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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.
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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.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says groping allegations are part of a global conspiracy to help Clinton — Donald Trump issued a breathtaking call to arms Thursday as he emphatically denied allegations that he groped and kissed multiple women without their consent, charging that his accusers were part of a global conspiracy to extinguish his outsider movement.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. says his father's boasts about groping women make him ‘a human’
Donald Trump Jr. says his father's boasts about groping women make him ‘a human’
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New York Times:
The Times's Lawyer Responds to Donald Trump
The Times's Lawyer Responds to Donald Trump
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Conservatives questioning the timing of Donald Trump's accusers should listen to what they're saying
Conservatives questioning the timing of Donald Trump's accusers should listen to what they're saying
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German Lopez / Vox:
Trump: I didn't sexually assault a People magazine reporter, because “look at her”
Trump: I didn't sexually assault a People magazine reporter, because “look at her”
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
New York Times lawyer to Trump: You have no reputation to protect
New York Times lawyer to Trump: You have no reputation to protect
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Evan Vucci / Talking Points Memo:
TIMELINE: Four Decades Of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Trump
TIMELINE: Four Decades Of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Trump
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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 …
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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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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
Behind Michelle Obama's heartfelt speech: 8 years of sexist and racist attacks
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Michelle Obama calls on women to rise up against Trump
Michelle Obama calls on women to rise up against Trump
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Tom Kludt / CNN:
Michelle Obama denounces Trump for ‘bragging about sexually assaulting women’
Michelle Obama denounces Trump for ‘bragging about sexually assaulting women’
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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 …
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Donald Trump once told 14-year-old girls, 'In a couple of years, I'll be dating you' — Donald Trump appears to have a pattern of trying to charm young girls with a line about dating him. — In a December 1992 wire brief in the Chicago Tribune, Trump is described as having spotted …
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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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
Fox Business host Lou Dobbs appears to post personal information of Trump accuser on Twitter
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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.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Conservative group may have broken Fla. law in secret recording of Clinton campaign voter-registration shenanigans — The conservative Project Veritas group might have broken Florida law by secretly shooting video of Hillary Clinton staffers making crude comments and discussing the destruction of Republican voter-registration forms.
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Tom Gara / BuzzFeed:
Here's Donald Trump's Response To Being Called A “Sexual Predator” In 2006 — The exchange happens just after the 21 minute mark in this video of a 2006 Howard Stern interview. — youtube.com — On Twitter, Avi Bueno spotted another moment: this time, Trump referring to women he slept with as his “victims.”
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Peter Moore / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
American women reject Trump's video apology — While most American women think that Trump's video apology was not good enough, men tend to either be OK with it or think he had nothing to apologize for in the first place … 2016's presidential election had already enjoyed more than its fair share of drama …
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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.
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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.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Liberal Media's Perpetual Smear Campaign — Today's news is dominated by claims that years ago, Donald Trump made crude comments about women, or inappropriately touched women, or intruded into a women's dressing room, and so on. Gone from the campaign are such issues as the economy, Obamacare, national security and immigration.
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.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton answers written questions under penalty of perjury in email lawsuit — Hillary Clinton submitted formal answers under penalty of perjury on Thursday about her use of a private email server, saying 20 times that she did not recall the requested information or related discussions …
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Reuters:
Trump hasn't sued a newspaper for libel in decades, records show — Donald Trump hasn't sued a newspaper for libel in three decades, despite the Republican presidential nominee repeatedly threatening to do so over the course of his business career, according to databases of state and federal court records.