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| Trump claims Google suppressed 'bad news about Clinton' during debate – campaign live | Trump claims Google suppressed 'bad news about Clinton' during debate – campaign live |
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| Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, asked during a televised town hall meeting to name a foreign leader he admires, struggled to come up with a single one, saying that he was having an “Aleppo moment”. | |
| Johnson and his running mate Bill Weld were being interviewed by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, who posed the question: “Who’s your favorite foreign leader?” | |
| “Anybody,” he added. | |
| Johnson exhaled hard. | |
| “Mine was Shimon Peres,” Weld, a former governor of Massachusetts, interjected. | |
| But Matthews pressed Johnson. “You gotta do this. Anywhere. Any continent. Canada, Mexico, Europe over there, Asia, South America, Africa – name a foreign leader that you respect.” | |
| “I guess I’m having an Aleppo moment,” Johnson said, then quickly said “the former president of Mexico”. | |
| Gary Johnson had an "Aleppo moment" after @hardballchris asks who his favorite foreign leader is #JohnsonTownhall https://t.co/nRazpPL0q0 | |
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| President Obama answers questions in CNN town hall | President Obama answers questions in CNN town hall |
| President Barack Obama was on the receiving end of a series of pointed questions from military veterans and personal during a CNN town hall at a military base in Richmond, Virginia, today, where the president was challenged on combat roles for women, controversies regarding the national anthem at football games and his refusal to use the term “radical Islamic terrorism.” | President Barack Obama was on the receiving end of a series of pointed questions from military veterans and personal during a CNN town hall at a military base in Richmond, Virginia, today, where the president was challenged on combat roles for women, controversies regarding the national anthem at football games and his refusal to use the term “radical Islamic terrorism.” |
| The town hall, hosted by CNN’s Jake Tapper, featured questions from armed forces community members who have, polling shows, not warmed to the president historically. | The town hall, hosted by CNN’s Jake Tapper, featured questions from armed forces community members who have, polling shows, not warmed to the president historically. |
| An active-duty Marine asked Obama why the “tangible, negative consequences” of allowing women to serve in combat roles was “disregarded” in his administration’s decision to open up the roles to women. | An active-duty Marine asked Obama why the “tangible, negative consequences” of allowing women to serve in combat roles was “disregarded” in his administration’s decision to open up the roles to women. |
| “I want to make sure our starting assumption is that if you can do the job, you should be able to get the job,” Obama responded, saying that the decision had not been made just to be “politically correct.” | “I want to make sure our starting assumption is that if you can do the job, you should be able to get the job,” Obama responded, saying that the decision had not been made just to be “politically correct.” |
| Asked about the growing trend among some athletes to kneel during the national anthem in protest of the treatment of African Americans by police, Obama said that while the national anthem is of special importance to those in the military, “part of what makes this country special is that we respect people’s rights to have a different opinion.” | Asked about the growing trend among some athletes to kneel during the national anthem in protest of the treatment of African Americans by police, Obama said that while the national anthem is of special importance to those in the military, “part of what makes this country special is that we respect people’s rights to have a different opinion.” |
| The mother of a 19-year-old son killed in Iraq asked Obama: “Why do you still refuse to use the term ‘Islamic terrorism’?” | The mother of a 19-year-old son killed in Iraq asked Obama: “Why do you still refuse to use the term ‘Islamic terrorism’?” |
| Obama responded, has he has before, that he doesn’t want to conflate the roughly 1.2 billion Muslims around the world “who are peaceful, who are responsible, who in this country are our fellow troops” with those who commit acts of terrorism. | Obama responded, has he has before, that he doesn’t want to conflate the roughly 1.2 billion Muslims around the world “who are peaceful, who are responsible, who in this country are our fellow troops” with those who commit acts of terrorism. |
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| Donald Trump’s campaign’s talking points regarding Alicia Machado have been obtained by CNN reporter Jim Acosta. Most of the lines, aimed at helping Trump surrogates address the controversy caused by Trump calling attention to the former Miss Universe winner’s weight, involve Hillary Clinton’s husband and his personal life in the 1990s. | Donald Trump’s campaign’s talking points regarding Alicia Machado have been obtained by CNN reporter Jim Acosta. Most of the lines, aimed at helping Trump surrogates address the controversy caused by Trump calling attention to the former Miss Universe winner’s weight, involve Hillary Clinton’s husband and his personal life in the 1990s. |
| The talking points, verbatim: | The talking points, verbatim: |
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| An animal-rights protestor briefly made an appearance at Donald Trump’s rally in Waukesha County. | 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 | 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. | 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. | The audience, composed largely of gay men, laughed. |
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| Donald Trump, on Hillary Clinton’s cellular phones: | Donald Trump, on Hillary Clinton’s cellular phones: |
| A number of them were hammered to death. HAMMERED. | 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. | 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. | “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. | 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.” | 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. | “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?” | “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 | Donald Trump campaigns in Waukesha County, Wisconsin |
| Watch it live here: | Watch it live here: |
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| Creator of racist 'Pepe the Frog' meme voting for Hillary Clinton | 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. | 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 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. | “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. | 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.” | “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/nRazpPL0q0 | Gary 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. |