Today In 2016: Battle Of The Bigots
Welcome to Today In 2016, your daily digest of all things election. Today: Trump's true motivation for running, Hillary's email scandal continues, and the Trump campaign expands in… Israel?
Today's Headlines
Trump Campaign Chief Steve Bannon Moves Voter Registration To Breitbart Writer's Home After Illegally Registering At Vacant FL Property [The Guardian]
Judge Orders State Department To Search For And Release More Hillary Clinton Emails [Reuters]
Donald Trump Opens A Third Campaign Office In Israel [JTA]
Leaked Emails Show Democratic Dispute Over Hillary Clinton's Differentiation Of Trump From Other Republicans [The Hill]
Rudy Giuliani Says Chris Christie Is Responsible For Donald Trump's Immigration Shift [NJ.com]
Eric Trump Claims Dad Ran Because National Christmas Tree Renamed Holiday Tree — Even Though That Never Happened [TPM]
Trump Campaign Spends Late $8.4 Million To Help Raise Online Funds [NBC News]
The Long And Short Takes
Hillary Clinton Has Been President Before
At Wellesley College, Hillary Clinton began her political career as a freshman who ran the Wellesley Young Republicans, but ended as a moderate who acted as President of the student body. While Clinton's first foray into politics may seem like the minor leagues now, many of her fellow students say that she played an important role in a fraught campus climate.
[Politico]
Will Donald Trump's Campaign Manager Please Stand Up?
When Kellyanne Conway was appointed as campaign manager for the Trump campaign, she broke ground as the first female to hold such a title for a Republican presidential campaign. But after her first week in the role, it's become clear that Conway can't truly be in charge of managing the campaign, as she's spent most of the last week on a national press tour. So who is managing the Trump campaign?
[TPM]
Hot Air
Donald Trump Tells Anderson Cooper There's No Such Thing As The Alt-Right, While Defending Claims That Hillary Clinton Is A 'Bigot'
In an interview with Anderson Cooper last night, Trump reiterated his belief that Hillary Clinton is a 'bigot' while also claiming that the alt-right doesn't exist, despite Trump's campaign chief Steve Bannon claiming that his newsgroup Breitbart represented the movement.
Poll Positions
Latest Polling Average
Clinton: 42.3%; Trump: 37.8%; Johnson: 8.9% [Real Clear Politics]
Latest Odds
Clinton: 82.7%; Trump: 17.3% [FiveThirtyEight]
Clinton: 90%; Trump: 10% [New York Times]
Clinton: 95%; Trump: 5% [Princeton Election Consortium]
Okay everyone, have a great weekend and try to avoid getting called a racist.