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9:35 PM ET, October 10, 2016

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Paul Ryan Turns Focus From Donald Trump to House Races, Roiling G.O.P. — The House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, dealt a hammer blow to Donald J. Trump's presidential candidacy on Monday, dashing any remaining semblance of Republican unity and inviting fierce backlash from his own caucus by announcing …

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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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John Bresnahan / Politico:

Ryan abandons Trump — Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republicans on a conference call Monday morning that he's done defending Donald Trump and will focus on maintaining his party's increasingly imperiled House majority, according to sources on the call. — The message amounted to a concession …

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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:

Priebus promises RNC still stands with Trump — With Donald Trump's campaign in a historic free-fall, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus declared Monday that the party is standing behind its presidential nominee. — “First of all, I want to make it very clear that the RNC …

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:

Is Trump a Sufferable Evil? — The Republican party is looking down the road to disaster. — The emergence Friday of the disgusting Trump tape was a gift to the Republican party. It provided an occasion, at the very last minute, for the party to dump a fundamentally unworthy and radically unfit nominee.

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Don't ask me about Trump

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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cotton, Ernst stand by Trump

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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Warns, Without Evidence, of ‘Rigged’ Vote

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New York Times:
Donald Trump Vows Retaliation as Republicans Abandon Him

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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway throws down the gauntlet to Paul Ryan

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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
The Debate's Biggest Loser Was the GOP

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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:

Jeff Sessions: Behavior Described by Trump in ‘Grab Them by the P—y’ Tape Isn't Sexual Assault — Two days after the videotape of Donald Trump's now-infamous 2005 lewd conversation was released, the Trump team remains divided over the most serious question arising from the tape: Is Trump talking about sexual assault?

Jack Shafer / Politico:

Why Did NBC News Sit on the Trump Tape for So Long? — As the political world ponders whether the past 72 hours have delivered a fatal knockout blow to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the nation's media observers have been bedeviled by a separate question: Why did NBC News hold its story …

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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway slams Anderson Cooper for pressing Trump on sexual assault

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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
After lying low, Mike Pence delivered a sermon in support of Donald Trump

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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Pat Robertson: It's ‘macho’ for Trump to grab women ‘by the p*ssy’ without permission

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Chrissie.Thompsonfink / Cincinnati.com:
Which vote can they defend? Ohio GOP chair, wife watch debate

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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 …

Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Ralph Nader predicts fastest impeachment in history for Trump

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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan won't defend Trump

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T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:

Clinton suggests intervention for protester wearing Bill Clinton ‘rape’ shirt — Hillary Clinton encouraged supporters Monday to follow and stage an intervention for a protester who was removed by security after he interrupted her rally in Detroit. — “You know,” Clinton said after the demonstrator …

MJ Lee / CNN:

Donald Trump's mission: Make Clinton's life hell for the next month — WARNING: This story contains graphic language. — St. Louis (CNN)Donald Trump issued an unmistakable threat to Hillary Clinton Sunday night: I am willing to cross any line to make the next 30 days of your life hell.

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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Donald Trump's threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy

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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Emails: Firm that hired Abedin called Chelsea Clinton a ‘spoiled brat kid’

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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Melania Trump Trolls Clintons with ‘Pussy Bow’ Blouse at Debate

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Sarah B. Boxer / Yahoo:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Trump, Kaepernick and her lifelong love of the law — They don't call her the “Notorious RBG” for nothing. — In “My Own Words,” a new compilation of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's writings over the course her lifetime, the vim and vigor that she is famous for expressing …

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Victoria M. Massie / Vox:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg respects Colin Kaepernick's right to protest, but thinks “it's dumb and disrespectful”

Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Caller

Business Wire:

Some Tax Facts for Donald Trump — OMAHA, Neb.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Answering a question last night about his $916 million income tax loss carryforward in 1995, Donald Trump stated that “Warren Buffett took a massive deduction.” Mr. Trump says he knows more about taxes than any other human.

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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Warren Buffett fires back at Donald Trump's comments about his taxes

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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Carl Icahn: I'm still with Trump; ‘salacious’ talk happens everywhere

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The Huffington Post:

There Are Transcripts Of Trump's Unaired Moments On ‘The Apprentice.’ We Got One. — The Republican nominee was hypercritical of one up-and-coming singer's skin. — Top Democratic operatives have offered to pay millions of dollars for unaired footage of Donald Trump on the set of …

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Media Matters for America:

Trump Ally Alex Jones: “I Was Told By People Around” Clinton That “She's Demon-Possessed” — ALEX JONES (HOST): I'm never a lesser of two evils person, but with Hillary, there's not even the same universe. She is an abject, psychopathic, demon from Hell that as soon as she gets into power is going to try to destroy the planet.

Discussion: Vox, Heat Street, Mediaite and The Week

NBC News:

Trump Told Russia To Blame for Hacks Long Before Debate — Clinton: ‘We Deserve Answers’ on Russian Involvement 0:46 — During Sunday's debate, Donald Trump once again said he doesn't know whether Russia is trying to hack the U.S. election, despite Friday's statement by the U.S. intelligence …

Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos and CNBC

Ed Stetzer / Christianity Today:

What Is Going On Inside Trump's Religious Advisory Panel? James MacDonald Speaks Out — When Donald Trump announced his Evangelical Executive Advisory Council, the news coverage and commentary was quite loud. Many Evangelicals were very concerned about why these leaders would seemingly tacitly support Trump.

Discussion: RedState and Washington Post