Donald Trump
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3 Women Accuse Donald Trump of Forcibly Groping or Kissing Them
Three women came forward in two separate news reports Wednesday accusing Donald Trump of groping them or kissing them without their consent. According to the New York Times, one woman alleges that during a flight more than 30 years ago, Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt, and a…
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Trump Supporter Charged After Threatening Black Woman in Albany, NY
An apparent Donald Trump supporter is facing charges of aggravated harassment after allegedly threatening to beat a black woman and calling her a racial slur earlier this week, the Albany Times Union reports. Albany, N.Y., police spokesman Steve Smith said that officers responded to a 911 call at a local ShopRite around 8:20 p.m. Monday…
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For Colored Folk Who Have Considered Suicide When This Election Was Too Much
There is not a lot of joy this election season. Everyone knows that we probably won’t live to see another ridiculously upbeat campaign season like 2008, when it was literally “cool” to go out and vote for then-Sen. Barack Obama, but 2016 has been an emotional letdown nonetheless. The choice between Hillary Clinton, with her…
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How Trump Turned the 2nd Debate Into a Rap Battle
Sunday’s debate showed one thing about Donald Trump that I’d never noticed: He is thoroughly versed in the Loaded Lux playbook of battle rap. Just 90 minutes prior to Sunday’s town hall showdown versus Hillary “Supa Predatah” Clinton, Trump hosted a Facebook Live press conference with several women who’d accused the former president and current…
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Hillary Clinton Needs to Let the 'Bitch' Loose on Trump
I ran for office once. My opponent was a loud, sugar-hyped seventh-grader, and we were running for seventh-grade class president. Although he didn’t have an orange tan or comb-over like Donald Trump, he was just as big a bully as Trump. But that’s expected in the seventh grade. During our run for class president, this…
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Locker Room Talk (And Why "Grab Them By The Pussy" Doesn't Qualify), Explained
After being roundly criticized for leaked footage that revealed him bragging about grabbing anonymous women “by the pussy,” Donald Trump kinda, sorta apologized for it. But then dismissed it as typical “locker room talk.” What exactly is this “locker room talk?” Locker room talk refers to unfiltered conversations men sometimes have with each other in locker…
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Donald Trump Held Press Conference With Women Who Accused Bill Clinton of Sexual Assault
Donald Trump has nothing left to lose. He has offended every minority, gender and faith-based group, so at this point, there’s really no one else to offend. After the release of the Trump tapes, the Republican presidential nominee knew that all of the focus during Sunday’s debate with Hillary Clinton would be on his vulgar…
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Yusef Salaam of the Central Park Five: Trump ‘Unfit to Be President’
Yusef Salaam has been living in the dark shadow of Donald Trump since he was a teenager accused, and convicted, of raping a woman in New York City’s Central Park more than 27 years ago. It was a crime of which he was innocent. “I still have to defend myself,” says Salaam. “I still have…
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The #TrumpTape Debate: Either Hillary Clinton Wins the Debate or America Has Lost Its Way
Donald Trump is in serious trouble with his own party heading into the crucial town hall debate against Hillary Clinton on Sunday night. Not because he denies climate change, threatens to nuke half the world, won’t share his finances, most likely didn’t pay taxes for 20 years, stiffed hundreds of employees, offers a safe haven…
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Video Shows Donald Trump Having Lewd Conversation About Women in 2005
A 2005 video obtained by the Washington Post shows Donald Trump having a sexist, lewd conversation about women on a hot mic while riding a bus to a soap opera appearance. In the video, Trump and Billy Bush, then of Access Hollywood, are riding a bus with the show’s logo on the side to the…