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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: Hillary Clinton won the second debate — Hillary Clinton won the second debate and leads Donald Trump by five points in a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll that also shows voters perceive the Republican Party bitterly divided four weeks before Election Day.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Inside Ryan's decision to (almost) dump Trump — Paul Ryan may not be done yet. — As thoroughly as the House speaker shocked the national political establishment Monday by saying he's done with Donald Trump and it's time to focus on his House majority, there's a distinct possibility Ryan …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Mitch McConnell Refuses To Talk Trump At Kentucky Event — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday told the audience at an event held by the Danville-Boyle County Chamber of Commerce in Kentucky that he would not discuss Donald Trump. — “If any of you are here are thinking …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
RUMBLINGS: Top Paul Ryan Advisor Leaked Trump Sex Talk Tape to WaPo — On Friday, the Clinton Campaign (Washington Post) released video of Donald Trump bragging about grabbing p*ssy in an off the record conversation with Billy Bush. — The Los Angeles Times reported hours after audio …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The GOP tumbles toward anarchy: 'It's every person for himself or herself' — The Republican Party tumbled toward anarchy Monday over its presidential nominee, as House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (Wis.) cut Donald Trump loose in an emergency maneuver to preserve the party's endangered congressional majorities.
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Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
CBS, NBC Hype ‘GOP Civil War,’ Predict Loss of House and Senate — Following the leaked tape of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump making lewd comments about women over the weekend, members of the Republican Party started to distance themselves. And NBC seemed quite giddy …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Priebus promises RNC still stands with Trump
Priebus promises RNC still stands with Trump
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New York Times:
Paul Ryan Turns Focus From Donald Trump to House Races, Roiling G.O.P.
Paul Ryan Turns Focus From Donald Trump to House Races, Roiling G.O.P.
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Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
DEAR DONALD TRUMP AND VLADIMIR PUTIN, I AM NOT SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL — THE SCOOP VLADIMIR PUTIN SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL WIKILEAKS — I am Sidney Blumenthal. At least, that is what Vladimir Putin—and, somehow, Donald Trump—seem to believe. And that should raise concerns not only about Moscow's attempts …
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Member Of Trump's Evangelical Council Calls Him ‘Lecherous And Worthless’ — A megachurch pastor who sits on Donald Trump's evangelical council denounced the Republican presidential candidate as “lecherous and worthless” over a leaked 2005 video in which Trump boasted about grabbing women.
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Hillary In Leaked Email: Saudi Arabia And Qatar Are Funding ISIS — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton sent an email to her campaign chairman John Podesta in 2014, who was then-counselor to President Barack Obama, that said Saudi Arabia and Qatar are both giving financial …
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Michael Sainato / The New York Observer:
Breaking: DNC Chief Donna Brazile Leaked Sanders Info to Clinton Campaign
Breaking: DNC Chief Donna Brazile Leaked Sanders Info to Clinton Campaign
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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Emails: Firm that hired Abedin called Chelsea Clinton a ‘spoiled brat kid’
Emails: Firm that hired Abedin called Chelsea Clinton a ‘spoiled brat kid’
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is the GOP's chemotherapy — “Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose.” — Janis Joplin — What did Donald Trump have left to lose Sunday night? His dignity? Please. His campaign's theme? His Cleveland convention was a mini-Nuremberg rally …
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Page Six:
Billy Bush suspended from ‘Today’ show — Billy Bush brazenly bragged to NBC staff about the vulgar Donald Trump tape while covering the Olympics in Rio, multiple sources tell Page Six. — Proving the infamous Ryan Lochte interview wasn't Bush's only Rio recklessness, the shamed “Today” …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Did NBC News Sit on the Trump Tape for So Long?
Why Did NBC News Sit on the Trump Tape for So Long?
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Great Fight of Our Times — Think, for a moment, about the stories that your family likes to tell about itself. They are probably miniature versions of the American story, with progress as the central theme. — Maybe your great-grandparents arrived here as striving immigrants, and you now talk about how proud they would be.
Michael Sainato / The New York Observer:
More Evidence Reveals Obama Influenced Clinton's FBI Investigation — Obama called Sanders a ‘shiny new object’ while praising Clinton for overcoming adversity — In an interview with Fox News this past April, President Obama asserted that he did not put pressure on the FBI's criminal investigation …
Don Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Millennials aren't big spenders or risk-takers, and that's going to reshape the economy — The United States' largest demographic group, roughly 75 million “millennial” adults under 35, are taking up the mantle as the most impactful generation since the baby boomers.
Jen Chung / Gothamist:
Gloria Allred Says More Women Are Contacting Her About Trump Misconduct — Donald Trump's disgusting behavior towards women has ranged from fat-shaming to allegations of sexual harassment, and, as we heard in the infamous “hot mic” audio from a 2005 Access Hollywood segment, even sexual assault …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
McCain on not supporting Trump: Women ‘cannot be degraded and demeaned’ — Sen. John McCain called his decision to withdraw his endorsement of Donald Trump “not pleasant” during a debate against his Senate campaign opponent Monday night, but said Trump's graphic and vulgar discussion of women …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cruz sticking with Trump — There will be no Texas two-step on Ted Cruz's much-belated decision to endorse Donald Trump. — The Texas senator told a local TV station in Muleshoe, Texas, on Monday that despite lewd video showing Trump joking of unwanted sexual advances on women he would still back Trump over Hillary Clinton.
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Political Wire, Independent Journal Review and RedState
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: After Trump Tape Revelation, Clinton's Lead Up to Double Digits — NBC/WSJ poll: Clinton holds major lead 7:03 — As Donald Trump's campaign reels over tapes of the presidential candidate's sexually aggressive comments about women in 2005, the Republican nominee now trails Hillary Clinton …
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Ralph Nader predicts fastest impeachment in history for Trump
Ralph Nader predicts fastest impeachment in history for Trump
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