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| Sanders tries to keep momentum going after big weekend wins – campaign live | Sanders tries to keep momentum going after big weekend wins – campaign live |
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| Hillary Clinton on Donald Trump: "You reap what you sow" | |
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| Hillary Clinton had a message for Republicans bemoaning the rise of Donald Trump: “You reap what you sow”. | |
| In a speech on Monday, the former secretary of state blamed Republican obstructionism aimed at thwarting President Obama as the root cause of the real estate developer’s incendiary campaign. | |
| “Donald Trump didn’t come out of nowhere,” Clinton said in a speech at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “What Republicans have sown with their extremist tactics, they’re now reaping with Trump’s candidacy.” | |
| “Once you make the extreme normal, you open the door to even worse,” she added. | |
| In the speech, Clinton asked voters to consider – “as scary as it might be” – who Trump might pick to fill the supreme court vacancy left by the death of justice Antonin Scalia in February. The president has nominated judge Merrick Garland, but Republican leadership in the Senate has refused to grant him a hearing. | |
| Clinton singled out Senate judiciary chair Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who - along with Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky - has committed to keeping Garland from having a hearing. Republicans have argued that the next president should replace Scalia on the bench. Clinton quoted Grassley, who has said that allowing Obama to pick the nominee is in effect denying voters a voice in shaping the supreme court. | |
| “As one of the more than 65 million Americans who voted to re-elect Barack Obama, I’d say my voice is being ignored,” Clinton argued. “I’m adding my voice to the chorus asking Senator Grassley to step up and do his job. He should hold a hearing.” | |
| In the speech, Clinton articulated why she believed Democrats should make the supreme court vacancy a voting issue, noting that the next president will likely may two or three more additional nominations to the bench during the next four years. Clinton invoked the seminal 1965 supreme court case Griswold v Connecticut, that effectively decided a woman’s right to use birth control. A young high school student at the time, Clinton said the case underscored the role the nation’s highest court played in expanding – or restricting – the rights of America’s most vulnerable and marginalized people. | |
| “For a long time now the ideological bent of the court has led our country in the wrong direction, stacking the deck in favor of the wealthy and powerful,” Clinton said. She promised to appoint justices who would expand civil and human rights, and cited the supreme court’s role in legalizing same-sex marriage. | |
| “I will appoint justices...who will protect a woman’s right to choose, rather than billionaires’ right to buy elections,” she pledged. | |
| Clinton is campaigning in Wisconsin ahead of the state’s primary on 5 April, where she will try to end her opponent Vermont senator Bernie Sanders hot streak. The senator has picked up momentum after winning five out of the last six Democratic nominating contests. | |
| His string of victories over the weekend has erupted into a testy exchange between the Democratic rivals over whether Sanders has a viable path forward. | |
| On Monday, the campaigns held dueling press calls on the matter. “While Hillary Clinton is the clear frontrunner … she has emerged as a weak frontrunner,” Sanders’ strategist Tad Devine told reporters on a conference call on Monday. Hours later, Clinton’s top strategist, Joel Benenson, told reporters that former secretary of state’s lead was “nearly insurmountable” and that there “simply is not enough real estate left” for Sanders to close the pledged-delegate gap. | |
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| Bernie Sanders has gone on an astounding run in the Democratic presidential race in the last week. In five out of the last six states to vote, nearly three out of every four voters have selected the Vermont senator over Hillary Clinton. “We believe we have a path to victory,” Sanders strategist Tad Devine told reporters on a conference call on Monday. “While Hillary Clinton is the clear frontrunner … she has emerged as a weak frontrunner.” | Bernie Sanders has gone on an astounding run in the Democratic presidential race in the last week. In five out of the last six states to vote, nearly three out of every four voters have selected the Vermont senator over Hillary Clinton. “We believe we have a path to victory,” Sanders strategist Tad Devine told reporters on a conference call on Monday. “While Hillary Clinton is the clear frontrunner … she has emerged as a weak frontrunner.” |
| But have Sanders’s chances of grasping the nomination improved appreciably with his big wins out west? Even setting aside the former secretary of state’s lead among superdelegates – party elites who can vote however they choose – the relatively small number of pledged delegates at stake in the recent state contests means Sanders did not actually gain much ground. | But have Sanders’s chances of grasping the nomination improved appreciably with his big wins out west? Even setting aside the former secretary of state’s lead among superdelegates – party elites who can vote however they choose – the relatively small number of pledged delegates at stake in the recent state contests means Sanders did not actually gain much ground. |
| He won a total of 128 delegates in Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and Washington combined, to Clinton’s 75. That puts Clinton on 1,712 delegates including 469 superdelegates, while Sanders has 1,004, including 29 superdelegates. A total of 2,383 are needed to win the nomination. | He won a total of 128 delegates in Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and Washington combined, to Clinton’s 75. That puts Clinton on 1,712 delegates including 469 superdelegates, while Sanders has 1,004, including 29 superdelegates. A total of 2,383 are needed to win the nomination. |
| Sanders, however, is claiming momentum, and his campaign points to more than$4m in donations that have poured in since Saturday. In fact, given certain ideal conditions – including a herd shift among those superdelegates – Sanders still has a chance to win the nomination, if he can do at least three things. | Sanders, however, is claiming momentum, and his campaign points to more than$4m in donations that have poured in since Saturday. In fact, given certain ideal conditions – including a herd shift among those superdelegates – Sanders still has a chance to win the nomination, if he can do at least three things. |
| Related: Three things Bernie Sanders needs to do to win the Democratic nomination | Related: Three things Bernie Sanders needs to do to win the Democratic nomination |
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| Danny Yadron | Danny Yadron |
| The US government has dropped its court fight against Apple after it successfully pulled data from the iPhone of San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook, according to court records. | The US government has dropped its court fight against Apple after it successfully pulled data from the iPhone of San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook, according to court records. |
| The development effectively ends a six-week legal battle that was poised to shape digital privacy for years to come. Justice Department lawyers wrote in a court filing Monday evening that they no longer needed Apple’s help in getting around the security countermeasures on Farook’s device. | The development effectively ends a six-week legal battle that was poised to shape digital privacy for years to come. Justice Department lawyers wrote in a court filing Monday evening that they no longer needed Apple’s help in getting around the security countermeasures on Farook’s device. |
| “The government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook’s iPhone and therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple Inc,” the government said. It then asked the court to vacate a 16 February court order demanding Apple create software that weakened iPhone security settings to aid government investigators. | “The government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook’s iPhone and therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple Inc,” the government said. It then asked the court to vacate a 16 February court order demanding Apple create software that weakened iPhone security settings to aid government investigators. |
| The Guardian has reported that the technique used by the government has been classified. | The Guardian has reported that the technique used by the government has been classified. |
| Related: US ends case against Apple after pulling data from San Bernardino iPhone | Related: US ends case against Apple after pulling data from San Bernardino iPhone |
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| Former Trump adviser: "He is the presidential equivalent of Sanjaya on American Idol" | Former Trump adviser: "He is the presidential equivalent of Sanjaya on American Idol" |
| Stephanie Cegielski, former communications director for the Make American Great Again super-PAC was once billionaire Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s top strategist. | Stephanie Cegielski, former communications director for the Make American Great Again super-PAC was once billionaire Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s top strategist. |
| And then she defected. | And then she defected. |
| In an article written for xoJane, Cegielski declares that Trump is unfit for office - and writes that the original goal of his candidacy was nothing more than a protest against presumptive nominee Jeb Bush. | In an article written for xoJane, Cegielski declares that Trump is unfit for office - and writes that the original goal of his candidacy was nothing more than a protest against presumptive nominee Jeb Bush. |
| Some highlights: | Some highlights: |
| The whole piece is more than worth a read. | The whole piece is more than worth a read. |
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| Tourists visiting the US Capitol in Washington DC described a tense situation after shots were fired inside the visitors center. There was confusion in early accounts about what occurred, but police said a suspect was taken into custody with wounds after shots were fired. Police said the suspect was taken to hospital. The officer did not identify or describe the suspect and he added that there were no additional suspects. | Tourists visiting the US Capitol in Washington DC described a tense situation after shots were fired inside the visitors center. There was confusion in early accounts about what occurred, but police said a suspect was taken into custody with wounds after shots were fired. Police said the suspect was taken to hospital. The officer did not identify or describe the suspect and he added that there were no additional suspects. |
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| Megan Carpentier | Megan Carpentier |
| Ivanka Trump, daughter of the real estate magnate, has dedicated much of her professional life to the family business, writes the Guardian’s Megan Carpentier. Will his race for the White House help or hurt her? | Ivanka Trump, daughter of the real estate magnate, has dedicated much of her professional life to the family business, writes the Guardian’s Megan Carpentier. Will his race for the White House help or hurt her? |
| Ivanka Trump, like her friend Chelsea Clinton, doesn’t like the press very much. Perhaps that’s understandable coming from the daughter of Donald Trump, who grew up with outrageous headlines targeting her father hitting the newsstands with alarming regularity. One of them – a quote from his then mistress Marla Maples – spelled “THE BEST SEX I EVER HAD”. | Ivanka Trump, like her friend Chelsea Clinton, doesn’t like the press very much. Perhaps that’s understandable coming from the daughter of Donald Trump, who grew up with outrageous headlines targeting her father hitting the newsstands with alarming regularity. One of them – a quote from his then mistress Marla Maples – spelled “THE BEST SEX I EVER HAD”. |
| In a 2007 interview with GQ, Ivanka described the media at that time as “vicious and brutal”, as she recounted being accosted by photographers outside theexclusive all-girls Chapin school in Manhattan. One of them asked her for a comment on whether it was true that her father was good in bed. She was nine. | In a 2007 interview with GQ, Ivanka described the media at that time as “vicious and brutal”, as she recounted being accosted by photographers outside theexclusive all-girls Chapin school in Manhattan. One of them asked her for a comment on whether it was true that her father was good in bed. She was nine. |
| “It taught me not to trust anyone,” she said. “You can never let your guard down, and I never really have since that time.” | “It taught me not to trust anyone,” she said. “You can never let your guard down, and I never really have since that time.” |
| Related: Ivanka Trump, from model to mogul: inside the life of Donald's daughter | Related: Ivanka Trump, from model to mogul: inside the life of Donald's daughter |
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| Update: Shooter at Capitol was the only person seriously injured | Update: Shooter at Capitol was the only person seriously injured |
| In a press conference, Capitol police chief Matthew Verderosa said that based on the preliminary investigation, the incident was believed to be that “act of single person who has frequented Capitol grounds before and [we have] no reason to believe that this is anything more than a criminal act”. | In a press conference, Capitol police chief Matthew Verderosa said that based on the preliminary investigation, the incident was believed to be that “act of single person who has frequented Capitol grounds before and [we have] no reason to believe that this is anything more than a criminal act”. |
| A female bystander suffered minor injuries and was transported to hospital, Verderosa said. The shooter, a long male, is currently undergoing surgery and his condition is unknown. | A female bystander suffered minor injuries and was transported to hospital, Verderosa said. The shooter, a long male, is currently undergoing surgery and his condition is unknown. |
| The shooting, which occurred in the Capitol visitors center, an underground entrance to the Capitol building for tourists, sowed panic in Washington on a pleasant spring day. | The shooting, which occurred in the Capitol visitors center, an underground entrance to the Capitol building for tourists, sowed panic in Washington on a pleasant spring day. |
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| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| How, exactly, does a “Brooklynite” campaign? | How, exactly, does a “Brooklynite” campaign? |
| That’s the question Hillary Clinton’s chief campaign strategist seemed to beg after tweeting that the former senator and secretary of state will campaign in New York “like a senator,” unlike rival Bernie Sanders, who will campaign like a... well: | That’s the question Hillary Clinton’s chief campaign strategist seemed to beg after tweeting that the former senator and secretary of state will campaign in New York “like a senator,” unlike rival Bernie Sanders, who will campaign like a... well: |
| Clinton strategist Joel Beneson says Sanders is going to "campaign like a brooklynite, while Clinton is going to campaign like a senator." | Clinton strategist Joel Beneson says Sanders is going to "campaign like a brooklynite, while Clinton is going to campaign like a senator." |
| Joel Beneson appears to have forgotten that Clinton’s national campaign headquarters is in the heart of Brooklyn - and that insulting a borough of 2.6 million people might not be the best way to win the hearts of some of the country’s most liberal voters. | Joel Beneson appears to have forgotten that Clinton’s national campaign headquarters is in the heart of Brooklyn - and that insulting a borough of 2.6 million people might not be the best way to win the hearts of some of the country’s most liberal voters. |
| Beneson later tweeted that “Brooklynite” was a term of affection from a fellow outer-borougher: | Beneson later tweeted that “Brooklynite” was a term of affection from a fellow outer-borougher: |
| Of course "Brooklynite" was a compliment! I'm an outer borough guy from Queens and we'are all proud New Yorkers. https://t.co/GrHaP42whg | Of course "Brooklynite" was a compliment! I'm an outer borough guy from Queens and we'are all proud New Yorkers. https://t.co/GrHaP42whg |
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| Dana Scavino, social media director for billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, is fanning the flames of the unsupported conspiracy theory that rival Ted Cruz has engaged in a physical relationship with his former communications director. | Dana Scavino, social media director for billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, is fanning the flames of the unsupported conspiracy theory that rival Ted Cruz has engaged in a physical relationship with his former communications director. |
| Amazing. @realDonaldTrump's fault. https://t.co/zpPOwG3IEq | Amazing. @realDonaldTrump's fault. https://t.co/zpPOwG3IEq |
| His tweet links to a conspiracy video that purports to “prove” that Amanda Carpenter, a former Cruz campaign staffer, and the Texas senator were engaged in an affair. The “proof”? Carpenter said on Twitter that Cruz was in a “fun” mood one day. | His tweet links to a conspiracy video that purports to “prove” that Amanda Carpenter, a former Cruz campaign staffer, and the Texas senator were engaged in an affair. The “proof”? Carpenter said on Twitter that Cruz was in a “fun” mood one day. |
| Carpenter has gone on the record calling allegations that she and the senator had anything more than a professional relationship “categorically false.” | Carpenter has gone on the record calling allegations that she and the senator had anything more than a professional relationship “categorically false.” |
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| More on the shooting at the Capitol... | More on the shooting at the Capitol... |
| The shelter in place order has been lifted, though the visitors center remains closed and the Capitol is only open for official business. Capitol Police said chief Matthew Verderosa would hold a press conference at 4:15pm. | The shelter in place order has been lifted, though the visitors center remains closed and the Capitol is only open for official business. Capitol Police said chief Matthew Verderosa would hold a press conference at 4:15pm. |
| Washington was filled with tourists taking advantage of their Easter vacation while few members of Congress were even in the city as no votes were scheduled for this week. Police blocked off the streets around the Capitol with armed officers holding submachine guns standing in the intersections to ward off sightseers. | Washington was filled with tourists taking advantage of their Easter vacation while few members of Congress were even in the city as no votes were scheduled for this week. Police blocked off the streets around the Capitol with armed officers holding submachine guns standing in the intersections to ward off sightseers. |
| The lockdown also applied to the White House, where Secret Service agents closed off the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as well as Lafayette Square. The area, a magnet for tourists and lunching office workers, was left with only police tape and agents in bulletproof vests on the sunny spring afternoon. | The lockdown also applied to the White House, where Secret Service agents closed off the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as well as Lafayette Square. The area, a magnet for tourists and lunching office workers, was left with only police tape and agents in bulletproof vests on the sunny spring afternoon. |
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| Bryan Sanders, a man who was punched in the face at a Donald Trump rally in Tucson, Arizona, last week, writes that the man who hit him should be held responsible for his actions - but that the violent rhetoric against peaceful protest starts with Trump himself: | Bryan Sanders, a man who was punched in the face at a Donald Trump rally in Tucson, Arizona, last week, writes that the man who hit him should be held responsible for his actions - but that the violent rhetoric against peaceful protest starts with Trump himself: |
| I don’t bear Tony Pettway, the man who sucker-punched me when I was peacefully protesting at a Donald Trump rally in Tucson last week, any ill will. I think he was just caught up in the moment. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to him; his career in the air force is already going to be messed up. | I don’t bear Tony Pettway, the man who sucker-punched me when I was peacefully protesting at a Donald Trump rally in Tucson last week, any ill will. I think he was just caught up in the moment. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to him; his career in the air force is already going to be messed up. |
| What happened to me is a tragedy that comes straight from Donald Trump. He created the situation where people come and protest at his rallies because of what he says; he tells his supporters that “in the old days the protester would be taken out on a stretcher”. He says that he’d like to punch a protester in the face. He offers to pay the legal bills of somebody who punches a protester. Pettway is responsible for his own actions, but it’s Trump’s violent, hateful message that is creating this situation. | What happened to me is a tragedy that comes straight from Donald Trump. He created the situation where people come and protest at his rallies because of what he says; he tells his supporters that “in the old days the protester would be taken out on a stretcher”. He says that he’d like to punch a protester in the face. He offers to pay the legal bills of somebody who punches a protester. Pettway is responsible for his own actions, but it’s Trump’s violent, hateful message that is creating this situation. |
| In a way, what happened afterwards was worse. By the Sunday after the rally, I woke up with these crazy viral stories about me online. I had messages of support from around the world, but also immense amounts of hate and lies being spread about me. | In a way, what happened afterwards was worse. By the Sunday after the rally, I woke up with these crazy viral stories about me online. I had messages of support from around the world, but also immense amounts of hate and lies being spread about me. |
| Trump had lied about me on George Stephanopoulos’ show on ABC after the protest. He said I was a professional agitator, and the rightwing blogosphere immediately followed it with a half-dozen articles. | Trump had lied about me on George Stephanopoulos’ show on ABC after the protest. He said I was a professional agitator, and the rightwing blogosphere immediately followed it with a half-dozen articles. |
| They said I must have used a racial slur to incite Pettway to hit me. They said I assaulted him first – despite the clear video evidence that I did not. They said endless things about me; that I was a plant of George Soros, or the Bernie Sanders campaign, or the Hillary Clinton campaign. None of those things are true. | They said I must have used a racial slur to incite Pettway to hit me. They said I assaulted him first – despite the clear video evidence that I did not. They said endless things about me; that I was a plant of George Soros, or the Bernie Sanders campaign, or the Hillary Clinton campaign. None of those things are true. |
| Related: I was punched at a Donald Trump rally. His message of hate caused the violence | Bryan Sanders | Related: I was punched at a Donald Trump rally. His message of hate caused the violence | Bryan Sanders |