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Trump's debate plan to seat Bill Clinton's accusers in family box was thwarted — ST. LOUIS — Donald Trump's campaign sought to intimidate Hillary Clinton and embarrass her husband by seating women who have accused former president Bill Clinton of sexual abuse in the Trump family's box …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The answer is no: We haven't seen anything quite like this — ST. LOUIS — The question has been asked so many times over the past 16 months of this presidential election that it has become a cliche: Has anyone ever seen anything quite like this? And yet, once again, Donald Trump took Campaign 2016 …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Second Presidential Debate: 11 Moments That Mattered — The second presidential debate came at the end of a tumultuous and unprecedented week on the campaign trail, and the battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump reflected every bit of that drama. — The Republican and Democratic …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Notes on the garbage fire that is American politics — Every Republican who endorsed and normalized Trump bears part of the blame for this moment. — At 7:26 pm, barely 90 minutes before the second presidential debate, Donald Trump tweeted, “Join me on #FacebookLive as I conclude my final #debate preparations.”
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump Goes Full Breitbart — ST. LOUIS — Donald Trump faced a choice on Sunday. — Ahead of one of the highest-stakes debate situations ever after tape emerged showing Trump making grossly sexist remarks that are so damaging that many top Republicans have abandoned him …
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Associated Press:
Trump Ally Paid Sexual Assault Victim Critical of Clinton — A sexual-assault victim who is critical of Hillary Clinton and who appeared alongside Donald Trump before Sunday night's debate was paid $2,500 by a political action committee founded by Trump ally Roger Stone.
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Donald Trump used to make light of Bill Clinton's sex scandals. Now they're his main weapon. — In 1999, Trump expressed sympathy for Clinton for having to endure her husband's affairs in public. — (CNN)Under fire for his hot-mic comments in which he boasts about forcing himself upon women …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Who paid for Bill Clinton's accusers to travel to the debate?
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Flashback: Donald Trump Called Bill Clinton's Accusers ‘Terrible’ and ‘Unattractive’ and Former President ‘Terrific’
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Sources: Ryan discussed revoking Trump endorsement
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump hosts surprise panel with Bill Clinton's accusers
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Zack Stanton / Politico:
Trump is wrong: Hillary Clinton did not laugh about the rape of a 12-year-old
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Everything that was said at the second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton debate, highlighted
David Weigel / Washington Post:
As Trump mulls attack on Clinton scandals, one source makes him a target
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New York Times:
Presidential Debate: Here's What You Missed
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Fox News:
Trump holds pre-debate press conference with Bill Clinton accusers
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
We're Live Blogging Round Two of the Presidential Debates
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Will Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Post-debate poll: Clinton 47%, Trump 42% — YouGov interviewed 812 registered voters who watched the debate … Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton clashed for the second time at a town hall-style debate in St Louis, Missouri on Sunday night.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
CNN poll: 57 percent of viewers say Clinton won the debate — A majority of debate viewers polled by CNN — 57 percent — said Hillary Clinton won the second presidential debate on Sunday night in St. Louis. — Thirty-four percent of debate watchers surveyed in the instant poll said Donald Trump won …
Associated Press:
Trump's 'You'd Be in Jail' Debate Jab at Clinton Condemned — Donald Trump says he'll jail opponent Hillary Clinton if he wins the presidency. — The Republican presidential nominee made the threat — an unprecedented break with U.S. political decorum — in the middle of the second presidential debate, held Sunday in St. Louis.
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Polls suggest Hillary Clinton won the 2nd presidential debate — It will be a few more days before we get really methodologically rigorous polls measuring how the electorate felt about the second presidential debate, the impact of which will be intermingled with the Trump leaked tape scandal that broke two days earlier.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
In The Abuser's House — This was a very, very different kind of debate. Let me begin with a few general observations. — First, I think this was the debate the Breitbart crew - Bannon, Bossie and the rest - wanted from Trump. He hit Bill's history; he was aggressive and slashing …
USA Today:
Trump, companies accused of mistreating women in at least 20 lawsuits — One woman sued Donald Trump's Miami resort saying she lost her job because she got pregnant. — Two others claimed they were fired after complaining that co-workers sexually harassed them.
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Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Mike Pence cancels N.J. Trump fundraiser scheduled for Monday in Ocean County — TRENTON — Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, has canceled his planned visit to New Jersey scheduled for Monday, several GOP sources tell NJ Advance Media. — Pence, the governor of Indiana …
NBC News:
Exclusive: Inside the Trump Campaign's Moment of Crisis — NEW YORK — Under siege from a growing brigade of Republican officials demanding Donald Trump step down, the candidate's campaign team and dwindling number of allies struggled to respond on Sunday, just hours before a crucial second debate with Hillary Clinton.
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CNN:
Obama: Donald Trump comments ‘disturbing’
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump eyes debate to rescue faltering campaign
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump stays alive — The ugliest presidential debate in the country's history began with the two candidates taking the stage without shaking hands and will be remembered for Donald Trump's threat to put Hillary Clinton in jail, his statement that she has “hate in her heart” …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
UGLIEST DEBATE EVER
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al.com:
Endorsement: We're with Hillary Clinton. Frankly, Donald Trump's dangerous. — Donald Trump must not be president. — Alabama has voted for every Republican candidate since Ronald Reagan, a man that captured our imagination with a hopeful view of America as a shining city upon a hill.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
At Second Debate, Donald Trump Was the Perfect Republican — On Saturday, in the wake of a tape of Donald Trump boasting about his repeated sexual assaults, the Republican Party appeared to be in the early stages of a full jailbreak repudiation of its nominee.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump Wins — Some of the rats might want to consider returning to the ship. Donald Trump came through pretty well tonight, mainly because the focus was on the issues. As long as issues are being discussed, Trump wins. — The moderators came out of the box with questions about Trump's 2005 video …
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