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7:40 PM ET, October 12, 2016

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New York Times:
Two Women Say Donald Trump Touched Them Inappropriately  —  Donald J. Trump was emphatic in the second presidential debate: Yes, he had boasted about kissing women without permission and grabbing their genitals.  But he had never actually done those things, he said.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
FBI (re)issues statement on Podesta hack  —  The FBI is reacting to the hacking of Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta's emails by re-issuing a broadly-worded statement about cyber threats to those active in American politics.  —  “The FBI is aware of media reporting …
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Wall Street Journal:
FBI Suspects Russia in Hack of John Podesta Emails
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
What We Learned From the Purported John Podesta Emails From WikiLeaks
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: ‘What the hell do I have to do with Putin?’
Discussion: ABC News
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
BUSTED: Rudy Giuliani says he never saw Hillary Clinton in NYC on 9/11 — but pictures prove he's lying  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Rudy Giuliani told a bald-faced lie to accuse Hillary Clinton of lying about her response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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NBC News:
Bill Clinton ‘Rape’ Hecklers Interrupt Obama, Hillary After Infowars Offer  —  Radio jock disrupts with t-shirt sales stunt 3:41  —  Multiple hecklers shouting “Bill Clinton is a rapist” interrupted President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton at separate rallies after a pro-Donald …
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
How Hillary Clinton should go in for the kill
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
As protesters accuse her husband of rape, Clinton blasts Trump's ‘scorched earth’ tactics
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
Plain Dealer:
New Ohio poll puts Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump by 9 points after news of Trump's vulgar talk
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Shock Utah poll: Trump crumbles, now even with Clinton as Evan McMullin pulls within four
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Vox and The Week
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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Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Poll: Clinton widens Mich. lead as Trump support slides  —  Donald Trump's support in Michigan is showing signs of collapse as Democrat Hillary Clinton widens her lead to nearly 12 percentage points in a new statewide poll released to The Detroit News and WDIV.
Discussion: Politico
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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Wisconsin poll: Clinton surged after Trump tape
Discussion: Need To Know Network
Martinlongman / Washington Monthly:
Paul Ryan's Speakership Will End  —  I admire the reporting that Robert Costa and Phillip Rucker are doing for the Washington Post but their latest piece strikes me as completely delusional.  The subject is worthy.  They enlist Washington insiders to paint a picture of how Speaker Paul Ryan …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Hill
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Wlady Pleszczynski / The American Spectator:
Dear Speaker Ryan: Resign
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 …
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 …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump hints that Ryan is part of ‘sinister deal’ … One day after warning the GOP that his “shackles” are off, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  floated the prospect of a “sinister deal” preventing Speaker Paul Ryan  —  (R-Wis.) from coming to his defense.
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Politicus USA
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump denounces Paul Ryan and GOP for secret ‘sinister deal’
Discussion: ABC News, Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
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 …
Fox News:
FBI, DOJ roiled by Comey, Lynch decision to let Clinton slide by on emails, says insider  —  The decision to let Hillary Clinton off the hook for mishandling classified information has roiled the FBI and Department of Justice, with one person closely involved in the year-long probe telling FoxNews.com …
Discussion: Hot Air and Law News
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
The DEA is withdrawing a proposal to ban another plant after the Internet got really mad  —  The Drug Enforcement Administration is reversing a widely criticized decision that would have banned the use of kratom, a plant that researchers say could help mitigate the effects of the opioid epidemic.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
New email shows Brazile may have had exact wording of proposed town hall question before CNN  —  A new email obtained by POLITICO is shedding more light on the mystery of whether and how interim DNC chair Donna Brazile might have obtained the text of a proposed question from a town hall between Hillary Clinton …
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Democratic governor: Obamacare ‘no longer affordable’ for many  —  Minnesota's Democratic governor on Wednesday said Obamacare is “no longer affordable to increasing numbers of people” — the latest sign of Democrats' growing concern about the law's rising insurance costs.
Discussion: Twin Cities and Hot Air
Macy Jenkins / CBS Sacramento:
Singer Takes Knee During National Anthem At Sacramento Kings Game  —  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The day after the first Kings' preseason game, the buzz is all about what happened before the first play.  Singer Leah Tysse took the microphone to sing the national anthem, then she took a knee - and took the audience by surprise.
TMZ.com:
NBC — Planned to Use Trump Audio to Influence Debate, Election  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  NBC execs had a plan to time the release of the Donald Trump audio to have maximum impact on both the 2nd presidential debate and the general election ... sources connected with the network tell TMZ.
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
‘I Heard You!’:  Conway Snaps at CNN Anchor During Segment on Trump's Predatory Behavior  —  Today, Donald Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway had a very, very intense interview with CNN's Brianna Keilar.  Repeatedly, Conway took aim at CNN and insisted to Keilar that the network doesn't want to cover Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
 
 
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Media Matters for America:
Limbaugh: The Left Sends Out “The Rape Police” Whenever There's Sex With “No Consent” (Also Known As Rape)
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump hits ‘pay-to-play’ Clinton in new ad
Discussion: Hot Air
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WIKILEAKS BOMB=> Clinton Camp Discussed Deleting Emails Despite Knowing It Was Against the Law
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Facebook has repeatedly trended fake news since firing its human editors
Joseph Ax / Reuters:
Judge gives Florida voters more time to register after hurricane
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Did Right-Wing Group Citizens United Target Dementia Sufferers for Fundraising?
Discussion: Daily Kos
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Attacks Help Hillary Clinton Forge Truce in Her Long War With the Media
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Facebook Helped Drive a Voter Registration Surge, Election Officials Say
Discussion: Mashable and Business Insider
Tom Griffith / Rapid City Journal:
Despite disappointment, Thune to vote for Trump