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11:05 PM ET, October 8, 2016

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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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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Scrambles to Salvage Election After Donald Trump's Latest Imbroglio  —  Republican candidates and party officials disavow presidential candidate, seek personal paths to political survival  —  A divided Republican Party descended into turmoil, as a startling chorus of GOP candidates …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
How McCain finally decided he couldn't stomach Trump anymore  —  Donald Trump criticized John McCain last year for being a prisoner of war and for not doing enough for veterans, then attacked a Gold Star family this summer.  McCain criticized Trump at each turn, but stuck by his pledges to support the Republican nominee.
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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 …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:   With less than a month to go, a major party is walking away from its nominee
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Why Republicans Are Probably Stuck With Donald Trump
Discussion: Politico and The Mahablog
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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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
“Shame On You!”:  Trump Supporters Clash With Republican Leaders  —  ELKHORN, Wisconsin — In a jarring illustration of the chaos now engulfing the Republican Party, supporters of Donald Trump clashed bitterly with GOP leaders at a rally here Saturday — booing elected officials …
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.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Bottom Could Fall Out For Trump  —  Let's not naively insist on taking a wait-and-see approach regarding the events of the past 24 hours.  The revelation of a tape from 2005 in which Donald Trump was caught making a number of lewd comments about women, and seemed to condone unwanted …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
GOP mega-donors Robert and Rebekah Mercer stand by Trump
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
GOP consumed by crisis as more Republicans call on Trump to quit race
Us Weekly:
Nancy O'Dell Identified as the Married Woman Donald Trump Bragged to Billy Bush About Hitting on in 2005 Video: Details
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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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Dump Trump, Now More Than Ever  —  “We have to think of the future and not of the past.  This also applies in a small way to our own affairs at home.  There are many who would hold an inquest in the House of Commons on the conduct of the Governments—and of Parliaments, for they are in it …
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
RNC lawyers look at options for replacing Trump
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Just Lost The Election
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.
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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Associated Press:
Leaked Campaign Emails Show ‘Moderate’ Side of Clinton
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
New York Times:
Leaked Speech Excerpts Show a Hillary Clinton at Ease With Wall Street
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
In closed-door remarks delivered to a foreign bank, Hillary Clinton declared that her …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump puts Clinton on watch by retweeting Juanita Broaddrick  —  Juanita Broaddrick, the woman who accused Bill Clinton of raping her in 1978, wrote on Twitter Saturday that Hillary Clinton's defense of her husband throughout the episode was “horrific.”  Donald Trump, under fire for his own boasts of committing sexual assault, agrees.
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Annie Karni / Politico:   Clinton team girds for all-out assault
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
BROADDRICK: Hillary's actions speak louder than Trump's words
Desert Sun:
Two slain police officers identified in Palm Springs shooting  —  (Oct. 8, 2016) Gabby Ferriera/The Desert Sun  —  Two police officers were killed and one was wounded in a shooting in Palm Springs on Saturday, plunging the community into mourning as police searched for the suspect.
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Washington Post:
Inside Trump Tower: The defiant and insulated Republican nominee  —  ST. LOUIS — He beamed in just after midnight Saturday like a captive in his own gilded cage.  A man who demands the best of everything was speaking to America from a dimly lit, home-built studio against a fake backdrop …
Discussion: Politico and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Unfit  —  There are many reasons why Donald Trump should not be president of the United States that have nothing to do with temperament.  His ideas on trade would be self-defeating and recession-inducing.  His embrace of statist solutions for our economic doldrums would mire the country in even greater debt than it has already.
Reuters:
Evangelical leaders stick with Trump, focus on defeating Clinton  —  Leaders of religious conservative groups largely stood behind Donald Trump on Saturday, the day after vulgar sexual comments he made about women surfaced online, but some expressed concern that the U.S. Republican presidential …
Discussion: Washington Post
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