memeorandum: Unshackled Trump declares war on GOP (Louis Nelson/Politico)

2:15 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, Hot Air, Mediaite, The Week, The Daily Caller and Washington Times

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 …

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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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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 …

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

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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: ‘It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me’

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Louis Nelson / Politico: Unshackled Trump declares war on GOP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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Blog Daily Listings RSS:

Making Human Settlement of Space a Reality — The following is crossposted from NASA.gov. — Today, President Obama outlined a vision to CNN for the future of space exploration. Echoing what he said in the 2015 State of the Union address, the President wrote, “We have set a clear goal vital …

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

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” …

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People.com:

‘Devastated’ Billy Bush Worried He 'Can't Recover' from Leaked Donald Trump Tape: Source — Just days after footage surfaced of Donald Trump and Billy Bush making lewd comments about women in 2005, a source tells PEOPLE that the Today show co-host “can't recover” from the leaked video.

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
RUMBLINGS: Top Paul Ryan Advisor Leaked Trump Sex Talk Tape to WaPo

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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
NJ Gov. Chris Christie Slams Donald Trump's 2005 Remarks About Women as ‘Completely Indefensible’

Discussion: The Week, Washington Post and Washington Free Beacon

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: Media Matters for America, 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

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

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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Hillary In Leaked Email: Saudi Arabia And Qatar Are Funding ISIS

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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 …

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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, Hot Air, Heat Street and Business Insider

Daniel Libit / The Huffington Post:

The Inside Story Of Donald Trump's Comedy Central Roast Is Everything You Thought It Would Be — The 2011 event is a window into the mind of the Republican nominee for president. — Freelance journalist — The woman who was supposed to take Donald Trump's coat wasn't hot enough.

Discussion: Mediaite and The Week