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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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Washington Post, Political Insider blog and The Gateway Pundit
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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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Inside Trump Tower, an Increasingly Upset and Alone Donald Trump — It has been his pride and his palace, a soaring black skyscraper overlooking Manhattan that seemed to match Donald J. Trump's ambition and ostentatiousness. — But Trump Tower, since Friday afternoon …
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The Huffington Post
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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Politico, Washington Monthly and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW! CROWDS THRONG To Trump Tower — NYPD CHEERS TRUMP ON LOUD SPEAKER! (VIDEO)
WOW! CROWDS THRONG To Trump Tower — NYPD CHEERS TRUMP ON LOUD SPEAKER! (VIDEO)
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alan.com, NBC News, The Right Scoop, Information Liberation and Infowars
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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Politico, BBC, NBC News and Business Insider
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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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RedState, NBC News, Mediaite, Raw Story, Hot Air, Politico, Heat Street, New York Times, Vox, New York Magazine and NPR
Associated Press:
Is Pence planning to drop out of the race? …
Is Pence planning to drop out of the race? …
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Independent Journal Review, alan.com, RedState, WREG-TV and TheStreet.com
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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Real Clear Politics, CNBC, USA Today, Politicus USA, The Week, Politico, Business Insider, Mediaite and Political Insider blog
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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McClatchy Washington Bureau, The Moderate Voice and The Week
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 …
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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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Giuliani Says Trump ‘Ashamed’ of Remarks but He and Clinton Are Both ‘Flawed Candidates’ — Top Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani says that Donald Trump has expressed “very clearly” that “he's ashamed of himself” for the lewd comments he made about women in a 2005 leaked video …
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Politico, twitchy.com and Daily Kos
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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Viking Pundit
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 …
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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Political Wire and Daily Kos
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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ABC News, alan.com, Mother Jones, RedState and The Week
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.
Associated Press:
Leaked Campaign Emails Show ‘Moderate’ Side of Clinton — Hillary Clinton took nearly every precaution to ensure voters would never know what she told investment bankers, lobbyists and corporate executives in dozens of closed-door paid speeches before running for president.
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Washington Post and Politico
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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.”
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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New York Daily News, Guardian, Business Insider, New York Times and Mediaite
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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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Occupy Democrats
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