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Put up a field hospital. First of all, Trump is very lazy. This is a lazy guy. I actually know this. Some of them drive me crazy. But my main question is: Where did he get that haircut? I watched him yesterday, I watched him today. Between these two times, he got his hair cut. Because, if so, I also need a haircut. I think he should be out there more.

Also, the interest in the election has disappeared, and that is a dangerous thing. From the beginning, I was very depressed. I was quite an ardent supporter of Elizabeth Warren. Also, that she was the smartest, and that has always been something that Americans cannot stand. But I am a person who loathes Bernie Sanders. But Bernie Sanders would not be a good President. Do you think the pandemic has given more credence to his argument for Medicare for All?

Medicare for All—which used to be called socialized medicine—is something that, of course, can be done. They have it all over Europe. Can it be done quickly in this country? Who loves their health insurance? No one really wants health insurance.

People want health care. They want a car. I think the popularity of Bernie Sanders just has to do with his shouting, which people seem to mistake for some sort of intellectual energy.

It drives me crazy. And most of the things he says should be free, I agree with him. Public colleges should be free. They were, up until the late seventies, in New York. Someone has to explain: colleges were free, but they were paid for by taxes. Take my taxes and please pay for free colleges. Please do not take my taxes and give it to Carnival Cruise Line. I agree with him. I agree with these ideas. He just yells. Go to Vermont, and, when you get there, take an eighteen-year-old and put them on a bus and send them to New York.

I have always really disliked Joe Biden, mainly because of the Anita Hill hearings, which I did not have to be reminded of during the Kavanaugh hearings. I remembered it very well and I was appalled. And because he turned Delaware into a cesspool of usury. But I was so happy when he started winning. And that to me was sad. I never thought Michael Bloomberg had a single chance of getting the nomination. It is a stupid amount of money for a person to have, and it should be taken away in taxes.

You earn fifteen dollars an hour. You steal that kind of money. Did you take any pleasure in seeing that the only place he won was American Samoa? I did. Speaking of former New York mayors, what happened to Giuliani? Was he always this insane? This idea that Giuliani was some sort of great mayor is absurd. Giuliani was the first person I remember who started this kind of poisonous politics of nostalgia, which is really just racism, at its core.

I want to switch topics and ask you a bit about Toni Morrison. Everyone felt the loss of her, but largely as a literary icon or as an author they loved. You experienced it as a friend. The two of you seem like such an odd couple. What drew you together?

The second we met we became incredibly close friends. You used to talk with her on the phone every day. What kinds of things did you talk about? Toni, who loved detective stories and trials and stuff like that, told me that the Menendez brothers were innocent. One of them had gone to Princeton for, like, five minutes, during which time Toni had met him.

And Toni was a much nicer person than me. My meeting someone does not necessarily make me like them, but to Toni it does. The Menendez trial was one of the first televised trials, and Toni and I watched every single day on the telephone together. And now, you just think about the tininess of that change, really, relative to the ways in which everything has altered in the last 20 years. That was considered to be a monumental shift.

But now you constantly have access to information, entertainment, distraction — all of this stuff coming in, coming in and coming in. There was nothing to do. Then your brain wanders and you think about things. In a roundabout way, this brings us to something that the book explores a lot: the sense that most of us live in front of a constant audience, with few benefits to show for it.

There is also material about things surely no one will miss: chequebooks, old-school encyclopedias, the Filofax note to younger readers: ask your parents. She pulls her computer to her left and my screen is filled with the image of thousands of books. She thinks for a moment. I am highly technological in my day job, because I have to be. And then, in my personal life, rather than the default being opt-in, my default is opting out.

Here, perhaps, is a modern paradox. We embrace the internet because it seems to hugely increase our autonomy, but the online world soon gives us the sense that, when it comes to what it offers us, we have no meaningful choices at all. The only thing to do is to drop the old, embrace the new and live with the consequences.

There are other ways of doing these things. Buying or not buying a pair of jeans or a new skin cream — those are all options, too. Weinstein issues an apology acknowledging he "has caused a lot of pain" - but disputes allegations he harassed female employees over nearly three decades. Weinstein says he is taking a "leave of absence" from The Weinstein Company and is working with a therapist. It is announced that Harvey Weinstein has been sacked by the board of his company , with immediate effect.

They say the decision was made "in light of new information about misconduct". British actress Romola Garai tells the Guardian that she felt "violated" when Weinstein auditioned her as an year-old, saying that he had answered the door to his hotel room in a bathrobe.

Allegations from 13 more women are published in the New Yorker magazine, including three accusations of rape, which Weinstein strongly denies. Actress Asia Argento and a former aspiring actress named Lucia Stoller say Weinstein forced himself on them sexually. A third woman withholds her name from the article, the result of a month investigation by the magazine. Argento says the incident happened in in the south of France while Stoller, who now goes under the name Evans, says she was forced into a sexual act by the producer after going for a casting meeting in Mira Sorvino, who starred in several of Weinstein's films, told the New Yorker that Weinstein sexually harassed her and tried to pressure her into a physical relationship.

Weinstein's spokeswoman Sallie Hofmeister tells the publication: "Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr Weinstein. Paltrow says she was propositioned as a year-old, while Jolie refers to a "bad experience" in her youth. Weinstein's wife Georgina Chapman announces she is leaving him and that her priority is her young children. Cara Delevingne also says Weinstein made unwanted advances towards her.

Police are called following a "family dispute" at the home of Weinstein's daughter. Weinstein was not there when officers arrived. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane addresses a joke he made about Weinstein's sexual conduct at the Oscar nominations, saying he decided to speak out after a co-star had been harassed by the producer. Police in the US and UK say they are investigating specific allegations from and the s. No charges are yet brought. Rose McGowan says on Twitter that Weinstein raped her.

Weinstein has "unequivocally denied" any allegations of non-consensual sex in a statement released through his publicist. Weinstein's former office assistant Lisa Rose says the film mogul tried to invite her to another room , mentioning a massage. He later apologises on Twitter , saying he "was not trying to make light of Harvey's inexcusable behaviour, but to shame him, the abuser, not his victims". The organisation behind the Oscars votes to expel Weinstein. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says: "What's at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.

Kate Winslet reveals she deliberately did not thank Weinstein when she won her Oscar for The Reader in British actress Lysette Anthony says Weinstein raped her at her London home in the late s while another, unidentified woman says she was raped in Woody Allen says he is "sad" for Harvey Weinstein.

He later clarifies his comments in a statement: "When I said I felt sad for Harvey Weinstein I thought it was clear the meaning was because he is a sad, sick man. The Metropolitan Police say he is accused of assaulting three women in separate incidents in London in the late s, , , and The producer has "unequivocally denied" any allegations of non-consensual sex.

Screenwriter Scott Rosenberg writes about his early days at Miramax Films, Weinstein's former company. In a Facebook post, he says that while he never heard of any rape allegations, he and many others were aware of Weinstein's "dreadful" behaviour. Actress Lauren Holly tells a Canadian talk show about a hotel room encounter with Weinstein in the late s. She says the producer showered and used the toilet in front of her before approaching her naked and requesting a massage.

In an interview on French television, Weinstein's chauffeur, Mickael Chemloul, reveals he had to drive around "tearful aspiring actresses" for the producer and that he would often console them after their encounters with him. In a series of Twitter posts, the Game of Thrones star says the mogul was "furious" after she resisted his advances and told her not to say anything about their encounter to her manager or agent.

Weinstein resigns from the board of the company that bears his name, according to multiple reports. Actor Channing Tatum halts the development of a film about child sexual abuse that he had been making with Weinstein's company. Robert Lindsay says his Hollywood film career was halted after a run-in with Weinstein, which he says led to him losing a role in Shakespeare in Love.

Harvard University strips Weinstein of the Du Bois medal it gave him in for his contributions to African-American culture. Quentin Tarantino reveals he knew about Harvey Weinstein's alleged misconduct toward women for years.

Actor Tom Hanks says there can be no way back for Weinstein. Actress Lupita Nyong'o accuses Weinstein of harassment. Writing in the New York Times , she says she was lured to his bedroom under false pretences when she was a drama student. Police in Los Angeles confirm they have interviewed a woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein in A group of Weinstein Company employees write an open letter asking their employer to release them from the NDAs non-disclosure agreements that stop them speaking publicly about what they have experienced and witnessed.

She says he asked her to give him massages and tried to pull her into bed, but she "was made to feel ashamed for disclosing his behaviour". George Clooney and Matt Damon speak out over Weinstein , saying it is time for Hollywood to change and it is now "the moment to believe women".

Actress Brit Marling writes in The Atlantic about her experience with Harvey Weinstein in a hotel room, where he suggested they take a shower together.

The OA co-creator describes being sat "paralysed by mounting fear", but says she managed to escape. A former production worker, Mimi Haleyi, alleges that she was raped by Weinstein when he forcibly performed oral sex on her in Actress Dominique Huett, who also alleges she was raped by Weinstein when he performed oral sex on her without her consent, files a negligence case against The Weinstein Company.

Weinstein takes legal action against his former company after his lawyer alleges The Weinstein Company has denied requests for documents to defend himself from allegations. The Sopranos actress Annabella Sciorra accuses Weinstein of forcing himself into her apartment and raping her in the early s. Actress Daryl Hannah alleges that Weinstein tried to force himself into her hotel room and repeatedly sexually harassed her during the promotion of Kill Bill and its sequel.

The New York Times reports on new allegations made against Weinstein dating from the s when he was a concert promoter in Buffalo, New York. The Producers Guild of America bans Weinstein for life. It says the "unprecedented" step reflects the seriousness with which it regards reports of his "reprehensible" conduct".

A Canadian actress sues Weinstein for two alleged sexual assaults in in Toronto.