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| New York primary: Trump and Clinton look set to win Empire State – live | New York primary: Trump and Clinton look set to win Empire State – live |
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| Following widespread concern expressed by voters after the New York City Board of Elections confirmed that more than 125,000 voters in Brooklyn have been removed from voter rolls, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has expressed “deep concern” and declared in a letter that his office will undertake an audit of the operations of the Board of Elections. | |
| “As a result of today’s reported irregularities, my office will be auditing the management and operations of the Board of Elections in order to identify failings and make recommendations to improve performance going forward,” Stringer wrote in the letter, addressed to Michael Ryan, director of the Board of Elections. “As I am sure you would agree, whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, all New Yorkers deserve an electoral system that is free, fair and efficient - not one riddled with chaos and confusion.” | |
| “There is nothing more sacred in our nation than the right to vote, yet election after election, reports come in of people who were inexplicably purged from the polls, told to vote at the wrong location or unable to get in to their polling site,” Stringer said in a statement accompanying the letter. | |
| “The people of New York City have lost confidence that the Board of Elections can effectively administer elections and we intend to find out why the BOE is so consistently disorganized, chaotic and inefficient. With four elections in New York City in 2016 alone, we don’t have a moment to spare.” | |
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| Nobody sounds coherent when their voice is slowed down by 50%, but BoingBoing’s modulation of Donald Trump’s speech in Rome, New York, makes his unusual speech patterns all the more apparent. | |
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| Buzzfeed has uncovered more links between the presidential campaign of billionaire Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump and conservative online outlet Breitbart News - this time, an $8,000 payment to the site’s national security editor for “policy consulting.” | |
| Citing Federal Election Commission filings that show Breitbart editor Sebastian Gorka was paid $8,000 by the Trump campaign in October of last year, the report adds another log to the fiery conversation about the conservative site’s close relationship with Trump and his campaign. | |
| After Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields was allegedly assaulted by campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, Breitbart staffers were reportedly instructed to stop defending her. Fields and other staffers later resigned. | |
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| The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs took a look at the infighting in Donald Trump’s campaign on the eve of some of the most important primary contests this cycle: | The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs took a look at the infighting in Donald Trump’s campaign on the eve of some of the most important primary contests this cycle: |
| The arrival of veteran operative Paul Manafort into Trump’s inner circle to lead his effort to clinch enough delegates to win the nomination has led to much of the campaign devolving into a turf war between the newcomer and longtime campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. | The arrival of veteran operative Paul Manafort into Trump’s inner circle to lead his effort to clinch enough delegates to win the nomination has led to much of the campaign devolving into a turf war between the newcomer and longtime campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. |
| The result is that a once-tight-knit campaign is facing an unprecedented rift and power struggle for control. “There is no hierarchy now,” said one source. | The result is that a once-tight-knit campaign is facing an unprecedented rift and power struggle for control. “There is no hierarchy now,” said one source. |
| In the weeks since Manafort’s appointment, there have been a series of leaks of internal meetings and the campaign has become embroiled in conflict and discord. As one source put it, when it was just Lewandowski in charge “you knew exactly where you stood. It’s fucking politics now.” | In the weeks since Manafort’s appointment, there have been a series of leaks of internal meetings and the campaign has become embroiled in conflict and discord. As one source put it, when it was just Lewandowski in charge “you knew exactly where you stood. It’s fucking politics now.” |
| The operation was not entirely harmonious under Lewandoswki’s sole leadership, the source said – “there’d be conflict, Corey would scream at someone, maybe you’d succeed, maybe you’d fail” – but it was “familial”. | The operation was not entirely harmonious under Lewandoswki’s sole leadership, the source said – “there’d be conflict, Corey would scream at someone, maybe you’d succeed, maybe you’d fail” – but it was “familial”. |
| The question for the Trump campaign is how much these changes are needed. After all, with Lewandowski at the helm, Trump became the clear Republican frontrunner and won 21 states. Further, Trump is poised to win New York on Tuesday by an overwhelming margin and then to sweep the so-called “Acela primary” of five north-eastern and mid-Atlantic states on 26 April. | The question for the Trump campaign is how much these changes are needed. After all, with Lewandowski at the helm, Trump became the clear Republican frontrunner and won 21 states. Further, Trump is poised to win New York on Tuesday by an overwhelming margin and then to sweep the so-called “Acela primary” of five north-eastern and mid-Atlantic states on 26 April. |
| Related: Donald Trump's campaign faces unprecedented rift amid delegate panic | Related: Donald Trump's campaign faces unprecedented rift amid delegate panic |
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| Donald Trump’s eldest son has taken a swipe at the Republican party establishment, telling the Guardian that its nomination rules “made sense 200 years ago when someone lived on a farm in the middle of nowhere”. | Donald Trump’s eldest son has taken a swipe at the Republican party establishment, telling the Guardian that its nomination rules “made sense 200 years ago when someone lived on a farm in the middle of nowhere”. |
| Donald Trump Jr, accompanied by wife Vanessa and holding young daughter Chloe, voted for his father in midtown Manhattan at lunchtime and denied that the campaign has been outsmarted by rival Ted Cruz in the battle for delegates at state level. | Donald Trump Jr, accompanied by wife Vanessa and holding young daughter Chloe, voted for his father in midtown Manhattan at lunchtime and denied that the campaign has been outsmarted by rival Ted Cruz in the battle for delegates at state level. |
| “We’ve focused on the people,” the 38-year-old businessman said. “I think that’s the way our government should be run: we should be listening to the people and Ted’s not that popular with the people, so I guess he has to focus on just that game. So I think we’ll end up winning both.” | “We’ve focused on the people,” the 38-year-old businessman said. “I think that’s the way our government should be run: we should be listening to the people and Ted’s not that popular with the people, so I guess he has to focus on just that game. So I think we’ll end up winning both.” |
| Asked if the Republican convention in July could turn ugly and potentially violent, Trump Jr replied: “I don’t know about turning violent. I think the Republican party has an opportunity to do something great and bring in a lot of people and they have the opportunity to totally blow it and disenfranchise all the people that my father’s brought in and everyone else who thought the people’s voice mattered. | Asked if the Republican convention in July could turn ugly and potentially violent, Trump Jr replied: “I don’t know about turning violent. I think the Republican party has an opportunity to do something great and bring in a lot of people and they have the opportunity to totally blow it and disenfranchise all the people that my father’s brought in and everyone else who thought the people’s voice mattered. |
| “It’s sort of amazing to live in this country and realise that the people’s voice doesn’t matter because that’s the way the establishment and the GOP has set it up. That made sense 200 years ago when someone lived on a farm in the middle of nowhere and couldn’t travel 300 miles to a major area to get all the information, but in the information age where you have the Library of Congress at your fingertips – oftentimes in 140 characters or less – that system needs to change.” | “It’s sort of amazing to live in this country and realise that the people’s voice doesn’t matter because that’s the way the establishment and the GOP has set it up. That made sense 200 years ago when someone lived on a farm in the middle of nowhere and couldn’t travel 300 miles to a major area to get all the information, but in the information age where you have the Library of Congress at your fingertips – oftentimes in 140 characters or less – that system needs to change.” |
| Trump’s son did not exactly rule out running for the presidency himself some day. “I don’t know. I’ve got a long way to go for that.” | Trump’s son did not exactly rule out running for the presidency himself some day. “I don’t know. I’ve got a long way to go for that.” |
| Two of the candidate’s other children, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump, are unable to vote in the state’s primary because they missed the registration deadline, and Trump’s college-age daughter is registered in Pennsylvania. | Two of the candidate’s other children, Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump, are unable to vote in the state’s primary because they missed the registration deadline, and Trump’s college-age daughter is registered in Pennsylvania. |
| As Donald Trump Jr went to cast his ballot at the High School of Art & Design on East 56th Street, striking workers outside a Verizon office across the street blasted horns at passing traffic and non-striking colleagues. Among them was Jeff Blauer, 48, who said of Trump: “He talks like I feel but it seems the only one who’s come out for us recently is Bernie [Sanders].” | As Donald Trump Jr went to cast his ballot at the High School of Art & Design on East 56th Street, striking workers outside a Verizon office across the street blasted horns at passing traffic and non-striking colleagues. Among them was Jeff Blauer, 48, who said of Trump: “He talks like I feel but it seems the only one who’s come out for us recently is Bernie [Sanders].” |
| Outside the polling station Bret Brintzenhofe, 32, a public affairs consultant, shouted: “No to Trump! No to racism!” | Outside the polling station Bret Brintzenhofe, 32, a public affairs consultant, shouted: “No to Trump! No to racism!” |
| He explained: “I think Donald Trump is a disgrace to the American political system and he has no place in our society. He can be in the race if he wants and his son can support him but I have no patience with the racism and xenophobia he propagates.” | He explained: “I think Donald Trump is a disgrace to the American political system and he has no place in our society. He can be in the race if he wants and his son can support him but I have no patience with the racism and xenophobia he propagates.” |
| Brintzenhofe said he had voted for Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, as did all five of the other voters interviewed by the Guardian outside the school. Denise Scelzo, 61, a fundraiser, said: “She’s the most experienced and the fact she’s a woman doesn’t hurt. I like Bernie Sanders but he’s not as qualified as she is. He’s getting snotty. I was very impacted by the New York Daily News editorial board when they said he couldn’t provide detailed answers on his favourite subject.” | Brintzenhofe said he had voted for Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, as did all five of the other voters interviewed by the Guardian outside the school. Denise Scelzo, 61, a fundraiser, said: “She’s the most experienced and the fact she’s a woman doesn’t hurt. I like Bernie Sanders but he’s not as qualified as she is. He’s getting snotty. I was very impacted by the New York Daily News editorial board when they said he couldn’t provide detailed answers on his favourite subject.” |
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| View from the polls: feeling the Bern in Brooklyn | View from the polls: feeling the Bern in Brooklyn |
| Ciara McCarthy | Ciara McCarthy |
| Hector Santana, a building superintendent, said his support for Bernie Sanders motivated him to vote in his first primary election ever on Tuesday, reports the Guardian’s Ciara McCarthy from Brooklyn: | Hector Santana, a building superintendent, said his support for Bernie Sanders motivated him to vote in his first primary election ever on Tuesday, reports the Guardian’s Ciara McCarthy from Brooklyn: |
| “I don’t vote in primaries,” he said. “But Bernie speaks a lot about fighting for what’s right so that’s why I voted today.” | “I don’t vote in primaries,” he said. “But Bernie speaks a lot about fighting for what’s right so that’s why I voted today.” |
| Santana, 30, said he hopes the presidential candidates will address issues like increasing the minimum wage and the rising cost of housing in New York City. He spoke across the street from a picket line outside of a Verizon Wireless store in Brooklyn Heights. | Santana, 30, said he hopes the presidential candidates will address issues like increasing the minimum wage and the rising cost of housing in New York City. He spoke across the street from a picket line outside of a Verizon Wireless store in Brooklyn Heights. |
| More than 40 members of the Communication Workers of America union protested outside the store on Tuesday as part of workers’ ongoing strike against the company. About 39,000 Verizon workers walked off the job last week amid contract negotiations. | More than 40 members of the Communication Workers of America union protested outside the store on Tuesday as part of workers’ ongoing strike against the company. About 39,000 Verizon workers walked off the job last week amid contract negotiations. |
| Santana said the Verizon workers’ strike and movements like Fight for $15 and the broader issue of income inequality should be addressed by candidates after Tuesday’s primaries. | Santana said the Verizon workers’ strike and movements like Fight for $15 and the broader issue of income inequality should be addressed by candidates after Tuesday’s primaries. |
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| Vicente Fernández on Trump: ‘que chingue a su madre!' | Vicente Fernández on Trump: ‘que chingue a su madre!' |
| At a farewell concert in Mexico City at the weekend, iconic singer Vicente Fernández included a message for Donald Trump, the Latin Times reports: | At a farewell concert in Mexico City at the weekend, iconic singer Vicente Fernández included a message for Donald Trump, the Latin Times reports: |
| “From here we are saying, ‘que chingue a su madre!’ He thinks he is going to win, he is crazy,” Adela Micha reports the singer said in his explicit message. “If I ever come across him, I will spit him in the face and tell him to go fuck himself.” | “From here we are saying, ‘que chingue a su madre!’ He thinks he is going to win, he is crazy,” Adela Micha reports the singer said in his explicit message. “If I ever come across him, I will spit him in the face and tell him to go fuck himself.” |
| He continued, “I will tell him everything that no one has told him before in his life.” | He continued, “I will tell him everything that no one has told him before in his life.” |
| Earlier this month, former Mexican president Vicente Fox condemned Trump for what he said was a series of “racist and ignorant ideas” regarding Mexico in an op-ed for the Guardian: | Earlier this month, former Mexican president Vicente Fox condemned Trump for what he said was a series of “racist and ignorant ideas” regarding Mexico in an op-ed for the Guardian: |
| “He thinks building the ‘Trump Wall’ will right every wrong in the United States,” Fox wrote. “Indeed, he’s built a huge mental wall around himself already, which doesn’t allow him to see the greatness of our people.” | “He thinks building the ‘Trump Wall’ will right every wrong in the United States,” Fox wrote. “Indeed, he’s built a huge mental wall around himself already, which doesn’t allow him to see the greatness of our people.” |
| Related: Former Mexican president Vicente Fox attacks Donald Trump's 'racist' ideas | Related: Former Mexican president Vicente Fox attacks Donald Trump's 'racist' ideas |
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| De Blasio 'surprised' at drop in registered Democrats | De Blasio 'surprised' at drop in registered Democrats |
| The Sanders camp team is highlighting cases of mysteriously dropped voter registrations and other difficulties New Yorkers are reporting with voting: | The Sanders camp team is highlighting cases of mysteriously dropped voter registrations and other difficulties New Yorkers are reporting with voting: |
| This is a disgrace. Why are we making it so hard for people to participate in democracy?https://t.co/nNyyUUylsT | This is a disgrace. Why are we making it so hard for people to participate in democracy?https://t.co/nNyyUUylsT |
| “Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered the New York City Board of Elections to investigate why more than 63,000 registered Democrats were dropped from the voting rolls since last fall,” WNYC reports: | “Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered the New York City Board of Elections to investigate why more than 63,000 registered Democrats were dropped from the voting rolls since last fall,” WNYC reports: |
| The request comes the same day a WNYC analysis revealed the largest decline in active registered Democrats statewide was in Brooklyn. | The request comes the same day a WNYC analysis revealed the largest decline in active registered Democrats statewide was in Brooklyn. |
| But new data provided by the city Board of Elections on Monday indicates it actually removed 126,000 Brooklyn Democrats from the rolls, according to executive director Michael Ryan. [...] | But new data provided by the city Board of Elections on Monday indicates it actually removed 126,000 Brooklyn Democrats from the rolls, according to executive director Michael Ryan. [...] |
| As a Brooklyn Democrat himself, de Blasio said he’s concerned about the sudden slump of Democrats on the voter rolls there. | As a Brooklyn Democrat himself, de Blasio said he’s concerned about the sudden slump of Democrats on the voter rolls there. |
| “This number surprises me,” said de Blasio, “I admit that Brooklyn has had a lot of transient population – that’s obvious. Lot of people moving in, lot of people moving out. That might account for some of it. But I’m confused since so many people have moved in, that the number would move that much in the negative direction.” | “This number surprises me,” said de Blasio, “I admit that Brooklyn has had a lot of transient population – that’s obvious. Lot of people moving in, lot of people moving out. That might account for some of it. But I’m confused since so many people have moved in, that the number would move that much in the negative direction.” |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
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| The New York Daily News is reporting broken voting machines at some polling stations and other trouble as New York City votes: | The New York Daily News is reporting broken voting machines at some polling stations and other trouble as New York City votes: |
| New York primary voting at some Brooklyn and Queens polling places was a disaster Tuesday morning — with early morning voters arriving to broken machines and belated polling. | New York primary voting at some Brooklyn and Queens polling places was a disaster Tuesday morning — with early morning voters arriving to broken machines and belated polling. |
| Queens resident George Mack said he came to P.S. 52 in Springfield Gardens to vote right at 6 a.m. He, and about 50 other early voters, learned all three machines on site were broken. Volunteers at the school told voters to place their ballots in a slot, and they would all get processed later. [...] | Queens resident George Mack said he came to P.S. 52 in Springfield Gardens to vote right at 6 a.m. He, and about 50 other early voters, learned all three machines on site were broken. Volunteers at the school told voters to place their ballots in a slot, and they would all get processed later. [...] |
| Meanwhile, voters at the Cooper Park Houses in Greenpoint, Brooklyn couldn’t even get close to a machine. More than two hours after polls were supposed to open at 6 a.m., that site was still closed. [...] | Meanwhile, voters at the Cooper Park Houses in Greenpoint, Brooklyn couldn’t even get close to a machine. More than two hours after polls were supposed to open at 6 a.m., that site was still closed. [...] |
| A similar snafu happened at the Atlantic Terminal site in Brooklyn, which didn’t open until after 7:30. | A similar snafu happened at the Atlantic Terminal site in Brooklyn, which didn’t open until after 7:30. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
| Brooklyn polling site closed at 7:50am #NYPrimary2016 pic.twitter.com/rPcgsbwCQO | Brooklyn polling site closed at 7:50am #NYPrimary2016 pic.twitter.com/rPcgsbwCQO |
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| Video – Bernie Sanders, religion and Aipac: what matters to Jewish voters | Video – Bernie Sanders, religion and Aipac: what matters to Jewish voters |
| Related: Who is God's candidate? Jewish voters speak out ahead of New York primary | Related: Who is God's candidate? Jewish voters speak out ahead of New York primary |
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| True to form, Sanders is on to the next state before the current state is done voting. Pennsylvania votes next Tuesday, along with Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland. | True to form, Sanders is on to the next state before the current state is done voting. Pennsylvania votes next Tuesday, along with Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland. |
| Expectations? Sanders starts Eerie event right off the bat: "you know what? I think we're going to win Pennsylvania" pic.twitter.com/nhUVEXwJBb | Expectations? Sanders starts Eerie event right off the bat: "you know what? I think we're going to win Pennsylvania" pic.twitter.com/nhUVEXwJBb |
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| View from the polls: agreeing with Sanders on income inequality | View from the polls: agreeing with Sanders on income inequality |
| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino caught Michael Griesinger, 38, an emergency room doctor, outside a polling station in Brooklyn. | The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino caught Michael Griesinger, 38, an emergency room doctor, outside a polling station in Brooklyn. |
| Griesinger said he voted for Bernie Sanders because he agreed with the candidate on a range of issues, especially income inequality. | Griesinger said he voted for Bernie Sanders because he agreed with the candidate on a range of issues, especially income inequality. |
| Living in Prospect-Lefferts Garden, a gentrifying neighborhood in the past decade, Griesinger said he’s observed a marked difference among residents in quality of life. | Living in Prospect-Lefferts Garden, a gentrifying neighborhood in the past decade, Griesinger said he’s observed a marked difference among residents in quality of life. |
| “Then you look at Manhattan and the gap between the the rich and poor is enormous.” | “Then you look at Manhattan and the gap between the the rich and poor is enormous.” |
| He said he’s also hopeful for a president with a less aggressive foreign policy agenda, who invests more in domestic policy and on fixing urgent problems at home. For Griesinger, the answer is Sanders. | He said he’s also hopeful for a president with a less aggressive foreign policy agenda, who invests more in domestic policy and on fixing urgent problems at home. For Griesinger, the answer is Sanders. |
| “Even if a lot of what he hopes to achieve isn’t possible in our current political climate, I still think it’s important to vote with your conscience,” he said. | “Even if a lot of what he hopes to achieve isn’t possible in our current political climate, I still think it’s important to vote with your conscience,” he said. |