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Highlights from article... Hillary Clinton had accused The Donald of having a 'penchant for sexism.' Jibe came after Trump said she had got 'schlonged' in 2008 bid by Obama. The Republican threatened Clinton to 'be careful' in sexism accusations. Now he has attacked her for allowing husband Bill to join the campaign. Trump said Bill had 'a penchant for sexism' after his infamous infidelities. Mr Clinton paid $850,000 as president to settle sexual harassment suit.

The phrase "follow the money" is supposed to help explain human behavior, especially in politics. So why has Donald Trump embraced Russian President Vladimir Putin? Why has he denied the evidence of Putin's killing of Russian journalists and dissidents? A savvy businessman, Trump is certainly not dumb. There must be something else to it. Reports dating back to 1987, during the time of the old Soviet Union, reveal that Trump has been seeking business in Russia and attempting to build a "Russian Trump Tower" in Moscow and perhaps other Russian cities. At this particular time in history, with Putin's cronies...

This incessant clamoring by voters and punditry for better "leaders" and more "leadership" is one of the most unsavory, dangerous, and un-American tendencies in political discourse. When Donald Trump was asked last week by Joe Scarborough what he made of an endorsement from Vladimir Putin -- a thug who's probably murdered journalists and political opponents and more -- the GOP presidential front-runner responded, "He's running his country, and at least he's a leader, unlike what we have in this country." Then he offered an incredibly dumb moral equivalency about how the United States also does "plenty of killing." There was...