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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Voters Nationally Say Clinton Won Debate 51/40 — PPP's post debate survey, sponsored by VoteVets Action Fund, finds that voters nationally think Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the debate, 51/40. — Perhaps most important for Clinton is that among young voters …
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Emily Crockett / Vox:
Trump interrupted Clinton 25 times in the first 26 minutes of the debate — It didn't take long during Monday night's presidential debate before Donald Trump started interrupting Hillary Clinton. A lot, and aggressively. — We kept count — and Trump interrupted Clinton 25 times in the first 26 minutes of the debate.
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Maria T. Cardona / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton does her homework and shows who's boss — This first presidential debate was Hillary's moment. She owned Donald Trump — like a Girl Boss. And she demonstrated the benefits of good preparation. In fact, one of her greatest moments of the night was when she turned to Trump and said …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The first Trump-Clinton presidential debate transcript, annotated — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump go head-to-head for the first time Monday night in a 90-minute debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. The debate, which is expected to draw a record number of viewers …
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Most Memorable Lines of the First Presidential Debate — There have already been fireworks between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as the two candidates face off in the first presidential debate at Hofstra University tonight. — Clinton and Trump have 90 minutes of nonstop debating …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Early polls and focus groups suggest Hillary Clinton won the debate — It will be a few more days before we get methodologically rigorous polls measuring how the electorate felt about the first presidential debate. The indicators we have so far are necessarily incomplete and limited …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Giuliani: I wouldn't debate again after Holt's ‘interference’ — surrogate Rudy Giuliani floated the prospect of Trump not participating in further general election debates, after what he believes was inappropriate meddling Monday by moderator Lester Holt. — “If I were Donald Trump …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Clinton goes after Trump's weakness: His famously thin skin — HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Hillary Clinton's weapon of choice in her first debate with Donald Trump was a needle. — Almost from the outset of the 95-minute debate, the Democratic nominee, who is known for having a debate-stage persona …
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CNN:
Post-debate poll: Hillary Clinton takes round one — (CNN)Hillary Clinton was deemed the winner of Monday night's debate by 62% of voters who tuned in to watch, while just 27% said they thought Donald Trump had the better night, according to a CNN/ORC Poll of voters who watched the debate.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The instance when decorum went south for Clinton and Trump — In an exchange that began about trade and economic growth and ended with Donald Trump's claim that Clinton has been fighting the Islamic State for decades, Trump repeatedly peppered Clinton - running through polished responses …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Holt fact-checks Trump, not Clinton — Throughout much of the evening, Lester Holt was the invisible moderator at Monday night's presidential debate. — The NBC anchor frequently fell into the background as Donald Trump — jabbed at one another from the debate stage.
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Debate Fact-Check: How Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Stack Up
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Phillip Stucky / The Daily Caller:
Holt Interrupted Trump WAY More Than Clinton In Debate
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Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Presidential Debate: Trump Held Back on Bill Clinton's ‘Transgressions’ Because Chelsea Was ‘In the Room’
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New York Times:
Did You Miss It? Here's Who Won the Debate
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WATCH: Memorable Moments From the First Presidential Debate
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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Nine Months Too Late, A Media Panic
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and First Presidential Debate
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Before debate, Clinton works refs, asks for special treatment
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The 2016 Race: Theories of the Race: How Solid Is Hillary Clinton's Lead?
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Ross Douthat Comment / New York Times:
Trump Fails the Stamina Test — Donald Trump won the first 25 minutes of the first presidential debate. He was too bullying and shout-y, too prone to interrupt, but he seized on an issue, trade, where Hillary Clinton was awkward and defensive, and he hammered away at his strongest campaign theme …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump directed $2.3 million owed to him to his tax-exempt foundation instead — Donald Trump's charitable foundation has received approximately $2.3 million from companies that owed money to Trump or one of his businesses but were instructed to pay Trump's tax-exempt foundation instead …
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Julio Cortez / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Ruled the Show — Let me start by saying that my central prediction about this debate was wrong. I thought Trump's big obstacle was getting pressed on a specific policy question, not having any idea what he was talking about and riffing his way into nonsense or easily controvertible lies.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Howard Dean calls Trump a ‘coke user’ on Twitter — Former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean on Monday mentioned cocaine in a tweet discussing Donald Trump — 's sniffling during his first presidential debate. — Notice Trump sniffing all the time. Coke user?
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Scott Adams' Blog:
Why I Switched My Endorsement from Clinton to Trump — As most of you know, I had been endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, for my personal safety, because I live in California. It isn't safe to be a Trump supporter where I live. And it's bad for business too.
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Click2Houston.com:
Gunman who wounded 9 was wearing Nazi clothing, sources say — Several weapons found inside gunman's vehicle, police say — HOUSTON - The gunman who carried out Monday morning's shooting that wounded nine people was wearing what appeared to be a Nazi uniform, two law enforcement sources told KPRC2 Investigates' Robert Arnold.
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Brian Snyder / National Review:
Obama's Conflict Tanked the Clinton E-mail Investigation — As Predicted — Hillary couldn't be proven guilty without proving the president guilty as well. — 'H — ow is this not classified? So exclaimed Hillary Clinton's close aide and confidante, Huma Abedin.
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