memeorandum: Is Trump a Sufferable Evil? (William Kristol/Weekly Standard)

7:35 PM ET, October 10, 2016

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Paul Ryan Won't Defend Donald Trump, Upsetting Trump and G.O.P. Hard-Liners — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan dealt a hammer blow to Donald J. Trump's presidential candidacy Monday, dashing any remaining semblance of party unity and inviting fierce backlash from his own caucus by announcing …

John Bresnahan / Politico:

Ryan abandons Trump — Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republicans on a conference call Monday morning that he's done defending Donald Trump and will focus on maintaining his party's increasingly imperiled House majority, according to sources on the call. — The message amounted to a concession …

Discussion: Townhall.com, TheBlaze.com, Independent Journal Review, Infowars, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Guardian and Balloon Juice

Shane Goldmacher / Politico:

Priebus promises RNC still stands with Trump — With Donald Trump's campaign in a historic free-fall, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus declared Monday that the party is standing behind its presidential nominee. — “First of all, I want to make it very clear that the RNC …

Discussion: Townhall.com and Mediaite

William Kristol / Weekly Standard:

Is Trump a Sufferable Evil? — The Republican party is looking down the road to disaster. — The emergence Friday of the disgusting Trump tape was a gift to the Republican party. It provided an occasion, at the very last minute, for the party to dump a fundamentally unworthy and radically unfit nominee.

Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post

Alan Fram / Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Resumes Attacks on Bill Clinton

Discussion: Politico, BuzzFeed and The Right Scoop

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cotton, Ernst stand by Trump

Discussion: Des Moines Register and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway throws down the gauntlet to Paul Ryan

Discussion: ABC News, Daily Kos and Political Insider blog

Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
The Debate's Biggest Loser Was the GOP

Discussion: RedState, Political Wire and The Moderate Voice

Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Mike Pence cancels N.J. Trump fundraiser scheduled for Monday in Ocean County

Discussion: CNN, New Urban Legends, The Stranger …, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, NBC News, Politico and The Week

Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan won't defend Trump

Discussion: RedState

CNN:
Paul Ryan said he won't defend Donald Trump

Discussion: RedState, Hot Air, Occupy Democrats, Mother Jones, Mashable, PinkNews and Washington Post

John McCormack / Weekly Standard:

Jeff Sessions: Behavior Described by Trump in ‘Grab Them by the P—y’ Tape Isn't Sexual Assault — Two days after the videotape of Donald Trump's now-infamous 2005 lewd conversation was released, the Trump team remains divided over the most serious question arising from the tape: Is Trump talking about sexual assault?

Jack Shafer / Politico:

Why Did NBC News Sit on the Trump Tape for So Long? — As the political world ponders whether the past 72 hours have delivered a fatal knockout blow to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the nation's media observers have been bedeviled by a separate question: Why did NBC News hold its story …

Discussion: New Urban Legends, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, New York Magazine, Washington Post and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

David Edwards / Raw Story:

Pat Robertson: It's ‘macho’ for Trump to grab women ‘by the p*ssy’ without permission — Pat Robertson on Monday declared that Donald Trump was the “clear winner” of Sunday night's presidential debate, and the televangelist asserted that the GOP candidate's admission that he groped women was simply “macho” talk.

Discussion: Washington Post, Politicus USA, The Federalist, CNN, NY State of Politics, TheStreet.com, Atlanta Black Star, Business Insider, Guardian and www.wnyc.org

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.

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Raw Story, ThinkProgress, ABC News, RedState, neo-neocon, twitchy.com, Vogue and rubber hose

Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway slams Anderson Cooper for pressing Trump on sexual assault

Discussion: Rewire, Associated Press and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
After lying low, Mike Pence delivered a sermon in support of Donald Trump

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Charlotte Observer, Raw Story and Atlanta Black Star

Chrissie.Thompsonfink / Cincinnati.com:
Which vote can they defend? Ohio GOP chair, wife watch debate

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, The Resurgent, Guardian and www.wnyc.org

Carrie Dann / NBC News:

Poll: After Trump Tape Revelation, Clinton's Lead Up to Double Digits — NBC/WSJ poll: Clinton holds major lead 7:03 — As Donald Trump's campaign reels over tapes of the presidential candidate's sexually aggressive comments about women in 2005, the Republican nominee now trails Hillary Clinton …

Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:

Ralph Nader predicts fastest impeachment in history for Trump — As Al Gore hits the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton, there's another figure from 2000 seeking a voice in this election. — Remember Ralph Nader? — The 82-year-old consumer advocate says he's working “harder than ever” …

Discussion: RedState

NBC News:
Poll: More Voters Say Trump Doesn't Respect Women After Lewd Tape Surfaces

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Washington Post and Politico

Sarah B. Boxer / Yahoo:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Trump, Kaepernick and her lifelong love of the law — They don't call her the “Notorious RBG” for nothing. — In “My Own Words,” a new compilation of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's writings over the course her lifetime, the vim and vigor that she is famous for expressing …

Discussion: Mediaite, ABC News, Washington Free Beacon, New York Magazine, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Caller, AOL, Business Insider, CBS Los Angeles, Talking Points Memo, The Week, The Root, Heat Street, Independent Journal Review and theGrio

Victoria M. Massie / Vox:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg respects Colin Kaepernick's right to protest, but thinks “it's dumb and disrespectful”

Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Caller

T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:

Clinton suggests intervention for protester wearing Bill Clinton ‘rape’ shirt — Hillary Clinton encouraged supporters Monday to follow and stage an intervention for a protester who was removed by security after he interrupted her rally in Detroit. — “You know,” Clinton said after the demonstrator …

MJ Lee / CNN:
Donald Trump's mission: Make Clinton's life hell for the next month

Discussion: Rasmussen Reports, Politicus USA, Daily Kos, BuzzFeed, Washington Post, Hot Air, YouGov US Opinion Center News and WNCT-TV

Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Emails: Firm that hired Abedin called Chelsea Clinton a ‘spoiled brat kid’

Discussion: The Daily Caller, RedState and Washington Free Beacon

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 …

Associated Press:
Trump Ally Paid Sexual Assault Victim Critical of Clinton

Discussion: ABC News, Politico, The Daily Caller, Vox and Raw Story

Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Juanita Broaddrick's other debate-night claim could be trouble for Breitbart News

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Business Wire:

Some Tax Facts for Donald Trump — OMAHA, Neb.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Answering a question last night about his $916 million income tax loss carryforward in 1995, Donald Trump stated that “Warren Buffett took a massive deduction.” Mr. Trump says he knows more about taxes than any other human.

Discussion: New York Times, Mediaite, Occupy Democrats, Washington Post, Politico and Business Insider

Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Warren Buffett fires back at Donald Trump's comments about his taxes

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

The Huffington Post:

There Are Transcripts Of Trump's Unaired Moments On ‘The Apprentice.’ We Got One. — The Republican nominee was hypercritical of one up-and-coming singer's skin. — Top Democratic operatives have offered to pay millions of dollars for unaired footage of Donald Trump on the set of …

Discussion: Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, alan.com, Vox and theGrio, more at Mediagazer »

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

GOP ex-prosecutors slam Trump over threat to ‘jail’ Clinton — Donald Trump's debate-night vow to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton's email setup and put her “in jail” provoked a sharp blowback from former U.S. prosecutors, who said Trump's view of the Justice Department serving …