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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Trump Goes to War — OCALA, Florida—In Donald Trump's war of all against all, none shall be spared. — “I'm so angry at the Republicans,” he says, eyes slitted in a mocking grimace. He's riffing off the leaked email that shows that allies of Hillary Clinton gave her a question in advance of a town hall broadcast by CNN in March.
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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
Is the House in Play? What We Know Now — Ever since last Friday's Access Hollywood bombshell, Speaker Paul Ryan has treated Trump's campaign as a sinking ship and has sounded an alarm to donors to shift resources towards saving the majority. Meanwhile, we have been inundated with questions …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence: ‘Something missing’ from polls showing Trump trailing — Polls showing a widening gap between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with just weeks to go until Election Day are missing something, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Friday morning, because they fail to capture the enthusiasm the GOP nominee has stirred among American voters.
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Prepares New Attack on Media, Clinton — GOP presidential nominee says reports are ‘slanderous’ and media are pitted against him and his supporters — Donald Trump will broaden his attack against the media to hit globalism and the Clinton Foundation by charging …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Two speeches in two hours crystallize the state of Campaign 2016 — Two speeches. Two Americas. A pair of apocalyptic arguments and one call to burn down the house. That's the summation from just two remarkable hours Thursday that crystallized the final month of Campaign 2016.
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Politico, Political Insider blog and NBC News
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Rush Limbaugh:
Michelle Obama Says She's Never Heard Anything Like Trump?
Michelle Obama Says She's Never Heard Anything Like Trump?
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The Gateway Pundit and Politico
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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NPR, Politico, MichelleMalkin.com, New York's PIX11 and twitchy.com
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House warns Trump not to attack Michelle Obama
White House warns Trump not to attack Michelle Obama
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Vox, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Hot Air, Independent Journal Review, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and twitchy.com
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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The Hill, Raw Story, Occupy Democrats, Jezebel, Mediaite, New York Magazine, The Talking Dog, Balloon Juice and People.com
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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ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Jezebel, Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Mediaite and New York Magazine
Bloomberg.com:
Pence Says Evidence to Challenge Women's Claims Coming Today — “Before the day is out, there will be more evidence publicly that shows and calls into question these allegations,” Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence says on CBS says about women's claims of misconduct by Donald Trump.
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Political Wire and alan.com
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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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AOL, twitchy.com and Mediaite
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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Talking Points Memo, CNBC and The Week
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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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 …
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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ThinkProgress, Slate, bet.com, Daily Kos and Politico
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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 …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
It's not the ‘locker room’ talk. It's the ‘lock her up’ talk. — The second presidential debate — bloody, muddy and raucous — was just enough to save Donald Trump's campaign from extinction, but not enough to restore his chances of winning, barring an act of God (a medical calamity) …
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Vox
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Clinton Emails: Comey Lied And The Scandal Died — Corruption: When FBI Director James Comey dismissed the case against Hillary Clinton he said it was because no reasonable attorney would take the case. Now we learn that there were plenty who would have done so.
Nancy Collins / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Talks Family, Women in Unearthed Transcript: “When I Come Home and Dinner's Not Ready, I Go Through the Roof” — “Psychologists will tell you that some women want to be treated with respect,” he told Nancy Collins in a never-released 1994 transcript from ABC's ‘Primetime Live.’ …
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New York Magazine and Jezebel
Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg:
How Republican Rob Portman May Derail the Trump Train in Ohio — The senator works to turn out ticket-splitters with a ground game powered by high-schoolers. — Rob Portman may have been the last of nine senators to abandon Donald Trump in the day after the revelation of his sexual-assault boast …
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RedState
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 …
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Washington Post and The New Civil Rights Movement
Katie Reilly / TIME:
Read Donald Trump's Speech Addressing Sexual Assault Accusations — “These claims are all fabricated” — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday denied multiple allegations of sexual assault, dismissing the claims of his accusers and railing against the press.
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