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2:40 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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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.
Tom Griffith / Rapid City Journal:
Despite disappointment, Thune to vote for Trump  —  South Dakota's senior U.S. senator said Tuesday that the current presidential campaign represented “a race to the bottom,” but that he would still likely cast his ballot for GOP hopeful Donald Trump.  —  In the wake of Friday's release …
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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
What Politicians' Reactions to the Trump Video Reveal About Sexism
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator Who Unendorsed Trump 3 Days Ago Jumps Back On The Train
Discussion: Politico and alan.com
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 …
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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ABC News:
The Note: The Unshackling of Donald Trump
Discussion: Politico
Louis Nelson / Politico:   Trump campaign manager squabbles with Anderson Cooper over polls
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:   Donald Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway Berates ‘Wishy-Washy ’ Republican Leaders
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How One 19-Year-Old Illinois Man Is Distorting National Polling Averages  —  There is a 19-year-old black man in Illinois who has no idea of the role he is playing in this election.  —  He is sure he is going to vote for Donald J. Trump.  —  And he has been held up as proof by conservatives …
Discussion: Mother Jones
New York Times:
F.B.I. Investigating if Fatal Plane Crash in East Hartford Was Intentional  —  The F.B.I. is investigating whether the crash of a small plane in East Hartford, Conn., that killed a passenger on Tuesday was intentional, according to four federal law enforcement officials.
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CBS News:
Survivor claims deadly Conn. plane crash was intentional  —  The FBI is investigating whether a small plane that struck a utility pole near the Connecticut River in East Hartford was intentionally crashed, CBS News has confirmed.  —  Police said there were two sets of controls aboard …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Republican politicians fall back in line behind Trump after defecting  —  THE BIG IDEA: Now that it has become crystal clear Donald Trump will not quit—that he has “unshackled” himself and plans to “limp” across the finish line—some Republicans who called on him to drop out over the weekend are reversing themselves.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Catholic group demands top Clinton aide resign over leaked emails  —  A top aide to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton  —  is under fire from Catholic groups for remarks she made in hacked emails published by WikiLeaks, with one group calling on Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri to resign.
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Attacks Help Hillary Clinton Forge Truce in Her Long War With the Media  —  Now that Donald Trump has disinterred a heap of 1990s-era scandals, Hillary Clinton is under the microscope for how she reacted then, and how she's reacting now as a woman standing by her man.
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Wlady Pleszczynski / The American Spectator:   History Is Full of Surprises
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Column Hillary Clinton will (almost certainly) win — but her margin matters  —  A victorious Hillary Clinton could still face a Congress controlled by Republicans, who have succeeded in blocking much of President Obama's major initiatives.  Above, Clinton celebrates after winning the New York primary in April.
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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 …
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
Los Angeles Times:
LAPD detective investigating Derrick Rose case found dead of gunshot wound in Whittier  —  An LAPD employee was fatally shot in Whittier on Tuesday.  (KTLA)  —  A Los Angeles Police Department detective who was investigating rape allegations against NBA star Derrick Rose died after being found …
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Facebook Helped Drive a Voter Registration Surge, Election Officials Say  —  A 17-word Facebook reminder contributed to substantial increases in online voter registration across the country, according to top election officials.  —  At least nine secretaries of state have credited …
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: The Week and Raw Story
 
 
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
‘Donald Trump will protect you’: Some fear he is running to be a dictator
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
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Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
Glenn Beck: Presidential election has injected ‘poison’ into the Christian church
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Barack Obama: Now Is the Greatest Time to Be Alive
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Tom McCarthy / Guardian:
Trump says Isis will take over the US if Clinton wins - campaign live
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Daniel Wasserbly / Defence & Security …:
White House sending THAAD to South Korea as ‘soon as feasible’
Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit
T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Bill Clinton: Trump's ‘standard redneck’ base is what I grew up in
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Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
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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
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Will Hillary explain her dream of ‘open borders’?
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