $1.5 Billion Penalty For Iran
Sanctions Violations. *Bloomberg News
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(10/1, Choudhury, Finch, Farrell) reports Standard Chartered Plc is
“bracing for a potential penalty of around $1.5 billion from U.S.
authorities for allowing customers to violate Iran sanctions, people
familiar with the matter said.” The sources said the figure is “a
preliminary assessment based on some of the communications between the bank
and the regulators.” Reuters
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(10/1, Singh) reports Standard Chartered Plc is “cooperating with the
investigation about compliance with historical sanctions, a Standard
Chartered spokeswoman said.”
Lebanese FM Leads Diplomats On Tour Of Alleged Hezbollah Missile Sites.

The Washington Post
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(10/1, Sly, Haidamous) reports Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil
“escorted dozens of foreign ambassadors and diplomats to visit a soccer
field, a warehouse and a golf course adjoining Beirut’s airport Monday to
counter allegations by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that
Hezbollah has stored precision guided missiles at the sites.” Bassil said
the tour was aimed at demonstrating that Netanyahu is an “international
liar.” Participating diplomats said on condition of anonymity “that the
tour seemed inconclusive given that one of the sites was excluded,” and
that “the map displayed by Netanyahu was too indistinct to ascertain the
exact locations of the purported missile sites” in the first place.
According to the Post, Netanyahu’s “allegations and the Lebanese response”
underscores “the real risk of another Israel-Lebanon war as the conflict in
Syria winds down” and leaves “Lebanon’s Shiite militia Hezbollah, which is
allied with Iran and has fought for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in a
more powerful position than ever.”
Pew Survey Finds Declining Global Opinions Of Trump, US.

Reuters
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(10/1, Barkin) reports that the Pew Research Center’s “leading survey” of
25 countries “showed that respondents from across the globe have less
confidence in [President] Trump’s ability to lead than they do in Russia’s
Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping.” Allied nations “took a dim view of
the Trump administration’s position on civil liberties, with majorities in
Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia and Mexico saying
the government did not respect the personal freedoms of its people.”
Despite Trump’s low ratings among respondents, 63 percent “said the world
was better off with the United States as the leading power, compared to 19
percent who preferred China in that role.” Meanwhile, “America’s image,
which took a big hit in 2017, Trump’s first year in office, continued to
deteriorate in many countries in 2018, particularly in Europe,” according
to the survey. Israel, the Philippines, and South Korea had “the most
positive views” of the US, “all at 80 percent or above.”
Trump Offers Condolences To Indonesia As Death Toll Rises From Tsunami.

The CBS Evening News
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(10/1, story 4, 1:45, Glor) reported that President Trump on Monday
“expressed his condolences to Indonesia after a devastating 7.5 earthquake
and tsunami. The death toll will likely reach into the thousands” because
“rescuers have yet to reach some of the hardest-hit areas.” James Longman
reported on ABC World News Tonight
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(10/1, story 4, 2:05, Muir) that more than 800 people are confirmed dead,
but “authorities say those numbers are set to rise. ... And no dignity in
death. Victims now being buried in mass graves.” Fox News’ Special
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(10/1) said that “rescue teams are working around the clock,” and NBC
Nightly News
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(10/1, story 4, 1:30, Holt) described a “frantic effort to find anyone
still alive under the rubble.” NBC (Frayer) added, “Fresh water and fuel
are now running low. Food stores have been looted. And damaged airports had
to cancel flights after hundreds of people swarmed the runway begging to
find a way out. Aid agencies say nearly 200,000 people are in urgent need,
but a priority, heavy equipment to lift debris, and rescuers are running
out of time.”
Domestic Policy
Trump Backs “Comprehensive” Kavanaugh Probe, Warns Against “Witch Hunt.”

The AP
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(10/1, Superville, Balsamo) reports President Trump said yesterday during
his press conference about the new USMCA trade agreement that he “wants the
FBI to do a ‘comprehensive’ investigation into allegations of sexual
misconduct by Brett Kavanaugh.” Trump “said it’s fine with him if the FBI
wants to pursue accusations made by three women who have publicly come
forward.” Reuters
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(10/1, Holland) points out, however, that Trump also “said he does not want
the probe to become a ‘witch hunt.’” The Washington Times
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(10/1, Boyer) quotes Trump as asking “rhetorically,” “We don’t want to go
on a witch hunt, do we?”

        The Wall Street Journal
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(10/1, Andrews, Peterson, Nicholas) likewise reports that Trump said he
wants a “comprehensive” but quick investigation, and the New York Post
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(10/1, Brown) that he “said he is keeping an ‘open mind’” to its results,
saying, “Certainly if they find something, I’m going to take that into
consideration. Absolutely. I have a very open mind. The person that takes
that position is going to be there for a long time. I have a very open
mind.” Politico
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(10/1, Everett, Schor) says that “effectively the president is putting the
onus of the investigation on three undecided GOP senators who requested the
FBI investigation and will determine Kavanaugh’s fate in the Senate: Jeff
Flake of Arizona, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.”
Said Trump, “My White House will do whatever the senators want. I’m open to
whatever they want. ... I’m guided by the senators.”

        To the Washington Post
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(10/1, Wagner), however, “Trump sowed further confusion...about the scope
of the FBI’s” probe by saying “he is open to a ‘very comprehensive
investigation’” while suggesting “at different points that the probe would
be guided by the wishes of Republican senators and that the FBI could
decide whom to interview so long as it was ‘within reason.’” His comments
came “as concerns mount among Democrats that the White House is trying to
impose strict limits on the FBI in the week it has been given to conduct
interviews.” The Los Angeles Times
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(10/1, Bierman) reports that “Trump, in his news conference, continued to
cast Kavanaugh and his family as the victims, without mentioning the
accusers’ claims of personal trauma, and warned that Kavanaugh’s experience
would discourage others from seeking either elective office or federal jobs
that require Senate confirmation.” Said Trump, “It’s unfair to him at this
point. .. What his wife is going through, what his beautiful children are
going through, it’s not describable.... It’s not fair.”

        Breitbart
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(10/1, Spiering) reports Trump “said he understood Kavanaugh’s drive to be
the best student at his high school and Yale.” Said Trump, “I think he’s a
fine man. ... I think he’s a great scholar…he focused on being number one
at Yale, on being number one in high school, at being number one at law. I
can so understand that.” Trump also “said he believes Kavanaugh was honest
about his college and high school drinking and pointed out a double
standard from senators and members of the media.” Added Trump, “I really
believe that he was very strong on the fact that he drank a lot and – so I
don’t know where there’d be big discrepancy.” Bloomberg News
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(10/1, Pettypiece) quotes Trump as also saying, “I was surprised at how
vocal he was about the fact that he likes beer and he’s had a little bit of
difficulty, I mean, he talked about things that happened when he drank.”
Bloomberg adds that “Kavanaugh’s repeated references to liking beer – and
initial attempts to avoid answering a question on whether he had ever
blacked out from alcohol use – have been the subject of parody, including a
skit
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on NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live.’”

        *Trump Refers To Democratic Senator Seen In “Compromising”
Situation. *The Washington Times
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(10/1, Miller) reports Trump “said Monday that some US senators are ‘not
angels’ and went too far in questioning...Kavanaugh’s alcohol use in high
school.” Trump “said he witnessed one Democrat senator in a ‘compromising’
situation,” saying, “I happen to know some United States senators, one who
is on the other side who is pretty aggressive. I’ve seen that person in
very bad situations.” The Los Angeles Times
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(10/1, Bierman) notes that “asked for specifics, Trump said he would ‘save
it for a book, like everybody else.’”

        The Daily Caller
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(10/1, Johnson) reports “Trump expounded on the ‘angels’ allegation later
on in the press conference when asked about the timetables for the FBI
investigation.” Said Trump, “Look at Blumenthal. He lied about Vietnam – he
didn’t just say ‘Hey, I went to Vietnam.’ For 15 years he said he was a war
hero. He fought in Da-Nang province. We call him Da-Nang Richard. … He
never went to Vietnam. And he’s up there saying, ‘We need honesty, and we
need integrity.’ This guy lied.” The DC adds “Blumenthal lied multiple
times about serving in Vietnam, saying he ‘misspoke’ about his stolen
valor.”

        USA Today
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(10/1, Jackson) reports Trump also “attacked Sen. Cory Booker.” Besides
“saying that Booker ‘ran Newark, New Jersey into the ground,’” Trump
“appeared to refer to a column Booker wrote in college in which he
described being a 15-year-old trying to touch a girl’s breast while they
kissed at a New Year’s Eve party.” Said Trump, “Take a look at Cory Booker.
... He ran Newark, New Jersey into the ground. He was a horrible mayor. And
he made statements that when he was in high school or college, what he was
doing – he actually made the statements. And now he’s talking about Judge
Kavanaugh.”

        *Discussing Kavanaugh Charges, Trump Says Media “Part Of The
Democrat Party.” *The Daily Caller
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(10/1, Johnson) reports Trump “told a CNN reporter that he considers the
media ‘part of the Democrat Party’ Monday at the White House.” During the
USMCA press conference, Trump “veered off script and took questions on his
embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh,” turning “his aim to the
press” and saying that Sen. Dianne Feinstein “leaked the allegations”
against his nominee “to them.” Said Trump, “More importantly, in a sense,
for her to have waited for that period of time enough for you Democrats.
... And I guess I’m including you, too, the media. I consider you a part of
the Democrat Party. But, for you, for the Democrats, to be talking about,
‘We want more time for the FBI.’ If you wanted more time for the FBI, why
didn’t Dianne Feinstein bring this up?” The Hill
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(10/1, Chalfant) says that “throughout the news conference, Trump continued
to squabble with reporters and accuse the press of misleading coverage,
charges that have become a hallmark of Trump’s presidency.” He “accused the
press of treating him ‘unbelievably unfairly.’”

        *Trump To ABC’s Vega: “I Know You’re Not Thinking, You Never Do.” *
Politico
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(10/1, Schwartz) reports Trump “directly insulted one reporter, refused to
answer questions about...Kavanaugh until he was done taking queries on
trade, and called the media ‘loco.’” Politico recounts that “after calling
on ABC News’ Cecilia Vega for a question, Trump said, ‘She’s shocked that I
picked her. Like in a state of shock.’” Vega “responded, ‘I’m not, thank
you, Mr. President,’” and Trump retorted, “That’s ok. I know you’re not
thinking, you never do.” ABC World News Tonight[image: Image removed by
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(10/1, lead story, 4:05, Vega) ran footage of the exchange, and showed Vega
asking, “Excuse me? You said it was incorrect you are limiting the scope of
the FBI investigation?” Trump replied, “What does that have to do with
trade? I don’t mind answering the question. I would like to do --” Vega:
“It has to do with the Kavanaugh nomination?” Trump: “How about getting to
trade and then we’ll get to that?” Bloomberg News
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(10/1, Wayne) notes that Vega later tweeted
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“A news conference means you get to ask whatever question you want to ask
#FirstAmendment.”

        *FBI Probe Reportedly Could Be Completed As Early As Today. *CNN
political correspondent Dana Bash tweeted
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yesterday, “GOP senator tells me that @senatemajldr told WH Friday the 3
key GOP Senators wanted the FBI to interview 4 people: PJ Smyth, Leland
Keyser, Mark Judge & Deborah Ramirez. Senator tells me with that limit –
FBI could be done by today or Tuesday.” Wolf Blitzer similarly
reported on CNN’s
Wolf
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(10/1) that “it seems reasonable the FBI could be done with this
investigation within a few days, maybe as quickly as either today or
tomorrow.” Along those lines, Ed Lawrence reported on Fox Business Cavuto:
Coast to Coast
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(10/1), “A senior Republican Senate official is telling Fox News that the
FBI investigation could be wrapped up as early as Tuesday into Judge Brett
Kavanaugh.”

        Jim Acosta said on CNN’s Situation Room[image: Image removed by
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(10/1), “In a strange way, the battle over Brett Kavanaugh may actually
help the President in the upcoming midterm elections. That’s because
nothing fires up the GOP base like the fight over who controls the Supreme
Court. I talked to one source close to the White House earlier this
afternoon who said this may be waking up a sleeping giant, but, of course,
that may hinge on just how this investigation of...Kavanaugh comes to an
end.”

        Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Fox News’ Hannity[image: Image removed
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(10/1), “I don’t think we will find anything new from this supplemental FBI
investigation to take Jeff [Flake] from yes, to no. I think Sen. Murkowski
and Sen. Collins want to make sure that the FBI did their homework, they
checked the committee’s work. ... I think that is what this is all about.
We’re not expanding at all this crazy stuff.” Graham said that if Kavanaugh
falls one vote short, he would “renominate him and I would take this case
to the American people and I would ask voters in Indiana and Missouri and
North Dakota and other places where Trump won saying who he would nominate
if he got to be President and see if voters want to appeal the verdict of
their senator.”

        Brit Hume said on Fox News’ Special Report[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(10/1), “It’s a little hard at times to tell exactly what the investigation
is supposed to be, how long it is supposed to last, what it supposed to
cover. In fact, when Sen. Flake was asked what he understood to be the
credible allegations that were to be investigated, he said he would leave
that up to the FBI. The President says the same thing but we do know that
Trump, for all he says about letting the FBI do whatever he wants, he’s
also saying that he’s leaving it up to the Senate and that means is that
the Senate majority, that means the Republicans, who I think are pretty
clearly setting the terms of this investigation.”

        Mollie Hemingway of The Federalist said on Fox News’ Special
Report[image:
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(10/1), “Last week during the hearing, we heard a bunch of people say they
wanted to the FBI to look into the allegations, essentially the first
allegations. It was very important that the FBI look into them and even
though the FBI doesn’t even have better investigatory tools than the Senate
Judiciary Committee, which had already looked into them. So, people said
that is fine, to allay concerns, we’ll have a week delay while they look
into this and it will be limited. It won’t be a fishing expedition but they
will look into it. Then as soon as that was agreed to, it seemed like the
goalposts kept moving into how much we can delay and how much more we can
put in here. It is reasonable to look into these allegations. It’s
reasonable to summarize them. It shouldn’t take more than a couple of days
and get the report, go ahead and vote.”

        *White House Authorizes Expanded FBI Probe. *The New York Times
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(10/1, Baker, Schmidt) says the White House “has authorized the F.B.I. to
expand its abbreviated investigation...by interviewing anyone it deems
necessary as long as the review is finished by the end of the week.”
According to the Times, “The new directive came in the last 24 hours after
a backlash from Democrats, who criticized the White House for limiting the
scope of the bureau’s investigation.” The Times says “the revised White
House instruction amounted to a risky bet that the F.B.I. will not find
anything new in the next four days that could change the public view of the
allegations.”

        ABC World News Tonight
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(10/1, story 3, 4:00, Muir) similarly reported, “It was not long after the
President was pressed by reporters if he was limiting the FBI
investigation, the White House clarified, saying they will put no
restrictions on who the FBI can interview, with that Friday deadline
approaching.” NBC Nightly News
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(10/1, lead story, 4:30, Alexander) also said “the White House is
authorizing the FBI to expand the limited background investigation into
sexual misconduct allegations against...Kavanaugh – giving the FBI the
green light to interview anyone it deems necessary, as long as the review
is wrapped up by the end of the week according to a senior US official and
another source briefed on the matter.” The Washington Post
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(10/1) editorializes, however, that “reports suggest that the
administration, or Senate Republicans, or both, are trying to limit the
probe unreasonably.”

        The CBS Evening News
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(10/1, lead story, 4:05, Cordes) reported “the lawyer for Mark Judge tells
us that the FBI is in the process of interviewing him.” CBS News has also
“confirmed the FBI did interview Deborah Ramirez this weekend.” The CBS
Evening News
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(10/1, story 2, 1:30, Reid) also said that “this is a background check. The
White House is essentially a client, and the FBI is vetting a job
candidate. That is why the White House is able to define the terms of this
investigation.”

        NBC Nightly News
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(10/1, story 2, 1:15, Williams) showed Frank Figliuzzi, NBC News National
Security Analyst, saying, “I have not seen the White House control a
reopening of a background investigation to this degree. This seems to be an
attempt to unusually control not only the interviews that could be done but
the investigative steps the Bureau could take.” NBC added that “the FBI
cannot force anyone to answer questions, cooperation is voluntary.”

        Sean Hannity said on Fox News’ Hannity[image: Image removed by
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(10/1), “Democrats are continuing their political stall tactics. Last week,
it was a narrow investigation, limited to only a week. Now,
despite...Trump’s ordering the FBI to investigate any and all legitimate
claims, it is still not enough for the left. They want FBI investigations
and every single claim made against Kavanaugh no matter how unsubstantiated
and some are even calling for an investigation into whether or not he lied
about how much you drink in high school. He said sometimes he drank a lot,
like a lot of kids in high school and college. That is called moving the
goal post, that is called changing the game in the middle of it. As we have
been saying for months, they want to stall the nomination, they want the
midterm elections.”

        *Mutual Kavanaugh, Ramirez Friends Gives Text Messages To FBI.
*The Washington
Times
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(10/1, Richardson) reports that Kerry Berchem, “a mutual friend” of
Kavanaugh and accuser Deborah Ramirez, “has reportedly turned over text
messages to the FBI showing him reaching out to friends from college for
support before her allegations were made public.” Berchem, “a partner in
the law firm Akin Gump, told NBC News that she had text messages showing
that Judge Kavanaugh contacted classmates, including Karen Yarasavage,
prior to the publication of the New Yorker article in which Ms. Ramirez
said that he exposed himself to her at a Yale party.” According to NBC’s
report
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“In one message, Yarasavage said Kavanaugh asked her to go on the record in
his defense. Two other messages show communication between Kavanaugh’s team
and former classmates in advance of the story.”

        *Former DOJ Officials: Democrats’ Demands Would Politicize The FBI.
*In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal
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(10/1), David B. Rivkin, who served in the Justice Department and the White
House Counsel’s Office during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush
Administrations, and Kristi Remington, who served in the Justice Department
during George W. Bush Administration, argue that Democrats’ demands to
broaden the FBI investigation would politicize the Bureau and undermine the
confirmation process.

        *McConnell: Senate To Vote On Kavanaugh “This Week.” *ABC World
News Tonight
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(10/1, story 2, 0:30, Vega) reported Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
said yesterday the Senate “will be voting” on Kavanaugh’s nomination “this
week.” Reuters
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(10/1, Holland) notes, however, that “a spokesman for McConnell declined to
clarify whether McConnell was referring to procedural votes or a final vote
on whether to confirm Kavanaugh.” The Washington Times
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(10/1, Dinan) quotes McConnell as saying, “The time for endless delay and
obstruction has come to a close. Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination is out of
committee. We’re considering it here on the floor. ... We’ll be voting this
week.” The Hill
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(10/1, Carney) says that “if McConnell waited until Friday to file cloture
on Kavanaugh’s nomination that would set up an initial vote on ending
debate as early as Sunday.” However, “if McConnell filed cloture before
that, he could bring up the vote as soon as the Friday deadline passed or
when the FBI wrapped up its investigation.”

        CQ Roll Call
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(10/1, Samuels) reports that speaking on the Senate floor, McConnell “said
the Democrats chose to hold the allegations against Kavanaugh ‘in reserve’
in order to derail the nomination.” He also “compared the Democrat’s
handling of the allegations to McCarthyism saying, ‘that they just want to
delay this matter past the election.’”

        *Mitchell Memo Cites Inconsistencies In Ford’s Testimony. *Fox News
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(10/1) reports on its website that Arizona prosecutor Rachel Mitchell, who
questioned Dr. Christine Blasey Ford last week, “wrote in a memo released
late Sunday that there were inconsistencies in Ford’s testimony.” Fox notes
that Mitchell “identified Ford’s case as an example of ‘he said, she said,’
and said her case is ‘even weaker than that.’” The Federalist
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(10/1, Payton) describes Mitchell’s memo as “blistering,” while the Daily
Caller
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(10/1) says it “blew major holes in Ford’s testimony by intricately
pointing out flaws, lack of evidence, professional warning-signs and major
inconsistencies in her evidence.”

        David French of National Review
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(10/1) says Mitchell’s memo “refers to multiple, undisputed facts that
should cause even Ford’s most zealous defenders to pause and reevaluate her
claims.” The Washington Post
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(10/1, Kim) says Mitchell “outlines more than half a dozen reasons” why
Ford’s testimony “has some key inconsistencies.” In the memo
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Mitchell argues that Ford “has not offered a consistent account of the
alleged assault, including when exactly it occurred,” and says that Ford
“did not identify Kavanaugh by name as her attacker in key pieces of
evidence, including notes from sessions with her therapist – records that
Ford’s lawyers declined to provide to the Senate Judiciary Committee.” The
Post adds, “Noting that Ford did not remember in what house the incident
allegedly occurred, or how she left the gathering and got back home,
Mitchell said ‘her inability to remember this detail raises significant
questions.’”

        Breitbart
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(10/1, Nolte) reports that while Ford testified that she is afraid to fly,
“the truth is that she flies frequently for both business and pleasure.”
Mitchell wrote that Ford “flies to the midAtlantic at least once a year to
visit her family,” and has “flown to Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Costa
Rica.” Breitbart
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(10/1, Caplan) also notes that Mitchell “questions Blasey Ford’s ‘struggle
to recall important recent events’ such as whether she took her polygraph
test the same day as her grandmother’s funeral.” According to Breitbart, in
her Senate testimony, Ford “said she did not know whether her polygraph
examination less than two months ago occurred on the same day her
grandmother was buried.” The Washington Times
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(10/1, Muñoz, Swoyer) reports that GOP leaders, “bolstered” by Mitchell’s
memo, “on Monday set a firm deadline for the FBI to finish its
investigation and for the Senate to vote” on Kavanaugh’s nomination.

        *Ford Co-Authored Paper On Using Hypnosis To Retrieve Memories Of
Trauma. *The Federalist
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(10/1, Davis) reports that Ford “co-authored an academic study that cited
the use of hypnosis as a tool to retrieve memories in traumatized
patients.” The paper, entitled “Meditation With Yoga, Group Therapy With
Hypnosis, and Psychoeducation for Long-Term Depressed Mood: A Randomized
Pilot Trial,” focused on “whether various therapeutic techniques, including
hypnosis, alleviate depression,” but “it also discussed the therapeutic use
of hypnosis to ‘assist in the retrieval of important memories’ and to
‘create artificial situations’ to assist in treatment.”

        *Swetnick Appears To Contradict Her Sworn Statement In NBC
Interview. *The Washington Examiner
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(10/1, Lim) says Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick “appeared to contradict a
claim she made against” Kavanaugh. In her sworn statement, Swetnick alleges
she “became aware of efforts” in the 1980s by Kavanaugh and Judge to “spike
the punch at house parties I attended with drugs and/or grain alcohol so as
to cause girls to lose their inhibitions and their ability to say ‘no.’”
Asked by NBC Nightly
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“whether she saw Kavanaugh slip substances into drinks at those gatherings,
Swetnick said she only witnessed him ‘by’ the punch.” Swetnick said, “I saw
him giving red Solo cups to quite a few girls during that time frame and
there was grain punch at those parties. ... I would not take one of those
glasses from Mark Kavanaugh — Brett Kavanaugh, excuse me. ... I saw him
around the punch, I won’t say bowls, the punch containers. ... I don’t know
what he did. But I saw him by them, yes.”

        The Daily Caller
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(10/1, Brest) reports that Swetnick “stated during an interview with NBC’s
Kate Snow that she could not definitively say that Kavanaugh was one of the
teenage boys who assaulted her.” Swetnick said, “I cannot specifically say
that he was one of the ones who assaulted me. But before this happened to
me, at that party, I saw Brett Kavanaugh there. I saw Mark Judge there. ...
And they were hanging about the area where I started to feel disoriented
and where the room was, and where the other boys were hanging out. And
laughing. I could hear them laughing and laughing.”

        *Avenatti Says He Knows Woman Who Saw Kavanaugh Spike Punch. *NBC
Nightly News
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(10/1, lead story, 4:30, Alexander) reported it “has not been able to
corroborate Swetnick’s claims, and when we asked [her attorney, Michael]
Avenatti for any witnesses that could back it up, he provided four names.”
NBC added, “One says he does not recall anyone named Julie Swetnick, one is
deceased,” and “the other two have not replied.”

        However, the Washington Examiner
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(10/1, Chaitin) reports that Avenatti told CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time[image:
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Monday that Swetnick “did not witness first-hand Supreme Court nominee
Brett Kavanaugh allegedly spiking the punch at high school parties in the
early 1980s. But he knows a woman who claims to have seen the act, and
while she is willing to speak to the FBI, she won’t go public.” Avenatti
said, “I had a telephone conversation with a woman who will go unnamed, who
lives in Florida, who told me directly that Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh
would spike the punch with grain alcohol and Quaaludes.” He “emphasized
that this woman knows what happened” because “she saw it. And it’s about
the fifth conversation I’ve had with her in the last two weeks.”

        Asked on CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time[image: Image removed by sender.
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(10/1) about Republican claims that his client is not credible. Avenatti
said, “It’s ludicrous. First of all, one lawsuit was filed, it was almost
immediately dismissed. The claims by her ex-boyfriend – I mean, who doesn’t
have an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend that might say bad things about them.
This case was also immediately thrown out, dismissed. There was no
adjudication or determination relating to the validity of any of these
claims.” Avenatti added, “Last time I checked, it’s the FBI’s job, it’s law
enforcement’s job to determine whether an allegation is credible. It’s not
another gatekeeper’s job to tell the FBI who is credible or who is telling
the truth. But that’s what Donald Trump and the GOP, the Republican
senators on the Senate judiciary committee are attempting to pull off here.
They want to tell the FBI who should be believed and who should not be
believed. That’s not how the FBI works.”

        *Megyn Kelly Questions Swetnick’s Credibility. *The Daily Caller
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(10/1, Athey) reports that on NBC’s Megyn Kelly Today[image: Image removed
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Monday, Megyn Kelly “questioned the credibility of Julie Swetnick,” who
claims Kavanaugh “was present during multiple gang rapes in high school.”
Kelly, who “pointed out that Swetnick has a history of lying and being
involved in scandal,” said, “She faced her own accusations of misconduct at
a Portland company years ago – that company claims she told them she
graduated from Johns Hopkins but they learned the school had no record of
her, she also falsely described her work experience … she engaged in
unwanted, sexually offensive misconduct herself, they said she made false
and retaliatory allegations against her coworkers that they had been
inappropriate with her, that she took medical leave and simultaneously
claimed unemployment benefits at the same time in DC, there was a
restraining order filed against her by an ex-boyfriend.” Kelly added that
there are “reasons” the FBI is not investigating her claims involving
Kavanaugh, “and suggested that Avenatti is looking for attention with the
outrageous claims.”

        *Kavanaugh Was Questioned By Police After Bar Fight In College. *The
New York Times
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(10/1, Bazelon, Protess) reports that as a Yale undergraduate, Kavanaugh
“was involved in an altercation at a local bar during which he was accused
of throwing ice on another patron, according to a police report.” While he
was not arrested, “the police report stated that a 21-year-old man accused
Mr. Kavanaugh of throwing ice on him ‘for some unknown reason.’” According
to a witness, “Chris Dudley, a Yale basketball player who is friends with
Mr. Kavanaugh, then threw a glass that hit the 21-year-old man in the ear.”
The police report “referred to the altercation, which occurred at a bar
called Demery’s, as ‘an assault.’ It did not say whether anyone was
arrested, and there is no indication that charges were filed.”

        The Washington Examiner
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(10/1, Correll) reports, “The incident was first mentioned in a statement
from Charles “Chad” Ludington, a classmate of Kavanaugh’s at Yale who drank
with him regularly.” According to Ludington, “the incident occurred after a
UB40 concert where Kavanaugh and several others were drinking at a bar
called Demery’s. The group, according to Ludington, noticed a man who
looked like the UB40’s lead singer. The man, Dom Cozzolino, saw that the
group was staring at him and confronted the group, Ludington told the New
York Times. Kavanaugh then ‘threw his beer at the guy.’” Ludington said,
“The guy swung at Brett,” and then Dudley “took his beer and smashed it
into the head of the guy, who by now had Brett in an embrace.”

        The Daily Caller
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(10/1, Athey) reports that the New York Times piece was co-authored by
Emily Bazelon, who is “a lecturer at Yale Law School and previously
‘disassociate[d]’ herself from Kavanaugh before any of the sexual assault
allegations against him were made public.”

        *Some Yale Classmate Says Kavanaugh “Belligerent And Aggressive”
When He Drank. *USA Today
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(10/1, Bacon) reports that Charles “Chad” Ludington, a Yale classmate of
Kavanaugh has “challenged the truthfulness” of Kavanaugh’s Senate
testimony. According to Ludington, Kavanaugh was often “belligerent and
aggressive” when he drank. In a statement, he said Kavanaugh “has not told
the truth” in “denying he never blacked out and downplaying his drinking as
a young man.” Ludington wrote, “On many occasions, I heard Brett slur his
words and saw him staggering from alcohol consumption. ... When Brett got
drunk, he was often belligerent and aggressive.” Ludington said on CNN’s
Cuomo Prime Time
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(10/1), “I believe that he lied and distorted and dissembled to the Senate
Judiciary Committee. He obviously acknowledged drinking beer and beer and
beer” but “he never acknowledged that he got to the point that he might not
actually remember something. And I find that very hard to believe, frankly.
I find that impossible to believe.” Ludington added, “I don’t think that
getting drunk in your college years should matter. ... But I do believe
that it’s fundamentally wrong, indeed, illegal to lie in front of the
Senate Judiciary Committee.”

        *Other Classmates Paint “Different Picture.” *Pierre Thomas
reported on ABC World News Tonight
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(10/1, story 3, 4:00, Muir) that “one of Judge Kavanaugh’s college suite
mates paints a different picture. In a statement, Dan Murphy saying, ‘I
never saw Brett black out or not be able to remember the evening’s events,
nor did I ever see Brett act aggressive, hostile or in a sexually
aggressive manner to women.’” The CBS Evening News[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(10/1, lead story, 4:05, Cordes) reported “Democrats have suggested that if
Kavanaugh did occasionally black out while drinking in high school and
college that perhaps he’s the one with the faulty memory, not Ford.” The
White House “is working to counter that line, releasing statements this
evening from not one but two of Kavanaugh’s college friends who say
specifically that they never saw him black out.”

        *Harvard Law Professor: Kavanaugh Should Take Polygraph. *In an
op-ed for the Washington Post
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(10/1), Andrew Manuel Crespo, a professor at Harvard Law School, that two
years ago, Judge Kavanaugh wrote an opinion which called polygraph tests
“an important law enforcement tool,” but when the Senate Judiciary
Committee asked if he would be willing to take a polygraph, “Kavanaugh
departed from his prior judicial opinion and told the Senate that
polygraphs are ‘not reliable.,” though he later said, “I’ll do whatever the
committee wants.” Crespo argues Kavanaugh should take a polygraph because,
“to quote Kavanaugh’s prior judicial opinion, a polygraph would ‘test the
credibility’ of what he has told the Senate and the nation thus far, and
thereby give him an important opportunity to bolster his denials.”

        *In New Hampshire, Flake Vows “Real” FBI Investigation. *The New
York Times
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(10/1, Stockman) reports that Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) told the Forbes Under
30 Summit in Boston Monday that “he was doing everything in his power” to
“make sure that any current, credible allegation that has been made is
fully investigated.” The AP
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(10/1, Peoples) reports that Flake “vowed” to make sure the FBI conducts “a
real investigation” into Kavanaugh. Flake spoke to the Summit “as he
trekked across New England while exploring a possible run for president.”
He made the appearance “hours before he faced New Hampshire voters for the
second time this year.” Flake, the AP adds, “has already declared his
interest in a possible 2020 presidential bid — as a Republican or an
independent — in part to stop Trump from winning a second term.” The Washington
Post
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(10/1, Sullivan) reports that in New Hampshire, Flake “decr[ied] tribalism,
partisanship and ‘the politics of vengeance’ in a speech that served as an
unmistakable shot at Trump.” Flake “signaled he intends to use the
polarizing court fight to amplify his long-standing calls for more civility
and cooperation in Washington and across America.” Flake said, “Tribalism
is ruining us. It is tearing our country apart. It is no way for sane
adults to act.”

        *NYTimes: Flake’s Move May Have Helped Republicans. *A New York
Times
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(9/30, Hulse) analysis says that while Flake’s “last-minute decision to
force a new F.B.I. investigation into accusations” appeared to be “a
disaster for Republicans,” he “may have cleared the way for the
confirmation and saved Republicans from themselves.” If the investigation
“doesn’t turn up damaging information,” it “could ultimately make it easier
for uncertain Republicans to back Judge Kavanaugh as soon as this week. It
could also temper the perception that Republicans were much more interested
in getting Judge Kavanaugh onto the court as quickly as they could rather
than determining the validity of sexual misconduct accusations against
him.”

        *Poll: Kavanaugh Issue Splitting Along Increasingly Partisan Lines.
*Politico
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(10/1, Shepard) reports “public opinion surrounding Brett Kavanaugh’s
Supreme Court nomination has turned more sharply partisan following last
week’s historic Senate hearing – and what was once seen as a political
winner for Republicans now looks like a modest liability in this fall’s
midterm elections.” Politico adds that “a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll
– conducted last Friday and Saturday, after the Thursday hearing – shows 40
percent of voters say he shouldn’t be confirmed to the high court” and “37
percent who want the Senate to confirm him. More than one-in-five voters,
23 percent, are undecided.” The poll also “shows an increase in the
partisan divide surrounding Kavanaugh’s nomination.” Democrats “oppose his
confirmation, 70 percent to 15 percent — compared to 63 percent to 10
percent last week,” and “Republican support for Kavanaugh increased, to 73
percent to 13 percent – up from a 58 percent to 14 percent margin last
week.”

        *ACLU Launches $1 Million Ad Campaign Opposing Kavanaugh. *The
Washington
Examiner
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(10/1, Caralle) reports the ACLU has launched a $1 million advertisement
campaign to discourage the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge
Brett Kavanaugh. The campaign “mostly targets Republican Sens. Deb Fischer
of Nebraska, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Shelley Moore Capito of West
Virginia, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, as well as Sen. Joe Manchin,
D-W.Va.” The campaign, however, will not be target “moderate Republican
Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Jeff Flake of Arizona, who are undecided
on whether or not they will vote Kavanaugh once it reaches the Senate
floor.” The Washington Post
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(10/1, Phillips) says the campaign is “another sign that the ACLU, which
describes itself as a nonpartisan organization, has energized its advocacy
efforts in the Trump era.”

        *Kavanaugh Withdraws From Teaching At Harvard Law. *The Washington
Post
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(10/1, Svrluga) reports that Harvard announced in an email to students
Monday night that Kavanaugh “will not teach at Harvard Law School in the
winter, as he was expected to do.” Catherine Claypoole of the law school
curriculum committee wrote, “Today, Judge Kavanaugh indicated that he can
no longer commit to teaching his course in January Term 2019, so the course
will not be offered.” The Post adds that hundreds of Harvard Law graduates
“had signed a letter calling on the school to rescind Kavanaugh’s
appointment as lecturer at the school, following sexual misconduct
allegations against the US Supreme Court nominee.”

        *WPost: Kavanaugh Allegations Spark Fear, Anger In Republican Men. *The
Washington Post
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(10/1, Costa) reports that the allegations against Kavanaugh “have sparked
a wave of unbridled anger and anxiety from many Republican men, who say
they are in danger of being swept up by false accusers who are biased
against them.” The “howls of outrage crystallize a strong current of
grievance within a party whose leadership is almost entirely white and
overwhelmingly male — and which does not make a secret of its fear that
demographic shifts and cultural convulsions could jeopardize its grip on
power.” The Post adds that the “eruption of male resentment now seems
likely to play a defining role in the midterm elections...contrasting with
a burst of enthusiasm among women propelling Democratic campaigns and
inspired by the national #MeToo reckoning over sexual assault and gender
roles.”

        *Trump Jr. Says He Worries More For His Sons Than His Daughters. *The
Washington Post
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(10/1, Bever) reports that Donald Trump Jr. said in an interview with
DailyMailTV that recent sexual assault allegations have him more concerned
for his sons than for his daughters. According to the Daily Mail, Trump Jr.
“seemed to be worried that perhaps one day, his sons might face false
accusations of sexual misconduct.” He said, “I’ve got boys and I’ve got
girls...and when I see what’s going on right now, it’s scary.” Asked
“whether he was more worried about his sons or daughters,” he said, “Right
now, I’d say my sons.” He added, “The other problem...is that for people
who are real victims of these things, when it is so obviously political in
cases like this, it really diminishes the real claims.”

        *Georgetown Professor: GOP Senators In Kavanaugh Hearing Deserve To
Die. *Townhall
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(10/1, Pavlich) reports that Georgetown University Distinguished Associate
Professor Christine Fair “is under fire for tweeting death threats against
Republican Senators supporting” Kavanaugh. According to a report
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from Campus Reform, “Fair tweeted that white Republican senators in the
Brett Kavanaugh hearing deserve to die.”

        *Catholic University Students Protest Dean Who Questioned
Allegations Against Kavanaugh. *The Washington Post
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(10/1, Svrluga) reports that Catholic University students protested Monday
against “a dean whose comments on social media last week questioned” the
sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh. Protesters “demanded the
resignation of William C. Rainford, dean of the National Catholic School of
Social Service,” because of what they described as “a series of disturbing
tweets. The tweets not only mocked a survivor of a campus sexual assault,
but also suggested a scenario in which she was instead a perpetrator.”

        *Townhall’s Vespa: Warren Video Confirms Democrats’ Kavanaugh
Strategy. *Matt Vespa writes on Townhall
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(10/1) that in a video tweeted
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by RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, “you see Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
speaking at a town hall, where she mentions the video of spineless Sen.
Jeff Flake (R-AZ) being yelled at by protestors with ties to George Soros
while he was standing in an elevator shortly before the Senate Judiciary
Committee vote.” McDaniel wrote, “For Democrats, demanding an FBI
investigation was always about blocking Judge Kavanaugh at any cost. Here’s
Elizabeth Warren admitting it’s an ‘opening’ to take him down.” Vespa adds
that video confirms “what we’ve all known to be true deep down: that the
FBI investigation into Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s (thus far) baseless and
evidence-free allegations of sexual misconduct was just a tactic to block
him at all costs.”

        *Tribe: After Testimony, Kavanaugh Would Have To Recuse Himself
From Myriad Cases. *In an op-ed for the New York Times
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(10/1), Laurence Tribe, a professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law
School, writes that Kavanaugh “has unwittingly provided the most compelling
argument against his elevation to that court. His intemperate personal
attacks on members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and his partisan
tirades against what he derided as a conspiracy of liberal political
enemies...do more than simply display a strikingly injudicious temperament.
They disqualify him from participating in a wide range of the cases that
may come before the Supreme Court: cases involving individuals or groups
that Judge Kavanaugh has now singled out, under oath and in front of the
entire nation, as implacable adversaries.”

        *Krugman: “White Male Rage” At Core Of “Trumpism.” *Paul Krugman
writes in the New York Times
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(10/1) that “Thursday’s hearing drove home...that white male rage isn’t
restricted to blue-collar guys in diners. It’s also present among people
who’ve done very well in life’s lottery, whom you would normally consider
very much part of the elite.” Krugman adds that it starts “at the top, with
that walking, talking, golfing bundle of resentment that is Donald Trump.
... So what we got last week was a view into the soul of Trumpism. It’s not
about ‘populism.’ ... Instead, it’s about the rage of white men, upper
class as well as working class, who perceive a threat to their privileged
position. And that rage may destroy America as we know it.”

        *Robinson: GOP Wants Women To “Shut Up And Go Away.” *Eugene
Robinson writes in the Washington Post
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(10/1, Robinson) that if Kavanaugh is confirmed, “Republican senators will
be sending a clear message to women who accuse powerful men of sexual
misconduct: Tell your story if you must, then shut up and go away.”
Minnesota Democrats’ Report: Ellison Accuser’s Claim Can’t Be Substantiated.

The AP
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(10/1, Potter) reports that a draft report compiled by attorney Susan
Ellingstad for the Minnesota Democratic Party concludes that Karen
Monahan’s allegation that Rep. Keith Ellison (D) “once physically abused
her could not be substantiated because she refused to provide video she
said she had of the incident.” Monahan, Ellison’s former romantic partner,
“alleged in August that Ellison dragged her off a bed by her feet while
screaming obscenities at her in 2016. Monahan said she had video footage of
the incident.” Ellison is now the Democratic nominee for Minnesota attorney
general.

        The Minneapolis Star Tribune
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(10/1, Montemayor) reports that the state Democrats forwarded the report
“to local authorities for further investigation.” Party Chairman Ken Martin
said in a statement, “For the purpose of objectivity and getting all of the
facts regarding these allegations, we have decided to forward the
information in the investigation to local authorities in order to let them
review the contents and determine whether further investigation is
warranted.” In a statement
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shared on Twitter, Ellison says he has “complied with this investigation
fully, and will do so with any other inquiries.”

        While the Washington Times
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(10/1, Richardson) reports that Minnesota Democrats “met with plenty of
skepticism” about the results of the “party-led investigation,” the
conservative Daily Caller
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(10/1, Hasson) runs a straightforward summary of the AP coverage. Fox News
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(10/1, Schallhorn) reports on its website that Karin Housley, the
Republican challenging Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), called on the current
Minnesota attorney general to open an official investigation, about which
Donald Trump Jr. tweeted
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“Its about time!!!”

        *O’Rourke Apologizes For “Disrespectful And Demeaning Comments” In
1991 Review. *Politico
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(10/1, Isenstadt) reports that Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D) “is apologizing for
once criticizing a Broadway musical with actresses ‘whose only
qualifications seem to be their phenomenally large breasts and tight
buttocks.’” The phrase appears in a 1991 review of “The Will Rogers
Follies” that O’Rourke, then 19, wrote for the Columbia University
newspaper. In a statement, O’Rourke said, “I am ashamed of what I wrote and
I apologize. There is no excuse for making disrespectful and demeaning
comments about women.”
Trump Touts Blackburn, Blasts Potential 2020 Rivals At Tennessee Rally.

President Trump traveled to Johnson City, Tennessee on Monday evening for a
rally with Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R), who is in a tight race to succeed
retiring Sen. Bob Corker (R). Trump tweeted
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the full video of the event, as well as a video
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of the long line outside the venue, writing, “WOW – THANK YOU TENNESSEE!”
The AP
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(10/1) reports that “as the fate of his Supreme Court pick hangs in the
balance,” Trump “barnstormed” for Blackburn, “warning that Democrats will
unleash havoc if they gain control of Congress in November and accusing
them of trying to sink his nominee. ‘A Democratic takeover of Congress will
plunge our country into gridlock and chaos and take away all of the wealth
that you’ve earned over the last 20 months,’ Trump warned, claiming the
stock market would plummet, 401(k)s disappear, taxes rise beyond ‘your
wildest imagination,’ and crime go through the roof.” The AP calls it “a
dire picture painted by a president eager to convince his raucous
supporters of what’s at stake in November.”

        The Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel
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(10/1, Whetstone, Lakin) reports that Trump “made his remarks at his Make
America Great Again rally at a full-to-capacity Freedom Hall in Johnson
City, which holds approximately 8,000.” Trump “said 20,000 were outside the
arena.” Trump told the crowd, “A vote for Marsha is really a vote for me
and everything we stand for. It’s a vote for Make America Great Again.” The
News Sentinel says Blackburn is in a “tight, crucial” race against ex-Gov.
Phil Bredesen (D) . The Kingsport (TN) Times-News
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(10/1, Vance) reports that Trump said of Blackburn, “The person we are here
to support, we cherish this person. She’s a fighter. A true fighter for the
people of Tennessee. She loves your state, and she’s your next US senator.
She’s going to be fantastic.”

        WATE-TV
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Knoxville, TN (10/1, 11:03 p.m. EDT) reported that Trump spent “about an
hour...listing off accomplishments of his Administration, accomplishments
he hopes encourages voters in Tennessee to show up to the polls in the
midterms.” Trump: “The economy is booming, wages are rising, and more
Americans are working today than ever before, ever before.” WMC-TV[image:
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Memphis, TN (10/1, 11:09 p.m. EDT) reported that Trump “stressed to
thousands of supporters how crucial Tennessee’s vote is this November.”
WTVC-TV
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Chattanooga, TN (10/1, 10:08 p.m. EDT) reported that Trump “blasted”
Bredesen and “also pushed hard for votes, saying more Republicans need to
be elected next month.” WTNZ-TV
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Knoxville, TN (10/1, 10:02 p.m. EDT) reported that Trump “spoke at length
about Brett Kavanaugh and his nomination to the Supreme Court.” Trump:
“They want to take a lot longer with the FBI. ... By the way, if we took 10
years, they would want more time.” The local Johnson City (TN) Press
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(10/1, Thompson) ran a report on the security arrangements for the visit.

        While Tennessee coverage focused mainly on Trump’s comments about
the Senate race, national reporting highlights Trump’s remarks on his own
next election. USA Today
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(10/1, Fritze) reports that Trump attacked “three potential Democratic
rivals in the 2020 presidential election” – ex-Vice President Joe Biden and
Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) – “veering off his
usual focus on the more immediate midterm elections.” Trump criticized
Booker over “a 1992 column he wrote in The Stanford Daily” in which he
“described his high school attempt at ‘stealing second,’” and described
Biden “as ‘1 percent Biden’” in a reference to Biden’s poor showing in his
2008 presidential run.

        The New York Times
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(10/1, Haberman) reports that Trump, “who defeated 17 major candidates in
the primaries and the general election in 2016 by savaging them,
road-tested a series of aggressive attack lines against some of the top
2020 prospects. ‘They have moved so far left that Pocahontas is considered
a conservative,’ using a moniker he has affixed to Ms. Warren, who has
claimed to have Native American heritage. Several Native American groups
have denounced Mr. Trump’s term as racist.” The Times tweeted
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that Trump “went on an insult spree against his potential 2020 opponents.”

        The Washington Examiner
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(10/1, Donachie) reports that Trump “labeled Democrats the ‘party of
crime’” and “claimed they are trying to ‘turn America into
Venezuela.’” The Washington
Post
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(10/1, Chason, Kim) reports that when Trump “said that the Democratic Party
has been ‘completely taken over by the resistance,’ several people in the
audience shouted, ‘Communists!’” Fox News
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(10/1, Re) reports on its website that Trump, “in no uncertain personal
terms, derided Democrats as shameless hypocrites for questioning”
Kavanaugh’s integrity. CNN
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(10/1, Ries) ran a live blog about the rally on its website; the Knoxville
(TN) News Sentinel
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(10/1, Dorman) briefly reports that “a disoriented little bat” was spotted
inside the arena before the event began. CNN’s Jim Acosta tweeted
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a brief video of the bat.

        *Blackburn Vows “To Stand With The President.” *Politico
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(10/1, Korecki, Cadelago) writes in an analysis that Trump’s “mission” was
to “the massive upset brewing in the state’s open Senate race.” Trump won
Tennessee by 26 points in 2016, but now, “Republicans are working to stave
off what would be a disastrous defeat in the battle for the Senate seat.”
The RCP polling average
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on the race shows a tie. Breitbart
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(10/1, Moons) reports that in her remarks, Blackburn closely tied herself
to Trump, and said, “I know the Democrats keep saying there’s a blue wave
coming; when that blue wave gets to the state line it is going to run smack
dab into the great red wall, and that is every single one of you.” She
vowed to be “a US senator who is going to stand with the President, build
the wall.” Blackburn tweeted
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after the event, “The energy in Freedom Hall tonight was unparalleled.
Tennesseans stand with President @realDonaldTrump and know that a vote for
my opponent is a vote for a Democratic Majority. They’re putting their
#TennesseeValuesFirst”.

        The Chattanooga (TN) Times Free Press
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(10/1, Sher) reports that Bredesen’s campaign criticized Blackburn for
rallying with Trump rather than attending an “ideas forum” in Chattanooga.
Bredesen spokeswoman Alyssa Hansen said in statement “that while
‘Congresswoman Blackburn is dodging debates and attending expensive
fundraisers with her D.C. friends, Governor Bredesen is actually listening
to voters.’” Bredesen tweeted
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“Presidential visits are good for fundraising, but I’ve found that
Tennesseans are independent thinkers who can make up their own minds.”

        *Google Engineer Called Blackburn A “Terrorist” In Internal Emails.
*Breitbart
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(10/1, Bokhari) reports that in an internal email discussion that started
in June, Google senior software engineer Blake Lemoine called Blackburn “a
‘violent thug’ and a ‘terrorist.’” Blackburn “has been a vocal critic of
tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Twitter during her time in
Congress.” The Blackburn campaign website retweeted
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a link to the story.
Obama Announces Second Round Of 2018 Campaign Endorsements.

The Washington Post
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(10/1, Sonmez) reports former President Obama “announced his second wave of
2018 endorsements Monday, unveiling a list of candidates in 29 states that
includes several big-name Senate and gubernatorial hopefuls – as well as
some noticeable absences, including Texas Senate nominee Beto O’Rourke.” To
the Post, the move comes “a little over a month before Election Day and as
Democrats are optimistic about their chances of riding a blue wave to
retake the House and possibly the Senate.” On Twitter
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Obama said, “Today, I’m proud to endorse even more Democratic candidates
who aren’t just running against something, but for something – to expand
opportunity for all of us and to restore dignity, honor, and compassion to
public service.”

        The Burlington (VT) Free Press
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(10/1) reports that “Christine Hallquist launched her campaign for Vermont
governor this year as a newcomer with little name recognition outside the
state – but she has quickly gathered a cadre of famous supporters.” The
Free Press says that “Obama became the latest national politician Monday to
endorse Hallquist, joining former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie
Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Joe Kennedy,
D-Mass.” However, “the previous Democratic candidate for governor, Sue
Minter, found that national endorsements were no guarantee of success in
Vermont.” In fact, “Minter’s campaign fell short in 2016 despite help from
Obama (who recorded a radio advertisement for Minter), Biden, Sanders and
others.”
Trump Says Bump Stocks Will Soon Be Banned.

Reuters
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(10/1, Holland) reports President Trump said Monday that the Administration
is “just a few weeks away from finalizing a regulation that would ban
so-called bump stocks, devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire
like machine guns.” Trump is quoted as saying, “We’re knocking out bump
stocks. ... I’ll be able to write out bump stocks.” Reuters notes that “a
year ago in Las Vegas, gunman Stephen Paddock used bump stocks on 12 of his
weapons in a mass shooting that killed 58 people and wounded hundreds.” In
March, Attorney General Sessions said the Justice Department was “proposing
a rule that would effectively ban the device” after Trump “signed a
memorandum directing the department to make the regulatory change.”

        In a report on the Las Vegas shooting anniversary, ABC World News
Tonight
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(10/1, story 5, 2:10, Muir) reported that when asked Monday about a ban on
bump stocks, which were used in the Las Vegas shooting, Trump “said, ‘We’re
knocking out bump stocks.’ ... The Justice Department also told us they
have proposed a rule to ban bump stocks nationwide. That is still under
review, and could last 90 days.”

        *Las Vegas Marks One-Year Anniversary Of Deadly Shooting. *The CBS
Evening News
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(10/1, story 9, 2:10, Glor) reported, “Tonight, the bright lights of Vegas
will go dark. This morning, 58 doves were released, one for each of those
killed at an outdoor concert one year ago today.”

        *In Reversal, Warner To Back Assault Weapons Ban. *Sen. Mark Warner
(D-VA) writes in the Washington Post
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(10/1) that while he voted against legislation banning military-style
assault weapons in 2013, he has “wrestled with that ‘no’ vote ever since.”
He writes that “in the years since the Senate last had a meaningful debate
about gun-violence legislation, we’ve seen assault rifles and high-capacity
magazines repeatedly used in mass shootings, with ever-higher body counts.”
Warner adds that though he “remain[s] convinced that strengthening our
background-check system is critical, I also believe we must do more to end
mass shootings. So today I am signing on as a sponsor of the assault
weapons ban.”
DHS IG Report Criticizes Family Separation Policy.

The Washington Post
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(10/1, Miroff, Sacchetti) reports that the Administration’s “zero
tolerance” crackdown at the border this spring “was troubled from the
outset by planning shortfalls, widespread communication failures and
administrative indifference to the separation of small children from their
parents, according to an unpublished report by the Department of Homeland
Security’s internal watchdog.” The report, a copy of which was obtained by
the Post, is “the government’s first attempt to autopsy the chaos produced
between May 5 and June 20, when President Trump abruptly halted the
separations.” The DHS Office of Inspector General’s review found “at least
860 migrant children were left in Border Patrol holding cells longer than
the 72-hour limit mandated by US courts,” and described “a poorly
coordinated interagency process that left distraught parents with little or
no knowledge of their children’s whereabouts.”

        *NYTimes Report: Unaccompanied Minors Apprehended At Border
Relocated To Texas. *The New York Times
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(10/1, Dickerson) reports that “more than 1,600 migrant children have been
sent with little notice on late-night voyages to their new home: a barren
tent city in West Texas, where they do not receive schooling and have
limited access to legal representation.” According to the Times, the
Administration “opened the facility because shelters that house migrant
children have been overflowing.” Most of those at the facility, it says,
are “Central American teenagers who journeyed to the United States alone,
hoping to win asylum status or slip into the country illegally,” and “more
than half are Guatemalans.”

        The New York Times
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(10/1) editorializes, “It doesn’t take a psychologist to understand that
ripping children from their beds in the middle of the night, tearing them
from anyone they’ve forged a connection with, and thrusting them into
uncertainty could damage them. Yet the crisis that has led federal
immigration authorities to bus nearly 2,000 unaccompanied children (so far)
from shelters around the country” to a “tent city” in Texas “is almost
entirely of the American government’s own making.” The Times argues that
while “long-term solutions to America’s immigration challenges will come
only with political compromise and a comprehensive reordering of official
policies...further traumatizing children whose lives have already been
upended, and detaining them indefinitely, serves only to deepen the shame
of this country’s treatment of vulnerable brown-skinned children.”

        Meanwhile, in an editorial, the Washington Post
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(10/1) criticizes “the residual but ongoing cruelty visited upon children
by the Trump administration’s family separation policy. In its fully
realized form, that policy lasted just six weeks, but its remnants – in
trauma inflicted, lives upended and tears – live to this day.” The Post
says their continued separation is part of “a crusade against immigrants, a
policy that diminishes the nation.”

        *Trump To Make Decision Soon On Whether To Push For Border Wall
Funding. *Politico
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(10/1, Scholtes, Ferris) reports President Trump “said three times” on
Monday “that he must now decide whether to push for more funding for the
border wall in December – toning down a threat he previously espoused with
certainty.” Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said, “I’ve got
a big decision to make after the election as to whether or not we go for
it.” While he has previously threatened a government shutdown over the
issue, Politico said “Trump didn’t use the word ‘shutdown’ in that context
today and indicated that he hasn’t made up his mind about forcing the issue
when funding for the Department of Homeland Security and several other
federal agencies runs out on Dec. 7.”

        *WPost: ICE Faces Growing Backlash. *The Washington Post
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(10/1, Jouvenal) reports that “with little leverage to counter the Trump
administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown in a
Republican-controlled Washington, immigrant advocates and grass-roots
groups are mounting a furious backlash” across the country against
agreements by local police to detain migrants for ICE. Though the activists
“can’t stop deportations....they hope to throw sand in the gears by
targeting pressure points in the system: US Immigration and Customs
Enforcement relies on local agencies to jail detainees who may be in the
country illegally, notify ICE of their release and even help conduct
immigration enforcement.”

        *Proposal To Deny Green Cards To Those Receiving Public Aid Sparks
Migrants’ Concerns. *The Minneapolis Star Tribune
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(10/1, Serres) reports that local immigrants are worried about “a proposal
by the Trump administration cracking down on immigrants who are deemed
likely to use government benefits.” The rule “would upend decades of
immigration policy by denying permanent residency to immigrants who have
used public assistance in the past or are expected to do so in the future.”
It would also “would affect a broad swath of the roughly 430,000
foreign-born residents of Minnesota,” and “also jeopardize the ability of
thousands of people...to move to the United States,” .because federal
immigration authorities “will start to apply a rigorous new formula using a
person’s age, health and financial status to predict who might become
dependent on public benefits.”

        *Thousands Awaiting H-1B Visas Losing Their Jobs. *Axios
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(10/1, Kight) reports that “immigration attorneys expect thousands of
recently graduated international students who’ve been hired by US companies
to be forced out of their jobs today due to delays in processing H-1B
high-skilled worker visas and strict new policies imposed by the Trump
administration.” Leon Fresco, an attorney at Holland & Knight and former
immigration lawyer at the Justice Department, told Axios, “The best case
scenario is that the failure to get all of these applications processed by
October 1 was a mistake. The worst case is that it was intentional. In
either case, there’s a lot of unnecessary human carnage inflicted on people
who have not violated any point of immigration law.”
Poll: 52% Oppose Trump Firing Rosenstein.

The Hill
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(10/1, Hagen) reports that a “majority of American don’t want President
Trump to oust” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, according to a
Harvard CAPS/Harris poll “released exclusively to The Hill on Monday.”
Sixty percent of registered voters don’t want the President to fire
Rosenstein, who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. However, a
“small majority of Republican respondents – 52 percent – believe Rosenstein
should be fired, compared to 48 percent who don’t,” while “a little more
than two-thirds of Democratic respondents don’t believe the deputy attorney
general should lose his job.”

        *Manafort Meets With Mueller Team. *Politico
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(10/1, Samuelsohn) reports Paul Manafort met Monday with Special Counsel
Robert Mueller’s office “as part of his cooperation agreement in the
special counsel’s investigation into Russia interference in the 2016
presidential election.” The meeting stems from Manafort’s guilty plea last
month, which requires the former Trump campaign chairman to cooperate
“fully, truthfully, completely, and forthrightly…in any and all matters as
to which the government deems the cooperation relevant.” Spokesmen for
Manafort and Mueller declined comment on the meeting.

        *Lawyer: Comey Will Only Testify Before House Panels In Public. *The
Washington Post
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(10/1, Zapotosky) reports that the lawyer for former FBI Director James
Comey says his client is “willing to testify before two congressional
committees investigating the Justice Department’s actions during the 2016
election — but only if he can do so publicly.” Attorney David Kelley “told
Republican leaders of the House Oversight and Judiciary committees that
while Comey ‘respectfully declines your request for a private interview,’
he would ‘welcome the opportunity to testify at a public hearing,’”
according to the Post. Politico
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(10/1, Cheney) reports the Judiciary Committee, chaired by Bob Goodlatte,
“doesn’t appear to be interested in Comey’s alternative proposal.” Asked
about Comey’s request for a public hearing, “an aide” said, “We have
invited Mr. Comey to come in for a transcribed interview and we are
prepared to issue a subpoena to compel his appearance.”

        *House Republicans Weighing Subpoena. *Reuters
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(10/1, Lynch) reports House Republicans “may subpoena...Comey to force him
to testify before a House panel about the agency’s decisions before the
2016 presidential election, a House aide told Reuters on Monday.” Reps.
Trey Gowdy and Bob Goodlatte, who chair the House Oversight panel and the
Judiciary panel respectively, are both probing the FBI’s decisions before
the 2016 presidential election, but if Democrats take majority control of
the House in the midterms, “the two committees’ probes will likely end.
Between now and then, it was not immediately clear what Gowdy and Goodlatte
hope to accomplish.”
Cancer Research
Groups Worry Medicare Part B CAP Would Hinder Patient Access To Drugs.

Politico
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(10/1, Owermohle) reports that the public “comment period for Medicare’s
sprawling proposed rule for hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical
center payment systems” concluded “last week, and reviews were
decisively...mixed.” The article says this massive “rule includes tweaks to
how biosimilars and non-opioid pain relievers are reimbursed – as well as a
request for information on a potential competitive acquisition program, or
CAP, for Medicare Part B.” The piece adds, “PhRMA, the American Society of
Clinical Oncology, the Community Oncology Alliance and the American College
of Rheumatology all expressed concerns that CAP could limit patient access
to drugs or slow the process with additional paperwork.”
Roswell Park Cancer Moonshot Immuno-Oncology Network Gets NIH Grant.

Health Data Management
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(10/1, Slabodkin) reports Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in
Buffalo, New York, has been selected as the “data-integration and
resource-sharing hub for the Cancer Moonshot’s Immuno-Oncology
Translational Network.” The cancer center received a $6.28 million award
from the National Cancer Institute “to establish the data center to provide
technical and logistical support as well as resources to 13 Cancer Moonshot
sites within the Immuno-Oncology Translational Network.” The new data
management center also “will develop software tools and create a data
portal for the 13 Immuno-Oncology Translational Network sites.”
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Highlights Progress Made In Treatments,
Testing.

On its website, ABC News
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(10/1, Steinman) reports on developments in breast cancer treatment in
light of the fact that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, noting
that “the movement has been wildly popular: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
funding for breast cancer totaled $520 million in 2016.” The piece says
that with increasing awareness, there have been “substantial improvements”
in treatment, such as breast tomosynthesis, as well as testing, including
MammaPrint or OncotypeDx. Furthermore, understandings of the role of
genetics in cancer risk, as well as how to mitigate those through lifestyle
factors, have expanded.
Editorials/Op-Eds
New York Times.

*“Toward A Smaller American Footprint Okinawa.”* The New York Times
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(10/1) editorializes Okinawa’s new governor Denny Tamaki is opposed to a US
military base on the island. The Times says the “decision before Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe now is either to barrel on — getting Japan’s Supreme
Court to overrule any legal objections Mr. Tamaki throws in the way of the
new base — or to do what should have been done a long time ago: accept that
Okinawa does have a legitimate gripe, and search for less onerous ways of
sharing the burden of the American security umbrella.” Abe and American
military commanders, it argues, should join residents “with an equal
willingness to find equitable solutions.”

        *“Hundreds Of Children Rot In The Desert. End Trump’s Draconian
Policy.” *The New York Times
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(10/1) editorializes, “It doesn’t take a psychologist to understand that
ripping children from their beds in the middle of the night, tearing them
from anyone they’ve forged a connection with, and thrusting them into
uncertainty could damage them. Yet the crisis that has led federal
immigration authorities to bus nearly 2,000 unaccompanied children (so far)
from shelters around the country” to a “tent city” in Texas “is almost
entirely of the American government’s own making.” The Times argues that
while “long-term solutions to America’s immigration challenges will come
only with political compromise and a comprehensive reordering of official
policies...further traumatizing children whose lives have already been
upended, and detaining them indefinitely, serves only to deepen the shame
of this country’s treatment of vulnerable brown-skinned children.”
Washington Post.

*“Trump Promised A Comprehensive Investigation On Kavanaugh. We Can’t
Settle For A Fig Leaf.”* The Washington Post
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(10/1) editorializes that “reports suggest that the administration, or
Senate Republicans, or both, are trying to limit the probe” into
allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “unreasonably.”

        *“How Should We Judge The New Trade Deal? Well, It Could Have Been
Worse.” *The Washington Post
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(10/1) editorializes that President Trump’s “aggressive and unpredictable
approach to trade policy demands a new definition of success. Call it the
‘could have been worse’ standard.”

        *“Hundreds Of Children Are Still Separated From Their Parents. When
Will This End?” *In an editorial, the Washington Post
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(10/1) criticizes “the residual but ongoing cruelty visited upon children
by the Trump administration’s family separation policy. In its fully
realized form, that policy lasted just six weeks, but its remnants — in
trauma inflicted, lives upended and tears — live to this day.” The Post
says their continued separation is part of “a crusade against immigrants, a
policy that diminishes the nation.”

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