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| Trump supporters sent Colorado GOP chair 'thousands' of death threats – live | |
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| Paul Ryan’s firm No on the question of a presidential candidacy has left mainstream Republicans struggling to identify a way out of the predicament of the unacceptable presidential candidates. | |
| “We’ve got so many problems—there are a myriad of problems,” senator John McCain of Arizona tells Bloomberg. “None of this is going to turn out well for the Republican Party.” | |
| “I am at a loss. OK? I do not know what’s going to happen. I just don’t see that a lot of it’s going to turn out well. Because there are too many divisions within our party,” he said. | |
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| Clinton calls for elimination of lead as 'public threat' | |
| “Today I’m announcing a new plan to fight for environmental justice across America,” Clinton tells the National Action Network crowd. She describes an “ambitious national goal” “to eliminate lead as a major public threat within five years.” | |
| “If we put our minds to it, we can get it done... we know how to do the work. All we need is the will,” she says. | |
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| Hillary Clinton is addressing the National Action Network, Al Sharpton’s social justice organization, in Manhattan. Watch here: | |
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| Though the tendency to laugh at Ted Cruz’s (admittedly laughable) legal efforts to deny Texans the ability to purchase “marital aids” – as they are often called in conservative circles – is an irresistible one, the case in which Cruz’s office compared the use of sex toys with “hiring a willing prostitute or engaging in consensual bigamy” and suggested that there is a state interest in “discouraging prurient interests in autonomous sex and the pursuit of sexual gratification unrelated to procreation” (ie, a government interest in limiting masturbation and sex for pleasure) is no laughing matter. | Though the tendency to laugh at Ted Cruz’s (admittedly laughable) legal efforts to deny Texans the ability to purchase “marital aids” – as they are often called in conservative circles – is an irresistible one, the case in which Cruz’s office compared the use of sex toys with “hiring a willing prostitute or engaging in consensual bigamy” and suggested that there is a state interest in “discouraging prurient interests in autonomous sex and the pursuit of sexual gratification unrelated to procreation” (ie, a government interest in limiting masturbation and sex for pleasure) is no laughing matter. |
| What you have – besides the basis for a number of deeply satisfying giggle fits on the basis of his asserted hypocrisy – is a presidential candidate running on the platform of being a “constitutional conservative” interested in limited government who, not so long ago, argued before the courts that it was in the government’s interest to limit its citizens’ preferred methods of consensual sexual gratification, and who further argued that the sale of sex toys was akin to pimping. | What you have – besides the basis for a number of deeply satisfying giggle fits on the basis of his asserted hypocrisy – is a presidential candidate running on the platform of being a “constitutional conservative” interested in limited government who, not so long ago, argued before the courts that it was in the government’s interest to limit its citizens’ preferred methods of consensual sexual gratification, and who further argued that the sale of sex toys was akin to pimping. |
| This was not, let it be said, a simple semantic argument: at issue in the case were women like Joanne Webb, a 43-year-old mother of three children who was prosecuted by the state of Texas because, rather than marketing a vibrator as a funny novelty item no one would ever use, explained to two undercover cops how to use it to enhance their (fake) sex life as a married couple. | This was not, let it be said, a simple semantic argument: at issue in the case were women like Joanne Webb, a 43-year-old mother of three children who was prosecuted by the state of Texas because, rather than marketing a vibrator as a funny novelty item no one would ever use, explained to two undercover cops how to use it to enhance their (fake) sex life as a married couple. |
| But beyond the Cruz connection, it’s interesting to note that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the randy masses in 2008 by asserting: | But beyond the Cruz connection, it’s interesting to note that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the randy masses in 2008 by asserting: |
| An individual who wants to legally use a safe sexual device during private intimate moments alone or with another is unable to legally purchase a device in Texas, which heavily burdens a constitutional right. | An individual who wants to legally use a safe sexual device during private intimate moments alone or with another is unable to legally purchase a device in Texas, which heavily burdens a constitutional right. |
| That same court ruled in 2015 that Texas’s anti-abortion TRAP laws, designed to reduce the number of clinics at which Texas women can obtain legal abortion services, did not impose enough of an undue burden on enough women to justify throwing out the Texas law. The US supreme court heard arguments in that case in March and is expected to rule later this year. | That same court ruled in 2015 that Texas’s anti-abortion TRAP laws, designed to reduce the number of clinics at which Texas women can obtain legal abortion services, did not impose enough of an undue burden on enough women to justify throwing out the Texas law. The US supreme court heard arguments in that case in March and is expected to rule later this year. |
| Ted Cruz thinks people don't have a right to "stimulate their genitals." I was his college roommate. This would be a new belief of his. | Ted Cruz thinks people don't have a right to "stimulate their genitals." I was his college roommate. This would be a new belief of his. |
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| Trump supporters send 'thousands' of death threats | Trump supporters send 'thousands' of death threats |
| Here’s a report that does not bode well for a tranquil July convention. | Here’s a report that does not bode well for a tranquil July convention. |
| After Ted Cruz captured every available delegate at Colorado’s state Republican convention last weekend, and Donald Trump decried the process as “rigged”, state Republican chairman Steve House is receiving death threats from Trump supporters – a lot of them, ABC News reports: | After Ted Cruz captured every available delegate at Colorado’s state Republican convention last weekend, and Donald Trump decried the process as “rigged”, state Republican chairman Steve House is receiving death threats from Trump supporters – a lot of them, ABC News reports: |
| CO GOP Chair says he has received thousands of death threats from angry Trump supporters following results of CO State Convention last wknd. | CO GOP Chair says he has received thousands of death threats from angry Trump supporters following results of CO State Convention last wknd. |
| House says he receives roughly 35 calls an hour & many threatening emails threatening him & his family. https://t.co/ubUymov9f6 | House says he receives roughly 35 calls an hour & many threatening emails threatening him & his family. https://t.co/ubUymov9f6 |
| Indiana delegates also report getting threats from Trump supporters – and the state hasn’t even voted yet. Here’s the IndyStar: | Indiana delegates also report getting threats from Trump supporters – and the state hasn’t even voted yet. Here’s the IndyStar: |
| Craig Dunn, a delegate and Republican chairman of Indiana’s 4th Congressional District, was among the Trump critics who received the threatening messages. | Craig Dunn, a delegate and Republican chairman of Indiana’s 4th Congressional District, was among the Trump critics who received the threatening messages. |
| “You sorry (expletive)!” one email said. “I hope the worst for you and yours!” | “You sorry (expletive)!” one email said. “I hope the worst for you and yours!” |
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| Sanders joins Verizon picket line | Sanders joins Verizon picket line |
| Bernie Sanders has joined picketers outside Verizon offices in Manhattan. | Bernie Sanders has joined picketers outside Verizon offices in Manhattan. |
| About 39,000 Verizon landline and cable workers on the east coast walked off the job Wednesday morning after little progress in negotiations since their contract expired nearly eight months ago, AP reports: | About 39,000 Verizon landline and cable workers on the east coast walked off the job Wednesday morning after little progress in negotiations since their contract expired nearly eight months ago, AP reports: |
| The workers, members of two unions – the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers – represent installers, customer service employees, repairmen and other service workers in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, for Verizon’s wireline business, which provides fixed-line phone services and FiOS internet service. | The workers, members of two unions – the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers – represent installers, customer service employees, repairmen and other service workers in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, for Verizon’s wireline business, which provides fixed-line phone services and FiOS internet service. |
| Bernie Sanders joins the striking Verizon workers pic.twitter.com/RRy13RjgHm | Bernie Sanders joins the striking Verizon workers pic.twitter.com/RRy13RjgHm |
| Hillary Clinton has released a statement saying that she was “disappointed” that negotiations broke down and calling Verizon “back to the bargaining table.” She takes the workers’ side, saying “Verizon wants to outsource more jobs.” | Hillary Clinton has released a statement saying that she was “disappointed” that negotiations broke down and calling Verizon “back to the bargaining table.” She takes the workers’ side, saying “Verizon wants to outsource more jobs.” |
| Here's Hillary Clinton's full statement on Verizon. pic.twitter.com/Ak2HUDApmS | Here's Hillary Clinton's full statement on Verizon. pic.twitter.com/Ak2HUDApmS |
| Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam has meanwhile written a LinkedIn post saying Sanders’ “uninformed views are, in a word, contemptible.” Here’s the start of that post: | Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam has meanwhile written a LinkedIn post saying Sanders’ “uninformed views are, in a word, contemptible.” Here’s the start of that post: |
| His first accusation – that Verizon doesn’t pay its fair share of taxes – is just plain wrong. As our financial statements clearly show, we’ve paid more than $15.6 billion in taxes over the last two years – that’s a 35% tax rate in 2015, for anyone who’s counting. We’ve laid out the facts repeatedly and did so again yesterday (see “Sen. Sanders needs to get his facts straight” at Verizon.com/about/news). The senator has started to fudge his language – talking of taxes not paid in some unspecified “given year” – but that doesn’t make his contention any less false. | His first accusation – that Verizon doesn’t pay its fair share of taxes – is just plain wrong. As our financial statements clearly show, we’ve paid more than $15.6 billion in taxes over the last two years – that’s a 35% tax rate in 2015, for anyone who’s counting. We’ve laid out the facts repeatedly and did so again yesterday (see “Sen. Sanders needs to get his facts straight” at Verizon.com/about/news). The senator has started to fudge his language – talking of taxes not paid in some unspecified “given year” – but that doesn’t make his contention any less false. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
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| Cruz defended criminalization of dildos | Cruz defended criminalization of dildos |
| While solicitor general of Texas, Ted Cruz defended a Texas law prohibiting the sale of sex toys such as dildos, reports David Corn of Mother Jones. Cruz’s office filed a long brief reading in part, “There is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one’s genitals for non-medical purposes unrelated to procreation or outside of an interpersonal relationship.” | While solicitor general of Texas, Ted Cruz defended a Texas law prohibiting the sale of sex toys such as dildos, reports David Corn of Mother Jones. Cruz’s office filed a long brief reading in part, “There is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one’s genitals for non-medical purposes unrelated to procreation or outside of an interpersonal relationship.” |
| Corn describes the brief: | Corn describes the brief: |
| The brief insisted that Texas in order to protect “public morals” had “police-power interests” in “discouraging prurient interests in sexual gratification, combating the commercial sale of sex, and protecting minors.” There was a “government” interest, it maintained, in “discouraging...autonomous sex.” The brief compared the use of sex toys with “hiring a willing prostitute or engaging in consensual bigamy,” and it equated advertising these products with the commercial promotion of prostitution. In perhaps the most noticeable line of the brief, Cruz’s office declared, “There is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one’s genitals for non-medical purposes unrelated to procreation or outside of an interpersonal relationship.” That is, the pursuit of such happiness had no constitutional standing. And the brief argued there was no “right to promote dildos, vibrators, and other obscene devices.” The plaintiffs, it noted, were “free to engage in unfetterednoncommercial speech touting the uses of obscene devices” but not speech designed to generate the sale of these items. | The brief insisted that Texas in order to protect “public morals” had “police-power interests” in “discouraging prurient interests in sexual gratification, combating the commercial sale of sex, and protecting minors.” There was a “government” interest, it maintained, in “discouraging...autonomous sex.” The brief compared the use of sex toys with “hiring a willing prostitute or engaging in consensual bigamy,” and it equated advertising these products with the commercial promotion of prostitution. In perhaps the most noticeable line of the brief, Cruz’s office declared, “There is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one’s genitals for non-medical purposes unrelated to procreation or outside of an interpersonal relationship.” That is, the pursuit of such happiness had no constitutional standing. And the brief argued there was no “right to promote dildos, vibrators, and other obscene devices.” The plaintiffs, it noted, were “free to engage in unfetterednoncommercial speech touting the uses of obscene devices” but not speech designed to generate the sale of these items. |
| Read the full piece here. And read more from Megan Carpentier here. | Read the full piece here. And read more from Megan Carpentier here. |
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| Priebus snarks at Trump camp | Priebus snarks at Trump camp |
| Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus, not known for standing up to Donald Trump or anyone, has daringly tweeted some snark in the direction of the Trump campaign, which has been complaining nonstop for a week that the Republican party was stealing the election by operating by delegates rules that only Ted Cruz seems to understand. | Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus, not known for standing up to Donald Trump or anyone, has daringly tweeted some snark in the direction of the Trump campaign, which has been complaining nonstop for a week that the Republican party was stealing the election by operating by delegates rules that only Ted Cruz seems to understand. |
| “Give us all a break,” tweets Priebus: | “Give us all a break,” tweets Priebus: |
| Nomination process known for a year + beyond. It's the responsibility of the campaigns to understand it. Complaints now? Give us all a break | Nomination process known for a year + beyond. It's the responsibility of the campaigns to understand it. Complaints now? Give us all a break |
| The fight between the Republican party and Trump appears only to be beginning. Trump may still get to 1,237 delegates, if he performs as well as he appears to be in New York and then cleans up in California on 7 June. But the second part of that conditional is a big “if” – strong odds currently have Cruz outperforming Trump in the Golden state. | The fight between the Republican party and Trump appears only to be beginning. Trump may still get to 1,237 delegates, if he performs as well as he appears to be in New York and then cleans up in California on 7 June. But the second part of that conditional is a big “if” – strong odds currently have Cruz outperforming Trump in the Golden state. |
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| Sanders snags transit union endorsement | Sanders snags transit union endorsement |
| The New York Daily News has endorsed Hillary Clinton, while New York’s transit workers have endorsed Bernie Sanders. | The New York Daily News has endorsed Hillary Clinton, while New York’s transit workers have endorsed Bernie Sanders. |
| The Transport Workers Union Local 100 represents 42,000 workers in the New York region. “It is too late for the same old same old establishment politics,” Sanders said, in accepting the endorsement in an appearance at union headquarters in downtown Brooklyn. | The Transport Workers Union Local 100 represents 42,000 workers in the New York region. “It is too late for the same old same old establishment politics,” Sanders said, in accepting the endorsement in an appearance at union headquarters in downtown Brooklyn. |
| JUST IN: Bernie Sanders announces NY transit union endorsement https://t.co/dzkKwXIFW2 | JUST IN: Bernie Sanders announces NY transit union endorsement https://t.co/dzkKwXIFW2 |
| Neither Democratic candidate is a seasoned New York straphanger. Bernie Sanders asserted in a Daily News interview earlier this month that the subway takes tokens, which it hasn’t since 2003. A week later Clinton was filmed struggling to swipe a Metrocard at a subway turnstile. | Neither Democratic candidate is a seasoned New York straphanger. Bernie Sanders asserted in a Daily News interview earlier this month that the subway takes tokens, which it hasn’t since 2003. A week later Clinton was filmed struggling to swipe a Metrocard at a subway turnstile. |
| In endorsing Clinton, the Daily News said that she had realistic plans to achieve her goals while Sanders offered promises without specifics. | In endorsing Clinton, the Daily News said that she had realistic plans to achieve her goals while Sanders offered promises without specifics. |
| Today's front page...Why our Editorial Board chooses @HillaryClinton over @BernieSanders https://t.co/CweRhvnEe0 pic.twitter.com/u68UZqBlKK | Today's front page...Why our Editorial Board chooses @HillaryClinton over @BernieSanders https://t.co/CweRhvnEe0 pic.twitter.com/u68UZqBlKK |
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| Clinton calls in to Hot97 | Clinton calls in to Hot97 |
| Hilly, Hillary, secretary or senator – any name goes, Hillary Clinton told the hosts of a hip-hop radio show in a phone interview Wednesday morning. | Hilly, Hillary, secretary or senator – any name goes, Hillary Clinton told the hosts of a hip-hop radio show in a phone interview Wednesday morning. |
| Clinton called into the Ebro in the Morning show on New York’s Hot97 for a friendly 15-minute interview that touched on the controversial legacy of the 1994 crime bill, rival Bernie Sanders’ record on guns and Clinton’s commitment to helping African American communities in New York and beyond. | Clinton called into the Ebro in the Morning show on New York’s Hot97 for a friendly 15-minute interview that touched on the controversial legacy of the 1994 crime bill, rival Bernie Sanders’ record on guns and Clinton’s commitment to helping African American communities in New York and beyond. |
| Sanders was interviewed on the show earlier this month. New York will hold Democratic and Republican primaries on 19 April. | Sanders was interviewed on the show earlier this month. New York will hold Democratic and Republican primaries on 19 April. |
| “How do we refer to you? Mrs Clinton, first lady, secretary Clinton, senator?” asked an Ebro co-host. | “How do we refer to you? Mrs Clinton, first lady, secretary Clinton, senator?” asked an Ebro co-host. |
| “I’ll answer to any of those,” Clinton replied. “You can throw in Hillary, too. But I loved being your senator for eight years, that was so much fun.” | “I’ll answer to any of those,” Clinton replied. “You can throw in Hillary, too. But I loved being your senator for eight years, that was so much fun.” |
| “So we could call you Hilly?” | “So we could call you Hilly?” |
| “Yeah, you know I had some friends growing up who did.” | “Yeah, you know I had some friends growing up who did.” |
| “A Hilly rock on any block!,” said a co-host, referring to the 2015 summer hit: | “A Hilly rock on any block!,” said a co-host, referring to the 2015 summer hit: |
| Clinton said Sanders had a “blind spot” on guns demonstrated by his votes against stripping gun manufacturers of liability protections in gun violence cases. Sanders has since introduced legislation to remove those protections. | Clinton said Sanders had a “blind spot” on guns demonstrated by his votes against stripping gun manufacturers of liability protections in gun violence cases. Sanders has since introduced legislation to remove those protections. |
| “I see his refusal to acknowledge the 33,000 people a year who are killed by guns as a real blind spot,” Clinton said. | “I see his refusal to acknowledge the 33,000 people a year who are killed by guns as a real blind spot,” Clinton said. |
| She partially defended the 1994 crime bill, blamed for steeply increasing the proportion of African Americans in prisons and jails on relatively low-level nonviolent drug offenses, as containing crucial gun control measures and protections for women. | She partially defended the 1994 crime bill, blamed for steeply increasing the proportion of African Americans in prisons and jails on relatively low-level nonviolent drug offenses, as containing crucial gun control measures and protections for women. |
| But Clinton said the law “had bad effects of taking too many people out of families and away from communities,” and she repeated an apology for applying the epithet “superpredators” at the time to some criminals the crime bill targeted. | But Clinton said the law “had bad effects of taking too many people out of families and away from communities,” and she repeated an apology for applying the epithet “superpredators” at the time to some criminals the crime bill targeted. |
| “It certainly makes me feel sad because I’ve spent my whole adult life... trying to protect young people,” she said. “I would never use that word again, it was used once.” | “It certainly makes me feel sad because I’ve spent my whole adult life... trying to protect young people,” she said. “I would never use that word again, it was used once.” |
| Clinton also defended Bill Clinton’s frustrated reaction last week to protesters in a Philadelphia crowd who repeatedly shouted him down and held signs attacking the crime bill. The former president raised his voice and wagged his fingers at the protesters. | Clinton also defended Bill Clinton’s frustrated reaction last week to protesters in a Philadelphia crowd who repeatedly shouted him down and held signs attacking the crime bill. The former president raised his voice and wagged his fingers at the protesters. |
| “I understand the frustration,” Clinton said. “When he took office in 1993, the statistics were devastating,” with 11m Americans affected by violent crime. “It was a horrible situation.” | “I understand the frustration,” Clinton said. “When he took office in 1993, the statistics were devastating,” with 11m Americans affected by violent crime. “It was a horrible situation.” |
| The show’s hosts challenged her to commit to helping improve public schools as president and taking other actions to support African American communities. | The show’s hosts challenged her to commit to helping improve public schools as president and taking other actions to support African American communities. |
| Clinton called “protecting kids” “the north star of my whole life.” | Clinton called “protecting kids” “the north star of my whole life.” |
| “My presidency will be about the struggling and the striving,” she said. “That’s who I am and that’s what I’ve done.” | “My presidency will be about the struggling and the striving,” she said. “That’s who I am and that’s what I’ve done.” |
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| Video – Dear America: this Donald Trump thing? It’s not all about you | Video – Dear America: this Donald Trump thing? It’s not all about you |
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| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Bernie Sanders has scheduled a last-minute event to announce a big new endorsement – most likely Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat from Oregon, who has endorsed Sanders this morning in a New York Times op-ed, becoming the first sitting senator to do so. [UPDATE: Sanders’ announcement in fact unveiled the endorsement of the New York transit union, not Merkley.] | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Bernie Sanders has scheduled a last-minute event to announce a big new endorsement – most likely Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat from Oregon, who has endorsed Sanders this morning in a New York Times op-ed, becoming the first sitting senator to do so. [UPDATE: Sanders’ announcement in fact unveiled the endorsement of the New York transit union, not Merkley.] |
| Hillary Clinton “would be a strong and capable president”, Merkley writes in the op-ed, “but Bernie Sanders is boldly and fiercely addressing the biggest challenges facing our country”. | Hillary Clinton “would be a strong and capable president”, Merkley writes in the op-ed, “but Bernie Sanders is boldly and fiercely addressing the biggest challenges facing our country”. |
| And as economic power has become more concentrated, so too has political power. Special interests, aided by their political and judicial allies, have exercised an ever-tighter grip on our political system, from the rise of unlimited, secret campaign spending to a voter suppression movement. | And as economic power has become more concentrated, so too has political power. Special interests, aided by their political and judicial allies, have exercised an ever-tighter grip on our political system, from the rise of unlimited, secret campaign spending to a voter suppression movement. |
| Oregon holds its primaries on 17 May. | Oregon holds its primaries on 17 May. |
| Later today both Sanders and Clinton are scheduled to appear in Manhattan at the 25th anniversary convention of the National Action Network, the social justice organization headed by Rev Al Sharpton. | Later today both Sanders and Clinton are scheduled to appear in Manhattan at the 25th anniversary convention of the National Action Network, the social justice organization headed by Rev Al Sharpton. |
| New York City mayor Bill de Blasio will be at the NAN event too, which could give him and Clinton time to further discuss the comedy skit they appeared in last Saturday in which De Blasio controversially referred to “CP time” – colored people time. | New York City mayor Bill de Blasio will be at the NAN event too, which could give him and Clinton time to further discuss the comedy skit they appeared in last Saturday in which De Blasio controversially referred to “CP time” – colored people time. |
| Clinton has blamed the episode on De Blasio. “Well, look, it was Mayor de Blasio’s skit,” told Cosmopolitan magazine. “He has addressed it, and I will really defer to him because it is something that he’s already talked about.” | Clinton has blamed the episode on De Blasio. “Well, look, it was Mayor de Blasio’s skit,” told Cosmopolitan magazine. “He has addressed it, and I will really defer to him because it is something that he’s already talked about.” |
| De Blasio took full responsibility, then blamed a nameless author: “I take full responsibility ... someone else wrote the script,” he said Wednesday morning. | De Blasio took full responsibility, then blamed a nameless author: “I take full responsibility ... someone else wrote the script,” he said Wednesday morning. |
| And tonight Sanders will host a rally in Washington Square park in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, featuring Vampire Weekend, Spike Lee, Rosario Dawson, Tim Robbins and others. We’ll be liveblogging from the rally later. | And tonight Sanders will host a rally in Washington Square park in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, featuring Vampire Weekend, Spike Lee, Rosario Dawson, Tim Robbins and others. We’ll be liveblogging from the rally later. |
| Ohio governor John Kasich is in Maryland today, Donald Trump has a rally scheduled in Pittsburgh, and Ted Cruz is in Erie, Pennsylvania. Bill Clinton is campaigning in Maryland, and Hillary will be in the Bronx; we’ll have reporters with the two of them. | Ohio governor John Kasich is in Maryland today, Donald Trump has a rally scheduled in Pittsburgh, and Ted Cruz is in Erie, Pennsylvania. Bill Clinton is campaigning in Maryland, and Hillary will be in the Bronx; we’ll have reporters with the two of them. |
| The NY Daily News reports it caught Trump’s new “convention manager”, Paul Manafort, following a Manhattan swingers’ club called DecadenceNYC on Twitter. Maybe he was just hoping to swing some delegates. Manafort no longer follows the account in question. | The NY Daily News reports it caught Trump’s new “convention manager”, Paul Manafort, following a Manhattan swingers’ club called DecadenceNYC on Twitter. Maybe he was just hoping to swing some delegates. Manafort no longer follows the account in question. |
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