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| Trump steps off campaign trail to promote DC hotel – election live | Trump steps off campaign trail to promote DC hotel – election live |
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| I get it. Sheryl Crow’s call to shorten our presidential cycle will resonate with just about everyone this year. Who isn’t counting down the days until this is over? Even Hillary Clinton has been winding the months in balls. | |
| As Crow points out in a petition on Change.org, which, as of Wednesday, had more than 40,000 signatures, this extended political circus is a singularly American phenomenon. “The 2016 election will have lasted nearly 600 days by the time polls close on Nov. 8. By comparison, Canada had its longest campaign season in recent history last year, and it lasted just 11 weeks,” she writes. “Countries across the globe have limited campaign seasons to as short as 6 weeks. With an organized system, a successful, informative, professional campaign could be run.” | |
| Her suggestion for how we reform our electoral process – that we ask the DNC and RNC to reform the process – is less compelling. In a segment on Morning Joe on Wednesday, she threw out 5 days as the optimal amount of time (was she joking?). And she’s previously floated the notion that all 50 states and the District of Columbia should hold their primaries on the same day, a move that would prove hugely advantageous to the richest candidates by short-circuiting grassroots campaigns. [...] | |
| Again the sentiment is relatable but perhaps the problem is less the length of the cycle than the fact our Republican nominee for president actively brags about “grabbing” women by the “pussy”; a fact which, it’s worth noting, didn’t come out until more than 500 days into the cycle. | |
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| Isn’t it kind of cold in Wisconsin right now to be running around at night in your undies? | |
| This is in Platteville, a southwestern university town in Grant county, which Barack Obama won by 14 points in 2012. | |
| Man wearing only his underwear takes blowtorch to his neighbors' Trump sign — and they caught it all on camera https://t.co/XxdHdjAveM pic.twitter.com/mwWFZAwlBI | |
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| Does anyone have any appetite for individual national polls anymore? | |
| new USA Today/Suffolk national poll: Clinton 47%, Trump 38%, Johnson 4%, Stein 2% | |
| The new Suffolk poll happens to mirror the margin in HuffPost Pollster’s average: | |
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| In which conservative Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan praises a get-out-the-vote video targeting Hispanic voters, paid for by an outside group, that ends with a dicey election result and a young girl asking her papí, “can we stay?” | In which conservative Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan praises a get-out-the-vote video targeting Hispanic voters, paid for by an outside group, that ends with a dicey election result and a young girl asking her papí, “can we stay?” |
| Put your stands, your decision, aside for a moment. A brilliant spot -filmic, beautiful, moving. Verdict https://t.co/CMtDGNG61s via YouTube | Put your stands, your decision, aside for a moment. A brilliant spot -filmic, beautiful, moving. Verdict https://t.co/CMtDGNG61s via YouTube |
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| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| Hillary Clinton kicked off her birthday celebrations with a rally in Lake Worth, Florida, on Wednesday as Donald Trump christened his new Washington DC hotel. | Hillary Clinton kicked off her birthday celebrations with a rally in Lake Worth, Florida, on Wednesday as Donald Trump christened his new Washington DC hotel. |
| The crowd gathered at Palm Beach State college for the midday rally broke into a round of “Happy Birthday” as Clinton took the stage. She is 69 years old. | The crowd gathered at Palm Beach State college for the midday rally broke into a round of “Happy Birthday” as Clinton took the stage. She is 69 years old. |
| Clinton hit many of her usual themes, but tested a new impression of Trump following her onstage during the second presidential debate. Hunching her shoulders she shuffled away from the podium, miming the way she said Trump “stalked me and lurked over me”. | Clinton hit many of her usual themes, but tested a new impression of Trump following her onstage during the second presidential debate. Hunching her shoulders she shuffled away from the podium, miming the way she said Trump “stalked me and lurked over me”. |
| She later criticized Trump for his business practices, and drew ‘boos’ from the crowd when she mentioned his event in Washington. | She later criticized Trump for his business practices, and drew ‘boos’ from the crowd when she mentioned his event in Washington. |
| “Today he’s in Washington DC to open a new luxury hotel, and while the hotel may be new, it’s the same old story,” she said. | “Today he’s in Washington DC to open a new luxury hotel, and while the hotel may be new, it’s the same old story,” she said. |
| She asked the crowd to inform their Trump supporting friends that Trump “relied on undocumented workers to make his project cheaper” despite his campaign promise close the border and deport immigrants living in the US illegal. She also said that the hotel is furnished with products made overseas, despite his promise to return jobs to American. And she said he sued to reduced the taxes on the luxury hotel. | She asked the crowd to inform their Trump supporting friends that Trump “relied on undocumented workers to make his project cheaper” despite his campaign promise close the border and deport immigrants living in the US illegal. She also said that the hotel is furnished with products made overseas, despite his promise to return jobs to American. And she said he sued to reduced the taxes on the luxury hotel. |
| “You can talk a good game, but lets look at the facts and the facts show he has stiffed American workers – he has stiffed American businesses,” Clinton said to cheers. | “You can talk a good game, but lets look at the facts and the facts show he has stiffed American workers – he has stiffed American businesses,” Clinton said to cheers. |
| On Wednesday afternoon, Clinton will campaign in Tampa with celebrity chef José Andrés, who once had plans to open a restaurant inside Trump’s hotel. | On Wednesday afternoon, Clinton will campaign in Tampa with celebrity chef José Andrés, who once had plans to open a restaurant inside Trump’s hotel. |
| You know it is going to be an amazing day when you are boarding a plane to #Tampa to join @HillaryClinton early voting rally!! #ImWithHer | You know it is going to be an amazing day when you are boarding a plane to #Tampa to join @HillaryClinton early voting rally!! #ImWithHer |
| Andrés, a naturalized US citizen originally from Spain, fell out with Trump over his vocal denunciation of immigrants and pulled out of the project. The businessman sued and the Spanish chef has launched a countersuit, in a legal battle that has yet to be resolved. | Andrés, a naturalized US citizen originally from Spain, fell out with Trump over his vocal denunciation of immigrants and pulled out of the project. The businessman sued and the Spanish chef has launched a countersuit, in a legal battle that has yet to be resolved. |
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| Here’s Tim Kaine chatting about criminal justice reform, systemic racism, voting rights, early childhood education and more with Pusha T, the recording artist, who is helping the Clinton campaign get out the vote: | Here’s Tim Kaine chatting about criminal justice reform, systemic racism, voting rights, early childhood education and more with Pusha T, the recording artist, who is helping the Clinton campaign get out the vote: |
| (h/t @fahima_haque) | (h/t @fahima_haque) |
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| Last month, Clinton was ahead by nine points in this Monmouth poll of New Hampshire voters, so while her margin still looks healthy, the trend doesn’t, particularly: | Last month, Clinton was ahead by nine points in this Monmouth poll of New Hampshire voters, so while her margin still looks healthy, the trend doesn’t, particularly: |
| BREAKING: New HampshireHRC 46DJT 42GJ 7#NHSenAyotte 46Hassan 46#NHGovVan Ostern 48Sununu 43https://t.co/s16ZHICp8h | BREAKING: New HampshireHRC 46DJT 42GJ 7#NHSenAyotte 46Hassan 46#NHGovVan Ostern 48Sununu 43https://t.co/s16ZHICp8h |
| Huffpost Pollster has Clinton up by six on average in the Granite state, which is a must-win for Trump in scenarios within reason. | Huffpost Pollster has Clinton up by six on average in the Granite state, which is a must-win for Trump in scenarios within reason. |
| Note how close the run for the senate is – all tied up at 46-46, in this poll. The Democrat leads in the gubernatorial race. | Note how close the run for the senate is – all tied up at 46-46, in this poll. The Democrat leads in the gubernatorial race. |
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| Another day, another brilliant picture by Doug Mills of the New York Times. That baby is intrigued – but not committal: | Another day, another brilliant picture by Doug Mills of the New York Times. That baby is intrigued – but not committal: |
| .@HillaryClinton holds a baby during a campaign rally at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Fl. pic.twitter.com/G4d1mnM37y | .@HillaryClinton holds a baby during a campaign rally at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Fl. pic.twitter.com/G4d1mnM37y |
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| If she’s elected president, Hillary Clinton will be spending most of her time testifying before the House oversight committee, to hear chairman Jason Chaffetz tell it to Dave Weigel at the Washington Post: | If she’s elected president, Hillary Clinton will be spending most of her time testifying before the House oversight committee, to hear chairman Jason Chaffetz tell it to Dave Weigel at the Washington Post: |
| “It’s a target-rich environment,” said Chaffetz in a interview in Salt Lake City’s suburbs. “Even before we get to Day One, we’ve got two years worth of material already lined up. She has four years of history at the State Department, and it ain’t good.” | “It’s a target-rich environment,” said Chaffetz in a interview in Salt Lake City’s suburbs. “Even before we get to Day One, we’ve got two years worth of material already lined up. She has four years of history at the State Department, and it ain’t good.” |
| If Republicans retain control of the House, something that GOP-friendly maps make possible even in the event of a Trump loss, Clinton will become the first president since George H.W. Bush to immediately face a House Oversight Committee controlled by the opposition party. (Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama lost Congress later in their presidencies.) | If Republicans retain control of the House, something that GOP-friendly maps make possible even in the event of a Trump loss, Clinton will become the first president since George H.W. Bush to immediately face a House Oversight Committee controlled by the opposition party. (Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama lost Congress later in their presidencies.) |
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| Is this one of those states that matters? Trump’s headed there now, after his ribbon-cutting. | Is this one of those states that matters? Trump’s headed there now, after his ribbon-cutting. |
| Clinton leads 59-36 in the North Carolina early vote with more than 800k votes cast. We'll be tracking it daily https://t.co/YKXDPri6oq | Clinton leads 59-36 in the North Carolina early vote with more than 800k votes cast. We'll be tracking it daily https://t.co/YKXDPri6oq |
| Some fascinating detail if you click through: | Some fascinating detail if you click through: |
| Already, about 812,000 people have voted in North Carolina, out of about 4,425,000 we think will eventually vote. Based on the voting history and demographic characteristics of those people, we think Hillary Clinton leads in North Carolina by about 6 percentage points. We think she has an even larger lead – 22 percentage points – among people who have already voted. | Already, about 812,000 people have voted in North Carolina, out of about 4,425,000 we think will eventually vote. Based on the voting history and demographic characteristics of those people, we think Hillary Clinton leads in North Carolina by about 6 percentage points. We think she has an even larger lead – 22 percentage points – among people who have already voted. |
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| Luis Miguel Echegaray | Luis Miguel Echegaray |
| There are less than two weeks to go before the election, and Hillary Clinton is doubling down in Florida with Latino voters. | There are less than two weeks to go before the election, and Hillary Clinton is doubling down in Florida with Latino voters. |
| On Tuesday, the Democratic presidential candidate paid a visit to El Gordo y La Flaca, the popular variety chat show on Spanish-language channel Univisión – and it was one of the most unrestrained appearances of her campaign. Clinton was personable, relaxed and, thanks to the nature of the show, fully committed to having some fun. During the show, Clinton danced to Marc Anthony, practiced her Spanish and was even serenaded by Bronx-born singer Prince Royce and a Mariachi band for her 69th birthday, on Wednesday. | On Tuesday, the Democratic presidential candidate paid a visit to El Gordo y La Flaca, the popular variety chat show on Spanish-language channel Univisión – and it was one of the most unrestrained appearances of her campaign. Clinton was personable, relaxed and, thanks to the nature of the show, fully committed to having some fun. During the show, Clinton danced to Marc Anthony, practiced her Spanish and was even serenaded by Bronx-born singer Prince Royce and a Mariachi band for her 69th birthday, on Wednesday. |
| Y así bailó @hillaryclinton con @rauldemolina #VivirMiVida del flaco @marcanthony 💃#LoMaximo #HillaryEnGyF para el mundo 🌍 pic.twitter.com/aY7zH3VvqQ | Y así bailó @hillaryclinton con @rauldemolina #VivirMiVida del flaco @marcanthony 💃#LoMaximo #HillaryEnGyF para el mundo 🌍 pic.twitter.com/aY7zH3VvqQ |
| “What gets better than this? I get Prince Royce to give me a hug, I get a mariachi band to play for me and I get to be here with you guys. It doesn’t get any better than this,” said the Democratic nominee. | “What gets better than this? I get Prince Royce to give me a hug, I get a mariachi band to play for me and I get to be here with you guys. It doesn’t get any better than this,” said the Democratic nominee. |
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