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| Trump speaks live in Wisconsin on eve of crucial primary – live | |
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| Donald Trump holds rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin | |
| On the eve of the Wisconsin primary in which he is not expected to triumph, billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is holding a rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee whose 70,000 residents don’t seem to have turned out in droves to see him speak. | |
| Empty seats in first level of Trump rally in Milwaukee. There's a whole mostly empty balcony upstairs too pic.twitter.com/3pq31rCpR4 | |
| We’ll be liveblogging the speech in its entirety - if you want to watch at home, the good people at C-SPAN are streaming the proceedings as well. | |
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| Speaking at a club in midtown Manhattan, Transparent actor Gaby Hoffman neared tears while speaking about the fervor around Sanders. Hoffman said she has campaigned for Sanders since the Iowa caucus. | |
| “It is incredible to be at any Bernie sanders headquarters in the country,” Hoffman said. “It’s the most inspiring thing I’ve ever seen in my life.” | |
| Watching her speak in a crowd of about 200 was Jon Wayne Martin, a 26-year-old high school speech and debate teacher. He said that this is the first time he’s been politically active. | |
| Martin said he was inspired by Sanders’s image, his position on Palestine and his work to fight income inequality. | |
| “I feel like its campaign of love,” Martin said. | |
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| Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton agree to another debate | |
| Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders have agreed to meet for another Democratic presidential primary debate on April 14, less than a week before the consequential New York primary. | |
| The debate, which will be co-hosted by CNN and local station NY1, will be moderated by CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer and held in Brooklyn, according to CNN. Dana Bash, CNN’s chief political correspondent, and NY1 political anchor Errol Louis also join in questioning the candidates. | |
| Both Sanders and Clinton had traded jabs over the topic of a potential additional debate over the past week, with the Sanders camp accusing Clinton of attempting to put the kibosh on all future debates. | |
| “Fortunately, we were able to move a major New York City rally... to the night before,” the Sanders campaign released in a pithy statement. “We hope the debate will be worth the inconvenience for thousands of New Yorkers who were planning to attend our rally on Thursday but will have to change their schedules to accommodate Secretary Clinton’s jam-packed, high-dollar, coast-to-coast schedule of fundraisers all over the country.” | |
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| Donald Trump’s campaign staffers are getting more aggressive with reporters who dare to stray beyond designated, fenced-in “media zones.” | |
| Have attended Trump rallies several times w/ general admission tix. Tonight marks 1st time I've been impeded from reporting at one of these | |
| Trump staffer spotted me interviewing a voter and interrupted, telling me if I'm here as general public I had to go sit down | |
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| Death threats made against reporter filing charges against Trump's campaign manager | Death threats made against reporter filing charges against Trump's campaign manager |
| Michelle Fields, the former Breitbart News reporter who has filed charges against Donald Trump’s campaign manager for assaulting her after a campaign event in Florida, has contacted authorities after phone calls threatening to kill her if she didn’t drop the charges were made to her and a relative. | Michelle Fields, the former Breitbart News reporter who has filed charges against Donald Trump’s campaign manager for assaulting her after a campaign event in Florida, has contacted authorities after phone calls threatening to kill her if she didn’t drop the charges were made to her and a relative. |
| According to the Blaze, an unknown man called Fields after midnight on April 1, telling her that he knew where she lived and that if she didn’t drop the battery charges against Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager, within 36 hours, “I’m going to slit your throat.” | According to the Blaze, an unknown man called Fields after midnight on April 1, telling her that he knew where she lived and that if she didn’t drop the battery charges against Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager, within 36 hours, “I’m going to slit your throat.” |
| Fields’ address and phone number were accidentally released to the public by Buzzfeed and Fox News after the police report she filed against Lewandowski became public. Fields has since fled her home. | Fields’ address and phone number were accidentally released to the public by Buzzfeed and Fox News after the police report she filed against Lewandowski became public. Fields has since fled her home. |
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| The Daily Beast’s Betsy Woodruff points out that cold weather in Wisconsin may be keeping pro-Trump fans at home tonight: | The Daily Beast’s Betsy Woodruff points out that cold weather in Wisconsin may be keeping pro-Trump fans at home tonight: |
| An hour before the Trump event starts, Milwaukee Theater is barely half full with no lines outside pic.twitter.com/lsSm6qW6rH | An hour before the Trump event starts, Milwaukee Theater is barely half full with no lines outside pic.twitter.com/lsSm6qW6rH |
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| Dan Roberts | Dan Roberts |
| Both venues here in Milwaukee seem keen to get tonight’s competing rallies inside. Heavy police presence but it’s freezing cold and no one seems in the mood to mingle so far. | Both venues here in Milwaukee seem keen to get tonight’s competing rallies inside. Heavy police presence but it’s freezing cold and no one seems in the mood to mingle so far. |
| Line for Sanders rally 4 times as long as Trump next door but security moving quickly to get folks inside (and warm) pic.twitter.com/O5NneH8DnJ | Line for Sanders rally 4 times as long as Trump next door but security moving quickly to get folks inside (and warm) pic.twitter.com/O5NneH8DnJ |
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| Julia Carrie Wong | Julia Carrie Wong |
| The National Labor Relations Board has officially certified the union election by 500 workers at Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, overruling the objections of the union-averse employer. | The National Labor Relations Board has officially certified the union election by 500 workers at Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, overruling the objections of the union-averse employer. |
| “We voted for a union so we could negotiate a fair contract with Mr Trump,” Jeffrey Wise, a food server at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, said in a statement. “We voted and won – now it’s time for him to listen to us, the voters, and finally do the right thing by making a deal with his employees.” | “We voted for a union so we could negotiate a fair contract with Mr Trump,” Jeffrey Wise, a food server at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, said in a statement. “We voted and won – now it’s time for him to listen to us, the voters, and finally do the right thing by making a deal with his employees.” |
| Related: Workers' vote to unionize at Trump's Las Vegas hotel certified by NLRB | Related: Workers' vote to unionize at Trump's Las Vegas hotel certified by NLRB |
| The Culinary Workers Union, which represents more than 50,000 casino and hotel workers in Las Vegas, had sought to capitalize on the Republican presidential candidate’s high profile and anti-immigrant rhetoric to galvanize its organizing campaign. Trump co-owns the hotel with Phillip Ruffin, a billionaire casino owner. | The Culinary Workers Union, which represents more than 50,000 casino and hotel workers in Las Vegas, had sought to capitalize on the Republican presidential candidate’s high profile and anti-immigrant rhetoric to galvanize its organizing campaign. Trump co-owns the hotel with Phillip Ruffin, a billionaire casino owner. |
| Latino staffers had protested at the hotel, using his harsh stance on immigrants to galvanize the majority-Latino workforce to join the union, one of the most powerful entities in Nevada politics. | Latino staffers had protested at the hotel, using his harsh stance on immigrants to galvanize the majority-Latino workforce to join the union, one of the most powerful entities in Nevada politics. |
| “If Mr Trump wants to make America great again, he should start here,” workers shouted at the time. | “If Mr Trump wants to make America great again, he should start here,” workers shouted at the time. |
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| Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has flatly denied any interest in seeking the Republican presidential nomination at a contested convention this summer, despite strong rumors to the contrary. | Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has flatly denied any interest in seeking the Republican presidential nomination at a contested convention this summer, despite strong rumors to the contrary. |
| “I think you need to run for president if you’re gonna be president, and I’m not running for president, so period, end of story,” Ryan told Hugh Hewitt on his radio show this afternoon. “If you want to be president, you should go run for president. And that’s just the way I see it.” | “I think you need to run for president if you’re gonna be president, and I’m not running for president, so period, end of story,” Ryan told Hugh Hewitt on his radio show this afternoon. “If you want to be president, you should go run for president. And that’s just the way I see it.” |
| Of course, Ryan was similarly disinterested in seeking the House speakership when the Republican congressional majority was in chaos after the resignation of John Boehner, so take that firm denial with a grain of salt. | Of course, Ryan was similarly disinterested in seeking the House speakership when the Republican congressional majority was in chaos after the resignation of John Boehner, so take that firm denial with a grain of salt. |
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| The New York Observer has now pledged to cover billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump “in the same way they cover every other candidate in the presidential race,” despite Trump being the father-in-law of the paper’s owner Jared Kushner. | The New York Observer has now pledged to cover billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump “in the same way they cover every other candidate in the presidential race,” despite Trump being the father-in-law of the paper’s owner Jared Kushner. |
| The pledge comes after a high-profile flap in which New York Magazine revealed that editor-in-chief Ken Kurson had assisted Trump in writing his high-profile speech in front of the Aipac Policy Conference last month. | The pledge comes after a high-profile flap in which New York Magazine revealed that editor-in-chief Ken Kurson had assisted Trump in writing his high-profile speech in front of the Aipac Policy Conference last month. |
| Kurson stirred the pot after writing in an unapologetic blog post for the Huffington Post that he didn’t intend “to let the eleven people who have appointed themselves the journalist police tell me, at age 47, how to behave or to whom I’m allowed to speak.” | Kurson stirred the pot after writing in an unapologetic blog post for the Huffington Post that he didn’t intend “to let the eleven people who have appointed themselves the journalist police tell me, at age 47, how to behave or to whom I’m allowed to speak.” |
| Here’s the Observer’s full statement: | Here’s the Observer’s full statement: |
| “A recent report about Observer Editor Ken Kurson’s input on a speech delivered by Donald Trump before AIPAC has resulted in new scrutiny of our newspaper’s relationship with Mr. Trump, who is the father-in-law of our publisher, Jared Kushner. Going forward, there will be no input whatsoever on the campaign from Mr. Kurson or anyone on the editorial side of the Observer. | “A recent report about Observer Editor Ken Kurson’s input on a speech delivered by Donald Trump before AIPAC has resulted in new scrutiny of our newspaper’s relationship with Mr. Trump, who is the father-in-law of our publisher, Jared Kushner. Going forward, there will be no input whatsoever on the campaign from Mr. Kurson or anyone on the editorial side of the Observer. |
| “Further, we are re-visiting our policy on covering Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign—something that has been a matter of frequent discussion and debate at the Observer since Mr. Trump announced his candidacy. The policy has evolved from our original plans to simply not cover Mr. Trump to covering him when he intersected with New York politics to more recently covering his campaign with mainly straight news stories, with an effort to avoid the opinion and analysis pieces of which other candidates have been the subject. | “Further, we are re-visiting our policy on covering Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign—something that has been a matter of frequent discussion and debate at the Observer since Mr. Trump announced his candidacy. The policy has evolved from our original plans to simply not cover Mr. Trump to covering him when he intersected with New York politics to more recently covering his campaign with mainly straight news stories, with an effort to avoid the opinion and analysis pieces of which other candidates have been the subject. |
| “That policy has become less tenable as the field of candidates has shrunk. In the interest of covering the race as fairly as possible despite the unavoidable conflict of interest created by our ownership—a conflict we disclose on each story about Mr. Trump—and in response to concerns raised by staffers at the paper, Observer writers will now be able to cover Mr. Trump in the same way they cover every other candidate in the presidential race.” | “That policy has become less tenable as the field of candidates has shrunk. In the interest of covering the race as fairly as possible despite the unavoidable conflict of interest created by our ownership—a conflict we disclose on each story about Mr. Trump—and in response to concerns raised by staffers at the paper, Observer writers will now be able to cover Mr. Trump in the same way they cover every other candidate in the presidential race.” |
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| Billionaire Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump - a phrase that we never quite get over typing - was dismissive of the so-hashtagged #NeverTrump movement within the Republican Party to prevent his nomination, calling it a conspiracy by a small group of ne’er-do-wells who stand to lose their seat at the table if Trump takes the White House. | Billionaire Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump - a phrase that we never quite get over typing - was dismissive of the so-hashtagged #NeverTrump movement within the Republican Party to prevent his nomination, calling it a conspiracy by a small group of ne’er-do-wells who stand to lose their seat at the table if Trump takes the White House. |
| “You know what these are?” Trump asked rhetorically at a campaign rally in Superior, Wisconsin. “These are establishment people that don’t want to see it happen because they’re all on the trough, they’re all making a lot of money - I don’t even think in many cases they care who wins.” | “You know what these are?” Trump asked rhetorically at a campaign rally in Superior, Wisconsin. “These are establishment people that don’t want to see it happen because they’re all on the trough, they’re all making a lot of money - I don’t even think in many cases they care who wins.” |
| “If they worked this hard to stop Obama, Obama wouldn’t have had a chance, you know that?” Trump continued. | “If they worked this hard to stop Obama, Obama wouldn’t have had a chance, you know that?” Trump continued. |
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| The Guardian’s Dan Roberts reports from Wisconsin that Texas senator Ted Cruz is coming close to joining Donald Trump in calling for a party insurrection if shenanigans at the Republican National Convention rob one of them of the nomination: | The Guardian’s Dan Roberts reports from Wisconsin that Texas senator Ted Cruz is coming close to joining Donald Trump in calling for a party insurrection if shenanigans at the Republican National Convention rob one of them of the nomination: |
| If it did, the people would quite rightly revolt. | If it did, the people would quite rightly revolt. |
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| US supreme court unanimously rejects conservative challenge to voting rights | US supreme court unanimously rejects conservative challenge to voting rights |
| Sabrina Siddiqui | Sabrina Siddiqui |
| The US supreme court on Monday unanimously rejected a conservative challenge to voting rights – ruling that states could count the total population, not just eligible voters, in drawing legislative districts, writes Guardian politics reporter Sabrina Siddiqui: | The US supreme court on Monday unanimously rejected a conservative challenge to voting rights – ruling that states could count the total population, not just eligible voters, in drawing legislative districts, writes Guardian politics reporter Sabrina Siddiqui: |
| The case was brought before the court after conservative activists challenged thelegal principle of “one person, one vote”, which has long established that election districts should be drawn to be equal in population. The two plaintiffs, both residents of Texas, argued the principle diluted the influence of those living in districts where a larger number of individuals were ineligible to vote. | The case was brought before the court after conservative activists challenged thelegal principle of “one person, one vote”, which has long established that election districts should be drawn to be equal in population. The two plaintiffs, both residents of Texas, argued the principle diluted the influence of those living in districts where a larger number of individuals were ineligible to vote. |
| Related: US supreme court unanimously rejects conservative challenge to voting rights | Related: US supreme court unanimously rejects conservative challenge to voting rights |
| But shifting the method would most certainly lend greater power to states with wealthier populations with mostly white voters, and away from urban and more racially diverse areas. The lawsuit was opposed by the Obama administration, the state of Texas and civil rights groups across America. | But shifting the method would most certainly lend greater power to states with wealthier populations with mostly white voters, and away from urban and more racially diverse areas. The lawsuit was opposed by the Obama administration, the state of Texas and civil rights groups across America. |
| Not a single member of the court, down to eight members since the death of conservative justice Antonin Scalia, sided with the challengers. Ruth Bader Ginsburg authored the opinion for the court, in which the liberal justice wrote that the plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate a rationale upon which the court should overturn the longstanding use of total population in drawing districts. | Not a single member of the court, down to eight members since the death of conservative justice Antonin Scalia, sided with the challengers. Ruth Bader Ginsburg authored the opinion for the court, in which the liberal justice wrote that the plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate a rationale upon which the court should overturn the longstanding use of total population in drawing districts. |
| The nation’s founders, she added, intended that “representatives serve all residents, not just those eligible or registered to vote”. | The nation’s founders, she added, intended that “representatives serve all residents, not just those eligible or registered to vote”. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
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| Team Cruz cruises Wisconsin. | Team Cruz cruises Wisconsin. |
| .@tedcruz @CarlyFiorina @SenMikeLee @ScottWalker on the bus heading to Kenosha #CruzToVictory #CruzCrew #Cruz2016 pic.twitter.com/NN2hWns6pd | .@tedcruz @CarlyFiorina @SenMikeLee @ScottWalker on the bus heading to Kenosha #CruzToVictory #CruzCrew #Cruz2016 pic.twitter.com/NN2hWns6pd |
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| A new ad from the pro-Clinton super Pac Priorities USA attacks Ted Cruz as “extreme,” “dangerous,” and “wrong.” | A new ad from the pro-Clinton super Pac Priorities USA attacks Ted Cruz as “extreme,” “dangerous,” and “wrong.” |
| “If you think Donald Trump is dangerous... watch out for Ted Cruz,” the ad says: | “If you think Donald Trump is dangerous... watch out for Ted Cruz,” the ad says: |
| .@tedcruz is just as bad as @realDonaldTrump... maybe worse. #CruzControlhttps://t.co/kKlaeDRgYa | .@tedcruz is just as bad as @realDonaldTrump... maybe worse. #CruzControlhttps://t.co/kKlaeDRgYa |
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| Sanders to auto workers: 'you are my family' | Sanders to auto workers: 'you are my family' |
| Bernie Sanders appeared Monday at a UAW rally in Janesville, Wisconsin. “Without a strong labor union there cannot be a strong middle class,” he said, to enthusiastic applause. “We’re going to do everything we can to rebuild” unions. | Bernie Sanders appeared Monday at a UAW rally in Janesville, Wisconsin. “Without a strong labor union there cannot be a strong middle class,” he said, to enthusiastic applause. “We’re going to do everything we can to rebuild” unions. |
| “I am not a candidate that goes to unions and then leaves and then goes to Wall Street,” he says. “You are my family.” | “I am not a candidate that goes to unions and then leaves and then goes to Wall Street,” he says. “You are my family.” |
| Here’s video of the speech: | Here’s video of the speech: |
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| Video: Cruz on convention 'pipe dream' | Video: Cruz on convention 'pipe dream' |
| Here’s video of Ted Cruz calling the elevation of an outside presidential nominee at the national Republican convention a “pipe dream” and saying it “ain’t gonna happen.” | Here’s video of Ted Cruz calling the elevation of an outside presidential nominee at the national Republican convention a “pipe dream” and saying it “ain’t gonna happen.” |
| Related: Ted Cruz echoes Trump in bashing proposed changed to GOP rules | Related: Ted Cruz echoes Trump in bashing proposed changed to GOP rules |
| Cruz gets pretty yolo with his mixed metaphors here. “This fevered pipe dream of Washington, that at the convention they will parachute in some white knight that will save the Washington establishment...” | Cruz gets pretty yolo with his mixed metaphors here. “This fevered pipe dream of Washington, that at the convention they will parachute in some white knight that will save the Washington establishment...” |
| “The people would revolt” and stay out of the race if saddled with an outside nominee, Cruz says. | “The people would revolt” and stay out of the race if saddled with an outside nominee, Cruz says. |
| Updated | Updated |
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| Heh | Heh |
| $2 #books pic.twitter.com/VJGUosvvaO | $2 #books pic.twitter.com/VJGUosvvaO |
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| Clinton in New York to hail $15/hour wage law | Clinton in New York to hail $15/hour wage law |
| Hillary Clinton has joined New York governor Andrew Cuomo at a signing ceremony for a law that would eventually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 / hour, depending on inflation. California governor Jerry Brown signed an even more muscular $15/hr law today. | Hillary Clinton has joined New York governor Andrew Cuomo at a signing ceremony for a law that would eventually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 / hour, depending on inflation. California governor Jerry Brown signed an even more muscular $15/hr law today. |
| Here’s video of Clinton’s speech in New York, which votes in a Democratic primary on 19 April: | Here’s video of Clinton’s speech in New York, which votes in a Democratic primary on 19 April: |
| President Obama released a statement congratulating Cuomo: | President Obama released a statement congratulating Cuomo: |
| I commend Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state of New York for taking the historic step of creating a paid family leave program in the state and raising its minimum wage to support New York’s working families. This action means more parents won’t have to choose between their job and caring for their new children. It means more workers can earn a higher wage to help make ends meet. Since I first called on Congress to increase the federal minimum wage in 2013, 18 states and more than 40 cities and counties have acted on their own -- thanks to the strong leadership of elected officials, businesses, and workers who organized and fought so hard for the economic security families deserve. Now Congress needs to act to raise the federal minimum wage and expand access to paid leave for all Americans. | I commend Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state of New York for taking the historic step of creating a paid family leave program in the state and raising its minimum wage to support New York’s working families. This action means more parents won’t have to choose between their job and caring for their new children. It means more workers can earn a higher wage to help make ends meet. Since I first called on Congress to increase the federal minimum wage in 2013, 18 states and more than 40 cities and counties have acted on their own -- thanks to the strong leadership of elected officials, businesses, and workers who organized and fought so hard for the economic security families deserve. Now Congress needs to act to raise the federal minimum wage and expand access to paid leave for all Americans. |