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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 …
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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.
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.
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 …
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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.
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 …
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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 …
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NPR:
Fact Check: Trump And Clinton Debate For The First Time — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton went head to head Monday night in the first presidential debate. — NPR's politics team, with help from reporters and editors who cover national security, immigration, business, foreign policy and more, live annotated the debate.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The first Trump-Clinton presidential debate transcript, annotated
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TIME:
Vote Now: Who Won the First Clinton-Trump Debate?
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Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Obama weighs in on the debate
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Giuliani: I wouldn't debate again after Holt's ‘interference’
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Neil W. McCabe / Breitbart:
Pat Caddell: Breitbart/Gravis Post-Debate Flash Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Won Slightly; Trump Gains ‘Plausibility’
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Los Angeles Times:
Clinton-Trump first debate updates: Our scorers give it to Clinton
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Tom Kludt / CNN:
Campaign manager: Trump does not believe climate change is man made
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Daily Mail:
Majority of snap polls show Trump won debate by a landslide despite CNN's overwhelming victory …
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump: I won every debate poll except CNN
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
5 pieces of evidence that Hillary Clinton won the big presidential debate
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ranting Bully Donald Trump Came Unglued in First Presidential Debate
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Katie Jerkovich / The Daily Caller:
Michael Moore appeared frustrated on Twitter following …
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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 …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Giuliani: I'd skip next debates if I were Trump
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Trump Missed Opportunities Against Clinton in First Debate, Republicans Say
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The real Donald Trump showed up at Hofstra. Republicans must live with it.
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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 …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
On Howard Stern, Trump Called 1996 Miss Universe An “Eating Machine”
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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.
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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.
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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!”
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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 …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
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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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.
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