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| Hillary Clinton to resume campaigning Thursday amid health concerns – live | |
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| Report: Colin Powell calls Donald Trump 'a national disgrace,' 'international pariah' in emails | |
| Former secretary of defense and retired four-star general Colin Powell referred to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as a “national disgrace” and an “international pariah” in emails to a former aide, according to Buzzfeed News. | |
| Powell, who served under three Republican presidents but endorsed President Barack Obama twice, called the birther movement that Trump fomented “racist” in an email to Emily Miller, a journalist who once served as Powell’s deputy press secretary during his tenure in the second Bush administration. | |
| Trump, Powell said in a June 2016 email, “is in the process of destroying himself, no need for Dems to attack him. Paul Ryan is calibrating his position again.” | |
| Powell’s slams against Trump, unheard of intra-party attacks that would be unheard of in any other campaign cycle, may not make an impact - according to Powell himself. | |
| “To go on and call him an idiot just emboldens him,” Powell said in another email. | |
| In comment to Buzzfeed News, Powell did not deny sending the emails. | |
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| Choice of words... | |
| I had a blast with students and supporters in front of Iowa's Capitol on 9/11! #CancelStudentDebt #ItsInOurHands pic.twitter.com/96G3fHr95A | |
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| Hillary Clinton returns to the campaign trail Thursday | |
| The Associated Press reports: | |
| Hillary Clinton will resume campaign travel Thursday after a bout of pneumonia. | |
| Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill says the Democratic nominee spent Tuesday reading briefing material and making calls. She also watched President Barack Obama campaigning on her behalf in Philadelphia. | |
| She had planned to campaign Wednesday in Las Vegas. Former President Bill Clinton will headline the event in her place. | |
| Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia Friday. But her campaign didn’t disclose the illness until Sunday, after video emerged showing her stumbling and being held up by aides after abruptly leaving a 9/11 memorial service in New York. | |
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| Libertarian presidential tickets achieves ballot access in all 50 states, District of Columbia | Libertarian presidential tickets achieves ballot access in all 50 states, District of Columbia |
| The presidential campaign of former New Mexico governor and Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson has announced that the ticket has achieved ballot access in all 50 states, as well as in the District of Columbia. | The presidential campaign of former New Mexico governor and Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson has announced that the ticket has achieved ballot access in all 50 states, as well as in the District of Columbia. |
| “With a majority of Americans wanting a choice other than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, today we now know for certain that on Election Day, every voter in America will have that alternative option,” Johnson said in a statement. “And today we also know that the only other option on every American voter’s ballot will be myself and Gov. [Bill] Weld.” | “With a majority of Americans wanting a choice other than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, today we now know for certain that on Election Day, every voter in America will have that alternative option,” Johnson said in a statement. “And today we also know that the only other option on every American voter’s ballot will be myself and Gov. [Bill] Weld.” |
| Calling the ballot-access process “a monumental task,” Johnson slightly shaded Green party candidate Jill Stein by reminding followers that the Libertarian party “will be the only ticket other than the Republicans and Democrats to do so.” | Calling the ballot-access process “a monumental task,” Johnson slightly shaded Green party candidate Jill Stein by reminding followers that the Libertarian party “will be the only ticket other than the Republicans and Democrats to do so.” |
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| The most powerful Super Pac supporting Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency has found an unlikely ally in its latest advertising salvo against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump: the late Ronald Reagan. | The most powerful Super Pac supporting Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency has found an unlikely ally in its latest advertising salvo against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump: the late Ronald Reagan. |
| In a spot released today and set to run in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the liberal Super Pac contrasts the conservative icon - using lines like “We are one nation under God, that black and white, we are one nation indivisible” - with Trump’s more aggressive statements from the campaign trail, including statements that he wished he could punch protestors in the face and announcing that he could shoot someone in the middle of New York’s Fifth Avenue | In a spot released today and set to run in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the liberal Super Pac contrasts the conservative icon - using lines like “We are one nation under God, that black and white, we are one nation indivisible” - with Trump’s more aggressive statements from the campaign trail, including statements that he wished he could punch protestors in the face and announcing that he could shoot someone in the middle of New York’s Fifth Avenue |
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| Donald Trump releases childcare plan | Donald Trump releases childcare plan |
| In anticipation of a campaign event in Pennsylvania tonight in which he will detail a new proposed childcare policy, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has emailed a fact sheet about the proposals to members of the press. The plan, Trump vows, “will allow a family to make the choice of whether a parent should work outside the home or not without bias from the tax code”. | In anticipation of a campaign event in Pennsylvania tonight in which he will detail a new proposed childcare policy, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has emailed a fact sheet about the proposals to members of the press. The plan, Trump vows, “will allow a family to make the choice of whether a parent should work outside the home or not without bias from the tax code”. |
| Here are some of the salient details: | Here are some of the salient details: |
| How does he plan to pay for it? | How does he plan to pay for it? |
| “The child care plan itself can more than be offset by additional growth.” | “The child care plan itself can more than be offset by additional growth.” |
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| Jake Tapper, on pillory against people who oppose Isis: | Jake Tapper, on pillory against people who oppose Isis: |
| That has never happened. In the history of the world. | That has never happened. In the history of the world. |
| Wow, @jaketapper has absolutely had it with @KatrinaPierson pic.twitter.com/O6EpjgpqDQ | Wow, @jaketapper has absolutely had it with @KatrinaPierson pic.twitter.com/O6EpjgpqDQ |
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| DNC chair pins latest leak on Russia acting in Donald Trump's interests | DNC chair pins latest leak on Russia acting in Donald Trump's interests |
| The Democratic National Committee has released a statement in response to the latest release of documents obtained via a hack of its databases, drawing a connection between the likely perpetrators of the cyberattack and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. | The Democratic National Committee has released a statement in response to the latest release of documents obtained via a hack of its databases, drawing a connection between the likely perpetrators of the cyberattack and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. |
| “The DNC is the victim of a crime - an illegal cyberattack by Russian state-sponsored agents who seek to harm the Democratic party and progressive groups in an effort to influence the presidential election,” said interim party chair Donna Brazile in a statement released this evening. | “The DNC is the victim of a crime - an illegal cyberattack by Russian state-sponsored agents who seek to harm the Democratic party and progressive groups in an effort to influence the presidential election,” said interim party chair Donna Brazile in a statement released this evening. |
| “There’s one person who stands to benefit from these criminal acts, and that’s Donald Trump,” Brazile continued. “Not only has Trump embraced Putin, he publicly encouraged further Russian espionage to help his campaign. Like so many of the words Trump has uttered this election season, his statements encouraging cybercrime are dangerous, divisive and unprecedented.” | “There’s one person who stands to benefit from these criminal acts, and that’s Donald Trump,” Brazile continued. “Not only has Trump embraced Putin, he publicly encouraged further Russian espionage to help his campaign. Like so many of the words Trump has uttered this election season, his statements encouraging cybercrime are dangerous, divisive and unprecedented.” |
| Brazile said that the DNC anticipated that more documents “stolen by Russian agents” would be released, and pledged to continue beefing up the party’s cybersecurity efforts in the wake of the hacks. | Brazile said that the DNC anticipated that more documents “stolen by Russian agents” would be released, and pledged to continue beefing up the party’s cybersecurity efforts in the wake of the hacks. |
| “The DNC takes cybersecurity and privacy very seriously,” Brazile said. “We will continue working to strengthen the security of our information and to cooperate with law enforcement authorities so that those responsible for this crime can be held accountable.” | “The DNC takes cybersecurity and privacy very seriously,” Brazile said. “We will continue working to strengthen the security of our information and to cooperate with law enforcement authorities so that those responsible for this crime can be held accountable.” |
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| Sabrina Siddiqui | Sabrina Siddiqui |
| The Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui has more on President Barack Obama’s first solo campaign appearance: | The Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui has more on President Barack Obama’s first solo campaign appearance: |
| Barack Obama marked his first solo campaign appearance this cycle by accusing Republicans of fanning the flames of “anger and hate” while dubbing Donald Trump’s entire persona as counter to the values of the nation he has led for eight years. | Barack Obama marked his first solo campaign appearance this cycle by accusing Republicans of fanning the flames of “anger and hate” while dubbing Donald Trump’s entire persona as counter to the values of the nation he has led for eight years. |
| “What we’ve seen from the other side in this election, this isn’t Abraham Lincoln’s Republican party. This isn’t even the vision of freedom that Ronald Reagan talked about,” Obama told thousands of supporters in Philadelphia on Tuesday, adding that Trump was offering “a dark, pessimistic vision of a country where we turn against each other, we turn away from the rest of the world”. | “What we’ve seen from the other side in this election, this isn’t Abraham Lincoln’s Republican party. This isn’t even the vision of freedom that Ronald Reagan talked about,” Obama told thousands of supporters in Philadelphia on Tuesday, adding that Trump was offering “a dark, pessimistic vision of a country where we turn against each other, we turn away from the rest of the world”. |
| “They’re not offering serious solutions. They’re just fanning resentment and blame and anger and hate. And that is not the America we know. That’s not the America I know.” | “They’re not offering serious solutions. They’re just fanning resentment and blame and anger and hate. And that is not the America we know. That’s not the America I know.” |
| With Hillary Clinton sidelined this week while recovering from pneumonia, Obama reinforced many of themes the Democratic nominee has made central to her campaign. In particular, the president ridiculed Trump’s professions of admiration toward Vladimir Putin. | With Hillary Clinton sidelined this week while recovering from pneumonia, Obama reinforced many of themes the Democratic nominee has made central to her campaign. In particular, the president ridiculed Trump’s professions of admiration toward Vladimir Putin. |
| Recounting how Trump appeared on the Kremlin-backed television network RT “to talk down our military and to curry favor” with the Russian president, Obama added incredulously: “He loves this guy.” | Recounting how Trump appeared on the Kremlin-backed television network RT “to talk down our military and to curry favor” with the Russian president, Obama added incredulously: “He loves this guy.” |
| “Can you imagine Ronald Reagan idolizing somebody like that? Think about the fact that that is Donald Trump’s role model.” | “Can you imagine Ronald Reagan idolizing somebody like that? Think about the fact that that is Donald Trump’s role model.” |
| “I have to do business with Putin, I have to do business with Russia, that’s part of foreign policy,” he added, “but I don’t go around saying that’s my role model.” | “I have to do business with Putin, I have to do business with Russia, that’s part of foreign policy,” he added, “but I don’t go around saying that’s my role model.” |
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| Donald Trump will appear on Sean Hannity’s pressure-cooker for an interview tonight: | Donald Trump will appear on Sean Hannity’s pressure-cooker for an interview tonight: |
| TONIGHT on #Hannity: @realDonaldTrump talks Hillary’s health, new attacks and campaign strategy. Tune in at 10p ET. pic.twitter.com/t25JVwVmXA | TONIGHT on #Hannity: @realDonaldTrump talks Hillary’s health, new attacks and campaign strategy. Tune in at 10p ET. pic.twitter.com/t25JVwVmXA |
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| Donald Trump, on Ivanka Trump’s family policy: | Donald Trump, on Ivanka Trump’s family policy: |
| Daddy, daddy, we have to do this. | Daddy, daddy, we have to do this. |
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| Illinois senator and #NeverTrump Republican Mark Kirk, locked in a tight race with congresswoman Tammy Duckworth for his seat in the US Senate, has released a Spanish-language advertisement aimed at Latino voters in the hopes of further distancing himself from his party’s presidential candidate. | Illinois senator and #NeverTrump Republican Mark Kirk, locked in a tight race with congresswoman Tammy Duckworth for his seat in the US Senate, has released a Spanish-language advertisement aimed at Latino voters in the hopes of further distancing himself from his party’s presidential candidate. |
| In the advertisement - titled Su Senador, or Your Senator - Kirk tells Spanish-speaking Illinois voters that “Yo no apoyo a Trump,” or “I do not support Trump” in English, and that he has spoken out against the candidate’s invective against a Latino federal judge: “Ni puedo appear ni apoyar Donald Trump.” | In the advertisement - titled Su Senador, or Your Senator - Kirk tells Spanish-speaking Illinois voters that “Yo no apoyo a Trump,” or “I do not support Trump” in English, and that he has spoken out against the candidate’s invective against a Latino federal judge: “Ni puedo appear ni apoyar Donald Trump.” |
| Kirk learned Spanish as a college student studying abroad in Mexico, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. | Kirk learned Spanish as a college student studying abroad in Mexico, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. |
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| Donald Trump plans to pitch himself as champion for women | Donald Trump plans to pitch himself as champion for women |
| As Hillary Clinton’s absence from the campaign trail continues, Donald Trump is attempting to use the opportunity to recast himself as a champion for working women, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs and Dan Roberts in Washington and Sabrina Siddiqui in Philadelphia: | As Hillary Clinton’s absence from the campaign trail continues, Donald Trump is attempting to use the opportunity to recast himself as a champion for working women, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs and Dan Roberts in Washington and Sabrina Siddiqui in Philadelphia: |
| But the Republican presidential candidate’s new pitch comes as Barack Obama,who is as popular as he has been since 2009, hit the campaign trail on behalf of his former secretary of state. | But the Republican presidential candidate’s new pitch comes as Barack Obama,who is as popular as he has been since 2009, hit the campaign trail on behalf of his former secretary of state. |
| Trump will unveil his plans for government tax subsidies for childcare on Tuesday alongside his daughter Ivanka. Trump’s plan would allow childcare expenses to be tax-deductible for all individuals making under $250,000, up to the average cost of childcare in that person’s state, as well as expanding rebates for those who do not pay income taxes, through the earned income tax credit. His campaign declined to explain how this would be paid for, saying only that it would be part of a comprehensive tax reform and economic plan which would be revenue neutral. | Trump will unveil his plans for government tax subsidies for childcare on Tuesday alongside his daughter Ivanka. Trump’s plan would allow childcare expenses to be tax-deductible for all individuals making under $250,000, up to the average cost of childcare in that person’s state, as well as expanding rebates for those who do not pay income taxes, through the earned income tax credit. His campaign declined to explain how this would be paid for, saying only that it would be part of a comprehensive tax reform and economic plan which would be revenue neutral. |
| The campaign also said Trump would announce a program to provide mothers with six weeks of paid maternity leave. The paid leave, which would provide these mothers unemployment insurance for six weeks as opposed to paying them their salaries, would be funded by reducing fraud in the current unemployment insurance program, the campaign said. | The campaign also said Trump would announce a program to provide mothers with six weeks of paid maternity leave. The paid leave, which would provide these mothers unemployment insurance for six weeks as opposed to paying them their salaries, would be funded by reducing fraud in the current unemployment insurance program, the campaign said. |
| Trump already has promised a significant tax cut as well as major increases in defense and infrastructure spending on the campaign trail without cutting spending on entitlements such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid. | Trump already has promised a significant tax cut as well as major increases in defense and infrastructure spending on the campaign trail without cutting spending on entitlements such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid. |
| Clinton unveiled a plan for universal preschool with increased federal funding in June 2015. | Clinton unveiled a plan for universal preschool with increased federal funding in June 2015. |
| In a rally in Iowa this afternoon, Trump told the crowd: “It’s almost like, I was thinking about it in the last couple of weeks in particular, they want these other countries to do so well ... because nobody can make deals that badly.” | In a rally in Iowa this afternoon, Trump told the crowd: “It’s almost like, I was thinking about it in the last couple of weeks in particular, they want these other countries to do so well ... because nobody can make deals that badly.” |
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| Hillary Clinton’s campaign has issued the political communications equivalent of an eyeroll in response to reports that Ivanka Trump will join her father, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, at a campaign event in Pennsylvania this evening to detail his plans to expand paid parental leave for new mothers. | Hillary Clinton’s campaign has issued the political communications equivalent of an eyeroll in response to reports that Ivanka Trump will join her father, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, at a campaign event in Pennsylvania this evening to detail his plans to expand paid parental leave for new mothers. |
| “After spending his entire career - and this entire campaign - demeaning women and dismissing the need to support working families, Donald Trump released a regressive and insufficient ‘maternity leave’ policy that is out-of-touch, half-baked and ignores the way Americans live and work today,” said policy aide Maya Harris. “The lack of seriousness of this proposal is no surprise given his history of disrespecting women in the workplace and the fact there’s no evidence he ever provided paid family leave or childcare to his own employees.” | “After spending his entire career - and this entire campaign - demeaning women and dismissing the need to support working families, Donald Trump released a regressive and insufficient ‘maternity leave’ policy that is out-of-touch, half-baked and ignores the way Americans live and work today,” said policy aide Maya Harris. “The lack of seriousness of this proposal is no surprise given his history of disrespecting women in the workplace and the fact there’s no evidence he ever provided paid family leave or childcare to his own employees.” |
| Trump will unveil his plans for government tax subsidies for childcare on Tuesday alongside his daughter Ivanka, as he attempts to claw back a historic poll deficit among white college educated women. Although his Republican predecessor Mitt Romney won that demographic by six points in 2012, Trump now trails Clinton by a margin of 50-40 points with this group, according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll. | Trump will unveil his plans for government tax subsidies for childcare on Tuesday alongside his daughter Ivanka, as he attempts to claw back a historic poll deficit among white college educated women. Although his Republican predecessor Mitt Romney won that demographic by six points in 2012, Trump now trails Clinton by a margin of 50-40 points with this group, according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll. |
| Trump’s plan would allow childcare expenses to be tax-deductible for all individuals making under $250,000, up to the average cost of childcare in that person’s state, as well as expanding rebates for those who do not pay income taxes, through the earned income tax credit (EITC). His campaign declined to explain how this would be paid for, saying only that it would be part of a comprehensive tax reform and economic plan which would be revenue neutral. | Trump’s plan would allow childcare expenses to be tax-deductible for all individuals making under $250,000, up to the average cost of childcare in that person’s state, as well as expanding rebates for those who do not pay income taxes, through the earned income tax credit (EITC). His campaign declined to explain how this would be paid for, saying only that it would be part of a comprehensive tax reform and economic plan which would be revenue neutral. |
| The campaign also said Trump would announce a program to provide mothers with six weeks of paid maternity leave. The paid leave, which would provide these mothers unemployment insurance for six weeks as opposed to paying them their salaries, would be funded by reducing fraud in the current unemployment insurance program, the campaign said. | The campaign also said Trump would announce a program to provide mothers with six weeks of paid maternity leave. The paid leave, which would provide these mothers unemployment insurance for six weeks as opposed to paying them their salaries, would be funded by reducing fraud in the current unemployment insurance program, the campaign said. |