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2:35 PM ET, October 3, 2016

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AP: How Trump's ‘Apprentice’ moved from capitalism to sexism — NEW YORK (AP) — In his years as a reality TV boss on “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestants by the size of their breasts …

Discussion: Washington Post, Vox, ThinkProgress, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Daily Caller, Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos, Mediaite, AOL, Mashable and Towleroad

Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:

Republicans Wonder If Trump Can Recover From ‘Worst Week’ — “The hole that Trump has dug for himself is very deep.” — The worst week of Donald Trump's presidential campaign began with a widely criticized debate performance and ended with a bombshell report that he could have avoided paying federal income taxes for 18 years.

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, rubber hose, The Week and RedState

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Five Days That Shaped a Presidency — Barack Obama shares with Jonathan Chait a very early draft of his memoirs. — On August 25, after a short trip to Baton Rouge to assess flooding in Louisiana and before what will likely be his last visit to China on Air Force One …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Mother Jones, Politico, Business Insider, AOL, Politicus USA, Mediaite, CBS Boston, The Week, Washington Times, Raw Story and Naked Politics

Bloomberg:

Obama Says Obamacare Has ‘Real Problems’ Congress Refuses to Fix — Exodus of major insurers and spiraling prices hurt the law — Enrollment for 2017 begins a week before Election Day — President Barack Obama said his signature health-care law has “real problems” …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Washington Examiner and New York Magazine

Robert Pear / New York Times:
Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Newsalert and twitchy.com

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Sees ‘Straight Line’ From Sarah Palin To Donald Trump

Discussion: Political Wire

LeBron James / Business Insider:

Why I'm endorsing Hillary Clinton — Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. Below is the op-ed he has written about his decision, which he has exclusively provided to Business Insider. The op-ed will also be published in the print edition of the Akron Beacon Journal on Monday.

Eli Lake / Bloomberg:

Clinton's Former Prosecutor Endorses Her for President — Twenty years ago Michael Chertoff was near the top of the Clintons' enemy list. He was the lead Republican counsel on the Senate Whitewater Committee, one of the first of many Congressional investigations into Hillary Clinton.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Politico

Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
LeBron James, the most influential person in the major swing state of Ohio, endorses Hillary Clinton

Discussion: ThinkProgress, CNN, neo-neocon, USA Today and The Root

Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:

Is a Cryptic Tweet by Marla Maples a Clue as to Source Behind Trump Tax Leak? — At 1:34 p.m. Sunday, Donald Trump's second ex-wife, Marla Maples, tweeted a photograph of a pumpkin patch. Does what happened next contain clues that confirm she anonymously mailed Trump's 1995 tax return to The New York Times?

Discussion: Washington Post, Townhall.com, Bloomberg, RedState, New York Times, The Week, Independent Journal Review, Mother Jones, Naked Politics, Electoral-vote.com, Liberty Unyielding and ThinkProgress, more at Mediagazer »

Yashar:
Did Marla Maples Leak Her Own Tax Returns?

Discussion: New York Magazine, Hot Air and Joe.My.God.

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Who gave Trump's taxes to the New York Times? The mystery behind a bombshell story.

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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Want your presidential candidates to release their taxes? There's a bill for that.

Discussion: Rush Limbaugh, Mother Jones and The Week

Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Tax Numbers Sharpen Focus on Treatment of Losses

CNN:

Kanye West halts show after Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint in Paris — Photos: — The Kardashian clan — The most famous of the Kardashian clan is undoubtedly Kim, who has gained publicity for everything from “breaking the Internet” to bleaching her hair blonde to ... well, pretty much everything she does gains publicity.

Discussion: E! Online, Jezebel, Guardian, CBS New York, Daily Wire, Full Feed, Telegraph, Mashable, AOL, Joe.My.God., Gothamist, The Daily Caller, KFOR-TV, Independent Journal Review, CBS Los Angeles and Mediaite

New York Times:
Kim Kardashian Robbed at Gunpoint in Paris, Spokeswoman Says

Discussion: Yahoo, RedState, The Daily Caller, Mashable, The Week, USA Today, CBS New York and Gothamist

Daily Mail:
HOW THE ARMED RAID AT KIM KARDASHIAN'S PARIS APARTMENT PLAYED OUT:

Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Newsalert

Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed:

Trump Suggests That Soldiers Who Suffer From PTSD Aren't “Strong” — “When people come back from war and combat and they see maybe what the people in this room have seen many times over, and you're strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can't handle it,” Trump told a room full of veterans.

Discussion: RedState, Hullabaloo and The Week

David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:

Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising by N.Y. attorney general's office — The New York attorney general has notified Donald Trump that his charitable foundation is violating state law — by soliciting donations without proper certification — and ordered Trump's charity to stop …

Discussion: New York Times, Politico, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Boing Boing and The Week

Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:

‘The Trump Rule’: Leaked Audio of Trump Ogling Miss USA Beauty Queens — During the first presidential debate, a record-breaking primetime television event viewed by over 84 million people worldwide, Hillary Clinton managed to get under Donald Trump's skin by invoking two of his favorite pastimes: beauty pageants and unbridled sexism.

Discussion: Raw Story

True Pundit:

Under Intense Pressure to Silence Wikileaks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Proposed Drone Strike on Julian Assange — Julian Assange and his free-speech brainchild Wikileaks were once lauded as global heroes of public service among United States politicians and policy makers.

Discussion: Infowars, New Urban Legends, Red Alert Politics, Instapundit, The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review, twitchy.com and Sputnik International

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
WikiLeaks cancels announcement amid security concerns: report

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Anna Palmer / Politico:

Clinton up 6 in POLITICO/Morning Consult national poll — Hillary Clinton has opened up a six-point lead over Donald Trump, erasing the New York billionaire's slim national edge with five weeks until Election Day, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll of likely voters.

Discussion: CNBC, Towleroad, Business Insider, Hot Air, alan.com, The Week and Washington Times

Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:

Exclusive: Republicans Launch Willie Horton-Style Attack on Kaine — RNC releases video ahead of Tuesday's vice presidential debate — Finance Committee Mourns Loss of Longtime Republican Staffer Republican Senator Seeks Radical Changes to Budget Process One Murphy's Gun Safety Group Backs Another Murphy

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Mother Jones, Daily Kos and The Week

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists:

Trump's organization did business with Iranian bank later linked to terrorism — Donald Trump's real estate organization rented New York office space from 1998 to 2003 to an Iranian bank that U.S. authorities have linked to terrorist groups and Iran's nuclear program.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Week and Washington Free Beacon

Cyra Master / The Hill:

Clinton resets campaign schedule with Sanders — 's campaign announced Sunday night that it had canceled tentatively planned events with Sen. Bernie Sanders — for Monday. — Instead, her primary rival will now be on the campaign trail Wednesday in Iowa and Wisconsin instead.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit and RedState

Charles M. Blow / New York Times:

Donald Trump: Terroristic Man-Toddler — Donald Trump is a domestic terrorist; only his form of terror doesn't boil down to blowing things up. He's the 70-year-old toddler who knows nearly nothing, hurls insults, has simplistic solutions for complex problems and is quick to throw a tantrum.

Discussion: Raw Story and Telegraph

Monmouth University:

Monmouth University Polling Institute — Colorado — Clinton Maintains Double Digit Lead — Sen. Bennet in strong position for re-election — West Long Branch, NJ - Hillary Clinton holds an 11 point lead over Donald Trump in Colorado, which is nearly identical to the 13 point advantage …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:

NCAA Athlete Pay Dispute Sidestepped by U.S. Supreme Court — The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a clash over the multibillion-dollar college sports business, refusing to consider whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association has violated federal antitrust law by restricting athlete compensation.

Discussion: The Daily Caller