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7:20 PM ET, September 27, 2016

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Debate breaks record as most-watched in U.S. history — Monday night was the most-watched debate in American history. — More than 80 million people tuned in to see Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face off, setting a new record in the sixty year history of televised presidential debates.

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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:

Donald Trump's Online Trolls Turn on Their ‘God Emperor’ — One of Donald Trump's most ardent fringe message boards appeared to turn on its candidate of choice during Monday night's debate, saying he “got played” and that “this was not supposed to happen.” — 4chan, the alt-right forum …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Vox, Heat Street and The Week

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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Fox News:

Online polls declare Trump debate winner, despite media consensus for Clinton — If polls only included media pundits, Hillary Clinton would have won Monday's debate by a landslide, but online surveys had Donald Trump as the yuge winner. — The Drudge Report poll had 80 percent …

Discussion: Common Dreams, Politicus USA, Media Matters for America, The Week and Guardian

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:

Clinton Won The Debate, Which Means She's Likely To Gain In The Polls — Democrats woke up on Monday to a spate of bad polls for Hillary Clinton, which brought Donald Trump to perhaps his closest position yet in the Electoral College. They had reason to go to bed feeling a lot better.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Daily Wire, New Yorker, The Root, Independent Journal Review, The Daily Caller and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

McClatchy Washington Bureau:

After presidential debate, Clinton falters among some focus group voters in swing state — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kae Roberts and Jay Eardly were leaning toward Hillary Clinton before Monday night's debate. — By the end, they had both pulled away. — John Kokos and Hank Federal were undecided going in, potential Clinton backers.

Discussion: RedState

Andrew Couts / The Daily Dot:

4chan and Reddit bombarded debate polls to declare Trump the winner — You may be getting trolled right now without even knowing it. — Donald Trump supporters artificially manipulated the results of online polls to create a false narrative that the Republican nominee won the first presidential debate on Monday night.

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Ted Cruz / Facebook:

Tonight, a clear contrast was drawn between the two nominees. Tonight, Hillary Clinton made it clearer than ever that if elected President, our future will continue on the same path that is hurting millions of Americans. — If Clinton is elected, we know that the havoc Obamacare is wreaking …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze.com, Hot Air, New York Magazine, The Resurgent, Infowars and Independent Journal Review

NPR:
Fact Check: Trump And Clinton Debate For The First Time

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TIME:
Vote Now: Who Won the First Clinton-Trump Debate?

Discussion: CNBC and Daily Wire

Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Obama weighs in on the debate

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Daily Mail:
Majority of snap polls show Trump won debate by a landslide despite CNN's overwhelming victory …

Discussion: Power Line, Weasel Zippers, The Nation, Guardian and New York Magazine

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The real Donald Trump showed up at Hofstra. Republicans must live with it.

Discussion: Politico

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The first Trump-Clinton presidential debate transcript, annotated

Neil W. McCabe / Breitbart:
Pat Caddell: Breitbart/Gravis Post-Debate Flash Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Won Slightly; Trump Gains ‘Plausibility’

Discussion: Washington Post, Slate and Hot Air

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Giuliani: I wouldn't debate again after Holt's ‘interference’

Discussion: Daily Wire, Occupy Democrats, Joe.My.God. and Balloon Juice

Los Angeles Times:
Clinton-Trump first debate updates: Our scorers give it to Clinton

Discussion: BillMoyers.com and Latino USA

Tom Kludt / CNN:
Campaign manager: Trump does not believe climate change is man made

Discussion: Mother Jones, Grist, Politico, Refinery29, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Politicus USA, Raw Story, Common Dreams, Talking Points Memo and AOL

Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump: I won every debate poll except CNN

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, RedState, Daily Kos and Politicus USA

Josh Barro / Business Insider:
5 pieces of evidence that Hillary Clinton won the big presidential debate

Discussion: Washington Post, Townhall.com, New York Times, JP Updates and Politicus USA

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Trump points fingers after shaky debate — Donald Trump's long night on Long Island morphed into a day of finger-pointing Tuesday, as he revived his brashest personal style to explain an erratic debate performance against Hillary Clinton. — The Republican presidential nominee …

Discussion: ABC News and NBC News

Fox News:

2003 clip backs up Trump on Iraq War opposition — After all the clamor for moderators to fact-check the candidates during Monday night's presidential debate, Donald Trump flipped the script on Lester Holt by rejecting his assertion Trump backed the war in Iraq - and history backs The Donald.

Discussion: RedState, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, National Review, Mediaite, Politicus USA, Los Angeles Times, Media Matters for America and The Daily Caller

Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Giuliani: I'd skip next debates if I were Trump

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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Five Times Lester Holt Shilled for Hillary Clinton at First Debate

Discussion: Daily Wire, Rush Limbaugh, Heat Street, Washington Times, New York Post, Media Matters for America, BizPac Review, Independent Journal Review, Townhall.com and National Review

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: BOOM! Neil Cavuto Just Busted MSM - Plays 2003 Interview with Trump Against Iraq War (VIDEO)

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ranting Bully Donald Trump Came Unglued in First Presidential Debate

Discussion: The Hill, Salon, Des Moines Register, Washington Post, WREG-TV, LifeZette, Daily Kos, The Week and CNN

Prachi Gupta / Cosmopolitan:

Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado Won't Be Defined by Donald Trump's Fat-Shaming — When Hillary Clinton called out her opponent's sexism at the first presidential debate, she highlighted a woman who had experienced it firsthand. — In the final minutes of the first presidential debate …

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Vox, CNN, Politico, Fox News, KTLA, Washington Post, Guardian, Business Insider, Refinery29 and CBS Boston

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
On Howard Stern, Trump Called 1996 Miss Universe An “Eating Machine”

Discussion: Washington Post, RedState, Business Insider, Guardian, Mother Jones and AOL

New York Times:
Shamed and Angry: The Beauty Contestant Donald Trump Mocked for Her Weight

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Scott Detrow / NPR:
In Post-Debate Interview, Trump Again Criticizes Pageant-Winner's Weight

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Louis Nelson / Politico:

Giuliani: Clinton ‘too stupid to be president’ — Hillary Clinton's decision to stand by her husband and attack former White House intern Monica Lewinsky when news of a sexual relationship between the two broke in 1998 prove that the former secretary of state is “too stupid to be president,” Rudy Giuliani said Monday night.

Discussion: RedState, USA Today, Washington Post, Mediaite, Heat Street, The Daily Beast, The Week and Elite Daily

Salena Zito / New York Post:

How Trump won over a bar full of undecideds and Democrats — More On: — YOUNGSTOWN, Pa. - Ken Reed sat down at main bar of the Tin Lizzy tavern with two things in mind, to dig into the tavern's oversized cheese steak and watch the presidential debate. — “I am hungry and undecided in that order …

Discussion: Townhall.com, Weasel Zippers, BillMoyers.com, Front Page Magazine, AOL, Rush Limbaugh, Occidental Dissent and No More Mister Nice Blog

The Huffington Post:

Government Shutdown Hinges On Republicans Helping Flint — If the question is which side will cave, the answer could be both. — Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post White House and Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post — Senior Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post

Discussion: Daily Kos

Rachael Bade / Politico:
Hill Republicans: At least Trump didn't blow it

Discussion: Daily Kos

Ezra Klein / Vox:

The first debate featured an unprepared man repeatedly shouting over a highly prepared woman — The coherence gap between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was devastating. — The first presidential debate featured a man who didn't know what he was talking about repeatedly shouting over a woman who was extraordinarily prepared.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Washington Post, The Hill, Hit & Run, Politico, BillMoyers.com, Heat Street, Business Insider and Guardian

New York Times:
Transcript of the First Debate

Discussion: USA Today, Althouse, Independent Journal Review, Common Dreams, Chicago Tribune, Daily Wire, Right Wing Watch, ThinkProgress, electionlawblog.org and The Nation

Steve Harrison / The Charlotte Observer:

Charlotte mayor faces furious crowd at City Council meeting — A furious crowd of citizens criticized and often shouted down Charlotte City Council on Monday night, calling for resignations across the city and chanting, “Hands Down! Shoot Back!” and “No Justice, No Peace!”

Discussion: Washington Post, AOL and ABC News

Roger Hagy / University of Tennessee College of Law:

Statement from Dean Melanie Wilson about Professor's Tweet — Following Professor Glenn Reynolds's tweet and my public response last week, I began an investigation that included an examination of the facts, policies in the university's Faculty Handbook, and the law.

John Podhoretz / New York Post:

Trump's debate incompetence a slap in the face to his supporters — MORE FROM: — Hillary Clinton was boring and exceptionally well-prepared. Donald Trump was exciting but embarrassingly undisciplined. He began with his strongest argument — that the political class represented …