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10:40 AM ET, October 10, 2016

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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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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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: ABC News, The Moderate Voice and Vox
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Notes on the garbage fire that is American politics
Eli Stokols / Politico:   Trump stays alive
NBC News:
Exclusive: Inside the Trump Campaign's Moment of Crisis
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
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The 7 nastiest insults of the debate
Discussion: ABC News
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Trump campaign manager: He's ‘gracious and a gentleman’
Discussion: Jezebel
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Everything that was said at the second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton debate, highlighted
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.
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.
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 …
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|
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
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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Associated Press:
Trump's 'You'd Be in Jail' Debate Jab at Clinton Condemned
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
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New York Times:
Transcript of the Second Debate
Discussion: Hit & Run, Althouse and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Presidential Debate: Here's What You Missed
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 …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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
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.
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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Associated Press:
Trump Casts Aside Pence's Hawk Talk on Russian-Backed Syria
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Lawrence Summers / Washington Post:
The global economy has entered unexplored, dangerous territory
Discussion: Instapundit
Taylor Gee / Politico:
13 times Trump was dead wrong at the debate, and 2 times Clinton was
Discussion: Guardian
Siobhan McFadyen / Daily Express:
French terror police say 15,000 Islamic radicals including 2,000 CHILDREN on watch list
Discussion: The Geller Report and Jihad Watch
New York Times:
Mr. Trump Goes Low
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Oliver Hart / Nobelprize.org:
The Prize in Economic Sciences 2016
Discussion: The Atlantic and New York Times
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
In Which I Take a Second Look at Hillary Clinton's Paid Speeches
Wayne Grudem / Townhall.com:
Trump's Moral Character and the Election