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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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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
UGLIEST DEBATE EVER — It was the ugliest debate in American history. — For 90 minutes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton called each other liars, untrustworthy and unfit for office as they sparred not so much about their policy differences as their basic character.
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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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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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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Who paid for Bill Clinton's accusers to travel to the debate?
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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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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Campaign Manager: Statement About Putting Hillary in Jail Was a ‘Quip’
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Polls suggest Hillary Clinton won the 2nd presidential debate
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Everything that was said at the second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton debate, highlighted
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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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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Flashback: Donald Trump Called Bill Clinton's Accusers ‘Terrible’ and ‘Unattractive’ and Former President ‘Terrific’
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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.
Zack Stanton / Politico:
Trump is wrong: Hillary Clinton did not laugh about the rape of a 12-year-old
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
As Trump mulls attack on Clinton scandals, one source makes him a target
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump hosts surprise panel with Bill Clinton's accusers
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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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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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New York Times:
Donald Trump Vows Retaliation as Republicans Abandon Him — The Republican Party was at the brink of civil war on Sunday as Donald J. Trump signaled he would retaliate against lawmakers who withdraw their support from his campaign, and senior party leaders privately acknowledged …
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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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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 …
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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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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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 …
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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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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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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump confirmed our worst fears about the kind of president he would be — Donald Trump is running for dictator, not for president. — At Sunday's debate, Donald Trump revealed that he is not running to be America's president so much as its dictator. — The debate's most unnerving moment came early.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
A competent woman just debated a man who has no idea what he's talking about — Let's not lower the bar for Donald Trump: President of the United States is a difficult job that requires wide-ranging knowledge of the American government and the myriad issues that land on the president's desk.
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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