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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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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Woman says Trump reached under her skirt and groped her in early 1990s
Woman says Trump reached under her skirt and groped her in early 1990s
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Billy Bush expected to get $10 million settlement from NBC
Billy Bush expected to get $10 million settlement from NBC
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Assails His Accusers as Liars, and Unattractive
Donald Trump Assails His Accusers as Liars, and Unattractive
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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 …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trump has a point with media criticism — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — has gone thermonuclear on the media in a way we've never seen from any political figure — or any public figure — before. — From a Trump rally in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday: … ADVERTISEMENT
Nathaniel Persily / Washington Post:
Americans are losing faith in democracy — and in each other — Nathaniel Persily is a professor at Stanford Law School. Jon Cohen is chief research officer for SurveyMonkey. — If there had been any doubt, it has now become clear that this election campaign is about more than the selection …
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BostonGlobe.com:
Trump says the election is rigged — and his supporters are furious — CINCINNATI — In an arena normally reserved for ice hockey, the Donald Trump crowd was on edge. — Some wore shirts with slogans like “[Expletive] Your Feelings” or, in reference to the female Democratic nominee, “Trump that Bitch.”
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Sanders tweet causes drug company to lose $400M in a day — ' (D-Vt.) Twitter account on Friday afternoon caused the stock of a pharmaceutical company to crash, costing the company millions of dollars. — Sanders told his 2.6 million followers that Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. had raised …
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Pamela Druckerman / New York Times:
The Perpetual Panic of American Parenthood — Paris — I spend a lot of time listening to parents around the world complain. In Kiev recently, a working mother told me the joke about how Ukrainians are raised by same-sex couples: their mothers and grandmothers.
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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NBC News:
CIA Prepping for Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia — U.S. Poised For Unprecedented Cyber Assault Targeting Russia 3:17 — The Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the American presidential election …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Barrage of Heated Rhetoric Has Little Precedent — WASHINGTON — There is a long tradition of presidential candidates ratcheting up their language when they are trailing in the closing weeks of an election. — But in the same fashion Donald J. Trump has broken …
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump — Win, lose or drop out, the Republican nominee has laid waste to the American political system. On the trail for the last gasp of the ugliest campaign in our nation's history — All Stories — Saturday, early October, at a fairground 40 minutes southwest of Milwaukee.
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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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
How a lie takes flight on Fox News's ‘Hannity’ — Sean Hannity protests that he's not a “journalist.” Last night, he proved it once again. — As Donald Trump faces down more and more allegations that he sexually assaulted women, Hannity chatted with three Bill Clinton accusers.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Hillary Clinton's Worst Friend — In both debates against Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump went out of his way to bring up the name of a journalist and former White House official who has held no high office and is unknown to most voters. The name is Sidney Blumenthal, one that is familiar mainly …
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The American Mirror
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WIKILEAKS=> SMOKING GUN on Iran Deal: Podesta Says Nuclear War Is Coming — Wikileaks drops the smoking gun on the Iran Deal— John Podesta thinks nuclear war is coming! — From today's Wikileaks release: … My God people...they actually expect nuclear war.
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Power Line
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.
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.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump: Clinton walked in front of me and 'I wasn't impressed'
Trump: Clinton walked in front of me and 'I wasn't impressed'
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