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| Sanders joins Clinton on trail to tout free college tuition – campaign live | Sanders joins Clinton on trail to tout free college tuition – campaign live |
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| Your freedom to post a photo of your vote to Facebook has been reinstated. | |
| The First Circuit Court of Appeals struck down New Hampshire’s 2014 law banning “ballot selfies” (photos taken of a vote, even if not technically as a selfie as it doesn’t include the photographer) today. | |
| The idea of the law - breaking it came with a $1,000 fine - was supposedly to stop voter coercion and vote-buying, and protect people’s privacy. | |
| But the court agreed that the law is a restriction on free speech and therefore could be seen to violate the First Amendment. | |
| “The statute at issue here is facially unconstitutional even applying only intermediate scrutiny,” said the court, according to documents. | |
| Instead the court points out that ballot selfies reflect both support for a candidate and that the photographer has actually voted, making it a political statement with a “special communicative value.” | |
| “New Hampshire may not impose such a broad restriction on speech by banning ballot selfies in order to combat an unsubstantiated and hypothetical danger. We repeat the old adage: ‘a picture is worth a thousand words,’ ruled the court. | |
| The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire led the challenge to the law, with three plaintiffs. Two were members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives who posted picture of their vote for themselves and the other was a man who posted a photo on Facebook of his vote where he’d written in his dog’s name as he didn’t think any candidate was worth his vote. | |
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| Hillary Clinton publishes op-ed in New England Journal of Medicine | |
| Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has published an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine, the premiere medical journal in the United States, outlining her “vision for universal, quality, affordable healthcare.” | |
| The piece is in answer to a question posed by the journal’s editors to both major-party presidential nominees: “What specific changes in policy do you support to improve access to care, improve quality of care, and control health care costs for our nation?” | |
| After outlining her longtime attempts to reform the American healthcare system, including the passage of the Children’s Health Insurance Program that covers uninsured children in families with low incomes that are still too high to qualify for Medicaid, as well as Clinton’s failed push for universal healthcare during her tenure as first lady, Clinton outlines four major goals of her would-be administration on healthcare. | |
| In addition to preventing the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Clinton calls for improving the landmark legislation. “We must work to expand Medicaid coverage in the 19 states that have left 3 million Americans without health insurance,” Clinton says, “improve and strengthen the ACA through enhanced tax credits to make coverage affordable, implementation of strong measures to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, increased competition between insurers, and an aggressive campaign to increase outreach and enrollment. And finally, we need to ensure the availability of a public option choice in every state, and let Americans over 55 buy in to Medicare.” | |
| On the issue of healthcare cost, Clinton calls for a refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 per family for out-of-pocket health costs, as well as a requirement for insurers to limit out-of-pocket prescription drug costs to $250 a month on covered medications and the creation of a team meant to monitor drug prices to investigate spikes. | |
| Clinton also vows to increase funding into medical research, ensuring “that our scientific community and regulatory system are promoting innovation and will increase funding for biomedical research across all diseases, including specific investments for research into diseases like Alzheimer’s and HIV/AIDS.” | |
| Trump did not respond to the New England Journal of Medicine’s question. | |
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| After calling for a show of hands of Christian conservatives in the audience in Council Bluffs, Iowa - “Raise your hand if you’re now a Christian conservative. I want to see that. There’s a few of them. Should we keep them?” - Donald Trump drops the mic and exits. | After calling for a show of hands of Christian conservatives in the audience in Council Bluffs, Iowa - “Raise your hand if you’re now a Christian conservative. I want to see that. There’s a few of them. Should we keep them?” - Donald Trump drops the mic and exits. |
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| Donald Trump, on Hillary Clinton’s stamina: | Donald Trump, on Hillary Clinton’s stamina: |
| All those day-offs, and she can’t even make it to her car. All those day-offs. | All those day-offs, and she can’t even make it to her car. All those day-offs. |
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| Continuing his speech in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Donald Trump aligns his presidential campaign with the American descamisados against the “special-interest monopoly” of the Washington and New York political, economic and media elite. | Continuing his speech in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Donald Trump aligns his presidential campaign with the American descamisados against the “special-interest monopoly” of the Washington and New York political, economic and media elite. |
| “Our campaign is about breaking up the special-interest monopoly in Washington, DC,” Trump tells the audience. “They’re all part of the same political establishment. They go to the same restaurants, they have the same friends, they attend the same conferences.” | “Our campaign is about breaking up the special-interest monopoly in Washington, DC,” Trump tells the audience. “They’re all part of the same political establishment. They go to the same restaurants, they have the same friends, they attend the same conferences.” |
| These elites, Trump says, look down on the average American, and reiterate Hillary Clinton’s “slanders” that some of Trump’s supporters are “deplorable.” | These elites, Trump says, look down on the average American, and reiterate Hillary Clinton’s “slanders” that some of Trump’s supporters are “deplorable.” |
| “People don’t know how good you are, people don’t know how smart you are,” Trump says. “We have the smartest people. We have the smartest people. And we know it. Some of them know it. But we say it.” | “People don’t know how good you are, people don’t know how smart you are,” Trump says. “We have the smartest people. We have the smartest people. And we know it. Some of them know it. But we say it.” |
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| Donald Trump calls Hillary Clinton 'incompetent' | Donald Trump calls Hillary Clinton 'incompetent' |
| “Honestly, I truly believe this: Hillary Clinton is incompetent. She’s incompetent. I really believe this,” Donald Trump told an audience in Iowa. “She’s incompetent, and she’s certainly incompetent for you.” | “Honestly, I truly believe this: Hillary Clinton is incompetent. She’s incompetent. I really believe this,” Donald Trump told an audience in Iowa. “She’s incompetent, and she’s certainly incompetent for you.” |
| “She’s there for one reason, and that’s to protect her donors and her special interests. She’s been there... for 30 years almost and she’s never done anything for you or your family. Now she wants to do this, she wants to fight Isis - Isis wouldn’t be there if her and Barack Obama ended the war the way it was supposed to be ended, and didn’t create the big vacuum.” | “She’s there for one reason, and that’s to protect her donors and her special interests. She’s been there... for 30 years almost and she’s never done anything for you or your family. Now she wants to do this, she wants to fight Isis - Isis wouldn’t be there if her and Barack Obama ended the war the way it was supposed to be ended, and didn’t create the big vacuum.” |
| “She’s failed at everything!” Trump shouts. “She’s failed in Iraq, she’s failed in Libya, she’s failed in Syria, she’s failed in Iran - how about the Iran deal? How about that deal?” | “She’s failed at everything!” Trump shouts. “She’s failed in Iraq, she’s failed in Libya, she’s failed in Syria, she’s failed in Iran - how about the Iran deal? How about that deal?” |
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| Donald Trump: 'Every single online poll had me winning' | Donald Trump: 'Every single online poll had me winning' |
| Speaking in Iowa, Donald Trump tells the audience of supporters that his support in unscientific online polls is proof that he won the first presidential debate on Monday against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, despite all major scientific polls showing Clinton being seen as the winner. | Speaking in Iowa, Donald Trump tells the audience of supporters that his support in unscientific online polls is proof that he won the first presidential debate on Monday against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, despite all major scientific polls showing Clinton being seen as the winner. |
| “Every single online poll had me winning - sometimes by a landslide,” Trump says. “And I’m winning by massive margins, in many cases. I’m winning all of these polls, how many were there, seven or eight or nine polls, and I have to sit back and hear that those polls don’t mean anything.” | “Every single online poll had me winning - sometimes by a landslide,” Trump says. “And I’m winning by massive margins, in many cases. I’m winning all of these polls, how many were there, seven or eight or nine polls, and I have to sit back and hear that those polls don’t mean anything.” |
| “So we won every single online poll, hundreds and hundreds of thousands of voters, and then we sit back and hear about how well she did in the debate. I don’t think she did well at all!” | “So we won every single online poll, hundreds and hundreds of thousands of voters, and then we sit back and hear about how well she did in the debate. I don’t think she did well at all!” |
| “I hear we’re doing very well - we’re leading in Ohio, we’re leading in Florida, we’re leading in North Carolina. And they are not happy back there, those people with the cameras!” Trump continues, referring to the journalists corralled in the back of the rally. “They are not happy. They are not happy. No, they are very dishonest. This will be the year the American people say ‘enough is enough.’” | “I hear we’re doing very well - we’re leading in Ohio, we’re leading in Florida, we’re leading in North Carolina. And they are not happy back there, those people with the cameras!” Trump continues, referring to the journalists corralled in the back of the rally. “They are not happy. They are not happy. No, they are very dishonest. This will be the year the American people say ‘enough is enough.’” |
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| Speaking in Iowa, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump warms up the crowd with a standard rhetorical mixture of wall-building and refugee-banning, before telling the cheering audience that they can’t take “another four years of Crooked Hillary Clinton.” | Speaking in Iowa, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump warms up the crowd with a standard rhetorical mixture of wall-building and refugee-banning, before telling the cheering audience that they can’t take “another four years of Crooked Hillary Clinton.” |
| “The American people have had it with corrupt Clinton ways - they’ve had it,” Trump says. “How many more Clinton scandals can this country take? One after another after another. You know the story, folks, you’ve seen it for years and years and years.” | “The American people have had it with corrupt Clinton ways - they’ve had it,” Trump says. “How many more Clinton scandals can this country take? One after another after another. You know the story, folks, you’ve seen it for years and years and years.” |
| “We’re gonna make America greater than ever before - we’re gonna do it.” | “We’re gonna make America greater than ever before - we’re gonna do it.” |
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| Donald Trump campaigns in Council Bluffs, Iowa | Donald Trump campaigns in Council Bluffs, Iowa |
| Watch it live here: | Watch it live here: |
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| Donald Trump’s campaign has issued a statement in response to rumors that the Trump children are upset with current campaign leadership and the affect the campaign has had on the family business, dismissing the reports as a “fabricated lie.” | Donald Trump’s campaign has issued a statement in response to rumors that the Trump children are upset with current campaign leadership and the affect the campaign has had on the family business, dismissing the reports as a “fabricated lie.” |
| They are happier than ever before, as they should be, given the success in the polls and in Monday’s debate. There is no truth to this fabricated lie. The business continues to be tremendously successful. Forbes knows nothing about Mr. Trump, his company or his asserts, which are among the best in the world. | They are happier than ever before, as they should be, given the success in the polls and in Monday’s debate. There is no truth to this fabricated lie. The business continues to be tremendously successful. Forbes knows nothing about Mr. Trump, his company or his asserts, which are among the best in the world. |
| Forbes reported this afternoon that its latest estimates put Donald Trump’s fortune at $3.7b, down $800m from a year ago, chalking the losses up to a softening in the New York real estate market and new information revealing smaller holdings in certain properties and corporations than previously known. | Forbes reported this afternoon that its latest estimates put Donald Trump’s fortune at $3.7b, down $800m from a year ago, chalking the losses up to a softening in the New York real estate market and new information revealing smaller holdings in certain properties and corporations than previously known. |
| Trump himself responded to the reports critically as well: | Trump himself responded to the reports critically as well: |
| Your sources, if they even exist, are probably sources that have been fired long ago and have no knowledge of what is happening in the campaign. Hard to be unhappy when we are doing so well. | Your sources, if they even exist, are probably sources that have been fired long ago and have no knowledge of what is happening in the campaign. Hard to be unhappy when we are doing so well. |
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| Actor Wesley Snipes, who served three years in federal prison for tax evasion and tax fraud, has lashed out at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Twitter for failing to disclose his tax information. (Yet another sentence we never thought we’d have to type, and yet here we are.) | Actor Wesley Snipes, who served three years in federal prison for tax evasion and tax fraud, has lashed out at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Twitter for failing to disclose his tax information. (Yet another sentence we never thought we’d have to type, and yet here we are.) |
| Many are voting 4 a business man who states he’s paid NO taxes & at the same time hate on the Daywalker every April? pic.twitter.com/xJVqDTjl0v | Many are voting 4 a business man who states he’s paid NO taxes & at the same time hate on the Daywalker every April? pic.twitter.com/xJVqDTjl0v |
| Snipes, referring to himself as “Daywalker” in reference to his role in the Blade trilogy in which he starred as a half-human-half-vampire vampire hunter, criticized Trump for declaring during Monday night’s presidential debate against Hillary Clinton that not paying taxes “makes me smart.” | Snipes, referring to himself as “Daywalker” in reference to his role in the Blade trilogy in which he starred as a half-human-half-vampire vampire hunter, criticized Trump for declaring during Monday night’s presidential debate against Hillary Clinton that not paying taxes “makes me smart.” |
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| Speaking to millennial voters, first lady Michelle Obama tells young people who might be turned off by the state of the presidential race not to give up hope on the future of democracy, and to not stay home on election day. | Speaking to millennial voters, first lady Michelle Obama tells young people who might be turned off by the state of the presidential race not to give up hope on the future of democracy, and to not stay home on election day. |
| “This is the country you will inherit. So the choice you make on November 8 will determine whether you an afford your college tuition, whether you can keep your healthcare when you graduate,” Obama says. “Whether we will have a president who will honor our history as a proud nation of immigrants, or not.” | “This is the country you will inherit. So the choice you make on November 8 will determine whether you an afford your college tuition, whether you can keep your healthcare when you graduate,” Obama says. “Whether we will have a president who will honor our history as a proud nation of immigrants, or not.” |
| “That is just the tip of the iceberg of what’s at stake, so we can’t afford to be tired or turned off - not now. While this might seem like a time of uncertainty or division, I have never felt more hopeful about the future of this great nation.” | “That is just the tip of the iceberg of what’s at stake, so we can’t afford to be tired or turned off - not now. While this might seem like a time of uncertainty or division, I have never felt more hopeful about the future of this great nation.” |
| “I have seen proof of what Barack and I have always believed in our hearts: that we, as Americans, are fundamentally decent, and we all want the same thing.” | “I have seen proof of what Barack and I have always believed in our hearts: that we, as Americans, are fundamentally decent, and we all want the same thing.” |
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| First lady Michelle Obama, campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, lauded her husband’s former rival for the Democratic nomination as a tough lifelong public servant and “one of the most qualified people” to ever pursue the office of the president. | First lady Michelle Obama, campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, lauded her husband’s former rival for the Democratic nomination as a tough lifelong public servant and “one of the most qualified people” to ever pursue the office of the president. |
| “Are you kidding me?” Obama said in response to rival Donald Trump’s critique of her “stamina” in the campaign. “Hillary is tough, and when she gets knocked down, she doesn’t complain, she doesn’t cry foul, she gets back up.” | “Are you kidding me?” Obama said in response to rival Donald Trump’s critique of her “stamina” in the campaign. “Hillary is tough, and when she gets knocked down, she doesn’t complain, she doesn’t cry foul, she gets back up.” |
| “Hillary is one of the few people on this entire planet and clearly the only person in this race who has any idea what this job actually entails - who has seen this job from every angle,” Obama continued. “And yet she is still willing to do this for us! Because she believes that she has an obligation to use her talents to help as many people as possible. Isn’t that what we try to teach our young people?” | “Hillary is one of the few people on this entire planet and clearly the only person in this race who has any idea what this job actually entails - who has seen this job from every angle,” Obama continued. “And yet she is still willing to do this for us! Because she believes that she has an obligation to use her talents to help as many people as possible. Isn’t that what we try to teach our young people?” |
| “Trust me - experience matters,” Obama said. “Preparation matters. Temperament matters. And Hillary Clinton has it all - she’s the real deal.” | “Trust me - experience matters,” Obama said. “Preparation matters. Temperament matters. And Hillary Clinton has it all - she’s the real deal.” |
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| Michelle Obama campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Pittsburgh | Michelle Obama campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Pittsburgh |
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| Clinton says she’ll simplify financial aid applications. “We do have technology in America,” she quips. | 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.” | “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. | 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.” | “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...” | 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... | 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... | “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. | “There’s a lot at stake,” she says. |
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| Clinton: 'isn't this one of strangest elections ever?' | Clinton: 'isn't this one of strangest elections ever?' |
| Clinton: | 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. | 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.. | 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. | 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! | 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. | 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. | 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: 'It is imperative that we elect Hillary Clinton' |
| Sanders: | 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%. | 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... | 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 | 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. | 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. | 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. | It is imperative that we elect Hillary Clinton as our next president. |