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| Texas paper endorses Clinton after 75 years of backing GOP – campaign live | Texas paper endorses Clinton after 75 years of backing GOP – campaign live |
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| Bill Clinton is in Orlando, hitting Trump for his donations to attorney general Pam Bondi: | |
| .@billclinton mocks Trump, says, "my charity helps people, his is used to pay off your attorney general" pic.twitter.com/9tqcVKBP4C | |
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| Trump, speaking in Philadelphia, says Clinton is “totally unfit” to be commander in chief. | |
| Trump calls Clinton "trigger happy and very unstable" | |
| Trump: Hillary Clinton's foreign policy has produced "only turmoil and suffering and death" | |
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| Trump's August fundraising figures fall short – report | |
| The Trump campaign raised $90m in August, Fox News is reporting, compared with $143m for Clinton. Reuters has further: | |
| The report did not offer a breakdown of the amount raised by he New York real estate magnate, but Trump said at a rally on Tuesday that he himself contributed a lot of the money to his campaign in August. | |
| In July, Trump took in $80 million. | |
| Important to get the campaign-party split here https://t.co/NU90xAzEbO | |
| How doesn't Trump's $90M compare? @MittRomney raised $111.6 million in August 2012 https://t.co/hRiubRwQhI | |
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| Trump finally gets started in Philadelphia. He wants to talk about three crucial words, he says. “Peace through strength.” | |
| Periodic reminder that "peace through strength" is not a policy. It is a banal talking point. pic.twitter.com/qpxiCvR842 | |
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| Phyllis Schlafly's legacy: 'she encouraged us to speak' | |
| Phyllis Schlafly, the 92-year-old founder of the Eagle Forum who died on Monday evening, is best known for her grassroots movement that prevented ratification of the equal rights amendment in the 1970s. But conservative women say that it would be a mistake to think of her as solely involved or interested in countering the feminist agenda, writes the Guardian’ Megan Carpentier: | |
| They credit her reach as spreading far beyond that, to empowering women in the conservative movement, many of whom now lead their own national women’s groups whose areas of focus have broadened to include “free markets”, “personal liberty”, and “family values”. | |
| “It wasn’t a women’s-only cause that she led,” explained Lil Tuttle, the policy director at the conservative Claire Booth Luce Policy Institute. “It was a conservative cause.” | |
| “She encouraged us to speak out and speak boldly,” Tuttle added. “She was a uniter in a lot of ways.” | |
| Read further: | |
| And here’s Jessica Valenti on how Schlafly lost her war: | |
| Phyllis Schlafly believed feminism was a losing battle. The conservative icon, who died on Monday aged 92, insisted that the movement for gender equality was “a fight with human nature”, and therefore doomed to fail. Women belonged in the home, she believed, men belonged in the workforce and women didn’t need any more rights than the ones they were already afforded. | |
| But despite Schlafly’s predictions and beliefs, the world she left behind this week is one that largely embraces the issues she most feared. Feminism is more popular than ever, women are in the workforce en masse, LGBT rights are front and center and the country is mostly pro-choice. | |
| It turns out “human nature” is more attached to social progress than it is the idea that women belong in the kitchen. And with Schlafly’s death, we’re witnessing the end of a particular brand of conservative antifeminism that simply can’t survive in a country that has moved well beyond its values. | |
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| Trump's describes first move in office: 'ask the generals' for plan to beat Isis | Trump's describes first move in office: 'ask the generals' for plan to beat Isis |
| Here’s a live stream of Trump’s event in Philadelphia: | Here’s a live stream of Trump’s event in Philadelphia: |
| The Trump campaign has issued a list of 10 proposals to “update and upgrade America’s military.” The proposals amount to a very large order for new military recruitment and spending, which Trump presumably will draw from thin air. | The Trump campaign has issued a list of 10 proposals to “update and upgrade America’s military.” The proposals amount to a very large order for new military recruitment and spending, which Trump presumably will draw from thin air. |
| Here they are: | Here they are: |
| – “Immediately after taking office, Mr. Trump will ask the generals to present a plan within 30 days to defeat and destroy ISIS.” | – “Immediately after taking office, Mr. Trump will ask the generals to present a plan within 30 days to defeat and destroy ISIS.” |
| – ask Congress to fully eliminate the defense sequester and will submit a new budget to rebuild our military as soon as he assumes office. | – ask Congress to fully eliminate the defense sequester and will submit a new budget to rebuild our military as soon as he assumes office. |
| – build an active Army of around 540,000, as the Army’s chief of staff has said he needs. | – build an active Army of around 540,000, as the Army’s chief of staff has said he needs. |
| – build a Marine Corps based on 36 battalions, which the Heritage Foundation notes is the minimum needed to deal with major contingencies. | – build a Marine Corps based on 36 battalions, which the Heritage Foundation notes is the minimum needed to deal with major contingencies. |
| – build a Navy approaching 350 surface ships and submarines, as recommended by the bipartisan National Defense Panel. | – build a Navy approaching 350 surface ships and submarines, as recommended by the bipartisan National Defense Panel. |
| – build an Air Force of at least 1,200 fighter aircraft, which the Heritage Foundation has shown to be needed to execute current missions. | – build an Air Force of at least 1,200 fighter aircraft, which the Heritage Foundation has shown to be needed to execute current missions. |
| – seek to develop a state of the art missile defense system. | – seek to develop a state of the art missile defense system. |
| – modernize our nation’s naval cruisers to provide Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities. | – modernize our nation’s naval cruisers to provide Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities. |
| – enforce all classification rules, and enforce all laws relating to the handling of classified information. | – enforce all classification rules, and enforce all laws relating to the handling of classified information. |
| – asking the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and all relevant federal departments, to conduct a thorough review of United States cyber defenses and identify all vulnerabilities – in our power grid, our communications systems, and all vital infrastructure. | – asking the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and all relevant federal departments, to conduct a thorough review of United States cyber defenses and identify all vulnerabilities – in our power grid, our communications systems, and all vital infrastructure. |
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| Trump is going with a 1:3 teleprompter-to-flag ratio in Philadelphia, Ben Jacobs reports. | Trump is going with a 1:3 teleprompter-to-flag ratio in Philadelphia, Ben Jacobs reports. |
| It looks like only six American flags behind Trump today in Philadelphia and two teleprompters in front | It looks like only six American flags behind Trump today in Philadelphia and two teleprompters in front |
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| BREAKING: Mexico's Finance Minister Videgaray, who helped arrange Trump's visit to Mexico, resigns in wake of Trump's visit - Dow Jones | BREAKING: Mexico's Finance Minister Videgaray, who helped arrange Trump's visit to Mexico, resigns in wake of Trump's visit - Dow Jones |
| Read our previous coverage: | Read our previous coverage: |
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| Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in Philadelphia in about a half hour. We’ll have a live video stream of the event for you. Better yet, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs is at the scene: | Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in Philadelphia in about a half hour. We’ll have a live video stream of the event for you. Better yet, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs is at the scene: |
| Per a list in the West Pantry of the Union League, expected crowd of 350 here today for Trump event. | Per a list in the West Pantry of the Union League, expected crowd of 350 here today for Trump event. |
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| Texas' biggest paper endorses Clinton, after 75 years of backing GOP | Texas' biggest paper endorses Clinton, after 75 years of backing GOP |
| The Dallas Morning News, the biggest newspaper in the state, has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, in its first endorsement of a Democrat in 75 years. | The Dallas Morning News, the biggest newspaper in the state, has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, in its first endorsement of a Democrat in 75 years. |
| “There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November,” the endorsement begins. “We recommend Hillary Clinton”: | “There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November,” the endorsement begins. “We recommend Hillary Clinton”: |
| We don’t come to this decision easily. This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation’s highest office since before World War II — if you’re counting, that’s more than 75 years and nearly 20 elections. [...] | We don’t come to this decision easily. This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation’s highest office since before World War II — if you’re counting, that’s more than 75 years and nearly 20 elections. [...] |
| We’ve been critical of Clinton’s handling of certain issues in the past. But unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has experience in actual governance, a record of service and a willingness to delve into real policy. | We’ve been critical of Clinton’s handling of certain issues in the past. But unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has experience in actual governance, a record of service and a willingness to delve into real policy. |
| A Washington Post poll of Texas voters released Tuesday found a neck-and-neck presidential race in the state, which is home to the presidents Bush and global energy interests and where Republicans have reliably won since Richard Nixon (not counting the post-Watergate Jimmy Carter hiccup). | A Washington Post poll of Texas voters released Tuesday found a neck-and-neck presidential race in the state, which is home to the presidents Bush and global energy interests and where Republicans have reliably won since Richard Nixon (not counting the post-Watergate Jimmy Carter hiccup). |
| Update: here’s further from Texas: the state’s longest-serving governor and two-time presidential candidate, Rick Perry, is on Dancing with the Stars this season, and apparently he will win: | Update: here’s further from Texas: the state’s longest-serving governor and two-time presidential candidate, Rick Perry, is on Dancing with the Stars this season, and apparently he will win: |
| .@GovernorPerry shows off his new dance moves on @GMA. #txlege pic.twitter.com/J6wrICS2Np | .@GovernorPerry shows off his new dance moves on @GMA. #txlege pic.twitter.com/J6wrICS2Np |
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| President Barack Obama’s trip to Laos wasn’t all coconuts. He held a[n extremely polite] town hall too, which you can watch on C-Span: | President Barack Obama’s trip to Laos wasn’t all coconuts. He held a[n extremely polite] town hall too, which you can watch on C-Span: |
| WATCH: President Obama town hall meeting in Laos https://t.co/qXZv27dhU9 pic.twitter.com/f4QDjUZ1NK | WATCH: President Obama town hall meeting in Laos https://t.co/qXZv27dhU9 pic.twitter.com/f4QDjUZ1NK |
| Watching Obama town hall in Laos, imagining Trump. Bowing & using Lao greeting sába̖ai-di̖i! [4m5s] https://t.co/F51lnGQzJ7 Qs start 19:15 | Watching Obama town hall in Laos, imagining Trump. Bowing & using Lao greeting sába̖ai-di̖i! [4m5s] https://t.co/F51lnGQzJ7 Qs start 19:15 |
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| Trumps ends media blacklist | Trumps ends media blacklist |
| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| The Donald Trump campaign has retired a media blacklist it had maintained since before the candidate won the nomination, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs reports. | The Donald Trump campaign has retired a media blacklist it had maintained since before the candidate won the nomination, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs reports. |
| The blacklist resulted in a ban certain media organizations, including the Washington Post, BuzzFeed and Politico, from Trump events. | The blacklist resulted in a ban certain media organizations, including the Washington Post, BuzzFeed and Politico, from Trump events. |
| “I figure they can’t treat me any worse,” Trump told CNN Money. | “I figure they can’t treat me any worse,” Trump told CNN Money. |
| Critics pointed out that the blacklist was punitive and sought to chill any reporting on Trump that the sensitive candidate may construe as negative. | Critics pointed out that the blacklist was punitive and sought to chill any reporting on Trump that the sensitive candidate may construe as negative. |
| The application of the blacklist was inconsistent. Trump gave hours of interviews to supposedly banned outlets and linked to and disseminated favorable reports from those outlets. | The application of the blacklist was inconsistent. Trump gave hours of interviews to supposedly banned outlets and linked to and disseminated favorable reports from those outlets. |
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| Trump hosted fund-raiser for Florida attorney general | Trump hosted fund-raiser for Florida attorney general |
| In a new twist in the controversy over a Donald Trump donation to help re-elect Florida attorney general Pam Bondi in 2014, the Huffington Post reports that Trump went further than writing a $25,000 check from his foundation’s account – he hosted a fundraiser for Bondi at his Palm Beach resort, Mar-a-Lago. | In a new twist in the controversy over a Donald Trump donation to help re-elect Florida attorney general Pam Bondi in 2014, the Huffington Post reports that Trump went further than writing a $25,000 check from his foundation’s account – he hosted a fundraiser for Bondi at his Palm Beach resort, Mar-a-Lago. |
| Trump’s support for Bondi has come under scrutiny, in part, because the check-writing and fund-raising was timed to Bondi’s decision not to join a New York state inquiry into consumer complaints about Trump University. The timing strikes some people as suspicious. | Trump’s support for Bondi has come under scrutiny, in part, because the check-writing and fund-raising was timed to Bondi’s decision not to join a New York state inquiry into consumer complaints about Trump University. The timing strikes some people as suspicious. |
| Bondi’s office announced three days after the check landed that she would not be looking into Trump University. The IRS fined the Trump family foundation for making a banned donation to Bondi. Bondi told the Associated Press that she had spoken with Trump and sought his donation personally. Trump has denied speaking with Bondi about Trump University but Trump’s campaign has conceded the two spoke as Bondi was making a decision about whether to join the inquiry. But they can’t say what the two spoke about. | Bondi’s office announced three days after the check landed that she would not be looking into Trump University. The IRS fined the Trump family foundation for making a banned donation to Bondi. Bondi told the Associated Press that she had spoken with Trump and sought his donation personally. Trump has denied speaking with Bondi about Trump University but Trump’s campaign has conceded the two spoke as Bondi was making a decision about whether to join the inquiry. But they can’t say what the two spoke about. |
| From the Huffington Post: | From the Huffington Post: |
| In March 2014, Donald Trump opened his 126-room Palm Beach resort, Mar-a-Lago, for a $3,000-per-person fundraiser for Pam Bondi. The Florida attorney general, who was facing a tough re-election campaign, had recently decided not to investigate Trump University. [...] | In March 2014, Donald Trump opened his 126-room Palm Beach resort, Mar-a-Lago, for a $3,000-per-person fundraiser for Pam Bondi. The Florida attorney general, who was facing a tough re-election campaign, had recently decided not to investigate Trump University. [...] |
| Since he began his run for the White House, Trump has repeatedly claimed that Bondi is merely someone he has supported politically. But his fundraising efforts for her were extensive and varied: In addition to the $25,000 donation from his foundation and the star-studded Mar-a-Lago event, Trump and his daughter Ivanka each gave $500 to Bondi’s campaign in the fall of 2013. The following spring, Ivanka and her father donated another $125,000 to the Republican Party of Florida ― Bondi’s single biggest source of campaign funds. | Since he began his run for the White House, Trump has repeatedly claimed that Bondi is merely someone he has supported politically. But his fundraising efforts for her were extensive and varied: In addition to the $25,000 donation from his foundation and the star-studded Mar-a-Lago event, Trump and his daughter Ivanka each gave $500 to Bondi’s campaign in the fall of 2013. The following spring, Ivanka and her father donated another $125,000 to the Republican Party of Florida ― Bondi’s single biggest source of campaign funds. |
| For more information about the scandal, read our summary report: | For more information about the scandal, read our summary report: |
| Why is a $25,000 campaign donation Donald Trump made in September 2013 to Pam Bondi, a Republican running for re-election as Florida’s attorney general, now such a big deal? | Why is a $25,000 campaign donation Donald Trump made in September 2013 to Pam Bondi, a Republican running for re-election as Florida’s attorney general, now such a big deal? |
| Trump circumvented Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules by routing the money through a charitable entity, the Donald J Trump Foundation, which is prohibited by law from making political donations. More controversially, however, Bondi’s office was at the time mulling whether to join a New York state probe into allegations that customers who paid thousands of dollars to Trump University, Trump’s for-profit education company, for a real estate investment course were ripped off. Just days after Trump’s donation arrived, Bondi dropped her investigation into the alleged fraud, citing “insufficient grounds” to proceed. | Trump circumvented Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules by routing the money through a charitable entity, the Donald J Trump Foundation, which is prohibited by law from making political donations. More controversially, however, Bondi’s office was at the time mulling whether to join a New York state probe into allegations that customers who paid thousands of dollars to Trump University, Trump’s for-profit education company, for a real estate investment course were ripped off. Just days after Trump’s donation arrived, Bondi dropped her investigation into the alleged fraud, citing “insufficient grounds” to proceed. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
| Update: Trump campaign manager tells ABC News this morning that Trump and Bondi “both said that they’ve never discussed the Trump University lawsuit... they may have talked about anything. He has a residence in Florida.” | Update: Trump campaign manager tells ABC News this morning that Trump and Bondi “both said that they’ve never discussed the Trump University lawsuit... they may have talked about anything. He has a residence in Florida.” |
| Conway works to turn the conversation to meetings Hillary Clinton took while secretary of state with Clinton Foundation donors. | Conway works to turn the conversation to meetings Hillary Clinton took while secretary of state with Clinton Foundation donors. |
| Trump campaign manager tells @GMA Trump Foundation contribution to Florida AG was unrelated to Trump U probe: https://t.co/lpo0mftcm1 | Trump campaign manager tells @GMA Trump Foundation contribution to Florida AG was unrelated to Trump U probe: https://t.co/lpo0mftcm1 |
| Actually, it wasn't pay to play. It was what is technically called a "bribe" https://t.co/hcu1TnwRQg | Actually, it wasn't pay to play. It was what is technically called a "bribe" https://t.co/hcu1TnwRQg |
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| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs is in Philadelphia with Donald Trump for a rally this morning before the candidate heads to New York City to participate in a forum on veterans’ issues. Hillary Clinton is also participating in the forum, but the two candidates are not scheduled to cross paths. Bill Clinton is scheduled to make an appearance on behalf of his wife in Florida, and Chelsea Clinton is campaigning today in Pennsylvania. | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. The Guardian’s Ben Jacobs is in Philadelphia with Donald Trump for a rally this morning before the candidate heads to New York City to participate in a forum on veterans’ issues. Hillary Clinton is also participating in the forum, but the two candidates are not scheduled to cross paths. Bill Clinton is scheduled to make an appearance on behalf of his wife in Florida, and Chelsea Clinton is campaigning today in Pennsylvania. |
| Trump: ‘I think I will’ release medical records | Trump: ‘I think I will’ release medical records |
| Donald Trump tells ABC News' David Muir that he plans to release his full medical records. https://t.co/Wya4IgoK7j pic.twitter.com/c5pKKZsTIa | Donald Trump tells ABC News' David Muir that he plans to release his full medical records. https://t.co/Wya4IgoK7j pic.twitter.com/c5pKKZsTIa |
| Trump and Clinton return to trail | Trump and Clinton return to trail |
| Trump launched an assault on Clinton on Tuesday evening in a cavernous convention center in Greenville, North Carolina, marking his first public rally since Labor Day, the unofficial kickoff to the fall campaign. After bemoaning that Clinton didn’t talk about policy but instead engaged in “hitjobs” against him, Trump proceeded to return the favor. Only hours before, at a Tampa rally, Clinton had called him “temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be president of the United States”. | Trump launched an assault on Clinton on Tuesday evening in a cavernous convention center in Greenville, North Carolina, marking his first public rally since Labor Day, the unofficial kickoff to the fall campaign. After bemoaning that Clinton didn’t talk about policy but instead engaged in “hitjobs” against him, Trump proceeded to return the favor. Only hours before, at a Tampa rally, Clinton had called him “temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be president of the United States”. |
| Obama enjoys refreshing coconut | Obama enjoys refreshing coconut |
| Obama, with coconut, taunts thirsty pool pic.twitter.com/wKRcRlBPhi | Obama, with coconut, taunts thirsty pool pic.twitter.com/wKRcRlBPhi |
| Trump’s son-in-law’s paper breaks DNC hacking news | Trump’s son-in-law’s paper breaks DNC hacking news |
| The New York Observer, the paper owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, which is not known for its national security reporting, is now receiving leaks about hacked Democratic emails, the paper says, from the hacker Guccifer 2.0, who has been linked to Moscow. The emails don’t seem particularly new, but the outlet is. | The New York Observer, the paper owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, which is not known for its national security reporting, is now receiving leaks about hacked Democratic emails, the paper says, from the hacker Guccifer 2.0, who has been linked to Moscow. The emails don’t seem particularly new, but the outlet is. |
| Speaking of Vladimir Putin, this happened on Hillary Clinton’s plane yesterday: | Speaking of Vladimir Putin, this happened on Hillary Clinton’s plane yesterday: |
| Press rolled orange to HRC asking if she'd rather dine w Trump or Putin. @NickMerrill circled Putin & rolled it back pic.twitter.com/b6160y7NPf | Press rolled orange to HRC asking if she'd rather dine w Trump or Putin. @NickMerrill circled Putin & rolled it back pic.twitter.com/b6160y7NPf |
| Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. |