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Sanders joins Clinton on trail to tout free college tuition – campaign live Trump claims Google suppressed 'bad news about Clinton' during debate – campaign live
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An animal-rights protestor briefly made an appearance at Donald Trump’s rally in Waukesha County.
Protester who climbed platform and yelled "Animal liberation now" gets booed and removed from Trump rally. pic.twitter.com/nDESFbH0cq
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Speaking to the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay Republican organization, former Republican presidential candidate and Donald Trump surrogate Newt Gingrich told the audience that “You are not supposed to gain 60 pounds the year you are Miss Universe,” in reference to Alicia Machado, the Venezuelan beauty queen who Trump called “Miss Piggy” and told newscasters gained “a massive amount of weight” while she was serving as Miss Universe.
The audience, composed largely of gay men, laughed.
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Donald Trump, on Hillary Clinton’s cellular phones:
A number of them were hammered to death. HAMMERED.
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Donald Trump opens his speech by declaring that Google’s search engine was suppressing critical information about Hillary Clinton during the presidential debate, apparently citing a Breitbart report that quoted a Russian state news agency in making the claim, which is easily debunked.
“Google search engine was suppressing the bad news about Hillary Clinton,” Trump said.
This adds the suppression of negative Google results to a litany of supposed conspiracies to keep Trump from being seen as the winner of Monday night’s debate, including a defective microphone, a hand-signaling system between Clinton and moderator Lester Holt, and crooked scientific polling that showed Clinton beating Trump by double digits when unscientific internet polls showed him crushing her.
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Speaking in Wisconsin, Donald Trump accuses Hillary Clinton of calling every one of America’s citizens - “including our police” - racist and bigoted because she said that all people struggle with “implicit biases.”
“I said to myself, ‘Did she really say that?’ She said it,” Trump said, of the moment Clinton said in Monday night’s presidential debate that all people have implicit biases that they must fight. “It’s a bad thing, she said. Maybe Hillary Clinton should confine her comments to herself. After all, she’s the one who described young African-American men as super predators. And they have not been happy with her for a long time.
“How can she lead this country, when she thinks that America is full of racists, deplorables and irredeemables?”
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Donald Trump campaigns in Waukesha County, Wisconsin
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Creator of racist 'Pepe the Frog' meme voting for Hillary Clinton
In an exclusive interview with Esquire, the creator of a cartoon frog that has been coopted by the alt-right movement declared that he plans on voting for Hillary Clinton, despite the image’s popularity among a segment of Donald Trump’s supporters.
I'm a racist, islamophobic. deplorable for voting Trump. Oh, well, Pepe! We must be doing something right! pic.twitter.com/DnJfxkG90E
“I’m voting for Hillary for sure. I was a big fan of Bernie, but that fizzled out, so I’m all Hillary 2016,” said Matt Furie, who spoke with Esquire on the day that the Pepe the Frog meme was declared a hate-symbol by the Anti-Defamation League.
While Furie hasn’t made a cartoon for Clinton, he is open to the idea.
“Someone sent me a clip of Hillary addressing Pepe and the affiliation with white nationalists, and someone in the crowd yelled ‘Pepe!’” Furie said. “So that for me is just very strange that on either side - Trump or Clinton - had to sit down at a meeting and decide what are we going to do with this Pepe thing? It’s funny that it’s become part of the national debate. It’s really weird.”
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Asked how he would grade the debate moderation skills of NBC anchor Lester Holt, who moderated the first presidential debate on Monday, Donald Trump told Bill O’Reilly that although he initially thought Holt was fair, he would give his performance a “C.”Asked how he would grade the debate moderation skills of NBC anchor Lester Holt, who moderated the first presidential debate on Monday, Donald Trump told Bill O’Reilly that although he initially thought Holt was fair, he would give his performance a “C.”
“I thought he was fine, I wasn’t thinking about it, but when I reviewed it and I saw the commentary,” Trump said, “I realized he was much much tougher on me than he was on Hillary.”“I thought he was fine, I wasn’t thinking about it, but when I reviewed it and I saw the commentary,” Trump said, “I realized he was much much tougher on me than he was on Hillary.”
“After reviewing it and after seeing the way he badgered - and even the questions I got,” Trump continued, “he hits me with the birther question, of course, and he likes to correct things on which I was actually right.”“After reviewing it and after seeing the way he badgered - and even the questions I got,” Trump continued, “he hits me with the birther question, of course, and he likes to correct things on which I was actually right.”
O’Reilly, culture-warrior that he is, asked Trump about San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and what he would do if he owned the football team. (Trump once owned the New Jersey Generals, a franchise of the United States Football League, which played for three seasons before folding.)O’Reilly, culture-warrior that he is, asked Trump about San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and what he would do if he owned the football team. (Trump once owned the New Jersey Generals, a franchise of the United States Football League, which played for three seasons before folding.)
“I don’t know what he said about me, but I think what he’s doing is disgraceful,” Trump said. “He’s making a tremendous amount of money, he’s leading the American dream, he’s trying to make a point but I don’t think he’s making it the correct way.”“I don’t know what he said about me, but I think what he’s doing is disgraceful,” Trump said. “He’s making a tremendous amount of money, he’s leading the American dream, he’s trying to make a point but I don’t think he’s making it the correct way.”
Trump avoided telling O’Reilly that he would fire Kaepernick, despite being goaded to do so by the host.Trump avoided telling O’Reilly that he would fire Kaepernick, despite being goaded to do so by the host.
“Let’s keep the headlines down to a minimum.”“Let’s keep the headlines down to a minimum.”
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Donald Trump: 'They wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight'Donald Trump: 'They wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight'
Speaking on Fox News tonight, Donald Trump told host Bill O’Reilly that the possibility that he doesn’t pay federal taxes is “the kind of thinking” that Americans need, before telling O’Reilly that former Miss Universe Alicia Machado was almost fired for “putting on so much weight,” but that he saved her job.Speaking on Fox News tonight, Donald Trump told host Bill O’Reilly that the possibility that he doesn’t pay federal taxes is “the kind of thinking” that Americans need, before telling O’Reilly that former Miss Universe Alicia Machado was almost fired for “putting on so much weight,” but that he saved her job.
“I hardly know this person,” Trump said of Machado, the Venezuelan beauty queen who Trump called things like “Miss Piggy” and “an eating machine.”“I hardly know this person,” Trump said of Machado, the Venezuelan beauty queen who Trump called things like “Miss Piggy” and “an eating machine.”
“This is a person 20 years ago, she wasn’t a successful - you know, I sold the Miss Universe for a tremendous price about six months go, it worked out great,” Trump continued. “She was the first one under my ownership, she did not do well, she had a lot of difficulties. The company itself wanted to fire her - I wanted to save her job.”“This is a person 20 years ago, she wasn’t a successful - you know, I sold the Miss Universe for a tremendous price about six months go, it worked out great,” Trump continued. “She was the first one under my ownership, she did not do well, she had a lot of difficulties. The company itself wanted to fire her - I wanted to save her job.”
Trump said that although he had almost no interaction with Machado, he moved to prevent her from the Miss Universe company - then owned by him - from “firing” her as Miss Universe.Trump said that although he had almost no interaction with Machado, he moved to prevent her from the Miss Universe company - then owned by him - from “firing” her as Miss Universe.
“I had nothing to do with this person, but they wanted to fire her, I saved her job,” Trump said. “And you know what happened? I got nothing out of it.”“I had nothing to do with this person, but they wanted to fire her, I saved her job,” Trump said. “And you know what happened? I got nothing out of it.”
“They wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight,” Trump continued. “I said ‘don’t do that, let her try and lose the weight.’”“They wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight,” Trump continued. “I said ‘don’t do that, let her try and lose the weight.’”
The notion that Machado’s weight shouldn’t impact her job performance as Miss Universe did not occur to Trump, who continued: “I mean, it’s a beauty contest - these girls know what they’re getting into.”The notion that Machado’s weight shouldn’t impact her job performance as Miss Universe did not occur to Trump, who continued: “I mean, it’s a beauty contest - these girls know what they’re getting into.”
“This is what you get for helping somebody.”“This is what you get for helping somebody.”
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Gary Johnson, when asked to name his favorite foreign leader:Gary Johnson, when asked to name his favorite foreign leader:
I guess I’m having an Aleppo moment.I guess I’m having an Aleppo moment.
Gary Johnson had an "Aleppo moment" after @hardballchris asks who his favorite foreign leader is #JohnsonTownhall https://t.co/nRazpPL0q0Gary Johnson had an "Aleppo moment" after @hardballchris asks who his favorite foreign leader is #JohnsonTownhall https://t.co/nRazpPL0q0
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If you use Hillary Clinton’s website to register to vote, you are automatically entered for the chance to win a backstage meet-and-greet with hip-hop artist Pusha T!If you use Hillary Clinton’s website to register to vote, you are automatically entered for the chance to win a backstage meet-and-greet with hip-hop artist Pusha T!
That’s one way to get the millennials.That’s one way to get the millennials.
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The pool report from Donald Trump’s press plane reveals two things.The pool report from Donald Trump’s press plane reveals two things.
One: Trump is almost at the venue in crucial Waukesha County, Wisconsin, to deliver remarks to a crowd of supporters.One: Trump is almost at the venue in crucial Waukesha County, Wisconsin, to deliver remarks to a crowd of supporters.
Two: The press plane has been dubbed “First Amendment One.”Two: The press plane has been dubbed “First Amendment One.”
First Amendment One touched down just as the door to the Trump plane opened at 6:18 CDT. His plane was wheels up at 5:07 and First Amendment One was wheels up at 5:09. His Motorcade was rolling to event at 6:22 while pool is still being swept on the tarmac. No word on if he will delay his remarks for his traveling press to cover them. This is suboptimal.First Amendment One touched down just as the door to the Trump plane opened at 6:18 CDT. His plane was wheels up at 5:07 and First Amendment One was wheels up at 5:09. His Motorcade was rolling to event at 6:22 while pool is still being swept on the tarmac. No word on if he will delay his remarks for his traveling press to cover them. This is suboptimal.
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Donald Trump in 2013: Kim Kardashian 'has gotten a little bit large'Donald Trump in 2013: Kim Kardashian 'has gotten a little bit large'
In an undated video interview obtained by Vanity Fair, Republican nominee Donald Trump is seen telling an interviewer that reality star Kim Kardashian West “has gotten a little bit large,” the latest in a series of gaffes in which the presidential candidate has made comments regarding the size and weight of women.In an undated video interview obtained by Vanity Fair, Republican nominee Donald Trump is seen telling an interviewer that reality star Kim Kardashian West “has gotten a little bit large,” the latest in a series of gaffes in which the presidential candidate has made comments regarding the size and weight of women.
Only one day after Trump targeted a former Miss Universe pageant winner for gaining “a massive amount of weight,” the video - apparently from 2013, when Kardashian West was pregnant with her first child - surfaced on YouTube, showing Trump speaking to HLN’s Showbiz Tonight about Kardashian West creating a baby registry.Only one day after Trump targeted a former Miss Universe pageant winner for gaining “a massive amount of weight,” the video - apparently from 2013, when Kardashian West was pregnant with her first child - surfaced on YouTube, showing Trump speaking to HLN’s Showbiz Tonight about Kardashian West creating a baby registry.
“She’s a nice person,” Trump said. “I’ve known her over the years. She’s really a nice person. She’s gotten a little bit large. I would say this, I don’t think you should dress like you weigh 120 pounds.”“She’s a nice person,” Trump said. “I’ve known her over the years. She’s really a nice person. She’s gotten a little bit large. I would say this, I don’t think you should dress like you weigh 120 pounds.”
In what has been billed as the most-watched debate in presidential history, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton made Trump’s remarks to Machado a centerpiece of their first televised clash, citing the name-calling – in particular, Trump calling her “Miss Housekeeping” in reference to her Latina origins – as a prime example of her opponent’s demeaning views about women.In what has been billed as the most-watched debate in presidential history, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton made Trump’s remarks to Machado a centerpiece of their first televised clash, citing the name-calling – in particular, Trump calling her “Miss Housekeeping” in reference to her Latina origins – as a prime example of her opponent’s demeaning views about women.
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Video: Vermont senator Bernie Sanders joined former rival, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally in New Hampshire as he urged younger voters to cast ballots for Clinton in November, while she spoke of her experience in “one of the strangest elections.”
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Saturday Night Live casts its Donald Trump
The search is over.
Saturday Night Live, the late-night sketch comedy institution that has been lampooning politicians since 1975, has cast actor Alec Baldwin as its Donald Trump for the upcoming season.
Trump, who had previously been played by former cast member Darrell Hammond and by now-cut Taran Killam, will make “his” first appearance in the season premiere on 8 October, playing opposite Kate McKinnon’s Hillary Clinton in a presidential debate sketch that the show previewed on Twitter:
The night we’ve all been waiting for. #SNLPremiere pic.twitter.com/WiY1jLpop5
Baldwin joins a long list of famous political impersonations on SNL, from Larry David’s Bernie Sanders last season to Tina Fey’s Emmy-winning turn playing Sarah Palin on the show that launched Fey’s comedic career.
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Amber Jamieson
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.
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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.
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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.
“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.”
“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'
“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 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'
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.”
“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.’”
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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.”
“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.”