Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved With Women in Private - The New York Times

"With his purchase of the Miss Universe Organization, Mr. Trump was now in the business of young, beautiful women.



They craved his advice and approval, a fact he seemed to understand well.



Temple Taggart, the 21-year-old Miss Utah, was startled by how forward he was with young contestants like her in 1997, his first year as the owner of Miss USA, a branch of the beauty pageant organization. As she recalls it, he introduced himself in an unusually intimate manner.



He kissed me directly on the lips. I thought, “Oh my God, gross.” He was married to Marla Maples at the time. I think there were a few other girls that he kissed on the mouth. I was like “Wow, that’s inappropriate.”





–Temple Taggart, 1997 Miss Utah USA



Mr. Trump disputes this, saying he is reluctant to kiss strangers on the lips. But Ms. Taggart said it was not an isolated incident."



Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved With Women in Private - The New York Times

Donald Trump's Indifference to the Constitution - The Atlantic

"During Sunday night’s debate, Donald Trump told Hillary Clinton that, “if I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your [email] situation.” That would constitute an abuse of power. Presidents are not supposed to “instruct” their attorneys general to appoint a “special prosecutor” (now called an “independent counsel.”) The attorney general is supposed to make that decision apolitically, based on her judgment of whether the Justice Department can impartially investigate the case. By pledging that she would follow the advice of the FBI investigators looking into Clinton’s email controversy, Lynch tried to disentangle legal considerations from partisan ones. By promising that he will “instruct” his attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor, Trump is pledging exactly the opposite.

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Why Debate Night Won't End Trump's Nightmare

But Trump didn’t stop there. He not only said he would make his attorney general appoint an independent counsel, he also vowed to determine the outcome of that counsel’s investigation. If he becomes president, Trumpdeclared, Clinton will “be in jail.”

Under the Constitution, presidents don’t decide who goes to jail. (Except insofar as they have the power to pardon). Courts decide who goes to jail based on their assessment of whether someone broke the law.

But Trump’s indifference to the limits on presidential power last night wasn’t surprising. He’s been advertising it since he entered the race.

Last September, after National Review editor Rich Lowry said that Carly Fiorina had “cut his balls off with the precision of a surgeon” at a GOP primary debate, Trump tweeted that Lowry “should not be allowed on TV and the FCC should fine him!” Legally, there’s a debate about whether the FCC can fine broadcasters for obscene or indecent behavior. But even if it can, the Commission is supposed to do so based on objective, apolitical criteria. Trump, by contrast, was proposing to use the obscenity laws to silence his critics in the press. Doing so would transform the FCC in the same way Trump last night proposed to transform the independent counsel: from an institution tasked with impartially interpreting the law into a weapon to be used against Trump’s political adversaries."

Donald Trump's Indifference to the Constitution - The Atlantic

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Sexual Assault Overview - FindLaw

"Specific laws vary by state, but sexual assault generally refers to any crime in which the offender subjects the victim to sexual touching that is unwanted and offensive. These crimes can range from sexual groping or assault/battery, to attempted rape. All states prohibit sexual assault, but the exact definitions of the crimes that fall within the category of sexual assault differ from state to state. The laws share some basic elements, but the structures, wording and scope of sexual assault offenses vary considerably, so always check your local statutes for specific questions."





Sexual Assault Overview - FindLaw

Sexual Assault Overview - FindLaw

"Specific laws vary by state, but sexual assault generally refers to any crime in which the offender subjects the victim to sexual touching that is unwanted and offensive. These crimes can range from sexual groping or assault/battery, to attempted rape. All states prohibit sexual assault, but the exact definitions of the crimes that fall within the category of sexual assault differ from state to state. The laws share some basic elements, but the structures, wording and scope of sexual assault offenses vary considerably, so always check your local statutes for specific questions."





Sexual Assault Overview - FindLaw

Anderson Cooper told Trump ‘That is sexual assault.’ The Justice Department agrees. - The Washington Post

Anderson Cooper told Trump ‘That is sexual assault.’ The Justice Department agrees. - The Washington Post

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‘Apprentice’ producers have footage of Trump using N-word: claim - NY Daily News

"Producers of "The Apprentice," the reality show Donald Trump hosted for more than 10 years, are sitting on bombshell footage of the GOP nominee using the N-word, an Emmy-award winning producer claimed Sunday.

In a series of tweets Sunday, producer Chris Nee said she's heard such tapes exist of Trump using the obscenity but isn't in possession of the footage herself.

Nee, who didn’t work on “The Apprentice,” also hinted that she, and many others, had signed a contract with Mark Burnett, the lead producer of the show, that would make anyone who leaks such footage liable to pay a $5 million fine."

‘Apprentice’ producers have footage of Trump using N-word: claim - NY Daily News

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Evangelical leaders plead for Trump denunciation Joy moderates a debate between a Trump supporting Evangelical and one of 74 Evangelical leaders who created a Change.org petition calling for more in their religious denomination to disavow the GOP nominee. - AM Joy on MSNBC

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Trump doubles down on Central Park Five Why did the GOP nominee insist that the wrongfully accused men of color in the case who have been exonerated are actually guilty? Joy and her panel discuss this additional controversy many overlooked this week. - AM Joy on MSNBC

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The Difference Between Hispanic, Latino And Latinx | Huffington Post

The Difference Between Hispanic, Latino And Latinx | Huffington Post

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Civil rights groups demand data on nationwide police shootings | Washington Examiner

"The American Civil Liberties Union and nearly 100 other civil rights groups are pressuring the Justice Department to force state and local law enforcement agencies to report to the FBI in more detail about deaths that occur when people are in police custody.



In a notice published in the Federal Register in August, DOJ announced that it would be streamlining how state and local law enforcement agencies, as well as medical examiner's or coroner's offices, report that a person died while in police custody. However, it is hard to get the more than 18,000 agencies to voluntarily participate.



Now, the groups are proposing in a letter to the Justice Department that grants be withheld from the police departments that refuse to report the data."





Civil rights groups demand data on nationwide police shootings | Washington Examiner

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6 Latinos Killed by US Cops This Week—and Media Ignored It | News | teleSUR English

"Even as the police killings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling continue to stir outrage over lethal police brutality and systemic racism, the death of five Latinos this week garnered little media fanfare.

Fermin Vincent Valenzuela, Vinson Ramos, Melissa Ventura, Anthony Nuñez, Pedro Villanueva and Raul Saavedra-Vargas were shot and killed by cops since Sunday, but only local media picked up the story.

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"We’re being targeted," Gloria Hernandez, an organizer against police brutality in Fresno, told teleSUR.

She has been compiling her own database of police killings in Fresno — she began with the San Joaquin Valley but the list got unwieldy — and has counted that from 2000 to 2014, over 80 percent of victims were Latino. One of the police officers killed five people without an indictment; many killed up to four. Hernandez said that she couldn't rely on media reports or support from nonprofits like the ACLU, so she went straight to the police for her numbers.

Fresno, a hub for migrant farm workers, is about half Latino. While Latino, Black and Asian activists are organizing solidarity events in the aftermath of the Dallas shooting, Hernandez said that international media only came to report on the police killing of two white people.

“The media never focused on Latinos,” she said. "We're not attractive "

6 Latinos Killed by US Cops This Week—and Media Ignored It | News | teleSUR English