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Clinton joined by Sanders on the campaign trail in New Hampshire – live Sanders joins Clinton on trail to tout free college tuition – campaign live
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Clinton says she’ll simplify financial aid applications. “We do have technology in America,” she quips.
“None of this will happen if you all don’t turn out to vote. None of it. I see all the signs saying I will vote? There’s also a web site. Please go to iwillvote.com to see if you’re registered.”
Clinton notes that New Hampshire has same-day registration.
“So both Bernie and I are excited about what we can do together. I am really looking forward to working with him... bringing people together is what I’m going to spend a lot of time doing as your president.”
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Clinton says she’ll close her campaign by fighting for kids and families which will be the mission of her presidency. An oft-heard line from Clinton. “And when you go to vote in November... it’s not just my name on the ballot. Every issue you care about...”
She lists climate change, marriage equality, women’s health, the Supreme court...
“I never thought that when I gave my acceptance speech at the Democratic National convention, that I would have to put in the following sentence: ‘I believe in science...
“There’s a lot at stake,” she says.
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Clinton: 'isn't this one of strangest elections ever?'
Clinton:
Bernie’s campaign energized so many young people. Some of you in this crowd. And no group has more at stake in this election.
I’m proud of the primary campaign that Bernie and I ran. We ran a campaign about issues, not insults. And when it was over we began to work together... to come up with specific policies in education, in health..
Thank you Bernie. Thank you for your leadership, and your support in this campaign.
We’re going to need some help in Washington, and I hope New Hampshire will send your governor, Maggie Hassan, to Washington!
Isn’t this one of the strangest elections you’ve ever seen? I really sometimes don’t know what to make of it.
Standing on that debate stage the other night, I was especially thinking about that.
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Sanders: 'It is imperative that we elect Hillary Clinton'
Sanders:
At a time when we have massive income inequality, it is absurd, it is disgraceful for Donald Trump and his friends to be talking about tax breaks for top 1%.
It is far more to invest in the country and its future than to give Trump and his family a $4bn tax break...
When you have Republicans telling us that it is OK to give tens and tens of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the richest people in this country, do not tell me that it is too expensive
All of you know that New Hampshire is a battleground state. All of you know that this is a very close election, and New Hampshire might decide it.
I am asking you here today not only to vote for secretary Clinton, but to work hard to get your uncles and your aunts and friends to vote. If anybody tells you this election is not important, you ask them why the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson are spending billions to elect their candidate.
It is imperative that we elect Hillary Clinton as our next president.
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Missouri senator Claire McCaskill concern-trolls Trump over his weight:
The D women Senators have talked & we're concerned about Donald's weight. Campaign stress? We think a public daily weigh-in is called for.
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Sanders calls for tuition-free public colleges for the working class and middle class. Clinton applauds. Sanders says that he reached an agreement with Clinton that every family earning $125,000 or less should get free college – that’s 83% of families.
Here’s the live stream again:
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Sanders, Clinton take the stage
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton finally come out in Durham, New Hampshire, to big cheers. He thanks Clinton for inviting him. He says if people will stand up to “greedy interests” there is nothing we can’t accomplish, including changing “the way we fund higher education in our country.”
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Amerrrrrrrrica!
The Word ‘America’ is Spelled Wrong on Trump’s D.C. Hotel Menu —@thedailybeast https://t.co/vProlmvJiZ pic.twitter.com/y2LcL1PEwp
Here’s a walk down memory lane...
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No hurrying today. #TBT:No hurrying today. #TBT:
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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton sure are taking their sweeeet time to appear in New Hampshire.Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton sure are taking their sweeeet time to appear in New Hampshire.
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Is it too early to cue up the live video stream of the Hillary Clinton- Bernie Sanders event in New Hampshire? “The event will start at 2.15pm ET”:Is it too early to cue up the live video stream of the Hillary Clinton- Bernie Sanders event in New Hampshire? “The event will start at 2.15pm ET”:
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ADL labels Pepe the Frog a hate symbolADL labels Pepe the Frog a hate symbol
Alex HernAlex Hern
Pepe the Frog, a green frog with red lips created by cartoonist Matt Furie in 2005, has been labelled an “online hate symbol” by the Anti-Defamation League after his adoption as an icon of the white supremacist movement.Pepe the Frog, a green frog with red lips created by cartoonist Matt Furie in 2005, has been labelled an “online hate symbol” by the Anti-Defamation League after his adoption as an icon of the white supremacist movement.
“Images of the frog, variously portrayed with a Hitler-like moustache, wearing a yarmulke or a Klan hood, have proliferated in recent weeks in hateful messages aimed at Jewish and other users on Twitter,” the ADL said, explaining its decision to add the meme to its online Hate on Display database.“Images of the frog, variously portrayed with a Hitler-like moustache, wearing a yarmulke or a Klan hood, have proliferated in recent weeks in hateful messages aimed at Jewish and other users on Twitter,” the ADL said, explaining its decision to add the meme to its online Hate on Display database.
The ADL’s decision comes two weeks after Hillary Clinton’s campaign posted an article pointing to Pepe as the common factor linking Donald Trump and the white supremacist movement. The campaign wrote that “in recent months, Pepe’s been almost entirely co-opted by the white supremacists who call themselves the ‘alt-right.’ They’ve decided to take back Pepe by adding swastikas and other symbols of anti-semitism and white supremacy.The ADL’s decision comes two weeks after Hillary Clinton’s campaign posted an article pointing to Pepe as the common factor linking Donald Trump and the white supremacist movement. The campaign wrote that “in recent months, Pepe’s been almost entirely co-opted by the white supremacists who call themselves the ‘alt-right.’ They’ve decided to take back Pepe by adding swastikas and other symbols of anti-semitism and white supremacy.
Read further:Read further:
Matt Furie is Earth's nicest man & I'm sorry this has spiraled so far out of control. His silly comics are wonderful https://t.co/96Hc6tLXGYMatt Furie is Earth's nicest man & I'm sorry this has spiraled so far out of control. His silly comics are wonderful https://t.co/96Hc6tLXGY
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Piano dealer: 'Trump stiffed me'Piano dealer: 'Trump stiffed me'
In a first-person piece for the Washington Post, J Michael Diehl, the retired owner of a New Jersey piano dealership, says that in 1989 he filled an order for $100,000 worth of pianos and services for Donald Trump’s then-new, now-closed Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City.In a first-person piece for the Washington Post, J Michael Diehl, the retired owner of a New Jersey piano dealership, says that in 1989 he filled an order for $100,000 worth of pianos and services for Donald Trump’s then-new, now-closed Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City.
Guess what happened next?Guess what happened next?
But when I requested payment, the Trump corporation hemmed and hawed. Its executives avoided my calls and crafted excuses. After a couple of months, I got a letter telling me that the casino was short on funds. They would pay 70 percent of what they owed me. There was no negotiating. I didn’t know what to do — I couldn’t afford to sue the Trump corporation, and I needed money to pay my piano suppliers.But when I requested payment, the Trump corporation hemmed and hawed. Its executives avoided my calls and crafted excuses. After a couple of months, I got a letter telling me that the casino was short on funds. They would pay 70 percent of what they owed me. There was no negotiating. I didn’t know what to do — I couldn’t afford to sue the Trump corporation, and I needed money to pay my piano suppliers.
Read the full piece here.Read the full piece here.
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Candidates' statements on passing of Shimon PeresCandidates' statements on passing of Shimon Peres
Hillary and Bill Clinton issued a statement this morning on the death of Nobel peace laureate and former Israeli president Shimon Peres. Bill Clinton has postponed a planned bus tour across North Florida so that he may attend Peres’ funeral Friday:Hillary and Bill Clinton issued a statement this morning on the death of Nobel peace laureate and former Israeli president Shimon Peres. Bill Clinton has postponed a planned bus tour across North Florida so that he may attend Peres’ funeral Friday:
Here’s the statement:Here’s the statement:
"Hillary and I have lost a true and treasured friend." —@BillClinton and Hillary on the passing of Shimon Peres pic.twitter.com/nyCE88Kvxb"Hillary and I have lost a true and treasured friend." —@BillClinton and Hillary on the passing of Shimon Peres pic.twitter.com/nyCE88Kvxb
Donald Trump has just issued a statement:Donald Trump has just issued a statement:
Melania and I extend our deepest condolences to the family of Shimon Peres on the passing of their beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather. On the world stage, Shimon Peres was a visible and highly effective patriarch to another, much larger family - the people of Israel, whom he led as prime minister and president. Shimon Peres’ life always pointed toward peace. Bearing witness to more than his share of war and its human toll, Shimon Peres devoted his leadership skills to cultivating peace between Israel and her Arab neighbors. He was a consummate statesman, a distinguished patriot and a friend of peace-loving people everywhere. With his hand outstretched in peace and friendship, Shimon Peres personified dignity and grace in a region of the world where both run far too short. May he rest in peace.Melania and I extend our deepest condolences to the family of Shimon Peres on the passing of their beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather. On the world stage, Shimon Peres was a visible and highly effective patriarch to another, much larger family - the people of Israel, whom he led as prime minister and president. Shimon Peres’ life always pointed toward peace. Bearing witness to more than his share of war and its human toll, Shimon Peres devoted his leadership skills to cultivating peace between Israel and her Arab neighbors. He was a consummate statesman, a distinguished patriot and a friend of peace-loving people everywhere. With his hand outstretched in peace and friendship, Shimon Peres personified dignity and grace in a region of the world where both run far too short. May he rest in peace.
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Bern-storming: Sanders to hit the road for Clinton
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are scheduled to appear together in New Hampshire in about an hour.
Afterward, Sanders will travel and speak for a week on behalf of Clinton, Politico reports:
As HRC + Bernie reunite in NH, source tells me Bernie will hit road hard for HRC starting Oct. 3: "goin to be out for 5 or 6 days straight."
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Liberal, educated, white Madison, Wisconsin, is eager to vote, it appears. Here’s Nation writer Ari Berman:
1,200 people voted in Madison on Monday on first day of early voting in Wisconsin. "Near record turnout" @MadisonWIClerk tells me
University of Florida professor Michael McDonald tracks early voting. Tens of thousands of people have already voted, he says:
With FL, GA and NC updates, at least 22,485 people have voted in the 2016 election https://t.co/biXWYJXviS
Finally seeing Rep absentee ballot requests > Dem (as expected), although Reps still running behind 2012 level
Scroll McDonald’s timeline for a state-by-state breakdown of ballot requests.
(thx @bencjacobs)
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Michelle Obama slams Trump for 'birther' bushwa
In an appearance at La Salle university in Philadelphia, first lady Michelle Obama has criticized Trump, not by name, for spending years mega-phoning the wacky racist theory that Barack Obama was not born in the United States.
“And then of course there are those who questioned and continue to question for the past eight years whether my husband was even born in this country,” Obama says:
And let me say, hurtful, deceitful questions deliberately designed to undermine his presidency. Questions that cannot be blamed on others or swept under the rug by an insincere sentence uttered at a press conference.
.@FLOTUS: Trump's birther claims can't be "swept under the rug by an insincere sentence" at a press conference. https://t.co/aoWwbbT43x
Obama warned the students that not voting or voting for a third-party candidate would effectively help to elect “Clinton’s opponent.”
“We also need someone who is steady and measured... a president just can’t pop off, or lash out irrationally,” Obama told the students. No, we need an adult in the White House.”
Michelle Obama keeps sharpening knife on Trump (while still avoiding his name). pic.twitter.com/mU31H1kvZo
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Our $.02: It’s not funny at all that there’s a non-fantastical connection to be made between a new Hitler biography and the current presidential campaign.
Does this book review qualify as a subtweet? https://t.co/ypEByujnGU
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Is the old Trump back?
Is the old Trump back? After his lackluster debate outing Monday, Trump has been tweeting about #winning online surveys, bragging about “owning a lot of great property in Europe” and seeking credit for his heroic restraint in not reminding Hillary Clinton of her husband’s extramarital transgressions.
“I’m really happy I was able to hold back on the indiscretions in respect to Bill Clinton. Because I have a lot of respect for Chelsea Clinton,” Trump told CNN after the debate. “Maybe I’ll tell you at the next debate. We’ll see.”
For second Trump son Eric Trump, the moment of Trump’s not bringing up Monica Lewinsky was more than a moment of restraint. It was a moment of pride that will forever live in Eric Trump’s heart, he told an Iowa radio host in an interview snagged by BuzzFeed:
“He could have just crushed her on that last question, you know, you would have probably hurt a family if he did and um, I don’t know, I uh, I think that took a lot of courage in so many regards,” Eric Trump said.
“And that was a big moment for me and probably will actually become — my life and this campaign — and probably will be something I’ll always remember.”
Here’s Jay Cost of the conservative Weekly Standard:
I don't for the life of me understand how they parlay this into a hit on Hillary Clinton. https://t.co/1rXzkILr5v
The public saw her as *the primary victim* of Bill's infidelity. So why remind them of their old sympathies?
The control that helped Trump recover after August has escaped him since the debate. He's swinging wildly, blindly.
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Trump: 'we want Nato to be strong'... and to pay
Donald Trump called for “a strong Nato” in a speech to a Polish National Alliance group in Chicago on Wednesday morning – but he seemed to predicate US support for Nato-member countries on those countries paying more toward mutual defense.
In March, Trump said Nato was “obsolete” and too expensive.
Trump also riffed Wednesday on “owning a lot of great property in Europe” and called the Brexit vote “amazing.”
Trump spoke to a crowd of about 100 before a coat of arms for the group and US and Polish flags, according to a poll report. He was introduced by former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who assured the audience that Trump would “defend the NATO treaty”.
In Trump’s telling, however, there are strings attached.
Trump praised Poland’s contributions to Nato, which includes hosting US forces. “As president I will honor Poland’s sacrifices for freedom,” Trump said:
We’re committed to a strong Poland and a strong Eastern Europe as the bulwark for security and liberty.
“We want NATO to be strong which means we want more countries to follow the example of Poland” on paying into NATO.
Contrast that with what Trump told the New York Times in July:
I would prefer that we be able to continue, but if we are not going to be reasonably reimbursed for the tremendous cost of protecting these massive nations with tremendous wealth... Then yes, I would be absolutely prepared to tell those countries, ‘Congratulations, you will be defending yourself.’
Then Trump “put his notes away and started talking about Brexit,” the media pool reports:
It was amazing what happened. When the U.K. brilliantly decided to get out they totally forgot what I said.
I have a lot of property in Europe. I own a lot of great property in Europe.
On Nigel Farage: “He came out and made a speech for me a month ago and it was incredible”
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Stephen Bannon, the person who ran / runs / will continue to run this web site, which is known for hosting anti-Semitic content, is the chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign:
Breitbart goes full anti-Semite on Washington Post columnist @anneapplebaum: pic.twitter.com/Gd6ESDCJTJ
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Clinton and her allies are producing ads so quickly it’s difficult to keep up. We’ll post ads by Trump and his allies too... if they produce any.
In this one, Priorities USA Action depicts Trump as failing to support the military, veterans, schools and public health by not paying taxes:
(h/t @alexburnsnyt)
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The pro-Clinton super Pac Priorities USA Action has produced a Spanish-language ad to warn Latino voters in Nevada and Colorado that Donald Trump does not consider Spanish-speakers fully American and wants to deport undocumented migrants:
(h/t: @ralstonreports)
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Warner warns Trump: 'loose lips sink ships'
Lauren Gambino
Retired five-term Virginia senator John Warner, a popular Republican with a distinguished military career, endorsed Hillary Clinton on Wednesday with a sharp warning for her opponent: “Loose lips sink ships, you got that Donald?”
The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino reports:
Warner, a World War II veteran, former US Navy Secretary and former chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee, was joined by vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, a senator from Virginia, onstage at a recreational center in Arlington. Warner announced that he would cross party lines to support the Democratic ticket, calling Clinton “prepared”, “firm” and “respectful”, while admonishing Donald Trump.
“No one should have the audacity to stand up and degrade the Purple Heart or military families,” Warner said, his soft voice growing louder.
Warner said Trump’s assertions that the US military is in “shambles” and its generals have been “reduced to rubble” were false.
“What we have today the strongest military in the world,” Warner said. “Does it need to be modified and changed and added to and modernized? You bet it does. But it is not in shambles.
“It is not the admirals and the generals and the seniors in rubble in the hallways in the Pentagon. I was there two weeks ago and I saw those very halls that I used to traverse for five years, four months and three days as the Navy Secretary and there still as vibrant as the day I left.”
At the event, a small gathering of mostly veterans and members of the press, Kaine introduced Warner as friend of the family, recalling his relationship with Kaine’s father-in-law, former Virginia governor Linwood Holton.
“There’s an apocryphal story that Ive never cared to research that my father in law broke a paddle over John Warner’s hindquarters at a fraternity event,” Kaine said drawing laughs.
He praised Warner as a man who has never been afraid to put “country and commonwealth” over party, and noted that the Republican endorsed his own bid for Senate in 2012.
“John Warner is an example of how it could be done and should be done,” Kaine said.