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8:15 PM ET, October 13, 2016

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Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Block Campaign's Requests to Do Self-Opposition Research  —  The decision contributed to his campaign being caught unprepared for the past week's barrage of claims he mistreated women.  —  kevcirilli  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rebuffed political aides' requests …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump Jr. on New York Times report: 'I've never heard anything dumber in my life'  —  (CNN)Donald Trump Jr. defended his father on Thursday following a New York Times report on Wednesday night wherein two women alleged that Trump groped them.  —  “Come on guys, it's so ridiculous, I've never heard anything dumber in my life.
The Huffington Post:
Trump Faces Another Accusation — This Time, He Looked Up Models' Skirts  —  One woman said he gawked at their underwear or lack thereof.  —  Deputy Politics Editor, The Huffington Post  —  Yet another woman is alleging that she witnessed inappropriate sexual advances by Donald Trump, now the Republican nominee for president.
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. says his father's boasts about groping women make him ‘a human’  —  Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday dismissed accusations that his father had repeatedly groped women as “probably a typical New York Times smear campaign” and asserted that the Republican nominee's 2005 comments bragging …
Discussion: ABC News, Vox, Hot Air and Hullabaloo
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump cancels “Hannity” interview  —  Will Donald Trump give an interview?  Will he hold a press conference?  Will he show up at next week's debate?  —  On Thursday morning, he canceled on his friend Sean Hannity, a Fox News spokeswoman said.  He had been scheduled to appear on Hannity's Fox News show Thursday night.
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Conservatives questioning the timing of Donald Trump's accusers should listen to what they're saying  —  To some leading Republicans and conservative bloggers, the timing of new sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump looks suspicious.  Why the sudden surge of accusers in the final stretch of the presidential election?
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 7 points  —  Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump has increased to seven points, as more than half of voters say he is not qualified to be president.  —  That's according to a just-released national Fox News Poll of likely voters.
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Rasmussen Reports:
White House Watch: Trump Takes the Lead  —  The full results from Sunday night's debate are in, and Donald Trump has come from behind to take the lead over Hillary Clinton.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports White House Watch national telephone and online survey shows Trump with 43% support among Likely U.S. Voters to Clinton's 41%.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Ahead in North Carolina; Virtual Tie in Ohio  —  Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by four points in North Carolina, while Trump is ahead by one in Ohio, according to two new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls of these states.  —  In North Carolina …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House warns Trump not to attack Michelle Obama  —  In his latest, and perhaps most vehement campaign tirade, Donald Trump held his fire when it came to first lady Michelle Obama.  And the White House suggested Thursday that Trump should continue to steer clear of the president's wife …
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Jenée Desmond-Harris / Vox:
Behind Michelle Obama's heartfelt speech: 8 years of sexist and racist attacks
Discussion: Mediaite
German Lopez / Vox:
Trump: I didn't sexually assault a People magazine reporter, because “look at her”  —  Trump just can't stop objectifying women.  —  Donald Trump denied a People magazine journalist's claim that he sexually assaulted her during an interview.  His explanation: She's not attractive enough.
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Natasha Stoynoff / People.com:
Physically Attacked by Donald Trump - A PEOPLE Writer's Own Harrowing Story
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Michelle Obama Rebukes ‘Predatory’ Trump, Saying She's Shaken to Core
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
'You're On Your Own': FBN Host Stunned by Curt Schilling Defending Lewd Trump Remark  —  Curt Schilling appeared on Fox Business Network today and defended Donald Trump's lewd remark to a 10-year-old in a way that stunned host Trish Regan.  —  One of the recently-unearthed past …
Damien Sharkov / Newsweek:
DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGN APOLOGIZES TO SERBIA FOR YUGOSLAVIA BOMBING  —  WORLD SERBIA DONALD TRUMP BILL CLINTON 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has issued an apology for his country's decision to bomb Serbia during Bill Clinton's tenure at the White House.
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Lou Dobbs tweets Trump accuser's address and phone number  —  Fox Business Network anchor Lou Dobbs publicized the address and phone number of Jessica Leeds, one of the women who accused Donald Trump of groping her, to his 792,000 followers on Thursday morning.
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Fox Business host Lou Dobbs appears to post personal information of Trump accuser on Twitter
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
The Times's Lawyer Responds to Donald Trump  —  This is the letter David McCraw, vice president and assistant general counsel of The New York Times, wrote in response to a request from Marc E. Kasowitz, Mr. Trump's lawyer, to retract an article that featured two women accusing Mr. Trump of touching …
Discussion: Washington Post and www.wnyc.org
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Donald Trump Threatens to Sue The Times Over Article on Unwanted Advances
Kyle Becker / Independent Journal Review:
2 Clinton Campaign Videos Dropped on Twitter are So Hot, James O'Keefe was Suspended Soon After Posting Them  —  James O'Keefe of Project Veritas is known as a bit of an undercover video provocateur.  Now, he's been suspended from Twitter.  —  O'Keefe received a notification from Twitter soon after posting two ‘undercover’ videos:
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Conservative group may have broken Fla. law in secret recording of Clinton campaign voter-registration shenanigans
Discussion: The Daily Caller
NBC News:
Trump's Campaign Is ‘Pulling Out of Virginia’  —  Exclusive: NBC Analysis of Early Voting Shows Clinton with Advantage 1:31  —  Donald Trump's campaign is “pulling out of Virginia,” a move that stunned staff in the battleground state, three sources with knowledge of the decision told NBC News.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
DID WIKILEAKS UNCOVER A MURDER PLOT?  - Podesta Documents Suggest Scalia Assassination  —  Wikileaks released another 2,000 Podesta emails on Thursday morning.  —  This was the group's 5th release on the Podesta emails.  —  Now this—  The internet blowing up over a document regarding Supreme Court Justice Scalia.
Lauren Etter / Bloomberg:
Trump Supporters Monitoring Polls Alarms Voting-Rights Groups  —  The Republican presidential nominee has been exhorting his supporters to be vigilant about the supposed threat of voter fraud, which has been shown to be almost nonexistent in the U.S.  —  For the first time in a half-century …
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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:   Donald Trump's Attacks on the Rights of Minority Voters
Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Billy Bush Lawyers Up, Goes on Attack in NBC Fight (Exclusive)  —  “If Billy had been passive or responded ‘Shut the f— up’ to Trump, Billy would have been out of a job the next day,” litigator Marshall Grossman tells THR.  —  Billy Bush's exit from NBC News isn't going to be as amicable as many thought it would be.
Libby Nelson / Vox:
Read Donald Trump's bizarre, frightening speech responding to sexual assault allegations  —  At a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, Donald Trump fired back against the accusations from women that he had sexually assaulted them.  He said the New York Times story claiming he had assaulted …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton for president  —  IN THE gloom and ugliness of this political season, one encouraging truth is often overlooked: There is a well-qualified, well-prepared candidate on the ballot.  Hillary Clinton has the potential to be an excellent president of the United States, and we endorse her without hesitation.
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Donald Trump, Slipping in Polls, Warns of ‘Stolen Election’  —  Donald J. Trump has lashed out at fellow Republicans, calling them “disloyal” and “far more difficult” than Hillary Clinton.  —  He has griped openly about a “rigged” political system, saying Wednesday he has “no respect” …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Nationalism Into the Abyss  —  Is it desperation?  The themes and instincts of the anti-Semitic radicals and extremists his campaign stews in?  A “global conspiracy” of the political elites, international finance and the media who have “robbed our working class, stripped our country …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 
 
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Reuters:
Trump's missing donors: the people who work for him
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
As Donald Trump Stumbles, Hillary Clinton Watches Her Step
Matt Furie / TIME:
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Barack Obama / The White House:
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Tampa Bay Times:
David Jolly blasts ‘false’ Democratic ad tying Republican congressman to Donald Trump
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
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David Wright / CNN:
Ex-Trump exec on assault allegations: ‘I do believe it’
 

 
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