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9:30 PM ET, October 14, 2016

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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Woman says Trump reached under her skirt and groped her in early 1990s  —  Kristin Anderson was deep in conversation with acquaintances at a crowded Manhattan nightspot and did not notice the figure to her right on a red velvet couch — until, she recalls, his fingers slid under her miniskirt …
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
A Shrinking Trump Mocks His Accusers to Shrinking Crowds  —  Even as he denigrated the appearance of the women he allegedly assaulted, Trump left open the possibility that he did, in fact, assault them.  —  By ,  —  Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, October 14, 2016.
New York Times:
Donald Trump Assails His Accusers as Liars, and Unattractive
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Two speeches in two hours crystallize the state of Campaign 2016
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Trump camp puts forward witness to refute sex assault claim  —  More On:  —  Donald Trump's campaign says a British man is countering claims that the GOP presidential nominee groped a woman on a cross-country flight more than three decades ago.  —  The man says he was sitting across …
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Prepares New Attack on Media, Clinton  —  GOP presidential nominee says reports are ‘slanderous’ and media are pitted against him and his supporters  —  Donald Trump will broaden his attack against the media to hit globalism and the Clinton Foundation by charging …
Reuters:
Trump calls accusers sick liars as new groping claims surface
Discussion: CNN and ThinkProgress
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The 2016 electoral map is collapsing around Donald Trump  —  Forget Virginia.  Or Colorado.  Or lots of other traditional swing states.  Right now, Donald Trump's campaign is in such bad free fall that states that haven't voted for a Democrat in generations are suddenly coming into play …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence: ‘Something missing’ from polls showing Trump trailing
Discussion: Shareblue and Shakesville
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Burning Down the House  —  A wounded bear is a dangerous thing.  Detested and defeated, Donald Trump is now in a tear-the-country-down rage.  Day after day, he rips at the last remaining threads of decency holding this nation together.  His opponent is the devil, he says — hate her with all your heart.
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Erick-Woods Erickson / New York Times:
Erick Erickson: The G.O.P. After Donald Trump
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed:
Here Are Women's Excuses and Explanations for Trump's Behavior  —  Even if another woman accused Trump of rape, it wouldn't matter — because that woman would be lying.  —  Reporting From  —  CINCINNATI - On a warm,  —  perfect blue sky afternoon, Laurie — a fortysomething woman from Canton …
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Body Shames Clinton, Too!  'I Wasn't Impressed, Believe Me'  —  Donald Trump appeared to insult Hillary Clinton's physical appearance at a rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, Friday, saying he “wasn't impressed” when Clinton walked in front of him at Sunday's town hall debate.
Discussion: alan.com and Mashable
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:   Trump: Clinton walked in front of me and 'I wasn't impressed'
U.S. Department of Justice:
Three Kansas Men Charged With Plotting a Bombing Attack Targeting the Local Somali Immigrant Community  —  Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright, both 49, and of Liberal, Kansas, and Patrick Eugene Stein, 47, of Wright, Kansas, appeared in federal court to face a charge of conspiring to use a weapon …
Discussion: Mother Jones and NPR
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KBSL-TV:
3 men charged in Garden City bomb plot
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Politicus USA
David Dayen / New Republic:
The Most Important WikiLeaks Revelation Isn't About Hillary Clinton  —  What John Podesta's emails from 2008 reveal about the way power works in the Democratic Party.  —  The most important revelation in the WikiLeaks dump of John Podesta's emails has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton.
The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Made Nasty Comments About Khloe Kardashian On ‘Apprentice,’ Staffers Say  —  Sources say he called her a “piglet.”  —  During a 2009 taping of “Celebrity Apprentice,” Donald Trump made disparaging remarks about Khloe Kardashian's weight before firing her from the program …
Taylor Cairns / Newsplex:
Legally armed protester stands outside Dittmar campaign offices for hours  —  FLUVANNA COUNTY, Va. (NEWSPLEX) — On Thursday, a Fluvanna County resident stood outside Jane Dittmar's Palmyra campaign office to protest Hillary Clinton.  —  The protester, Daniel Parks, says that he hopes …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Armed Trump Supporters ‘Protest’ Outside Virginia Dem's Campaign Office
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Daily Kos
Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Ken Bone's Disturbing Reddit History Shows He's Not Nearly as Adorable as We Thought  —  Talk about building them up to knock them down.  —  With his red sweater and earnest questions about energy policy at the Clinton/Trump town hall debate, Kenneth Bone quickly became a shorthand …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Wonders Why No One's Accusing Obama of Sexual Assault  —  Yes, this actually happened.  Donald Trump openly wondered today why no women are coming out to accuse President Obama of sexual assault.  —  He called Obama an “incompetent president” who doesn't know what he's doing …
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant accuses Trump of sexually harassing her in 2007  —  A former contestant on Donald Trump's reality television show “The Apprentice” spoke out on Friday to accuse the Republican presidential nominee of sexually harassing her when she sought career advice from him after her time on the show.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump on accuser: ‘Believe me, she would not be my first choice’
Discussion: The Week
Mother Jones:
How Trump Took Hate Groups Mainstream  —  The first warning sign that something new was brewing came in June 2015, as Donald Trump joined the crowded field vying for the Republican presidential nomination.  In the extravagant lobby of Trump Tower in New York City, he announced he would build …
Nancy Collins / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Talks Family, Women in Unearthed Transcript: “When I Come Home and Dinner's Not Ready, I Go Through the Roof”  —  “Psychologists will tell you that some women want to be treated with respect,” he told Nancy Collins in a never-released 1994 transcript from ABC's ‘Primetime Live.’ …
Gloria Totten / The Hill:
Americans overwhelmingly support abortion rights  —  Political candidates, consultants and the media generally misunderstand the politics of abortion rights.  They tend to believe either that most voters oppose abortion or that the anti-abortion base is larger than the abortion rights base.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Indiana  —  Prez Contest Tightens; Bayh Maintains Senate Edge  —  Democrat pulls ahead in governor's race  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Indiana was never supposed to be competitive, even before Donald Trump tapped its governor as his running mate.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Trump Goes to War  —  OCALA, Florida—In Donald Trump's war of all against all, none shall be spared.  —  “I'm so angry at the Republicans,” he says, eyes slitted in a mocking grimace.  He's riffing off the leaked email that shows that allies of Hillary Clinton gave her a question in advance of a town hall broadcast by CNN in March.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Taylor Marsh
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / BuzzFeed:
Romney: “It Will Be Very Difficult” For Party “To Be Put Back Together Again”
Media Matters for America:
Trump's Anti-Semitic Speech Came From Breitbart, The Alt-Right, And Alex Jones
Discussion: Mediaite
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Even if Trump loses big, the anger will remain. Here's how the left can address it.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton's Florida Lead Continues to Grow
Discussion: Florida Politics
Colleen Jenkins / Reuters:
North Carolina Democrats win extension of voter registration deadline
Discussion: Daily Kos
Scott Zamost / CNN:
Ex-contestant: Trump inspected each woman before pageant
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton campaign predicts highest voter turnout ever
Discussion: Washington Post
German Lopez / Vox:
Donald Trump on sexual assault accuser: “believe me, she would not be my first choice”
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:
Economists Believe a Recession Is Likely Within Next Four Years
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump Jr. posts kid's letter asking that Clinton be jailed
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
Trump's Fans Have More to Lose Than Trump Himself
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
This is the best book to help you understand the wild 2016 campaign
Discussion: National Geographic
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Despite 2001 Promise, Donald Trump Made No 9/11 Donations in Year After Attack, Audit Finds
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
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