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| Presidential debate looms as polls widen between candidates – live | |
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| Have you ever thought you could come up with a better campaign slogan than “Stronger together” or “Make America great again”? | |
| Here are 85 tries by the Clinton campaign to come up with a slogan, if this purported John Podesta email released by Wikileaks is genuine. Can you do better? | |
| Here's a list of the 85 slogan possibilities that Clinton campaign consultants floated in August 2015 https://t.co/9gPRE9xGoz pic.twitter.com/0WDem84xqy | |
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| Barack Obama reflects on presidency at final White House state dinner | Barack Obama reflects on presidency at final White House state dinner |
| Ciara McCarthy | Ciara McCarthy |
| Barack Obama hosted his final state dinner last night, welcoming the Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi to the White House and spurring nostalgia for the Obamas’ final months on Pennsylvania Avenue. | Barack Obama hosted his final state dinner last night, welcoming the Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi to the White House and spurring nostalgia for the Obamas’ final months on Pennsylvania Avenue. |
| "Do I have anything in my teeth?""No one is looking at you Barack." pic.twitter.com/AjI2OchgzK | "Do I have anything in my teeth?""No one is looking at you Barack." pic.twitter.com/AjI2OchgzK |
| State dinners are a longstanding presidential tradition to host international heads of state in the US. Renzi and his wife, Agnese Landini, were treated to a night featuring Italian-influenced food, decor and fashion. Michelle Obama dazzled quite literally in an Atelier Versace gown. The rose-gold, chain mail dress elicited instant reactions online, as well as several look backs at the first lady’s fashion over the years. | State dinners are a longstanding presidential tradition to host international heads of state in the US. Renzi and his wife, Agnese Landini, were treated to a night featuring Italian-influenced food, decor and fashion. Michelle Obama dazzled quite literally in an Atelier Versace gown. The rose-gold, chain mail dress elicited instant reactions online, as well as several look backs at the first lady’s fashion over the years. |
| The president made brief remarks at the dinner, toasting the relationship between the two countries and touting Italy’s influence on American culture. | The president made brief remarks at the dinner, toasting the relationship between the two countries and touting Italy’s influence on American culture. |
| “Some days our presidential campaign can seem like Dante’s ‘Inferno,’” he quipped. | “Some days our presidential campaign can seem like Dante’s ‘Inferno,’” he quipped. |
| The first lady tapped Babbo chef and Food Network regular Mario Batali to prepare the multi-course meal, featuring vegetables from the White House garden. As usual, the chef donned his familiar orange Crocs while preparing and serving the meal. | The first lady tapped Babbo chef and Food Network regular Mario Batali to prepare the multi-course meal, featuring vegetables from the White House garden. As usual, the chef donned his familiar orange Crocs while preparing and serving the meal. |
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| Donald Trump in 2008: Hillary Clinton will 'go down down at a minimum as a great senator' | Donald Trump in 2008: Hillary Clinton will 'go down down at a minimum as a great senator' |
| Donald Trump’s flip-flopping on issues relating to trade, borders, abortion, gay marriage, the proposed ban on Muslim immigration, the minimum wage, taxation, the Iraq War, the Libyan intervention, gun control, climate change and the Republican Party have been well documented, but CNN just uncovered past statements by the real estate tycoon that even Trump might have a hard time explaining: flattering Hillary Clinton. | Donald Trump’s flip-flopping on issues relating to trade, borders, abortion, gay marriage, the proposed ban on Muslim immigration, the minimum wage, taxation, the Iraq War, the Libyan intervention, gun control, climate change and the Republican Party have been well documented, but CNN just uncovered past statements by the real estate tycoon that even Trump might have a hard time explaining: flattering Hillary Clinton. |
| “I think she’s a wonderful woman,” Trump said in 2008 in an interview with NY1, according to CNN. “I think that she’s a little bit misunderstood. Hillary’s a very smart woman, very tough women, that’s fine. She’s also a very nice person. I think she’s gonna go down at a minimum as a great senator.” | “I think she’s a wonderful woman,” Trump said in 2008 in an interview with NY1, according to CNN. “I think that she’s a little bit misunderstood. Hillary’s a very smart woman, very tough women, that’s fine. She’s also a very nice person. I think she’s gonna go down at a minimum as a great senator.” |
| “I think she is a great wife to a president and I think Bill Clinton was a great president,” Trump continued. “Lot of people hated him because they were jealous as hell. Bill Clinton was a great president. Hillary Clinton is a great woman and a good woman.” | “I think she is a great wife to a president and I think Bill Clinton was a great president,” Trump continued. “Lot of people hated him because they were jealous as hell. Bill Clinton was a great president. Hillary Clinton is a great woman and a good woman.” |
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| Ivanka Trump: My father will accept the outcome of the election | Ivanka Trump: My father will accept the outcome of the election |
| Joining campaign manager Kellyanne Conway in undercutting her father’s baseless accusation that the impending general election will be stolen due to voter fraud, Ivanka Trump told Time Magazine editor Nancy Gibbs that her father will concede the election to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton if he loses. | Joining campaign manager Kellyanne Conway in undercutting her father’s baseless accusation that the impending general election will be stolen due to voter fraud, Ivanka Trump told Time Magazine editor Nancy Gibbs that her father will concede the election to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton if he loses. |
| “Well, look, my father is in this to win it and, you know, I’m not interested in talking about alternative outcomes and, of course, I think my father will always do the right thing,” Trump said. “That’s the type of person he is.” | “Well, look, my father is in this to win it and, you know, I’m not interested in talking about alternative outcomes and, of course, I think my father will always do the right thing,” Trump said. “That’s the type of person he is.” |
| Speaking at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, Trump highlighted what she characterized as “vicious” behavior on behalf of the political press, before assuring Gibbs that her father will accept the outcome of the election. | Speaking at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, Trump highlighted what she characterized as “vicious” behavior on behalf of the political press, before assuring Gibbs that her father will accept the outcome of the election. |
| “When you asked me before, do I think it’s rigged, I think from a media perspective, it’s very hard to get an accurate portrayal of who he is as a person or the business he’s built, his professional accomplishments,” Trump said. “It’s borderline impossible. In large part, we’ve stopped even trying with a lot of the mainstream publications because they just don’t - you know, I was going crazy around a year ago calling these reporters, trying to get them to at least hear our perspective and it’s just a waste of time. You fall down such a rabbit hole with this and it doesn’t yield a result.” | “When you asked me before, do I think it’s rigged, I think from a media perspective, it’s very hard to get an accurate portrayal of who he is as a person or the business he’s built, his professional accomplishments,” Trump said. “It’s borderline impossible. In large part, we’ve stopped even trying with a lot of the mainstream publications because they just don’t - you know, I was going crazy around a year ago calling these reporters, trying to get them to at least hear our perspective and it’s just a waste of time. You fall down such a rabbit hole with this and it doesn’t yield a result.” |
| “But to your point, if - he’ll either win or he won’t win,” Trump said, “and I believe he’ll accept the outcome either way.” | “But to your point, if - he’ll either win or he won’t win,” Trump said, “and I believe he’ll accept the outcome either way.” |
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| Election causing uptick in Twitter abuse for Jews and journalists | Election causing uptick in Twitter abuse for Jews and journalists |
| Nicky Woolf | Nicky Woolf |
| The 2016 presidential election is causing a “significant uptick” in antisemitism on Twitter, and journalists – particularly Jewish journalists – are especially targeted, according to a new study by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). | The 2016 presidential election is causing a “significant uptick” in antisemitism on Twitter, and journalists – particularly Jewish journalists – are especially targeted, according to a new study by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). |
| Looking between August 2015 and July 2016, the ADL found 2.6m tweets containing antisemitic language. | Looking between August 2015 and July 2016, the ADL found 2.6m tweets containing antisemitic language. |
| The study focused on 19,253 overtly antisemitic tweets aimed at 800 journalists, 68% of which were sent by just 1,600 Twitter users, which the study said confirms a persistent attack on journalists by a small cohort of Twitter users. | The study focused on 19,253 overtly antisemitic tweets aimed at 800 journalists, 68% of which were sent by just 1,600 Twitter users, which the study said confirms a persistent attack on journalists by a small cohort of Twitter users. |
| Just 10 journalists received of 83% of these 19,253 tweets; Ben Shapiro, a former Breitbart News editor and outspoken critic of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, received 7,400 of the antisemitic tweets, including one calling him a “Christ-Killer”. | Just 10 journalists received of 83% of these 19,253 tweets; Ben Shapiro, a former Breitbart News editor and outspoken critic of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, received 7,400 of the antisemitic tweets, including one calling him a “Christ-Killer”. |
| Another example picked out by the study is Julia Ioffe, whose profile of Melania Trump for GQ magazine caused a storm of antisemitic responses on Twitter, including a tweet calling her a “filthy Russian kike” and another that includedphotos from Nazi concentration camps, the study described. | Another example picked out by the study is Julia Ioffe, whose profile of Melania Trump for GQ magazine caused a storm of antisemitic responses on Twitter, including a tweet calling her a “filthy Russian kike” and another that includedphotos from Nazi concentration camps, the study described. |
| Shapiro told the ADL that it was “amazing what’s been unleashed. I honestly didn’t realize they were out there. It’s every day, every single day.” He said that his wife and infant son had also been targeted. “When my child was born there were lots of antisemitic responses talking about cockroaches,” he said. | Shapiro told the ADL that it was “amazing what’s been unleashed. I honestly didn’t realize they were out there. It’s every day, every single day.” He said that his wife and infant son had also been targeted. “When my child was born there were lots of antisemitic responses talking about cockroaches,” he said. |
| “I think this is a first-of-a-kind study that we’ve put out, that we think is instructive in terms of understanding how antisemitism is spread in the modern age through social media,” said Oren Segal, the director of the ADL’s Center on Extremism. “It reinforces the work that the ADL does in terms of needing to find ways to mitigate antisemitism, threats of antisemitism, no matter where they are.” | “I think this is a first-of-a-kind study that we’ve put out, that we think is instructive in terms of understanding how antisemitism is spread in the modern age through social media,” said Oren Segal, the director of the ADL’s Center on Extremism. “It reinforces the work that the ADL does in terms of needing to find ways to mitigate antisemitism, threats of antisemitism, no matter where they are.” |
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| From the press pool: Donald Trump skipped his walk-through at the debate venue in Las Vegas, which had been scheduled for 11:00 am. | From the press pool: Donald Trump skipped his walk-through at the debate venue in Las Vegas, which had been scheduled for 11:00 am. |
| The pool had not been informed of the walk through plans. | The pool had not been informed of the walk through plans. |
| “He didn’t do the walk through,” a campaign aide told the pool. | “He didn’t do the walk through,” a campaign aide told the pool. |
| When pressed about why, and whether a stand-in participated, the aide said “his debate team is taking care of it.” | When pressed about why, and whether a stand-in participated, the aide said “his debate team is taking care of it.” |
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| 59% of Americans say Donald Trump has no sense of decency | 59% of Americans say Donald Trump has no sense of decency |
| “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” | “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” |
| The fifties are back, according to the latest survey from Quinnipiac University, which found that nearly three in five likely voters believe that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump does not have a sense of decency. Nearly the same number say that Trump is not fit to be president. | The fifties are back, according to the latest survey from Quinnipiac University, which found that nearly three in five likely voters believe that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump does not have a sense of decency. Nearly the same number say that Trump is not fit to be president. |
| A full 59% of likely voters surveyed by Quinnipiac said that Trump has no sense of decency, while 36% said that he does. Hillary Clinton, according to the surveys, does have a sense of decency, 55% to 42% . | A full 59% of likely voters surveyed by Quinnipiac said that Trump has no sense of decency, while 36% said that he does. Hillary Clinton, according to the surveys, does have a sense of decency, 55% to 42% . |
| In a four-way race, the poll finds that Clinton leads Trump by 7 points among likely voters, 47% to Trump’s 40% among likely voters, with 7% of likely voters supporting Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and 1% supporting Green candidate Jill Stein. | In a four-way race, the poll finds that Clinton leads Trump by 7 points among likely voters, 47% to Trump’s 40% among likely voters, with 7% of likely voters supporting Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and 1% supporting Green candidate Jill Stein. |
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| The tabloid of record. | The tabloid of record. |
| The Weekly World News would have crushed 2016 campaign coverage. pic.twitter.com/oVANxkkH3U | The Weekly World News would have crushed 2016 campaign coverage. pic.twitter.com/oVANxkkH3U |
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| Poll: Paul Ryan's support among Republicans collapses following Trump feud | Poll: Paul Ryan's support among Republicans collapses following Trump feud |
| If you lay down with dogs, you get up with an approval rating that collapses on itself like a dying star. | If you lay down with dogs, you get up with an approval rating that collapses on itself like a dying star. |
| Buried in new poll results from YouGov that show Hillary Clinton with a commanding lead over Republican rival Donald Trump with less than three weeks to go before the general election are data showing that House speaker Paul Ryan’s favorability rating among Republicans has cratered. Last week, he had a net positivity of 23%. | Buried in new poll results from YouGov that show Hillary Clinton with a commanding lead over Republican rival Donald Trump with less than three weeks to go before the general election are data showing that House speaker Paul Ryan’s favorability rating among Republicans has cratered. Last week, he had a net positivity of 23%. |
| This week: -5%. | This week: -5%. |
| And that’s not even counting Ryan’s popularity (or lack thereof) among Trump supporters. Last week, Ryan had a net 8% positivity rating, which has dropped to a negative 36% disapproval in the week since. | And that’s not even counting Ryan’s popularity (or lack thereof) among Trump supporters. Last week, Ryan had a net 8% positivity rating, which has dropped to a negative 36% disapproval in the week since. |
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| Nigel M Smith | Nigel M Smith |
| Amy Schumer has written an open letter to fans who walked out of her Sunday standup show in Tampa, Florida, after she made jokes about Donald Trump. | Amy Schumer has written an open letter to fans who walked out of her Sunday standup show in Tampa, Florida, after she made jokes about Donald Trump. |
| The actor and writer read the letter aloud during her Tuesday show at New York’s Madison Square Garden, according to People. | The actor and writer read the letter aloud during her Tuesday show at New York’s Madison Square Garden, according to People. |
| “I’ve written an open letter to Tampa and I’d like to read it tonight,” she began. “Dearest Tampa, I’m sorry you didn’t want me, a comedian who talks about what she believes in, to mention the biggest thing going on in our country right now. How could I think it was OK to spend five minutes having a peaceful conversation with someone with different views? | “I’ve written an open letter to Tampa and I’d like to read it tonight,” she began. “Dearest Tampa, I’m sorry you didn’t want me, a comedian who talks about what she believes in, to mention the biggest thing going on in our country right now. How could I think it was OK to spend five minutes having a peaceful conversation with someone with different views? |
| “After the show, I want you to know that I will go straight to a rehab facility that will teach me how to make all people happy. Both the rich, entitled, white people who are gonna vote for him and the very poor people – who’ve been tricked into it.” | “After the show, I want you to know that I will go straight to a rehab facility that will teach me how to make all people happy. Both the rich, entitled, white people who are gonna vote for him and the very poor people – who’ve been tricked into it.” |