Saturday, September 17, 2016 12:38:53 PM
Hillary Clinton Campaign Rally Greensboro, NC FNN
Published on Sep 15, 2016 by FOX 10 Phoenix [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJg9wBPyKMNA5sRDnvzmkdg , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJg9wBPyKMNA5sRDnvzmkdg/videos ]
Hillary Clinton delivers remarks at the University of NC, Greensboro. Greensboro, NC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL-eZjc_XOI [with comments]
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FULL: Hillary Clinton first press conference since 9/11 spell
Published on Sep 15, 2016 by ABC15 Arizona [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIVk1L1-JmpdiGuZcVjImtA / http://www.youtube.com/user/abc15com , http://www.youtube.com/user/abc15com/videos ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJ2mOcr7to [note: ends with a loud beeeeeep tone for a few seconds after Clinton walks off, so good to stop this one once she concludes her comments and commences her exit; with comments]
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Full Show - EXCLUSIVE: TIM KENNEDY ANNOUNCES HISTORIC UFC205 - 09/15/2016
Published on Sep 15, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg / http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel , http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos ]
On this Thursday, September 15 edition of the Alex Jones Show, we look into the Clintons’ latest lie as Bubba claims Hillary was sick with the flu. Wait… wasn’t it pneumonia? It’s all lies, of course. We also report on how France is preparing for civil war amid the backlash against Muslim migrants invading the country who have no desire to assimilate to Western society, particularly the rule of law. Special Forces veteran and MMA fighter Tim Kennedy to discuss current world events and what you can do to prepare for civil unrest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4HN1-FOafo [with comments]
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Obama At Hispanic Caucus Public Policy Conference - Full Speech
Published on Sep 15, 2016 by Michael McIntee [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDIPsk87a6D3QqS0DeAUMPA / http://www.youtube.com/user/UpTakeVideo , http://www.youtube.com/user/UpTakeVideo/videos ]
President Barack Obama speaks to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjdJeh2FdTM [with comments] [White House original at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt-_-PfDzOk (with comments)] [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7_zYHs0qhc (with comments)]
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Trump tells Post he is unwilling to say Obama was born in the U.S.
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Donald Trump's long history of birther comments
Donald Trump spent a lot of time raising doubts over President Obama's birth certificate in 2011. He finally admitted Obama was born in the U.S. on Sept. 16, but falsely accused Hillary Clinton's campaign of starting the rumor.
By Robert Costa
September 15, 2016
CANTON, Ohio — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said in an interview here that he remains unwilling to say that President Obama was born in the United States, that he is more bullish than ever on his chances to win and that he is not exploring the launch of a new media company in case he loses the race.
Trump also made a far-from-subtle push — in the interview and in a letter from his doctor released Thursday — to be seen as vigorous and healthy, as his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, returned to the campaign trail after being treated for mild pneumonia.
In the interview, conducted late Wednesday aboard his private plane as it idled on the tarmac here, Trump suggested he is not eager to change his pitch or his positions even as he works to reach out to minority voters, many of whom are deeply offended by his long-refuted suggestion that Obama is not a U.S. citizen. Trump refused to say whether he believes Obama was born in Hawaii.
“I’ll answer that question at the right time,” Trump said. “I just don’t want to answer it yet.”
When asked whether his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, was accurate when she said recently that he now believes Obama was born in this country, Trump responded: “It’s okay. She’s allowed to speak what she thinks. I want to focus on jobs. I want to focus on other things.”
He added: “I don’t talk about it anymore. The reason I don’t is because then everyone is going to be talking about it as opposed to jobs, the military, the vets, security.”
Late Thursday, campaign spokesman Jason Miller said in a statement that Trump no longer doubted Obama’s birth in Hawaii and had done “a great service to the President and the country” by prompting Obama to release his long-form birth certificate in 2011. But Miller also repeated the widely debunked claim that Clinton and her campaign had questioned Obama’s birthplace in 2008, which is false.
Miller is among three Trump associates who have recently claimed a change of heart, but the candidate has yet to say so himself. Trump has repeatedly raised questions about Obama’s heritage over the past five years.
In the interview, Trump defended his wife’s immigration history; attacked targets including CNN host Anderson Cooper and Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.); and said he had been “respectful” since Clinton fell ill but “that doesn’t mean that I’m going to stay there.”
Sitting in his plush, cream-and-gold cabin as his top aides looked on, Trump began by repeatedly recounting his poll numbers, which have ticked up nationally and in some key states.
Trump said a possible turning point in the race came last week when Clinton said that “half” of his supporters belonged in a “basket of deplorables” — a remark she has since said she regrets.
“It’s the single biggest mistake in this political cycle, a massive comment, bigger than 47 percent,” Trump said, a reference to Mitt Romney’s controversial 2012 statement at a fundraiser about voters who receive government benefits or pay little in taxes. “When I first heard it, I couldn’t believe that she said it.”
Clinton and her campaign argue that some Trump backers are racist and misogynistic and have sought to link him to the “alt-right” movement of self-avowed white nationalists, many of whom have rallied around his candidacy.
“The alt-right. You know they came up with the term ‘alt-right,’?” Trump said, blaming Clinton and her allies, although the term has been used within the movement for years. “I think the term itself is ridiculous. The alt-right. When did it come into existence? It was just made up.”
Trump was a leading and vocal proponent of the debunked conspiracy theory that the nation’s first black president was born overseas and thus not eligible for the White House. Obama released his Hawaiian birth certificate in 2011, but Trump has never disavowed his earlier claims.
The Republican nominee said he still believes he can win significant support from black voters. “I’ve come up with African American voters like a rocket ship,” he said.
When told again that the birther issue could still hang over his candidacy and its appeal to that voting bloc in particular, Trump glared and said, “I think it hangs over the reporters.”
There have been rumors and scattered media reports for months that Trump has been considering founding a media company with his friend Roger Ailes, former Fox News chairman, should he lose the presidency. But Trump said he has never had a conversation about launching a venture with Ailes or other prominent right-wing media figures.
“No, never did,” he said. “I want to win the presidency, and I want to make America great again. It’s very simple. I have no interest in a media company. False rumor.”
Trump characterized Ailes, who resigned from Fox News after a series of sexual-harassment allegations, as a trusted friend more than a formal adviser. “He’s certainly been very successful at what he does and on occasion, we’ll talk,” Trump said. “I love the benefit of his experience and knowledge. He’s had an amazing experience. But there is no role.”
Trump said Ailes has told him “some interesting things about past debates” during conversations they’ve had over several weekends at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J.
“Debate skills are either something you either have or don’t have. You have to prep. You have to have knowledge,” he said. “But when people say you have to be nice or not nice, well, I won’t really know until it begins. Because if she treats me with respect, I’ll treat her with respect. If she doesn’t, I’ll reciprocate. If she’s respectful of me, I’ll be that way with her.”
Trump said he was unconcerned that moderators may decide to fact-check during the forums.
“I don’t care. My facts are good. My facts are good. I don’t get enough credit for having my facts right,” Trump said. “They’ll say I’m wrong even when I’m right.”
Trump took an unprompted shot at Cooper, who is one of the moderators selected by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. Trump said he would take part in the debate moderated by Cooper but remains unhappy with his selection.
“I don’t think Anderson Cooper should be a moderator, because Anderson Cooper works for CNN and over the last couple of days, I’ve seen how Anderson Cooper behaves,” Trump said. “He’ll be very biased, very biased. I don’t think he should be a moderator. I’ll participate, but I don’t think he should be a moderator. CNN is the Clinton News Network and Anderson Cooper, I don’t think he can be fair.”
On Wednesday, Trump’s wife, Melania, released a letter from her attorney, who attested with “100% certainty” that she had immigrated legally from Slovenia, following several news stories scrutinizing how she entered and worked in the United States before gaining citizenship.
With the letter, Trump said, there is no longer a need for his wife to hold a news conference on the topic, as the campaign once promised. He also reiterated his refusal to release his tax returns, as Clinton and all other presidential candidates have done for decades, citing an Internal Revenue Service audit that he says is ongoing.
Briefly discussing foreign affairs, Trump bristled at the idea that he had “embraced” Russian President Vladimir Putin with positive comments about him, including his contention last week that Putin was superior to Obama in leadership skills.
“By the way, that’s a totally false narrative. I haven’t embraced them. You know that,” he said. When told that he has been more warm to Putin than many other Republicans, Trump said: “No. No.”
“I simply said that Putin is a stronger leader than Obama,” he said.
Trump on Thursday released a letter from his longtime doctor, Harold N. Bornstein at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, that summarized the candidate’s latest physical and discussed it on “The Dr. Oz Show.” It said he takes a statin drug to lower his cholesterol and has a body mass index in the overweight range but is in “excellent” condition.
Trump defended Bornstein — who has come under scrutiny after acknowledging that he rushed writing a previous hyperbolic statement on Trump’s health — as “very, very professional.”
“He’s never been exposed to the public like this, so he was having a little bit of a hard time,” Trump said.
Trump said Bornstein’s letter will be the final document that he will release on his health before the election. He does not plan to share a trove of medical files as other presidential candidates, such as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), have done during previous campaigns.
“There is nothing else to release,” Trump said.
He took a swipe at Clinton, whose campaign on Wednesday released a two-page letter from her doctor that said she had been treated for “mild” bacterial pneumonia but is in overall good health and “fit to serve as president.”
“She didn’t give this. She didn’t give all of these EKGs,” Trump said, referring to an electrocardiogram test result included in the letter. “I took EKGs. She said her cholesterol is okay, I say what my cholesterol is. I give the good, the bad and the other cholesterols. I give all three cholesterols.”
When asked directly whether he has ever had a major illness or a heart attack, Trump said he has not. “No,” he said. “I’ve never had a scare.”
Trump shrugged off a question about whether he could use more exercise.
“I guess. But that’s exercise,” he said of his raucous rally speeches. “When you’re up there soaking wet, the room is 90 degrees because there are so many people. ... It’s warm. It’s like that in a lot of rooms.”
Told that Reid had said that Trump is “not slim and trim,” Trump grimaced and waved his hand dismissively.
“Harry Reid? I think he should go back and start working out again with his rubber work-out pieces,” an apparent reference to the exercise band that snapped last year and caused Reid to fall and break a number of ribs and some facial bones.
Since Clinton fell ill Sunday at a memorial service marking the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Trump has been mixed in his responses. He has sounded taunting in some of his recent remarks, such as when he wondered aloud at his rally Wednesday whether Clinton “would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this.”
“I don’t think so,” Trump told the cheering crowd.
“I asked a question,” Trump said in the interview soon after. “Everyone screamed ‘No!’ I want to be respectful. I’m a respectful person. That doesn’t mean that I’m going to stay there. But right now, she’s in bed recuperating and I want to be respectful.”
Trump also said that he resisted weighing in on Clinton’s illness Sunday on Twitter because “I thought it would be inappropriate to tweet when I saw her in serious danger.”
But was he tempted?
“No,” Trump said quickly. “No. I was not tempted. Not even a little bit.”
© 2016 The Washington Post
Read more:
Trump’s destructive validation of racists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-destructive-validation-of-racists/2016/09/15/409c3396-7b6e-11e6-bd86-b7bbd53d2b5d_story.html
His campaign’s statement that Trump accepts the truth of Obama’s birthplace is filled with falsehoods
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/15/the-trump-campaign-acknowledges-the-truth-of-obamas-birthplace-layering-it-with-a-number-of-falsehoods/
Trump releases doctor’s letter summarizing latest physical
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/15/trump-shares-letter-from-his-doctor-saying-he-takes-cholesterol-lowering-drug-is-overweight/
How Donald Trump retooled his charity to spend other people’s money
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-donald-trump-retooled-his-charity-to-spend-other-peoples-money/2016/09/10/da8cce64-75df-11e6-8149-b8d05321db62_story.html
Donald Trump’s interview with Dr. Oz, annotated
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/15/donald-trumps-visit-with-dr-oz-was-just-as-amazing-as-you-though-it-would-be/
Meet Donald Trump’s ‘basket of deplorables’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/meet-donald-trumps-basket-of-deplorables/2016/09/13/f90d5da6-7989-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-defiant-as-polls-rise-wont-say-obama-was-born-in-united-states/2016/09/15/48913162-7b61-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html [with (approaching 9,000) comments]
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Hillary Clinton At 39th Annual Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Public Policy Conference FNN
Published on Sep 15, 2016 by FOX 10 Phoenix
Hillary Clinton delivers remarks at the 39th Annual Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Public Policy Conference and Annual Awards Gala at The Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjzYyhE7RTM [with comments]
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LIVE: DONALD TRUMP IN LACONIA, NH
Streamed live on Sep 15, 2016 by ABC15 Arizona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_CNckNYO3A [the festivities commence from the start; after a lull, Trump's performance begins at c. the 1:00:50 mark; with comments]
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Donald Trump on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-Th83bH_thdKZDJCrn88g / http://www.youtube.com/user/latenight , http://www.youtube.com/user/latenight/videos ] | September 15, 2016
Sappy fanboy Jimmy Fallon nauseatingly gushes over Trump
Donald Trump fields gushy softball questions from Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show."
Comb-over or cotton candy? Fallon mussed Donald Trumps hair up.
September 16, 2016
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/sappy-fanboy-jimmy-fallon-nauseatingly-gushes-trump-article-1.2795361 [with embedded video]
Fallon faces social media backlash after Trump interview
In this image released by NBC, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears with host Jimmy Fallon during a taping of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, in New York.
September 16, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fallon-faces-social-media-backlash-after-trump-interview/2016/09/16/55f0b10c-7c3d-11e6-8064-c1ddc8a724bb_story.html [with comments] [original at http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e344782c9bee4bedb33a7306d10f607c/fallon-faces-social-media-backlash-after-trump-interview ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI14958GL0Q [with comments],
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPh_raqO_A0 [with comments],
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFS5CSP5fRM [with comments],
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vARcHv-nZ-c [with comments],
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0BYqzdiuJc [with (over 16,000) comments]
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Bernie Sanders: Think Hard About A Protest Vote This Year | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by MSNBC [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaXkIU1QidjPwiAYu6GcHjg / http://www.youtube.com/user/msnbcleanforward , http://www.youtube.com/user/msnbcleanforward/videos ]
Former 2016 presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, joins Morning Joe to caution people about casting a protest vote this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLelF_lYWRo [with comments] [original at http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/sanders-think-hard-about-a-protest-vote-this-year-766719555728 ]
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FULL SPEECH: Hillary Clinton Speech At 39th Annual Symposium Of BWA in Washington, DC (9/16/16)
Published on Sep 17, 2016 by Dolores Brigid [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqsAeY8jnftQ30b5icjaV8Q , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqsAeY8jnftQ30b5icjaV8Q/videos?shelf_id=0&view=0&sort=dd ]
Hillary Clinton remarks at Black Women's Agenda Symposium.
Hillary Clinton Remarks at Black Women's Agenda Symposium
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton delivered remarks at the Black Women’s Agenda 39th Annual Symposium.
September 16, 2016
https://www.c-span.org/video/?415284-1/hillary-clinton-addresses-black-womens-agenda-symposium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrJwxdMrhIE [no comments yet] [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0coyGYg83I (with comment), and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2YTlQDM-wE (with comments)]
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FULL: Donald Trump "Birther Conference" - Watch Trump troll reporters into covering Endorsements
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by ABC15 Arizona
Trump admits Obama was born in U.S., but falsely blames Clinton for starting rumors
September 16, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/16/trump-admits-obama-was-born-in-u-s-but-falsely-blames-clinton-for-starting-rumors/ [with embedded video, and (over 8,000) comments]
Donald Trump’s ridiculous claim that Hillary Clinton started the birther movement
“You know who started the birther movement? You know who started it? Do you know who questioned his birth certificate, one of the first? Hillary Clinton. She’s the one that started it. She brought it up years before it was brought up by me.”
- Donald Trump, interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, May 4, 2016
May 6, 2016 Updated September 16, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/05/06/donald-trumps-ridiculous-claim-that-hillary-clinton-started-the-birther-movement/ [with embedded videos, and comments]
Trump on Birtherism: Wrong, and Wrong
September 16, 2016
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/09/trump-on-birtherism-wrong-and-wrong/
Fact-checking Donald Trump's claim Hillary Clinton started Obama birther movement
"Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy."
— Donald Trump [ http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/ ] on Friday, September 16th, 2016 in a speech
September 16th, 2016
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/sep/16/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claim-hillary-clinton-/ [with embedded video]
Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim that he 'finished' the Obama birther talk
"I finished" the controversy about where President Barack Obama was born.
— Donald Trump [ http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/ ] on Friday, September 16th, 2016 in in a speech
September 16th, 2016
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/sep/16/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-he-finished-obama-b/
Trump finally backs off Obama birth claim, falsely says Clinton started it
Sep 16, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-idUSKCN11M1F3 [with embedded video]
Trump Drops False ‘Birther’ Theory, but Floats a New One: Clinton Started It
SEPT. 16, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/politics/donald-trump-birther-obama.html [with embedded videos, and comments]
Donald Trump Clung to ‘Birther’ Lie for Years, and Still Isn’t Apologetic
SEPT. 16, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/politics/donald-trump-obama-birther.html [with embedded video]
How Trump Happened
It’s not just anger over jobs and immigration. White voters hope Trump will restore the racial hierarchy upended by Barack Obama.
March 13 2016
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/cover_story/2016/03/how_donald_trump_happened_racism_against_barack_obama.html [with embedded videos, and (over 10,000) comments]
Trump and Obama: A Night to Remember
At the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Trump’s humiliation in the face of Obama’s jibes seemed absolute, and very visible.
September 12, 2015
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trump-and-obama-a-night-to-remember
Here are 10 more conspiracy theories embraced by Donald Trump
September 16, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/16/here-are-10-more-conspiracy-theories-embraced-by-donald-trump/ [with embedded videos, and comments]
THE CONSPIRACY CANDIDATE? 13 outlandish theories Donald Trump has floated on the campaign trail
Sep. 16, 2016
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-birther-conspiracy-theories-2016-9/#questions-about-ted-cruzs-fathers-potential-ties-to-president-john-f-kennedys-assassin-1 [with comments]
AP FACT CHECK: Trump says Clinton lacks policies. Seriously?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Clive, Iowa.
Sep. 13, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has rolled out a new attack line against Hillary Clinton as they enter the final stretch of the presidential race, and it's a head-turner. His claim: that his Democratic rival has been running a policy-free campaign, lacking specific proposals.
It's actually Trump who's the newcomer to policy specifics. While some of Clinton's positions have been criticized for vagueness, her campaign has produced so many pages of policy that they've been turned into a book.
TRUMP, at a rally Tuesday in Clive, Iowa: "In recent days, we've rolled out one new policy idea after another ... By contrast, Hillary Clinton is running a policy-free campaign. She offers no ideas, no solutions."
THE FACTS: By any measure, Clinton has released far more specific plans on far more topics than her GOP rival. Trump's website currently lays out eight policy positions, including spelling out his "economic vision," his plans for child care and immigration reform and his plan to "pay for the wall." Clinton's offers position on 38 issues for potential voters to read.
They cover, for example, efforts to cure Alzheimer's disease and autism, a prescription for reining in Wall Street, a plan for tuition-free in-state college, and a menu of initiatives to combat climate change.
She even outlines an initiative to protect zoo animals in the event of a disaster.
While Trump's proposals have grown more detailed in recent weeks, throughout most of his campaign he mocked Clinton for putting out so many proposals — while his aides derided reporters for pressing for specifics, insisting that voters didn't care.
"She's got people that sit in cubicles writing policy all day," Trump told Time magazine in June. "Nothing's ever going to happen. It's just a waste of paper."
As for specifics, "My voters don't care and the public doesn't care," he said. "They know you're going to do a good job once you're there."
[...]
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/81e5ad60099d4b749d0934de8ec63341/ap-fact-check-trump-says-clinton-lacks-policies-seriously
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yHl59wMSyg [with comments] [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tclsgldzerQ (with comments)]
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Congressional Black Caucus Responds To Donald Trump Saying Obama WAS Born In U.S.!
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by wwwMOXNEWScom [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqVeMUffsoeo9idMRcse0lQ / http://www.youtube.com/user/wwwMOXNEWScom , http://www.youtube.com/user/wwwMOXNEWScom/videos ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJ96rXAAys [with comments]
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Full Show - TRUMP SET TO WIN BY A LANDSLIDE // GLOBALIST PANIC AND PLAN ASSASSINATION - 09/16/2016
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel
On this Friday, September 16 edition of the Alex Jones Show, we look into Trump's domination in the polls as he continues his march toward the presidency seemingly unopposed. Meanwhile, Hillary is still struggling to gain her footing as more liberals turn against her. And Democrats start worrying about Gary Johnson and other third parties stealing votes from Hillary. On today's show, former Secret Service agent Gary Byrne, who protected the Clintons between 1991 and 2003, discusses his recent op-ed in which he claimed the explanation that Hillary was merely suffering from “overheating” was “highly suspect”. Also, political insider Roger Stone joins the program to discuss Trump's big Friday speech, in which he discussed Obama's birth certificate. And documentary filmmaker Joel Gilbert breaks down his Super Trump campaign.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFXF8jKnLOs [with comments]
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US says it killed new ISIS information minister in drone strike
US defense official says drone strike targeted new ISIS official in charge of media and propaganda
The strike comes weeks after the US confirmed it had killed ISIS' spokesman
Updated September 16, 2016
Washington (CNN) - Just weeks after ISIS suffered a major loss when its chief spokesman was taken out in an air attack, the US announced it had killed his close associate in a strike.
The US targeted ISIS leader Wael Adel Salman, aka Abu Muhammed Furqan, in a September 7 airstrike, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement issued Friday.
The strike took out one of the very limited number of ISIS leaders who had "direct access" to Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, according to a US official. The US conducted the strike using a drone, hitting him on a motorcycle just outside a house in Raqqa, ISIS's self-declared capital, the official added.
Cook called Salman one of the "most senior leaders" in ISIS.
"He operated as the minister of Information for the terror organization and was a prominent member of its Senior Shura Council -- ISIL's leadership group," Cook added, using the government's preferred acronym for the terror group.
The US has now killed in the last two months two of the "very few" ISIS leaders with direct access to Baghdadi, the official said. Mohammad al-Adnani was killed in Syria in a US airstrike on August 30. He was thought to be in charge of external terror operations.
"Baghdadi's inner circle was already small, and it's getting smaller," the official added. Salman is assessed to have been one of the five most-senior officials in ISIS before he and Adnani were killed.
Cook said Salman was responsible for overseeing the production of "terrorist propaganda videos showing torture and executions."
[...]
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/16/politics/drone-strike-isis-minister-information/
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FULL: First Lady Michelle Obama Campaigns For Hillary Clinton
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by FOX 10 Phoenix
Anyone who wants to be president should not "pop off about going to war" because it is serious business, Michelle Obama said Friday as she reflected on the "sobering experience" of visiting wounded patients at military hospitals. In the early years of President Barack Obama's tenure, the first lady said, their hospital visits would last for hours as they visited with dozens of patients, including many who had lost limbs or had suffered other devastating injuries. "And that's something a commander in chief thinks about before they pop off about going to war, because when you've spent time on a base and you know these men and women and you know their families you don't just talk about war like there are no implications," Mrs. Obama said during an appearance with former first lady Laura Bush at the National Archives. Less than eight weeks away from the presidential election, Mrs. Obama's comments were viewed as a direct criticism of Republican candidate Donald Trump, who has said that he would "bomb the hell out of ISIS," also known as the Islamic State group. Trump's Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, has said he cannot be entrusted with the codes needed to launch America's nuclear arsenal. Mrs. Obama used the same "pop off" language later Friday as she headlined her first campaign rally for Clinton.
First Lady Michelle Obama Campaign Remarks in Fairfax, Virginia
First lady Michelle Obama hit the campaign trail for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a rally in Fairfax, Virginia. She urged the audience to register and vote for the former Secretary of State who she said inspires her and has the qualifications and resiliency to do the job. The first lady also talked about her husband’s legislative accomplishments as ways he has answered his critics, including Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who questioned the president’s American citizenship. The rally was held at George Mason University.
September 16, 2016
https://www.c-span.org/video/?415374-1/first-lady-michelle-obama-campaigns-hillary-clinton-virginia [with transcript]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_oNsZS-6sQ [with comments] [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsmJCWZ-L3w (with comments)]
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Murfreesboro man charged in assassination plot against 2 members of Congress
Kaehiokahouna Stewart of Murfreesboro appeared in federal court Friday on charges that he threatened to shoot up a courthouse and kill people, actions that targeted a U.S. congresswoman and senator from Hawaii.
(Photo: File)
Stacey Barchenger
6:18 p.m. CDT September 16, 2016
A Murfreesboro man appeared in federal court Friday afternoon on charges that he threatened to shoot up a courthouse and kill people, actions that targeted a U.S. congresswoman and senator from Hawaii.
Kaehiokahouna Stewart, 36, was arrested Friday morning at his home, officials said. Court documents and officials say Stewart went so far as to buy a plane ticket to Hawaii to carry out his murder plot.
A complaint filed by the government says Stewart sent threatening emails and posted threatening videos on social media, specifically targeting U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
On Aug. 19, Stewart sent an email saying he would fly from Nashville to Honolulu on Nov. 1 “with the intent to shoot people at the Princess Jonah Federal Building,” a news release from U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee David Rivera’s office says.
The complaint says Stewart has sent grievances to various government officials, including Hirono, Gabbard and President Barack Obama, since November 2013.
“Stewart falsely believed that his (Social Security number) had been duplicated and issued to a fellow soldier he met while stationed at Camp Stanley in Korea in 2002,” the news release says.
He wrote to the Social Security Administration and Department of Defense saying they ruined his life.
"Stewart demanded he receive 100% Veterans Administration disability and $50 billion or he would purchase a gun and a silencer and would not be responsible for any crimes he committed," the complaint says. It also says Stewart's Social Security number was determined to be one digit different from the other U.S. Army soldier.
Stewart went to visit Hirono’s office in Washington, D.C., in May 2015, the complaint says. After an office staffer would not help him, saying his issue was handled in the senator's Hawaii office, he said he was leaving and if he had to come back "there would be a problem," the document reads. Capitol Police were called because of the incident.
A spokesman for Hirono's office declined to comment on the case Friday. Gabbard's staff could not be reached after hours.
As recently as Sept. 8 Stewart posted an Instagram video saying he would fly to Honolulu on Nov. 1, traveling with an AR-15 rifle and two handguns, according to the complaint. In videos posted on YouTube that are identified in the complaint, Stewart is seen holding handguns and documents and saying "(expletive) the United States ... they owe me money." He also talks about burning an American flag.
Investigators said Stewart bought a ticket to go to Hawaii on Nov. 1, but it was exchanged, which means it could be used on another date, Rivera’s office said. The complaint says Stewart circled Nov. 5 on a calendar where he wrote "FEED DA FISHES," a reference to disposing of a body.
Stewart will remain in custody until his next court date, which is scheduled for Sept. 30.
U.S. Magistrate E. Clifton Knowles read Stewart his rights in an initial appearance Friday afternoon and appointed Assistant Federal Public Defender Caryll Alpert to the case. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Van Vincent.
The charges against Stewart, threatening to murder a U.S. official and communicating threats through interstate commerce, carry possible prison sentences of 10 years and five years, respectively. Fines are up to $250,000 on each charge.
RELATED:
Watch the videos Stewart [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC78oeAiSfc82qDOBe9l7nDQ , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC78oeAiSfc82qDOBe9l7nDQ/videos ] posted on YouTube below. Warning: They contain language that may be disturbing to some.
© 2016 www.tennessean.com
http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2016/09/16/murfressboro-man-charged-assassination-plot-against-two-members-congress/90512954/ [with comment], http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PaLZUa9jrU [as embedded; with comment], http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ5nzQadtXY [as embedded; no comments yet]
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FULL EVENT: Improved AUDIO - Donald Trump in Miami, FL - Rudy Giuliani, Speech
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by ABC15 Arizona
Donald Trump Campaign Rally in Miami, Florida
September 16, 2016
https://www.c-span.org/video/?415384-1/donald-trump-campaigns-miami-florida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYm0hlYLMc [Trump's performance begins at c. the 9:15 mark; for Priebus's borderline frantic remarks and Giuliani's frothing fulminations in full, see the YouTube next below; with comments]
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Donald Trump Miami, FL rally
Streamed live on Sep 16, 2016 by ABC15 Arizona
IMPROVED AUDIO [the YouTube just above; first c. 12:00 clipped]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYm0hlYLMc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcbBCCecEtI [Reince Priebus's borderline frantic remarks begin at c. the 2:20 mark; Giuliani's frothing fulminations begin at c. the 6:50 mark; Trump's performance, with a significant audio dropout, begins at c. the 19:50 mark (see the YouTube just above for Trump's complete performance); with comments] [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrwycV41-Y8 (with comments)]
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Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton’s Bodyguards Should Disarm to ‘See What Happens to Her’
Donald J. Trump drew cheers at a campaign rally Friday in Miami when he said Hillary Clinton did not deserve armed protection.
Damon Winter/The New York Times
By NICK CORASANITI, NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and MICHAEL BARBARO
SEPT. 16, 2016
MIAMI — Donald J. Trump once again raised the specter of violence against Hillary Clinton, suggesting Friday that the Secret Service agents who guard her voluntarily disarm to “see what happens to her” without their protection.
“I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons,” Mr. Trump said at a rally in Miami, to loud applause. “I think they should disarm. Immediately.”
He went on: “Let’s see what happens to her. Take their guns away, O.K. It’ll be very dangerous.”
In justifying his remarks, Mr. Trump falsely claimed that Mrs. Clinton wants to “destroy your Second Amendment,” apparently a reference to her gun control policies.
Presidential nominees are protected at all times by heavily armed teams of Secret Service agents, some uniformed and some undercover, who are devoted to the candidates’ physical safety.
Mr. Trump’s comments were a provocative echo of widely condemned remarks [ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/10/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton.html ] he made in early August at a campaign rally in Wilmington, N.C. There, he airily suggested that gun rights supporters should rise up against Mrs. Clinton if she were elected to stop her from appointing judges who might favor stricter gun regulation.
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Mr. Trump said, as the crowd began to boo. He quickly added, “Although the Second Amendment people — maybe there is, I don’t know.”
Those remarks were widely interpreted as an invitation for gun-rights supporters to take matters into their own hands should Mrs. Clinton prevail in November’s election.
Mr. Trump never apologized or disavowed the comments, despite angry denunciations from Mrs. Clinton’s running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, and groups like the Brady Campaign [ http://www.bradycampaign.org/ ] and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence [ http://smartgunlaws.org/ ].
On Friday night, Robby Mook, her campaign manager, said after Mr. Trump’s rally in Miami that he had shown “a pattern of inciting people to violence.”
“Whether this is done to provoke protesters at a rally or casually or even as a joke, it is an unacceptable quality in anyone seeking the job of commander in chief,” Mr. Mook said in a statement. “This kind of talk should be out of bounds for a presidential candidate.”
Matt Bennett, a vice president at Third Way, a think tank that advocates gun control, expressed disbelief at Mr. Trump’s “cavalier disregard for the safety” of Mrs. Clinton.
“No serious gun rights person believes that a Secret Service protectee should have their protection taken away,” Mr. Bennett said.
It was the culmination of a rocky and unpredictable day for Mr. Trump, and diverted attention, for a moment at least, from his grudging admission of error when he finally conceded [ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/politics/donald-trump-obama-birther.html ] that President Obama was born in the United States.
On Friday night, breaking from his prepared remarks and turning his gaze from the teleprompters, Mr. Trump looked straight into the crowd as he made the insinuation about Mrs. Clinton’s safety. He gestured emphatically with his hands as he spoke, at one time pointing to a member in the crowd to find agreement.
“What do you think?” he asked about his remarks on Mrs. Clinton’s bodyguards, as the arena erupted into cheers.
In May, Mr. Trump accused Mrs. Clinton in a Twitter post of hypocrisy for accepting armed Secret Service protection while supporting some limits on access to weapons for civilians. That post also levied a false accusation against Mrs. Clinton, suggesting she supported a ban on all guns. She does not.
“Crooked Hillary wants to get rid of all guns and yet she is surrounded by bodyguards who are fully armed,” Mr. Trump wrote [ https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/734003305819570176 ].
“No more guns to protect Hillary!” he added, although he did not go so far as to say what could happen if such protection were to be removed.
Violence and allusions to it have punctuated Mr. Trump’s campaign: Punches have been thrown at his rallies, protesters have been roughed up by Trump supporters, and the candidate himself has repeatedly deployed a lexicon of physical aggression.
“I’d like to punch him in the face,” Mr. Trump said in February when a protester was dragged out of his rally in Las Vegas.
In the past, Mr. Trump has sought to distance himself from his own menacing remarks by later dismissing them as playful or misinterpreted. His Republican supporters, meanwhile, have been pressed after every remark to distance themselves from him. On Friday night, officials of the Republican National Committee, which is working to help his campaign, did not respond to a request for comment.
Mr. Trump’s comments were a variation on criticisms made by the National Rifle Association, perhaps Mr. Trump’s closest political ally in the presidential race. The group has publicly criticized Secret Service protection for Mr. Obama’s two daughters, which is required under federal law, as hypocritical.
In 2013, the group released an advertisement calling Mr. Obama “an elitist hypocrite” for allowing the service to protect his family — which, like other first families, has faced multiple death threats — but opposing the widespread use of armed guards in schools.
Nick Corasaniti reported from Miami, and Nicholas Confessore and Michael Barbaro from New York.
© 2016 The New York Times Company
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton.html [with embedded video]
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Trump adjusts call for Clinton bodyguards to lose their guns
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the James L. Knight Center, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Miami.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
By JONATHAN LEMIRE
Sep. 16, 2016 10:42 PM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump made his usual sarcastic call Friday for Hillary Clinton's Secret Service agents to be stripped of their firearms — and then added, "let's see what happens to her."
Trump has long incorrectly suggested his Democratic opponent wants to overturn the Second Amendment and take away Americans' right to own guns. At a rally in Miami, he again riffed about confiscating the agents' guns and then went further.
"I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons. They should disarm, right?" Trump asked the crowd. "Take their guns away, she doesn't want guns. Take their — and let's see what happens to her. Take their guns away. OK, it would be very dangerous."
Trump's meaning was not immediately clear and a campaign spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for an elaboration.
But the Clinton campaign had a quick reaction. Spokesman Robby Mook released a statement Friday night saying Trump "has a pattern of inciting people to violence. Whether this is done to provoke protesters at a rally or casually or even as a joke, it is an unacceptable quality in anyone seeking the job of Commander in Chief.
"This kind of talk should be out of bounds for a presidential candidate," Mook wrote.
A spokeswoman for the Secret Service declined to comment.
The seemingly ominous comment evoked a remark Trump made last month that many Democrats condemned as a call for Clinton's assassination. Speaking at a rally in North Carolina, the Republican nominee erroneously said his opponent wants to "abolish, essentially, the Second Amendment."
He continued: "By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know."
Within minutes, the Clinton campaign condemned the remark. Mook said then, "A person seeking to be the president of the United States should not suggest violence in any way."
Trump later disputed that criticism, saying everyone in his audience knew he was referring to the power of voters and "there can be no other interpretation."
Trump, who has the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, eventually took to Twitter to say the Secret Service had not contacted him about the remarks.
The comments Friday in Miami came hours after Trump finally reversed his long-held position that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Appearing in Washington, he said Obama was born in the United States but then incorrectly suggested that the Clinton campaign had started the conspiracy theory.
Trump ignored questions from reporters about his switch and has yet to explain why he abandoned the "birther" stance that fueled his political fame and was viewed by critics as an attempt to delegitimize the nation's first African-American president.
While campaigning in South Florida, which has a large Cuban-American population, Trump also said that if he's elected president, he will reverse Obama's efforts to normalize relations with Cuba — unless the country abides by certain "demands." Among those, he said, would be religious and political freedom for the Cuban people and the freeing of all political prisoners.
Trump says he'll "stand with the Cuban people in their fight against communist oppression."
The comment marks yet another reversal for the GOP candidate, who previously said he supported the idea of normalized relations, but wished the U.S. had negotiated a better deal.
Trump also said the U.S. has a broader obligation to stand with oppressed people — a comment that seems at odds with his "America first" mantra. "The next president of the United States must stand in solidarity with all people oppressed in our hemisphere, and we will stand with oppressed people, and there are many," he said.
He added that the people of Venezuela "are yearning to be free, they are yearning for help. The system is bad. But the people are great."
Trump has often cited the country as a model of a failed state, warning that if Clinton is elected, she'll turn the U.S. into Venezuela.
Jill Colvin contributed reporting from Washington.
© 2016 Associated Press
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/339519085a0b46888f8fd7425f70683b/trump-adjusts-call-clinton-bodyguards-lose-their-guns [with embedded video]
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The Latest: Trump says he’ll reverse US-Cuba agreement
By Associated Press
September 16 at 7:57 PM
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
7:40 p.m.
Donald Trump says that, if he’s elected president, he will reverse President Barack Obama’s efforts to normalize relations with Cuba — unless the country abides by certain “demands.”
Trump says at a Miami rally that those demands will include religious and political freedom for the Cuban people and the freeing of all political prisoners.
Trump says he’ll “stand with the Cuban people in their fight against communist oppression.”
The comment marks yet another reversal for the GOP candidate, who previously said he supported the idea of normalized relations, but wished the U.S. had negotiated a better deal.
“Fifty years is enough,” he told the Daily Caller last year.
Trump on Friday called the deal “one-sided” and said it only benefits the Castro regime.
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7:30 p.m.
Hillary Clinton says it’s “especially tricky for women” to balance the upbeat nature of a presidential campaign with the serious national security responsibilities of the White House.
Clinton says in an interview on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” that Republicans noted she looked “so serious” during a recent forum on national security. She says you don’t talk about the Islamic State group “with a big grin on your face.”
Clinton says it’s a “constant balancing act” to keep a positive spirit while “taking seriously” the issues she needs to discuss as a candidate.
Fallon jokingly donned a white surgical mask and rubbed Purell in his hands after greeting Clinton, who had a recent bout with pneumonia. Fallon’s interview with Clinton airs Monday.
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7 p.m.
Donald Trump is again calling for Hillary Clinton’s Secret Service agents to be stripped of their firearms — this time adding, “let’s see what happens to her.”
The Republican nominee often makes sarcastic calls for Clinton’s bodyguards to be disarmed, incorrectly suggesting she wants to overturn the 2nd Amendment.
He went a little further Friday night in Miami.
He says: “Take their guns away, she doesn’t want guns. Take their — and let’s see what happens to her. Take their guns away. OK, it would be very dangerous.”
Trump’s meaning was not immediately clear. But it was reminiscent of his suggestion last month that “Second Amendment people” could do something to stop Clinton from appointing Supreme Court justices.
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6:30 p.m.
Donald Trump is taking the stage in Miami with a new backdrop — a tribute to the French Revolution with the banner “Les Deplorables.”
The song “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from the Broadway hit “Les Miserables” played as Trump saluted the crowd at the James L. Knight Center.
“Welcome to all of you deplorables!” Trump said. The screen behind him glowed with a mock-up of Trump and some supporters in French Revolutionary garb.
The Republican nominee has relentlessly criticized his opponent, Hillary Clinton, for suggesting half of Trump’s supporters belong in “a basket of deplorables.”
Trump has taken to saying he will be the president “for all Americans, even those who don’t vote for me.”
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5:50 p.m.
Donald Trump is promising to “be a friend” to Haitian-Americans during an appearance in the Miami neighborhood known as Little Haiti.
The Republican presidential nominee appeared at the Little Haiti Visitors Center on Friday and accused his opponent, Hillary Clinton, and her husband of profiting off Haiti’s 2010 earthquake.
Trump claimed “a lot of money” was funneled to “Clinton cronies” and said the community “deserved better.”
The Clinton Foundation had a mixed record with its efforts to rebuild Haiti, but no evidence that the Clintons committed any wrongdoing has been produced.
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5:25 p.m.
Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff who’s become famous for his hard-line stance on immigration, is coming under new criticism for his investigation of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.
Arpaio launched an investigation in 2012 that remained open as late as two months ago. He defended the investigation by saying people in his county had requested it.
Paul Penzone, Arpaio’s Democratic opponent in the November election, says the investigation is “nonsense” and a waste of resources.
Arpaio’s campaign manager and the sheriff’s office didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump acknowledged Friday that Obama was born in the United States.
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3:35 p.m.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be the only two candidates at the first presidential debate.
The commission overseeing the debates invited the two major-party candidates to its Sept. 26 event on Friday. Libertarian party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein did not get invited.
The commission said the two third-party candidates didn’t register enough support in polls to qualify. The commission has set a 15 percent threshold. Johnson averaged 8.4 percent in the polls the commission considered, and Stein 3.2 percent.
The third-party candidates could qualify for either of the final two debates in October if their polling average clears 15 percent then. But by missing out on the initial debate, they are losing their best chance to gain the attention needed to achieve that.
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© 2016 Associated Press
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-latest-trump-says-of-criticism-his-kids-can-take-it/2016/09/15/30227f96-7ba7-11e6-8064-c1ddc8a724bb_story.html [with embedded video, and comments]
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One-On-One With Bernie Sanders | All In | MSNBC
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by MSNBC
Former presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders tells Chris Hayes why he thinks the American people will vote for Hillary Clinton, warning that 'now is not the time to be supporting a protest vote'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAQQrMAmQgI [with comments] [original at http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/one-on-one-with-bernie-sanders-767154243949 ]
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American white supremacists encouraged by Trump campaign
The Rachel Maddow Show
9/16/16
Rachel Maddow shows American racist groups describing at a press conference how they have found comfort and encouragement in the Donald Trump campaign, emboldening them to come out from the darker edges of American politics. Duration: 7:09
©2016 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/racist-groups-encouraged-by-trump-campaign-767297091796 [the above YouTube, which begins with this segment, for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st6dOCk0yBg (no comments yet)]
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Trump employs symbols of America's racist fringe
[alternative segment title: "Famous Last Words"]
The Rachel Maddow Show
9/16/16
Rachel Maddow shows how the Trump campaign's embrace of recognizable racist symbols and messages is taken as a signal of agreement by racist groups on the fringe of American politics. Duration: 10:27
©2016 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-employs-symbols-of-us-racist-fringe-767279683702 [the above YouTube, which begins with this segment, for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh-Wk70BGhg (with comments), another for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaN-7VMapFw (with comments)]
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Bill Maher Spars with Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by Real Time with Bill Maher [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6kyFxaMqGtpE3pQTflK8A / http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime , http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime/videos ]
Trump2016 Campaign Manager and frequent Real Time guest Kellyanne Conway joins Bill live from Trump Tower to discuss the Republican nominee's latest comments in this clip from September 16, 2016.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maL6-l3DdHk [with comments]
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Kerry Washington Knows Spin When She Sees It | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by Real Time with Bill Maher
Emmy-nominated actress Kerry Washington joins Bill to discuss her political activism and why "voting for Trump is voting against ourselves" in this clip from Real Time on September 16, 2016.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YN_sT1zVvo [with comments]
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New Rule: Bring Civility Back to Politics | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by Real Time with Bill Maher
In his editorial New Rule, Bill Maher calls this election a "referendum on decency" and argues for a return to the days when politicians could disagree respectfully - or at least without resorting to the name-calling and slurs that are slung around in today's climate. Original Air Date: September 16, 2016.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLR_pNn_5Zg [with comments]
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Hillary Clinton delivers remarks at the University of NC, Greensboro. Greensboro, NC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL-eZjc_XOI [with comments]
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FULL: Hillary Clinton first press conference since 9/11 spell
Published on Sep 15, 2016 by ABC15 Arizona [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIVk1L1-JmpdiGuZcVjImtA / http://www.youtube.com/user/abc15com , http://www.youtube.com/user/abc15com/videos ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJ2mOcr7to [note: ends with a loud beeeeeep tone for a few seconds after Clinton walks off, so good to stop this one once she concludes her comments and commences her exit; with comments]
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Full Show - EXCLUSIVE: TIM KENNEDY ANNOUNCES HISTORIC UFC205 - 09/15/2016
Published on Sep 15, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg / http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel , http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos ]
On this Thursday, September 15 edition of the Alex Jones Show, we look into the Clintons’ latest lie as Bubba claims Hillary was sick with the flu. Wait… wasn’t it pneumonia? It’s all lies, of course. We also report on how France is preparing for civil war amid the backlash against Muslim migrants invading the country who have no desire to assimilate to Western society, particularly the rule of law. Special Forces veteran and MMA fighter Tim Kennedy to discuss current world events and what you can do to prepare for civil unrest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4HN1-FOafo [with comments]
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Obama At Hispanic Caucus Public Policy Conference - Full Speech
Published on Sep 15, 2016 by Michael McIntee [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDIPsk87a6D3QqS0DeAUMPA / http://www.youtube.com/user/UpTakeVideo , http://www.youtube.com/user/UpTakeVideo/videos ]
President Barack Obama speaks to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjdJeh2FdTM [with comments] [White House original at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt-_-PfDzOk (with comments)] [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7_zYHs0qhc (with comments)]
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Trump tells Post he is unwilling to say Obama was born in the U.S.
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Donald Trump's long history of birther comments
Donald Trump spent a lot of time raising doubts over President Obama's birth certificate in 2011. He finally admitted Obama was born in the U.S. on Sept. 16, but falsely accused Hillary Clinton's campaign of starting the rumor.
By Robert Costa
September 15, 2016
CANTON, Ohio — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said in an interview here that he remains unwilling to say that President Obama was born in the United States, that he is more bullish than ever on his chances to win and that he is not exploring the launch of a new media company in case he loses the race.
Trump also made a far-from-subtle push — in the interview and in a letter from his doctor released Thursday — to be seen as vigorous and healthy, as his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, returned to the campaign trail after being treated for mild pneumonia.
In the interview, conducted late Wednesday aboard his private plane as it idled on the tarmac here, Trump suggested he is not eager to change his pitch or his positions even as he works to reach out to minority voters, many of whom are deeply offended by his long-refuted suggestion that Obama is not a U.S. citizen. Trump refused to say whether he believes Obama was born in Hawaii.
“I’ll answer that question at the right time,” Trump said. “I just don’t want to answer it yet.”
When asked whether his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, was accurate when she said recently that he now believes Obama was born in this country, Trump responded: “It’s okay. She’s allowed to speak what she thinks. I want to focus on jobs. I want to focus on other things.”
He added: “I don’t talk about it anymore. The reason I don’t is because then everyone is going to be talking about it as opposed to jobs, the military, the vets, security.”
Late Thursday, campaign spokesman Jason Miller said in a statement that Trump no longer doubted Obama’s birth in Hawaii and had done “a great service to the President and the country” by prompting Obama to release his long-form birth certificate in 2011. But Miller also repeated the widely debunked claim that Clinton and her campaign had questioned Obama’s birthplace in 2008, which is false.
Miller is among three Trump associates who have recently claimed a change of heart, but the candidate has yet to say so himself. Trump has repeatedly raised questions about Obama’s heritage over the past five years.
In the interview, Trump defended his wife’s immigration history; attacked targets including CNN host Anderson Cooper and Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.); and said he had been “respectful” since Clinton fell ill but “that doesn’t mean that I’m going to stay there.”
Sitting in his plush, cream-and-gold cabin as his top aides looked on, Trump began by repeatedly recounting his poll numbers, which have ticked up nationally and in some key states.
Trump said a possible turning point in the race came last week when Clinton said that “half” of his supporters belonged in a “basket of deplorables” — a remark she has since said she regrets.
“It’s the single biggest mistake in this political cycle, a massive comment, bigger than 47 percent,” Trump said, a reference to Mitt Romney’s controversial 2012 statement at a fundraiser about voters who receive government benefits or pay little in taxes. “When I first heard it, I couldn’t believe that she said it.”
Clinton and her campaign argue that some Trump backers are racist and misogynistic and have sought to link him to the “alt-right” movement of self-avowed white nationalists, many of whom have rallied around his candidacy.
“The alt-right. You know they came up with the term ‘alt-right,’?” Trump said, blaming Clinton and her allies, although the term has been used within the movement for years. “I think the term itself is ridiculous. The alt-right. When did it come into existence? It was just made up.”
Trump was a leading and vocal proponent of the debunked conspiracy theory that the nation’s first black president was born overseas and thus not eligible for the White House. Obama released his Hawaiian birth certificate in 2011, but Trump has never disavowed his earlier claims.
The Republican nominee said he still believes he can win significant support from black voters. “I’ve come up with African American voters like a rocket ship,” he said.
When told again that the birther issue could still hang over his candidacy and its appeal to that voting bloc in particular, Trump glared and said, “I think it hangs over the reporters.”
There have been rumors and scattered media reports for months that Trump has been considering founding a media company with his friend Roger Ailes, former Fox News chairman, should he lose the presidency. But Trump said he has never had a conversation about launching a venture with Ailes or other prominent right-wing media figures.
“No, never did,” he said. “I want to win the presidency, and I want to make America great again. It’s very simple. I have no interest in a media company. False rumor.”
Trump characterized Ailes, who resigned from Fox News after a series of sexual-harassment allegations, as a trusted friend more than a formal adviser. “He’s certainly been very successful at what he does and on occasion, we’ll talk,” Trump said. “I love the benefit of his experience and knowledge. He’s had an amazing experience. But there is no role.”
Trump said Ailes has told him “some interesting things about past debates” during conversations they’ve had over several weekends at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J.
“Debate skills are either something you either have or don’t have. You have to prep. You have to have knowledge,” he said. “But when people say you have to be nice or not nice, well, I won’t really know until it begins. Because if she treats me with respect, I’ll treat her with respect. If she doesn’t, I’ll reciprocate. If she’s respectful of me, I’ll be that way with her.”
Trump said he was unconcerned that moderators may decide to fact-check during the forums.
“I don’t care. My facts are good. My facts are good. I don’t get enough credit for having my facts right,” Trump said. “They’ll say I’m wrong even when I’m right.”
Trump took an unprompted shot at Cooper, who is one of the moderators selected by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. Trump said he would take part in the debate moderated by Cooper but remains unhappy with his selection.
“I don’t think Anderson Cooper should be a moderator, because Anderson Cooper works for CNN and over the last couple of days, I’ve seen how Anderson Cooper behaves,” Trump said. “He’ll be very biased, very biased. I don’t think he should be a moderator. I’ll participate, but I don’t think he should be a moderator. CNN is the Clinton News Network and Anderson Cooper, I don’t think he can be fair.”
On Wednesday, Trump’s wife, Melania, released a letter from her attorney, who attested with “100% certainty” that she had immigrated legally from Slovenia, following several news stories scrutinizing how she entered and worked in the United States before gaining citizenship.
With the letter, Trump said, there is no longer a need for his wife to hold a news conference on the topic, as the campaign once promised. He also reiterated his refusal to release his tax returns, as Clinton and all other presidential candidates have done for decades, citing an Internal Revenue Service audit that he says is ongoing.
Briefly discussing foreign affairs, Trump bristled at the idea that he had “embraced” Russian President Vladimir Putin with positive comments about him, including his contention last week that Putin was superior to Obama in leadership skills.
“By the way, that’s a totally false narrative. I haven’t embraced them. You know that,” he said. When told that he has been more warm to Putin than many other Republicans, Trump said: “No. No.”
“I simply said that Putin is a stronger leader than Obama,” he said.
Trump on Thursday released a letter from his longtime doctor, Harold N. Bornstein at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, that summarized the candidate’s latest physical and discussed it on “The Dr. Oz Show.” It said he takes a statin drug to lower his cholesterol and has a body mass index in the overweight range but is in “excellent” condition.
Trump defended Bornstein — who has come under scrutiny after acknowledging that he rushed writing a previous hyperbolic statement on Trump’s health — as “very, very professional.”
“He’s never been exposed to the public like this, so he was having a little bit of a hard time,” Trump said.
Trump said Bornstein’s letter will be the final document that he will release on his health before the election. He does not plan to share a trove of medical files as other presidential candidates, such as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), have done during previous campaigns.
“There is nothing else to release,” Trump said.
He took a swipe at Clinton, whose campaign on Wednesday released a two-page letter from her doctor that said she had been treated for “mild” bacterial pneumonia but is in overall good health and “fit to serve as president.”
“She didn’t give this. She didn’t give all of these EKGs,” Trump said, referring to an electrocardiogram test result included in the letter. “I took EKGs. She said her cholesterol is okay, I say what my cholesterol is. I give the good, the bad and the other cholesterols. I give all three cholesterols.”
When asked directly whether he has ever had a major illness or a heart attack, Trump said he has not. “No,” he said. “I’ve never had a scare.”
Trump shrugged off a question about whether he could use more exercise.
“I guess. But that’s exercise,” he said of his raucous rally speeches. “When you’re up there soaking wet, the room is 90 degrees because there are so many people. ... It’s warm. It’s like that in a lot of rooms.”
Told that Reid had said that Trump is “not slim and trim,” Trump grimaced and waved his hand dismissively.
“Harry Reid? I think he should go back and start working out again with his rubber work-out pieces,” an apparent reference to the exercise band that snapped last year and caused Reid to fall and break a number of ribs and some facial bones.
Since Clinton fell ill Sunday at a memorial service marking the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Trump has been mixed in his responses. He has sounded taunting in some of his recent remarks, such as when he wondered aloud at his rally Wednesday whether Clinton “would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this.”
“I don’t think so,” Trump told the cheering crowd.
“I asked a question,” Trump said in the interview soon after. “Everyone screamed ‘No!’ I want to be respectful. I’m a respectful person. That doesn’t mean that I’m going to stay there. But right now, she’s in bed recuperating and I want to be respectful.”
Trump also said that he resisted weighing in on Clinton’s illness Sunday on Twitter because “I thought it would be inappropriate to tweet when I saw her in serious danger.”
But was he tempted?
“No,” Trump said quickly. “No. I was not tempted. Not even a little bit.”
© 2016 The Washington Post
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Hillary Clinton At 39th Annual Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Public Policy Conference FNN
Published on Sep 15, 2016 by FOX 10 Phoenix
Hillary Clinton delivers remarks at the 39th Annual Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Public Policy Conference and Annual Awards Gala at The Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjzYyhE7RTM [with comments]
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LIVE: DONALD TRUMP IN LACONIA, NH
Streamed live on Sep 15, 2016 by ABC15 Arizona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_CNckNYO3A [the festivities commence from the start; after a lull, Trump's performance begins at c. the 1:00:50 mark; with comments]
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Donald Trump on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-Th83bH_thdKZDJCrn88g / http://www.youtube.com/user/latenight , http://www.youtube.com/user/latenight/videos ] | September 15, 2016
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September 16, 2016
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Fallon faces social media backlash after Trump interview
In this image released by NBC, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears with host Jimmy Fallon during a taping of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, in New York.
September 16, 2016
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Bernie Sanders: Think Hard About A Protest Vote This Year | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by MSNBC [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaXkIU1QidjPwiAYu6GcHjg / http://www.youtube.com/user/msnbcleanforward , http://www.youtube.com/user/msnbcleanforward/videos ]
Former 2016 presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, joins Morning Joe to caution people about casting a protest vote this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLelF_lYWRo [with comments] [original at http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/sanders-think-hard-about-a-protest-vote-this-year-766719555728 ]
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FULL SPEECH: Hillary Clinton Speech At 39th Annual Symposium Of BWA in Washington, DC (9/16/16)
Published on Sep 17, 2016 by Dolores Brigid [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqsAeY8jnftQ30b5icjaV8Q , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqsAeY8jnftQ30b5icjaV8Q/videos?shelf_id=0&view=0&sort=dd ]
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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton delivered remarks at the Black Women’s Agenda 39th Annual Symposium.
September 16, 2016
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FULL: Donald Trump "Birther Conference" - Watch Trump troll reporters into covering Endorsements
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by ABC15 Arizona
Trump admits Obama was born in U.S., but falsely blames Clinton for starting rumors
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Donald Trump’s ridiculous claim that Hillary Clinton started the birther movement
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- Donald Trump, interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, May 4, 2016
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump says Clinton lacks policies. Seriously?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Clive, Iowa.
Sep. 13, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has rolled out a new attack line against Hillary Clinton as they enter the final stretch of the presidential race, and it's a head-turner. His claim: that his Democratic rival has been running a policy-free campaign, lacking specific proposals.
It's actually Trump who's the newcomer to policy specifics. While some of Clinton's positions have been criticized for vagueness, her campaign has produced so many pages of policy that they've been turned into a book.
TRUMP, at a rally Tuesday in Clive, Iowa: "In recent days, we've rolled out one new policy idea after another ... By contrast, Hillary Clinton is running a policy-free campaign. She offers no ideas, no solutions."
THE FACTS: By any measure, Clinton has released far more specific plans on far more topics than her GOP rival. Trump's website currently lays out eight policy positions, including spelling out his "economic vision," his plans for child care and immigration reform and his plan to "pay for the wall." Clinton's offers position on 38 issues for potential voters to read.
They cover, for example, efforts to cure Alzheimer's disease and autism, a prescription for reining in Wall Street, a plan for tuition-free in-state college, and a menu of initiatives to combat climate change.
She even outlines an initiative to protect zoo animals in the event of a disaster.
While Trump's proposals have grown more detailed in recent weeks, throughout most of his campaign he mocked Clinton for putting out so many proposals — while his aides derided reporters for pressing for specifics, insisting that voters didn't care.
"She's got people that sit in cubicles writing policy all day," Trump told Time magazine in June. "Nothing's ever going to happen. It's just a waste of paper."
As for specifics, "My voters don't care and the public doesn't care," he said. "They know you're going to do a good job once you're there."
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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/81e5ad60099d4b749d0934de8ec63341/ap-fact-check-trump-says-clinton-lacks-policies-seriously
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Congressional Black Caucus Responds To Donald Trump Saying Obama WAS Born In U.S.!
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by wwwMOXNEWScom [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqVeMUffsoeo9idMRcse0lQ / http://www.youtube.com/user/wwwMOXNEWScom , http://www.youtube.com/user/wwwMOXNEWScom/videos ]
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Full Show - TRUMP SET TO WIN BY A LANDSLIDE // GLOBALIST PANIC AND PLAN ASSASSINATION - 09/16/2016
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel
On this Friday, September 16 edition of the Alex Jones Show, we look into Trump's domination in the polls as he continues his march toward the presidency seemingly unopposed. Meanwhile, Hillary is still struggling to gain her footing as more liberals turn against her. And Democrats start worrying about Gary Johnson and other third parties stealing votes from Hillary. On today's show, former Secret Service agent Gary Byrne, who protected the Clintons between 1991 and 2003, discusses his recent op-ed in which he claimed the explanation that Hillary was merely suffering from “overheating” was “highly suspect”. Also, political insider Roger Stone joins the program to discuss Trump's big Friday speech, in which he discussed Obama's birth certificate. And documentary filmmaker Joel Gilbert breaks down his Super Trump campaign.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFXF8jKnLOs [with comments]
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US says it killed new ISIS information minister in drone strike
US defense official says drone strike targeted new ISIS official in charge of media and propaganda
The strike comes weeks after the US confirmed it had killed ISIS' spokesman
Updated September 16, 2016
Washington (CNN) - Just weeks after ISIS suffered a major loss when its chief spokesman was taken out in an air attack, the US announced it had killed his close associate in a strike.
The US targeted ISIS leader Wael Adel Salman, aka Abu Muhammed Furqan, in a September 7 airstrike, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement issued Friday.
The strike took out one of the very limited number of ISIS leaders who had "direct access" to Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, according to a US official. The US conducted the strike using a drone, hitting him on a motorcycle just outside a house in Raqqa, ISIS's self-declared capital, the official added.
Cook called Salman one of the "most senior leaders" in ISIS.
"He operated as the minister of Information for the terror organization and was a prominent member of its Senior Shura Council -- ISIL's leadership group," Cook added, using the government's preferred acronym for the terror group.
The US has now killed in the last two months two of the "very few" ISIS leaders with direct access to Baghdadi, the official said. Mohammad al-Adnani was killed in Syria in a US airstrike on August 30. He was thought to be in charge of external terror operations.
"Baghdadi's inner circle was already small, and it's getting smaller," the official added. Salman is assessed to have been one of the five most-senior officials in ISIS before he and Adnani were killed.
Cook said Salman was responsible for overseeing the production of "terrorist propaganda videos showing torture and executions."
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/16/politics/drone-strike-isis-minister-information/
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FULL: First Lady Michelle Obama Campaigns For Hillary Clinton
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by FOX 10 Phoenix
Anyone who wants to be president should not "pop off about going to war" because it is serious business, Michelle Obama said Friday as she reflected on the "sobering experience" of visiting wounded patients at military hospitals. In the early years of President Barack Obama's tenure, the first lady said, their hospital visits would last for hours as they visited with dozens of patients, including many who had lost limbs or had suffered other devastating injuries. "And that's something a commander in chief thinks about before they pop off about going to war, because when you've spent time on a base and you know these men and women and you know their families you don't just talk about war like there are no implications," Mrs. Obama said during an appearance with former first lady Laura Bush at the National Archives. Less than eight weeks away from the presidential election, Mrs. Obama's comments were viewed as a direct criticism of Republican candidate Donald Trump, who has said that he would "bomb the hell out of ISIS," also known as the Islamic State group. Trump's Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, has said he cannot be entrusted with the codes needed to launch America's nuclear arsenal. Mrs. Obama used the same "pop off" language later Friday as she headlined her first campaign rally for Clinton.
First Lady Michelle Obama Campaign Remarks in Fairfax, Virginia
First lady Michelle Obama hit the campaign trail for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a rally in Fairfax, Virginia. She urged the audience to register and vote for the former Secretary of State who she said inspires her and has the qualifications and resiliency to do the job. The first lady also talked about her husband’s legislative accomplishments as ways he has answered his critics, including Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who questioned the president’s American citizenship. The rally was held at George Mason University.
September 16, 2016
https://www.c-span.org/video/?415374-1/first-lady-michelle-obama-campaigns-hillary-clinton-virginia [with transcript]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_oNsZS-6sQ [with comments] [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsmJCWZ-L3w (with comments)]
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Murfreesboro man charged in assassination plot against 2 members of Congress
Kaehiokahouna Stewart of Murfreesboro appeared in federal court Friday on charges that he threatened to shoot up a courthouse and kill people, actions that targeted a U.S. congresswoman and senator from Hawaii.
(Photo: File)
Stacey Barchenger
6:18 p.m. CDT September 16, 2016
A Murfreesboro man appeared in federal court Friday afternoon on charges that he threatened to shoot up a courthouse and kill people, actions that targeted a U.S. congresswoman and senator from Hawaii.
Kaehiokahouna Stewart, 36, was arrested Friday morning at his home, officials said. Court documents and officials say Stewart went so far as to buy a plane ticket to Hawaii to carry out his murder plot.
A complaint filed by the government says Stewart sent threatening emails and posted threatening videos on social media, specifically targeting U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
On Aug. 19, Stewart sent an email saying he would fly from Nashville to Honolulu on Nov. 1 “with the intent to shoot people at the Princess Jonah Federal Building,” a news release from U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee David Rivera’s office says.
The complaint says Stewart has sent grievances to various government officials, including Hirono, Gabbard and President Barack Obama, since November 2013.
“Stewart falsely believed that his (Social Security number) had been duplicated and issued to a fellow soldier he met while stationed at Camp Stanley in Korea in 2002,” the news release says.
He wrote to the Social Security Administration and Department of Defense saying they ruined his life.
"Stewart demanded he receive 100% Veterans Administration disability and $50 billion or he would purchase a gun and a silencer and would not be responsible for any crimes he committed," the complaint says. It also says Stewart's Social Security number was determined to be one digit different from the other U.S. Army soldier.
Stewart went to visit Hirono’s office in Washington, D.C., in May 2015, the complaint says. After an office staffer would not help him, saying his issue was handled in the senator's Hawaii office, he said he was leaving and if he had to come back "there would be a problem," the document reads. Capitol Police were called because of the incident.
A spokesman for Hirono's office declined to comment on the case Friday. Gabbard's staff could not be reached after hours.
As recently as Sept. 8 Stewart posted an Instagram video saying he would fly to Honolulu on Nov. 1, traveling with an AR-15 rifle and two handguns, according to the complaint. In videos posted on YouTube that are identified in the complaint, Stewart is seen holding handguns and documents and saying "(expletive) the United States ... they owe me money." He also talks about burning an American flag.
Investigators said Stewart bought a ticket to go to Hawaii on Nov. 1, but it was exchanged, which means it could be used on another date, Rivera’s office said. The complaint says Stewart circled Nov. 5 on a calendar where he wrote "FEED DA FISHES," a reference to disposing of a body.
Stewart will remain in custody until his next court date, which is scheduled for Sept. 30.
U.S. Magistrate E. Clifton Knowles read Stewart his rights in an initial appearance Friday afternoon and appointed Assistant Federal Public Defender Caryll Alpert to the case. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Van Vincent.
The charges against Stewart, threatening to murder a U.S. official and communicating threats through interstate commerce, carry possible prison sentences of 10 years and five years, respectively. Fines are up to $250,000 on each charge.
RELATED:
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© 2016 www.tennessean.com
http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2016/09/16/murfressboro-man-charged-assassination-plot-against-two-members-congress/90512954/ [with comment], http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PaLZUa9jrU [as embedded; with comment], http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ5nzQadtXY [as embedded; no comments yet]
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FULL EVENT: Improved AUDIO - Donald Trump in Miami, FL - Rudy Giuliani, Speech
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by ABC15 Arizona
Donald Trump Campaign Rally in Miami, Florida
September 16, 2016
https://www.c-span.org/video/?415384-1/donald-trump-campaigns-miami-florida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYm0hlYLMc [Trump's performance begins at c. the 9:15 mark; for Priebus's borderline frantic remarks and Giuliani's frothing fulminations in full, see the YouTube next below; with comments]
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Donald Trump Miami, FL rally
Streamed live on Sep 16, 2016 by ABC15 Arizona
IMPROVED AUDIO [the YouTube just above; first c. 12:00 clipped]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYm0hlYLMc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcbBCCecEtI [Reince Priebus's borderline frantic remarks begin at c. the 2:20 mark; Giuliani's frothing fulminations begin at c. the 6:50 mark; Trump's performance, with a significant audio dropout, begins at c. the 19:50 mark (see the YouTube just above for Trump's complete performance); with comments] [also at e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrwycV41-Y8 (with comments)]
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Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton’s Bodyguards Should Disarm to ‘See What Happens to Her’
Donald J. Trump drew cheers at a campaign rally Friday in Miami when he said Hillary Clinton did not deserve armed protection.
Damon Winter/The New York Times
By NICK CORASANITI, NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and MICHAEL BARBARO
SEPT. 16, 2016
MIAMI — Donald J. Trump once again raised the specter of violence against Hillary Clinton, suggesting Friday that the Secret Service agents who guard her voluntarily disarm to “see what happens to her” without their protection.
“I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons,” Mr. Trump said at a rally in Miami, to loud applause. “I think they should disarm. Immediately.”
He went on: “Let’s see what happens to her. Take their guns away, O.K. It’ll be very dangerous.”
In justifying his remarks, Mr. Trump falsely claimed that Mrs. Clinton wants to “destroy your Second Amendment,” apparently a reference to her gun control policies.
Presidential nominees are protected at all times by heavily armed teams of Secret Service agents, some uniformed and some undercover, who are devoted to the candidates’ physical safety.
Mr. Trump’s comments were a provocative echo of widely condemned remarks [ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/10/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton.html ] he made in early August at a campaign rally in Wilmington, N.C. There, he airily suggested that gun rights supporters should rise up against Mrs. Clinton if she were elected to stop her from appointing judges who might favor stricter gun regulation.
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Mr. Trump said, as the crowd began to boo. He quickly added, “Although the Second Amendment people — maybe there is, I don’t know.”
Those remarks were widely interpreted as an invitation for gun-rights supporters to take matters into their own hands should Mrs. Clinton prevail in November’s election.
Mr. Trump never apologized or disavowed the comments, despite angry denunciations from Mrs. Clinton’s running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, and groups like the Brady Campaign [ http://www.bradycampaign.org/ ] and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence [ http://smartgunlaws.org/ ].
On Friday night, Robby Mook, her campaign manager, said after Mr. Trump’s rally in Miami that he had shown “a pattern of inciting people to violence.”
“Whether this is done to provoke protesters at a rally or casually or even as a joke, it is an unacceptable quality in anyone seeking the job of commander in chief,” Mr. Mook said in a statement. “This kind of talk should be out of bounds for a presidential candidate.”
Matt Bennett, a vice president at Third Way, a think tank that advocates gun control, expressed disbelief at Mr. Trump’s “cavalier disregard for the safety” of Mrs. Clinton.
“No serious gun rights person believes that a Secret Service protectee should have their protection taken away,” Mr. Bennett said.
It was the culmination of a rocky and unpredictable day for Mr. Trump, and diverted attention, for a moment at least, from his grudging admission of error when he finally conceded [ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/politics/donald-trump-obama-birther.html ] that President Obama was born in the United States.
On Friday night, breaking from his prepared remarks and turning his gaze from the teleprompters, Mr. Trump looked straight into the crowd as he made the insinuation about Mrs. Clinton’s safety. He gestured emphatically with his hands as he spoke, at one time pointing to a member in the crowd to find agreement.
“What do you think?” he asked about his remarks on Mrs. Clinton’s bodyguards, as the arena erupted into cheers.
In May, Mr. Trump accused Mrs. Clinton in a Twitter post of hypocrisy for accepting armed Secret Service protection while supporting some limits on access to weapons for civilians. That post also levied a false accusation against Mrs. Clinton, suggesting she supported a ban on all guns. She does not.
“Crooked Hillary wants to get rid of all guns and yet she is surrounded by bodyguards who are fully armed,” Mr. Trump wrote [ https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/734003305819570176 ].
“No more guns to protect Hillary!” he added, although he did not go so far as to say what could happen if such protection were to be removed.
Violence and allusions to it have punctuated Mr. Trump’s campaign: Punches have been thrown at his rallies, protesters have been roughed up by Trump supporters, and the candidate himself has repeatedly deployed a lexicon of physical aggression.
“I’d like to punch him in the face,” Mr. Trump said in February when a protester was dragged out of his rally in Las Vegas.
In the past, Mr. Trump has sought to distance himself from his own menacing remarks by later dismissing them as playful or misinterpreted. His Republican supporters, meanwhile, have been pressed after every remark to distance themselves from him. On Friday night, officials of the Republican National Committee, which is working to help his campaign, did not respond to a request for comment.
Mr. Trump’s comments were a variation on criticisms made by the National Rifle Association, perhaps Mr. Trump’s closest political ally in the presidential race. The group has publicly criticized Secret Service protection for Mr. Obama’s two daughters, which is required under federal law, as hypocritical.
In 2013, the group released an advertisement calling Mr. Obama “an elitist hypocrite” for allowing the service to protect his family — which, like other first families, has faced multiple death threats — but opposing the widespread use of armed guards in schools.
Nick Corasaniti reported from Miami, and Nicholas Confessore and Michael Barbaro from New York.
© 2016 The New York Times Company
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton.html [with embedded video]
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Trump adjusts call for Clinton bodyguards to lose their guns
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the James L. Knight Center, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Miami.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
By JONATHAN LEMIRE
Sep. 16, 2016 10:42 PM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump made his usual sarcastic call Friday for Hillary Clinton's Secret Service agents to be stripped of their firearms — and then added, "let's see what happens to her."
Trump has long incorrectly suggested his Democratic opponent wants to overturn the Second Amendment and take away Americans' right to own guns. At a rally in Miami, he again riffed about confiscating the agents' guns and then went further.
"I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons. They should disarm, right?" Trump asked the crowd. "Take their guns away, she doesn't want guns. Take their — and let's see what happens to her. Take their guns away. OK, it would be very dangerous."
Trump's meaning was not immediately clear and a campaign spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for an elaboration.
But the Clinton campaign had a quick reaction. Spokesman Robby Mook released a statement Friday night saying Trump "has a pattern of inciting people to violence. Whether this is done to provoke protesters at a rally or casually or even as a joke, it is an unacceptable quality in anyone seeking the job of Commander in Chief.
"This kind of talk should be out of bounds for a presidential candidate," Mook wrote.
A spokeswoman for the Secret Service declined to comment.
The seemingly ominous comment evoked a remark Trump made last month that many Democrats condemned as a call for Clinton's assassination. Speaking at a rally in North Carolina, the Republican nominee erroneously said his opponent wants to "abolish, essentially, the Second Amendment."
He continued: "By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know."
Within minutes, the Clinton campaign condemned the remark. Mook said then, "A person seeking to be the president of the United States should not suggest violence in any way."
Trump later disputed that criticism, saying everyone in his audience knew he was referring to the power of voters and "there can be no other interpretation."
Trump, who has the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, eventually took to Twitter to say the Secret Service had not contacted him about the remarks.
The comments Friday in Miami came hours after Trump finally reversed his long-held position that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Appearing in Washington, he said Obama was born in the United States but then incorrectly suggested that the Clinton campaign had started the conspiracy theory.
Trump ignored questions from reporters about his switch and has yet to explain why he abandoned the "birther" stance that fueled his political fame and was viewed by critics as an attempt to delegitimize the nation's first African-American president.
While campaigning in South Florida, which has a large Cuban-American population, Trump also said that if he's elected president, he will reverse Obama's efforts to normalize relations with Cuba — unless the country abides by certain "demands." Among those, he said, would be religious and political freedom for the Cuban people and the freeing of all political prisoners.
Trump says he'll "stand with the Cuban people in their fight against communist oppression."
The comment marks yet another reversal for the GOP candidate, who previously said he supported the idea of normalized relations, but wished the U.S. had negotiated a better deal.
Trump also said the U.S. has a broader obligation to stand with oppressed people — a comment that seems at odds with his "America first" mantra. "The next president of the United States must stand in solidarity with all people oppressed in our hemisphere, and we will stand with oppressed people, and there are many," he said.
He added that the people of Venezuela "are yearning to be free, they are yearning for help. The system is bad. But the people are great."
Trump has often cited the country as a model of a failed state, warning that if Clinton is elected, she'll turn the U.S. into Venezuela.
Jill Colvin contributed reporting from Washington.
© 2016 Associated Press
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/339519085a0b46888f8fd7425f70683b/trump-adjusts-call-clinton-bodyguards-lose-their-guns [with embedded video]
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The Latest: Trump says he’ll reverse US-Cuba agreement
By Associated Press
September 16 at 7:57 PM
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
7:40 p.m.
Donald Trump says that, if he’s elected president, he will reverse President Barack Obama’s efforts to normalize relations with Cuba — unless the country abides by certain “demands.”
Trump says at a Miami rally that those demands will include religious and political freedom for the Cuban people and the freeing of all political prisoners.
Trump says he’ll “stand with the Cuban people in their fight against communist oppression.”
The comment marks yet another reversal for the GOP candidate, who previously said he supported the idea of normalized relations, but wished the U.S. had negotiated a better deal.
“Fifty years is enough,” he told the Daily Caller last year.
Trump on Friday called the deal “one-sided” and said it only benefits the Castro regime.
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7:30 p.m.
Hillary Clinton says it’s “especially tricky for women” to balance the upbeat nature of a presidential campaign with the serious national security responsibilities of the White House.
Clinton says in an interview on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” that Republicans noted she looked “so serious” during a recent forum on national security. She says you don’t talk about the Islamic State group “with a big grin on your face.”
Clinton says it’s a “constant balancing act” to keep a positive spirit while “taking seriously” the issues she needs to discuss as a candidate.
Fallon jokingly donned a white surgical mask and rubbed Purell in his hands after greeting Clinton, who had a recent bout with pneumonia. Fallon’s interview with Clinton airs Monday.
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7 p.m.
Donald Trump is again calling for Hillary Clinton’s Secret Service agents to be stripped of their firearms — this time adding, “let’s see what happens to her.”
The Republican nominee often makes sarcastic calls for Clinton’s bodyguards to be disarmed, incorrectly suggesting she wants to overturn the 2nd Amendment.
He went a little further Friday night in Miami.
He says: “Take their guns away, she doesn’t want guns. Take their — and let’s see what happens to her. Take their guns away. OK, it would be very dangerous.”
Trump’s meaning was not immediately clear. But it was reminiscent of his suggestion last month that “Second Amendment people” could do something to stop Clinton from appointing Supreme Court justices.
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6:30 p.m.
Donald Trump is taking the stage in Miami with a new backdrop — a tribute to the French Revolution with the banner “Les Deplorables.”
The song “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from the Broadway hit “Les Miserables” played as Trump saluted the crowd at the James L. Knight Center.
“Welcome to all of you deplorables!” Trump said. The screen behind him glowed with a mock-up of Trump and some supporters in French Revolutionary garb.
The Republican nominee has relentlessly criticized his opponent, Hillary Clinton, for suggesting half of Trump’s supporters belong in “a basket of deplorables.”
Trump has taken to saying he will be the president “for all Americans, even those who don’t vote for me.”
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5:50 p.m.
Donald Trump is promising to “be a friend” to Haitian-Americans during an appearance in the Miami neighborhood known as Little Haiti.
The Republican presidential nominee appeared at the Little Haiti Visitors Center on Friday and accused his opponent, Hillary Clinton, and her husband of profiting off Haiti’s 2010 earthquake.
Trump claimed “a lot of money” was funneled to “Clinton cronies” and said the community “deserved better.”
The Clinton Foundation had a mixed record with its efforts to rebuild Haiti, but no evidence that the Clintons committed any wrongdoing has been produced.
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5:25 p.m.
Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff who’s become famous for his hard-line stance on immigration, is coming under new criticism for his investigation of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.
Arpaio launched an investigation in 2012 that remained open as late as two months ago. He defended the investigation by saying people in his county had requested it.
Paul Penzone, Arpaio’s Democratic opponent in the November election, says the investigation is “nonsense” and a waste of resources.
Arpaio’s campaign manager and the sheriff’s office didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump acknowledged Friday that Obama was born in the United States.
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3:35 p.m.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be the only two candidates at the first presidential debate.
The commission overseeing the debates invited the two major-party candidates to its Sept. 26 event on Friday. Libertarian party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein did not get invited.
The commission said the two third-party candidates didn’t register enough support in polls to qualify. The commission has set a 15 percent threshold. Johnson averaged 8.4 percent in the polls the commission considered, and Stein 3.2 percent.
The third-party candidates could qualify for either of the final two debates in October if their polling average clears 15 percent then. But by missing out on the initial debate, they are losing their best chance to gain the attention needed to achieve that.
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© 2016 Associated Press
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-latest-trump-says-of-criticism-his-kids-can-take-it/2016/09/15/30227f96-7ba7-11e6-8064-c1ddc8a724bb_story.html [with embedded video, and comments]
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One-On-One With Bernie Sanders | All In | MSNBC
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by MSNBC
Former presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders tells Chris Hayes why he thinks the American people will vote for Hillary Clinton, warning that 'now is not the time to be supporting a protest vote'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAQQrMAmQgI [with comments] [original at http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/one-on-one-with-bernie-sanders-767154243949 ]
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American white supremacists encouraged by Trump campaign
The Rachel Maddow Show
9/16/16
Rachel Maddow shows American racist groups describing at a press conference how they have found comfort and encouragement in the Donald Trump campaign, emboldening them to come out from the darker edges of American politics. Duration: 7:09
©2016 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/racist-groups-encouraged-by-trump-campaign-767297091796 [the above YouTube, which begins with this segment, for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st6dOCk0yBg (no comments yet)]
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Trump employs symbols of America's racist fringe
[alternative segment title: "Famous Last Words"]
The Rachel Maddow Show
9/16/16
Rachel Maddow shows how the Trump campaign's embrace of recognizable racist symbols and messages is taken as a signal of agreement by racist groups on the fringe of American politics. Duration: 10:27
©2016 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-employs-symbols-of-us-racist-fringe-767279683702 [the above YouTube, which begins with this segment, for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh-Wk70BGhg (with comments), another for the moment at least at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaN-7VMapFw (with comments)]
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Bill Maher Spars with Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by Real Time with Bill Maher [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6kyFxaMqGtpE3pQTflK8A / http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime , http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime/videos ]
Trump2016 Campaign Manager and frequent Real Time guest Kellyanne Conway joins Bill live from Trump Tower to discuss the Republican nominee's latest comments in this clip from September 16, 2016.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maL6-l3DdHk [with comments]
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Kerry Washington Knows Spin When She Sees It | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by Real Time with Bill Maher
Emmy-nominated actress Kerry Washington joins Bill to discuss her political activism and why "voting for Trump is voting against ourselves" in this clip from Real Time on September 16, 2016.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YN_sT1zVvo [with comments]
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New Rule: Bring Civility Back to Politics | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Published on Sep 16, 2016 by Real Time with Bill Maher
In his editorial New Rule, Bill Maher calls this election a "referendum on decency" and argues for a return to the days when politicians could disagree respectfully - or at least without resorting to the name-calling and slurs that are slung around in today's climate. Original Air Date: September 16, 2016.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLR_pNn_5Zg [with comments]
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