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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.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Billy Bush expected to get $10 million settlement from NBC — MORE FROM: — Embattled “Today” anchor Billy Bush is likely to get a $10 million lump settlement from NBC after his abrupt ouster following the vulgar revelations on the Donald Trump tape. — Bush and his legal team …
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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 …
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 …
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Media Matters for America:
Trump's Anti-Semitic Speech Came From Breitbart, The Alt-Right, And Alex Jones — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's October 13 speech pushed the conspiracy theory that the media, corporations, and “global financial powers” such as banks are, in concert, harming America and working …
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“Trump Manages To Channel Goebbels”: White Nationalists Cheer Nominee's Conspiratorial Speech Packed …
“Trump Manages To Channel Goebbels”: White Nationalists Cheer Nominee's Conspiratorial Speech Packed …
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Trump Accuses Clinton of Guiding Global Elite Against U.S. Working Class
Trump Accuses Clinton of Guiding Global Elite Against U.S. Working Class
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Kept Calling Lil Jon an ‘Uncle Tom,’ Celebrity Apprentice Staffers Say — While shooting the 13th season of The Apprentice, Donald Trump repeatedly used a racial slur to refer to rapper and contestant Lil Jon—even after several producers urged him to stop, three staffers on the show told The Daily Beast.
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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 …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump on accuser: ‘Believe me, she would not be my first choice’
Trump on accuser: ‘Believe me, she would not be my first choice’
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant accuses Trump of sexually harassing her in 2007
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant accuses Trump of sexually harassing her in 2007
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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
Erick Erickson: The G.O.P. After Donald Trump
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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 …
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.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / BuzzFeed:
Romney: “It Will Be Very Difficult” For Party “To Be Put Back Together Again” — In a new interview, Mitt Romney says that he criticized Donald Trump's 2005 comments about women last week because they were “so over the line” that they demanded an answer. — “I felt that I had to say something again …
KBSL-TV:
3 men charged in Garden City bomb plot — WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) UPDATE (10/14/16): Three men were arrested on Friday for threatening to attack an apartment complex and mosque in Garden City. — Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall says Curtis Allen, 49, Gavin Wright, 51, and Patrick Stein were all charged with domestic terrorism.
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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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David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
Is the House in Play? What We Know Now
Is the House in Play? What We Know Now
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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.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: Clinton walked in front of me and 'I wasn't impressed'
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.
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.
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 …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Dem PAC poll-tested attacks on Obama over father's Muslim heritage — A Democratic super PAC poll tested several personal attacks against then-Sen. Barack Obama — (D-Ill.) in 2008, including his cocaine use as a teenager and his father's Muslim heritage, according to emails released by WikiLeaks.
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Trump accuser says she is leaving country — Mindy McGillivray of Palm Springs said she is planning to leave the United States because she fears for her family's safety since she publicly accused Donald Trump earlier this week of groping her in 2003. — “We feel the backlash of the Trump supporters.
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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.
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