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2:00 AM ET, October 10, 2016

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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.
Discussion: CNN, The Week, Politicus USA and Daily Kos
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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.”
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.
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Polls suggest Hillary Clinton won the 2nd presidential debate  —  It will be a few more days before we get really methodologically rigorous polls measuring how the electorate felt about the second presidential debate, the impact of which will be intermingled with the Trump leaked tape scandal that broke two days earlier.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Everything that was said at the second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton debate, highlighted
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
We're Live Blogging Round Two of the Presidential Debates
Associated Press:
Trump's 'You'd Be in Jail' Debate Jab at Clinton Condemned
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
ABC News:
Both Campaigns Spin Debate Performance
Discussion: Politico
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
12 most heated moments in an unprecedented debate
Discussion: 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
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Cooper, Raddatz set to make first questions of debate about Trump tape
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
The rape allegation against Bill Clinton, explained
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Clinton says video ‘represents exactly who’ Trump is
Discussion: ABC News
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
al.com:
Endorsement: We're with Hillary Clinton.  Frankly, Donald Trump's dangerous.  —  Donald Trump must not be president.  —  Alabama has voted for every Republican candidate since Ronald Reagan, a man that captured our imagination with a hopeful view of America as a shining city upon a hill.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Foreign Policy:
Hillary Clinton for President of the United States
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 …
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 …
 
 
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact Check: Trump's wrong on ISIS and Libyan oil
Indianapolis Star:
Pence is sticking with Trump — but closely watching debate
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jezebel
John Bresnahan / Politico:
House GOP leaders agonize over Trump strategy
NBC News:
Exclusive: Inside the Trump Campaign's Moment of Crisis
Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Clinton's national lead grows to six points as Trump support dips ahead of second debate
Discussion: The Week
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