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| Hillary Clinton to return to trail Friday after pneumonia bout – campaign live | |
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| Surpreme court refuses request to restore week of early voting in Ohio | |
| The supreme court on Tuesday refused a request to restore a week of early voting in swing-state Ohio, the AP reports: | |
| The state’s Democratic Party had asked the high court to suspend a ruling that allowed for the cut while Democrats and other plaintiffs appealed the issue. | |
| A lower court decision from last month upheld a law eliminating days in which people could register and vote at the same time, a period known as golden week. | |
| Democrats had claimed the reduction, along with other voting changes, disproportionately burdened black voters and those who lean Democratic. | |
| Early voting by mail has already begun in North Carolina: | |
| .@ElectProject just dropped my voted NC ballot off at @WakeElections counter pic.twitter.com/Guk6Iu1Sbz | |
| This is the most reliable way to cast a mail ballot: give it to election officials so they can check it is valid https://t.co/N5U0ENpjrz | |
| Here’s some background on early voting via Bloomberg: | |
| Thirty-seven states have laws allowing people to cast absentee ballots without an excuse, or in person, before Election Day on Nov. 8. North Carolina is the first state to start voting when it began mailing out absentee ballots on Friday and—voters there can also vote in person starting Oct. 20—Alabama does so later this week. Minnesota will kick off early in-person voting Sept. 23. [...] | |
| Early voters will make up more than half of the electorate in the crucial states of North Carolina, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Arizona, and Georgia, according to projections from the Associated Press. In 2012, 35 percent of voters did so through either absentee ballots or by casting in person votes prior to the general election, the organization reported. | |
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| Clinton to return to trail Friday - report | |
| After four days’ down time, Hillary Clinton is scheduled to return to the campaign trail on Friday, MSNBC reported. | |
| That would make for 10 days’ campaigning for Clinton before the first presidential debate on 26 September. | |
| Clinton is scheduled to appear at a “Black Women’s Agenda” event in Washington Friday. | |
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| Campaign accuses media of 'badgering' on Trump charity claims | Campaign accuses media of 'badgering' on Trump charity claims |
| With pressure growing on Donald Trump to back up his claims of having given millions to charity – “tens of millions,” his running mate says – in the face of a juggernaut Washington Post investigation that has exposed one after another of those claims as likely lies, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday accused the press of “badgering.” | With pressure growing on Donald Trump to back up his claims of having given millions to charity – “tens of millions,” his running mate says – in the face of a juggernaut Washington Post investigation that has exposed one after another of those claims as likely lies, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday accused the press of “badgering.” |
| “This is like badgering,” Conway said on CNN. “In other words, I don’t see it as journalism. I see it as badgering. In other words, we’ve had this conversation so many different times on so many different networks...” | “This is like badgering,” Conway said on CNN. “In other words, I don’t see it as journalism. I see it as badgering. In other words, we’ve had this conversation so many different times on so many different networks...” |
| The “conversation” has amounted to Trump surrogates or the candidate himself asserting that he has given to charity and then refusing to reply to reporting indicating that he has not. | The “conversation” has amounted to Trump surrogates or the candidate himself asserting that he has given to charity and then refusing to reply to reporting indicating that he has not. |
| Here’s the latest Washington Post report on hundreds of charity organizations Trump claims to have given to denying that he had personally donated. And here is an explosive report on how Trump uses his foundation to give away other people’s money – without apparently giving away any of his own. | Here’s the latest Washington Post report on hundreds of charity organizations Trump claims to have given to denying that he had personally donated. And here is an explosive report on how Trump uses his foundation to give away other people’s money – without apparently giving away any of his own. |
| Conway denied that account in her CNN interview, asserting counterfactually that the foundation’s money “is his money.” | Conway denied that account in her CNN interview, asserting counterfactually that the foundation’s money “is his money.” |
| David Fahrenthold, the driving force behind the charity scam story, asks for more information about that: | David Fahrenthold, the driving force behind the charity scam story, asks for more information about that: |
| This is good news. @KellyannePolls, can you tell us more abt when @realDonaldTrump gave his own $, and to whom? https://t.co/fn6VzXokaU | This is good news. @KellyannePolls, can you tell us more abt when @realDonaldTrump gave his own $, and to whom? https://t.co/fn6VzXokaU |
| Since '06, @realdonaldtrump has provided just 0.7% of the $ coming into Trump Fdn, tax records show. Since '08, 0%. https://t.co/aQ252gTljM | Since '06, @realdonaldtrump has provided just 0.7% of the $ coming into Trump Fdn, tax records show. Since '08, 0%. https://t.co/aQ252gTljM |
| Later in the same interview, Conway asserted that Trump is generous for having “employed tens of thousands of people from many different countries.” | Later in the same interview, Conway asserted that Trump is generous for having “employed tens of thousands of people from many different countries.” |
| The Clinton campaign features Fahrenthold’s reporting in a section of its web site devoted to questions about the Trump foundation: | The Clinton campaign features Fahrenthold’s reporting in a section of its web site devoted to questions about the Trump foundation: |
| 7 questions we have about the Trump Foundation (and how Donald used it to stop investigations into his fraud): https://t.co/3YdytDZDek | 7 questions we have about the Trump Foundation (and how Donald used it to stop investigations into his fraud): https://t.co/3YdytDZDek |
| After @Fahrenthold's reports, Trump should not be allowed to get away with continued stonewalling on his supposed charitable contributions. | After @Fahrenthold's reports, Trump should not be allowed to get away with continued stonewalling on his supposed charitable contributions. |
| (transcript h/t: @sopandeb) | (transcript h/t: @sopandeb) |
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| At least after the election we can go back to being one country | At least after the election we can go back to being one country |
| HuffPost on one side, Drudge on the other pic.twitter.com/lsizjNOOLX | HuffPost on one side, Drudge on the other pic.twitter.com/lsizjNOOLX |
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| Household incomes notch fastest growth on record – Census bureau | Household incomes notch fastest growth on record – Census bureau |
| The US Census bureau has just released a report on Income and Poverty in the United States in 2015. | The US Census bureau has just released a report on Income and Poverty in the United States in 2015. |
| Among the findings is this good news: real median household income rose 5.2% in 2015. That’s the fastest growth on record. | Among the findings is this good news: real median household income rose 5.2% in 2015. That’s the fastest growth on record. |
| Real median household income rose $2800 in 2015 to $56,500, a robust rise of 5.2%. Middle class incomes are growing! pic.twitter.com/9piFRLF5GR | Real median household income rose $2800 in 2015 to $56,500, a robust rise of 5.2%. Middle class incomes are growing! pic.twitter.com/9piFRLF5GR |
| Maybe that’s why Barack Obama’s latest approval rating is 58%. The economic fundamentals continue to be rosy for Hillary Clinton. | Maybe that’s why Barack Obama’s latest approval rating is 58%. The economic fundamentals continue to be rosy for Hillary Clinton. |
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| Pence is asked about his unwillingness to call KKK leader David Duke “deplorable.” He confirms he is unwilling to say that. “I don’t know why this man’s name keeps coming up,” he says. | Pence is asked about his unwillingness to call KKK leader David Duke “deplorable.” He confirms he is unwilling to say that. “I don’t know why this man’s name keeps coming up,” he says. |
| It’s because Duke is an outspoken supporter of Trump who Trump has pretended not to have heard of and was slow to disavow, as if Trump does not mind the support of like-minded voters. | It’s because Duke is an outspoken supporter of Trump who Trump has pretended not to have heard of and was slow to disavow, as if Trump does not mind the support of like-minded voters. |
| “The simple fact is that I’m not in the name-calling business,” Pence says. “.. I believe that civility is essential in a vibrant democracy.. but I’m also not going to validate the language that Hillary Clinton used to describe the American people. | “The simple fact is that I’m not in the name-calling business,” Pence says. “.. I believe that civility is essential in a vibrant democracy.. but I’m also not going to validate the language that Hillary Clinton used to describe the American people. |
| “Hillary Clinton wasn’t talking about that bad man. She was talking about people all across this country who are coming out in record numbers.... | “Hillary Clinton wasn’t talking about that bad man. She was talking about people all across this country who are coming out in record numbers.... |
| “I would draw no more conclusions from that man’s expression of support” than the father of the Orlando nightclub shooter cheering Clinton, Pence says. | “I would draw no more conclusions from that man’s expression of support” than the father of the Orlando nightclub shooter cheering Clinton, Pence says. |
| “I would submit to you this is all a distraction. Forget it. I understand why Hillary Clinton and her campaign want to change the subject after that speech Friday night.” | “I would submit to you this is all a distraction. Forget it. I understand why Hillary Clinton and her campaign want to change the subject after that speech Friday night.” |
| He calls Clinton’s words “a catastrophic insult” to the American people. | He calls Clinton’s words “a catastrophic insult” to the American people. |
| Pence refuses to call David Duke deplorable standing in front of the House Republican leadership. What do they think about David Duke? | Pence refuses to call David Duke deplorable standing in front of the House Republican leadership. What do they think about David Duke? |
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| Pence is now hitting on “basket of deplorables” and “irredeemable.” | Pence is now hitting on “basket of deplorables” and “irredeemable.” |
| “Frankly, I’ve ever heard a major party candidate in the United States speak about the American people with such contempt.” | “Frankly, I’ve ever heard a major party candidate in the United States speak about the American people with such contempt.” |
| “The people who are supporting this campaign are hard-working Americans... They’re people that work with their hands. They’re veterans... | “The people who are supporting this campaign are hard-working Americans... They’re people that work with their hands. They’re veterans... |
| “For Hillary CLinton to express such disdain for millions of Americans is one more reason that disqualifies her.. anyone who has that low opinion of Americans does not deserve to be president... | “For Hillary CLinton to express such disdain for millions of Americans is one more reason that disqualifies her.. anyone who has that low opinion of Americans does not deserve to be president... |
| “[Trump’s] ambition is to be president for all the United States of America.” Including Judge Gonzalo Curiel? Ghazala Khan? | “[Trump’s] ambition is to be president for all the United States of America.” Including Judge Gonzalo Curiel? Ghazala Khan? |
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| House speaker Paul Ryan is holding a news conference with Trump running mate Mike Pence, following a meeting of House Republicans. Ryan says Pence is fighting to get the country back on track. | House speaker Paul Ryan is holding a news conference with Trump running mate Mike Pence, following a meeting of House Republicans. Ryan says Pence is fighting to get the country back on track. |
| Now Pence speaks. He says it’s a great privilege to be back on Capitol Hill (he was a congressman for 12 years). He says he and Donald are grateful for all the support from Capitol Hill. He thanks Ryan in particular. “His better way so aligns with Donald Trump’s vision to make America great again,” Pence says. | Now Pence speaks. He says it’s a great privilege to be back on Capitol Hill (he was a congressman for 12 years). He says he and Donald are grateful for all the support from Capitol Hill. He thanks Ryan in particular. “His better way so aligns with Donald Trump’s vision to make America great again,” Pence says. |
| Trump is supposed to call for | Trump is supposed to call for |
| six weeks paid maternity leave | six weeks paid maternity leave |
| in his event with Ivanka Trump this evening. Can’t remember Paul Ryan calling for that. | in his event with Ivanka Trump this evening. Can’t remember Paul Ryan calling for that. |
| Update: Trump will not call for full pay for six weeks during maternity leave, CNN reports, but ... unemployment benefits? We’ll get you more about that. | Update: Trump will not call for full pay for six weeks during maternity leave, CNN reports, but ... unemployment benefits? We’ll get you more about that. |
| Important note on Trump's 6-week maternity leave plan: it's NOT full paid maternity leave. It's a safety net: 6 weeks unemployment benefits | Important note on Trump's 6-week maternity leave plan: it's NOT full paid maternity leave. It's a safety net: 6 weeks unemployment benefits |
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| Pence 'praying' for Clinton | Pence 'praying' for Clinton |
| Donald Trump’s running mate told House Republicans this morning that he’s “praying for” Hillary Clinton’s recovery, the Associated Press reports, quoting a congressman who was there: | Donald Trump’s running mate told House Republicans this morning that he’s “praying for” Hillary Clinton’s recovery, the Associated Press reports, quoting a congressman who was there: |
| "We are praying for her recovery" Mike Pence told House R's this morning re Hillary - per Rep Womack | "We are praying for her recovery" Mike Pence told House R's this morning re Hillary - per Rep Womack |
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| Trump takes cholesterol drug, Fox says | Trump takes cholesterol drug, Fox says |
| Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to discuss his health on Thursday in a television appearance with Dr Oz, a TV doc whose peers have diagnosed in him “an egregious lack of integrity”. | Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to discuss his health on Thursday in a television appearance with Dr Oz, a TV doc whose peers have diagnosed in him “an egregious lack of integrity”. |
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| Dr. Oz on his upcoming Trump interview: “I’m not going to ask him questions he doesn’t want to have answered” https://t.co/J8zV8P5173 | Dr. Oz on his upcoming Trump interview: “I’m not going to ask him questions he doesn’t want to have answered” https://t.co/J8zV8P5173 |
| But Fox News appears to have had an preview look of some kind at Trump’s medical status. In a conversation this morning on Fox and Friends – the show that used to include host Gretchen Carlson, whose sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes sent Ailes running from Fox to the warm embrace of the Trump campaign – the hosts talked about how “on Thursday Donald Trump’s physical specimen will be revealed.” | But Fox News appears to have had an preview look of some kind at Trump’s medical status. In a conversation this morning on Fox and Friends – the show that used to include host Gretchen Carlson, whose sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes sent Ailes running from Fox to the warm embrace of the Trump campaign – the hosts talked about how “on Thursday Donald Trump’s physical specimen will be revealed.” |
| “He does take Lipitor. We know that,” said one host. “And he has low blood pressure not high blood pressure”: | “He does take Lipitor. We know that,” said one host. “And he has low blood pressure not high blood pressure”: |
| Fox hosts say Dr. Oz told them HE will see Trump's medical records before Trump & will reveal them to Trump on air: pic.twitter.com/ucBXtxe1Zv | Fox hosts say Dr. Oz told them HE will see Trump's medical records before Trump & will reveal them to Trump on air: pic.twitter.com/ucBXtxe1Zv |
| Here’s our further coverage of what Trump has said about what he will say about his health this week. Does anyone thing he will make a substantive disclosure? | Here’s our further coverage of what Trump has said about what he will say about his health this week. Does anyone thing he will make a substantive disclosure? |
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| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Ivanka Trump will join her father, Donald, this evening at a rally in a Philadelphia suburb to talk about child care costs. (For example, how expensive is it to get a babysitter on a Sunday when you are at the US Open tennis finals with David Geffen and Wendi Deng Murdoch, you hear me Philly?) Trump – Donald – has an earlier event in a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa. | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Ivanka Trump will join her father, Donald, this evening at a rally in a Philadelphia suburb to talk about child care costs. (For example, how expensive is it to get a babysitter on a Sunday when you are at the US Open tennis finals with David Geffen and Wendi Deng Murdoch, you hear me Philly?) Trump – Donald – has an earlier event in a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa. |
| Hillary Clinton, who has been diagnosed with pneumonia, will spend the day at home in Chappaqua, New York, recuperating. She won’t return to the trail until Thursday at the earliest, according to campaign sources quoted in the New York Times. | Hillary Clinton, who has been diagnosed with pneumonia, will spend the day at home in Chappaqua, New York, recuperating. She won’t return to the trail until Thursday at the earliest, according to campaign sources quoted in the New York Times. |
| Trump rally violence | Trump rally violence |
| A Donald Trump rally in Asheville, North Carolina turned violent Monday night, with multiple physical confrontations between Trump supporters and security staff and non-Trump supporters. It was the first outbreak of violence at a Trump rally since the primary season, when this sort of thing was de rigueur: | A Donald Trump rally in Asheville, North Carolina turned violent Monday night, with multiple physical confrontations between Trump supporters and security staff and non-Trump supporters. It was the first outbreak of violence at a Trump rally since the primary season, when this sort of thing was de rigueur: |
| VIDEO: Trump security guy Eddie Deck confronts a protestor tonight: "You're going to go, too, in 2 fucking seconds." https://t.co/iZ1Y5Z2pb6 | VIDEO: Trump security guy Eddie Deck confronts a protestor tonight: "You're going to go, too, in 2 fucking seconds." https://t.co/iZ1Y5Z2pb6 |
| Clinton responds to ‘deplorables’ ad | Clinton responds to ‘deplorables’ ad |
| The Clinton campaign has produced a new ad replying to Trump’s attack over Clinton’s accusation that half his supporters belong in a “basket of deplorables,” a characterization Trump says exposed Clinton’s “low opinion” of voters. | The Clinton campaign has produced a new ad replying to Trump’s attack over Clinton’s accusation that half his supporters belong in a “basket of deplorables,” a characterization Trump says exposed Clinton’s “low opinion” of voters. |
| The Clinton ad argues that it is Trump who has a low opinion of voters. It deploys his own words against him: | The Clinton ad argues that it is Trump who has a low opinion of voters. It deploys his own words against him: |
| Mike Pence, Trump’s running mate, declined to call David Duke, the KKK leader, “deplorable” on CNN last night. The Trump campaign may have branded Clinton “Crooked Hillary”, but Pence says he’s not into name-calling: | Mike Pence, Trump’s running mate, declined to call David Duke, the KKK leader, “deplorable” on CNN last night. The Trump campaign may have branded Clinton “Crooked Hillary”, but Pence says he’s not into name-calling: |
| Mike Pence just refused to call David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the KKK, "deplorable": pic.twitter.com/Trb2wIftW1 | Mike Pence just refused to call David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the KKK, "deplorable": pic.twitter.com/Trb2wIftW1 |
| If you won’t say the KKK is deplorable, you have no business running the country. https://t.co/mFut8Qrz9A | If you won’t say the KKK is deplorable, you have no business running the country. https://t.co/mFut8Qrz9A |
| Refusing to call David Duke "deplorable" because you're not into "name-calling" seems like political correctness run amok. | Refusing to call David Duke "deplorable" because you're not into "name-calling" seems like political correctness run amok. |
| Clinton: ‘I should have gotten some rest sooner’ | Clinton: ‘I should have gotten some rest sooner’ |
| Clinton told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday that she did not faint after she left a 9/11 memorial event early on Sunday, and that “I’m feeling so much better, and obviously I should have gotten some rest sooner. | Clinton told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday that she did not faint after she left a 9/11 memorial event early on Sunday, and that “I’m feeling so much better, and obviously I should have gotten some rest sooner. |
| “Like a lot of people I thought I could just keep going forward and power through it, and obviously that didn’t work out so well,” Clinton said. “I just didn’t think it was going to be that big a deal ... It’s really past time for him to be held to the same standards.” | “Like a lot of people I thought I could just keep going forward and power through it, and obviously that didn’t work out so well,” Clinton said. “I just didn’t think it was going to be that big a deal ... It’s really past time for him to be held to the same standards.” |
| Bill Clinton: wife ‘frequently’ – er, ‘rarely’ – dehydrated | Bill Clinton: wife ‘frequently’ – er, ‘rarely’ – dehydrated |
| But Bill Clinton told Charlie Rose that his wife had “frequently” had such episodes, before correcting himself and saying “rarely”: | But Bill Clinton told Charlie Rose that his wife had “frequently” had such episodes, before correcting himself and saying “rarely”: |
| Frequently ... not frequently. Rarely, but on more than one occasion over the last many many years, the same sort of thing’s happened to her, when she just got severely dehydrated. And she’s working like a demon, as you know. | Frequently ... not frequently. Rarely, but on more than one occasion over the last many many years, the same sort of thing’s happened to her, when she just got severely dehydrated. And she’s working like a demon, as you know. |
| Campaign insists Trump has donated to charity | Campaign insists Trump has donated to charity |
| Elsewhere, the Trump campaign continues to assert that the candidate has given millions to charity, despite exhaustive reporting by the Washington Post indicating he has not. Getting at the truth behind this essential bit of Trump’s personal mythology is one of many reasons the calls for him to release his tax returns have been intensifying: | Elsewhere, the Trump campaign continues to assert that the candidate has given millions to charity, despite exhaustive reporting by the Washington Post indicating he has not. Getting at the truth behind this essential bit of Trump’s personal mythology is one of many reasons the calls for him to release his tax returns have been intensifying: |
| This continues to be the best show on twitter >>https://t.co/0fqLwuDVZ3 | This continues to be the best show on twitter >>https://t.co/0fqLwuDVZ3 |
| Odd. @realDonaldTrump Spox calls our story "not at all accurate" w/out citing anything wrong. I sent back these Q's. pic.twitter.com/DZIbRfaIaM | Odd. @realDonaldTrump Spox calls our story "not at all accurate" w/out citing anything wrong. I sent back these Q's. pic.twitter.com/DZIbRfaIaM |
| Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. |
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