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

4:50 PM ET, October 10, 2016

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

New York Times:

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 …

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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: Washington Post

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 …

Discussion: New Urban Legends, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Week and Mediaite

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

Discussion: Daily Kos

Alan Fram / Associated Press:
The Latest: Ryan Said to Avoid Question on Voting for Trump

Discussion: Politico, ABC News and The Right Scoop

New York Times:
Donald Trump Vows Retaliation as Republicans Abandon Him

Discussion: Yahoo, Mother Jones, Political Insider blog, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and The Week

John Bresnahan / Politico:
Sources: Ryan discussed revoking Trump endorsement

Discussion: ABC News, Political Insider blog and Vox

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

Discussion: RedState, Political Wire and The Moderate Voice

Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump Goes Full Breitbart

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, NBC News and Mediaite

Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Pence: I never considered leaving Trump ticket

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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence calls rumors of him weighing dropping off the ticket ‘absolutely false’

Discussion: ThinkProgress, ABC News and The Daily Caller

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?

David Edwards / Raw Story:
Pat Robertson: It's ‘macho’ for Trump to grab women ‘by the p*ssy’ without permission

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

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

Discussion: Associated Press and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Donald Trump's threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, Raw Story, neo-neocon, ABC News, ThinkProgress, RedState and Vogue

Jason Easley / Politicus USA:
Post-Debate Polls Say Hillary Clinton Crushed Donald Trump For A Second Time

Discussion: Media Matters for America, YouGov US Opinion Center News, CNN, The Mahablog and Guardian

A.M. / Economist:
Donald Trump threatens to lock up Hillary Clinton

Discussion: Instapundit and Washington Post

Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Trump looms behind Clinton at the debate

Discussion: Politicus USA, Politico, Infowars, Associated Press, Washington Post, Daily Kos and WNCT-TV

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 …

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.

Discussion: Rasmussen Reports, Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight and The American Spectator

Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:

Melania Trump Trolls Clintons with ‘Pussy Bow’ Blouse at Debate — Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, wore a Gucci blouse to the second presidential debate that is called a “pussy bow.” — The potential First Lady's wardrobe choice came …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Full Feed, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.

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

Discussion: Politico, The Gateway Pundit and Business Insider

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

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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 …

Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's Lead Jumped After Lewd Video, Before Debate, in WSJ Poll

Discussion: Vox, Mother Jones, Hot Air and Washington Post

Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Ralph Nader predicts fastest impeachment in history for Trump

Discussion: RedState

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, Talking Points Memo, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Caller, CBS Los Angeles, Washington Free Beacon, Mashable, Business Insider, The Week, theGrio, Heat Street and Independent Journal Review

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

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: Washington Post, Politico and Business Insider

Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:

Warren Buffett fires back at Donald Trump's comments about his taxes — Warren Buffett responded Monday to Donald Trump's attacks on his tax payments, offering income tax information and criticizing Trump for not releasing his own tax records. — In Sunday night's presidential debate in St. Louis …

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 …

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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 …

Discussion: ABC News, CNN, Above the Law, The Huffington Post, Occupy Democrats, Mediaite, Mashable and Talking Points Memo

Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:

If I Die Before You Wake... In April I went into the hospital and stayed there a week. Subsequently, I have gone back numerous times. In fact, I have spent more time in the hospital this year than all the rest of my life combined. My lungs were filling with clots and I could barely breath.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Nathaniel Meyersohn / BuzzFeed:

Democratic Rep: “Deplorables” Remark May Be “Worst Line I've Ever Heard In Politics” — Democratic Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton offered stinging criticism of Hillary Clinton's comment that half of Donald Trump's supporters could be put in a “basket of deplorables.”

Discussion: Washington Times and Washington Free Beacon