September 27, 2018
Pod Save America
"We believe Christine Blasey Ford."
In This Episode
Vote Save America
Jon, Dan, and Erin Ryan discuss the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Then Katie Couric talks to Jon about her new podcast documentary that reflects on the tenth anniversary of her famous interviews with Sarah Palin.
Show Notes:
Kavanaugh hearing
- CNN: Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testify on sex assault allegations
- New York Times: Kavanaugh Hearings Live Updates: Graham Explodes at Democrats and Durbin Pushes F.B.I. Investigation
- New Yorker: Civics Versus Partisanship at the Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing
- Washington Post: 3 takeaways from the Kavanaugh hearing so far
- ABC News: The moments that mattered from the Ford and Kavanaugh hearings
- Politico: ‘You’ll never get me to quit’: Key moments from Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony
- CNN: Brett Kavanaugh denies assault charges, calls process a ‘national disgrace’
- The Atlantic: The 10 Most Striking Moments From the Kavanaugh Hearing
- CNN: How Fox News is covering Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony
- CNN: The moments that defined Christine Blasey Ford’s dramatic testimony
- New York Magazine: Christine Blasey Ford’s Hearing Is a Disaster for the Republican Party
- Vox: A Republican senator unwittingly exposed the double standard facing Christine Blasey Ford
- Vox: The 7 most important moments from Christine Blasey Ford’s Senate testimony
- New York Times: A Nation Transfixed by the Kavanaugh Hearing – Opinion
- New York Times: Christine Blasey Ford Testimony Rivets the Nation and Worries the White House
- New York Times: Christine Blasey Ford’s Riveting, Persuasive Testimony – Opinion
Kavanaugh
- Washington Post: 7 things to watch for in Thursday’s Brett Kavanaugh hearing
- Washington Post: Career prosecutor brings wild-card element to Kavanaugh hearing
- Washington Post: The Daily 202: Trump’s attacks on Kavanaugh’s second accuser show why the GOP hired a woman to question Ford
- New York Times: A Hearing’s Test: Blasey Must Seem Credible. Kavanaugh Must Defend but Not Attack.
- The Atlantic: The Battle Over Kavanaugh Is Just Getting Started
- New Yorker: How the Kavanaugh Nomination Has Intensified the Feminist Protest Movement
- New Yorker: Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, and the Things Men Do for Other Men
- New York Times: Julie Swetnick Is Third Woman to Accuse Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct
- Washington Post: Kavanaugh nomination: Judge says he is victim of ‘character assassination’ as third woman comes forward
- Washington Post: Third woman comes forward with sexual misconduct allegation against Kavanaugh, further roiling confirmation process
- Vox: Michael Avenatti’s client says she witnessed Kavanaugh sexually assault girls in high school
- Vanity Fair: IS AVENATTI’S “GANG RAPE” BOMBSHELL THE END OF BRETT KAVANAUGH?
- Politico: Ex-boyfriend filed restraining order against third Kavanaugh accuser
- Transcript of call with Kavanaugh and the Judiciary Committee
- NBC: Senate probing new allegation of misconduct against Kavanaugh
- Politico: Senate asks Kavanaugh about fourth misconduct accusation
Mark Judge
- Washington Post: Mark Judge’s former girlfriend is ready to talk to FBI and Judiciary Committee, her lawyer says
- Washington Post: ‘How’d you find me?’: Mark Judge has been holed up in a beach house in Delaware amid a media firestorm
Kavanaugh’s drinking
- Vox: Brett Kavanaugh’s high school calendar doesn’t prove anything — except that he partied
- Washington Post: Kavanaugh’s 1982 calendar, annotated
- New York Times: In a Culture of Privilege and Alcohol at Yale, Her World Converged With Kavanaugh’s
- New York Times: At the Center of the Kavanaugh Accusations: Heavy Drinking
- Vox: Brett Kavanaugh’s slippery answers about high school partying matter
Kavanaugh’s Fox interview
GOP reactions
- CNN: Hearing with Kavanaugh, accuser still scheduled to go on Thursday despite new allegations
- Fox: Newt Gingrich: The REAL question for Thursday’s Kavanaugh hearing — Who governs America?
- Fox: Laura Ingraham: The critical lessons of the Kavanaugh battle
- New Yorker: Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh’s College Years
- National Review: Why the Kavanaugh Smears Validate Trumpian Politics
- Bloomberg: A Guide to the Senators Who Will Question Kavanaugh and Ford
- Associated Press: Mississippi GOP senators: Dems trying to smear Kavanaugh
- Vox: Republicans dismiss Avenatti as “lawyer to porn stars” after his client comes forward with more Kavanaugh claims
- Fox: GOP senators defend Kavanaugh as exasperation mounts: ‘We’re in the Twilight Zone,’ Graham says
- CNN: GOP senator: Democrats are pulling ‘crap’ against Kavanaugh, warns of ‘phony accusations’
Senators whose votes are needed to stop Kavanaugh
- CNN: Collins privately raises concerns about new allegations, lack of subpoena for Kavanaugh friend
- Vanity Fair: Why Susan Collins will bite the bullet and support Kavanaugh
- Huffington Post: Susan Collins: ‘I Do Not Believe’ Kavanaugh Would Repeal Roe v. Wade
- Think Progress: Susan Collins proves she will do anything to get Kavanaugh confirmed
- New York Times: Trump Unleashes on Kavanaugh Accuser as Key Republican Wavers
- CNN: Alaska Republican under pressure on Kavanaugh vote — and not just because of new allegations
- CNN: Republican Sen. Jeff Flake rebukes Trump for casting doubt on Kavanaugh accuser
- GQ: Jeff Flake Took to the Senate Floor to Say Nothing at All
- Politico: Democrats believe Ramirez but stiff-arm Avenatti
Trump’s press conference
- New York Times: Trump Calls Kavanaugh Accusations ‘All False,’ but Says He Can Be Convinced by Testimony
- New York Times: Trump Accuses China of Interfering in Midterm Elections
- The Atlantic: The 10 Most Astonishing Moments in Trump’s Press Conference
- Axios: Key takeaways from Trump’s marathon press conference
- What A Day
Katie Couric
