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At a rally Tuesday in Colorado, Donald Trump announced that he supports congressional term limits, even though he opposed them less than a decade ago.

“Decades of failure in Washington and decades of special interest dealing must and will come to an end,” Trump proclaimed at his campaign event in Grand Junction, even creating the new hashtag #DrainTheSwamp in the process.... Read Original Article

Ed McMullen, an adviser to Donald Trump in South Carolina, recently referred to the sexual assault allegations against the Republican nominee as “bimbo eruptions,” the worst and most volatile phrase used by the campaign of a man who says he has “tremendous respect for women.”

“We have zero comment on any of the bimbo eruptions contrived by the Hillary Clinton campaign,” McMullen told the Post and Courier of Charleston in an article published Tuesday.... Read Original Article

It’s generally considered a bad idea to mix drinking and tattoos. That said, what if you could get a tattoo that would tell you when you’ve drunk too much?

Thanks to the nano-engineers at the US National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, you can now put a biosensor patch on your arm that looks just like a temporary tattoo.... Read Original Article

Ford Motor Company is about to add to America’s Rust Belt Blues: Reflecting their continuing sales struggles, Ford announced on Monday that it will temporarily shut down production of its bestselling F-150 pickup truck at several assembly plants throughout the country. 

The production halt will only last for a week at Ford’s Kansas City, Missouri plant, although it will idle three other plants for a period of several weeks.... Read Original Article

While Donald Trump is touring the nation whipping up unfounded fears of voter fraud by Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the cyber security firm Symantec has demonstrated that a real possibility for chicanery does exist… from hackers.

During its “Hack the Vote” election simulation, Symantec identified the methods that a hacker could use to influence the election outcome.... Read Original Article

The president of the largest police chief organization in America has formally apologized for the “historical mistreatment” of minorities. ()

In his speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police in San Francisco, Terry Cunningham conceded that “there have been times when law enforcement officers, because of the laws enacted by federal, state, and local governments, have been the face of oppression for far too many of our fellow citizens.”... Read Original Article

Which industry is out to buy influence in the Beltway? America’s five biggest tech companies donated $49 million to Washington lobbyists last year, in contrast to the comparatively paltry $19.7 million coming from the five largest banks. Silicon Valley industry titans have also played an outsize role in this year’s presidential election: PayPal founder and Facebook backer Peter Thiel donated $1.25 million to Donald Trump’s campaign and spoke at the RNC;  Apple CEO Tim Cook and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates appearing on Hillary Clinton’s list of vice presidential options.... Read Original Article

Six people have come forward to corroborate the account of Natasha Soynoff, the People magazine writer who wrote that she was sexually assaulted by Donald Trump.

The witnesses include Stoynoff’s friend, Liza Herz, who recalled being there at the interview; Marina Grasic, an old friend of Stoynoff’s to whom she confided the day after the sexual assault occurred; Paul McLaughlin, a former journalism professor who Stoynoff called for advice on the night the attack happened; Liz McNeil, East Coast Editor of People who discussed the incident with Stoynoff when she returned from Florida; Deputy East Coast Editor Mary Green, who recalled Stoynoff being shaken as she talked about the incident in her office upon returning; and Liza Hamm, another colleague at People to whom Stoynoff opened up.... Read Original Article

Julian Assange’s internet access was abruptly cut off by the Ecuadorian Embassy on Monday, prompting speculation that the decision was connected to his release of classified information potentially damaging to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

Within hours of the shutdown, WikiLeaks sent out a tweet confirming that Assange had been cut off by the London-based embassy where he’s been staying since he was granted asylum in 2012.... Read Original Article

Like his father, Donald Trump Jr.’s offensive statements during past interviews with shock jocks are coming back to bite him.

As CNN’s KFile discovered, Trump has a long history of pushing the envelope during appearances on shows like “Opie and Anthony,” “Opie with Jim Norton,” and “The Six Pack” (which is no longer on the air).... Read Original Article

Things turned ugly at a Donald Trump rally in Wisconsin on Monday night as pro-Trump crowd started changing, “Paul Ryan sucks!” before the speaker of the House took the stage

It was clear to see that Ryan, once a Tea Party darling, was now the subject of scorn by the Trump wing of the Republican Party.... Read Original Article

Donald Trump may insist that he has proof of rampant voter fraud in America, but the sources he’s citing don’t actually making that argument.

Trump claimed that voter fraud is “very, very common” at a Monday night rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

“They even want to try to rig the election at the polling booths and believe me there’s a lot going on,” Trump told his supporters.... Read Original Article