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12:05 AM ET, October 12, 2016

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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Exclusive: Trump campaign CEO wanted to destroy Ryan  —  's presidential campaign, gave explicit orders to his staff to destroy Speaker Paul Ryan  —  (R-Wis.).  —  On editorial conference calls, the Breitbart chairman would often say “Paul Ryan is the enemy,” according to a source who worked with Bannon at the news organization.
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama mocks Republicans for standing by Trump  —  President Barack Obama relished the GOP civil war that has broken out over Donald Trump, openly mocking Republicans who are refusing to rescind their endorsements even as they condemn the nominee for talking cavalierly about sexual assault.
Discussion: ABC News
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's New Attack Strategy: Curb Clinton Vote  —  The Republican nominee has given up the conventional wisdom of trying to reach voters far outside his core of support  —  Donald Trump, faced with opposition inside and outside his party, plans to renew the nationalist themes that built …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Breitbart Boss Stephen Bannon Bragged in 2015: 'I'm Trump's Campaign Manager'  —  A year before Donald Trump hired Breitbart News' executive chairman to be his presidential campaign's CEO, Stephen K. Bannon boasted, “I'm Trump's campaign manager” via email.  —  Breitbart's ties …
Discussion: Mediaite
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Exclusive: USA TODAY survey shows that a quarter of elected top Republicans won't endorse Trump  —  Twenty-six percent of Republican governors and members of Congress are refusing to endorse GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to a survey by the USA TODAY Network.
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump on Ryan: 'I don't want his support'  —  Donald Trump went right after Paul Ryan during his first TV interview since the publication of lewd comments he made in 2005, telling Fox News host Bill O'Reilly that he didn't want the House speaker's support.  —  “The fact is, I think we should …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Carson defends Ryan from Trump's attacks  —  adviser Ben Carson came to House Speaker Paul Ryan  —  's defense on Tuesday and criticized the Republican presidential nominee for exacerbating an intraparty feud less than a month before the election.  —  “Paul Ryan is being very pragmatic,” Carson said in an interview with The Hill.
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
At San Antonio Fundraiser, Trump Vents Over GOP Leaders
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
It's Obama Versus Trump as Clinton Leans on Her ‘Cleanup Hitter’
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: 28 Days Until Election Day
Discussion: Washington Post, WTVR-TV and Politico
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Still backing Trump, Rubio wishes ‘we had better choices for President’
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
‘FOBs’: How Hillary's State Dept. Gave Special Attention to ‘Friends of Bill’ After Haiti Quake  —  In a series of candid email exchanges with top Clinton Foundation officials during the hours after the massive 2010 Haiti earthquake, a senior aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton repeatedly …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton camp appeared to have contacts with DOJ on email case
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
The Anger of Samantha Bee  —  During an extended monologue on her TBS show Full Frontal on Monday evening, Samantha Bee described Donald Trump and Billy Bush as “two drooling hyenas” and “two leering dildos.”  She referred to the vehicle that carried the pair, in that now iconically infamous …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Billy Bush Negotiating Exit From NBC's ‘Today’ Show
People.com:
‘Devastated’ Billy Bush Worried He 'Can't Recover' from Leaked Donald Trump Tape: Source
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Trump-Putin link that wasn't  —  This tweet, retweeted thousands …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Sad, Lonely Life  —  The point of town hall debates is that regular voters get to ask questions.  In every town hall I've seen, the candidate turns to the voter, listens attentively and directs the answer at least partially back to that person.
Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
DOJ will pursue criminal contempt charge against Sheriff Joe Arpaio  —  Protesters demonstrate against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio outside federal court on Oct. 11, 2016. azcentral.com  —  The U.S. Department of Justice officials have opted to pursue a criminal contempt …
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Associated Press:
Arpaio's Contempt Case Comes Less Than Month Before Election
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Joe Scarborough: NBC Poll Showing Donald Trump Losing Badly Was ‘Cooked’  —  MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough was less than impressed with a Monday NBC/WSJ poll showing Donald Trump losing to Hillary Clinton by double digits, accusing the poll of being “cooked” to get the result.
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Claire Landsbaum / New York Magazine:
Eric Trump: My Father Bragged About Groping Women Because of His ‘Alpha Personality’  —  Since Donald Trump's comments about groping women were made public last week, the fallout has been pretty significant.  His Republican allies (well, some of them) have defected.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Joe.My.God.
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Joey Bunch / Gazette:
Eric Trump defends his father in Colorado, blasts the Clintons
Matt Cagle / ACLU of Northern California:
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Provided Data Access for a Surveillance Product Marketed to Target Activists of Color  —  Privacy and Government Surveillance, Racial Justice, Technology and Civil Liberties  —  The ACLU of California has obtained records showing that Twitter, Facebook …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
In reversal, Sen. Fischer renews support for Trump  —  Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer on Tuesday reversed her call for Donald Trump to resign from the GOP ticket, telling a local radio station that it's “not a tough choice” to back him just three days after she urged him to quit.
Discussion: Political Wire
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Brazile denies giving Clinton camp advance notice on CNN town hall question  —  Interim Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile sent information to a top Clinton campaign official about an upcoming a question she got “in advance” one day before a very similar question was asked at a CNN Town Hall …
Jonathan Tamari / Philly.com:
Toomey refuses to rule out supporting Donald Trump for president  —  Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) refused to rule out supporting Donald Trump for president Tuesday, despite mounting political pressure and high-profile defections from other GOP lawmakers.  —  Toomey said definitively he would not vote …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Mother Jones:
New Records Suggest Donald Trump Misled the Public About His Income  —  He says he made $694 million last year, but UK documents undercut that claim.  —  At the first presidential debate, when GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump was asked by moderator Lester Holt why he wouldn't release his tax returns …
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Pence asks Republicans to share WikiLeaks revelations about Clinton — but overstates what's in them  —  BETTENDORF, Iowa — Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence encouraged activists in the Quad Cities to “tell your neighbors and friends” about the emails published by WikiLeaks …
Tyler Coward / FIRE:
University of Tennessee Investigating Student Accused of Sexual Harassment for Writing Wrong Name on Quiz  —  Last week, several news outlets reported that a student at the University of Tennessee (UT) received a zero on a quiz—a grade his professor justified because he viewed an answer as sexual harassment under Title IX.
Discussion: Chattanoogan.com
 
 
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Obamacare problem that Democrats don't want to talk about
Discussion: Florida Politics
Hillary Clinton 2016:
Clinton Commits to Doubling the Child Tax Credit for Young Children, and Expanding it Further for Middle-Class Families
Discussion: NPR and Mother Jones
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Republicans tell Trump to quit claiming rigged election
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
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