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12:20 PM ET, October 12, 2016

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Kendall Taggart / BuzzFeed:
Teen Beauty Queens Say Trump Walked In On Them Changing  —  “Don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before.”  —  Four women who competed in the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant said Donald Trump walked into the dressing room while contestants — some as young as 15 — were changing.
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Former Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants … On an April, 11, 2005, Howard Stern show, Donald Trump bragged about some of the special perks he enjoyed while owner of the Miss USA pageant.  They came not in a locker room but a dressing room.
CBS Los Angeles:
Former Beauty Queen: Contestants Were Forced To Greet Trump Even When Not Fully Dressed
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Poll: Trump falls into tie with Clinton among Utah voters  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Republican Donald Trump appears to have, in his earlier words, “a tremendous problem in Utah” as a new poll shows him slipping into a dead heat with Democrat Hillary Clinton since crude comments he made about women surfaced last weekend.
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The Salt Lake / Salt Lake Tribune:
In the end, Hillary Clinton is the only qualified candidate, and the best choice  —  It is time to get serious.  —  It has been amusing, to a degree, to watch the circus that was the Republican primary process struggle and fuss and finally produce such a disappointment to be its presidential nominee.
CBS News:
Neb. senator re-endorses Trump after tape scandal  —  Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer was on Donald Trump's team.  Then she wasn't.  Now she is again.  —  Fischer, who on Saturday suggested Republican nominee Donald Trump should “step aside and allow Mike Pence” to become the GOP's candidate …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
In reversal, Sen. Fischer renews support for Trump
Discussion: Jezebel and New York Magazine
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Republican politicians fall back in line behind Trump after defecting
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator Who Unendorsed Trump 3 Days Ago Jumps Back On The Train
Discussion: alan.com
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Exclusive: USA TODAY survey shows that a quarter of elected top Republicans won't endorse Trump
Discussion: Washington Post, US News and NBC News
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway: GOP ‘dangerously close’ to becoming party of elites until Trump  —  Far from alienating many who might otherwise vote for a Republican for president, Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday morning that the Manhattan billionaire has rescued the GOP from becoming “the party of the elites.”
Discussion: ABC News and RedState
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump campaign manager squabbles with Anderson Cooper over polls  —  Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway stole a play from the GOP nominee's playbook Tuesday night, labeling Hillary Clinton “the magic 46” for her inability to climb higher in the polls despite an array of advantages.
Discussion: ABC News
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:   Donald Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway Berates ‘Wishy-Washy ’ Republican Leaders
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Major GOP Donors Are Asking Trump for Their Money Back  —  Donald Trump's big-dollar donors asking for their money back, NBC News learns 2:52  —  Two big-money donors who have given or raised tens of thousands of dollars for Donald Trump are livid at the Republican presidential nominee …
Discussion: RedState, CNBC, Raw Story and Politicus USA
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Philly.com:
Will Toomey back Trump? He says he may not tell voters
Discussion: Guardian
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama mocks Republicans for standing by Trump
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
NY Trump Supporter Arrested After Threatening To Beat Black Woman  —  A Donald Trump supporter was arrested Monday night after allegedly threatening to beat a black woman outside a ShopRite in upstate New York, the Albany Times-Union reported.  —  Todd Warnken, 55, was asked to leave the store after …
Discussion: alan.com
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Emily Masters / Albany Times Union:
Police: Trump supporter threatens black woman in Albany
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Michael Kruse / Politico:
'I Think He's a Very Dangerous Man for the Next Three or Four Weeks'  —  Back in early March, Politico Magazine brought together five Donald Trump biographers for a conversation over lunch at Trump Tower.  At the time, the country was just beginning to grapple with the reality …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Exclusive: Trump campaign CEO wanted to destroy Ryan  —  's presidential campaign, gave explicit orders to his staff to destroy Speaker Paul Ryan  —  (R-Wis.).  —  On editorial conference calls, the Breitbart chairman would often say “Paul Ryan is the enemy,” according to a source who worked with Bannon at the news organization.
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump: Maybe Ryan won't be Speaker if I win WH
Discussion: Chicago Tribune, RedState and ABC News
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Women Are Defeating Donald Trump  —  A series of national polls released on Tuesday showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by margins ranging from 5 to 11 percentage points — except for the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times tracking poll, which defiantly continues to show Trump up by 2 points.
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Support for marijuana legalization continues to rise  —  The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues to increase.  Today, 57% of U.S. adults say the use of marijuana should be made legal, while 37% say it should be illegal.  A decade ago, opinion on legalizing marijuana …
Discussion: Vox, The Cannabist and The Atlantic
New York Times:
Split Over Donald Trump Threatens to Tilt Republican States  —  Donald J. Trump's intensifying battle with his own party is tearing open the nation's political map, pulling Republicans across the country into a self-destructive feud that could imperil dozens of lawmakers in Congress …
Wlady Pleszczynski / The American Spectator:
History Is Full of Surprises  —  History is full of surprises.  Never have I, looking back on history, found it to go precisely as I had anticipated it would go.  Always the reality of history's progress plays tricks on us.  It now appears that the sexual revolution begun in the late 1960s is ending …
Julian Robinson / Daily Mail:
Russia orders all officials to fly home any relatives living abroad, as tensions mount over the prospect of a global war  —  Russia is ordering all of its officials to fly home any relatives living abroad amid heightened tensions over the prospect of global war, it has been claimed.
T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Bill Clinton: Trump's ‘standard redneck’ base is what I grew up in  —  Bill Clinton suggested this week that GOP nominee Donald Trump's base comprised mostly “rednecks.”  —  “The other guy's base is what I grew up in,” the former president said during a campaign stop in Fort Myers, Fla. “You know, I'm basically your standard redneck.”
 
 
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
NeverTrumpers Debate What's Worst Thing About Trump
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Full Federal Appeals Court To Reconsider Case On Gay Protections
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Germany Knowingly Let in Migrants with Fake Passports
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
‘Whole bunch’ of facts don't support Obama's claim that many VA bosses were fired over scandal
Discussion: Hot Air
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
REVEALED: Donna Brazile Shared CNN Town Hall Questions With Clinton Camp
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Trump trails Clinton by 8 points after tape scandal, debate: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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University of Tennessee Investigating Student Accused of Sexual Harassment for Writing Wrong Name on Quiz
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