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Women leaders and sexist trolls in the age of the Donald.

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The Seattle City Council's five-woman majority said no to a land-use deal that might have attracted a new sports arena. Their

decision provoked a misogynist online backlash from go back to the kitchen to rot in hell to

threats of physical violence. They're hardly the only women leaders facing vicious

attacks on email and social media because of their gender. Does this explain why so few women

are willing to run for office from City Hall to the White House? Today's talking point is Venezuela

on the verge of becoming a failed state. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Marman. I'm on me back with To the Point of a city councilman voted against a new sports arena.

Would he be attacked because he's a man?

We all know the answer.

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