memeorandum: 'I'm the Last Thing Standing Between You and the Apocalypse' (Mark Leibovich/New York Times)

1:25 PM ET, October 11, 2016

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Jake Sherman / Politico:

Poll: Hillary Clinton won the second debate — Hillary Clinton won the second debate and leads Donald Trump by five points in a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll that also shows voters perceive the Republican Party bitterly divided four weeks before Election Day.

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Washington Times, Hot Air, The Week and The Daily Caller

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

RUMBLINGS: Top Paul Ryan Advisor Leaked Trump Sex Talk Tape to WaPo — On Friday, the Clinton Campaign (Washington Post) released video of Donald Trump bragging about grabbing p*ssy in an off the record conversation with Billy Bush. — The Los Angeles Times reported hours after audio …

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John Bresnahan / Politico:

Inside Ryan's decision to (almost) dump Trump — Paul Ryan may not be done yet. — As thoroughly as the House speaker shocked the national political establishment Monday by saying he's done with Donald Trump and it's time to focus on his House majority, there's a distinct possibility Ryan …

Discussion: Vox, National Review, Lawyers, Guns & Money, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week and Associated Press

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:

Trump: ‘It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me’ — Donald Trump celebrated his freedom from the Republican establishment Tuesday, boasting that it's “so nice” to be unchained. — Trump's tweet was a tacit attack on House Speaker Paul Ryan, whom the Republican nominee …

Discussion: Scripting News and Joe.My.God.

People.com:
‘Devastated’ Billy Bush Worried He 'Can't Recover' from Leaked Donald Trump Tape: Source

Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News, Jezebel, AOL, Florida Politics, Washington Free Beacon, Independent Journal Review, Gothamist, twitchy.com, The Nation and Full Feed

Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters: CBS, NBC Hype ‘GOP Civil War,’ Predict Loss of House and Senate

Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Paul Ryan Still Might Ditch Donald Trump

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Louis Nelson / Politico: Unshackled Trump declares war on GOP

Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Voters Say Clinton Won Debate, but Trump's Support Remains Stable

Discussion: Politico, Infowars, Joe.My.God. and The Week

Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
Trump's One Public Service Was Exposing the Misogyny of the GOP

Discussion: Washington Monthly and New York Times

Paul Kane / Washington Post:
How one Republican in a tight Senate race continues to support Trump

Discussion: Politico

Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
House Democrats believe Trump troubles give them real shot at retaking majority

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The GOP tumbles toward anarchy: 'It's every person for himself or herself'

Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:

DEAR DONALD TRUMP AND VLADIMIR PUTIN, I AM NOT SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL — THE SCOOP VLADIMIR PUTIN SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL WIKILEAKS — I am Sidney Blumenthal. At least, that is what Vladimir Putin—and, somehow, Donald Trump—seem to believe. And that should raise concerns not only about Moscow's attempts …

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

The Trump-Putin link that wasn't — This tweet, retweeted thousands of times, is at best misleading. … Kurt Eichenwald is a reporter and writer who's been dogged in looking at Donald Trump over the course of the campaign. It was Eichenwald who reported that Trump had apparently violated …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, NPR, Daily Kos, Occupy Democrats and NBC News

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

WIKILEAKS BOMBSHELL: Hillary Advisors Admit She “HATES EVERYDAY AMERICANS” — WOW— Wikileaks released its third set of John Podesta emails on Tuesday. — Wikileaks has released over 5,000 of Podesta's emails in the last week. — Podesta is a top Clinton advisor and confidant.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Media Matters for America, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review and Law News

Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:

Wikileaks Releases Another 1,100 Emails From John Podesta In Third Data Dump — Moments ago, Wikileaks just released its third data dump from the hacked email account of Hillary Clinton's Campaign Chair, John Podesta, which is becoming a true headache for Hillary Clinton and her supporter base.

Discussion: The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, KTLA, Mediaite, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Associated Press, Scared Monkeys, Politico, Sputnik International, Infowars, Law News, Heat Street, RT, I Have The Truth and Shadowproof

Michael Sainato / The New York Observer:
Breaking: DNC Chief Donna Brazile Leaked Sanders Info to Clinton Campaign

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, Scared Monkeys, Washington Free Beacon, BuzzFeed, Hot Air, Independent Journal Review, Hit & Run and The Daily Caller

Barack Obama / CNN:

America will take the giant leap to Mars — We do what's possible before anyone else — He says next step is to reach for Mars: learn to build new habitats that can sustain astronauts on long missions — Barack Obama is President of the United States.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, ABC News, Daily Mail, NPR, NBC News, KTLA, The Week, FOX2now.com and Mashable

Blog Daily Listings RSS:
Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality

Discussion: Associated Press, Daily Mail, The Verge, Engadget and Mashable

PRRI:

Hillary Clinton opens up a commanding 11-point lead over Donald Trump | PRRI/The Atlantic Survey — CLINTON EXPANDS LEAD AMONG LIKELY VOTERS — Clinton Expands Lead Among Likely Voters — Hillary Clinton has opened up a commanding 11-point lead over Donald Trump …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Atlantic, ssrs.com, Washington Times and Balloon Juice

David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Independents and Women Bail on Trump, Giving Clinton a Double-Digit Lead

Discussion: RedState and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »

Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Joe Scarborough: NBC Poll Showing Donald Trump Losing Badly Was ‘Cooked’

Discussion: alan.com

Rebecca Mansour / Breitbart:

Glenn Beck: Electing Hillary Clinton ‘Is a Moral, Ethical Choice’ — The Blaze founder Glenn Beck took to his Facebook page last Saturday to urge his followers to abandon support of Republican nominee Donald Trump, declaring that if such an action results in the election of Hillary Clinton …

Discussion: Business Insider, NBC News, Mediaite, Independent Journal Review, FOX2now.com, twitchy.com, The Week and Washington Times

Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
The fact-checkers keep destroying fact-checking

Discussion: Independent Journal Review, Salon, Mashable, Guardian, Information Liberation and The Gateway Pundit

Chris Massie / CNN:

Maine Gov. Paul LePage: Maybe the country needs Trump to show ‘authoritarian power’ — (CNN)Maine Gov. Paul LePage stood by Donald Trump in a radio interview on Tuesday, saying that the United States might need someone like the GOP nominee to show “authoritarian power,” …

Discussion: Vox and Business Insider

Page Six:

Billy Bush suspended from ‘Today’ show — Billy Bush brazenly bragged to NBC staff about the vulgar Donald Trump tape while covering the Olympics in Rio, multiple sources tell Page Six. — Proving the infamous Ryan Lochte interview wasn't Bush's only Rio recklessness, the shamed “Today” …

Discussion: Jezebel, Independent Journal Review, USA Today, Mediaite, AOL, alan.com and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

Mark Leibovich / New York Times:

'I'm the Last Thing Standing Between You and the Apocalypse' — Inside the final weeks of Hillary Clinton's cautious — and surprisingly risky — campaign. — There can be days in this presidential campaign, if not weeks or months or maybe the entire thing, where you find yourself completely lost in dueling or blurry realities.

Discussion: Political Insider blog, The Week and Guardian