Morning Jolt: Nine Things to Know on Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Day

You knew the night before Christine Blasey Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee that a lot of partisans and reporters would unveil the news they had been holding onto all along. Last night was an avalanche. Grab a cup of coffee, because sorting through all of this might take a while.

One: Let's start with the two men coming forward and separately claiming that they think they were the ones who encountered Ford at that party in 1982:

However, the unidentified men in question told the committee in separate interviews that they, not Kavanaugh, were the one who had the encounter with Ford in the summer of 1982 that is the basis of her claim, the committee wrote in a timeline of the investigation.

One of the men produced a detailed written statement about his recollection of the evening.

Ford will no doubt claim that she's certain it was Kavanaugh. But she'll be insisting that her memory — after consuming a beer in her teen years and after 36 years ...

September 27 2018

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Nine Things to Know on Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Day Jim Geraghty You knew the night before Christine Blasey Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee that a lot of partisans and reporters would unveil the news they had been holding onto all along. Last night was an avalanche. Grab a cup of coffee, because sorting through all of this might take a while. One: Let's start with the two men coming forward and separately claiming that they think they were the ones who encountered Ford at that party in 1982: However, the unidentified men in question told the committee in separate interviews that they, not Kavanaugh, were the one who had the encounter with Ford in the summer of 1982 that is the basis of her claim, the committee wrote in a timeline of the investigation. One of the men produced a detailed written statement about his recollection of the evening. Ford will no doubt claim that she's certain it was Kavanaugh. But she'll be insisting that her memory — after consuming a beer in her teen years and after 36 years ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories In Contemporary American Politics, There's No Such Thing as Rock Bottom George Will If this week has proven anything, it's that in today's American politics, there's no such thing as rock bottom. 'False Memories' Are More Common Than You Think  Madeleine Kearns Dr. Loftus believes that jurors should be made aware of the function of "false memory" when listening to witness testimony. She explains that memory functions "like a Wikipedia page" that one can go back and edit, as others can, too. Q2 Growth Rate Stands Unrevised at 4.2 Percent Jack Crowe The U.S. Gross Domestic Product rose at 4.2 percent during the second quarter, confirming initial estimates, the Commerce Department announced Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT Avenatti's Sleazy New Charge The Editors As evidence Swetnick provided . . . nothing. She named neither witnesses nor victims, could identify none of the perpetrators except for Kavanaugh and Judge, failed to decide on the year in which these alleged crimes took place, and hedged in her language such that the only concrete accusation was that she saw Brett Kavanaugh drunk once near a door. How Google Co-opts Our Schools to Collect Kids' Data Michelle Malkin Schools are allowing Google to mine data on children and giving parents no way to opt out. A New Conductor Brings New Problems for the NY Philharmonic Daniel Gelernter Under Jaap van Zweden's baton, the New York Philharmonic is no longer sloppy. It's merely unmusical. The Clarence Thomas Precedent Jonathan S. Tobin It will be a long wait for a moment when Americans can think of Kavanaugh and his accusers other than as partisan piñatas or as symbols of the Me Too movement. GOP Will Question Ford About References to Binge Drinking in Her Yearbook Jack Crowe Kavanaugh's yearbooks have been put forward by Ford's allies as evidence of his teenage penchant for binge drinking. ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SAVE 40% TODAY Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: September 25, 2018 Aftermath of Florence ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.