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12:40 PM ET, October 10, 2016

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Washington Post:
Trump's debate plan to seat Bill Clinton's accusers in family box was thwarted  —  ST. LOUIS — Donald Trump's campaign sought to intimidate Hillary Clinton and embarrass her husband by seating women who have accused former president Bill Clinton of sexual abuse in the Trump family's box …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Juanita Broaddrick's other debate-night claim could be trouble for Breitbart News  —  Seated next to Donald Trump at a pre-debate campaign event Sunday night, Juanita Broaddrick repeated her charge that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978 — an accusation she has contradicted under oath and which the former president denies.
MJ Lee / CNN:
Donald Trump's mission: Make Clinton's life hell for the next month  —  WARNING: This story contains graphic language.  —  St. Louis (CNN)Donald Trump issued an unmistakable threat to Hillary Clinton Sunday night: I am willing to cross any line to make the next 30 days of your life hell.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Ryan to House lawmakers: I 'won't defend Trump'  —  Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republicans on a conference call Monday morning he is done defending Donald Trump and will focus on keeping an increasingly imperiled House majority, according to sources on the call.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Sources: Ryan discussed revoking Trump endorsement  —  ST. LOUIS — House Speaker Paul Ryan has discussed withdrawing his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions within his inner circle.  —  Ryan (R-Wis.) has publicly and privately grown dismayed …
Associated Press:
Trump Ally Paid Sexual Assault Victim Critical of Clinton  —  A sexual-assault victim who is critical of Hillary Clinton and who appeared alongside Donald Trump before Sunday night's debate was paid $2,500 by a political action committee founded by Trump ally Roger Stone.
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
The Debate's Biggest Loser Was the GOP  —  Trump does just well enough to doom Republicans on November 8.  —  There is one important sense in which Donald Trump “won” the debate on Sunday night: He did not implode.  He wasn't “good,” or attractive, or knowledgeable.  He was coarse and whiny and unpleasant.
Discussion: RedState
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The answer is no: We haven't seen anything quite like this
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
UGLIEST DEBATE EVER
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Trump looms behind Clinton at the debate
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Kos
Ezra Klein / Vox:   Donald Trump confirmed our worst fears about the kind of president he would be
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway throws down the gauntlet to Paul Ryan
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Notes on the garbage fire that is American politics
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Donald Trump used to make light of Bill Clinton's sex scandals. Now they're his main weapon.
Ari Melber / NBC News:
Trump's Pledge to ‘Jail’ Clinton Unprecedented  —  Trump: ‘I am Going to Instruct My Attorney General to Get a Special Prosecutor’ 0:58  —  Donald Trump's pledge Sunday night that he would order his attorney general to investigate Hillary Clinton, and his quip that she should “be in jail …
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Melania Trump Trolls Clintons with ‘Pussy Bow’ Blouse at Debate  —  Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, wore a Gucci blouse to the second presidential debate that is called a “pussy bow.”  —  The potential First Lady's wardrobe choice came …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Donald Trump's threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy  —  There is no way to sugarcoat this: At Sunday night's presidential debate, Donald Trump threatened to throw Hillary Clinton in jail if he wins the presidency.  This — threatening to jail one's political opponents — is how democratic norms die.
Associated Press:
Trump's 'You'd Be in Jail' Debate Jab at Clinton Condemned
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Madeline Conway / Politico:   CNN poll: 57 percent of viewers say Clinton won the debate
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Mike Pence cancels N.J. Trump fundraiser scheduled for Monday in Ocean County  —  TRENTON — Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, has canceled his planned visit to New Jersey scheduled for Monday, several GOP sources tell NJ Advance Media.  —  Pence, the governor of Indiana …
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Pence: I never considered leaving Trump ticket
NBC News:
Poll: More Voters Say Trump Doesn't Respect Women After Lewd Tape Surfaces  —  After a 2005 recording of Donald Trump making lewd comments about women emerged on Friday, 63 percent of likely voters said they do not think the Republican nominee respects women, according to the latest NBC News|
Chrissie.Thompsonfink / Cincinnati.com:
Which vote can they defend?  Ohio GOP chair, wife watch debate  —  In a bitter debate filled with tension and insult, Hillary Clinton declared that Donald Trump's vulgar comments about women prove his unsuitability to be president.  He promised she would “be in jail” if he were president.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
TV Ratings: Early Numbers Show Significant Drop From First Presidential Debate … Viewership of Sunday's second presidential debate fell significantly in major markets from the turnout for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's first meeting on Sept. 26.  —  In Nielsen's overnight metered markets …
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Jeff Sessions: Behavior Described by Trump in ‘Grab Them by the P—y’ Tape Isn't Sexual Assault  —  Two days after the videotape of Donald Trump's now-infamous 2005 lewd conversation was released, the Trump team remains divided over the most serious question arising from the tape: Is Trump talking about sexual assault?
 
 
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC schedules call with members for Monday night
Discussion: RedState and The Resurgent
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
If I Die Before You Wake...  In April I went into the hospital and stayed there a week.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Houthi rebels fire 2 missiles at US Navy destroyer in Red Sea
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Trumped-Up Outrage  —  The Left condemns the GOP candidate …
Lawrence Summers / Washington Post:
The global economy has entered unexplored, dangerous territory
Discussion: Instapundit
Taylor Gee / Politico:
13 times Trump was dead wrong at the debate, and 2 times Clinton was
Discussion: Guardian
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
A competent woman just debated a man who has no idea what he's talking about
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Mr. Trump Goes Low
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump stays alive
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
USA Today:
Trump, companies accused of mistreating women in at least 20 lawsuits
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
In The Abuser's House  —  This was a very, very different kind of debate.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump Wins  —  Some of the rats might want to consider returning to the ship.
 

 
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