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| Following the passage of the so-called “bathroom law” in North Carolina and an anti-LGBT religious liberty law in Mississippi, similar laws have percolated throughout the country. | |
| It’s the largest legal push against LGBT rights in memory, according to Eunice Rho, advocacy and policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. She told the Guardian that in 2016 more than 150 such bills have been proposed across the nation, many in the south. “It’s politically driven,” she said. “Politicians are preying on people’s fears of the unfamiliar.” | |
| On Wednesday, Tennessee governor Bill Haslam signed a bill into law that moves the argument in a new direction: it allows therapists and counselors to reject certain clients if the therapy goes against the practitioner’s “sincerely held principles”. It’s being widely interpreted as a loophole allowing therapists to reject gay, lesbian, transgender and other clients. | |
| Haslam has since issued a written statement saying that’s a misinterpretation. “The substance of this bill doesn’t address a group, issue or belief system,” he wrote. “I believe it is reasonable to allow these professionals to determine if and when an individual would be better served by another counselor better suited to meet his or her needs.” | |
| Related: Tennessee continues anti-LGBT legal onslaught with 'therapist bill' | |
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| An unbound Republican delegate in Pennsylvania who had previously endorsed John Kasich appears to have resigned himself to the fact that billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee - and says he would never vote for Texas senator Ted Cruz. | |
| “I would never vote for Ted Cruz,” former New Hampshire senator Judd Gregg told a local ABC affiliate in Manchester, New Hampshire. “I’d write in Paul Ryan or someone before I’d vote for Ted Cruz.” | |
| “I presume Donald Trump is going to be the nominee,” Gregg, a two-term senator, said, before calling Cruz “a person of little character. He’s a demagogue’s demagogue and he shouldn’t be trusted with the responsibilities of the office.” | |
| “I presume I’d vote for the Republican nominee if it is Trump, but Cruz should be nowhere near the presidency.” | |
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| John Kasich told spectators at an Oregon town hall event that Donald Trump’s hopes of swaying unbound delegates to support his bid for the Republican nomination are unfounded, and that if he wants to become the nominee, “he better get exactly what he needs.” | John Kasich told spectators at an Oregon town hall event that Donald Trump’s hopes of swaying unbound delegates to support his bid for the Republican nomination are unfounded, and that if he wants to become the nominee, “he better get exactly what he needs.” |
| “When you have a 73% negative rating among married women and you think you are going to the convention, and you lose 15 straight polls to Hillary Clinton, and you get crushed in the electoral college, and we know that if you are the nominee, you’re going to lose the senate, the supreme court, the courthouse and the state house...” Kasich told the crowd, “I don’t think so.” | “When you have a 73% negative rating among married women and you think you are going to the convention, and you lose 15 straight polls to Hillary Clinton, and you get crushed in the electoral college, and we know that if you are the nominee, you’re going to lose the senate, the supreme court, the courthouse and the state house...” Kasich told the crowd, “I don’t think so.” |
| Trump has the support of 953 bound delegates and 41 unbound delegates, putting him at 994 total delegates, within striking distance of the 1,237 needed to clinch the Republican nomination. Neither Kasich nor fellow Republican hopeful Ted Cruz can feasibly acquire the necessary number of delegates to reach that threshold before the party’s convention in July. | Trump has the support of 953 bound delegates and 41 unbound delegates, putting him at 994 total delegates, within striking distance of the 1,237 needed to clinch the Republican nomination. Neither Kasich nor fellow Republican hopeful Ted Cruz can feasibly acquire the necessary number of delegates to reach that threshold before the party’s convention in July. |
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| An organization dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism has issued a statement urging billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump to reconsider the use of “America First” as his “ill-advised” campaign slogan to describe his foreign policy doctrine. | An organization dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism has issued a statement urging billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump to reconsider the use of “America First” as his “ill-advised” campaign slogan to describe his foreign policy doctrine. |
| “The most noteworthy leader of the ‘America First Committee’ was Charles Lindbergh, who sympathized with the Nazis and whose rhetoric was characterized by anti-Semitism and offensive stereotypes, including assertions that Jews posed a threat to the US because of their influence in motion pictures, radio, the press, and the government,” wrote the Anti-Defamation League in in a statement. | “The most noteworthy leader of the ‘America First Committee’ was Charles Lindbergh, who sympathized with the Nazis and whose rhetoric was characterized by anti-Semitism and offensive stereotypes, including assertions that Jews posed a threat to the US because of their influence in motion pictures, radio, the press, and the government,” wrote the Anti-Defamation League in in a statement. |
| “The undercurrents of anti-Semitism and bigotry that characterized the America First movement – including the assumption that Jews who opposed the movement had their own agenda and were not acting in America’s best interest – is fortunately not a major concern today,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. | “The undercurrents of anti-Semitism and bigotry that characterized the America First movement – including the assumption that Jews who opposed the movement had their own agenda and were not acting in America’s best interest – is fortunately not a major concern today,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. |
| “However, for many Americans, the term ‘America First’ will always be associated with and tainted by this history. In a political season that already has prompted a national conversation about civility and tolerance, choosing a call to action historically associated with incivility and intolerance seems ill-advised.” | “However, for many Americans, the term ‘America First’ will always be associated with and tainted by this history. In a political season that already has prompted a national conversation about civility and tolerance, choosing a call to action historically associated with incivility and intolerance seems ill-advised.” |
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| At an event in Oregon, Ohio governor and Republican candidate for president John Kasich told supporters that after Donald Trump’s electoral wipeout earlier this week, he had considered dropping out of the race for the Republican nomination. | At an event in Oregon, Ohio governor and Republican candidate for president John Kasich told supporters that after Donald Trump’s electoral wipeout earlier this week, he had considered dropping out of the race for the Republican nomination. |
| “I thought about, ‘Should I keep going? Should I carry on? What is this all about?’” Kasich said. But in the end, it came down to a conversation with his wife. | “I thought about, ‘Should I keep going? Should I carry on? What is this all about?’” Kasich said. But in the end, it came down to a conversation with his wife. |
| “I was down home yesterday for a short time, and things were a little bit crazy... and I saw my wife carrying some clothes from the upstairs bedroom down into the closet in the basement and I said, ‘here, lemme grab some of that,” Kasich said. | “I was down home yesterday for a short time, and things were a little bit crazy... and I saw my wife carrying some clothes from the upstairs bedroom down into the closet in the basement and I said, ‘here, lemme grab some of that,” Kasich said. |
| “And I said, ‘what do you think, sweetie? I’m inclined to keep going.’ She looked at me, she said - just simple words because she’s not a politician - she said, ‘The people need a choice, and if you don’t give ‘em a choice, who will?’” | “And I said, ‘what do you think, sweetie? I’m inclined to keep going.’ She looked at me, she said - just simple words because she’s not a politician - she said, ‘The people need a choice, and if you don’t give ‘em a choice, who will?’” |
| “And so I’ve decided to keep going,” he concluded, to loud applause. | “And so I’ve decided to keep going,” he concluded, to loud applause. |
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| In an interview with Politico, a former high-ranking member of Mitt Romney’s failed 2012 presidential campaign has compared billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump to party icon Ronald Reagan, and said that Trump will win the nomination. | In an interview with Politico, a former high-ranking member of Mitt Romney’s failed 2012 presidential campaign has compared billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump to party icon Ronald Reagan, and said that Trump will win the nomination. |
| “You could sense a more growing sense of reality that, in fact, Trump is going to be the nominee,” said Ron Kaufman, a former advisor to Romney and one of the main engineers of his presidential campaign in 2012. “He was a populist more than a conservative,” Kaufman said of Reagan. “He was a western populist; Trump is an eastern populist.” | “You could sense a more growing sense of reality that, in fact, Trump is going to be the nominee,” said Ron Kaufman, a former advisor to Romney and one of the main engineers of his presidential campaign in 2012. “He was a populist more than a conservative,” Kaufman said of Reagan. “He was a western populist; Trump is an eastern populist.” |
| Romney returned to the national stage years after his loss with a blistering indictment of Trump, dubbing the frontrunner “a phony” and “a fraud” in an address in Salt Lake City, Utah. | Romney returned to the national stage years after his loss with a blistering indictment of Trump, dubbing the frontrunner “a phony” and “a fraud” in an address in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
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| Poll: Republican party's favorability drops to lowest point since 1992 | Poll: Republican party's favorability drops to lowest point since 1992 |
| A survey of 2,008 American adults conducted by the Pew Research Center has found that the public’s negative opinion of the Republican party has spiked to levels not seen in nearly a quarter-century. | A survey of 2,008 American adults conducted by the Pew Research Center has found that the public’s negative opinion of the Republican party has spiked to levels not seen in nearly a quarter-century. |
| Only 33% of the American public has a favorable view of the Republican party, while nearly two-thirds - 62% - say that they have an unfavorable view of the party. It’s an increase in negative views of the party from last October, when a still-not-great 58% told Pew Research Center that they viewed the Republican party unfavorably. | Only 33% of the American public has a favorable view of the Republican party, while nearly two-thirds - 62% - say that they have an unfavorable view of the party. It’s an increase in negative views of the party from last October, when a still-not-great 58% told Pew Research Center that they viewed the Republican party unfavorably. |
| The frustration with the direction of the party has even passed on to card-carrying members of the party, only 68% of whom view the Republican party positively. By comparison, the Democratic party is viewed positively by 88% of its members. Just 28% of independents view the Republican party favorably. | The frustration with the direction of the party has even passed on to card-carrying members of the party, only 68% of whom view the Republican party positively. By comparison, the Democratic party is viewed positively by 88% of its members. Just 28% of independents view the Republican party favorably. |
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| Donald Trump’s big foreign policy speech at the National Press Club in Washington, DC yesterday has received a cold reception from the editorial board of the New York Times, which derided the address as failing to exhibit “much grasp of the complexity of the world, understanding of the balance or exercise of power, or even a careful reading of history.” | Donald Trump’s big foreign policy speech at the National Press Club in Washington, DC yesterday has received a cold reception from the editorial board of the New York Times, which derided the address as failing to exhibit “much grasp of the complexity of the world, understanding of the balance or exercise of power, or even a careful reading of history.” |
| In an editorial titled Donald Trump’s Strange Worldview, the Grey Lady’s editorial board summed up a potential “Trump Doctrine” as: “When one has a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when one’s experience is limited to real estate deals, everything looks like a lease negotiation.” | In an editorial titled Donald Trump’s Strange Worldview, the Grey Lady’s editorial board summed up a potential “Trump Doctrine” as: “When one has a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when one’s experience is limited to real estate deals, everything looks like a lease negotiation.” |
| This unilateral approach makes for good television, but this is the real world, in which other nations have agendas, too. Mr. Trump says he is ‘going to be working very closely with our allies in the Muslim world, all of which are at risk from radical Islamic violence.’ But how will he gain cooperation for his ‘unpredictable’ war on the Islamic State while enforcing a ‘pause’ that prevents Muslims from entering this country, and forcing those living here to register themselves? | This unilateral approach makes for good television, but this is the real world, in which other nations have agendas, too. Mr. Trump says he is ‘going to be working very closely with our allies in the Muslim world, all of which are at risk from radical Islamic violence.’ But how will he gain cooperation for his ‘unpredictable’ war on the Islamic State while enforcing a ‘pause’ that prevents Muslims from entering this country, and forcing those living here to register themselves? |
| How does one ‘apply leverage on China necessary to rein in North Korea,’ while slapping a trade-killing tariff on Chinese imports? It’s correct that many of our NATO allies aren’t paying their agreed-upon share of its costs - but what happens to the United States’ overseas bases if we ‘walk?’ | How does one ‘apply leverage on China necessary to rein in North Korea,’ while slapping a trade-killing tariff on Chinese imports? It’s correct that many of our NATO allies aren’t paying their agreed-upon share of its costs - but what happens to the United States’ overseas bases if we ‘walk?’ |
| The editorial concludes that Trump has failed to demonstrate “any willingness to learn or to correct his past errors. For someone who claims he is ready to lead the free world, that is inexcusable.” | The editorial concludes that Trump has failed to demonstrate “any willingness to learn or to correct his past errors. For someone who claims he is ready to lead the free world, that is inexcusable.” |
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| Texas senator Ted Cruz fired back at former House speaker John Boehner for comments comparing the Republican presidential hopeful to “Lucifer” after his announcement of Carly Fiorina as his running mate. | Texas senator Ted Cruz fired back at former House speaker John Boehner for comments comparing the Republican presidential hopeful to “Lucifer” after his announcement of Carly Fiorina as his running mate. |
| Cruz said he was surprised and claims to have never worked with the speaker. Boehner also said that although he gets along “with almost everyone ... I have never worked with a more miserable son-of-a-bitch in my life.” | Cruz said he was surprised and claims to have never worked with the speaker. Boehner also said that although he gets along “with almost everyone ... I have never worked with a more miserable son-of-a-bitch in my life.” |
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| Caitlyn Jenner has put billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s promise to allow transgender people to use whichever bathroom they feel most comfortable in at Trump Tower to the test. The result: no problem. | Caitlyn Jenner has put billionaire Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s promise to allow transgender people to use whichever bathroom they feel most comfortable in at Trump Tower to the test. The result: no problem. |
| In a Facebook video posted this morning, the Olympic gold medalist and reality television star used the women’s room at the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City without complications. | In a Facebook video posted this morning, the Olympic gold medalist and reality television star used the women’s room at the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City without complications. |
| Transgender Americans received an unlikely endorsement from Trump when he told NBC’s Today show that transgender people should be allowed to choose the bathroom they use, and promised Jenner that she could use a restroom of her choosing at Trump Tower any time she wanted. | Transgender Americans received an unlikely endorsement from Trump when he told NBC’s Today show that transgender people should be allowed to choose the bathroom they use, and promised Jenner that she could use a restroom of her choosing at Trump Tower any time she wanted. |
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| Hillary Clinton is fundraising off of Donald Trump’s comments regarding her gender by giving donors physical “Woman Cards” - which more-than-vaguely resemble New York City’s MetroCard. | Hillary Clinton is fundraising off of Donald Trump’s comments regarding her gender by giving donors physical “Woman Cards” - which more-than-vaguely resemble New York City’s MetroCard. |
| “Woman Cards” swipe a lot easier than MetroCards, in our experience. | “Woman Cards” swipe a lot easier than MetroCards, in our experience. |
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| Senator Ted Cruz has little patience for campaign pranks: | Senator Ted Cruz has little patience for campaign pranks: |
| A young man asked @SenTedCruz to sign a copy of the Communist Manifesto as a joke. Here's what Cruz wrote. pic.twitter.com/8VW5H2XHOb | A young man asked @SenTedCruz to sign a copy of the Communist Manifesto as a joke. Here's what Cruz wrote. pic.twitter.com/8VW5H2XHOb |
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| Bernie Sanders is scheduled to hold a campaign event in Springfield, Oregon, this afternoon - here’s the livestream: | Bernie Sanders is scheduled to hold a campaign event in Springfield, Oregon, this afternoon - here’s the livestream: |
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| With a poll showing nearly half of Republican female voters don’t plan to support Donald Trump, his nomination looks disastrous for a party trying to reinvent itself, writes the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino: | With a poll showing nearly half of Republican female voters don’t plan to support Donald Trump, his nomination looks disastrous for a party trying to reinvent itself, writes the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino: |
| For the Republican women who have spent the past few years working to broaden the appeal of the Grand Old Party, Donald Trump arrived on the scene like a wrecking ball, tearing down the foundations they had laid over the past few years to try to create a more diverse and open party. | For the Republican women who have spent the past few years working to broaden the appeal of the Grand Old Party, Donald Trump arrived on the scene like a wrecking ball, tearing down the foundations they had laid over the past few years to try to create a more diverse and open party. |
| With his penchant for bluster and disdain for political correctness, there are few slices of the American electorate the billionaire businessman has yet to offend. But one group in particular poses a real problem for Trump, should he become the nominee, and for the party, should it win the presidency and keep control of Congress in November – and that group happens to make up 51% of the population. | With his penchant for bluster and disdain for political correctness, there are few slices of the American electorate the billionaire businessman has yet to offend. But one group in particular poses a real problem for Trump, should he become the nominee, and for the party, should it win the presidency and keep control of Congress in November – and that group happens to make up 51% of the population. |
| “General election women voters think he’s abhorrent,” said Katie Packer, the chairwoman of Our Principles PAC, which opposes Trump. “They think he’s a sexist. They think he doesn’t respect women, and doesn’t really view women in any real way beyond their physical appearance. | “General election women voters think he’s abhorrent,” said Katie Packer, the chairwoman of Our Principles PAC, which opposes Trump. “They think he’s a sexist. They think he doesn’t respect women, and doesn’t really view women in any real way beyond their physical appearance. |
| “If the party leadership embraces Donald Trump as the general election nominee than I think it will damage our party for a generation.” | “If the party leadership embraces Donald Trump as the general election nominee than I think it will damage our party for a generation.” |
| Related: Donald Trump's lack of female support may ruin his campaign – and the GOP | Related: Donald Trump's lack of female support may ruin his campaign – and the GOP |
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| Donald Trump may have just coined a new word: “Effectuate.” | Donald Trump may have just coined a new word: “Effectuate.” |
| The importance of defeating Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, is paramount, Trump tells the audience in Indiana, “so we can really effectuate all of the things and get our country really going again.” | The importance of defeating Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, is paramount, Trump tells the audience in Indiana, “so we can really effectuate all of the things and get our country really going again.” |
| UPDATE: We stand humbled. | UPDATE: We stand humbled. |
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| “I would never use the word ‘bribe.’ Some people would say bribes the delegates - I would never say a thing like that,” Trump says of opponent Ted Cruz’s relationship with potential convention delegates. Still, there’s a risk that in the second and third ballots, delegates who have been “bribed” into supporting Cruz. “Why? Because they like to have good meals - which I’m not doing.” | “I would never use the word ‘bribe.’ Some people would say bribes the delegates - I would never say a thing like that,” Trump says of opponent Ted Cruz’s relationship with potential convention delegates. Still, there’s a risk that in the second and third ballots, delegates who have been “bribed” into supporting Cruz. “Why? Because they like to have good meals - which I’m not doing.” |
| But, he cautions the audience, “It doesn’t mean anything if we win on the first.” | But, he cautions the audience, “It doesn’t mean anything if we win on the first.” |
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| Trump: 'I will be so much better to women than Hillary Clinton' | Trump: 'I will be so much better to women than Hillary Clinton' |
| “Nobody respects women more than Donald Trump,” says Trump, who two nights ago said that Hillary Clinton’s only asset as a candidate is her “woman’s card.” | “Nobody respects women more than Donald Trump,” says Trump, who two nights ago said that Hillary Clinton’s only asset as a candidate is her “woman’s card.” |
| I will be so much better to women than Hillary Clinton. So much better. On health care issues. And on the protection of our country... we are in an evil world right now... and I’m going to protect our country. | I will be so much better to women than Hillary Clinton. So much better. On health care issues. And on the protection of our country... we are in an evil world right now... and I’m going to protect our country. |
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| Trump: if I'm president, Apple will make product in US | Trump: if I'm president, Apple will make product in US |
| Trump has been boasting about how as president he would return manufacturing to the United States: | Trump has been boasting about how as president he would return manufacturing to the United States: |
| We’re gonna have a time, if I win, where Apple is going to make its product in the United States. | We’re gonna have a time, if I win, where Apple is going to make its product in the United States. |
| Is that a threat, or a promise? Trump has repeatedly called for taxes on companies, such as once-Indiana-local Carrier, that move their manufacturing centers overseas. | Is that a threat, or a promise? Trump has repeatedly called for taxes on companies, such as once-Indiana-local Carrier, that move their manufacturing centers overseas. |