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Political Cornflakes: Christine Blasey Ford and the #MeToo movement will now take center stage in the U.S. Senate

The #MeToo movement will now stride into the intersection of politics and the nation’s high court.

Happy Monday. It took just hours for the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas comparisons to percolate after Christine Blasey Ford came forward as the woman alleging sexual assault at the hands of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when the two were in high school. We know how that one ended. Have attitudes changed more than a quarter-century after Anita Hill? [Politico]

Topping the news: Responding to last week’s release of an Attorney General’s investigation that painted a damning picture of out-of-control spending at the Unified Fire Authority, the new fire chief says reforms have been implemented and bonuses zeroed out.