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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 …
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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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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.


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.


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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Fact Check: Trump And Clinton Debate For The First Time
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Vote Now: Who Won the First Clinton-Trump Debate?
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Monday night ranks as the ‘most tweeted debate ever’
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Pat Caddell: Breitbart/Gravis Post-Debate Flash Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Won Slightly; Trump Gains ‘Plausibility’
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Obama weighs in on the debate
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Clinton-Trump first debate updates: Our scorers give it to Clinton
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5 pieces of evidence that Hillary Clinton won the big presidential debate
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Trump: I won every debate poll except CNN
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Campaign manager: Trump does not believe climate change is man made
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Majority of snap polls show Trump won debate by a landslide despite CNN's overwhelming victory …
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Trump Wins Most Immediate Polls
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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 …
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Trump Missed Opportunities Against Clinton in First Debate, Republicans Say
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Giuliani: I'd skip next debates if I were Trump
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The real Donald Trump showed up at Hofstra. Republicans must live with it.
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Giuliani: I wouldn't debate again after Holt's ‘interference’
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Trump incorrectly says murders are up in New York
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Ranting Bully Donald Trump Came Unglued in First Presidential Debate
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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 …
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On Howard Stern, Trump Called 1996 Miss Universe An “Eating Machine”
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Shamed and Angry: The Beauty Contestant Donald Trump Mocked for Her Weight
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Opening Remarks by the President in Call with Rabbis for Rosh Hashanah — THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you so much, Rabbi, for the warm introduction. Shanah Tovah to everybody. Thanks for taking time to join this call. I know it's a busy and important time.
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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!”
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Trump considers biggest donation yet to his own campaign — MIAMI — Donald Trump's aides are discussing the possibility of asking him to write his biggest check yet to his own campaign to fund an ad blitz, and the billionaire candidate is open to the possibility, according to three people close to the nominee.
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