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Another Story of Trump’s Womanizing surfaces

We’re posting my Sunday column early: It recounts how Trump forced himself on a young woman–in Ivanka’s bedroom https://t.co/MthYPKFwtR pic.twitter.com/RvYbonLacw — Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) October 8, 2016

People who have sold their soul to Trump

People who’ve denounced Trump’s comments without withdrawing endorsements: – Ryan – McCain – Cruz – Rubio – Portman – Ayotte – Toomey – Burr — Emma Roller (@emmaroller) October 8, 2016

Why does Krugman hold Clinton and her campaign harmless for . . .

the public’s cluelessness about Trump’s policy agenda vs. her own? PHILADELPHIA — On Wednesday night, the Harvard Institute of Politics pulled together a focus group of eight millennial voters from the Philadelphia area, and a small group of journalists watched. One of the millennials supported the Green Party presidential candidacy of Jill Stein. The rest professed […]

Bernie Sanders on MichiganRadio’s (local NPR’s) Stateside yesterday:

“Get beyond personalities” and focus on real issues. Bernie’s awesome.  You can read the article about his radio interview, and watch his rally speech at the U-M campus in Ann Arbor yesterday, here. Go, Bernie!

President Paul Ryan

I’ve said since last winter, when it first became fairly clear that Trump likely would win the nomination, that Trump hadn’t taken over the GOP, but rather that it was the other way around: Trump is the ultimate Paul Ryan/Heritage Foundation/Koch Borthers Trojan Horse. I was right. And it’s now, literally, official. Meanwhile, large numbers […]