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| Trump: 'impenetrable physical' border wall in immigration plan – as it happened | |
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| Today in Campaign 2016 | |
| Sr. Trump adv: Reports of "virtual wall" are false. Trump determined to build wall, adv says: "It will be an impenetrable physical barrier." | |
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| Rick Perry to join Dancing With the Stars | Rick Perry to join Dancing With the Stars |
| Seriously. | Seriously. |
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| Hillary Clinton is taking aim at blood-red Utah in a new campaign advertisement, hitting Donald Trump as “unfit and unprepared” to serve as president in a state that has been tepid in its response to the Republican nominee, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. | Hillary Clinton is taking aim at blood-red Utah in a new campaign advertisement, hitting Donald Trump as “unfit and unprepared” to serve as president in a state that has been tepid in its response to the Republican nominee, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. |
| The campaign mailer, sent to an unknown number of Utah residents, shows a stern-looking woman above a line of dialogue calling Trump’s potential administration “alarming”: | The campaign mailer, sent to an unknown number of Utah residents, shows a stern-looking woman above a line of dialogue calling Trump’s potential administration “alarming”: |
| You care about your community and the future of the country. That’s why the thought of Donald Trump as president is so alarming. | You care about your community and the future of the country. That’s why the thought of Donald Trump as president is so alarming. |
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| In an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, longtime Trump friend and business associate Tom Barrack said he did not want Donald Trump to talk about Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner - despite the campaign’s release of a statement critiquing the disgraced former congressman as a national security risk. | In an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, longtime Trump friend and business associate Tom Barrack said he did not want Donald Trump to talk about Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner - despite the campaign’s release of a statement critiquing the disgraced former congressman as a national security risk. |
| “Personally, I don’t,” Barrack said. “Because I think it detracts from the substance. I understand it, right? In other words, he’s saying, look, I’m here - the American people want a leader, they want somebody who stands in the middle of that fire and fights and fights to win.” | “Personally, I don’t,” Barrack said. “Because I think it detracts from the substance. I understand it, right? In other words, he’s saying, look, I’m here - the American people want a leader, they want somebody who stands in the middle of that fire and fights and fights to win.” |
| “So if I have all these issues, I’m going to use them and they can use them on me. Bring it on, right? Nobody else does that. Everybody says, I’m not going to bring that up because somebody is going to bring it up on me,” Barrack continued. “He walks into the fire and says, I’m going to use everything that I have. I don’t personally agree with that.” | “So if I have all these issues, I’m going to use them and they can use them on me. Bring it on, right? Nobody else does that. Everybody says, I’m not going to bring that up because somebody is going to bring it up on me,” Barrack continued. “He walks into the fire and says, I’m going to use everything that I have. I don’t personally agree with that.” |
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| Trump campaign CEO accused of sexual harassment in '90s lawsuit | Trump campaign CEO accused of sexual harassment in '90s lawsuit |
| Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon was accused of workplace sexual harassment in a legal dispute during his time as director of a scientific research facility that aimed to prepare human for terraforming the planet Mars, according to a report from Buzzfeed News. | Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon was accused of workplace sexual harassment in a legal dispute during his time as director of a scientific research facility that aimed to prepare human for terraforming the planet Mars, according to a report from Buzzfeed News. |
| The lawsuit, filed in 1994, was the result of alleged comments made by Bannon during his tenure as the director of Biosphere 2, a scientific research facility in Oracle, Arizona, that was created as a closed system of biomes aimed to replicate the Earth. | The lawsuit, filed in 1994, was the result of alleged comments made by Bannon during his tenure as the director of Biosphere 2, a scientific research facility in Oracle, Arizona, that was created as a closed system of biomes aimed to replicate the Earth. |
| The suit, filed by former Biosphere 2 director Margret Augustine, accused Bannon of disparaging female employees of the facility and making sexualized comments towards her personally. Bannon denied the charges at the time, which were later dropped, and the Trump campaign released a statement denying the charges today: | The suit, filed by former Biosphere 2 director Margret Augustine, accused Bannon of disparaging female employees of the facility and making sexualized comments towards her personally. Bannon denied the charges at the time, which were later dropped, and the Trump campaign released a statement denying the charges today: |
| The Bass Organization sued Ms. Augustine for fraud for embezzling $800,000. She then sued two representatives of the Bass Organization having never complained about any behavior. Subsequently, she dropped her legal action. Ms Augustine was removed as CEO in a corporate restructuring in 1993. | The Bass Organization sued Ms. Augustine for fraud for embezzling $800,000. She then sued two representatives of the Bass Organization having never complained about any behavior. Subsequently, she dropped her legal action. Ms Augustine was removed as CEO in a corporate restructuring in 1993. |
| In her complaint, Augustine accused Bannon of “insulting to the plaintiff and other females employees of Biosphere 2, and in their presence, and against their will, made lewd remarks, told offensive off-color stories, made disparaging remarks about females, made sexually suggestive remarks, discussed females they had known in a lewd and derogatory fashion and in general acted with total indifference to the feelings of the plaintiff and other female employees of Biosphere 2.” | In her complaint, Augustine accused Bannon of “insulting to the plaintiff and other females employees of Biosphere 2, and in their presence, and against their will, made lewd remarks, told offensive off-color stories, made disparaging remarks about females, made sexually suggestive remarks, discussed females they had known in a lewd and derogatory fashion and in general acted with total indifference to the feelings of the plaintiff and other female employees of Biosphere 2.” |
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| Republican Meg Whitman to campaign for Hillary Clinton | Republican Meg Whitman to campaign for Hillary Clinton |
| Billionaire Republican fundraiser Meg Whitman, a former CEO of Ebay and California gubernatorial candidate, will stump for Hillary Clinton in Denver tomorrow to campaign for the Democratic presidential nominee in a meeting with Colorado business leaders. | Billionaire Republican fundraiser Meg Whitman, a former CEO of Ebay and California gubernatorial candidate, will stump for Hillary Clinton in Denver tomorrow to campaign for the Democratic presidential nominee in a meeting with Colorado business leaders. |
| Whitman “discuss Clinton’s plan to create jobs, invest in tech businesses, and make it easier for small business owners to succeed,” according to a campaign release that trumpets Whitman as a “35-year business veteran” and her declaration earlier this year that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is “unfit to be president.” | Whitman “discuss Clinton’s plan to create jobs, invest in tech businesses, and make it easier for small business owners to succeed,” according to a campaign release that trumpets Whitman as a “35-year business veteran” and her declaration earlier this year that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is “unfit to be president.” |
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| Donald Trump is trumpeting - sorry - an opt-in internet poll that shows him tied with Hillary Clinton: | Donald Trump is trumpeting - sorry - an opt-in internet poll that shows him tied with Hillary Clinton: |
| #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #ImWithYou pic.twitter.com/IoYMdjvWHf | #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #ImWithYou pic.twitter.com/IoYMdjvWHf |
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| Oomf. | Oomf. |
| .@DRUDGE_REPORT Um, the fight of his life was when he was captured and imprisoned for 5.5 years, but go with this obnoxious headline... | .@DRUDGE_REPORT Um, the fight of his life was when he was captured and imprisoned for 5.5 years, but go with this obnoxious headline... |
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| The Clinton campaign’s response to Donald Trump’s statement on Huma Abedin’s separation from Anthony Weiner: | The Clinton campaign’s response to Donald Trump’s statement on Huma Abedin’s separation from Anthony Weiner: |
| We’re not dignifying that with a response. | We’re not dignifying that with a response. |
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| Pastor Mark Burns, recently upgraded to a high-profile surrogate for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, just went on what might be generously called an aggressive shouting jag with an MSNBC journalist on-air, at one point asking the host where her ancestors are from. | Pastor Mark Burns, recently upgraded to a high-profile surrogate for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, just went on what might be generously called an aggressive shouting jag with an MSNBC journalist on-air, at one point asking the host where her ancestors are from. |
| Here's part of @KWelkerNBC's interview with pro-Trump Pastor Mark Burns just now on MSNBC. Wow. Do watch. https://t.co/cgW972uvu2 | Here's part of @KWelkerNBC's interview with pro-Trump Pastor Mark Burns just now on MSNBC. Wow. Do watch. https://t.co/cgW972uvu2 |
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| In an interview with a Seattle-area radio talk show host, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner a “disaster,” calling news of his separation from wife and Hillary Clinton adviser Huma Abedin a national security risk. | In an interview with a Seattle-area radio talk show host, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner a “disaster,” calling news of his separation from wife and Hillary Clinton adviser Huma Abedin a national security risk. |
| “I said a long time ago she’s married to a guy who is a disaster,” Trump told the Dori Monson Show, a conservative afternoon talk-radio program in the Seattle area. “I’ve known him for a long time. Here’s a guy - what he’s done over the internet is disgusting, and he’s a pervert and just a very sick guy. And she is married to him.” | “I said a long time ago she’s married to a guy who is a disaster,” Trump told the Dori Monson Show, a conservative afternoon talk-radio program in the Seattle area. “I’ve known him for a long time. Here’s a guy - what he’s done over the internet is disgusting, and he’s a pervert and just a very sick guy. And she is married to him.” |
| Trump appeared to imply that Abedin’s marriage to Weiner was a lapse in judgment, and put national security at risk by virtue of what he described as her access to classified information. | Trump appeared to imply that Abedin’s marriage to Weiner was a lapse in judgment, and put national security at risk by virtue of what he described as her access to classified information. |
| “She’s married to a guy that is uncontrolled and uncontrollable. He’s a sick person, and you know she has access to classified information,” Trump said. “Huma Abedin has access to classified information. How Hillary got away with that one, nobody will ever know. But to think that it’s very likely that much of this information Anthony Weiner would know about, and I think it’s something that was terrible.” | “She’s married to a guy that is uncontrolled and uncontrollable. He’s a sick person, and you know she has access to classified information,” Trump said. “Huma Abedin has access to classified information. How Hillary got away with that one, nobody will ever know. But to think that it’s very likely that much of this information Anthony Weiner would know about, and I think it’s something that was terrible.” |
| On Weiner, Trump did not hold back. | On Weiner, Trump did not hold back. |
| “He’s a sick person. He’s a sick puppy. And so you know it just happened and it’s actually sad in many ways. He’s a very sick guy and I said if you look back you’ll see that I said at the beginning the worst thing she can do is marry this guy. I’ve known him because he’s a politician, I’ve known him for quite a while and I understood that that he had difficulties. And certainly when it came out, I don’t know if these people get cured, it doesn’t seem like it.” | “He’s a sick person. He’s a sick puppy. And so you know it just happened and it’s actually sad in many ways. He’s a very sick guy and I said if you look back you’ll see that I said at the beginning the worst thing she can do is marry this guy. I’ve known him because he’s a politician, I’ve known him for quite a while and I understood that that he had difficulties. And certainly when it came out, I don’t know if these people get cured, it doesn’t seem like it.” |