Good morning and welcome to Friday, which I’m told is many people’s favorite day of the week. The second presidential debate is Sunday night. We’ll have it on the radio and online at 8. Until then, let’s take a look at the Digest.
1. A U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan this week grew up in Minnesota, and his parents still live in the Marshall area.Staff Sgt. Adam Thomas, 31, died Tuesday in Nangarhar Province from injuries after a bomb exploded, according to Department of Defense. Thomas was a Green Beret who had two previous deployments to Afghanistan and one to Iraq. He was partnered with Afghan forces when he was killed. (Star Tribune)
2. People upset abouta pro-Donald Trump slogan painted on a pedestrian bridge at theUniversity of Minnesota disrupteda campus discussion on Thursday.The event, planned weeks earlier,was to feature remarks by President Eric Kaler, another faculty member and the student body president.But soon after it started, about 200 protesters took over the event and began speaking out about the treatment of students of color at the university. In brief remarks at the end of the event, Kaler said, "The best thing for hate speech is more speech. The best thing for free speech is more speech."(Pioneer Press)
3. Vin Weber of Minnesota is one of 30former House Republicans who signed a letter announcing they won’t vote for Donald Trump for president.The letter made public Thursday calls Trump an “unacceptable danger” to the nation and unqualified to be president. The signatories don’t unify around an alternative choice in the race.Weber says he hasn’t decided whom he will vote for or if he’ll skip that race on his otherwise straight-ticket Republican ballot. (MPR News)
4. I saw the headlines the other day about Bill Clinton calling Obamacare “the craziest thing in the world,” but I didn’t take the time to go back and look at all of what he actually said. This piece does. (Politifact)
5. At a town hall style meeting last night that was said to be a practice session for Sunday night’s debate, Trump was, well, Trump. He was still talking about his faulty microphone from the first debate, and he worked in a series of digs at people he’s upset with, including Hillary Clinton and a few journalists. (Washington Post)
