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2:00 PM ET, October 14, 2016

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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
Is the House in Play?  What We Know Now  —  Ever since last Friday's Access Hollywood bombshell, Speaker Paul Ryan has treated Trump's campaign as a sinking ship and has sounded an alarm to donors to shift resources towards saving the majority.  Meanwhile, we have been inundated with questions …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and FiveThirtyEight
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence: ‘Something missing’ from polls showing Trump trailing  —  Polls showing a widening gap between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with just weeks to go until Election Day are missing something, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Friday morning, because they fail to capture the enthusiasm the GOP nominee has stirred among American voters.
Discussion: Shareblue and Shakesville
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: New York Magazine
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump collapse clouds Paul Ryan's future
Discussion: ABC News
Mary Bruce / ABC News:
Ryan's Distancing Himself From Trump Viewed As Smart Move By Many in his Hometown
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
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 …
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The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Called Deaf ‘Apprentice’ Marlee Matlin ‘Retarded’  —  Just in case you thought Donald Trump was insufficiently awful: He repeatedly called a deaf actress “retarded,” three sources tell The Daily Beast.  —  Trump, who was accused on Wednesday of making sexual comments to Marlee Matlin …
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 …
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.’ …
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 …
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
President Obama Blasts Donald Trump as Tough Talker Who Fails to Act on It  —  With polls showing a neck-and-neck presidential race in the bellwether state of Ohio, President Obama spent the brunt of his time during a rally in Cleveland today poking fun at Donald Trump for his temperament and complaints of a …
Discussion: Politico
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Virgin:
I want an entrepreneur to become President one day - just not Donald Trump  —  I would like to see an entrepreneur become President one day.  I believe entrepreneurial thinking is incredibly valuable in leaders, and there are many entrepreneurs who I would be delighted to see in power - just not this one.
Discussion: Politico and Business Insider
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Obama: GOP Claims To Be ‘Party Of Family Values,’ Then Nominates Trump (VIDEO)
CNNMoney:
Trump on Lindsay Lohan in 2004: ‘Deeply troubled’ women are ‘always the best in bed’  —  Donald Trump said in a 2004 interview with Howard Stern about Lindsay Lohan that “deeply troubled” women are “always the best in bed,” according to a CNN KFile review of the appearance.
Tegna / WFAA-TV:
New poll: Trump lead shrinks in Texas, within margin of error  —  A new poll of Texas voters shows Donald Trump's lead shrinking in the Lone Star State, to within the margin of error.  Jason Whitely reports. … DALLAS - After perhaps the most damaging week of his campaign …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:   GOP insiders: Trump's chances fading
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The 2016 electoral map is collapsing around Donald Trump
CBS News:
Mike Pence: “I don't understand” Michelle Obama's critique of Trump  —  Mike Pence, the Republican party's vice presidential nominee, questioned First Lady Michelle Obama's fiery denunciation of Donald Trump in a Friday morning interview, saying he couldn't “understand” the critiques she gave at a New Hampshire rally earlier this week.
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Bloomberg.com:   Pence Says Evidence to Challenge Women's Claims Coming Today
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Leaked emails: Clinton allies pondered polling in 2008 on rumors about Obama's cocaine use, his father's Muslim faith  —  Political campaigns and super PAC often hire pollsters to survey voters about the potential strengths and weaknesses of an opponent or themselves.
Discussion: Hot Air
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The American Mirror:
Where's Hillary? No public events until 10/19 debate?
Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Clinton allies polled voters about Obama's ties to Islam
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Armed protester stands outside Dem's office for 12 hours  —  An man exposed his firearm while standing outside a Democratic U.S. House candidate's office for 12 hours on Thursday, CBS 19 reported.  —  Daniel Parks said he was protesting Hillary Clinton  —  's campaign by standing outside …
Discussion: alan.com
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Taylor Cairns / Newsplex:
Legally armed protester stands outside Dittmar campaign offices for hours
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Jon Passantino / BuzzFeed:
Trump Jr. Suggested Women Who Can't Take Harassment “Don't Belong In The Workforce”  —  Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., dismissed workplace sexual harassment in a 2013 radio interview — and suggested that women who couldn't take it should become kindergarten teachers.
Erick-Woods Erickson / New York Times:
Erick Erickson: The G.O.P. After Donald Trump  —  ATLANTA — Over the past few months, a cavalcade of Republican policy wonks, pundits and partisan strategists have beclowned themselves on national television trying to defend the indefensible: their party's nominee.  Free-trade advocates have become protectionists.
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New York Times:
Donald Trump vs. a Free Press
New York Times:
Cut Ties to Donald Trump, Big Donors Urge R.N.C.  —  WASHINGTON — Several of the Republican Party's most generous donors called on the Republican National Committee on Thursday to disavow Donald J. Trump, saying that allegations by multiple women that Mr. Trump had groped …
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Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg:
RNC Transfers $6.35 Million to Down Ballot Races
Discussion: Politico
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Two speeches in two hours crystallize the state of Campaign 2016  —  Two speeches.  Two Americas.  A pair of apocalyptic arguments and one call to burn down the house.  That's the summation from just two remarkable hours Thursday that crystallized the final month of Campaign 2016.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
This is the best book to help you understand the wild 2016 campaign  —  On September 11, 2016, the political media's attention was firmly fixed on Lower Manhattan, where Hillary Clinton unexpectedly ducked out of a 9/11 memorial event.  Video soon surfaced of her looking very unwell …
Discussion: National Geographic
Luke O'Neil / Esquire:
The Regrets of Lincoln Chafee, Failed Presidential Candidate  —  Dispatches from his “sabbatical year.”  —  For 142 glorious days in 2015, the possibility of a Lincoln Chafee Administration flickered in the heart of, at least, Lincoln Chafee.  Lincoln who, you ask?
 
 
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Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Did a Russian Ship Cut Syria's Internet Cables?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tamara Keith / NPR:
The Video Defense About Her Emails Hillary Clinton Never Gave
Discussion: Hot Air
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Obama lifts restrictions on Cuban rum, cigars
Discussion: RedState, Consumerist, Eater and The Week
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
Trump's Fans Have More to Lose Than Trump Himself
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg:
How Republican Rob Portman May Derail the Trump Train in Ohio
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Trump Gets Desperate
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Wikileaks Bombshell: John Podesta Owned 75,000 Shares in Putin-Connected Energy Company
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Clinton Emails: Comey Lied And The Scandal Died
Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
Record 15 million Texans registered to vote
Erin Corbett / Raw Story:
WATCH: Nevada Trump supporter has racist meltdown at ‘illegal’ Latino construction workers
Idaho Statesman:
Hillary Clinton's experience makes her the right choice for president