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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Obama: GOP Claims To Be ‘Party Of Family Values,’ Then Nominates Trump (VIDEO) — President Barack Obama gave Republicans a frank dressing-down for allowing Donald Trump to become the Republican nominee by “feeding their base all kinds of crazy for years” at the annual Ohio Democrats' dinner Thursday night.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House warns Trump not to attack Michelle Obama — In his latest, and perhaps most vehement campaign tirade, Donald Trump held his fire when it came to first lady Michelle Obama. And the White House suggested Thursday that Trump should continue to steer clear of the president's wife …
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Tom Kludt / CNN:
Michelle Obama denounces Trump for ‘bragging about sexually assaulting women’
Michelle Obama denounces Trump for ‘bragging about sexually assaulting women’
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Jenée Desmond-Harris / Vox:
Behind Michelle Obama's heartfelt speech: 8 years of sexist and racist attacks
Behind Michelle Obama's heartfelt speech: 8 years of sexist and racist attacks
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The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Called Deaf ‘Apprentice’ Marlee Matlin ‘Retarded’ — Just in case you thought Donald Trump was insufficiently awful: He repeatedly called a deaf actress “retarded,” three sources tell The Daily Beast. — Trump, who was accused on Wednesday of making sexual comments to Marlee Matlin …
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Jon Passantino / BuzzFeed:
Trump Jr. Suggested Women Who Can't Take Harassment “Don't Belong In The Workforce” — Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., dismissed workplace sexual harassment in a 2013 radio interview — and suggested that women who couldn't take it should become kindergarten teachers.
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Donald Trump once told 14-year-old girls, 'In a couple of years, I'll be dating you' — Donald Trump appears to have a pattern of trying to charm young girls with a line about dating him. — In a December 1992 wire brief in the Chicago Tribune, Trump is described as having spotted …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
'You're On Your Own': FBN Host Stunned by Curt Schilling Defending Lewd Trump Remark — Curt Schilling appeared on Fox Business Network today and defended Donald Trump's lewd remark to a 10-year-old in a way that stunned host Trish Regan. — One of the recently-unearthed past …
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Awful Announcing, Business Insider, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 7 points — Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump has increased to seven points, as more than half of voters say he is not qualified to be president. — That's according to a just-released national Fox News Poll of likely voters.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Ahead in North Carolina; Virtual Tie in Ohio
Poll: Clinton Ahead in North Carolina; Virtual Tie in Ohio
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump Jr. on New York Times report: 'I've never heard anything dumber in my life' — (CNN)Donald Trump Jr. defended his father on Thursday following a New York Times report on Wednesday night wherein two women alleged that Trump groped them. — “Come on guys, it's so ridiculous, I've never heard anything dumber in my life.
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Prepares New Attack on Media, Clinton
Donald Trump Prepares New Attack on Media, Clinton
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Political Wire, New York Magazine and CNBC
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. says his father's boasts about groping women make him ‘a human’
Donald Trump Jr. says his father's boasts about groping women make him ‘a human’
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Vox, Hullabaloo and ABC News
Jfarrell / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Releases New Hillary Clinton Email Answers Given under Oath — (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch today released received responses under oath from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton concerning her email practices. Judicial Watch submitted twenty-five questions …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton answers written questions under penalty of perjury in email lawsuit
Clinton answers written questions under penalty of perjury in email lawsuit
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New York Times:
Cut Ties to Donald Trump, Big Donors Urge R.N.C. — WASHINGTON — Several of the Republican Party's most generous donors called on the Republican National Committee on Thursday to disavow Donald J. Trump, saying that allegations by multiple women that Mr. Trump had groped …
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Idaho Statesman:
Hillary Clinton's experience makes her the right choice for president — The Idaho Statesman is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. — We recognize a lot of you are not going to like our choice of a Democrat in this Republican state — where Sen. Ted Cruz won the GOP primary …
NPR:
TRANSCRIPT: Donald Trump's Speech Responding To Assault Accusations — Wow. What a group. What a group. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, folks. Thank you, folks. It's great to be right here in Florida, which we love. — In 26 days, we are going to win this great …
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The Root, Business Insider and Mother Jones
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Katie Reilly / TIME:
Read Donald Trump's Speech Addressing Sexual Assault Accusations
Read Donald Trump's Speech Addressing Sexual Assault Accusations
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Hot Air
Tegna / WFAA-TV:
New poll: Trump lead shrinks in Texas, within margin of error — A new poll of Texas voters shows Donald Trump's lead shrinking in the Lone Star State, to within the margin of error. Jason Whitely reports. … DALLAS - After perhaps the most damaging week of his campaign …
New York Times:
The Times's Lawyer Responds to Donald Trump — This is the letter David McCraw, vice president and assistant general counsel of The New York Times, wrote in response to a request from Marc E. Kasowitz, Mr. Trump's lawyer, to retract an article that featured two women accusing Mr. Trump of touching …
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Erin Corbett / Raw Story:
WATCH: Nevada Trump supporter has racist meltdown at ‘illegal’ Latino construction workers — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A Nevada man was caught on video while verbally harassing construction workers outside of his home, a local Fox affiliate reports.
Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Billy Bush Lawyers Up, Goes on Attack in NBC Fight (Exclusive) — “If Billy had been passive or responded ‘Shut the f— up’ to Trump, Billy would have been out of a job the next day,” litigator Marshall Grossman tells THR. — Billy Bush's exit from NBC News isn't going to be as amicable as many thought it would be.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Trump's chances fading — Republican insiders are rapidly losing confidence in Donald Trump's ability to win their states. — After a nightmarish, seven-day stretch that began with the release of a tape of the now-GOP presidential nominee making sexually aggressive remarks …
Kyle Becker / Independent Journal Review:
2 Clinton Campaign Videos Dropped on Twitter are So Hot, James O'Keefe was Suspended Soon After Posting Them — James O'Keefe of Project Veritas is known as a bit of an undercover video provocateur. Now, he's been suspended from Twitter. — O'Keefe received a notification from Twitter soon after posting two ‘undercover’ videos:
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump collapse clouds Paul Ryan's future — Paul Ryan has had a charmed political career. Congressman at 29, then chairman of two powerful committees, vice-presidential nominee and speaker of the House by 45. — Newsflash to Janesville: That streak could be coming to an end.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Liberal Media's Perpetual Smear Campaign — Today's news is dominated by claims that years ago, Donald Trump made crude comments about women, or inappropriately touched women, or intruded into a women's dressing room, and so on. Gone from the campaign are such issues as the economy, Obamacare, national security and immigration.
Benjamin Morris / FiveThirtyEight:
How Evan McMullin Could Win Utah And The Presidency — With the election only weeks away, Hillary Clinton appears to have the lead and the momentum. As of this writing, the FiveThirtyEight polls-only forecast gives her around an 87 percent chance of winning — up from around 55 percent in late September …
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Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
Record 15 million Texans registered to vote … Texas has a record-breaking 15 million people registered to vote ahead of the November election, the Secretary of State's office announced Thursday. — Texas has 15,015,700 voters registered according to a preliminary estimate …
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