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| Clinton and Trump ready for general election showdown – campaign live | Clinton and Trump ready for general election showdown – campaign live |
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| Marco Rubio: 'I'm not done yet' | |
| Florida senator Marco Rubio may have reneged on his pledge to endorse the eventual Republican presidential nominee, but in an email sent out to supporters this afternoon, he appeared more than ready to “STOP HILLARY CLINTON” from winning his home state in the general election in November. | |
| Under the subject line “I’m not done yet,” Rubio told supporters of his late presidential campaign that “the only way we can STOP HILLARY CLINTON is to beat her in the key battleground state of Florida and deny her the Sunshine State’s 29 electoral votes.” | |
| After requesting money from his supporters to “help fund the Republican Party of Florida’s vital grassroots efforts to stop her,” Rubio said that he remains “100% committed to making sure the only way Hillary Clinton reaches the Oval Office is as a guest.” | |
| “It is often said you cannot win the Presidency without winning the state of Florida,” Rubio continued. “We get only ONE shot to stop her. It’s a huge undertaking with colossal national implications but if we work together and pool our resources we can win.” | |
| #NeverHillary trumps #NeverTrump, it seems. | |
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| Democratic National Committee spokesperson TJ Helmstetter is currently live-tweeting a meeting in which the party’s platform - the formal set of guiding principles and policy planks that the party ratifies every convention - is being discussed and debated. | |
| While the final version won’t be revealed for more than a month, here are some highlights from the room where it happens: | |
| AG Holder suggested adding "ban the box" to #demplatform. Next up: Rep. Raul Grijalva. | |
| Rep. Grijalva discusses decorated US military veterans who have been deported after committing minor crimes. "They deserve better treatment" | |
| "Islamophobia makes us less safe, incites anti-Muslim hate crimes, and bolsters ISIS narrative." - Dalia Mogahed at #DemPlatform meeting | |
| 1 in 5 reservation homes lack plumbing, 16% lack telephone service, 1/3 of native homes are overpopulated - Fawn Sharp | |
| Really, please try to imagine what the discussion around this question would be at the Republican drafting committee. | |
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| The editorial board of the largest newspaper in Iowa has penned a blistering op-ed today, lambasting senior Iowa senator Chuck Grassley for, among other things, his refusal to condemn Donald Trump’s racialized criticism of a sitting federal judge. | |
| “When it comes to Donald Trump, there are invertebrates that have shown more spine than Sen. Charles Grassley,” the editorial stated. | |
| The editorial took Grassley to task for demurring on the question of the acceptability of Trump’s insistence that a judge of Latino descent could not oversee the multi-state fraud suit against Trump University without bias. On Monday, Grassley showed little concern over Trump’s statements, telling Roll Call that “the president is only one-half of the process, and the Senate’s the other half. And we’re a check on the president.” | |
| “But what sort of a check would Sen. Grassley be as head of the Senate Judiciary Committee?” the editorial asked. “Just how diligent would our senator be in reviewing the nominees chosen by a man who has categorized Mexican immigrants as rapists and who initially refused to disavow support from white supremacists?” | |
| Grassley continued defense of Trump in an interview with the Des Moines Register this morning, equating Trump’s attack on Curiel’s “Mexican heritage” with an assertion by then-appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor in a 2001 speech that “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” | |
| Grassley said he had not heard “any criticism of that sort of comment by a justice of the Supreme Court.” | |
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| Hillary Clinton may have locked up the Democratic presidential nomination - although yes, commenters, it’s still technically possible that superdelegates may flee her en masse - but, in an ironic callback to her own defeat in 2008, the former secretary of state faces an uphill climb in unifying the party after a contentious primary season. | Hillary Clinton may have locked up the Democratic presidential nomination - although yes, commenters, it’s still technically possible that superdelegates may flee her en masse - but, in an ironic callback to her own defeat in 2008, the former secretary of state faces an uphill climb in unifying the party after a contentious primary season. |
| Supporters of Vermont senator Bernie Sanders have vowed for months to never support Clinton as the nominee, threatening to support a third-party candidate, to pull the lever for Donald Trump or to stay home on Election Day altogether. (Trump, for his part, welcomes disaffected Sanders supporters “with open arms.”) | Supporters of Vermont senator Bernie Sanders have vowed for months to never support Clinton as the nominee, threatening to support a third-party candidate, to pull the lever for Donald Trump or to stay home on Election Day altogether. (Trump, for his part, welcomes disaffected Sanders supporters “with open arms.”) |
| But at least some who felt the Bern during the primary are making a more pragmatic choice - including some of Sanders’ most high-profile fans. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt - the cute one from Inception - posted this afternoon on Facebook that although he was excited to support Sanders in the Democratic primary, “Trump is scary.” | But at least some who felt the Bern during the primary are making a more pragmatic choice - including some of Sanders’ most high-profile fans. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt - the cute one from Inception - posted this afternoon on Facebook that although he was excited to support Sanders in the Democratic primary, “Trump is scary.” |
| Although in a subsequent post, Gordon-Levitt called Clinton “scary in ways,” the actor said that #NeverTrump trumps #NeverHillary. | Although in a subsequent post, Gordon-Levitt called Clinton “scary in ways,” the actor said that #NeverTrump trumps #NeverHillary. |
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| Trump backs away from plan to raise $1bn | Trump backs away from plan to raise $1bn |
| Two weeks after the Donald Trump campaign made a deal with the Republican national committee to help raise money for state parties, and about a month after Trump hired a Hollywood hedge-funder to “create a world-class finance organization”, Trump says he does not need to raise that much money after all, because he can get on TV anytime he wants. | Two weeks after the Donald Trump campaign made a deal with the Republican national committee to help raise money for state parties, and about a month after Trump hired a Hollywood hedge-funder to “create a world-class finance organization”, Trump says he does not need to raise that much money after all, because he can get on TV anytime he wants. |
| Trump on fundraising goalsMay 10: “I think we’ll raise $1 billion."Today: "There’s no reason to raise that."https://t.co/CJuGXjqaua | Trump on fundraising goalsMay 10: “I think we’ll raise $1 billion."Today: "There’s no reason to raise that."https://t.co/CJuGXjqaua |
| The candidate told Bloomberg news that he did not need “nearly as much money as other people need.” Other people meaning, it would seem, Hillary Clinton, who is by some counts on track to raise a billion dollars and who picked up an endorsement Wednesday from megabucks donor Tom Steyer. | The candidate told Bloomberg news that he did not need “nearly as much money as other people need.” Other people meaning, it would seem, Hillary Clinton, who is by some counts on track to raise a billion dollars and who picked up an endorsement Wednesday from megabucks donor Tom Steyer. |
| Trump on fundraising: I get so much publicity, "there's no reason to raise" $1 billion. https://t.co/7yw3wdWZVh pic.twitter.com/5edMHOvyXQ | Trump on fundraising: I get so much publicity, "there's no reason to raise" $1 billion. https://t.co/7yw3wdWZVh pic.twitter.com/5edMHOvyXQ |
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| Release of Clinton emails may have compromised CIA names – experts | Release of Clinton emails may have compromised CIA names – experts |
| The names of CIA personnel could have been compromised in the hypothetical instance that hackers who’d accessed Hillary Clinton’s private computer server cross-checked certain emails with redacted versions released by the state department, the Associated Press reports, citing security experts. | The names of CIA personnel could have been compromised in the hypothetical instance that hackers who’d accessed Hillary Clinton’s private computer server cross-checked certain emails with redacted versions released by the state department, the Associated Press reports, citing security experts. |
| “Classification experts seem to have inadvertently provided a key to anyone who has the originals,” the report says. | “Classification experts seem to have inadvertently provided a key to anyone who has the originals,” the report says. |
| It works like this: the redacted versions of the emails in “at least 47” cases “contain the notation ‘B3 CIA PERS/ORG,’ which indicates the material referred to CIA personnel or matters related to the agency.” Hackers in possession of the originals could compare the two sets of documents and match names with the “CIA PERS” notation, outing CIA personnel. | It works like this: the redacted versions of the emails in “at least 47” cases “contain the notation ‘B3 CIA PERS/ORG,’ which indicates the material referred to CIA personnel or matters related to the agency.” Hackers in possession of the originals could compare the two sets of documents and match names with the “CIA PERS” notation, outing CIA personnel. |
| The CIA declined to comment. | The CIA declined to comment. |
| A U.S. official said the risk of the names of CIA personnel being revealed in this way is “theoretical and probably remains so at this time.” | A U.S. official said the risk of the names of CIA personnel being revealed in this way is “theoretical and probably remains so at this time.” |
| Read the full story here. | Read the full story here. |
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| Cornel West, one of Sanders’ picks to sit on the platform committee for the Democratic national convention, says dropping out is Sanders’ choice: | Cornel West, one of Sanders’ picks to sit on the platform committee for the Democratic national convention, says dropping out is Sanders’ choice: |
| Cornel West tells @aseitzwald that Sanders has "up, up, uphill struggle" & dropping out is his "brother's choice." pic.twitter.com/XMBJ5OzSOH | Cornel West tells @aseitzwald that Sanders has "up, up, uphill struggle" & dropping out is his "brother's choice." pic.twitter.com/XMBJ5OzSOH |
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| Sanders email: 'the struggle continues' | Sanders email: 'the struggle continues' |
| The Bernie Sanders camp sends out a fundraiser email highlighting (bold-facing actually) a line from the candidate’s speech last night: | The Bernie Sanders camp sends out a fundraiser email highlighting (bold-facing actually) a line from the candidate’s speech last night: |
| The struggle continues. We are going to fight for every vote in Tuesday’sprimary in Washington, DC, and then we will bring our political revolution to the Democratic convention in Philadelphia. | The struggle continues. We are going to fight for every vote in Tuesday’sprimary in Washington, DC, and then we will bring our political revolution to the Democratic convention in Philadelphia. |
| I am pretty good at arithmetic, and I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight, but we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate we can get. | I am pretty good at arithmetic, and I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight, but we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate we can get. |
| But you know that what we are doing is about more than Bernie Sanders. It is all of us together. It is what this movement is about. It is millions of people from coast to coast standing up and looking around them and knowing that we can do much, much better as a nation. | But you know that what we are doing is about more than Bernie Sanders. It is all of us together. It is what this movement is about. It is millions of people from coast to coast standing up and looking around them and knowing that we can do much, much better as a nation. |
| Congratulations @HillaryClinton & all her supporters on your Historical win. My Sanders family, let's keep pushing our Progressive values! | Congratulations @HillaryClinton & all her supporters on your Historical win. My Sanders family, let's keep pushing our Progressive values! |
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| Trump hits the money trail | Trump hits the money trail |
| Donald Trump will attend “a high-priced fundraiser in Boston on Monday”, the Boston Herald reports. Tickets for the event, at Langham Hotel, will start at $2,700 per person. | Donald Trump will attend “a high-priced fundraiser in Boston on Monday”, the Boston Herald reports. Tickets for the event, at Langham Hotel, will start at $2,700 per person. |
| In addition to Boston, Trump plans at least five fundraisers in the coming weeks, according to the Associated Press: a June 16 event in Dallas, a June 17 lunch in San Antonio and a June 18 event in Houston. The following week, Trump and his Republican allies will raise money in his hometown of New York City. | In addition to Boston, Trump plans at least five fundraisers in the coming weeks, according to the Associated Press: a June 16 event in Dallas, a June 17 lunch in San Antonio and a June 18 event in Houston. The following week, Trump and his Republican allies will raise money in his hometown of New York City. |
| CBS confirms Trump to meet w/ donors tomorrow at Four Seasons in NY. Reince Priebus will be there. | CBS confirms Trump to meet w/ donors tomorrow at Four Seasons in NY. Reince Priebus will be there. |
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| Grassley invokes Sotomayor 'wise Latina' comment to defend Trump | Grassley invokes Sotomayor 'wise Latina' comment to defend Trump |
| Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the judiciary committee, has not displayed much discomfort with Trump’s remarks about judge Gonzalo Curiel. “I would not say what Trump said,” Grassley said. | Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the judiciary committee, has not displayed much discomfort with Trump’s remarks about judge Gonzalo Curiel. “I would not say what Trump said,” Grassley said. |
| But Grassley advanced his defense of Trump in an interview with the Des Moines Register, from his home state of Iowa, on Wednesday. Grassley equated Trump’s attack on Curiel’s “Mexican heritage” with an assertion by then-appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor in a 2001 speech that “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” Sotomayor has been a Supreme Court justice since 2009. | But Grassley advanced his defense of Trump in an interview with the Des Moines Register, from his home state of Iowa, on Wednesday. Grassley equated Trump’s attack on Curiel’s “Mexican heritage” with an assertion by then-appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor in a 2001 speech that “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” Sotomayor has been a Supreme Court justice since 2009. |
| Grassley said he had not heard “any criticism of that sort of comment by a justice of the Supreme Court”. | Grassley said he had not heard “any criticism of that sort of comment by a justice of the Supreme Court”. |
| . @ChuckGrassley: Donald Trump's remarks on Judge Curiel are equivalent to Justice Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment pic.twitter.com/YgzAw3qxWY | . @ChuckGrassley: Donald Trump's remarks on Judge Curiel are equivalent to Justice Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment pic.twitter.com/YgzAw3qxWY |
| Poor analogy. Sotomayor was saying diversity can bring different perspective, not that a white man can't do the job. https://t.co/8RZbCpdJDT | Poor analogy. Sotomayor was saying diversity can bring different perspective, not that a white man can't do the job. https://t.co/8RZbCpdJDT |
| The Register is unhappy with Grassley for, most lately, declining to hold a hearing on the nomination of Merrick Garland to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. A DMR editorial today concludes: “when it comes to Donald Trump, there are invertebrates that have shown more spine than Sen. Charles Grassley.” | The Register is unhappy with Grassley for, most lately, declining to hold a hearing on the nomination of Merrick Garland to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. A DMR editorial today concludes: “when it comes to Donald Trump, there are invertebrates that have shown more spine than Sen. Charles Grassley.” |
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| Majority of Americans found Trump's attack on judge racist – poll | Majority of Americans found Trump's attack on judge racist – poll |
| A YouGov poll finds that a 51% majority of Americans think Donald Trump’s comments about judge Gonzalo Curiel were racist. | A YouGov poll finds that a 51% majority of Americans think Donald Trump’s comments about judge Gonzalo Curiel were racist. |
| That includes 22% of Republicans: | That includes 22% of Republicans: |
| YouGov poll: Were Trump’s judge comments racist?ALL: 51% yes, 32% noGOP 22% yes, 65% nohttps://t.co/P3tmBbkrtS pic.twitter.com/5YKmUjQBTl | YouGov poll: Were Trump’s judge comments racist?ALL: 51% yes, 32% noGOP 22% yes, 65% nohttps://t.co/P3tmBbkrtS pic.twitter.com/5YKmUjQBTl |
| (h/t @bencjacobs) | (h/t @bencjacobs) |
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| Gingrich: Trump an 'absurd amateur' | Gingrich: Trump an 'absurd amateur' |
| After becoming an enthusiastic early boarder of the Trump train, former House speaker Newt Gingrich appears to be going through a period of disillusionment, following Trump’s controversial objections to a judge’s “Mexican heritage”. | After becoming an enthusiastic early boarder of the Trump train, former House speaker Newt Gingrich appears to be going through a period of disillusionment, following Trump’s controversial objections to a judge’s “Mexican heritage”. |
| At the weekend, Gingrich called Trump’s judge attack a “mistake” and “inexcusable”. Trump then hit back that Gingrich’s criticism was “inappropriate”. At which Gingrich, on Monday, reversed himself a bit, telling the Washington Post that Trump was “going to be fine as a candidate” and “He is learning very rapidly.” | At the weekend, Gingrich called Trump’s judge attack a “mistake” and “inexcusable”. Trump then hit back that Gingrich’s criticism was “inappropriate”. At which Gingrich, on Monday, reversed himself a bit, telling the Washington Post that Trump was “going to be fine as a candidate” and “He is learning very rapidly.” |
| Now Gingrich is back to “stupid” and “amateur”, Statnews reports: | Now Gingrich is back to “stupid” and “amateur”, Statnews reports: |
| .@newtgingrich: Trump “made a really stupid mistake last week, and it took him about 3 days to learn.” Calls Trump an “absurd amateur.” | .@newtgingrich: Trump “made a really stupid mistake last week, and it took him about 3 days to learn.” Calls Trump an “absurd amateur.” |
| UPDATE: Gingrich says he has been misquoted: | UPDATE: Gingrich says he has been misquoted: |
| Totally misleading report about my talk at Bio this morning. In 90 minute dialogue made clear Trump is learning, a gifted amateur, will win | Totally misleading report about my talk at Bio this morning. In 90 minute dialogue made clear Trump is learning, a gifted amateur, will win |
| UPDATE 2: StatNews’ Rebecca Robbins posts a transcript of Gingrich’s remarks in which he says “You have a Trump – this absurd amateur.” | UPDATE 2: StatNews’ Rebecca Robbins posts a transcript of Gingrich’s remarks in which he says “You have a Trump – this absurd amateur.” |
| Full transcript of segment of @newtgingrich remarks about Trump at #BIO2016 panel this AM. https://t.co/xteZIL70Nj pic.twitter.com/UIsFek9tSC | Full transcript of segment of @newtgingrich remarks about Trump at #BIO2016 panel this AM. https://t.co/xteZIL70Nj pic.twitter.com/UIsFek9tSC |
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| Biden on Sanders: 'give him time' | Biden on Sanders: 'give him time' |
| Vice President Joe Biden says it’s up to Bernie Sanders to decide when to end his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, AP reports: | Vice President Joe Biden says it’s up to Bernie Sanders to decide when to end his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, AP reports: |
| Asked Wednesday if it was time for the Vermont senator to halt his effort, Biden said: “Oh, let him make that decision. Give him time.” | Asked Wednesday if it was time for the Vermont senator to halt his effort, Biden said: “Oh, let him make that decision. Give him time.” |
| Asked how much time Sanders should have to make that decision, Biden said, “I’m being graceful.” | Asked how much time Sanders should have to make that decision, Biden said, “I’m being graceful.” |
| The AP is tracking Democrats on Capitol Hill who are calling explicitly for Sanders’ exit: | The AP is tracking Democrats on Capitol Hill who are calling explicitly for Sanders’ exit: |
| Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said Wednesday that Sanders should “stand down.” Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania said Democrats must “come together and unify.” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire said Hillary Clinton’s nomination was historic and she would like to see Sanders wind down his candidacy sooner rather than later. | Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said Wednesday that Sanders should “stand down.” Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania said Democrats must “come together and unify.” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire said Hillary Clinton’s nomination was historic and she would like to see Sanders wind down his candidacy sooner rather than later. |
| Update: congratulations for Clinton from Sanders’ sole endorser in the Senate: | Update: congratulations for Clinton from Sanders’ sole endorser in the Senate: |
| Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Sanders endorser, congratulates HRC for winning the nomination at the top of his remarks on toxic chemical reform bill | Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Sanders endorser, congratulates HRC for winning the nomination at the top of his remarks on toxic chemical reform bill |
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| The head of the largest conservative group in the US Congress, Representative Bill Flores of Texas, said he could not back Republican Donald Trump for president at this time, CNN reported (via Reuters): | The head of the largest conservative group in the US Congress, Representative Bill Flores of Texas, said he could not back Republican Donald Trump for president at this time, CNN reported (via Reuters): |
| Flores, the head of the Republican Study Committee in the House of Representatives, told CNN he was incredibly angry about comments that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee made about U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel. | Flores, the head of the Republican Study Committee in the House of Representatives, told CNN he was incredibly angry about comments that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee made about U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel. |
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| Video highlights from the candidates' rallies | Video highlights from the candidates' rallies |
| In case you didn’t spend your Tuesday night watching it on TV – here are video highlights from the Clinton, Trump and Sanders rallies: | In case you didn’t spend your Tuesday night watching it on TV – here are video highlights from the Clinton, Trump and Sanders rallies: |
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| Ryan to Republicans: 'time to be united' | Ryan to Republicans: 'time to be united' |
| Two days after leading a charge to call out Donald Trump’s remarks about a federal judge as “racist”, House speaker Paul Ryan has urged colleagues in a morning meeting to unite behind Trump, CNN reports. | Two days after leading a charge to call out Donald Trump’s remarks about a federal judge as “racist”, House speaker Paul Ryan has urged colleagues in a morning meeting to unite behind Trump, CNN reports. |
| “They heard the speaker make it pretty clear to them that it’s time to unite behind Donald Trump,” but “he did not specifically urge” lawmakers to unite behind Trump, CNN’s Manu Raju reports: | “They heard the speaker make it pretty clear to them that it’s time to unite behind Donald Trump,” but “he did not specifically urge” lawmakers to unite behind Trump, CNN’s Manu Raju reports: |
| Paul Ryan tells GOP in meeting: It is time to be united. @mkraju reports https://t.co/WIxHOtEITG | Paul Ryan tells GOP in meeting: It is time to be united. @mkraju reports https://t.co/WIxHOtEITG |
| Related: Paul Ryan's right: Donald Trump's comments are racism, pure and simple | Steven W Thrasher | Related: Paul Ryan's right: Donald Trump's comments are racism, pure and simple | Steven W Thrasher |
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