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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.
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 …
Discussion: twitchy.com
New York Times:
Donald Trump Assails His Accusers as Liars, and Unattractive
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump on accuser: ‘Believe me, she would not be my first choice’
Discussion: The Week
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant accuses Trump of sexually harassing her in 2007
Discussion: Rewire, Gothamist and The Week
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 …
Discussion: Vox, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and Orcinus
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Media Matters for America:
“Trump Manages To Channel Goebbels”: White Nationalists Cheer Nominee's Conspiratorial Speech Packed …
Discussion: Daily Kos, alan.com and NPR
Media Matters for America:
Trump's Anti-Semitic Speech Came From Breitbart, The Alt-Right, And Alex Jones
Discussion: Mediaite
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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Bryan Schatz / Mother Jones:
Feds Charge Kansas Militia Members With Plotting to Bomb Somali Immigrants
Discussion: The Atlantic
U.S. Department of Justice:
Three Kansas Men Charged With Plotting a Bombing Attack Targeting the Local Somali Immigrant Community
Discussion: NPR
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.
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
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The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Made Nasty Comments About Khloe Kardashian On ‘Apprentice,’ Staffers Say
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: Mashable and alan.com
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:   Trump: Clinton walked in front of me and 'I wasn't impressed'
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 …
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Prepares New Attack on Media, Clinton
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Last Refuge, CNBC and Infowars
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 …
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
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.
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.’ …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton's Florida Lead Continues to Grow  —  PPP's newest Florida poll finds Hillary Clinton's lead in the state continuing to tick up.  She's at 46% to 42% for Donald Trump, with Gary Johnson at 5%, and Jill Stein at 1%.  When PPP last polled the state two weeks ago, Clinton's advantage was 45/43.
Discussion: Florida Politics
 
 
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Even if Trump loses big, the anger will remain. Here's how the left can address it.
Colleen Jenkins / Reuters:
North Carolina Democrats win extension of voter registration deadline
Discussion: Daily Kos
Scott Zamost / CNN:
Ex-contestant: Trump inspected each woman before pageant
Discussion: Daily Kos
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Wonders Why No One's Accusing Obama of Sexual Assault
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
CNN's Don Lemon slams Scottie Nell Hughes: ‘That is insulting as a survivor of sexual abuse’
Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:
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Trump Jr. posts kid's letter asking that Clinton be jailed
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