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Mike Pence and Tim Kaine to face off in vice-presidential debate – campaign live Vice-presidential debate: Mike Pence and Tim Kaine to face off – live
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Clinton hits Trump on PTSD remarks
Clinton convened a news conference after a rally today in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to discuss Trump’s remarks about veterans with PTSD, which vice president Joe Biden criticized passionately on Monday.
“Our troops deserve a commander-in-chief who respects and understands the sacrifices they make,” Clinton says.
Then she takes a question about Trump’s taxes, saying “there are some very successful business people in America... but [Trump is] unable to release his tax records because there’s more in there... Someone who’s claiming to run for president based on his business success should be judged on his business success.”
Then Clinton takes a softball question about how she will appeal to potentially crossover Republicans sick of Trump. And that’s where she mistakenly refers to the 35 days left in the election as 35 years (see earlier).
Clinton also says she’s “very confident and excited about Tim Kaine in the debate tonight.”
Here is the video of the Hillary Clinton news conference from today https://t.co/74toMNGALP
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Trump is done in Arizona. He tells people to vote on 8 November but doesn’t tell them they can start voting early in the state in about two weeks and doesn’t tell them they can vote by mail.
Arizona is good for 11 electoral votes. Polling averages have Trump leading in the state, which voted for Bill Clinton in 1996 but before that had not gone Democratic in a presidential election year since Truman.
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Each side has produced a video attacking the other side’s vice presidential nominee (the attack on Pence was produced by the Clinton campaign; the attack on Kaine was produced by the Republican national committee).
Here they are:
Mike Pence: a divisive, anti-woman, anti-LGBT, anti-worker extremist. No wonder Trump picked him. #VPDebate pic.twitter.com/icAN1P5DN2
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What does the C stand for again? (That’s a joke at Clinton’s expense.) (And if you have to explain humor, it’s bad.)
Post-debate polls in PA, NC, and FL--basically must-wins for Trump:PA: C+10, C+9, C+4FL: C+5, C+4, C+2, C+1NC: C+6, C+3, C+2, C+2, C+1
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Trump is addressing a crowd now in Prescott Valley, Arizona. He’s talking about murders in Chicago. Watch it live here:
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Follow baseball? There’s a wildcard playoff game tonight between the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays. The game begins just after 8pm ET. And a lot of you out there on social media sound conflicted about what to watch...
You know we could just call this VP debate a tie and watch the AL wildcard instead.
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Andrew Anthony has interviewed Ann Coulter for the Guardian. Coulter is a perennially relevant conservative shock-jock whose inTENSE enthusiasm this election cycle for Donald Trump and his scorched-earth immigration policies was only temporarily shaken when Trump appeared this summer to be leaving those policies behind.Andrew Anthony has interviewed Ann Coulter for the Guardian. Coulter is a perennially relevant conservative shock-jock whose inTENSE enthusiasm this election cycle for Donald Trump and his scorched-earth immigration policies was only temporarily shaken when Trump appeared this summer to be leaving those policies behind.
Then he got back in line and she got back in line. From the interview:Then he got back in line and she got back in line. From the interview:
Do you think the Republican party will survive Donald Trump?Do you think the Republican party will survive Donald Trump?
The only way it can survive is with Donald Trump. What’s really hurting his message more than anything else, especially among black voters, is that he’s a Republican. That’s what the Republican party has done to the brand. The sooner it gets rebranded the Trumpian Republican party the better. Finally, we have a candidate who cares about Americans and not just the donor class.The only way it can survive is with Donald Trump. What’s really hurting his message more than anything else, especially among black voters, is that he’s a Republican. That’s what the Republican party has done to the brand. The sooner it gets rebranded the Trumpian Republican party the better. Finally, we have a candidate who cares about Americans and not just the donor class.
My testy interview w/ The Guardian! Ann Coulter on Trump: ‘Finally, we have a candidate who cares about Americans’ - https://t.co/hhTzDYoWeeMy testy interview w/ The Guardian! Ann Coulter on Trump: ‘Finally, we have a candidate who cares about Americans’ - https://t.co/hhTzDYoWee
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Quick make a joke about this tweet:Quick make a joke about this tweet:
Clinton slips and says it's 35 years, not 35 days until the election.Clinton slips and says it's 35 years, not 35 days until the election.
BUZZER too late, that one’s been taken:BUZZER too late, that one’s been taken:
you ok, tweeps? pic.twitter.com/c7tJFHASJ7you ok, tweeps? pic.twitter.com/c7tJFHASJ7
(h/t @nicolepuglise)(h/t @nicolepuglise)
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On the off chance your vice presidential debate night expectations are so low that they’re bringing you dangerously close to that territory of, “Hell, no, I’m not going to watch the vice-presidential debate! I’ve got closets to organize” – well, reminder: Tim Kaine has a Donald Trump impression up his sleeve.On the off chance your vice presidential debate night expectations are so low that they’re bringing you dangerously close to that territory of, “Hell, no, I’m not going to watch the vice-presidential debate! I’ve got closets to organize” – well, reminder: Tim Kaine has a Donald Trump impression up his sleeve.
I wonder if Tim Kaine practiced his Donald Trump impression for tonightI wonder if Tim Kaine practiced his Donald Trump impression for tonight
Sure, when he rolled it out at the national convention, it was widely panned, although most people gave him credit for trying, which was nice of them:Sure, when he rolled it out at the national convention, it was widely panned, although most people gave him credit for trying, which was nice of them:
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Clinton hits Trump for body-shaming womenClinton hits Trump for body-shaming women
At a town hall rally Tuesday, a student told Hillary Clinton that Trump does damage “when he talks about women and how they look” and asks how she would fix it.At a town hall rally Tuesday, a student told Hillary Clinton that Trump does damage “when he talks about women and how they look” and asks how she would fix it.
Clinton says Trump has taken body shaming to a “new level of ..meanness.”Clinton says Trump has taken body shaming to a “new level of ..meanness.”
“There are too many young women online who are being bullied about how they look. And who are being shamed and mistreated.”“There are too many young women online who are being bullied about how they look. And who are being shamed and mistreated.”
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Links to “stories” by the bug-eyed conspiracy site Infowars have been tweeted approvingly this year by Trump père and by both Trump sons. The Trump campaign seems to think of Infowars, like Breitbart, as a kind of opposition research wing, or at least a useful whip for the base. The problem is that Infowars flies over the cuckoo’s nest on its commute to work.
Alex Jones, the program’s star host, thinks George W Bush did 9/11 and actors staged Sandy Hook. Jones’ audience has expanded immensely thanks to the Trump spotlight. Here is him last night mad that Wikileaks’ Julian Assange did not leak documents damaging Hillary Clinton as Assange hinted he would do:
Here's Alex Jones freaking out on Julian Assange https://t.co/zx6jSidGwp
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White Stripes 'disgusted' by use of song in Trump video
The White Stripes, who broke up in 2011, have issued a statement of repulsion that the song Seven Nation Army was used in a Trump booster video – not a Trump campaign official video, it appears, but a video made by an outside fan group identified in at least one place as Downstream Politics (the video was taken down from the Trump subreddit site and elsewhere).
pic.twitter.com/k4n61xdXhz
Update: other famous people disgusted by Trump:
🍴 Would Anthony Bourdain dine with @realDonaldTrump? "Absolutely f---ing not" https://t.co/vqrHThiAQe | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/9QqchC553S
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What kind of dad are these two men? The Hill’s Reid Wilson has an answer:
Tim Kaine strikes me as the dad who brings you orange slices when you’re a few years too old for orange slices. (1/2)
Mike Pence strikes me as the dad who begins uncomfortable talks about sex or drugs by saying “Let’s rap.” (2/2)
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Vice president Joe Biden’s advice for the debaters tonight seems to be, “drop out if you’re Mike Pence”.
What’s Kaine supposed to do with that?
Debate advice from @VP Joe Biden, via pool pic.twitter.com/gpLjLMueMk
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Gary Johnson’s presidential campaign has announced that television host Drew Carey has joined the campaign as an honorary campaign chair for the state of California.
“I couldn’t be more honored,” Johnson said in a statement. “Drew’s support means a great deal to Bill Weld and me, and his willingness to take such a prominent leadership role is extremely gratifying. His voice reaches millions of Americans across all ages and political persuasions. I look forward to joining Drew on the campaign trail in California and beyond.”
“Getting behind Gary Johnson was an easy choice,” said Carey. “Gary Johnson is reasonable. He’s a real person. He’s a pragmatic problem-solver who knows how to govern.”
“I’m happy to join Gary Johnson and to campaign for a candidate, here in California and across America, who doesn’t want your money to be wasted or want your children put at risk in a needless war.”
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Gary Johnson: Ignorance is an asset
No words:
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Alex Jones has promised a game-changing leak of information on Hillary Clinton’s campaign tomorrow - clearly, he’s up to something.
There's a war on for your mind and https://t.co/q3XYgIsba1 is the 21st century cavalry! pic.twitter.com/O90PwBzwA2
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Vice president Joe Biden crashed a college party today, starring in a public service announcement about preventing sexual assault on university campuses.
Alongside actor Adam Devine, the vice president poses as a college student - complete with aviator glasses - before cutting the music and teaching college kids about consent.
“So, like, if you see a buddy and he’s talking to someone who’s too drunk to consent, you tell that buddy, like, ‘Yo, buddy, chill!’” Devine announces. “And then you make sure that drunk person gets home safe, right?”
“Exactly. You’ve got this,” Biden replies. “It’s easy to make a difference this school year.”
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Sam Thielman
It’s turning out to be an awful week for Donald Trump. The Republican nominee for president is worth some $800m less this year than he was last year, according to the Forbes 400, an annual ranking of the world’s wealthiest people.
Trump’s net worth fell from $4.5bn to $3.7bn between the 2015 and 2016 ranking. He is now tied for 156th place in the magazine’s annual wealth competition with fellow real estate developers Jerry Speyer and Igor Olenicoff, FedEx founder Frederick Smith, and Steven Spielberg, who saw his own net worth rise by about $100m. Trump is down 35 places from 2015.
His fall came as the rich got even richer. The country’s 400 richest were worth $2.4tn this year and had an average net worth of $6bn, both record highs. For the23rd straight year, the wealthiest person on the list was Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Gates gained $5bn in the last year – his net worth has increased from $76bn to $81bn.
Trump’s net worth has been a subject of much debate over the course of his presidential campaign, as his steadfast refusal to release his tax returns has kept most details of his financial dealings out of the public eye. The New York Times revealed last week that Trump had declared a $916m loss on his 1995 state tax returns; the partial returns provided to the Times by an anonymous source are the largest single disclosure of Trump’s financial dealings.
Fortune’s research into Trump’s wealth has the advantage of 35 years of research on the man – the first time Forbes published an estimate of Trump’s wealth was on its first-ever Forbes 400 in 1982, when he was worth a mere $100m. Nowadays, young Trump wouldn’t even make the list – the poorest person on the 400 is car dealership magnate Gail Miller, with $1.7bn. Even adjusted for inflation, Trump’s $100m in 1982 is “only” $249m.
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Hillary Clinton campaigns in Haverford, Pennsylvania
Watch it live here: