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Washington Post:
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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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Juanita Broaddrick's other debate-night claim could be trouble for Breitbart News — Seated next to Donald Trump at a pre-debate campaign event Sunday night, Juanita Broaddrick repeated her charge that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978 — an accusation she has contradicted under oath and which the former president denies.
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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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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Sources: Ryan discussed revoking Trump endorsement — ST. LOUIS — House Speaker Paul Ryan has discussed withdrawing his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions within his inner circle. — Ryan (R-Wis.) has publicly and privately grown dismayed …
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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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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump Goes Full Breitbart
Trump Goes Full Breitbart
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway throws down the gauntlet to Paul Ryan
Kellyanne Conway throws down the gauntlet to Paul Ryan
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Daily Kos
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
UGLIEST DEBATE EVER
UGLIEST DEBATE EVER
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Who paid for Bill Clinton's accusers to travel to the debate?
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’
Flashback: Donald Trump Called Bill Clinton's Accusers ‘Terrible’ and ‘Unattractive’ and Former President ‘Terrific’
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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Trump looms behind Clinton at the debate
Trump looms behind Clinton at the debate
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Notes on the garbage fire that is American politics
Notes on the garbage fire that is American politics
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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 …
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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 …
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NBC News:
Poll: More Voters Say Trump Doesn't Respect Women After Lewd Tape Surfaces — After a 2005 recording of Donald Trump making lewd comments about women emerged on Friday, 63 percent of likely voters said they do not think the Republican nominee respects women, according to the latest NBC News|
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Will Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Post-debate poll: Clinton 47%, Trump 42%
Post-debate poll: Clinton 47%, Trump 42%
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CNN:
Clinton wins debate, but Trump exceeds expectations
Clinton wins debate, but Trump exceeds expectations
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Polls suggest Hillary Clinton won the 2nd presidential debate
Polls suggest Hillary Clinton won the 2nd presidential debate
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Paul Ryan tells House GOP he won't defend Trump in wake of video scandal — House Speaker Paul Ryan told fellow Republican lawmakers Monday he will not defend Donald Trump and focus only on holding congressional majorities. — “The speaker is going to spend the next month focused entirely …
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
The Debate's Biggest Loser Was the GOP — Trump does just well enough to doom Republicans on November 8. — There is one important sense in which Donald Trump “won” the debate on Sunday night: He did not implode. He wasn't “good,” or attractive, or knowledgeable. He was coarse and whiny and unpleasant.
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New York Times:
Paul Ryan Says He Will No Longer Defend Donald Trump
Paul Ryan Says He Will No Longer Defend Donald Trump
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Ryan to House lawmakers: I 'won't defend Trump'
Ryan to House lawmakers: I 'won't defend Trump'
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Ari Melber / NBC News:
Trump's Pledge to ‘Jail’ Clinton Unprecedented — Trump: ‘I am Going to Instruct My Attorney General to Get a Special Prosecutor’ 0:58 — Donald Trump's pledge Sunday night that he would order his attorney general to investigate Hillary Clinton, and his quip that she should “be in jail …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Donald Trump's threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy
Donald Trump's threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Melania Trump Trolls Clintons with ‘Pussy Bow’ Blouse at Debate
Melania Trump Trolls Clintons with ‘Pussy Bow’ Blouse at Debate
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Campaign Manager: Statement About Putting Hillary in Jail Was a ‘Quip’
Trump Campaign Manager: Statement About Putting Hillary in Jail Was a ‘Quip’
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Chrissie.Thompsonfink / Cincinnati.com:
Which vote can they defend? Ohio GOP chair, wife watch debate — In a bitter debate filled with tension and insult, Hillary Clinton declared that Donald Trump's vulgar comments about women prove his unsuitability to be president. He promised she would “be in jail” if he were president.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
At Second Debate, Donald Trump Was the Perfect Republican
At Second Debate, Donald Trump Was the Perfect Republican
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Vows Retaliation as Republicans Abandon Him
Donald Trump Vows Retaliation as Republicans Abandon Him
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The answer is no: We haven't seen anything quite like this
The answer is no: We haven't seen anything quite like this
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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 …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump confirmed our worst fears about the kind of president he would be
Donald Trump confirmed our worst fears about the kind of president he would be
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence calls rumors of him weighing dropping off the ticket ‘absolutely false’
Pence calls rumors of him weighing dropping off the ticket ‘absolutely false’
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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?
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
TV Ratings: Early Numbers Show Significant Drop From First Presidential Debate … Viewership of Sunday's second presidential debate fell significantly in major markets from the turnout for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's first meeting on Sept. 26. — In Nielsen's overnight metered markets …
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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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