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| Clinton: 'king of debt' Trump would rig economy for Wall Street – campaign live | Clinton: 'king of debt' Trump would rig economy for Wall Street – campaign live |
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| One of the members of Donald Trump’s new evangelical advisory committee was not a big fan of the candidate in November: | |
| Here's a board member of Trump's new evangelical advisory committee (Note: they were not required to endorse him) pic.twitter.com/Bl7g7snu2r | |
| The post has since been deleted. | |
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| A disturbing scene from Donald Trump’s rally in Phoenix, Arizona, where clashes between pro- and anti-Trump protesters devolved to racist attacks by a Trump supporter sporting white-nationalist tattoos. | |
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| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino has more on Hillary Clinton’s economic speech today: | The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino has more on Hillary Clinton’s economic speech today: |
| Hillary Clinton delivered a blistering assault on Donald Trump’s business record on Tuesday, warning that his reckless economic policies would trigger a financial crisis worse than the one in 2008. | Hillary Clinton delivered a blistering assault on Donald Trump’s business record on Tuesday, warning that his reckless economic policies would trigger a financial crisis worse than the one in 2008. |
| Returning to the important swing state of Ohio on Tuesday, Clinton, the Democratic party’s presumptive nominee, castigated Trump for his proposals on trade, taxes and immigration, claiming that his policies, if enacted, would throw the US back into a recession. | Returning to the important swing state of Ohio on Tuesday, Clinton, the Democratic party’s presumptive nominee, castigated Trump for his proposals on trade, taxes and immigration, claiming that his policies, if enacted, would throw the US back into a recession. |
| “You might think that because he has spent his life as a businessman, he’d be better prepared to handle the economy. Well it turns out, he’s dangerous there, too,” Clinton said. | “You might think that because he has spent his life as a businessman, he’d be better prepared to handle the economy. Well it turns out, he’s dangerous there, too,” Clinton said. |
| “Just like he shouldn’t have his finger on the [nuclear] button, he shouldn’t have his hands on our economy.” | “Just like he shouldn’t have his finger on the [nuclear] button, he shouldn’t have his hands on our economy.” |
| To support her claims, Clinton seized on a report released on Monday by Moody’s Analytics that suggested Trump’s economic policies, if enacted, would trigger a “lengthy recession” and lead to the loss of 3.5m jobs. | To support her claims, Clinton seized on a report released on Monday by Moody’s Analytics that suggested Trump’s economic policies, if enacted, would trigger a “lengthy recession” and lead to the loss of 3.5m jobs. |
| “We can’t let him bankrupt America like we’re one of his failed casinos,” Clinton said. “We can’t let him roll the dice with our children’s futures.” | “We can’t let him bankrupt America like we’re one of his failed casinos,” Clinton said. “We can’t let him roll the dice with our children’s futures.” |
| Related: Hillary Clinton says Trump's economic policies will trigger another recession | Related: Hillary Clinton says Trump's economic policies will trigger another recession |
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| Hope Hicks, the 27-year-old press secretary for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, recently got the star treatment in a must-read GQ profile, but it isn’t the first cover story for the Connecticut native and former model. | Hope Hicks, the 27-year-old press secretary for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, recently got the star treatment in a must-read GQ profile, but it isn’t the first cover story for the Connecticut native and former model. |
| As revealed by Cosmopolitan, (bear with us), Hicks was also a cover model for the Gossip Girl spinoff book series The It Girl, gracing the series’ cover as prep-school prima donna Jenny Humphrey. | As revealed by Cosmopolitan, (bear with us), Hicks was also a cover model for the Gossip Girl spinoff book series The It Girl, gracing the series’ cover as prep-school prima donna Jenny Humphrey. |
| Hope Hicks at 27: Donald Trump's press secretaryHope Hicks at 16: 'Gossip Girl' Jenny Humphrey pic.twitter.com/k66D4WqtkF | Hope Hicks at 27: Donald Trump's press secretaryHope Hicks at 16: 'Gossip Girl' Jenny Humphrey pic.twitter.com/k66D4WqtkF |
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| In an email addressed to “Friend,” Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has put out a personal(ish) ask for money on behalf of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton - a big indicator that Clinton sees the progressive darling as a powerful asset to her general election campaign. | In an email addressed to “Friend,” Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has put out a personal(ish) ask for money on behalf of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton - a big indicator that Clinton sees the progressive darling as a powerful asset to her general election campaign. |
| “For 25 years, she’s been on the receiving end of attack after attack,” Warren wrote of Clinton. “She didn’t whimper. She didn’t whine. She’s always fought back with grace and determination – and no matter how many punches she took, each time she came out fighting stronger.” | “For 25 years, she’s been on the receiving end of attack after attack,” Warren wrote of Clinton. “She didn’t whimper. She didn’t whine. She’s always fought back with grace and determination – and no matter how many punches she took, each time she came out fighting stronger.” |
| Calling Clinton “a fighter” who will take on Wall Street, student-loan debt and fight for minority rights, Warren highlights Clinton’s “progressive agenda” in a likely bid to warm the left wing of the Democratic party to the candidate, after a bitter primary campaign against democratic socialist Bernie Sanders. | Calling Clinton “a fighter” who will take on Wall Street, student-loan debt and fight for minority rights, Warren highlights Clinton’s “progressive agenda” in a likely bid to warm the left wing of the Democratic party to the candidate, after a bitter primary campaign against democratic socialist Bernie Sanders. |
| As Warren has done on numerous occasions, the email ends with a broadside against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who Warren states has “built his campaign on racism, sexism, and xenophobia.” | As Warren has done on numerous occasions, the email ends with a broadside against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who Warren states has “built his campaign on racism, sexism, and xenophobia.” |
| Decrying Trump as “a small, insecure, moneygrubbing bully who doesn’t care who gets hurt, so long as he makes a buck off it,” Warren juxtaposes Clinton, who is “smart as a whip, and she’s a tough cookie.” | Decrying Trump as “a small, insecure, moneygrubbing bully who doesn’t care who gets hurt, so long as he makes a buck off it,” Warren juxtaposes Clinton, who is “smart as a whip, and she’s a tough cookie.” |
| Not unrelatedly, the Associated Press reports that Warren is one of the few potential running mates who has been moved into full vetting mode. | Not unrelatedly, the Associated Press reports that Warren is one of the few potential running mates who has been moved into full vetting mode. |
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| Film star Salma Hayek wondered what would happen if Donald Trump had Latino heritage. The results are... a little eerie: | Film star Salma Hayek wondered what would happen if Donald Trump had Latino heritage. The results are... a little eerie: |
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| Clinton Foundation breached by hackers – report | Clinton Foundation breached by hackers – report |
| Bloomberg reports that the Russia-linked hackers behind an attack on the Democratic National Committee also targeted the Clinton Foundation, according to “three people familiar with the matter”: | Bloomberg reports that the Russia-linked hackers behind an attack on the Democratic National Committee also targeted the Clinton Foundation, according to “three people familiar with the matter”: |
| The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation was among the organizations breached by suspected Russian hackers in a dragnet of the U.S. political apparatus ahead of the November election, according to three people familiar with the matter. | The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation was among the organizations breached by suspected Russian hackers in a dragnet of the U.S. political apparatus ahead of the November election, according to three people familiar with the matter. |
| The attacks on the foundation’s network, as well as those of the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, compound concerns about her digital security even as the FBI continues to investigate her use of a personal e-mail server while she was secretary of state. | The attacks on the foundation’s network, as well as those of the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, compound concerns about her digital security even as the FBI continues to investigate her use of a personal e-mail server while she was secretary of state. |
| A spokesman for the foundation told Bloomberg that he wasn’t aware of any breach. It’s unclear what the hackers may have accessed. Opposition research on Donald Trump was removed in the attack on the DNC. | A spokesman for the foundation told Bloomberg that he wasn’t aware of any breach. It’s unclear what the hackers may have accessed. Opposition research on Donald Trump was removed in the attack on the DNC. |
| These hacks are (as far as we know) separate from concerns about possible hacker attacks on the private email server Clinton used as secretary of state, an arrangement that is the subject of an FBI investigation. “The FBI has been careful to keep [the Clinton Foundation] investigation separate from the review of Clinton’s use of private e-mail, using separate investigators, according to the person briefed on the matter,” Bloomberg says. | These hacks are (as far as we know) separate from concerns about possible hacker attacks on the private email server Clinton used as secretary of state, an arrangement that is the subject of an FBI investigation. “The FBI has been careful to keep [the Clinton Foundation] investigation separate from the review of Clinton’s use of private e-mail, using separate investigators, according to the person briefed on the matter,” Bloomberg says. |
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| After a poll last week showed Hillary Clinton neck-and-neck with Donald Trump in Utah – which John McCain won by about 30 points and favorite son Mitt Romney won by about 50 – a new poll, proudly disseminated on social media by the Trump campaign’s director of social media, shows Trump nudging into the lead: | After a poll last week showed Hillary Clinton neck-and-neck with Donald Trump in Utah – which John McCain won by about 30 points and favorite son Mitt Romney won by about 50 – a new poll, proudly disseminated on social media by the Trump campaign’s director of social media, shows Trump nudging into the lead: |
| .@realDonaldTrump +9% UTAH#Trump2016 #AmericaFirsthttps://t.co/aBdXl5WLdP pic.twitter.com/XeFStRsniY | .@realDonaldTrump +9% UTAH#Trump2016 #AmericaFirsthttps://t.co/aBdXl5WLdP pic.twitter.com/XeFStRsniY |
| Is this the first time any Republican campaign has ever bragged about getting 36% of the vote in Utah? https://t.co/aRAStYUwf2 | Is this the first time any Republican campaign has ever bragged about getting 36% of the vote in Utah? https://t.co/aRAStYUwf2 |
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| A neighbor of Donald Trump’s golf course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has hoisted a Mexican flag to protest the candidate’s views on immigration, the Scotland Herald reports: | A neighbor of Donald Trump’s golf course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has hoisted a Mexican flag to protest the candidate’s views on immigration, the Scotland Herald reports: |
| David Milne, whose land is surrounded by Mr Trump’s golf course at Menie, said he raised the banner in support of those who had been “intimidated and insulted” by the Republican presidential candidate. | David Milne, whose land is surrounded by Mr Trump’s golf course at Menie, said he raised the banner in support of those who had been “intimidated and insulted” by the Republican presidential candidate. |
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| In light of the latest FEC filings, Commentary editor John Podhoretz takes Trump to task for failing to perform the humdrum hard campaign work of making calls to raise money and taking calls to raise money and speaking in living rooms to raise money and attending dinners and cocktail receptions to raise money. Key bit: | In light of the latest FEC filings, Commentary editor John Podhoretz takes Trump to task for failing to perform the humdrum hard campaign work of making calls to raise money and taking calls to raise money and speaking in living rooms to raise money and attending dinners and cocktail receptions to raise money. Key bit: |
| Trump’s decision to sit in his skivvies in Trump Tower and phone into the Fox News Channel when he’s not on the road at big rallies making jokes about how Elizabeth Warren is or is not Pocahontas is, to people who take the art of practical politics seriously, definitive proof that he is a dilettante who has managed to bluff his way into the highest-stakes political game in the world. | Trump’s decision to sit in his skivvies in Trump Tower and phone into the Fox News Channel when he’s not on the road at big rallies making jokes about how Elizabeth Warren is or is not Pocahontas is, to people who take the art of practical politics seriously, definitive proof that he is a dilettante who has managed to bluff his way into the highest-stakes political game in the world. |
| Podhoretz’s conclusion: “These numbers are so disastrous that they mean it would be nothing less than malpractice for Republican delegates not to consider seriously the possibility of ditching Trump at the convention.” Read the full piece here. | Podhoretz’s conclusion: “These numbers are so disastrous that they mean it would be nothing less than malpractice for Republican delegates not to consider seriously the possibility of ditching Trump at the convention.” Read the full piece here. |
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| Trump questions Clinton's religion | Trump questions Clinton's religion |
| In a talk before evangelical leaders in New York Tuesday, Donald Trump questioned Hillary Clinton’s faith, asserting that voters don’t know “anything about Hillary in terms of religion” despite a long public record of Clinton’s adherence to Methodism (see for example this report from June 2007). | In a talk before evangelical leaders in New York Tuesday, Donald Trump questioned Hillary Clinton’s faith, asserting that voters don’t know “anything about Hillary in terms of religion” despite a long public record of Clinton’s adherence to Methodism (see for example this report from June 2007). |
| “And she’s been in the public eye for years and years, and yet there’s no, there’s nothing out there,” Trump said, according to remarks taped and posted online by conservative faith leader EW Jackson. “There’s like nothing out there.” | “And she’s been in the public eye for years and years, and yet there’s no, there’s nothing out there,” Trump said, according to remarks taped and posted online by conservative faith leader EW Jackson. “There’s like nothing out there.” |
| Trump went on to say that politicians “ are selling Christianity down the tubes”. | Trump went on to say that politicians “ are selling Christianity down the tubes”. |
| Our leaders are "selling Christianity down the tubes" #ConversationWithTrump pic.twitter.com/55PBY26aAv | Our leaders are "selling Christianity down the tubes" #ConversationWithTrump pic.twitter.com/55PBY26aAv |
| Trump sent an email Monday afternoon announcing a new group of advisers “on those issues important to Evangelicals and other people of faith in America.” Advisers include Michele Bachmann, James Dobson, Jerry Falwell Jr. and Ralph Reed. | Trump sent an email Monday afternoon announcing a new group of advisers “on those issues important to Evangelicals and other people of faith in America.” Advisers include Michele Bachmann, James Dobson, Jerry Falwell Jr. and Ralph Reed. |
| (h/t: @bencjacobs) | (h/t: @bencjacobs) |
| Update: Revealed: Clinton on faith: | Update: Revealed: Clinton on faith: |
| Hillary Clinton talked faith w/ me in January: "My faith is a central part of who I am." https://t.co/Y5xZxhI8ng pic.twitter.com/kj90VlSGbA | Hillary Clinton talked faith w/ me in January: "My faith is a central part of who I am." https://t.co/Y5xZxhI8ng pic.twitter.com/kj90VlSGbA |
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| The most popular candidate? Bernie Sanders, in poll | The most popular candidate? Bernie Sanders, in poll |
| Mona Chalabi | Mona Chalabi |
| The topline findings from a poll released today by CNN/ORC aren’t all that surprising - Hillary Clinton has 47% of the vote while Donald Trump has 42%, figures that are broadly in line with polling averages right now, writes Guardian US data editor Mona Chalabi: | The topline findings from a poll released today by CNN/ORC aren’t all that surprising - Hillary Clinton has 47% of the vote while Donald Trump has 42%, figures that are broadly in line with polling averages right now, writes Guardian US data editor Mona Chalabi: |
| But because the survey put so many questions to the 1,001 respondents they spoke to between June 16 and 19, there are lots of interesting nuggets of information that might shed light on what the US electorate is thinking right now. | But because the survey put so many questions to the 1,001 respondents they spoke to between June 16 and 19, there are lots of interesting nuggets of information that might shed light on what the US electorate is thinking right now. |
| Of course, this is only one poll (albeit one from a pretty respected polling company) so these numbers should be treated with caution, especially because we’re still months away from election day. But here are seven things that stood out from the report: | Of course, this is only one poll (albeit one from a pretty respected polling company) so these numbers should be treated with caution, especially because we’re still months away from election day. But here are seven things that stood out from the report: |
| While 71% of non-white voters said they would support Clinton, 51% of white voters said they were planning to vote for Trump. And those who were under 45 were much more likely to say they’d choose Clinton (49%) over Trump (34%). | While 71% of non-white voters said they would support Clinton, 51% of white voters said they were planning to vote for Trump. And those who were under 45 were much more likely to say they’d choose Clinton (49%) over Trump (34%). |
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| Trump tweets attacks on Clinton | Trump tweets attacks on Clinton |
| In what could be a preview of his speech tomorrow on the failings of Hillary Clinton, Trump is tweeting attacks on Clinton over her legacy as secretary of state, donations made to the Clinton Foundation and, inevitably, Benghazi. | In what could be a preview of his speech tomorrow on the failings of Hillary Clinton, Trump is tweeting attacks on Clinton over her legacy as secretary of state, donations made to the Clinton Foundation and, inevitably, Benghazi. |
| The tweets lack Trump’s distinct diction, punctuation, tone. They’re flat, declarative and on-point. More effective this way? | The tweets lack Trump’s distinct diction, punctuation, tone. They’re flat, declarative and on-point. More effective this way? |
| Hillary took money and did favors for regimes that enslave women and murder gays. | Hillary took money and did favors for regimes that enslave women and murder gays. |
| If you want to know about Hillary Clinton’s honesty & judgment, ask the family of Ambassador Stevens. | If you want to know about Hillary Clinton’s honesty & judgment, ask the family of Ambassador Stevens. |
| Hillary defrauded America as Secy of State. She used it as a personal hedge fund to get herself rich! Corrupt, dangerous, dishonest. | Hillary defrauded America as Secy of State. She used it as a personal hedge fund to get herself rich! Corrupt, dangerous, dishonest. |
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| Trump camp tries new tactic: rapid response | Trump camp tries new tactic: rapid response |
| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| Trump’s campaign seems to be already shifting gears in the day since campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was fired, writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs: | Trump’s campaign seems to be already shifting gears in the day since campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was fired, writes Guardian politics reporter Ben Jacobs: |
| During Hillary Clinton’s economic speech Tuesday afternoon, the presumptive Republican nominee sent out over a half-dozen rapid response emails, blasting “the catastrophic economic record under Clinton-Obama policies” and labeling his opponent “unstable, erratic, violent.” | During Hillary Clinton’s economic speech Tuesday afternoon, the presumptive Republican nominee sent out over a half-dozen rapid response emails, blasting “the catastrophic economic record under Clinton-Obama policies” and labeling his opponent “unstable, erratic, violent.” |
| While rapid response emails are a traditional tool used by communications staffers on presidential campaigns to blast out their message to reporters, it is one that Trump’s campaign had never before used until Tuesday. | While rapid response emails are a traditional tool used by communications staffers on presidential campaigns to blast out their message to reporters, it is one that Trump’s campaign had never before used until Tuesday. |
| Hillary Clinton attacked Donald Trump on the economy, and Trump responded with seven rapid-response emails. pic.twitter.com/oXEEMehgvE | Hillary Clinton attacked Donald Trump on the economy, and Trump responded with seven rapid-response emails. pic.twitter.com/oXEEMehgvE |
| Punctuation pivot https://t.co/0OAoP7393L | Punctuation pivot https://t.co/0OAoP7393L |
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