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| Republican convention live: Cruz speech sets up test for Trump on day four | Republican convention live: Cruz speech sets up test for Trump on day four |
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| During his mic check today, Trump admitted that he loves the media, in the latest flip-flop for the presidential nominee, who has also changed his positions on abortion, Hillary Clinton, trade, immigration, taxation, health care, the Iraq war, a Muslim ban, a border wall, Ted Cruz, Roger Ailes, Mitt Romney, super Pacs, charitable donations, accounts payable and the Republican party. | |
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| No telling whether Trump can really make America great again, but 50,000 balloons raining on 2,472 delegates seems as good an opening move as any: | |
| 50,000 balloons ready to descend tonight | |
| A photo posted by Simon Rogers (@simonrogers1) on Jul 21, 2016 at 1:34pm PDT | |
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| Ha. | |
| Driving down Historic Route 66 - an iconic symbol of the American West! #Arizona https://t.co/JWe7n4N7xh pic.twitter.com/NxISYawbza | |
| It's also really far from Cleveland https://t.co/MvMM6mnqDr | |
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| Giffords calls on Trump to disavow aide who called for Clinton's shooting | |
| Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords called on Donald Trump to disavow aide Al Baldasaro, who said on Tuesday that Hillary Clinton should be “put in the firing line and shot for treason.” | |
| Giffords, a Democrat, released a joint statement with her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly. | |
| “Take it from us: This kind of rhetoric fuels hatred, violence, and puts lives at risk. There is simply no place in our politics and our country for this kind of shameful threat,” the statement said. | |
| “We are disappointed and saddened that Donald Trump continues to welcome the support of his advisor Al Baldasaro after he said a candidate for office should be executed. We hope Mr. Trump does the responsible thing and disavows Al Baldasaro for his dangerous rhetoric.” | |
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| Pokémon Go transforms convention into gym full of rare catches | Pokémon Go transforms convention into gym full of rare catches |
| Scott Bixby | Scott Bixby |
| Texas senator Ted Cruz’s incendiary rebuke of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on the stage in Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday evening seemingly transformed the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team into a gladiatorial colosseum, complete with screaming fans and enraged detractors, writes Scott Bixby: | Texas senator Ted Cruz’s incendiary rebuke of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on the stage in Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday evening seemingly transformed the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team into a gladiatorial colosseum, complete with screaming fans and enraged detractors, writes Scott Bixby: |
| But the greatest battle on the stage at Quicken Loans Arena during the week of the Republican national convention may be for control of a different kind of stadium entirely – its Pokémon Go gym. | But the greatest battle on the stage at Quicken Loans Arena during the week of the Republican national convention may be for control of a different kind of stadium entirely – its Pokémon Go gym. |
| The mobile phone game, which integrates the hunt for fictional cartoon monsters with real-world locations in which users can battle one another’s teams, has become hugely popular at the RNC, where mobile phones are ubiquitous and the downtime can be lengthy and tedious. | The mobile phone game, which integrates the hunt for fictional cartoon monsters with real-world locations in which users can battle one another’s teams, has become hugely popular at the RNC, where mobile phones are ubiquitous and the downtime can be lengthy and tedious. |
| (For the uninitiated, Pokémon – or “pocket monsters” – are a hugely resilient late-1990s cultural import from Japan that typically resemble real-world animals imbued with elemental powers. Originally, there were a mere 150 Pokémon, but the numbers have since swelled to 722. Put another way, there are more Pokémon than there are Democratic super delegates – and they’re much more powerful.) | (For the uninitiated, Pokémon – or “pocket monsters” – are a hugely resilient late-1990s cultural import from Japan that typically resemble real-world animals imbued with elemental powers. Originally, there were a mere 150 Pokémon, but the numbers have since swelled to 722. Put another way, there are more Pokémon than there are Democratic super delegates – and they’re much more powerful.) |
| At the time of this writing, the grand stage on the convention floor is held by BuffaloStar, a level-17 Pokémon trainer, and his Hypno, a Pokémon that looks like a psychokinetic Carl Paladino. Like many of the non-Pokémon visitors to Quicken Loans Arena, the turnover of gym masters is brutally high. (Despite numerous attempts to take the stage, my comparatively puny Pidgeot was forced from the convention floor with the speed and humiliation of a Rick Perry presidential campaign.) | At the time of this writing, the grand stage on the convention floor is held by BuffaloStar, a level-17 Pokémon trainer, and his Hypno, a Pokémon that looks like a psychokinetic Carl Paladino. Like many of the non-Pokémon visitors to Quicken Loans Arena, the turnover of gym masters is brutally high. (Despite numerous attempts to take the stage, my comparatively puny Pidgeot was forced from the convention floor with the speed and humiliation of a Rick Perry presidential campaign.) |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: Pokémon Go transforms Republican convention into gym full of rare catches | Related: Pokémon Go transforms Republican convention into gym full of rare catches |
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| Pavarotti family asks Trump to stop using aria | Pavarotti family asks Trump to stop using aria |
| What do Queen, Adele, the Rolling Stones, R.E.M., Neil Young, Steven Tyler and Twisted Sister have in common? | What do Queen, Adele, the Rolling Stones, R.E.M., Neil Young, Steven Tyler and Twisted Sister have in common? |
| The artists have all asked Donald Trump to stop using their music at rallies, according to a list compiled by Alternet. | The artists have all asked Donald Trump to stop using their music at rallies, according to a list compiled by Alternet. |
| Add one more international star to the list: the late Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti. | Add one more international star to the list: the late Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti. |
| Pavarotti’s family called Thursday for Trump to stop using his recording of Giacomo Puccini’s aria “Nessun Dorma” in his election campaign. | Pavarotti’s family called Thursday for Trump to stop using his recording of Giacomo Puccini’s aria “Nessun Dorma” in his election campaign. |
| “We would like to recall that the values of brotherhood and solidarity which Luciano Pavarotti expressed throughout the course of his artistic career are entirely incompatible with the world view expressed by the candidate Donald Trump,” the family said in a statement.“Nessun Dorma”, which became Pavarotti’s signature aria and climaxes with the words “Vincero” (“I will win”), has been played often at Trump rallies.Pavarotti, the son of a baker and cigar factory worker who became one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time, died in 2007 of pancreatic cancer. He was 71. | “We would like to recall that the values of brotherhood and solidarity which Luciano Pavarotti expressed throughout the course of his artistic career are entirely incompatible with the world view expressed by the candidate Donald Trump,” the family said in a statement.“Nessun Dorma”, which became Pavarotti’s signature aria and climaxes with the words “Vincero” (“I will win”), has been played often at Trump rallies.Pavarotti, the son of a baker and cigar factory worker who became one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time, died in 2007 of pancreatic cancer. He was 71. |
| (h/t @martinxhodgson) | (h/t @martinxhodgson) |
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| Ailes out at Fox | Ailes out at Fox |
| How does this news compare, on the scale of significant developments in Republican political life, with the nomination of Donald Trump as president? It’s been quite a week for the Republicans, and the country: | How does this news compare, on the scale of significant developments in Republican political life, with the nomination of Donald Trump as president? It’s been quite a week for the Republicans, and the country: |
| Roger Ailes, the longtime Fox News chairman who helped found the network and build it into a cable ratings behemoth, has been forced out of the company following allegations that he sexually harassed numerous subordinates, including former host Gretchen Carlson and star anchor Megyn Kelly, writes the Guardian’s Molly Redden: | Roger Ailes, the longtime Fox News chairman who helped found the network and build it into a cable ratings behemoth, has been forced out of the company following allegations that he sexually harassed numerous subordinates, including former host Gretchen Carlson and star anchor Megyn Kelly, writes the Guardian’s Molly Redden: |
| Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox’s parent company 21st Century Fox, cut short a vacation on the French Riviera with his wife Jerry Hall to return to New York and finalise the departure of his long-term ally. He will assume the role of chairman and acting CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. | Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox’s parent company 21st Century Fox, cut short a vacation on the French Riviera with his wife Jerry Hall to return to New York and finalise the departure of his long-term ally. He will assume the role of chairman and acting CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. |
| Murdoch said said Ailes had made “a remarkable contribution to our company and our country.” He will remain a consultant to the network until 2018 and is expected to leave with a severance package of more than $40m. | Murdoch said said Ailes had made “a remarkable contribution to our company and our country.” He will remain a consultant to the network until 2018 and is expected to leave with a severance package of more than $40m. |
| The news followed several days of public turbulence at Fox, including reports that members of the Murdoch family, which owns Fox parent company 21st Century Fox, had given Ailes a deadline of 1 August to resign or be fired. Ailes is poised to receive as much as $40m in severance pay, according to a leaked copy of a “separation agreement” published on Tuesday by the Drudge Report. | The news followed several days of public turbulence at Fox, including reports that members of the Murdoch family, which owns Fox parent company 21st Century Fox, had given Ailes a deadline of 1 August to resign or be fired. Ailes is poised to receive as much as $40m in severance pay, according to a leaked copy of a “separation agreement” published on Tuesday by the Drudge Report. |
| Read the full report here: | Read the full report here: |
| Related: How Roger Ailes disgraced Fox News and tarnished a unique legacy | Related: How Roger Ailes disgraced Fox News and tarnished a unique legacy |
| Updated | Updated |
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| Roger Stone, Alex Jones and a Clinton 'rape' shirt | Roger Stone, Alex Jones and a Clinton 'rape' shirt |
| Oliver Laughland | Oliver Laughland |
| Roger Stone, the former Nixon operative and Trump adviser, and Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist and Infowars operator, launched the latest in their line controversial T-shirts this afternoon. | Roger Stone, the former Nixon operative and Trump adviser, and Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist and Infowars operator, launched the latest in their line controversial T-shirts this afternoon. |
| The design features a photograph of Bill Clinton above the word “rape”. The image mimics the colour wash of Shepherd Fairey’s famous 2008 Obama campaign “Hope” image. | The design features a photograph of Bill Clinton above the word “rape”. The image mimics the colour wash of Shepherd Fairey’s famous 2008 Obama campaign “Hope” image. |
| A crowd of little over a dozen people greeted Jones and Stone with chants of “lock her up” - a much recited phrase at the convention demanding the imprisonment of Hillary Clinton. | A crowd of little over a dozen people greeted Jones and Stone with chants of “lock her up” - a much recited phrase at the convention demanding the imprisonment of Hillary Clinton. |
| LIVE on #Periscope: Roger stone and Alex Joned launch Bill Clinton "rape" t-shirt https://t.co/H9mEUkzANn | LIVE on #Periscope: Roger stone and Alex Joned launch Bill Clinton "rape" t-shirt https://t.co/H9mEUkzANn |
| The shirt, which around half a dozen attendees went on to purchase, is the latest in a line of offensive memorabilia on sale at the RNC and Trump rallies around the country. | The shirt, which around half a dozen attendees went on to purchase, is the latest in a line of offensive memorabilia on sale at the RNC and Trump rallies around the country. |
| T-shirts and badges showing Trump punching Clinton in the face, Clinton locked behind bars, and calling Clinton a “bitch”, have been sold at dozens of street vendors in Cleveland over the convention, and have been seen on the lapels of delegates inside the convention centre. | T-shirts and badges showing Trump punching Clinton in the face, Clinton locked behind bars, and calling Clinton a “bitch”, have been sold at dozens of street vendors in Cleveland over the convention, and have been seen on the lapels of delegates inside the convention centre. |
| Some of the nastiest, and let's be honest, sexist, Hillary badges on sale today. #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/xta6BelZiV | Some of the nastiest, and let's be honest, sexist, Hillary badges on sale today. #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/xta6BelZiV |
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| Though Donald Trump will be giving a far lengthier speech on the final night of the convention, he had a few words to say on the podium while doing a sound check this afternoon. | Though Donald Trump will be giving a far lengthier speech on the final night of the convention, he had a few words to say on the podium while doing a sound check this afternoon. |
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| David Smith | David Smith |
| Jeff Roe, former campaign manager for Ted Cruz, has said there was never a chance that the Texas senator would endorse Donald Trump in his convention speech on Wednesday night. | Jeff Roe, former campaign manager for Ted Cruz, has said there was never a chance that the Texas senator would endorse Donald Trump in his convention speech on Wednesday night. |
| “I think it was a great speech,” he during a panel debate organised by Politico. “He’d worked on it for maybe the last four or five days. He had played counsel on the endorse or not endorse question for a lot of folks within the team, outside the team, donors and activists and friends and conservative movement types and he’s a very patient listener and he receives good feedback but it was never part of the consideration to endorse. If it had been tied to the speaking engagement then he wouldn’t have spoken.” | “I think it was a great speech,” he during a panel debate organised by Politico. “He’d worked on it for maybe the last four or five days. He had played counsel on the endorse or not endorse question for a lot of folks within the team, outside the team, donors and activists and friends and conservative movement types and he’s a very patient listener and he receives good feedback but it was never part of the consideration to endorse. If it had been tied to the speaking engagement then he wouldn’t have spoken.” |
| Roe, who had offered to negotiate with the Trump camp, confirmed the accuracy of Trump’s tweet that that he had seen Cruz’s speech two hours in advance but let it go ahead. He said “clearly” the nominee was hoping for a last minute change of mind. If Cruz had been vetoed and barred from speaking, Roe added, “he’d be more of a martyr than he is today”. | Roe, who had offered to negotiate with the Trump camp, confirmed the accuracy of Trump’s tweet that that he had seen Cruz’s speech two hours in advance but let it go ahead. He said “clearly” the nominee was hoping for a last minute change of mind. If Cruz had been vetoed and barred from speaking, Roe added, “he’d be more of a martyr than he is today”. |
| But he also said of Trump’s team: “They were professionals all the way through... They played straight up. Donald came out at the end to kind of wrap it up. It’s all good theatre. Ted’s very clear and very consistent and very precise in his belief that our party is based on something beyond personalities and so that’s why he’s not there yet. That’s not to say that he won’t be there.” | But he also said of Trump’s team: “They were professionals all the way through... They played straight up. Donald came out at the end to kind of wrap it up. It’s all good theatre. Ted’s very clear and very consistent and very precise in his belief that our party is based on something beyond personalities and so that’s why he’s not there yet. That’s not to say that he won’t be there.” |
| Despite the fall-out on Thursday, Cruz has no regrets, Roe insisted. “He’s at peace in a remarkable way, not a consultant’s reaction way, because he knows he did the right thing. He called his daughters. His daughters were, ‘Why are they booing?’ ‘Sometimes it’s hard to do the right thing. I did the right thing.’ So that’s what it’s about for him.” | Despite the fall-out on Thursday, Cruz has no regrets, Roe insisted. “He’s at peace in a remarkable way, not a consultant’s reaction way, because he knows he did the right thing. He called his daughters. His daughters were, ‘Why are they booing?’ ‘Sometimes it’s hard to do the right thing. I did the right thing.’ So that’s what it’s about for him.” |
| Roe denied that there was a political upside for Cruz. “Someone would have to show it to me. It’s just too easy. How many outs did he have? The outs that he had is not go, is to say I support the nominee, say I support some man for president who’s 6ft 2 and from New York, just dance and say his or name or not. That’s all political bullshit... I can’t see the political expediency here.” | Roe denied that there was a political upside for Cruz. “Someone would have to show it to me. It’s just too easy. How many outs did he have? The outs that he had is not go, is to say I support the nominee, say I support some man for president who’s 6ft 2 and from New York, just dance and say his or name or not. That’s all political bullshit... I can’t see the political expediency here.” |
| He described it as a “raw political moment for the party” but promised Cruz will not say negative things about the nominee. Roe also told the audience about some text messages he received on his BlackBerry during the speech: | He described it as a “raw political moment for the party” but promised Cruz will not say negative things about the nominee. Roe also told the audience about some text messages he received on his BlackBerry during the speech: |
| He’s killing itThis is awesomeDid Ted Cruz really just say atheist?Did he really just say Muslim?Did he really just say gay or straight?Did he really just talk about freedom and state rights?Did he really just say Colorado? (Roe: which denotes pot smoking, by the way).(Roe: And New York versus Iowa, that whole playbook.)Did he really say all those things?Like where was this guy? | He’s killing itThis is awesomeDid Ted Cruz really just say atheist?Did he really just say Muslim?Did he really just say gay or straight?Did he really just talk about freedom and state rights?Did he really just say Colorado? (Roe: which denotes pot smoking, by the way).(Roe: And New York versus Iowa, that whole playbook.)Did he really say all those things?Like where was this guy? |
| “And then it was, ‘Oh, that kind of sucks’. And then the next one was, ‘I can’t believe he did it!’ That was the night of text messages.” | “And then it was, ‘Oh, that kind of sucks’. And then the next one was, ‘I can’t believe he did it!’ That was the night of text messages.” |
| Aware that it was a “Trump room”, Cruz tried to avoid teasers about an endorsement, Roe said. In one version of the speech Cruz’s congratulations to Trump for winning the nomination came towards the end, but they opted for version in which it appeared at the start. “I think we felt we’d maybe get a little bigger bang for the congratulations right out of the gate... That was intended to take the oxygen out of the room.” | Aware that it was a “Trump room”, Cruz tried to avoid teasers about an endorsement, Roe said. In one version of the speech Cruz’s congratulations to Trump for winning the nomination came towards the end, but they opted for version in which it appeared at the start. “I think we felt we’d maybe get a little bigger bang for the congratulations right out of the gate... That was intended to take the oxygen out of the room.” |
| They had also considered a joke in which Cruz said, “I always intended to be here, I just had a different speaking order in mind,” but it didn’t make the final cut. | They had also considered a joke in which Cruz said, “I always intended to be here, I just had a different speaking order in mind,” but it didn’t make the final cut. |
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| In an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, Eric Trump Jr. said the campaign does not need Ted Cruz’s endorsement to make its case to the American people, and accused the Texas senator of being so “anti-establishment” that he has “literally no fans, no friends.” | In an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, Eric Trump Jr. said the campaign does not need Ted Cruz’s endorsement to make its case to the American people, and accused the Texas senator of being so “anti-establishment” that he has “literally no fans, no friends.” |
| “He is a true politician,” Trump said of Cruz. “He tries to play the anti-establishment guy. Guess what: during his initial stage, he wanted to work for the Bush campaign. The problem is, he’s so unlikable. Literally, no fans, no friends. And he only became anti-establishment when he couldn’t be a part of the establishment because no one wanted to be with him.” | “He is a true politician,” Trump said of Cruz. “He tries to play the anti-establishment guy. Guess what: during his initial stage, he wanted to work for the Bush campaign. The problem is, he’s so unlikable. Literally, no fans, no friends. And he only became anti-establishment when he couldn’t be a part of the establishment because no one wanted to be with him.” |
| When asked whether the Trump campaign still needs his endorsement to unify the Republican party, Trump was dismissive. | When asked whether the Trump campaign still needs his endorsement to unify the Republican party, Trump was dismissive. |
| “I don’t care,” Trump responded. “We got it de facto from the people with that matter: the people my father’s been speaking to directly. The hard-working people in this country would have been left in the dust.” | “I don’t care,” Trump responded. “We got it de facto from the people with that matter: the people my father’s been speaking to directly. The hard-working people in this country would have been left in the dust.” |
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| Following Donald Trump’s statements on Nato, the White House made an emphatic statement this afternoon reiterating the United States’ commitment to the alliance. | Following Donald Trump’s statements on Nato, the White House made an emphatic statement this afternoon reiterating the United States’ commitment to the alliance. |
| In an interview with the New York Times, Trump suggested that under his leadership America would not necessarily come to the aid of a Nato ally under attack, saying he would first consider how much they have contributed to the alliance. | In an interview with the New York Times, Trump suggested that under his leadership America would not necessarily come to the aid of a Nato ally under attack, saying he would first consider how much they have contributed to the alliance. |
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| Law enforcement in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention has resembled a mini-convention of its own: | Law enforcement in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention has resembled a mini-convention of its own: |
| Political convention or police convention? What a ten minute stroll through a park in Cleveland looks like right now pic.twitter.com/inEg6ogibD | Political convention or police convention? What a ten minute stroll through a park in Cleveland looks like right now pic.twitter.com/inEg6ogibD |