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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC waited for green light from lawyers before airing Trump video — NBC News was aware of video footage of Donald Trump making lewd and disparaging remarks about women for nearly four days, a network executive said Saturday, but held onto the recording until lawyers finished reviewing the material.
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Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE — Video Interview: Bill Clinton Accuser Juanita Broaddrick Relives Brutal Rapes — Washington, D.C. - While The Washington Post was busy putting the finishing touches on the release of a video in which Donald Trump boasted about hitting on women, Juanita Broaddrick was in town …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump just retweeted Juanita Broaddrick calling Bill Clinton a rapist. All bets are now off.
Donald Trump just retweeted Juanita Broaddrick calling Bill Clinton a rapist. All bets are now off.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump puts Clinton on watch by retweeting Juanita Broaddrick
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Bottom Could Fall Out For Trump
The Bottom Could Fall Out For Trump
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Princeton Election Consortium, Occupy Democrats and Unqualified Offerings
Ezra Klein / Vox:
This is Donald Trump's worst nightmare — At long last, Donald Trump has been un-normalized. — What happened Saturday in American politics was profound, and for Donald Trump, it marks the likely death of his presidential campaign. The permission structure that was slowly …
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Scrambles to Salvage Election After Donald Trump's Latest Imbroglio
GOP Scrambles to Salvage Election After Donald Trump's Latest Imbroglio
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Why Republicans can't easily dump Trump off the ballot
Why Republicans can't easily dump Trump off the ballot
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
WHIP LIST: Republicans breaking with Trump
WHIP LIST: Republicans breaking with Trump
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
With less than a month to go, a major party is walking away from its nominee
With less than a month to go, a major party is walking away from its nominee
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The Moderate Voice, McClatchy Washington Bureau and Politico
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Dump Trump, Now More Than Ever
Dump Trump, Now More Than Ever
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Power Line and National Review
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Why Republicans Are Probably Stuck With Donald Trump
Why Republicans Are Probably Stuck With Donald Trump
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Politico and The Mahablog
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Exclusive poll: GOP voters want the party to stand by Trump — A wave of Republican officials abandoned Donald Trump on Saturday, but, at least for now, rank-and-file Republicans are standing by the party's presidential candidate, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted immediately …
The Columbus Dispatch:
For president | Trump unfit, Clinton is qualified — Like millions of Americans, The Dispatch editorial board has asked this question more than once: How, in a nation of more than 300 million people, did we end up with two such disliked and distrusted presidential candidates?
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Politico and Politicus USA
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Unfit — There are many reasons why Donald Trump should not …
Unfit — There are many reasons why Donald Trump should not …
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Pence Tells Donors He Is Fully Committed to Trump — Comments come as Republicans break away from the GOP nominee — Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence told Republican donors Saturday night that he is fully committed to Donald Trump, aides said.
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Former RNC chair: Trump campaign can't be salvaged — A former chairman of the Republican National Committee said there's not much hope left for Donald Trump — or the GOP this cycle. — In an interview with Mother Jones, Michael Steele said there's no way Trump can recover from the damage …
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alan.com, Mother Jones, The Week and RedState
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
How Trump Could Become a ‘Political Black Hole’ for the GOP — ST. LOUIS— Until this weekend, Republicans worried most about Donald Trump's electoral ceiling. Now, with an avalanche of GOP officials renouncing his candidacy as the second presidential debate approaches, the more relevant question may be his electoral floor.
BBC:
Hillary Clinton's Wall St speeches published by Wikileaks — Transcripts of private speeches by US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been released by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks. — In one of the extracts, Mrs Clinton told bankers that they were best-placed to help reform the US financial sector.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton team girds for all-out assault — The bombshell Donald Trump video that surfaced Friday has so dramatically altered expectations for Sunday's town hall debate that one Democrat close to Bill and Hillary Clinton had a new view of what may unfold in St. Louis: “Expect Armageddon.”
Adriana Cohen / Boston Herald:
Clintons playing prude the height of hypocrisy — Just imagine if every American's private conversations were secretly taped over the course of their lives — without their knowledge or consent — and then they were released to the public in a political smear campaign just weeks before the election.
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Already Knows The Bad Thing You Said — It was November in Iowa, and Martin O'Malley was polling at 4%. — This was not, however, about to stop Hillary Clinton from ensuring that if and when the little-known Maryland governor attacked her ties to Wall Street on the debate stage …
Washington Post:
Inside Trump Tower: The defiant and insulated Republican nominee — ST. LOUIS — He beamed in just after midnight Saturday like a captive in his own gilded cage. A man who demands the best of everything was speaking to America from a dimly lit, home-built studio against a fake backdrop …
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CNN:
Donald Trump to Howard Stern: It's okay to call my daughter a ‘piece of ass’ — Topics Trump discussed: Ivanka's physique, having sex with women on their menstrual cycles. and leaving women after they reach the age of 35. — (CNN)Warning: This story contains graphic language.
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Priebus, Conway cancel Sunday shows appearances — Following a day of high-profile Republicans disavowing and condemning Donald Trump in the wake of a controversial tape where he makes light of sexual assault, the GOP nominee's campaign manager and the Republican National Committee chairman …
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Desert Sun:
Two slain police officers identified in Palm Springs shooting — (Oct. 8, 2016) Gabby Ferriera/The Desert Sun — Two police officers were killed and one was wounded in a shooting in Palm Springs on Saturday, plunging the community into mourning as police searched for the suspect.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
How McCain finally decided he couldn't stomach Trump anymore — Donald Trump criticized John McCain last year for being a prisoner of war and for not doing enough for veterans, then attacked a Gold Star family this summer. McCain criticized Trump at each turn, but stuck by his pledges to support the Republican nominee.
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