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  • Well, This Is Awkward: Obama's Half Brother to Be Trump's Guest at Wednesday's Debate

    First it was Bill Clinton’s accusers; now Donald Trump is bringing President Barack Obama’s half brother, Malik, to the final presidential debate Wednesday. It’s unclear what Trump hopes to accomplish by bringing Obama’s brother, who has dual citizenship and spends most of his time in Kenya and some time in Washington D.C., to the debate,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Anita Hill Paved the Way for Donald Trump Accusers to Speak Their Truth

    This month marks 25 years since Anita F. Hill sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee and testified about sexual harassment by then-Supreme Court hopeful Clarence Thomas. She testified about his commentary regarding her physical appearance and someone leaving a pubic hair on his soda can. It was shocking. Fast-forward to 2016, and here we are…

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    The Root Staff

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  • A Trump Loss Is Still a Win for the Alt-Right

    The Donald J. Trump Traveling Crazy Circus will finally crash and burn on Election Day, when millions of sane Americans head to the polls and pull the lever for Hillary Clinton. (This will happen regardless of what happens at the debate Wednesday night.) And once the election is called for the first woman to be…

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    Lawrence Ross

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  • Obama to Trump: Stop Whining and Worry About Getting Votes

    President Barack Obama had a stern message for Donald Trump on Tuesday: “Stop whining and go try to make [your] case to get votes.” Obama’s message for Trump came during a news conference with Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, in the Rose Garden. In recent days, Trump has made several claims that the election…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Green Party VP Nominee Ajamu Baraka: We Must Disrupt Our Relationship to Democratic Party

    When Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein tapped Ajamu Baraka to be her running mate back in August, there was a flurry of news stories. Most tried to paint him as the anti-Obama—too radical, too intense, too left to occupy the space just a heartbeat away from the Oval Office. All of these characterizations of Baraka amounted to attempts…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • 8 Shows That Will Be on ‘Trump TV’ if Donald Trump Loses the Election

    The American voter finally has confirmation of what we were thinking all along: Donald Trump doesn’t really want to be president. All the evidence is there: He’s run a Dumpster fire of a campaign, and even though he managed to blow through 16 mealymouthed Republicans in the primaries while completely taking command of the Republican…

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    Jason Johnson

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  • Melania Trump: Donald Was ‘Egged on’ to Say ‘Dirty and Bad Stuff’

    Melania Trump says she has never heard her husband use the kind of language he is heard using in a 2005 video, and she questions the integrity of the women who have come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct. “I believe my husband. I believe my husband,” she said in an interview with CNN’s…

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    Monique Judge

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  • What Do You Do If Your Uber Has A Donald Trump Bumper Sticker?

    This was a question I asked myself Saturday night, as I noticed that the Uber coming to pick my wife and I up had a Trump/Pence bumper sticker on it. As many of you know, my feelings about Trump supporters are well-documented. Bit of context: We were headed to a club to celebrate a friend’s…

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    Damon Young

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  • Donald Trump at the Apollo Sounds Like the Recipe for a Race Riot

    If he has his way, Donald Trump may have laid the groundwork for a race riot right by Red Lobster. According to the New York Daily News, the Trump campaign has been actively trying to book the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem for a rally. Apparently, organizers have been calling “every day,” though there is…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • Donald Trump Said 18-Year-Old Lindsay Lohan Was Probably 'Great in Bed' 

    In six separate appearances on The Howard Stern Show, Donald Trump discussed sex and infidelity, rated women’s bodies, and talked about whether an 18-year-old Lindsay Lohan was attractive and possibly good in bed. The Washington Post, which last week released a 2005 videotape showing the presidential candidate having a lewd and misogynistic conversation about women…

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    Monique Judge

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