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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.
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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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Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Block Campaign's Requests to Do Self-Opposition Research
Trump Said to Block Campaign's Requests to Do Self-Opposition Research
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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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Evan Vucci / Talking Points Memo:
TIMELINE: Four Decades Of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Trump
TIMELINE: Four Decades Of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Trump
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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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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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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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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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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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute
Monmouth University Polling Institute
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Ahead in North Carolina; Virtual Tie in Ohio
Poll: Clinton Ahead in North Carolina; Virtual Tie in Ohio
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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 …
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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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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 …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says groping allegations are part of a global conspiracy to help Clinton
Trump says groping allegations are part of a global conspiracy to help Clinton
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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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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Idaho Statesman:
Hillary Clinton's experience makes her the right choice for president — The Idaho Statesman is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. — We recognize a lot of you are not going to like our choice of a Democrat in this Republican state — where Sen. Ted Cruz won the GOP primary …
NPR:
TRANSCRIPT: Donald Trump's Speech Responding To Assault Accusations — Wow. What a group. What a group. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, folks. Thank you, folks. It's great to be right here in Florida, which we love. — In 26 days, we are going to win this great …
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Libby Nelson / Vox:
Read Donald Trump's bizarre, frightening speech responding to sexual assault allegations
Read Donald Trump's bizarre, frightening speech responding to sexual assault allegations
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Erin Corbett / Raw Story:
WATCH: Nevada Trump supporter has racist meltdown at ‘illegal’ Latino construction workers — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A Nevada man was caught on video while verbally harassing construction workers outside of his home, a local Fox affiliate reports.
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 …
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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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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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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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.
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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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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