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1:35 AM ET, October 10, 2016

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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.”
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Flashback: Donald Trump Called Bill Clinton's Accusers ‘Terrible’ and ‘Unattractive’ and Former President ‘Terrific’  —  Over the weekend, Donald Trump has called former President Bill Clinton an abuser of women and Hillary Clinton a bully who intimidated his victims.
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump hosts surprise panel with Bill Clinton's accusers  —  Donald Trump, reeling after two days of Republican disavowals and disaffections over a 2005 videotape of him bragging about his ability to get away with sexual assault, attempted to change the subject to his opponent's husband's alleged infidelities.
Zack Stanton / Politico:
Trump is wrong: Hillary Clinton did not laugh about the rape of a 12-year-old  —  “Her client she represented got him off and she is seen laughing on two occasions laughing at the girl who was raped.”  — Donald Trump  —  It is totally false to say that Hillary Clinton laughed about the rape of a 12-year-old.
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.
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Who paid for Bill Clinton's accusers to travel to the debate?  —  ST. LOUIS — One of the women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault, Juanita Broaddrick, told reporters at the debate on Sunday that the website Breitbart paid for her trip to St. Louis.
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE — Video Interview: Bill Clinton Accuser Juanita Broaddrick Relives Brutal Rapes
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.
Discussion: CNN, The Week, Politicus USA and Daily Kos
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The 7 nastiest insults of the debate  —  The insults are coming fast and furious in the second presidential debate in St. Louis, with threats of imprisonment and attacks on fitness to office.  Below are the seven harshest insults of the night so far between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: ABC News
ABC News:
Both Campaigns Spin Debate Performance
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Trump's 'You'd Be in Jail' Debate Jab at Clinton Condemned
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Clinton on Trump Video: ‘This Is Who Donald Trump Is’
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Trump, Clinton Don't Shake Hands at Debate
Discussion: Politico
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Clinton says video ‘represents exactly who’ Trump is
Discussion: ABC News
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
We're Live Blogging Round Two of the Presidential Debates  —  Well.  That was something, wasn't it?  —  Trump didn't crash and burn like he did in the first debate, so I suppose that has to be counted as a victory of sorts.  But on substance he almost literally said nothing.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Everything that was said at the second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton debate, highlighted
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
12 most heated moments in an unprecedented debate
Discussion: ABC News
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Cooper, Raddatz set to make first questions of debate about Trump tape
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 …
New York Times:
How NBC Finished Second on the Trump Video Story  —  Days after a blockbuster video emerged capturing Donald J. Trump, then a reality television host, making vulgar remarks about aggressively kissing and groping women, a question was still reverberating around media and political circles:
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Billy Bush suspended from ‘Today’ show
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Billy Bush, embroiled in Trump tape scandal, is asked to take a break from ‘Today’ show
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
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 …
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 …
Foreign Policy:
Hillary Clinton for President of the United States  —  A Donald Trump presidency is among the greatest threats facing America, and the Republican standard-bearer is the worst major-party candidate for the job in U.S. history.  —  In the nearly half century history of Foreign Policy …
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al.com:
Endorsement: We're with Hillary Clinton. Frankly, Donald Trump's dangerous.
Discussion: Political Wire
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
In Which I Take a Second Look at Hillary Clinton's Paid Speeches  —  While we pass the time waiting for tonight's debate, I'm going to talk through something else.  Yesterday I wrote about one of the emails in the Podesta hack, and basically dismissed it.  It was a review of the most …
Indianapolis Star:
Pence is sticking with Trump — but closely watching debate  —  Mike Pence is sticking with Donald Trump in public, but in private he is holding his options open, according to sources close to him.  —  Pence was taking a wait-and-see approach to tonight's presidential debate …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jezebel
 
 
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Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
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