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| Trump: 'impenetrable physical' border wall in immigration plan – campaign live | Trump: 'impenetrable physical' border wall in immigration plan – campaign live |
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| David Duke releases robocall in support of Donald Trump | |
| White supremacist and onetime Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard David Duke has released a robocall encouraging Louisiana voters to cast their votes for his senate bid - and for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. | |
| “Hi, this is David Duke,” the call begins. “I’m sorry I missed you. I’m running for US Senate. I’ll tell the truth that no other candidate will dare say. Unless massive immigration is stopped now, we’ll be out numbered and outvoted in our own nation. It’s happening. We’re losing our gun rights, our free speech. We’re taxed to death. We’re losing our jobs and businesses to unfair trade. We’re losing our country. Look at the Super Bowl salute to the Black Panther cop killers.” | |
| “It’s time to stand up and vote for Donald Trump for president and vote for me David Duke for the US Senate. I’d love to hear from you. To find out more contribute or volunteer for the DavidDuke.com. Go to Davidduke.com. Together, we’ll save America and save Louisiana.” | |
| In a comment to Politico, the Trump campaign repudiated Duke’s support (much more rapidly than the first time): | |
| “Mr. Trump has continued to denounce David Duke and any group or individual associated with a message of hate,” the campaign said in a statement to Politico. “There is no place for this in the Republican party or our country. We have no knowledge of these calls or any related activities, but strongly condemn and disavow.” | |
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| Barack Obama will head to Asia this week assuring allies that the US intends to press ahead with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - despite Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s vehement opposition to it. | |
| Clinton supported the 12-nation deal as secretary of state but has come out against it as a presidential candidate, saying it does not do enough to protect American jobs. This puts her directly at odds with Obama even as he joins her on the campaign trail. | |
| “TPP is in many ways seen as litmus test for whether or not the US has staying power in this region,” Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser, told reporters ahead of Obama’s trip to China and Laos this week. “We are a Pacific power, and we have been traditionally, but we’re also on the other side of the Pacific ocean and what the countries of the Asia Pacific region want to know, particularly the Asian countries, is whether or not we can be counted on.” | |
| The TPP brings countries such as Vietnam and Malaysia up to regulatory standards set by the US, Rhodes added, and to reject it would be to cede crucial ground to China. | |
| He warned: “When they see such an evidently good deal for the United States, and then see the United States not following through on that, it will cause them to question our leadership in the Asian Pacific and our leadership in the world, and that is profoundly important economically to the United States because we need access to these markets, but it’s also important to our national security because it would be seen as a significant setback, I think, for American leadership if we don’t move forward.” | |
| Rhodes declined to comment directly on Clinton and Trump but insisted that TPP would create jobs and avoid the pitfalls of past trade deals. “I won’t speak to the domestic issues beyond saying that many of the questions that have been raised about trade agreements for many years are actually specifically addressed in TPP. So some of the things that we heard about the shortcomings of Nafta, that the president agrees with, were actually addressed in the negotiation of TPP.” | |
| He added: “I think the logic of it is overwhelming. We’d be cutting against our interests to walk away from TPP. The next president will benefit enormously from TPP.” | |
| John Earnest, the White House press secretary, claimed that the TPP has strong backing from both Democrats and Republicans and indicated the White House hopes it will be ratified during the post-election “lame duck” session of Congress. “There is a reservoir of support across the country that we can draw from,” he said. “The president’s going to make a strong case that we have made progress and there is a path for us to get this done before the president leaves office.” | |
| Rhodes also told a press briefing on Monday that Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, once among the world’s most prominent political prisoners, will visit the White House soon. | |
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| Donald Trump, on a potential wall on the Canadian border: | Donald Trump, on a potential wall on the Canadian border: |
| I think it’s unlikely, to be honest with you.” | I think it’s unlikely, to be honest with you.” |
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| The drip-drip-drip of embarrassing anecdotes and criminal allegations against Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon continues today, with revelations that Bannon dismissed progressive women as a “bunch of dykes” who criticize conservative women because they didn’t attend historic women’s colleges. | The drip-drip-drip of embarrassing anecdotes and criminal allegations against Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon continues today, with revelations that Bannon dismissed progressive women as a “bunch of dykes” who criticize conservative women because they didn’t attend historic women’s colleges. |
| “These women cut to the heart of the progressive narrative,” Bannon said of Ann Coulter, Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin during a radio interview in 2011 while promoting his film Fire From the Heartland: the Awakening of the Conservative Woman. | “These women cut to the heart of the progressive narrative,” Bannon said of Ann Coulter, Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin during a radio interview in 2011 while promoting his film Fire From the Heartland: the Awakening of the Conservative Woman. |
| “That’s why there are some unintended consequences of the women’s liberation movement,” Bannon continued. “That, in fact, the women that would lead this country would be pro-family, they would have husbands, they would love their children. They wouldn’t be a bunch of dykes that came from the Seven Sisters schools up in New England. That drives the left insane and that’s why they hate these women.” | “That’s why there are some unintended consequences of the women’s liberation movement,” Bannon continued. “That, in fact, the women that would lead this country would be pro-family, they would have husbands, they would love their children. They wouldn’t be a bunch of dykes that came from the Seven Sisters schools up in New England. That drives the left insane and that’s why they hate these women.” |
| The so-called Seven Sisters schools are historic women’s college in the Northeast, roughly analogous to the Ivy League. The colleges include Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, (which has since merged with Harvard University), Smith College, Vassar College, and Wellesley College, from which current Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton graduated in 1969. | The so-called Seven Sisters schools are historic women’s college in the Northeast, roughly analogous to the Ivy League. The colleges include Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, (which has since merged with Harvard University), Smith College, Vassar College, and Wellesley College, from which current Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton graduated in 1969. |
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| Pastor Mark Burns, Donald Trump’s adviser on issues relating to black voters, announced earlier today that Trump will be speaking to The Impact Network, an African American-owned Christian television network, this coming Saturday as part of his outreach attempts to minority communities who are deeply suspicious of the candidate. | Pastor Mark Burns, Donald Trump’s adviser on issues relating to black voters, announced earlier today that Trump will be speaking to The Impact Network, an African American-owned Christian television network, this coming Saturday as part of his outreach attempts to minority communities who are deeply suspicious of the candidate. |
| This afternoon, he tweeted this: | This afternoon, he tweeted this: |
| Black Americans, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTES and letting me use you again..See you again in 4 years. pic.twitter.com/c4BOc6Tgkt | Black Americans, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTES and letting me use you again..See you again in 4 years. pic.twitter.com/c4BOc6Tgkt |
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| Donald Trump says Colin Kaepernick should 'find a country that works better for him' | Donald Trump says Colin Kaepernick should 'find a country that works better for him' |
| San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick “should find a country that works better for him”, Donald Trump has said in response to the furore over the black footballer’s decision to sit during a performance of The Star-Spangled Banner because he believes the United States oppresses African Americans and other minorities. | San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick “should find a country that works better for him”, Donald Trump has said in response to the furore over the black footballer’s decision to sit during a performance of The Star-Spangled Banner because he believes the United States oppresses African Americans and other minorities. |
| “I have followed it and I think it’s personally not a good thing,” Trump told the Dori Monson Show, a conservative afternoon talk-radio program in the Seattle area, of the controversy. “I think it’s a terrible thing, and you know, maybe he should find a country that works better for him. Let him try - it won’t happen.” | “I have followed it and I think it’s personally not a good thing,” Trump told the Dori Monson Show, a conservative afternoon talk-radio program in the Seattle area, of the controversy. “I think it’s a terrible thing, and you know, maybe he should find a country that works better for him. Let him try - it won’t happen.” |
| Kaepernick sat on the team’s bench on Friday night for the first time during the anthem before the Niners played host to the Green Bay Packers in an exhibition game. | Kaepernick sat on the team’s bench on Friday night for the first time during the anthem before the Niners played host to the Green Bay Packers in an exhibition game. |
| “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick said in an interview with NFL Media afterwards. “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” | “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick said in an interview with NFL Media afterwards. “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” |
| The 49ers issued a statement saying that Americans have the right to protest or support the anthem. | The 49ers issued a statement saying that Americans have the right to protest or support the anthem. |
| “The national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pregame ceremony,” the team said. “It is an opportunity to honor our country and reflect on the great liberties we are afforded as its citizens. In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose to participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem.” | “The national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pregame ceremony,” the team said. “It is an opportunity to honor our country and reflect on the great liberties we are afforded as its citizens. In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose to participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem.” |
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| Rudy Giuliani: Beyoncé's VMA performance 'a shame' | Rudy Giuliani: Beyoncé's VMA performance 'a shame' |
| Onetime New York City mayor and full-time Donald Trump surrogate Rudy Giuliani has condemned onetime child of destiny and fulltime music icon Beyoncé’s performance at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards, calling her influence on young people “a shame.” | Onetime New York City mayor and full-time Donald Trump surrogate Rudy Giuliani has condemned onetime child of destiny and fulltime music icon Beyoncé’s performance at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards, calling her influence on young people “a shame.” |
| When asked by Fox & Friends cohost Ainsley Earhardt how he felt about Beyoncé’s 15-minute performance, in which backup dancers dressed in white “died” onstage due to stylized gunshots, Giuliani said that he had saved more black lives from violence than Beyoncé ever has. | When asked by Fox & Friends cohost Ainsley Earhardt how he felt about Beyoncé’s 15-minute performance, in which backup dancers dressed in white “died” onstage due to stylized gunshots, Giuliani said that he had saved more black lives from violence than Beyoncé ever has. |
| “I ran the largest and best police department in the world, the New York City Police Department, and I saved more black lives than any of those people you saw on stage by reducing crime, and particularly homicide, by 75%,” Giuliani said, declaring that “maybe 4,000 or 5,000” African-Americans are alive today because of his policies. | “I ran the largest and best police department in the world, the New York City Police Department, and I saved more black lives than any of those people you saw on stage by reducing crime, and particularly homicide, by 75%,” Giuliani said, declaring that “maybe 4,000 or 5,000” African-Americans are alive today because of his policies. |
| “So if you’re going to do that, then you should symbolize why the police officers are in the neighborhoods and what are you going to do about it?” | “So if you’re going to do that, then you should symbolize why the police officers are in the neighborhoods and what are you going to do about it?” |
| Cohost Brian Kilmeade added that, as “an extremely popular and powerful performer,” Beyoncé’s message to young people is “pretty indelible.” | Cohost Brian Kilmeade added that, as “an extremely popular and powerful performer,” Beyoncé’s message to young people is “pretty indelible.” |
| “It’s a shame,” Giuliani responded. “It’s a shame.” | “It’s a shame,” Giuliani responded. “It’s a shame.” |
| It’s far from Giuliani’s first criticism of the reigning queen of pop - in February, Giuliani criticized Beyoncé’s halftime show at the Super Bowl as “an attack” on police officers due to its theme of black pride. | It’s far from Giuliani’s first criticism of the reigning queen of pop - in February, Giuliani criticized Beyoncé’s halftime show at the Super Bowl as “an attack” on police officers due to its theme of black pride. |
| Judge Beyoncé’s Lemonade medley yourself: | Judge Beyoncé’s Lemonade medley yourself: |
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| Dan Roberts | Dan Roberts |
| Huma Abedin has been the reluctant star of two political psychodramas in the past year. | Huma Abedin has been the reluctant star of two political psychodramas in the past year. |
| The first – involving painfully public strains in her marriage to Anthony Weiner, the former New York congressman – ended, perhaps predictably, on Monday with news that she had decided to separate from him following yet another sexting scandal. | The first – involving painfully public strains in her marriage to Anthony Weiner, the former New York congressman – ended, perhaps predictably, on Monday with news that she had decided to separate from him following yet another sexting scandal. |
| But the second – Abedin’s emerging role as a central figure in the likely return ofHillary Clinton to the White House – may be only just beginning and remains of far greater public interest. | But the second – Abedin’s emerging role as a central figure in the likely return ofHillary Clinton to the White House – may be only just beginning and remains of far greater public interest. |
| Just how crucial this 40-year-old campaign aide is to the presidential project became clear last July when emails revealed the inner workings of Clinton’s hectic life as secretary of state. | Just how crucial this 40-year-old campaign aide is to the presidential project became clear last July when emails revealed the inner workings of Clinton’s hectic life as secretary of state. |
| Then serving as deputy chief of staff to the secretary, Abedin appeared frequently in the email traffic, as a gatekeeper, personal assistant and professional confidante so close that Clinton said she was “like a second daughter”. | Then serving as deputy chief of staff to the secretary, Abedin appeared frequently in the email traffic, as a gatekeeper, personal assistant and professional confidante so close that Clinton said she was “like a second daughter”. |
| Initially, the tranches of emails painted Clinton’s right-hand woman in a flattering, but somewhat subdued, light: advising her boss on how to operate a secure fax machine and suggesting when it was time to take a nap. | Initially, the tranches of emails painted Clinton’s right-hand woman in a flattering, but somewhat subdued, light: advising her boss on how to operate a secure fax machine and suggesting when it was time to take a nap. |
| But more recent batches underlined how far Abedin has come since this George Washington University student started out as intern working for the then first lady in the East Wing of an earlier Clinton White House. | But more recent batches underlined how far Abedin has come since this George Washington University student started out as intern working for the then first lady in the East Wing of an earlier Clinton White House. |
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| The Hillary Clinton campaign has produced a “behind-the-scenes” video of the candidate’s visit with vice president Joe Biden to Scranton, Pennsylvania, earlier this month: | The Hillary Clinton campaign has produced a “behind-the-scenes” video of the candidate’s visit with vice president Joe Biden to Scranton, Pennsylvania, earlier this month: |
| Joe and Hillary went home to Scranton. Take a behind-the-scenes look at their visit: pic.twitter.com/xdiqa0dbdP | Joe and Hillary went home to Scranton. Take a behind-the-scenes look at their visit: pic.twitter.com/xdiqa0dbdP |
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| It’s unclear what platforms this new Trump campaign video will be disseminated on – but it’s for sure on Twitter. | It’s unclear what platforms this new Trump campaign video will be disseminated on – but it’s for sure on Twitter. |
| The spot hits Clinton for saying she never sent or received classified information on her private email when the FBI found she had. | The spot hits Clinton for saying she never sent or received classified information on her private email when the FBI found she had. |
| There’s an animation of Clinton with a growing Pinnochio nose: | There’s an animation of Clinton with a growing Pinnochio nose: |
| #CrookedHillary pic.twitter.com/vXhcC8PaPy | #CrookedHillary pic.twitter.com/vXhcC8PaPy |
| huh, even the "failing" Washington Post can be useful from time to time https://t.co/u1n6kxaTdd | huh, even the "failing" Washington Post can be useful from time to time https://t.co/u1n6kxaTdd |
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| Trump on wall: 'impenetrable physical barrier' | Trump on wall: 'impenetrable physical barrier' |
| Our strategy for figuring out what Donald Trump’s plan is on immigration is to wait and see what he says in his big speech on the topic announced for Wednesday. | Our strategy for figuring out what Donald Trump’s plan is on immigration is to wait and see what he says in his big speech on the topic announced for Wednesday. |
| Here’s an episode from this morning that illustrates why. Talk by Trump surrogates about features of a “virtual wall” along the border with Mexico was reported by MSNBC as another potential shift in Trump’s policy, except now the Trump camp has said there’s no shift: | Here’s an episode from this morning that illustrates why. Talk by Trump surrogates about features of a “virtual wall” along the border with Mexico was reported by MSNBC as another potential shift in Trump’s policy, except now the Trump camp has said there’s no shift: |
| Sr. Trump adv: Reports of "virtual wall" are false. Trump determined to build wall, adv says: "It will be an impenetrable physical barrier." | Sr. Trump adv: Reports of "virtual wall" are false. Trump determined to build wall, adv says: "It will be an impenetrable physical barrier." |
| Last week Trump himself said “We’re going to build a wall, don’t worry about it” and elaborated that “we’re going to have protection for tunnels, so people can’t tunnel under.” | Last week Trump himself said “We’re going to build a wall, don’t worry about it” and elaborated that “we’re going to have protection for tunnels, so people can’t tunnel under.” |
| It’s unknown whether Trump still supports a deportation force for undocumented migrants or whether he supports a path to legal status for some; it’s unknown where he stands on birthright citizenship, which he has second-guessed in the past; it’s unknown where he stands on the status of DREAMers. The basics of his policy are unknown. | It’s unknown whether Trump still supports a deportation force for undocumented migrants or whether he supports a path to legal status for some; it’s unknown where he stands on birthright citizenship, which he has second-guessed in the past; it’s unknown where he stands on the status of DREAMers. The basics of his policy are unknown. |
| We’ll be listening Wednesday. | We’ll be listening Wednesday. |
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| Clinton maintains healthy lead in new Monmouth poll | Clinton maintains healthy lead in new Monmouth poll |
| The highly respected pollsters at Monmouth University, who earn an A+ in FiveThirtyEight’s pollster ratings, have published a new survey depicting Hillary Clinton as seven points ahead of Donald Trump, 46-39, among likely voters in a four-way presidential race. That margin is right in line with polling averages. | The highly respected pollsters at Monmouth University, who earn an A+ in FiveThirtyEight’s pollster ratings, have published a new survey depicting Hillary Clinton as seven points ahead of Donald Trump, 46-39, among likely voters in a four-way presidential race. That margin is right in line with polling averages. |
| Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson scores 7% in the poll and Green party candidate Jill Stein earns 2%. | Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson scores 7% in the poll and Green party candidate Jill Stein earns 2%. |
| The poll reveals once again that Americans loathe these candidates: | The poll reveals once again that Americans loathe these candidates: |
| In the current poll, 34% of voters have a favorable opinion of Clinton and 51% have an unfavorable view of her. Even fewer (26%) have a favorable opinion of Trump and 57% have an unfavorable view of him. | In the current poll, 34% of voters have a favorable opinion of Clinton and 51% have an unfavorable view of her. Even fewer (26%) have a favorable opinion of Trump and 57% have an unfavorable view of him. |
| Great work everyone! https://t.co/y0hespqzxA pic.twitter.com/jnBzJfMdYM | Great work everyone! https://t.co/y0hespqzxA pic.twitter.com/jnBzJfMdYM |
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| Trump ad makes claims for tax plan. Just not Trump's tax plan | Trump ad makes claims for tax plan. Just not Trump's tax plan |
| Here’s a good catch by Benjy Sarlin, writing on nbcnews.com. The new Donald Trump ad (see earlier) describing the economic benefits of a Trump presidency takes credit for tax plans that Trump explicitly disagrees with. | Here’s a good catch by Benjy Sarlin, writing on nbcnews.com. The new Donald Trump ad (see earlier) describing the economic benefits of a Trump presidency takes credit for tax plans that Trump explicitly disagrees with. |
| In one place the ad cites analysis of a plan Trump ditched a year ago. Elsewhere the ad cites analysis of a plan advanced by House Republicans, which Trump partially disagrees with, Sarlin writes: | In one place the ad cites analysis of a plan Trump ditched a year ago. Elsewhere the ad cites analysis of a plan advanced by House Republicans, which Trump partially disagrees with, Sarlin writes: |
| For the ad’s claim that “working families get tax relief,” it refers viewers not to an analysis of Trump’s own tax proposals, but to a white paper by House GOP leaders about their own tax reform plan. [...] | For the ad’s claim that “working families get tax relief,” it refers viewers not to an analysis of Trump’s own tax proposals, but to a white paper by House GOP leaders about their own tax reform plan. [...] |
| The ad’s next two claims that Trump would make “wages go up” and “small businesses thrive” refer to his old tax plan from last year, which had drastically different rates, | The ad’s next two claims that Trump would make “wages go up” and “small businesses thrive” refer to his old tax plan from last year, which had drastically different rates, |
| Read the full piece here. Here’s the ad: | Read the full piece here. Here’s the ad: |
| Update: The Trump campaign has released this statement to NBC, saying they expect analysis of their plan to be “similar to the prior analysis”: | Update: The Trump campaign has released this statement to NBC, saying they expect analysis of their plan to be “similar to the prior analysis”: |
| Trump camp on why their ad cites tax plan he no longer favors: They think it's close enough https://t.co/bOoZbAcov8 pic.twitter.com/rnf2NUMoRh | Trump camp on why their ad cites tax plan he no longer favors: They think it's close enough https://t.co/bOoZbAcov8 pic.twitter.com/rnf2NUMoRh |
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| Trump warns Weiner's conduct may have 'greatly compromised' national security | Trump warns Weiner's conduct may have 'greatly compromised' national security |
| Donald Trump has issued a statement on Abedin’s separation from Weiner. | Donald Trump has issued a statement on Abedin’s separation from Weiner. |
| “Huma is making a very wise decision. I know Anthony Weiner well, and she will be far better off without him,” the statement says, continuing: | “Huma is making a very wise decision. I know Anthony Weiner well, and she will be far better off without him,” the statement says, continuing: |
| I only worry for the country in that Hillary Clinton was careless and negligent in allowing Weiner to have such close proximity to highly classified information,. Who knows what he learned and who he told? It’s just another example of Hillary Clinton’s bad judgment. It is possible that our country and its security have been greatly compromised by this. | I only worry for the country in that Hillary Clinton was careless and negligent in allowing Weiner to have such close proximity to highly classified information,. Who knows what he learned and who he told? It’s just another example of Hillary Clinton’s bad judgment. It is possible that our country and its security have been greatly compromised by this. |
| How is this Huma/Weiner security leak supposed to work?"Anthony, I am never around and you've humiliated me. Here's some state secrets." | How is this Huma/Weiner security leak supposed to work?"Anthony, I am never around and you've humiliated me. Here's some state secrets." |
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| Abedin announces separation from Weiner | Abedin announces separation from Weiner |
| Here’s a new statement from Huma Abedin: | Here’s a new statement from Huma Abedin: |
| After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband. Anthony and I remain devoted to doing what is best for our son, who is the light of our life. During this difficult time, I ask for respect for our privacy. | After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband. Anthony and I remain devoted to doing what is best for our son, who is the light of our life. During this difficult time, I ask for respect for our privacy. |
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| Online scam targeting Trump donors nets more than $1m | Online scam targeting Trump donors nets more than $1m |
| A man unconnected with the Donald Trump campaign has collected more than $1m in donations online by dangling the promise of a dinner with Trump on a site called dinnerwithtrump.org. | A man unconnected with the Donald Trump campaign has collected more than $1m in donations online by dangling the promise of a dinner with Trump on a site called dinnerwithtrump.org. |
| “Enter for a chance for you and a guest to have dinner with Donald Trump,” the site says. The flight, food & stay are on us.” | “Enter for a chance for you and a guest to have dinner with Donald Trump,” the site says. The flight, food & stay are on us.” |
| Visitors who enter their personal information to enter for free are invited to donate and increase their chances. Donations pour into the coffers of a political action committee run by a 25-year-old Maryland man called Ian Hawes. | Visitors who enter their personal information to enter for free are invited to donate and increase their chances. Donations pour into the coffers of a political action committee run by a 25-year-old Maryland man called Ian Hawes. |
| The fine print “discloses that this ‘dinner’ actually amounts to the PAC buying two tickets ‘at a Sponsor-selected fundraising evening event held with Donald Trump and other attendees’,” Politico reports: | The fine print “discloses that this ‘dinner’ actually amounts to the PAC buying two tickets ‘at a Sponsor-selected fundraising evening event held with Donald Trump and other attendees’,” Politico reports: |
| As of Sunday, Hawes’ group had raised $1.1 million from 21,253 donors, he said. More than 410,000 people had signed up for the dinner contest — giving him a massive email list he can leverage for more money for years to come. | As of Sunday, Hawes’ group had raised $1.1 million from 21,253 donors, he said. More than 410,000 people had signed up for the dinner contest — giving him a massive email list he can leverage for more money for years to come. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
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| Trump: 'I will stop the slaughter going on' in American cities | Trump: 'I will stop the slaughter going on' in American cities |
| Donald Trump tweets this morning that he “will stop the slaughter going on” in inner cities, and the candidate wonders how much more violence “will it take” for voters to turn to him. | Donald Trump tweets this morning that he “will stop the slaughter going on” in inner cities, and the candidate wonders how much more violence “will it take” for voters to turn to him. |
| Inner-city crime is reaching record levels. African-Americans will vote for Trump because they know I will stop the slaughter going on! | Inner-city crime is reaching record levels. African-Americans will vote for Trump because they know I will stop the slaughter going on! |
| Look how bad it is getting! How much more crime, how many more shootings, will it take for African-Americans and Latinos to vote Trump=SAFE! | Look how bad it is getting! How much more crime, how many more shootings, will it take for African-Americans and Latinos to vote Trump=SAFE! |
| Trump’s Twitter storm this morning (there are more tweets where those came from) rests on an assertion he made prominently at the Republican convention last month, that “decades of progress made in bringing down crime are now being reversed by this administration’s rollback of criminal enforcement.” | Trump’s Twitter storm this morning (there are more tweets where those came from) rests on an assertion he made prominently at the Republican convention last month, that “decades of progress made in bringing down crime are now being reversed by this administration’s rollback of criminal enforcement.” |
| In fact, there has been a recent spike in murders in 36 of the 50 biggest cities in America (in 2015 the homicide rate increased 54.3% in Washington and 58.5% in Baltimore), the Guardian’s David Smith and Scott Bixby wrote: | In fact, there has been a recent spike in murders in 36 of the 50 biggest cities in America (in 2015 the homicide rate increased 54.3% in Washington and 58.5% in Baltimore), the Guardian’s David Smith and Scott Bixby wrote: |
| But in the first three months of 2016, the picture was more mixed, according to the Major Cities Chiefs Association: New York, for example, recorded a 25% fall in homicides. The Brennan Center responds: “Over the past 25 years, crime in major cities has fallen 66%. In the country as a whole, violent crime is half of what it was in 1991, and has gone down 26% in the last decade. Property crime is down 43% in the past 25 years. No single year change has reversed that trend. Instead, the murder rate for 2015 remains close to 2012 levels – just barely above recent, historic lows.” | But in the first three months of 2016, the picture was more mixed, according to the Major Cities Chiefs Association: New York, for example, recorded a 25% fall in homicides. The Brennan Center responds: “Over the past 25 years, crime in major cities has fallen 66%. In the country as a whole, violent crime is half of what it was in 1991, and has gone down 26% in the last decade. Property crime is down 43% in the past 25 years. No single year change has reversed that trend. Instead, the murder rate for 2015 remains close to 2012 levels – just barely above recent, historic lows.” |
| Trump says urban crime is reaching record levels, cities are war zones. Chicago statistics. https://t.co/rRKlOHiSPo pic.twitter.com/V4mreiZVfx | Trump says urban crime is reaching record levels, cities are war zones. Chicago statistics. https://t.co/rRKlOHiSPo pic.twitter.com/V4mreiZVfx |
| It can seem a bit silly, though, to brandish statistics to illustrate the fundamental wrongness of Trump’s vision of the American city as an unmitigated hellscape. Hillary Clinton made the point last week in a speech about Trump’s “long history of racial discrimination.” “When I hear them, I think to myself: How sad. Donald Trump misses so much,” Clinton said, continuing: | It can seem a bit silly, though, to brandish statistics to illustrate the fundamental wrongness of Trump’s vision of the American city as an unmitigated hellscape. Hillary Clinton made the point last week in a speech about Trump’s “long history of racial discrimination.” “When I hear them, I think to myself: How sad. Donald Trump misses so much,” Clinton said, continuing: |
| He doesn’t see the success of black leaders in every field, the vibrancy of black-owned businesses, the strength of the black church. | He doesn’t see the success of black leaders in every field, the vibrancy of black-owned businesses, the strength of the black church. |
| He doesn’t see the excellence of historically black colleges and universities or the pride of black parents watching their children thrive. And he apparently didn’t see Police Chief Brown on television after the murders of five of his officers conducting himself with such dignity. He certainly doesn’t have any solutions to take on the reality of systemic racism and create more equity and opportunity in communities of color and for every American. | He doesn’t see the excellence of historically black colleges and universities or the pride of black parents watching their children thrive. And he apparently didn’t see Police Chief Brown on television after the murders of five of his officers conducting himself with such dignity. He certainly doesn’t have any solutions to take on the reality of systemic racism and create more equity and opportunity in communities of color and for every American. |
| It really does take a lot of nerve to ask people he’s ignored and mistreated for decades, “What do you have to lose?” Because the answer is: Everything. | It really does take a lot of nerve to ask people he’s ignored and mistreated for decades, “What do you have to lose?” Because the answer is: Everything. |
| Now, Trump’s lack of knowledge or experience or solutions would be bad enough. | Now, Trump’s lack of knowledge or experience or solutions would be bad enough. |
| But what he’s doing here is more sinister. | But what he’s doing here is more sinister. |
| Trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters. | Trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters. |
| It’s a disturbing preview of what kind of president he’d be. | It’s a disturbing preview of what kind of president he’d be. |
| Trump has not said what he would do to stop, for example, gun violence in some cities. Indiana governor Mike Pence, Trump’s running mate, was asked on Sunday about consistent findings by Chicago police that most out-of-state guns recovered in Chicago originated in Indiana. Pence rejected the correlation between his state’s lax gun laws and violent crime across the border, saying that “firearms in the hands of law abiding citizens” make everyone safer. | Trump has not said what he would do to stop, for example, gun violence in some cities. Indiana governor Mike Pence, Trump’s running mate, was asked on Sunday about consistent findings by Chicago police that most out-of-state guns recovered in Chicago originated in Indiana. Pence rejected the correlation between his state’s lax gun laws and violent crime across the border, saying that “firearms in the hands of law abiding citizens” make everyone safer. |
| Trump accuses the Obama administration of a “rollback of criminal enforcement.” Will he stop crime by hiring more cops? Does Trump advocate stop-and-frisk? Or the kind of “broken-windows” law enforcement tactics his adviser Rudy Giuliani advanced in New York? Does he plan to solve urban crime with new employment, education or housing policies? | Trump accuses the Obama administration of a “rollback of criminal enforcement.” Will he stop crime by hiring more cops? Does Trump advocate stop-and-frisk? Or the kind of “broken-windows” law enforcement tactics his adviser Rudy Giuliani advanced in New York? Does he plan to solve urban crime with new employment, education or housing policies? |
| Asked about 8-year-old girl killed by stray bullet in Camden and what a President Trump could do in city, Christie says: "Nothing." | Asked about 8-year-old girl killed by stray bullet in Camden and what a President Trump could do in city, Christie says: "Nothing." |
| When do we find out? Maybe next Saturday, when Trump is scheduled to speak at a Detroit church and “answer questions that are relevant to the African American community,” his campaign has announced. | When do we find out? Maybe next Saturday, when Trump is scheduled to speak at a Detroit church and “answer questions that are relevant to the African American community,” his campaign has announced. |
| Now that African-Americans are seeing what a bad job Hillary type policy and management has done to the inner-cities, they want TRUMP! | Now that African-Americans are seeing what a bad job Hillary type policy and management has done to the inner-cities, they want TRUMP! |
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| The Hillary Clinton campaign was confronted with an unpleasant distraction on Monday morning as the New York Post published a front-page story about newly revealed, explicit Twitter messages sent by former congressman Anthony Weiner to a woman he met online. Weiner is married to Huma Abedin, Clinton’s closest aide. | The Hillary Clinton campaign was confronted with an unpleasant distraction on Monday morning as the New York Post published a front-page story about newly revealed, explicit Twitter messages sent by former congressman Anthony Weiner to a woman he met online. Weiner is married to Huma Abedin, Clinton’s closest aide. |
| The latest messages appear to be another installment in a long-running pattern of conduct by Weiner online that has made a public spectacle of his marriage and recalled the sex scandals attached to Clinton’s own marriage. | The latest messages appear to be another installment in a long-running pattern of conduct by Weiner online that has made a public spectacle of his marriage and recalled the sex scandals attached to Clinton’s own marriage. |
| Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 after similar explicit messages came to light. His 2013 New York City mayoral bid foundered on a similar scandal. | Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 after similar explicit messages came to light. His 2013 New York City mayoral bid foundered on a similar scandal. |
| Weiner’s Twitter account has been deleted. The Clinton campaign did not immediately reply to a request for comment. | Weiner’s Twitter account has been deleted. The Clinton campaign did not immediately reply to a request for comment. |
| The Post on Monday published texts and images said to have been sent and received by Weiner about a year ago, in July 2015. The images include one that appears to have been sent by Weiner in which his young son, asleep, is visible in the background. | The Post on Monday published texts and images said to have been sent and received by Weiner about a year ago, in July 2015. The images include one that appears to have been sent by Weiner in which his young son, asleep, is visible in the background. |
| As his mayoral bid collapsed, Abedin, already anticipating Clinton’s presidential run, appeared alongside Weiner and expressed support for him. She did not appear at a concession speech he gave at the end of the campaign. She travels constantly with Clinton. | As his mayoral bid collapsed, Abedin, already anticipating Clinton’s presidential run, appeared alongside Weiner and expressed support for him. She did not appear at a concession speech he gave at the end of the campaign. She travels constantly with Clinton. |
| The disintegrating mayoral bid, and the couple’s efforts to prevent the same from happening to their marriage, were the subject of an award-winning documentary released this year, Weiner. | The disintegrating mayoral bid, and the couple’s efforts to prevent the same from happening to their marriage, were the subject of an award-winning documentary released this year, Weiner. |
| Earlier this month, Weiner revealed that Abedin never agreed to the documentary. | Earlier this month, Weiner revealed that Abedin never agreed to the documentary. |
| Update: Donald Trump has sent a tweet questioning Clinton’s judgment, without mentioning Weiner by name: | Update: Donald Trump has sent a tweet questioning Clinton’s judgment, without mentioning Weiner by name: |
| Crooked Hillary's brainpower is highly overrated.Probably why her decision making is so bad or, as stated by Bernie S, she has BAD JUDGEMENT | Crooked Hillary's brainpower is highly overrated.Probably why her decision making is so bad or, as stated by Bernie S, she has BAD JUDGEMENT |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump has announced a date for what he bills as “a major speech on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION” – Wednesday in the “GREAT State of Arizona”. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump has announced a date for what he bills as “a major speech on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION” – Wednesday in the “GREAT State of Arizona”. |
| I will be making a major speech on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION on Wednesday in the GREAT State of Arizona. Big crowds, looking for a larger venue. | I will be making a major speech on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION on Wednesday in the GREAT State of Arizona. Big crowds, looking for a larger venue. |
| Trump surrogates have said he will use the speech to clarify his immigration proposals. The candidate appears to be backing away from a proposal to stand up a “deportation force” to remove millions of undocumented migrants from the country. Trump’s running mate Mike Pence and New Jersey governor Chris Christie insisted at the weekend that the candidate’s position on immigration had not changed. | Trump surrogates have said he will use the speech to clarify his immigration proposals. The candidate appears to be backing away from a proposal to stand up a “deportation force” to remove millions of undocumented migrants from the country. Trump’s running mate Mike Pence and New Jersey governor Chris Christie insisted at the weekend that the candidate’s position on immigration had not changed. |
| The Trump campaign has reserved “upward of $10m” in TV ad time in nine states “in the next week or so”, AP reports, including states where Trump’s poll numbers have lagged such as Virginia and Colorado. The buy brings the Trump campaign’s total TV ad spending to about $15m, versus $77m for the Hillary Clinton campaign. | The Trump campaign has reserved “upward of $10m” in TV ad time in nine states “in the next week or so”, AP reports, including states where Trump’s poll numbers have lagged such as Virginia and Colorado. The buy brings the Trump campaign’s total TV ad spending to about $15m, versus $77m for the Hillary Clinton campaign. |
| The Trump campaign is also out with a new ad this morning, offering contrasting visions of what would happen to the American economy under a Trump presidency versus a Clinton presidency: | The Trump campaign is also out with a new ad this morning, offering contrasting visions of what would happen to the American economy under a Trump presidency versus a Clinton presidency: |
| Can Trump catch Clinton in the 71 days remaining until election day (with early voting in dozens of states a month away)? Polling averages depict a static race through the month of August, with Clinton leading by between six and eight points. New polling by Emerson College, which FiveThirtyEight has found has a measurable house effect in favor of Republicans, has Trump within three points of Clinton in a four-way race in Pennsylvania, where head-to-head averages have her up seven points. Morning Consult released a national poll yesterday showing Trump within three points of Clinton after having trailed by six points a week earlier. Is he gaining? The signals are mixed. | Can Trump catch Clinton in the 71 days remaining until election day (with early voting in dozens of states a month away)? Polling averages depict a static race through the month of August, with Clinton leading by between six and eight points. New polling by Emerson College, which FiveThirtyEight has found has a measurable house effect in favor of Republicans, has Trump within three points of Clinton in a four-way race in Pennsylvania, where head-to-head averages have her up seven points. Morning Consult released a national poll yesterday showing Trump within three points of Clinton after having trailed by six points a week earlier. Is he gaining? The signals are mixed. |
| In conversations in Nascar country, Guardian Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts found some skepticism about the Republican candidate. | In conversations in Nascar country, Guardian Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts found some skepticism about the Republican candidate. |
| New Weiner sexts revealed | New Weiner sexts revealed |
| This has happened: | This has happened: |
| .@anthonyweiner's Twitter account has been deleted pic.twitter.com/l0DftDzJIn | .@anthonyweiner's Twitter account has been deleted pic.twitter.com/l0DftDzJIn |
| Presumably because this happened (that link takes you to the New York Post coverage of previously unseen, by the public, sexts by Anthony Weiner, from a year ago). | Presumably because this happened (that link takes you to the New York Post coverage of previously unseen, by the public, sexts by Anthony Weiner, from a year ago). |
| When you see Anthony Weiner is trending. pic.twitter.com/h9xT3Gzyn7 | When you see Anthony Weiner is trending. pic.twitter.com/h9xT3Gzyn7 |
| Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. |