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| Hillary Clinton lays out economic plan in contrast to Trump – campaign live | Hillary Clinton lays out economic plan in contrast to Trump – campaign live |
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| Nancy Pelosi calls DNC email breach 'an electronic Watergate' | |
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| Tim Hill | Tim Hill |
| Geno Auriemma, the US women’s basketball coach, isn’t going to start apologizing for his team being so good. | Geno Auriemma, the US women’s basketball coach, isn’t going to start apologizing for his team being so good. |
| USA have been stung by some criticism that their dominant displays have been bad for the women’s good, but Auriemma pointed out that the US men’s team hasn’t been subjected to the same kind of scrutiny. A double standard? | USA have been stung by some criticism that their dominant displays have been bad for the women’s good, but Auriemma pointed out that the US men’s team hasn’t been subjected to the same kind of scrutiny. A double standard? |
| Auriemma said: “We live in that Trumpian era where it’s OK to be sexist and degrade people that are good, just because they’re the opposite sex. | Auriemma said: “We live in that Trumpian era where it’s OK to be sexist and degrade people that are good, just because they’re the opposite sex. |
| “We are what we are,” he said. “We’re never going to apologize for being that good. We’re never going to apologize for setting a standard that other people aspire to achieve. We got a guy in the pool with a USA swim cap on who nobody can beat. And if he wasn’t in swimming, there would be a lot of other guys with gold medals. | “We are what we are,” he said. “We’re never going to apologize for being that good. We’re never going to apologize for setting a standard that other people aspire to achieve. We got a guy in the pool with a USA swim cap on who nobody can beat. And if he wasn’t in swimming, there would be a lot of other guys with gold medals. |
| Related: US women's basketball coach: 'We're in a Trumpian era where it's OK to be sexist' | Related: US women's basketball coach: 'We're in a Trumpian era where it's OK to be sexist' |
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| Video: Donald Trump calls Hillary Clinton the “MVP of Isis.” | Video: Donald Trump calls Hillary Clinton the “MVP of Isis.” |
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| Donald Trump, to pastors: | Donald Trump, to pastors: |
| Pray for me - I pray for you. | Pray for me - I pray for you. |
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| Donald Trump quadruples down on remarks he made last night in which he called President Barack Obama the “founder of Isis” at the American Renewal Project’s Pastors and Pews meeting, telling the audience three times that Obama and Hillary Clinton co-founded the terrorist network. | Donald Trump quadruples down on remarks he made last night in which he called President Barack Obama the “founder of Isis” at the American Renewal Project’s Pastors and Pews meeting, telling the audience three times that Obama and Hillary Clinton co-founded the terrorist network. |
| “Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton: these are the founders of Isis. These are the founders of Isis, because of bad judgment. These are the founders of Isis,” Trump said, to a muted crowd. | “Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton: these are the founders of Isis. These are the founders of Isis, because of bad judgment. These are the founders of Isis,” Trump said, to a muted crowd. |
| “They get the most valuable player award - Isis is going to present them with the most valuable player award, like in high school. Most valuable player. You know, these are bad people, with bad judgment, and at the top we have an incompetent leader,” Trump says. | “They get the most valuable player award - Isis is going to present them with the most valuable player award, like in high school. Most valuable player. You know, these are bad people, with bad judgment, and at the top we have an incompetent leader,” Trump says. |
| Trump’s remarks about Isis came while he is still dealing with backlash from his hint that gun rights supporters might attack Clinton, something that seemed to cause genuine shock in a country that has grown used to Trump pushing the boundaries of appropriate political discourse. On Thursday, Patti Davis, the daughter of late Republican former president Ronald Reagan, joined his critics to lambast him for what she called a “glib and horrifying comment”. | Trump’s remarks about Isis came while he is still dealing with backlash from his hint that gun rights supporters might attack Clinton, something that seemed to cause genuine shock in a country that has grown used to Trump pushing the boundaries of appropriate political discourse. On Thursday, Patti Davis, the daughter of late Republican former president Ronald Reagan, joined his critics to lambast him for what she called a “glib and horrifying comment”. |
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| “I’m going to figure out a way to give you back your freedom of speech, that was taken away!” Donald Trump says, of the revocation of tax-exemption for churches that engage in direct political action. “We’re gonna get your voice back - we’re gonna get it back.” | “I’m going to figure out a way to give you back your freedom of speech, that was taken away!” Donald Trump says, of the revocation of tax-exemption for churches that engage in direct political action. “We’re gonna get your voice back - we’re gonna get it back.” |
| “This will be so great for religion, but it will be so great for the evangelicals, for the pastors, for the ministers, for America” Trump continues. “They took away your voice! They took away the voice of great people.” | “This will be so great for religion, but it will be so great for the evangelicals, for the pastors, for the ministers, for America” Trump continues. “They took away your voice! They took away the voice of great people.” |
| “It’s not like they took away a bad voice, an evil voice - they took it away.” | “It’s not like they took away a bad voice, an evil voice - they took it away.” |
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| Donald Trump, speaking at a Pastors and Pews meeting at the American Renewal Project, just told the room of pastors and ministers that he has decided to ditch his prepared remarks on the teleprompter because “it was boring.” | Donald Trump, speaking at a Pastors and Pews meeting at the American Renewal Project, just told the room of pastors and ministers that he has decided to ditch his prepared remarks on the teleprompter because “it was boring.” |
| Saddle up, folks. | Saddle up, folks. |
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| Donald Trump speaks at ministers' convention | Donald Trump speaks at ministers' convention |
| Donald Trump is speaking in Orlando at the American Renewal Project - watch it live here: | Donald Trump is speaking in Orlando at the American Renewal Project - watch it live here: |
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| After sharp criticism for the creation of an economic advisory council composed of 13 white men - six of whom were named “Steve” - Donald Trump’s campaign has announced the addition of nine more people to the council, eight of whom are women: | After sharp criticism for the creation of an economic advisory council composed of 13 white men - six of whom were named “Steve” - Donald Trump’s campaign has announced the addition of nine more people to the council, eight of whom are women: |
| After Trump’s initial list was released, opponent Hillary Clinton lambasted the council as showing Trump’s lack of emphasis on the economic struggles of women: “Well, so today in Detroit he’s got, oh, I don’t know, a dozen or so economic advisers he just named, hedge fund guys, billionaire guys, six guys named Steve, apparently.” | After Trump’s initial list was released, opponent Hillary Clinton lambasted the council as showing Trump’s lack of emphasis on the economic struggles of women: “Well, so today in Detroit he’s got, oh, I don’t know, a dozen or so economic advisers he just named, hedge fund guys, billionaire guys, six guys named Steve, apparently.” |
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| Before Donald Trump addresses the American Renewal Project, a Christian organization for pastors and ministers, a rapper spit rhymes about abortion. | Before Donald Trump addresses the American Renewal Project, a Christian organization for pastors and ministers, a rapper spit rhymes about abortion. |
| Between speakers, a man performs l rap abt abortion at American Renewal Project meeting. Trump speaks here shortly. pic.twitter.com/9M2Aes65g8 | Between speakers, a man performs l rap abt abortion at American Renewal Project meeting. Trump speaks here shortly. pic.twitter.com/9M2Aes65g8 |
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| In closing, Hillary Clinton dismisses the threadbare economic plan proposed by opponent Donald Trump as “just a more extreme version of the failed theory of trickle-down economics” with the inclusion of “outlandish Trumpian ideas” rejected even by his own supporters in the Republican party. | In closing, Hillary Clinton dismisses the threadbare economic plan proposed by opponent Donald Trump as “just a more extreme version of the failed theory of trickle-down economics” with the inclusion of “outlandish Trumpian ideas” rejected even by his own supporters in the Republican party. |
| At the heart of the matter, Clinton says, is an ability to get economic proposals through Congress in the first place. | At the heart of the matter, Clinton says, is an ability to get economic proposals through Congress in the first place. |
| “Who can bring people together to get any of this done?” Clinton asks the audience about her economic plan, before emphasizing her belief in “leadership that rises above personal attacks and name calling, not revels in it. I just don’t think insults and bullying are going to get things done.” | “Who can bring people together to get any of this done?” Clinton asks the audience about her economic plan, before emphasizing her belief in “leadership that rises above personal attacks and name calling, not revels in it. I just don’t think insults and bullying are going to get things done.” |
| “There was a time and Republicans actually worked together - I know that’s true, I did it as first lady, senator and secretary of state!” Clinton says. “We’re gonna get everyone at the table, not just Republicans and Democrats, but businesses and labor unions and experts - and most importantly Americans, like all of you! I think there are a lot of great ideas out in America, and I want you to have a say about your government.” | “There was a time and Republicans actually worked together - I know that’s true, I did it as first lady, senator and secretary of state!” Clinton says. “We’re gonna get everyone at the table, not just Republicans and Democrats, but businesses and labor unions and experts - and most importantly Americans, like all of you! I think there are a lot of great ideas out in America, and I want you to have a say about your government.” |
| “The bottom line is this,” Clinton concludes. “I’m running for president to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top , and based on what we know about the Trump campaign, he wants America to work for him and his wealthy friends.” | “The bottom line is this,” Clinton concludes. “I’m running for president to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top , and based on what we know about the Trump campaign, he wants America to work for him and his wealthy friends.” |
| Trump’s economic plan doesn’t address things like racial inequality, the rising cost of healthcare and prescriptions or the importance of clean energy, Clinton says: It’s “just a more extreme version of the failed theory of trickle-down economics, with his own addition of outlandish Trumpian ideas that even Republicans reject! And as we heard him say at his convention, he may believe that he alone can fix our country, but clearly he doesn’t know the people of Michigan.” | Trump’s economic plan doesn’t address things like racial inequality, the rising cost of healthcare and prescriptions or the importance of clean energy, Clinton says: It’s “just a more extreme version of the failed theory of trickle-down economics, with his own addition of outlandish Trumpian ideas that even Republicans reject! And as we heard him say at his convention, he may believe that he alone can fix our country, but clearly he doesn’t know the people of Michigan.” |
| “There is still a long road ahead, but Michigan is on the rise, and everyone is contributing.” | “There is still a long road ahead, but Michigan is on the rise, and everyone is contributing.” |
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| Dominic Rushe | Dominic Rushe |
| Hillary Clinton is a relatively new Wall Street skeptic, as anyone who has attended one of her high-paying bank speeches will tell you. Progressives are very keen to see how she intends to follow up. | Hillary Clinton is a relatively new Wall Street skeptic, as anyone who has attended one of her high-paying bank speeches will tell you. Progressives are very keen to see how she intends to follow up. |
| Yesterday activists, including the Center for Popular Democracy Action, MoveOn.org, Public Citizen, theRootstrikers and others wrote to Clinton asking for details of her “transition team” to see if they are the sort of people who are likely to follow through on her newly minted progressive values. | Yesterday activists, including the Center for Popular Democracy Action, MoveOn.org, Public Citizen, theRootstrikers and others wrote to Clinton asking for details of her “transition team” to see if they are the sort of people who are likely to follow through on her newly minted progressive values. |
| We can expect more scrutiny in the coming weeks. | We can expect more scrutiny in the coming weeks. |
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| Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump's tax plan is a massive 'Trump Loophole' | Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump's tax plan is a massive 'Trump Loophole' |
| Speaking in Michigan, Hillary Clinton lambasts Donald Trump’s proposed tax cuts for the wealthy, including the elimination of the estate tax, calling them part of a “Trump Loophole” that offers millions in tax benefits to the rich while leaving the poor in the cold. | Speaking in Michigan, Hillary Clinton lambasts Donald Trump’s proposed tax cuts for the wealthy, including the elimination of the estate tax, calling them part of a “Trump Loophole” that offers millions in tax benefits to the rich while leaving the poor in the cold. |
| “There is a myth out there that he will stick it to the rich and powerful because somehow he’s really on the side of the little guy. Don’t believe it,” Clinton says. “Not when he pledges to rip up basic rules that hold corporations accountable, when he wants to scrap regulations that prevent companies from polluting” air and water. | “There is a myth out there that he will stick it to the rich and powerful because somehow he’s really on the side of the little guy. Don’t believe it,” Clinton says. “Not when he pledges to rip up basic rules that hold corporations accountable, when he wants to scrap regulations that prevent companies from polluting” air and water. |
| “Trump even wants to abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new agency that has already returned more than $11b to 25 million Americans who were taken advantage of by corporations,” Clinton continues. “Why would you get rid of that?” | “Trump even wants to abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new agency that has already returned more than $11b to 25 million Americans who were taken advantage of by corporations,” Clinton continues. “Why would you get rid of that?” |
| Trump’s tax plan, Clinton says, would “explode our national debt and eventually lead to massive cuts to priorities like healthcare, education and environmental protection.” | Trump’s tax plan, Clinton says, would “explode our national debt and eventually lead to massive cuts to priorities like healthcare, education and environmental protection.” |
| “He’d pay a lower rate than millions of middle-class families,” Clinton says of Trump’s tax plan. “It’s hard to say how nice [the deal would be], because he refuses to do what every other presidential candidate has done in decades and release his tax returns! But we do know that the 400 richest taxpayers in America would get an average tax cut of $15m a year through the Trump loophole.” | “He’d pay a lower rate than millions of middle-class families,” Clinton says of Trump’s tax plan. “It’s hard to say how nice [the deal would be], because he refuses to do what every other presidential candidate has done in decades and release his tax returns! But we do know that the 400 richest taxpayers in America would get an average tax cut of $15m a year through the Trump loophole.” |
| The elimination of the estate tax “alone would save the Trump family $4b. It would do nothing for 99.8% of Americans. So they’d get a $4b tax cut, and 99.8% of Americans would do nothing.” | The elimination of the estate tax “alone would save the Trump family $4b. It would do nothing for 99.8% of Americans. So they’d get a $4b tax cut, and 99.8% of Americans would do nothing.” |
| That $4b could go a long way, Clinton suggests: “We could pay for more than 47,000 vets to get a college degree - we could provide a year’s worth of healthcare for more than 3m kids! I think there are a lot of better ways to spend the money.” | That $4b could go a long way, Clinton suggests: “We could pay for more than 47,000 vets to get a college degree - we could provide a year’s worth of healthcare for more than 3m kids! I think there are a lot of better ways to spend the money.” |
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| Hillary Clinton’s social-media squad is following closely: | Hillary Clinton’s social-media squad is following closely: |
| One positive thing Trump could do to make America great again?Actually make great things in America: https://t.co/lg8Xqwblam | One positive thing Trump could do to make America great again?Actually make great things in America: https://t.co/lg8Xqwblam |
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| Hillary Clinton launches into a section on free and fair trade, vowing to stand up to currency manipulators and theft of American intellectual property - before making a detour to talk about the Olympics as a metaphor for international economic competition. | Hillary Clinton launches into a section on free and fair trade, vowing to stand up to currency manipulators and theft of American intellectual property - before making a detour to talk about the Olympics as a metaphor for international economic competition. |
| “As president, I will stand up to China and anyone else who tries to take advantage of American workers and companies, and I’m going to ramp up enforcement by appointing, for the first time, a chief trade prosecutor,” Clinton says. “And when other companies break the rules, we won’t hesitate to impose targeted tariffs” | “As president, I will stand up to China and anyone else who tries to take advantage of American workers and companies, and I’m going to ramp up enforcement by appointing, for the first time, a chief trade prosecutor,” Clinton says. “And when other companies break the rules, we won’t hesitate to impose targeted tariffs” |
| “Mr. Trump may talk a big game on trade, but his approach is based on fear, not strength,” Clinton says. “Fear that our country has no choice but to hide behind walls. If Team USA was as fearful as Donald Trump, Michael Phelps and Simone Biles would be cowering in the locker room, afraid to come out and compete! Instead, they’re winning gold medals.” | “Mr. Trump may talk a big game on trade, but his approach is based on fear, not strength,” Clinton says. “Fear that our country has no choice but to hide behind walls. If Team USA was as fearful as Donald Trump, Michael Phelps and Simone Biles would be cowering in the locker room, afraid to come out and compete! Instead, they’re winning gold medals.” |
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| Dominic Rushe | Dominic Rushe |
| It’s nice to hear Hillary Clinton talk about infrastructure - Donald Trump has mentioned it too - but the scale of the problem is massive. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers after years of neglect the US needs to spend $3.6t on its roads, ports, bridges, airports and other essential infrastructure by 2020 just to fix what’s broken or breaking. | It’s nice to hear Hillary Clinton talk about infrastructure - Donald Trump has mentioned it too - but the scale of the problem is massive. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers after years of neglect the US needs to spend $3.6t on its roads, ports, bridges, airports and other essential infrastructure by 2020 just to fix what’s broken or breaking. |
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| Speaking in Warren, Michigan, on the outskirts of Detroit, Hillary Clinton announces that she will “dramatically simplify tax filing for small businesses,” part of a line of argument that opponent Donald Trump does not care about small businesses, as evidenced by his history of not paying contractors. | Speaking in Warren, Michigan, on the outskirts of Detroit, Hillary Clinton announces that she will “dramatically simplify tax filing for small businesses,” part of a line of argument that opponent Donald Trump does not care about small businesses, as evidenced by his history of not paying contractors. |
| “Right now, the smallest businesses - the kind that my dad had - spend twenty times more per employee to prepare their taxes compared to larger companies. It should be as easy as printing out a bank statement,” Clinton proposes. | “Right now, the smallest businesses - the kind that my dad had - spend twenty times more per employee to prepare their taxes compared to larger companies. It should be as easy as printing out a bank statement,” Clinton proposes. |
| “Now, Donald Trump has a different views - he’s made a career out of stiffing small business,” Clinton says. “There are companies that were left hanging because he refused to pay their bills.” | “Now, Donald Trump has a different views - he’s made a career out of stiffing small business,” Clinton says. “There are companies that were left hanging because he refused to pay their bills.” |
| “Some of them ended up taking bankruptcy. It wasn’t because Trump couldn’t pay them - it was because Trump wouldn’t pay them. And that’s why I take it personally.” | “Some of them ended up taking bankruptcy. It wasn’t because Trump couldn’t pay them - it was because Trump wouldn’t pay them. And that’s why I take it personally.” |
| “I can’t imagine what would have happened to my father and his business if he had gotten a contract from Trump,” Clinton says. “My father never could have sued a big organization like that! I just don’t understand it. I’ve met all kinds of workers... all of whom were denied payment and after going back time and again, being told ‘okay, maybe we’ll pay you 30 cents on the dollar, or 50 cents on the dollar’ - that’s just not how we do business in America.” | “I can’t imagine what would have happened to my father and his business if he had gotten a contract from Trump,” Clinton says. “My father never could have sued a big organization like that! I just don’t understand it. I’ve met all kinds of workers... all of whom were denied payment and after going back time and again, being told ‘okay, maybe we’ll pay you 30 cents on the dollar, or 50 cents on the dollar’ - that’s just not how we do business in America.” |
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| Hillary Clinton tells the audience in Warren, Michigan, that she will push for reinvestment in American infrastructure that will include the largest injection of human capital into the workforce since World War II. | Hillary Clinton tells the audience in Warren, Michigan, that she will push for reinvestment in American infrastructure that will include the largest injection of human capital into the workforce since World War II. |
| “We will put Americans to work building and modernizing our roads, our bridges, our tunnels, our railways, our ports, our airports,” Clinton says. “We are way overdue for this, my friends. We are living off the investments made by our parents’ and grandparents’ generations.” | “We will put Americans to work building and modernizing our roads, our bridges, our tunnels, our railways, our ports, our airports,” Clinton says. “We are way overdue for this, my friends. We are living off the investments made by our parents’ and grandparents’ generations.” |
| “Let’s build a cleaner, more resilient power grid with enough renewable energy to power every home in our country, as well,” Clinton continues. “Some country is going to be the clean-energy superpower of the 21st century and create millions of new jobs and businesses … I want it to be us. We invent the technology - we should make it, and use it, and export it!” | “Let’s build a cleaner, more resilient power grid with enough renewable energy to power every home in our country, as well,” Clinton continues. “Some country is going to be the clean-energy superpower of the 21st century and create millions of new jobs and businesses … I want it to be us. We invent the technology - we should make it, and use it, and export it!” |
| “A big part of our plan will be unleashing the power of the private sector to create more jobs at higher pay and that means, for us, creating an infrastructure bank to get private funds off the sidelines and compliment” our infrastructure plans, Clinton says. “We’re going to invest $10b in … partnerships to support American manufacturing.” | “A big part of our plan will be unleashing the power of the private sector to create more jobs at higher pay and that means, for us, creating an infrastructure bank to get private funds off the sidelines and compliment” our infrastructure plans, Clinton says. “We’re going to invest $10b in … partnerships to support American manufacturing.” |
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| Hillary Clinton casts the importance of the middle class in a personal light, telling the audience in Michigan that she is “a product of the American middle class.” | Hillary Clinton casts the importance of the middle class in a personal light, telling the audience in Michigan that she is “a product of the American middle class.” |
| “My mission in the White House will be to make the economy work for everyone, not just the people at the top,” Clinton says. “This is personal for me - I am a product of the American middle class.” | “My mission in the White House will be to make the economy work for everyone, not just the people at the top,” Clinton says. “This is personal for me - I am a product of the American middle class.” |
| Speaking of her grandfather, a factory worker at a plant that manufactured lace in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Clinton emphasizes the importance of the ability of workers to build wealth so that they and their families may advance economically. | Speaking of her grandfather, a factory worker at a plant that manufactured lace in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Clinton emphasizes the importance of the ability of workers to build wealth so that they and their families may advance economically. |
| “Because he worked hard, my dad was able to go to college and eventually start his own business, and eventually send me out into the world to start on my own dreams,” Clinton says. | “Because he worked hard, my dad was able to go to college and eventually start his own business, and eventually send me out into the world to start on my own dreams,” Clinton says. |
| “I am the daughter of a small business owner, and the granddaughter of a factory worker, and proud of both.” | “I am the daughter of a small business owner, and the granddaughter of a factory worker, and proud of both.” |