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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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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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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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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The answer is no: We haven't seen anything quite like this
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Sources: Ryan discussed revoking Trump endorsement
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Associated Press:
Trump Ally Paid Sexual Assault Victim Critical of Clinton
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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.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Who paid for Bill Clinton's accusers to travel to the debate?
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Second Presidential Debate: 11 Moments That Mattered
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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 — There is no way to sugarcoat this: At Sunday night's presidential debate, Donald Trump threatened to throw Hillary Clinton in jail if he wins the presidency. This — threatening to jail one's political opponents — is how democratic norms die.
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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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CNN:
Clinton wins debate, but Trump exceeds expectations
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Polls suggest Hillary Clinton won the 2nd presidential debate
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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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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Pence: I never considered leaving Trump ticket — (CNN)Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Monday that he did not consider leaving Donald Trump's presidential ticket, saying it's the “greatest honor of my life” to be nominated by the Republican Party as Trump's running mate.
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
UGLIEST DEBATE EVER
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence calls rumors of him weighing dropping off the ticket ‘absolutely false’
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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:
Donald Trump Vows Retaliation as Republicans Abandon Him
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
At Second Debate, Donald Trump Was the Perfect Republican
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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