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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Woman says Trump reached under her skirt and groped her in early 1990s — Kristin Anderson was deep in conversation with acquaintances at a crowded Manhattan nightspot and did not notice the figure to her right on a red velvet couch — until, she recalls, his fingers slid under her miniskirt …
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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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Mother Jones, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and CANNONFIRE
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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.
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Shareblue and Shakesville
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The 2016 electoral map is collapsing around Donald Trump — Forget Virginia. Or Colorado. Or lots of other traditional swing states. Right now, Donald Trump's campaign is in such bad free fall that states that haven't voted for a Democrat in generations are suddenly coming into play …
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Christian Science Monitor and Political Insider blog
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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New York Magazine
Tegna / WFAA-TV:
New poll: Trump lead shrinks in Texas, within margin of error
New poll: Trump lead shrinks in Texas, within margin of error
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Washington Post, Business Insider, Politicus USA and The New Civil Rights Movement
Mary Bruce / ABC News:
Ryan's Distancing Himself From Trump Viewed As Smart Move By Many in his Hometown
Ryan's Distancing Himself From Trump Viewed As Smart Move By Many in his Hometown
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Politico and Associated Press
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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CNBC:
Donald Trump to claim Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim behind NYT sex assault stories: WSJ — Donald Trump will claim Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim was part of a cabal dredging up allegations the Republican nominee touched women inappropriately, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Vox, Occupy Democrats, Slate and Wall Street Journal
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump crowds rain hate on the press
Trump crowds rain hate on the press
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New York Magazine, Washington Post and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »
The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Made Nasty Comments About Khloe Kardashian On ‘Apprentice,’ Staffers Say — Sources say he called her a “piglet.” — During a 2009 taping of “Celebrity Apprentice,” Donald Trump made disparaging remarks about Khloe Kardashian's weight before firing her from the program …
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Talking Points Memo, Independent Journal Review, Raw Story, Occupy Democrats, New York Magazine, Jezebel, alan.com, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
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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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The Hill, Raw Story, The Root, New Urban Legends, Occupy Democrats, Jezebel, Mediaite, New York Magazine, The Talking Dog and Balloon Juice
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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Mediaite, alan.com, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Political Wire, Daily Kos, New York Magazine, Jezebel and The Week
CBS News:
Mike Pence: “I don't understand” Michelle Obama's critique of Trump — Mike Pence, the Republican party's vice presidential nominee, questioned First Lady Michelle Obama's fiery denunciation of Donald Trump in a Friday morning interview, saying he couldn't “understand” the critiques she gave at a New Hampshire rally earlier this week.
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Politico, Raw Story, CBS New York and alan.com, more at Mediagazer »
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Taylor Cairns / Newsplex:
Legally armed protester stands outside Dittmar campaign offices for hours — FLUVANNA COUNTY, Va. (NEWSPLEX) — On Thursday, a Fluvanna County resident stood outside Jane Dittmar's Palmyra campaign office to protest Hillary Clinton. — The protester, Daniel Parks, says that he hopes …
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RedState, No More Mister Nice Blog and Talking Points Memo
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Armed protester stands outside Dem's office for 12 hours
Armed protester stands outside Dem's office for 12 hours
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alan.com
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Armed Trump Supporters ‘Protest’ Outside Virginia Dem's Campaign Office
Armed Trump Supporters ‘Protest’ Outside Virginia Dem's Campaign Office
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Daily Kos
CNNMoney:
Trump on Lindsay Lohan in 2004: ‘Deeply troubled’ women are ‘always the best in bed’ — Donald Trump said in a 2004 interview with Howard Stern about Lindsay Lohan that “deeply troubled” women are “always the best in bed,” according to a CNN KFile review of the appearance.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Mediaite, Refinery29 and Political Wire
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
President Obama Blasts Donald Trump as Tough Talker Who Fails to Act on It — With polls showing a neck-and-neck presidential race in the bellwether state of Ohio, President Obama spent the brunt of his time during a rally in Cleveland today poking fun at Donald Trump for his temperament and complaints of a …
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Politico
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Erick-Woods Erickson / New York Times:
Erick Erickson: The G.O.P. After Donald Trump — ATLANTA — Over the past few months, a cavalcade of Republican policy wonks, pundits and partisan strategists have beclowned themselves on national television trying to defend the indefensible: their party's nominee. Free-trade advocates have become protectionists.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Resurgent
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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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ABC News, Political Insider blog, Politico and Daily Kos
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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.
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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Mother Jones, New York Magazine, CNBC, Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos and The Week
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David Dayen / New Republic:
The Most Important WikiLeaks Revelation Isn't About Hillary Clinton — What John Podesta's emails from 2008 reveal about the way power works in the Democratic Party. — The most important revelation in the WikiLeaks dump of John Podesta's emails has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
This is the best book to help you understand the wild 2016 campaign — On September 11, 2016, the political media's attention was firmly fixed on Lower Manhattan, where Hillary Clinton unexpectedly ducked out of a 9/11 memorial event. Video soon surfaced of her looking very unwell …
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National Geographic
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump Jr. posts kid's letter asking that Clinton be jailed — 's son on Friday shared a message on social media from a girl asking that Hillary Clinton — be put in jail. — “Such an awesome letter from a 9-year-old supporter who came to one of my N.C. rallies yesterday,” Donald Trump Jr. said on Instagram.
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Independent Journal Review
Bloomberg:
More Than 1 Million in Obamacare to Lose Plans as Insurers Quit — Insurers quitting is latest threat to health law's markets — Health law has become major focus of Trump, Clinton election — A growing number of people in Obamacare are finding out their health insurance plans …
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Business Insider, Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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 …