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3:55 PM ET, October 3, 2016

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Garance Burke / Associated Press:
AP: How Trump's ‘Apprentice’ moved from capitalism to sexism  —  NEW YORK (AP) — In his years as a reality TV boss on “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestants by the size of their breasts …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Republicans Wonder If Trump Can Recover From ‘Worst Week’  —  “The hole that Trump has dug for himself is very deep.”  —  The worst week of Donald Trump's presidential campaign began with a widely criticized debate performance and ended with a bombshell report that he could have avoided paying federal income taxes for 18 years.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising by N.Y. attorney general's office  —  The New York attorney general has notified Donald Trump that his charitable foundation is violating state law — by soliciting donations without proper certification — and ordered Trump's charity to stop …
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Steve Eder / New York Times:
State Attorney General Orders Trump Foundation to Cease Raising Money in New York
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
NY attorney general: Trump Foundation must stop fundraising now
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Five Days That Shaped a Presidency  —  Barack Obama shares with Jonathan Chait a very early draft of his memoirs.  —  On August 25, after a short trip to Baton Rouge to assess flooding in Louisiana and before what will likely be his last visit to China on Air Force One …
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Bloomberg:
Obama Says Obamacare Has ‘Real Problems’ Congress Refuses to Fix
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Sees ‘Straight Line’ From Sarah Palin To Donald Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
LeBron James / Business Insider:
Why I'm endorsing Hillary Clinton  —  Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.  Below is the op-ed he has written about his decision, which he has exclusively provided to Business Insider.  The op-ed will also be published in the print edition of the Akron Beacon Journal on Monday.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Clinton's Former Prosecutor Endorses Her for President  —  Twenty years ago Michael Chertoff was near the top of the Clintons' enemy list.  He was the lead Republican counsel on the Senate Whitewater Committee, one of the first of many Congressional investigations into Hillary Clinton.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
What Hillary Clinton's leaked audio teaches us about Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Washington Post
CNN:
Kanye West halts show after Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint in Paris  —  Photos:  —  The Kardashian clan  —  The most famous of the Kardashian clan is undoubtedly Kim, who has gained publicity for everything from “breaking the Internet” to bleaching her hair blonde to ... well, pretty much everything she does gains publicity.
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New York Times:
Kim Kardashian Robbed at Gunpoint in Paris, Spokeswoman Says  —  PARIS — Kim Kardashian West was robbed at gunpoint Sunday night inside a luxury Paris apartment by two masked men dressed as police officers, according to a spokeswoman.  The mayor of Paris condemned the attack …
Daily Mail:
HOW THE ARMED RAID AT KIM KARDASHIAN'S PARIS APARTMENT PLAYED OUT:
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Newsalert
Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed:
Trump Suggests That Soldiers Who Suffer From PTSD Aren't “Strong”  —  “When people come back from war and combat and they see maybe what the people in this room have seen many times over, and you're strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can't handle it,” Trump told a room full of veterans.
Discussion: RedState, Hullabaloo and The Week
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump appears to suggest veterans with PTSD are not ‘strong’
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Is a Cryptic Tweet by Marla Maples a Clue as to Source Behind Trump Tax Leak?  —  At 1:34 p.m. Sunday, Donald Trump's second ex-wife, Marla Maples, tweeted a photograph of a pumpkin patch.  Does what happened next contain clues that confirm she anonymously mailed Trump's 1995 tax return to The New York Times?
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Yashar:
Did Marla Maples Leak Her Own Tax Returns?
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
‘The Trump Rule’: Leaked Audio of Trump Ogling Miss USA Beauty Queens  —  During the first presidential debate, a record-breaking primetime television event viewed by over 84 million people worldwide, Hillary Clinton managed to get under Donald Trump's skin by invoking two of his favorite pastimes: beauty pageants and unbridled sexism.
Discussion: Raw Story
True Pundit:
Under Intense Pressure to Silence Wikileaks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Proposed Drone Strike on Julian Assange  —  Julian Assange and his free-speech brainchild Wikileaks were once lauded as global heroes of public service among United States politicians and policy makers.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
WikiLeaks cancels announcement amid security concerns: report
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Colorado  —  Clinton Maintains Double Digit Lead  —  Sen. Bennet in strong position for re-election  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Hillary Clinton holds an 11 point lead over Donald Trump in Colorado, which is nearly identical to the 13 point advantage …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Andrew Kaczynski's BuzzFeed Team Joins CNN  —  The cable network scores a major coup in hiring the political research unit known for 2016 scoops.  —  NEW YORK BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski and his scoop-driven political research team are joining CNN during the final, frenetic stretch of the 2016 election and beyond.
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
NCAA Athlete Pay Dispute Sidestepped by U.S. Supreme Court  —  The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a clash over the multibillion-dollar college sports business, refusing to consider whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association has violated federal antitrust law by restricting athlete compensation.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Clinton up 6 in POLITICO/Morning Consult national poll  —  Hillary Clinton has opened up a six-point lead over Donald Trump, erasing the New York billionaire's slim national edge with five weeks until Election Day, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll of likely voters.
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Exclusive: Republicans Launch Willie Horton-Style Attack on Kaine  —  RNC releases video ahead of Tuesday's vice presidential debate  —  Finance Committee Mourns Loss of Longtime Republican Staffer Republican Senator Seeks Radical Changes to Budget Process One Murphy's Gun Safety Group Backs Another Murphy
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Clinton resets campaign schedule with Sanders  —  's campaign announced Sunday night that it had canceled tentatively planned events with Sen. Bernie Sanders  —  for Monday.  —  Instead, her primary rival will now be on the campaign trail Wednesday in Iowa and Wisconsin instead.
 
 
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Biden mocks Trump for his feud with a beauty queen
Discussion: ABC News
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Clinton: ‘What kind of genius loses a billion dollars in a single year?’
Discussion: ABC News
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton, Trump Neck and Neck in North Carolina: Bloomberg Poll
Discussion: Politico
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Gingrich: Trump needs to be willing to make ‘real change’ to win election
Discussion: RedState and New York Times
Kristine Guerra / Washington Post:
‘We run the streets’: Video shows angry mob attacking CHP patrol car with officer still inside
USA Today:
Redskins WR DeSean Jackson wears cleats depicting police caution tape
Discussion: Mediaite
Associated Press:
US Suspends Contacts With Russia on Syria
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: Gary Hart Reflects on Trump, Clinton, and How Politics Became a Media Sport
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Infowars
Carrie Wells / Baltimore Sun:
Man in critical condition after altercation with Raiders fans at Ravens game
Discussion: CBS San Francisco
Daily Mail:
Is this man Bill Clinton's love child? …
Media Matters for America:
Trump Adviser Roger Stone: Alicia Machado Is A “Ho Bag”
Jack M. Balkin / The Atlantic:
A Grand Bargain to Make Tech Companies Trustworthy
Discussion: Balkinization
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
End climate silence: The most important thing you can do to fight global warming
Discussion: The Progressive Pulse
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Donald Trump: Terroristic Man-Toddler
Discussion: Raw Story, Telegraph and Guardian
 

 
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