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| Trump dismisses new sexual misconduct allegations – campaign live | Trump dismisses new sexual misconduct allegations – campaign live |
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| Here now is Michelle Obama in Manchester, New Hampshire, speaking for Clinton: | |
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| The People editor has released a statement defending journalist Natasha Stoynoff, the author of Physically Attacked by Donald Trump – a PEOPLE Writer’s Own Harrowing Story: | |
| Statement from Jess Cagle, Editor in Chief of PEOPLE (via @jdisis) pic.twitter.com/DQfPOCfaxv | |
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| Comments: we’ve now turned them on. Sorry for their having been off. And thanks very much to reader Alex C for pointing it out. | |
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| Trump employees don't donate much to campaign | |
| Reuters has analysed the donation records of tens of thousands of Trump employees and determined “only a dozen” donated more than $200: | |
| Kerry Woolard, the 37-year-old manager of Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia, went online in June and made her first political contribution: A $250 donation to the campaign of her boss, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. | |
| Woolard’s donation was unusual. | |
| Only a dozen of an estimated 22,450 people employed at Trump’s companies have donated more than $200 to the celebrity businessman’s bid for the U.S. presidency, a Reuters review of federal campaign finance records through August shows. Those who gave less to either Trump’s campaign or his joint fundraising committees would not have shown up in the review. | |
| The contributors, including an office cleaner, a golf course groundskeeper, a bartender and an attorney, have given $5,298 to Trump’s campaign, a fraction of the $112 million Trump’s political operation has received from donors and joint fundraisers. | |
| An employee at Trump enterprises gave $275 to the campaign of her employer’s Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. A 13th Trump employee, a lawyer at the Trump Organization, contributed to a Trump Super PAC, giving $1,000. | |
| “Honestly, I wish I could do more,” said Woolard, who addressed the Republican national convention in July and has attended private dinners with Trump, his wife Melania, and their son, Barron. “He is an amazing boss, has been a great leader and I believe would do a great job for our country.” | |
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| Besweatered undecided Ken Bone is cashing in on his debate fame, per his Twitter feed: | Besweatered undecided Ken Bone is cashing in on his debate fame, per his Twitter feed: |
| Everyone wants to know if I've decided... and I have. uberSELECT helps you ride in style like me https://t.co/HyOS8z9SRd | Everyone wants to know if I've decided... and I have. uberSELECT helps you ride in style like me https://t.co/HyOS8z9SRd |
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| This is strange? But campaigning presents many scheduling conflicts. | This is strange? But campaigning presents many scheduling conflicts. |
| .@realDonaldTrump just canceled his interview with Sean Hannity, scheduled to air tonight, per @FoxNews executive. | .@realDonaldTrump just canceled his interview with Sean Hannity, scheduled to air tonight, per @FoxNews executive. |
| CNN’s Brian Stelter reports: | CNN’s Brian Stelter reports: |
| On Thursday morning, he canceled on his friend Sean Hannity, a Fox News spokeswoman said. He had been scheduled to appear on Hannity’s Fox News show Thursday night. He backed out around 11:30 a.m. ET. | On Thursday morning, he canceled on his friend Sean Hannity, a Fox News spokeswoman said. He had been scheduled to appear on Hannity’s Fox News show Thursday night. He backed out around 11:30 a.m. ET. |
| Hannity is still set to interview the four Clinton critics who appeared with Trump at a pre-debate photo op on Sunday: Kathy Shelton, Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broaddrick. | Hannity is still set to interview the four Clinton critics who appeared with Trump at a pre-debate photo op on Sunday: Kathy Shelton, Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broaddrick. |
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| Donald Trump’s media pool reports that he’s en route to his midday West Palm Beach rally. Here’s a live video stream in case you want to watch the warmup acts, which sound terrible: | Donald Trump’s media pool reports that he’s en route to his midday West Palm Beach rally. Here’s a live video stream in case you want to watch the warmup acts, which sound terrible: |
| One of Trump's warm up acts just knocked Clinton for using private email "and blaming it on a black guy, Colin Powell?" | One of Trump's warm up acts just knocked Clinton for using private email "and blaming it on a black guy, Colin Powell?" |
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| Only 46 days till the election! | Only 46 days till the election! |
| The best of last night's late-night TV: Go out and vote on Nov. 28 https://t.co/6s69SayzBB pic.twitter.com/pBApCKCch7 | The best of last night's late-night TV: Go out and vote on Nov. 28 https://t.co/6s69SayzBB pic.twitter.com/pBApCKCch7 |
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| Notice: An earlier block incorrectly attributed opposition to the 1990s Nato bombing of Serbian forces to Donald Trump, when in fact it was a Trump adviser who registered that view with a Serbian magazine, and not the candidate. The story was originally reported by Newsweek. The previous block in this blog has been updated. | |
| The Trump campaign has not replied to a request for comment. | |
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| And here’s the latest Politics for Humans podcast, in which the Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui puts political topics in people terms: | And here’s the latest Politics for Humans podcast, in which the Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui puts political topics in people terms: |
| NEW Politics for Humans: @FareedZakaria & Amb. Ronald Neumann join me to discuss the global view on this election https://t.co/Ror6vlsKOH | NEW Politics for Humans: @FareedZakaria & Amb. Ronald Neumann join me to discuss the global view on this election https://t.co/Ror6vlsKOH |
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| Here’s Barack Obama on when Dylan was awarded a medal of honor: | Here’s Barack Obama on when Dylan was awarded a medal of honor: |
| On Bob Dylanby Barack Obama pic.twitter.com/o0lC4V5Bsv | On Bob Dylanby Barack Obama pic.twitter.com/o0lC4V5Bsv |
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| Trump campaign chair on Bill Clinton: 'we're going to turn him into Bill Cosby' | Trump campaign chair on Bill Clinton: 'we're going to turn him into Bill Cosby' |
| A senior Trump adviser tells Bloomberg the campaign will soon bring forward new accusers: “Women are coming to us who have been groped or sexually abused by Bill Clinton.” Bloomberg reports: | A senior Trump adviser tells Bloomberg the campaign will soon bring forward new accusers: “Women are coming to us who have been groped or sexually abused by Bill Clinton.” Bloomberg reports: |
| Trump is considering featuring these women at campaign rallies to “give witness to what Hillary Clinton actually did.” ... | Trump is considering featuring these women at campaign rallies to “give witness to what Hillary Clinton actually did.” ... |
| On Thursday night, the Trump campaign will begin a new media blitz, his advisers say, with Broaddrick, Willey, and Jones appearing together on a one-hour Fox News special hosted by Sean Hannity. Additional interviews will follow. | On Thursday night, the Trump campaign will begin a new media blitz, his advisers say, with Broaddrick, Willey, and Jones appearing together on a one-hour Fox News special hosted by Sean Hannity. Additional interviews will follow. |
| The move to further amplify the campaign’s focus on Bill Clinton’s past relationships with women comes amid fresh allegations of Trump’s misbehavior... | The move to further amplify the campaign’s focus on Bill Clinton’s past relationships with women comes amid fresh allegations of Trump’s misbehavior... |
| “She’s led a program of victim intimidation,” [Trump campaign CEO Stephen] Bannon told Trump staffers, according to two advisers who were present. “This has nothing to do with consensual sexual affairs and infidelities. This is Bill. We’re going to turn him into Bill Cosby.” | “She’s led a program of victim intimidation,” [Trump campaign CEO Stephen] Bannon told Trump staffers, according to two advisers who were present. “This has nothing to do with consensual sexual affairs and infidelities. This is Bill. We’re going to turn him into Bill Cosby.” |
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| Here’s the latest edition of Anywhere but Washington, in which Paul Lewis explores the power of the Republican presidential nominee’s message in the poorest county of West Virginia: | Here’s the latest edition of Anywhere but Washington, in which Paul Lewis explores the power of the Republican presidential nominee’s message in the poorest county of West Virginia: |
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| Mazin Sidahmed | Mazin Sidahmed |
| Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh warned his listeners against the “rape police” on Wednesday, and mocked the concept of sexual consent. | Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh warned his listeners against the “rape police” on Wednesday, and mocked the concept of sexual consent. |
| Limbaugh said Trump’s critics on the left were being hypocritical: | Limbaugh said Trump’s critics on the left were being hypocritical: |
| “You can do anything, the left will promote and understand and tolerate anything, as long as there is one element. Do you know what it is? Consent,” Limbaugh said, in a clip published by Media Matters. “If there is consent on both or all three or all four, however many are involved in the sex act, it’s perfectly fine. Whatever it is. But if the left ever senses and smells that there’s no consent in part of the equation then here come the rape police.” | “You can do anything, the left will promote and understand and tolerate anything, as long as there is one element. Do you know what it is? Consent,” Limbaugh said, in a clip published by Media Matters. “If there is consent on both or all three or all four, however many are involved in the sex act, it’s perfectly fine. Whatever it is. But if the left ever senses and smells that there’s no consent in part of the equation then here come the rape police.” |
| Many took to social media to explain to Limbaugh that the rape police were in fact just the police. | Many took to social media to explain to Limbaugh that the rape police were in fact just the police. |
| Influential US radio host rants against consent in sex (ie, for rape). Watch out for "rape police" (ie, police) https://t.co/x5RMSkGPLu pic.twitter.com/zxF4TjwBl9 | Influential US radio host rants against consent in sex (ie, for rape). Watch out for "rape police" (ie, police) https://t.co/x5RMSkGPLu pic.twitter.com/zxF4TjwBl9 |
| Someone should explain to Rush Limbaugh that "the rape police" are just, you know, the police. https://t.co/2EeTiKEMoq | Someone should explain to Rush Limbaugh that "the rape police" are just, you know, the police. https://t.co/2EeTiKEMoq |
| Limbaugh hosts one of the country’s most popular talk radio shows and draws millions of listeners daily. | Limbaugh hosts one of the country’s most popular talk radio shows and draws millions of listeners daily. |
| He has a history of flippant comments about rape including saying, “no means yes if you know how to spot it” and that women on college campuses were imagining they were being raped. | He has a history of flippant comments about rape including saying, “no means yes if you know how to spot it” and that women on college campuses were imagining they were being raped. |
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| NJ.com has further on the official misconduct complaint against Christie: | NJ.com has further on the official misconduct complaint against Christie: |
| A judge in Bergen County ruled Thursday morning that there is enough probable cause for an official misconduct complaint against Gov. Chris Christie to move forward in connection with the governor’s alleged role in the Bridgegate scandal. | A judge in Bergen County ruled Thursday morning that there is enough probable cause for an official misconduct complaint against Gov. Chris Christie to move forward in connection with the governor’s alleged role in the Bridgegate scandal. |
| Bill Brennan, a retired Teaneck firefighter and citizen activist, filed the complaint against Christie. The September 2013 incident that became known as Bridgegate caused significant traffic issues over a four-day span in the Fort Lee area. The closures sparked a 16-month federal investigation. | Bill Brennan, a retired Teaneck firefighter and citizen activist, filed the complaint against Christie. The September 2013 incident that became known as Bridgegate caused significant traffic issues over a four-day span in the Fort Lee area. The closures sparked a 16-month federal investigation. |
| Bergen County Superior Court Judge Roy McGeady ruled that there was probable cause for Brennan’s complaint to move forward. ... | Bergen County Superior Court Judge Roy McGeady ruled that there was probable cause for Brennan’s complaint to move forward. ... |
| McGeady said the case would now go to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. The prosecutor, Gurbir S. Grewal, a Christie appointee, would probably recuse himself, McGeady said. | McGeady said the case would now go to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. The prosecutor, Gurbir S. Grewal, a Christie appointee, would probably recuse himself, McGeady said. |
| The audience in his court room, mostly there for minor criminal violations, applauded after he ruled. | The audience in his court room, mostly there for minor criminal violations, applauded after he ruled. |