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| Trump brings in new campaign manager in latest team overhaul – politics live | Trump brings in new campaign manager in latest team overhaul – politics live |
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| Trump's 'deeply un-American' stance on immigration prompts legal concerns | |
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| A quarter century after the end of the cold war, Donald Trump has proposed restoring ideological tests for immigrants, a move that legal experts say raises a tangle of practical and even constitutional concerns, writes the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino: | |
| In a speech on Monday devoid of policy details or specifics, the Republican nominee called for the “extreme vetting” of immigrants, including a screening process to root out applicants who do not uphold “American values”. | |
| Laurence Tribe, a liberal constitutional law professor at Harvard University, said Trump’s proposal was “a nonstarter”. | |
| “The proposal ... is very deeply un-American, is probably unconstitutional, would almost certainly fail in Congress and is another example of Trump having no idea what he’s talking about,” he said. | |
| Restricting immigrants on the basis of ideology is anathema to American values, Tribe argues. Freedom of speech and religion are enshrined under the first amendment of the constitution and the enduring symbol of freedom is the Statue of Liberty welcoming weary immigrants to its shores. | |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. |
| Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort may have violated a federal law requiring lobbyists to tell the justice department if they represent foreign entities, an AP investigation has revealed this morning. | Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort may have violated a federal law requiring lobbyists to tell the justice department if they represent foreign entities, an AP investigation has revealed this morning. |
| Sources told AP that Manafort “helped a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2m to two prominent Washington lobbying firms,” and “the project was structured in ways that obscured the foreign party’s efforts to influence US policy.” | Sources told AP that Manafort “helped a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2m to two prominent Washington lobbying firms,” and “the project was structured in ways that obscured the foreign party’s efforts to influence US policy.” |
| A violation of the law is a felony and can result in up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. | A violation of the law is a felony and can result in up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. |
| Happily for Trump, in a move with truly auspicious timing, the Trump campaign overnight announced a management overhaul that appears to sideline Manafort by installing at the top of the campaign Steve Bannon, the guy who runs Breitbart. Pollster Kellyanne Conway was promoted in the shuffle. | Happily for Trump, in a move with truly auspicious timing, the Trump campaign overnight announced a management overhaul that appears to sideline Manafort by installing at the top of the campaign Steve Bannon, the guy who runs Breitbart. Pollster Kellyanne Conway was promoted in the shuffle. |
| Who’s Steve Bannon? A former investment banker who messed around in Hollywood for a while before making a documentary about Sarah Palin and taking over Breitbart, the hard-right media site dubbed a year ago as “Trump’s Pravda” by Republican soothsayer Rick Wilson. Here’s a good Bloomberg profile of Bannon and here is our news coverage of the campaign shakeup. | Who’s Steve Bannon? A former investment banker who messed around in Hollywood for a while before making a documentary about Sarah Palin and taking over Breitbart, the hard-right media site dubbed a year ago as “Trump’s Pravda” by Republican soothsayer Rick Wilson. Here’s a good Bloomberg profile of Bannon and here is our news coverage of the campaign shakeup. |
| In this full consummation of the Trump and Breitbart brands, could Trump finally have hit on the strategy that will help him win the middle? Let’s check what the critics are saying: | In this full consummation of the Trump and Breitbart brands, could Trump finally have hit on the strategy that will help him win the middle? Let’s check what the critics are saying: |
| New Trump campaign motto:"Let Trump be Trump and let Clinton be President"https://t.co/bh5risUdqu | New Trump campaign motto:"Let Trump be Trump and let Clinton be President"https://t.co/bh5risUdqu |
| Trump’s medicine for what ails him: a big hearty swig of hair of the dog … https://t.co/RLuUp8benj | Trump’s medicine for what ails him: a big hearty swig of hair of the dog … https://t.co/RLuUp8benj |
| It would be like a losing Bernie Sanders declaring himself in favor of collectivizing agriculture … https://t.co/rXEuA6pH0b | It would be like a losing Bernie Sanders declaring himself in favor of collectivizing agriculture … https://t.co/rXEuA6pH0b |
| Huge rallies. Gloves off. Brutal fights with Clinton. Heavy emphasis on nationalism and populism. That's the Bannon strategy. | Huge rallies. Gloves off. Brutal fights with Clinton. Heavy emphasis on nationalism and populism. That's the Bannon strategy. |
| Trump pivots 360 degrees. Innovative. https://t.co/PbLbMVehuL | Trump pivots 360 degrees. Innovative. https://t.co/PbLbMVehuL |
| Could not make this cycle up if you were dared to come up with the wildest version you could imagine. | Could not make this cycle up if you were dared to come up with the wildest version you could imagine. |
| Trump brings in a hack from Breitbart to run his campaign. Because Breitbart crap is just what American politics needs #Facepalm | Trump brings in a hack from Breitbart to run his campaign. Because Breitbart crap is just what American politics needs #Facepalm |
| Why can't they just run a real campaign? No policy shop, made up conspiracies, bottom feeding victimization, dangerous & reckless rhetoric. | Why can't they just run a real campaign? No policy shop, made up conspiracies, bottom feeding victimization, dangerous & reckless rhetoric. |
| This is more of a divot than a pivot. (Sorry if this has been used, I just woke up) | This is more of a divot than a pivot. (Sorry if this has been used, I just woke up) |
| Hang on so now the Fox News head and the Breitbart head are running the Trump campaign? | Hang on so now the Fox News head and the Breitbart head are running the Trump campaign? |
| On the campaign trail today, Hillary Clinton will appear at an event at John Marshall high school in Cleveland, Ohio, to talk about tax policy. | On the campaign trail today, Hillary Clinton will appear at an event at John Marshall high school in Cleveland, Ohio, to talk about tax policy. |
| In other news, a Bloomberg Politics/Morning Consult poll out this morning found support for Trump undergoing significant shrinkage with investors. People with money in the market favor Trump over Clinton 42-40, the poll found. In June the spread was 50-33 for Trump. | In other news, a Bloomberg Politics/Morning Consult poll out this morning found support for Trump undergoing significant shrinkage with investors. People with money in the market favor Trump over Clinton 42-40, the poll found. In June the spread was 50-33 for Trump. |
| Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. |
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