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Obama says US will maintain 8,400 troops in Afghanistan – politics live Clinton in Atlantic City: Christie follows Trump 'holding his coat' – politics live
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Clinton: Trump runs 'same scam over and over'
“I want you to understand what he did here in Atlantic City,” Clinton continues:
Step 1: give a huge tax cut to millionaires like him
Step 2: add trillions to our national debt
Step 3: he suggested we could default on our debt
Clinton says, “it is the same scam over and over again... and make no mistake, he’s not asking for forgiveness, he’s just hoping we forget.
The people he’s asking to vote for him now are the same people he’s been exploiting for years.
THis seems to be his one move. He makes over-the-top promises, and says if people trust him... he’ll make them wildly successful. THen everything falls apart, people gets hurt, and Donald gets paid.
Those promises he’s making at his rallies, they’re the same promises he made to his customers at Trump University.
Clinton continues:
Remember what he promised I’m going to do for the country what I did for my business? Well we should believe him and make sure he never has the chance to bankrupt America the way he bankrupted his businesses.
I just want you to take all this information and tell everybody you can. ...
Trump furniture is made in Turkey... Trump suits were made in Mexico... Trump lamps were made in China... if he wants to make America great again, maybe he should start by actually making things in America again.
That last line is new:
Clinton: "If he wants to make America great again he should start by actually making some things in America"
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Clinton says Trump goes bankrupt “over and over again on purpose” and leaves others holding the bag while he keeps “the plane, the helicopter the penthouse.” “He always rigged it so he got paid no matter how the companies performed.”
She says when the Plaza casino went under, hundreds lost jobs but “Donald Trump, he walked away with millions.”
“He actually brags about it.... ‘Atlantic City was a cash cow for me for many years’... ‘The money I took out of there was incredible’.”
“It’s not about what he can build, it’s about how much he can take,” Clinton says:
He went on Twitter and said, ‘I made a lot of money in Atlantic City and left’... he didn’t just take advantage of investors. He took advantage of working people as well.
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Clinton: 'what in the world happened here'
Clinton gestures behind her, saying you can barely make out the outline of the Trump Plaza letters on the old hotel and casino.
He says “he had the letters taken down a few years ago but his presence remains,” Clinton says. And not far away is the old Trump marina. Down the boardwalk is the Trump Taj Mahal. “Donald once called it the eighth wonder of the world. It filed for bankruptcy in 2009,” she says.
“It’s fair to ask, since he is applying for a job, what in the world happened here?”
His excuse for all this failure is that Atlantic City just went downhill... but don’t believe it. His businesses were” failing well before the rest of the town. [...]
He calls himself the king of debt and he earned that title right here in AC. His bad decisions hurt the whole city.
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Clinton: Chris Christie follows 'Trump holding his coat'
Clinton says “It is no secret that Atlantic City has gone through some tough times, but the people of this city are determined to turn it around.”
“If your governor would start doing his job instead of following Donald Trump holding his coat, maybe” we could get the economy started again, Clinton says.
Christie is booed, booed, booed.
Donald Trump cannot do the job for American workers and businesses... Donald Trump says he’s qualified to be president because of his business record.
When he says things like that, he’s probably hoping that nobody will check up... because what he did for his businesses and his workers is nothing to brag about. In fact, it’s shameful.
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Here’s Clinton onstage. She’s with Marty Rosenberg, former vice president of Atlantic Plate Glass, who was owed $1.1 million for installing floor-to-ceiling curtain walls of glass for a Trump construction project.
Rosenberg “picked up the phone in his Atlantic City office and called one of Trump’s men overseeing construction,” the AP reported.
“I’ll check it out, Marty, and call you right back,” the man said. A day later, he got his answer: The money’s coming in two weeks.
The check never came.
Today Rosenberg tells the crowd:
I am here to help ensure... the manipulation of people by Trump will not continue on the national stage
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Hillary Clinton is scheduled to appear shortly in front of faded Trump Plaza on the boardwalk in Atlantic City:
The boos are louder for Gov Chris Christie here at Clinton's Atlantic City, NJ event than they are for Donald Trump.
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Here’s a link to a pdf of the Gretchen Carson complaint against Roger Ailes (thx @bencjacobs).Here’s a link to a pdf of the Gretchen Carson complaint against Roger Ailes (thx @bencjacobs).
“Ailes has unlawfully retaliated against Carlson and sabotaged her career because she refused his sexual advances and complained about severe and pervasive sexual harassment,” the complaint alleges.“Ailes has unlawfully retaliated against Carlson and sabotaged her career because she refused his sexual advances and complained about severe and pervasive sexual harassment,” the complaint alleges.
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Jill Stein: prosecute ClintonJill Stein: prosecute Clinton
Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein calls for the prosecution of Hillary Clinton:Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein calls for the prosecution of Hillary Clinton:
Green Party candidate Jill Stein out w/ tough, critical statement against Clinton and FBI decision pic.twitter.com/iOPAB1zvupGreen Party candidate Jill Stein out w/ tough, critical statement against Clinton and FBI decision pic.twitter.com/iOPAB1zvup
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Trump to announce convention speakersTrump to announce convention speakers
Trump tweets that his slate of convention speakers is all ready to roll out – but, in a brilliant flourish of self-control and message management, he’s not going to release it until Thursday, so that today may “be devoted to Crooked Hillary”:Trump tweets that his slate of convention speakers is all ready to roll out – but, in a brilliant flourish of self-control and message management, he’s not going to release it until Thursday, so that today may “be devoted to Crooked Hillary”:
Convention speaker schedule to be released tomorrow. Let today be devoted to Crooked Hillary and the rigged system under which we live.Convention speaker schedule to be released tomorrow. Let today be devoted to Crooked Hillary and the rigged system under which we live.
Clinton may have plans of her own for the national conversation, however. She is scheduled to appear on the Atlantic City boardwalk in front of a mothballed Trump property in about a half hour.Clinton may have plans of her own for the national conversation, however. She is scheduled to appear on the Atlantic City boardwalk in front of a mothballed Trump property in about a half hour.
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Clinton outspends Trump 15-1 on TV adsClinton outspends Trump 15-1 on TV ads
An updated study by SMG Delta cited by NBC News finds that Hillary Clinton and pro-Clinton political groups have outspent Donald Trump and allies by more than $40m.An updated study by SMG Delta cited by NBC News finds that Hillary Clinton and pro-Clinton political groups have outspent Donald Trump and allies by more than $40m.
The Trump campaign itself, as opposed to outside political groups, “has yet to spend a single cent on a TV or radio ad in the general election,” NBC notes.The Trump campaign itself, as opposed to outside political groups, “has yet to spend a single cent on a TV or radio ad in the general election,” NBC notes.
Here’s how the study breaks down total ad spending to date:Here’s how the study breaks down total ad spending to date:
Trump has said he does not need TV ads because he benefits from free media coverage.Trump has said he does not need TV ads because he benefits from free media coverage.
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Fox anchor sues Roger Ailes in sexual harassment claimFox anchor sues Roger Ailes in sexual harassment claim
Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has filed a lawsuit accusing network chairman Roger Ailes with firing her after she “rebuffed Ailes’ sexual demands”, CNN reports:Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has filed a lawsuit accusing network chairman Roger Ailes with firing her after she “rebuffed Ailes’ sexual demands”, CNN reports:
I'm reading the Gretchen Carlson complaint now. It says "Carlson rebuffed Ailes' sexual demands... and, nine months later, ended her career"I'm reading the Gretchen Carlson complaint now. It says "Carlson rebuffed Ailes' sexual demands... and, nine months later, ended her career"
Ailes is the head of Fox News, one of the most powerful men in media. I have emailed and called Fox News for comment.Ailes is the head of Fox News, one of the most powerful men in media. I have emailed and called Fox News for comment.
Carlson has posted the news of her departure from Fox on Twitter and Facebook.Carlson has posted the news of her departure from Fox on Twitter and Facebook.
As you may have heard, I'm no longer with @FoxNews. I value your support and friendship so please stay in touch: https://t.co/R7JBTsvYShAs you may have heard, I'm no longer with @FoxNews. I value your support and friendship so please stay in touch: https://t.co/R7JBTsvYSh
The Facebook statement reads:The Facebook statement reads:
As you may have heard, I am no longer with Fox News. I value your support and friendship, especially now, so please stay in touch with me.As you may have heard, I am no longer with Fox News. I value your support and friendship, especially now, so please stay in touch with me.
Update: Carlson has released a further statement saying, “I had to stand up for myself and speak out for all women and the next generation of women in the workplace”.Update: Carlson has released a further statement saying, “I had to stand up for myself and speak out for all women and the next generation of women in the workplace”.
Gretchen Carlson statement on the lawsuit pic.twitter.com/F6W9HU4H2AGretchen Carlson statement on the lawsuit pic.twitter.com/F6W9HU4H2A
And here’s a bit from the lawsuit:And here’s a bit from the lawsuit:
From Gretchen Carlson's suit against Roger Ailes: pic.twitter.com/42GscBE2TPFrom Gretchen Carlson's suit against Roger Ailes: pic.twitter.com/42GscBE2TP
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Sanders 'applauds' Clinton for 'very bold initiative' on student debt
In what appears to be a policy move coordinated with – and immediately approved by – Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton has announced a new plan to provide relief for debtors with college loans.
Clinton says that once president, she would take executive action to offer a loan payment moratorium of three months, and would mandate that families with incomes of up to $125,000 will pay no tuition at in-state public colleges and universities.
Clinton’s web site says her college tuition plan “will be fully paid for by limiting certain tax expenditures for high-income taxpayers.” Meaning that enacting the plan as Clinton describes it would require an amendment of the tax code, raising questions as to Clinton’s ability to deliver on the promise.
Sanders immediately embraced the plan:
I applaud @HillaryClinton for the very bold initiative she has just brought forth for the financing of higher education.
The Sanders camp released a statement extolling the virtues of Clinton’s college plan. “I want to take this opportunity to applaud Secretary Clinton for the very bold initiative she has just brought forth today for the financing of higher education,” Sanders says in the statement, which continues:
This proposal combines some of the strongest ideas she fought for during the campaign with some of the principles that I fought for. The final product is a result of the work of both campaigns.
“Let me be very clear. This proposal, when implemented, will revolutionize the funding of higher education in America, improve the economic future of our country and make life immediately better for tens of millions of people stuck with high levels of student debt.
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How does Obama’s 2017 force of 8,400 troops in Afghanistan compare with troop levels Obama inherited when he came into office? A congressional research service report from 2009 puts average US troop levels in-country in Afghanistan at 30,100:
Based on average monthly Boots on the Ground figures, the number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq increased from 5,200 in FY2002 to a peak of 187,900 in FY2008 primarily because of increases in Iraq beginning with the invasion in March 2003. [...]
For Afghanistan, troops in-country grew gradually from 5,200 in FY2002 to 20,400 in FY2006. Between FY2006 and FY2008, average strength there jumped by another 10,000 to 30,100.
Current US troop levels in Afghanistan are 9,800. Four years ago, Obama was heralding the end of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (#PromiseNotKeptAfterAll):
President Obama: "I told you we’d end the war in Iraq. We did. I said we’d end the war in Afghanistan. We are." #PromiseKept
(h/t: @thegarance)
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Trump plaza, Atlantic City: closed for business, but backdrop today for Clinton’s news conference:
.@HillaryClinton will speak about Trump's business dealings in Atlantic City in front of the shuttered Trump Plaza pic.twitter.com/RtFq1PGHak
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Obama announces more troops to stay in Afghanistan
President Obama has called a surprise news conference to announce a decision to leave more troops than previously anticipated in Afghanistan through the end of the year.
“Instead of going down to 5,500 troops by the end of this year, the United States will maintain approximately 8,400 troops into next year, through the end of my administration,” he says.
He says the goal of the force will not change. The troops will provide “tailored support to help Afghan forces continue to improve” in their fight against “terrorist” groups, he says. He says the troop presence will serve as a message to the Taliban.
Watch live here:
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Ryan says Clinton should be denied classified material
At his weekly news conference, House speaker Paul Ryan says, in short, that Hillary Clinton cannot be trusted with classified material, based on the results of an FBI investigation finding that she was “extremely reckless” in handling classified information.
Clinton, like Donald Trump and their running mates, would typically receive intelligence briefings after they are nominated at the conventions later this month, as part of a transition process at the end of which one will enter the White House.
“After the convention, you get the full deep classified information,” Ryan says, recalling his experience in 2012 as Mitt Romney’s running mate.
“I think the DNI, [James] Clapper, should deny Hillary Clinton access to classified information during this campaign, given how she was so reckless in handling classified material,” Ryan says.
“It’s the least we can do given how she was so reckless in handling classified material.”
Ryan does not say whether he thinks Trump should have access to state secrets.
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Also on Capitol Hill today, Democrats are holding a news conference to highlight their call for gun safety legislation:
Families of gun victims standing on the Capitol steps w/ @HouseDemocrats to share their stories of loss #NotOneMore pic.twitter.com/p0spxwG5YN
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'Sleepy eyes Chuck Todd'
The NBC News host gets a Trump moniker. Pretty good one, too. [UPDATE: Trump has reportedly called Todd this before. Where were we?] We’re not watching NBC but apparently the network’s coverage of Trump’s rally in Raleigh last night is, for Trump’s money, insufficiently effusive.
Sleepy eyes Chuck Todd, a man with so little touch for politics, is at it again.He could not have watched my standing ovation speech in N.C.
I have over seven million hits on social media re Crooked Hillary Clinton. Check it out Sleepy Eyes, @MarkHalperin @NBCPolitics
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House Republicans call Comey to testify
The House oversight and government reform committee would like to hear more from the FBI director about the results of the bureau’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails and his decision not to recommend criminal charges.
Comey will head to the hill Thursday morning:
BREAKING: @jasoninthehouse calls FBI Director Comey to testify Thursday at 10 AM. https://t.co/hBfNevqlfB
Update: Trump will be on the Hill Thursday morning, too, to meet with GOP legislators from both chambers.
So, not only will the FBI Director be on Capitol Hill tomorrow, but Donald Trump will meet w/GOP lawmakers as well
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Bernie Sanders is meeting with House Democrats behind closed doors this morning, and some members are vocally challenging the Vermont senator on why he has yet to endorse Hillary Clinton for president, Politico reports:
Some House Dems booed Sanders, who wouldn't back from his refusal to endorse Clinton, per sources in room. Some tough questions for him
Full Sanders quote: "The goal isn't to win elections, the goal is to transform America." Dems booed.
Bernie walking out with Pelosi pic.twitter.com/zC78HMNRvZ
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Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Hillary Clinton is planning to pay a visit to the scene of former Donald Trump developments in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Wednesday, in an effort to highlight what she says have been his self-serving and socially corrosive business dealings. The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino is in town for Clinton’s visit – and here’s a video the campaign has produced to get her message out:
Trump has defended his business record in Atlantic City by saying he created jobs and framed the failure of his investments as part of an industry-wide decline.
Trump is scheduled to hold a campaign rally Wednesday evening in Cincinnati, Ohio. He will be accompanied by the former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a possible vice-presidential pick.
Trump praises Saddam Hussein
At a rally in North Carolina Tuesday evening, Trump had these words of praise for the late Iraqi dictator:
Saddam Hussein was a bad guy, right? He was a bad guy. Really bad guy. But you know what he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good. They didn’t read them the rights, they didn’t talk. They were terrorists - it was over. Today, Iraq is Harvard for terrorism.
Hussein was labelled a major sponsor of terrorism by the American government for decades. When told of Trump’s comments on Saddam Hussein, House speaker Paul Ryan told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly that the former Iraqi dictator “was one of the 20th century’s most evil people”.
The Clinton campaign issued a statement criticizing Trump. “In reality, Hussein’s regime was a sponsor of terrorism – one that paid families of suicide bombers who attacked Israelis, among other crimes,” the statement said. “Trump’s cavalier compliments for brutal dictators, and the twisted lessons he seems to have learned from their history, again demonstrate how dangerous he would be as Commander-in-Chief and how unworthy he is of the office he seeks.”
Trump hits Clinton over emails inquiry
Also at his Tuesday rally, Trump said the results of the FBI inquiry into Clinton’s use of private email announced by director James Comey Tuesday showed Clinton to be a liar unfit for the presidency.
“She went to extraordinary lengths to carry out an Enron-style purge of her email,” Trump said. He accused her of trying to delete email, which contradicts the findings of the FBI investigation, and he accused Clinton of trying to bribe attorney general Loretta Lynch by signaling that a Clinton administration might keep Lynch in her post.
“It’s a bribe!” Trump said. He also said of his campaign: “This is a movement, folks - this is not like a normal situation.”
RNC turns Comey briefing into attack ad
A more effective attack on Clinton, perhaps, was delivered in a new Republican National Committee video spot juxtaposing Clinton saying untrue things about her emails with Comey describing the results of the FBI investigation:
Trump is also prosecuting the case this morning on Twitter:
The rigged system may have helped Hillary Clinton escape criminal charges, but...https://t.co/KO64IAMDgj pic.twitter.com/8CBSfNpl2l
Chilcot’s devastating critique of Iraq war decision
Sir John Chilcot has delivered a devastating critique of Tony Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003, with his long-awaited report concluding that Britain chose to join the US invasion before “peaceful options for disarmament” had been exhausted.
The head of the Iraq war inquiry said the UK’s decision to attack and occupy a sovereign state for the first time since the second world war was a decision of “utmost gravity”. He described Iraq’s then president, Saddam Hussein, as “undoubtedly a brutal dictator” who had repressed his own people and attacked his neighbours.
Related: Chilcot delivers crushing verdict on Blair and the Iraq war
Le Pen endorses Trump
Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far right National Front party, has endorsed Trump, after enthusiastically backing Brexit, Reuters reports:
“If I was American, I would vote for anyone but Hillary Clinton ... Between him and Hillary Clinton, it is clear that I would choose Donald Trump,” Le Pen told the French magazine Valeurs Actuelles.
“What appeals to Americans is that he is a man free from Wall Street, from markets and from financial lobbies and even from his own party,” she said.
Thank you for reading and please join us in the comments.
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