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Good morning, everybody. Whew, what a way to go into the weekend. Trump came unhinged overnight. Yes, that really happened.
Let’s get started on the day’s events:
Index
1. Trump comes unglued
2. As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter
3. Hillary in Iowa for start of early voting
4. 103-year-old early voting Iowan: 'I am not taking any chances'
5. Hillary rally in Ft. Pierce, FL
6. Hillary campaign rally in Coral Gables, FL
7. Good Polls!!
8. Wall Street Journal editorial board member endorses Hillary, trashes Trump
9. FL Sun-Sentinel endorses Hillary
10. San Diego Union Tribune endorses Hillary. First time the paper endorsed a Democrat in its 148 year history
11. Chicago Sun-Times endorses Hillary
12. 'One down, two to go': Hillary Clinton rides wave of enthusiasm after debate
13. Five extremely logical theories about Hillary Clinton’s debate performance (Satire)
14. Our lady of the pantsuit: In praise — yes, praise! — of Hillary Clinton’s style
15. I’ve come to admire Hillary Clinton. What on earth happened?
16. When the Chicago Tribune scolded a 'girl' named Hillary Rodham
1. Trump comes unglued
Things are coming to a head. Let’s recap the events of yesterday. It started off when Trump came completely unglued and, apparently seething and unable to sleep, started tweeting about Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe who accused him of fat shaming her, calling her “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping”.
The ugly tweets here, starting at 3.20 AM !!
Huh? Her “past”? What was Trump talking about? And at 3 AM in the morning?
A little later this:
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followed by this:
Sex Tape. The Donald really went there.
Turns out, there IS no sex tape with Alicia Machado. A shameless lie from “The Donald.” Character assassination and vile smear. Trump should hang his head in shame, but the man has no spine, no character. Slime.
Snopes has the actual truth:
No Sex Tape of Machado
Turns out the sex tape referred to featured an actress who somewhat resembles Machado.
For her part, Hillary went after Trump for his bizarre behavior via Twitter:
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Yeah, really. THIS is a candidate for the presidency of the United States of America?
Trump later tried to deflect:
Yeah, Donald, when we are talking about that 3 AM call we weren’t really thinking about you tweeting about sex tapes and how you regard “your” former Miss Universe. Doofus.
Hillary retweeted Bernie Sanders’ answer:
2. As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter
This New York Times article talks about Trump’s penchant to come unglued quite often.
NY Times:
As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter
The tweets started around 3:20 a.m. on Friday. Inside Trump Tower, a restless figure stirred in the predawn darkness, nursing his grievances and grabbing a device that often lands him in hot water.
On his Android phone, Donald J. Trump began to tap out bursts of digital fury: He mocked Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe and a popular Latin American actress, as a “con,” the “worst” and “disgusting.”
In a final flourish, before the sun came up, the Republican presidential nominee claimed — without offering any evidence — that she had appeared in a “sex tape.”
The tirade fit a pattern. It is when Mr. Trump is alone with his thoughts, and untethered from his campaign staff, that he has seemed to commit his most self-destructive acts.
“There has always been this dangerous part of him that will go too far and do something that backfires,” said Michael D’Antonio, the author of “The Truth About Trump,” a new biography of the real estate mogul.
The lengthy article discusses Trump’s constant Twitter wars, which were quite evident through the primaries and are now in full bloom. Good for Hillary that Trump is such a creepy “late night Twitter-drunk” (so dubbed by a Bush aide).
The Hillary team mocked Trump with their own tweet barrage early this morning, starting at 3:20 AM.
They also mocked Trump in two more tweets, repeating his initial lead-in but then going into something substantial instead of the junk Trump obsesses about. “Remember don’t believe the haters who...” and “For those few people knocking...”
3. Hillary in Iowa for start of early voting
In the early morning hours was out in Iowa to help get out the early vote.
CBSnews:
Hillary Clinton gets out the early vote in Iowa
Hillary Clinton is driving an early voting effort in Iowa, making sure that her campaign uses its organizational edge to get voters to the polls early, CBS News’ Nancy Cordes reports.
Hillary also met with Ruline Steininger, the 103-year old woman who she met with back in June and who stated then that she hopes she’ll still be alive when it comes time to cast her first vote for a woman for President (Ruline was born 7 years before women were allowed to vote).
“It’s a great honor to have Ruline supporting me,” Clinton told a Des Moines crowd Thursday. “She’s gonna go vote early today.
The Democratic nominee was referring to 103-year-old Ruline Steininger, who decked out in her walker and cast her ballot Thursday on the first day of in-person voting in Iowa.
“I am 103. That is the reason I voted early,” Steininger said. “I am not taking any chances.”
She and other Clinton supporters were escorted from the rally in Des Moines to the nearest polling place -- part of a highly orchestrated effort to run up Clinton’s vote totals in the battleground state six weeks before election day.
4. 103-year-old early voting Iowan: 'I am not taking any chances'
The DesMoines Register has a more detailed story on Ruline:
103-year-old early voting Iowan: 'I am not taking any chances'
At age 103, Ruline Steininger knows that the early bird gets the worm. That's why the Pleasant Hill resident decked out her walker with a "Hillary" sign and voted early Thursday, the first day of in-person voting in Iowa.
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“I am 103," She told CBS News. "That is the reason I voted early... I am not taking any chances.”
Iowa voters can return ballots by mail or vote in person at their county election office. Voting early in Des Moines is as easy as showing up at the Polk County Election Office, 120 Second Ave. in downtown Des Moines between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. The office will be open during those hours on the Saturdays of Oct. 29 and Nov. 5 as well.
Steininger told the Register in an interview last January that she considers Clinton one of the best candidates she's ever seen.
"I think she's the best qualified. She has so much experience," Steininger said.
A retired schoolteacher who spent much of her life in Dubuque, Steininger has been voting for Democrats in every presidential election since she cast her ballot for Franklin D. Roosevelt. And her longevity in life and politics hasn't gone unnoticed.
Clinton chatted with Steininger backstage this week before the Des Moines rally, giving her a shout out on stage.
"It’s a great honor to have Ruline supporting me," Clinton said to the the crowd gathered in Cowles Commons.
Hillary’s Twitter also honored Ruline, and used the occasion to remind people to vote early:
Hillary was in DesMoines, IA because Iowa started early voting already. She had a rally the night before. Here is the full video of that rally:
Later in the day Hillary traveled to Florida for 2 rallies.
5. Hillary rally in Ft. Pierce, FL
Full video of rally:
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In her speech Hillary focused on national service opportunities, volunteering, and expanding the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps.
From the Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton Wants To Get 5 Million Young People To Volunteer
She also wants to expand AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps.
Hillary Clinton says she wants young people to have greater pathways to do good in the world.
On Friday, the Democratic presidential nominee announced plans to create a new “National Service Reserve” to provide volunteer opportunities to Americans aged 18 to 30, according to Yahoo News.
In a post on her campaign website, Clinton said the Reserve would “expand ways for young Americans to serve their communities and their country.”
Clinton set a goal of enlisting 5 million Americans in the new Reserve, as part of her larger national service platform.
Her announcement also included plans to expand existing volunteer programs AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps, more than tripling the size of AmeriCorps from 75,000 to 250,000 members per year.
“This is one of the best things about Americans—we’re doers,” Clinton wrote in a tweet on Friday. “When we see something that needs fixing, we roll up our sleeves and get to work.”
On Hillary’s website the campaign put up a page with this new National Service Reserve plan, explaining it in detail:
HillaryClinton.com
Hillary Clinton Announces New National Service Reserve, A New Way for Young Americans to Come Together and Serve Their Communities
6. Hillary campaign rally in Coral Gables, FL
Later Hillary took to Coral Gables, FL for another rally:
At this rally Hillary hit Trump hard for his slimy tweets aimed at Alicia Machado.
The Guardian:
Clinton says Trump's 3am twitter attacks 'unhinged even for him' – video
Hillary Clinton criticizes Donald Trump’s late-night Twitter attacks on former beauty queen Alicia Machado while campaigning in Coral Springs, Florida, on Friday. Clinton says Trump’s ‘latest Twitter meltdown is unhinged, even for him’ before declaring the Republican nominee is ‘temperamentally unfit to be president and commander-in-chief’
7. Good Polls!!
The fresh polls we are seeing all show Hillary gaining, whether it is national or in battleground states, as a result of Hillary’s very good and Trump’s disastrous debate performances.
NY Times — The Upshot:
No Debate That Hillary Clinton’s Polling Numbers Are Improving
The post-debate polls are beginning to trickle in, and it already seems clear that Hillary Clinton has received a bump after the first presidential debate.
A wave of high-quality battleground state surveys released on Friday showed her with a comfortable advantage in New Hampshire, Nevada, Florida and Michigan. The gains suggest she might lead by as much as five percentage points nationwide, up from about two to three points before last Monday’s debate.
It’s hard to know whether the shift will last. If you’ve been following The Upshot’s coverage of polling over the last two years, you know that we’re pretty circumspect about shifts in the polls. But no matter how you cut it, the debate is bad news for Donald J. Trump.
As per Pollster.com, nationally Trump has not taken the lead in the national polls for the last 22 polls straight. Foxnews was the last poll that showed Trump ahead by 1%, and that was on Sept. 14. Since then, basically all Hillary, and she is now ahead of Trump by 5% in the aggregate, and that is on the rise.
As for state polling, basically good news across the board, ranging from Florida to North Carolina, from Pennsylvania, Virginia, Nevada, Michigan to New Hampshire:
Interesting and in some cases astounding endorsements came in yesterday also.
8. Wall Street Journal editorial board member endorses Hillary, trashes Trump
Remember, folks, this is the Wall Street Journal we are talking about here, the most prominent conservative newspaper in the country.
Not an explicit endorsement from the entire Wall Street Journal editorial board, but a prominent member of the Wall Street editorial board, a Pulitzer Price winning journalist, made a very explicit endorsement for Hillary and dismisses Trump as a viable candidate quite strongly. Her article is the top article on Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Journal:
Hillary-Hatred Derangement Syndrome
”She alone stands between America and the reign of the most unstable, unfit president in U.S. history.”
Wow, that’s quite the lead-in to this article from a Wall Street Journal editorial board member.
”She alone stands between America and the reign of the most unstable, unfit president in U.S. history.”
Mr. Trump has not, of course, shown himself notably reliable as regards the courage of his convictions. It’s by now impossible to count the number of times and ways in which he’s sidled away from his grand plans on immigration, that promise to deport everyone here illegally, not to mention his proposal to institute a total block on Muslim immigration “till we figure things out.” He’s proffered no less than three different views on abortion, one of which called for “at least some punishment” for the woman involved—quickly changed to wait, no, it should be the doctor.
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Even so, such proclivities pale next to the occasion for cringing that would come with a Trump presidency. No one witnessing Mr. Trump’s primary race—his accumulation of Alt-Right cheerleaders, white supremacists and swastika devotees—could fail to notice the menacing tone and the bitterness that came with it.
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The end of the election is now in sight. Some among the anti-Hillary brigades have decided, in deference to their exquisite sensibilities, to stay at home on Election Day, rather than vote for Mrs. Clinton. But most Americans will soon make their choice. It will be either Mr. Trump or Mrs. Clinton—experienced, forward-looking, indomitably determined and eminently sane. Her election alone is what stands between the American nation and the reign of the most unstable, proudly uninformed, psychologically unfit president ever to enter the White House.
Who is the writer?
Ms. Rabinowitz is a member of the Journal’s editorial board.
Dorothy Rabinowitz Wiki Page:
en.wikipedia.org/…
Rabinowitz was awarded the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for a series of articles published in 2000 covering aspects of U.S. social and cultural trends.[4]Previously, she had been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize three times, but in 2001 "she was not a finalist [but]... the Pulitzer board, which makes the final decisions, reviewed the jury's original three finalists and decided it wanted 'a broader choice.' The jury offered Ms. Rabinowitz as an alternate selection.".[5] "[A]mong the ten articles cited by the board were five articles challenging questionable allegations of sexual abuse. Four of the cited articles commented on the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the remaining article discussed Rudolph Giuliani's recommending a pardon for Michael Milken."[6]
She was previously nominated in 1996 for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary "For her columns effectively challenging key cases of alleged child abuse"[7] and had been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1995 "For her writing about television", and in 1998 for "her tough-minded, critical columns on television and its place in politics and culture."[8]
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She was born in New York City, and attained a bachelor's degree at Queens College. She worked toward a doctorate at New York University from 1957 to 1960, but did not graduate.[1] She has worked as editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal since June 1990 and has been a member of their editorial board since May 1996.[2]She is a regular panelist on the Journal Editorial Report.[3]
9. FL Sun-Sentinel endorses Hillary
A strong endorsement from the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Please read this article.
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board endorses Hillary Clinton for president
Congratulations, fellow Floridians. Not only do we get to participate in one of the most consequential presidential elections in U.S. history, we possess an enhanced ticket to this important event. We are voters in a swing state. Perhaps THE swing state.
The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board urges everyone to use that ticket. Vote. And when you exercise that precious right, we urge you to cast your ballot for Democrat Hillary Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine.
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Trump's awfulness is not the only reason to vote for Hillary, however. There are plentiful solid reasons to be for Hillary (whose campaign uses her first name, so we will too).
The article goes into detail exactly why Hillary is so well suited for the presidency. The areas they discuss in detail are:
Immigration
The Supreme Court
Race Relations
Women and Children
The endorsement article ends with
The Bottom Line. Hillary is smart. Hillary has government experience that she used, for example, to secure money for World Trade Center site redevelopment and money for 9/11 responders. Hillary has diplomatic experience that she used, for example, to negotiate a 2012 cease fire between Hamas and Israel.
Hillary has developed the contacts, here and abroad, to promote stability and peace. She has not "solved" the various crises in the Middle East. But we believe a dogged diplomatic approach – such as that used in the nuclear deal with Iran – provide more prospects for peace. And that, in the long run, benefits Israel, our most important ally in the region.
Hillary has an extensive record of public service.
Hillary will push to improve oversight of Wall Street.
Under a President Hillary Clinton, world leaders would have confidence that they can depend on agreements, treaties and our financial system. If our partners cannot count on us, they will look elsewhere – to China or Russia, for example – for leadership.
Hillary favors the Obama administration's overtures to Cuba, which is good for eventual freedom on that island and good for South Florida.
The very bottom line? Trump is not qualified. Hillary is fully qualified to serve as president of the United States. Use your vote to swing this swing state to Hillary.
The Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel also laid out why Trump-Pence would be a terrible choice. That article is here:
Why Trump is a terrible choice
10. San Diego Union Tribune endorses Hillary. First time the paper endorsed a Democrat in its 148 year history
Why Hillary Clinton is the safe choice for president
(With Trump) we could see an administration that reneges on its treaty commitments to dozens of nations, throwing the world into turmoil and increasing tensions in regions that historically have relied on the United States to be a stabilizing force.
We could see an administration that ruins U.S. trustworthiness in international finance by seeking to refinance terms with debt-holders, putting a singular economic power in the same basket as Greece.
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Vengeful, dishonest and impulsive, Trump is no Romney. This is why Hillary Clinton is the safest candidate for voters to choose in a complex world.
Terrible leaders can knock nations off course. Venezuela is falling apart because of the obstinance and delusions of Hugo Chávez and his successor. Argentina is finally coming out of the chaos created by Cristina Kirchner and several of her predecessors.
Trump could be our Chávez, our Kirchner. We cannot take that risk.
This paper has not endorsed a Democrat for president in its 148-year history. But we endorse Clinton. She’s the safe choice for the U.S. and for the world, for Democrats and Republicans alike.
11. Chicago Sun-Times endorses Hillary
Editorial: Vote for Clinton and avert a train wreck
Let’s get right to it:
Hillary Clinton has the potential to be an excellent president. She is eminently qualified by any measure — experience, knowledge, character or temperament.
Donald Trump, on the other hand, has the makings of a miserable, even dangerous, president. There is no getting around it. In every way Clinton is strong, Trump is weak. In every way she has earned the job over a lifetime of public service, he has disqualified himself, serving nobody but himself.
Today, we endorse Hillary Clinton for president, and we endorse her early. The best way to avert a train wreck is to wave a warning flag as soon as possible.
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Trump was in telling form at Monday’s debate, attacking Clinton in a classic sexist way, interrupting her 51 times, raising his voice to drown her out, and grimacing at everything she said. How well would he work with German Chancellor Angela Merkel?
But Clinton would not be bullied. She remained focused and even-keeled — you might say presidential. She waited him out and got under his skin with hard facts and cool disregard. She prepared for this debate, as she said, just as she has prepared all her adult life to be president.
We endorse Hillary Clinton for president. She is fit for the job, and she has earned it.
12. 'One down, two to go': Hillary Clinton rides wave of enthusiasm after debate
The Guardian talks about the aftermath of Hillary’s stellar debate performance.
The Guardian:
'One down, two to go': Hillary Clinton rides wave of enthusiasm after debate
Hillary Clinton’s campaign plane erupted in a wave of applause as she boarded the flight, hours after her first presidential debate encounter with Donald Trump.
Staffers who have been on the trail with her for the past year crowded the private front cabin as the crew prepared for take off to Raleigh, North Carolina, 12 hours after she had left the stage where she had needled and trapped Trump before a record television audience the night before.
The glee was obvious – Team Clinton felt certain they had won – and her campaign chairman, John Podesta, wandered to the back of the plane to tell the travelling press Trump had been exposed as both “unprepared and unhinged” on a night when he simply “unravelled”.
Moments later, Clinton appeared from the front of the cabin, framed in the aisle by two blue curtains.
Beaming, she put to rest any lingering doubt about the mood within the campaign after her debate performance.
“We had a great, great time last night,” Clinton said with a grin.
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Long behind-the-scenes article, well worth a read.
13. Five extremely logical theories about Hillary Clinton’s debate performance (Satire)
The New Yorker is having some fun with the laughable and downright unhinged right-winger’s conspiracy and health theories when it comes to Hillary. Very funny.
The New Yorker:
FIVE EXTREMELY LOGICAL THEORIES ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON’S DEBATE PERFORMANCE
1. It wasn’t Hillary up there; it was her body double, Helen Scaffler.
You can tell it was Helen and not Hillary because Helen’s face is slightly more pear-shaped, and her hair is bouncier than Hillary’s. Also, it’s a known fact that Hillary is physically unable to “shimmy” due to a shoulder injury she sustained while deleting e-mails, so it must have been Helen doing the smile and shimmy. If you look up “Helen Scaffler” on the Internet, you’ll see it was definitely, a hundred per cent Helen Scaffler, and not Hillary Clinton.
2. Hillary wore a wire.
Take a glance at the back of Hillary’s suit. Do you see? That, my friends, was a snake-shaped wire. What does the wire connect to? Possibly an earpiece, or possibly to something even more sinister: an electronic brain. People don’t realize that electronic brains are a thing, but they are. You plug them into your own brain and they act as a second, smarter brain, constantly feeding you knowledge. This is a fact. You can look it up, also on the Internet.
3. Hillary wore a cough-suppressing suit.
If you think Hillary’s suit was made of fabric, you are sorely mistaken. Her suit was very likely made of tiny Sudafed pills, threaded together like beads, piping fresh Sudafed into her bloodstream to keep her from coughing. Also possible: A suit of Claritin? We’re not sure, but it was definitely one of those. I have a doctor friend who told me that Sudafed suits are extremely common these days, especially among political influencers, specifically at Presidential debates.
Due to fair usage restrictions I can’t print the rest of this very funny article. The next segments are
4. Hillary’s microphone was louder than Trump’s.
and
5. The debate didn’t actually happen.
Too funny.
14. Our lady of the pantsuit: In praise — yes, praise! — of Hillary Clinton’s style
Salon has an article that explores Hillary’s style choices. Pantsuits forever…. :-)
Our lady of the pantsuit: In praise — yes, praise! — of Hillary Clinton’s style
It’s time we talk about pants. Hillary’s, specifically. I’m thinking of the red pair she rocked a few nights ago at the first 2016 presidential debate. Fire Engine. Candy Apple. Crimson. Whatever you call the shade, Hillary’s pantsuit was hot—even as she remained cool in the face of the most blustery and unpredictable opposing candidate in history.
I wasn’t even finished crushing on the white suit she wore to accept her nomination at the Democratic National Convention back in July, given that all but the leanest women tend to avoid the color. Like horizontal stripes or mid-length capris. Even my mother-in-law, when discussing the convention, was surprised Hillary had chosen white.
“I know,” I smiled, thinking of all the white I’ve never worn. “And I love her for that.”
15. I’ve come to admire Hillary Clinton. What on earth happened?
WaPo:
I’ve come to admire Hillary Clinton. What on earth happened?
Danielle Allen is a political theorist at Harvard University and a contributing columnist for The Post.
I admire Hillary Clinton. This is new for me. I have come to admire her only over the past year. Before Monday’s debate, she had already sealed the deal. But everything I have come to see was on display that evening: intelligence, fortitude, self-control, discipline, strength and grace.
Let me share my journey.
The article goes into detail why this author at some point had low regard for Hillary. Some of those reason seem quite superficial to me, but, oh well. But that changed this year.
But because I have come to admire her, I will also vote for Clinton in November with enthusiasm and pleasure. I will even consider it a privilege to do so.
16. When the Chicago Tribune scolded a 'girl' named Hillary Rodham
Chicago Tribune:
When the Chicago Tribune scolded a 'girl' named Hillary Rodham
The Chicago Tribune editorial pages have been taking shots at Hillary Clinton for decades. That's four decades, seven years and 119 days, to be exact.
The Tribune's first broadside came June 3, 1969, after Hillary Rodham, a 21-year-old from northwest suburban Park Ridge, gained attention for a commencement speech at Wellesley College in Massachusetts that rebuked Sen. Edward Brooke, a Massachusetts Republican who was the Senate's only African-American.
47 years ago she already earned the scorn of one of the premier newspapers in the country for not conforming to the expected. What did she do wrong?
Brooke spoke before Rodham at the event, urging moderation and "nonviolent political change" amid the tumult of the late '60s. In her memoir "Living History," Clinton recalled that Brooke's speech "sounded like a defense of President Nixon's policies, notable more for what it didn't say than what it did."
When it was her turn to speak after Brooke, the graduating senior ripped into the senator's address. "The entire tone of the speech was one that we found to be very discouraging," said Rodham, speaking as student government president. "There has been very little of the action promised by that rhetoric."
The Tribune wrote a news story headlined "Park Ridge Girl Raps Brooke." (Yes, she was called a "girl" even though she was 21.) That was followed by a Tribune editorial scolding her: "Miss Rodham's discourtesy to Sen. Brooke was unjustified."
The editorial noted that Rodham ended her speech with a French student slogan: "Be realistic. Demand the impossible."
As always, I end today’s HNV with a collection of the latest inspiring and truth telling tweets from Hillary. Have a great weekend, everybody.