“These vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false.” So said Donald Trump after four women described moments when he groped or kissed them without their consent. He also suggested that one of this accusers, a former People writer, was too unattractive for her story to be true: “You take a look. Look at her. Look at her words. You tell me what you think. I don’t think so.” According to the claims, Trump once looked at a 10 year-old girl and said he’d be dating her in 10 years. (Luckily, she’d be eligible to vote for Hillary in 8.)

+ Digg has a running (and updating) list of the allegations.

+ Trump has blamed a biased media for the controversy, and (via a letter from his lawyers) threatened to sue the NY Times. The paper’s lawyer responded with a letter that almost immediately went viral: “Nothing in our article has had the slightest effect on the reputation that Mr. Trump, through his own words and actions, has already created for himself.” (Bob Dylan is lucky he won his Nobel prize before the NYT lawyer wrote his response to Trump.)

+ Like most current political controversies, this one is being waged on social and mainstream media. Here’s the LA Times on why Trump and Clinton sleep in their own beds most nights even though they’re on the campaign trail.

+ The Economist: Some Americans are getting rich by pushing politics to extremes. (To put it mildly, business is good.)

+ Google Searches for Write In have spiked 2,800 percent.