Starting today's Kavanaugh thread here with this important contextual story from @pdmcleod —>
Republicans Say The Timing Of The Kavanaugh Letter Is "Disturbing." But Here's What Actually Happened. buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmc…
Republicans Say The Timing Of The Kavanaugh Letter Is "Disturbing." But Here's What Actually Happened. buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmc…
There's also been this today —>
There was also this somewhat odd report from CNN —> cnn.com/2018/09/18/pol…
Here is Grassley's response to Ford. He does not offer to delay for any FBI investigation, and says the plan is still for Monday. —> judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/… 
Notable: Sen. Doug Jones, elected in the midst of the Roy Moore scandal, says the Judiciary Committee should subpoena Mark Judge to testify.
Important point from Susan —>
Trump sure comes awful close to saying that the allegation against Kavanaugh is made up in that Hill interview. See this thread from @tparti —>
Grassley responds to the Dems, formally. documentcloud.org/documents/4906…
One odd point: This letter — from the Senate Judiciary Committee chair to the Dems on the committee — was distributed by the White House, via pool.
A second point: Grassley focuses on these points about the FBI background investigation process, but never notes whether the White House could ask the FBI to do additional investigation. Bloomberg has reported they can. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Profile of Dr. Ford —> nytimes.com/2018/09/19/us/… / The latest statement from Ford's attorney —> washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
