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7:10 PM ET, October 8, 2016

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC halts Victory project work for Trump  —  The Republican National Committee on Saturday appeared to at least temporarily halt the operations of some of the “Victory” program that is devoted to electing Donald Trump.  —  The move comes as the GOP nominee is under mounting pressure …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
RNC lawyers look at options for replacing Trump  —  The Republican National Committee is taking the weekend to reevaluate its strategy while lawyers examine the legal hurdles to replacing Donald Trump with another nominee, according to Republicans in touch with the committee.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Dump Trump, Now More Than Ever
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
WHIP LIST: Republicans breaking with Trump  —  GOP lawmakers and elected officials are abandoning presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  in droves just one month before Election Day after audio emerged of him making sexually obscene remarks about groping women.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
POLITICO Breaking News: Pence reverses, no longer attending event with Paul Ryan  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mike Pence will no longer be attending a Saturday campaign event in Wisconsin with House Speaker Paul Ryan.  —  Donald Trump was slated to attend the event but was dropped Friday evening …
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Just Lost The Election  —  Mark down the date: October 7, 2016, is when Donald Trump lost the presidency.  —  I'm usually reluctant to play the pundit-prediction game but Independent and Republican women aren't going to bounce back from this one.
New York Times:
Lewd Donald Trump Tape Is a Breaking Point for Many in the G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump's campaign was teetering on Saturday after the release of a video in which he speaks of women in vulgar sexual terms, with more Republican leaders calling for him to leave the ticket and demanding …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
How McCain finally decided he couldn't stomach Trump anymore
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
Republicans Reeling After Trump's Vulgar Comments Revealed
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Amid growing calls to drop out, Trump vows to ‘never withdraw’  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said in an interview Saturday that he would not drop out of the race under any circumstances, following calls from several in his party to do so.  —  “I'd never withdraw.
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Says Campaign Not in Crisis, and There Is 'Zero Chance I'll Quit'  —  GOP presidential candidate tells The Wall Street Journal 'support I'm getting is unbelievable'  —  Donald Trump, under pressure to step aside as the Republican presidential candidate after the disclosure …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
GOP consumed by crisis as more Republicans call on Trump to quit race … The Republican Party plunged into an epic and historic political crisis Saturday with just a month to go until Election Day, as a rapidly growing number of GOP lawmakers called on defiant presidential nominee Donald Trump …
CNN:
Donald Trump to Howard Stern: It's okay to call my daughter a ‘piece of ass’  — Topics Trump discussed: Ivanka's physique, having sex with women on their menstrual cycles. and leaving women after they reach the age of 35.  —  (CNN)Warning: This story contains graphic language.
Donald Trump / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Nancy O'Dell Reacts to Donald Trump Recording  —  Entertainment Tonight host Nancy O'Dell has released the following statement in response to comments made by Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump that came to light Friday:  —  “Politics aside, I'm saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all.
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Mark Green / fox13now.com:
Congressman Jason Chaffetz withdraws his endorsement of Donald Trump
Us Weekly:
Nancy O'Dell Identified as the Married Woman Donald Trump Bragged to Billy Bush About Hitting on in 2005 Video: Details
New York Times:
The Sleaziness of Donald Trump
Emily Brown / USA Today:
Donald Trump's apology for his 2005 video comments (full transcript)
Discussion: Power Line
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WIKILEAKS BOMBSHELL: Racist Hillary Trashes African Americans - Calls Them Losers  —  Julian Assange announced in August: The “Most Interesting and Serious” Wikileaks Info On Hillary Clinton Yet to Be Released.  On Friday Wikileaks released clips of Clinton's paid speeches to Wall Street banks and other organizations.
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New York Times:
Leaked Speech Excerpts Show a Hillary Clinton at Ease With Wall Street
Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Leaked emails show Clinton professing different messages to Wall Street and the public on trade
Discussion: AOL and Hot Air
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
In closed-door remarks delivered to a foreign bank, Hillary Clinton declared that her …
Jim Stinson / LifeZette:
Wikileaks Dump: Hillary Dreams of ‘Open Trade and Open Borders’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Infowars
Frances Langum / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Robert DeNiro's Video Was ‘Too Partisan’ For A GOTV Campaign, But...  So the “Vote Your Future” campaign asks celebrities to speak into a camera about the importance of voting.  —  It's so important to make your voice heard. You have the power to change the world. Your voice and your vote matter.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How Donald Trump Could Send Republicans Crashing Down  —  You do not need a statistical model to know that Donald J. Trump is in a lot of trouble.  —  His chances were already in jeopardy heading into the second presidential debate Sunday.  Hillary Clinton's lead has grown steadily over the last two weeks …
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Melania Trump: My Husband's Words ‘Are Unacceptable And Offensive’  —  Melania Trump, the wife of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, said that her husband's words were offensive, but were not reflective of his treatment of women.  —  “The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Evangelical Leaders Shrug At Donald Trump's Lewd Comments  —  The fact that Donald Trump said in 2005 that he could grab women “by the pussy” because he's famous doesn't seem to be changing how social conservative leaders feel about him.  —  Evangelicals who opposed him before still aren't fans.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Bottom Could Fall Out For Trump
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Is Trump's campaign over?  —  It's fitting that the election …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
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Agence France-Presse:
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
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