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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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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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Washington Post, NBC News, No More Mister Nice Blog and Mediaite
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.
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CNN, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, WCTX-TV and Washington Post
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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Raw Story, www.wnyc.org, Mother Jones, AOL, Washington Post, Tennessean.com and BuzzFeed, more at Mediagazer »
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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NPR, Political Insider blog and Balloon Juice
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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Political Wire and WNCT-TV
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Sources: Ryan discussed revoking Trump endorsement
Sources: Ryan discussed revoking Trump endorsement
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ABC News, The Moderate Voice and Vox
Associated Press:
Trump Ally Paid Sexual Assault Victim Critical of Clinton
Trump Ally Paid Sexual Assault Victim Critical of Clinton
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Politico, Raw Story, ABC News and Media Matters for America
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Flashback: Donald Trump Called Bill Clinton's Accusers ‘Terrible’ and ‘Unattractive’ and Former President ‘Terrific’
Flashback: Donald Trump Called Bill Clinton's Accusers ‘Terrible’ and ‘Unattractive’ and Former President ‘Terrific’
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Associated Press, Politico, The Cook Political Report, Law News, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Washington Post and The Week
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Who paid for Bill Clinton's accusers to travel to the debate?
Who paid for Bill Clinton's accusers to travel to the debate?
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Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit and New York Times
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Donald Trump used to make light of Bill Clinton's sex scandals. Now they're his main weapon.
Donald Trump used to make light of Bill Clinton's sex scandals. Now they're his main weapon.
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Second Presidential Debate: 11 Moments That Mattered
Second Presidential Debate: 11 Moments That Mattered
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Associated Press and Politico
MJ Lee / CNN:
Donald Trump's mission: Make Clinton's life hell for the next month
Donald Trump's mission: Make Clinton's life hell for the next month
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Washington Post, The American Spectator and New York Times
Zack Stanton / Politico:
Trump is wrong: Hillary Clinton did not laugh about the rape of a 12-year-old
Trump is wrong: Hillary Clinton did not laugh about the rape of a 12-year-old
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Slate, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, Little Green Footballs, Vox, ABC News, Daily Kos and Occupy Democrats
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
Exclusive Video-Broaddrick, Willey, Jones to Bill Clinton's Defenders: 'These Are Crimes …
Exclusive Video-Broaddrick, Willey, Jones to Bill Clinton's Defenders: 'These Are Crimes …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Everything that was said at the second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton debate, highlighted
Everything that was said at the second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton debate, highlighted
David Weigel / Washington Post:
As Trump mulls attack on Clinton scandals, one source makes him a target
As Trump mulls attack on Clinton scandals, one source makes him a target
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Infowars, The Daily Caller and Media Matters for America
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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CNN, Politicus USA, FiveThirtyEight, Political Wire, Daily Kos and The Week
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Polls suggest Hillary Clinton won the 2nd presidential debate
Polls suggest Hillary Clinton won the 2nd presidential debate
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CNBC, AOL, Washington Monthly, Townhall.com, Business Insider, CBS New York and Independent Journal Review
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Campaign Manager: Statement About Putting Hillary in Jail Was a ‘Quip’
Trump Campaign Manager: Statement About Putting Hillary in Jail Was a ‘Quip’
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Political Insider blog, Daily Kos and Media Matters for America
Madeline Conway / Politico:
CNN poll: 57 percent of viewers say Clinton won the debate
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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NBC News, The Huffington Post, Raw Story, twitchy.com, WTVR-TV, CNBC, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Mashable and Daily Kos
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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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ThinkProgress, RedState, Washington Post, Fortune and Vogue
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.
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Politico, CNN, CBS New York, Vox, Independent Journal Review and BizPac Review
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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 …
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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Washington Post and Politico
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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Washington Monthly
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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Patterico's Pontifications, alan.com and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
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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Washington Post, Politico and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »
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Taylor Gee / Politico:
13 times Trump was dead wrong at the debate, and 2 times Clinton was — The debate was unreal. — In a campaign season littered with falsehoods, Sunday night's debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton marked the moment when the tether between rhetoric and reality snapped.
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Guardian
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.