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Just in: Democrats update platform with Jerusalem, God reference — (CNN) - Democrats voted to update their party's platform Wednesday evening at their convention to include a reference to Jerusalem being the capital of Israel, as well as the insertion of the word “God,” …
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BuzzFeed:
Chaos As Democrats Try To Put Jerusalem, God Back In Platform — Three votes and boos as convention chairman LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pushes through platform amendment after criticism. — Source: youtube.com — The Democratic National Convention dissolved into unexpected procedural …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
DNC's Wasserman Schultz, Gaspard cancel interviews amid platform debacle — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democratic National Committee chiefs Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Patrick Gaspard cancelled interviews with local media outlets tonight, amid controversy surrounding the party's decision to reintroduce “God” and “Jerusalem” to the platform.
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Division over platform at DNC — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two platform planks sparked division at the Democratic National Convention here Wednesday. — Things got so bad that President Barack Obama was forced to personally intervene, ordering language mentioning God and naming Jerusalem as the rightful capital of Israel be added.
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama intervened on God, Jerusalem platform language — CHARLOTTE, N.C. - President Obama ordered his staff to have the Democratic Party's platform language changed to include God and affirm Jerusalem as the proper capital of Israel, a campaign source said Wednesday.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Boos at convention as Dems reinstate language on God and Jerusalem in platform; Update: Obama pushed for language to be added; Update: Or did he? Update: Will MSNBC cover? — The amazing conclusion to yesterday's snafu involving the Democratic platform's language on Israel.
CNN:
TRENDING: First on CNN: DNC secretly scheduled guests: Actresses Johansson, Portman, Washington — Charlotte (CNN) - Clint Eastwood meet Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Kerry Washington. — The three actresses, firmly anchored in Hollywood's royalty, have been secretly scheduled …
CNN:
Ann Romney challenges women to ‘wake up’
Ann Romney challenges women to ‘wake up’
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Democrats Cave on Platform, Make Changes on God, Jerusalem
Democrats Cave on Platform, Make Changes on God, Jerusalem
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Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Michelle Obama's DNC Speech Written at 7 Grade Levels Above Ann Romney's
Michelle Obama's DNC Speech Written at 7 Grade Levels Above Ann Romney's
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
How to Understand the DNC's Jerusalem Imbroglio
How to Understand the DNC's Jerusalem Imbroglio
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Dem. Party Heads Ram Through Pro-Israel and ‘God’ Language, Steam Roll Opposition
Dem. Party Heads Ram Through Pro-Israel and ‘God’ Language, Steam Roll Opposition
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Josh Voorhees / Slate:
With GOP Push, Democrats Find Absent God (in DNC Platform)
With GOP Push, Democrats Find Absent God (in DNC Platform)
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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
RESURRECTION: DNC OVERRULES DELEGATES, RAMS GOD AND JERUSALEM BACK INTO PLATFORM
RESURRECTION: DNC OVERRULES DELEGATES, RAMS GOD AND JERUSALEM BACK INTO PLATFORM
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BuzzFeed:
DNC Chair On Why God/Jerusalem Were Overlooked: The Platform Is Many Pages Long
DNC Chair On Why God/Jerusalem Were Overlooked: The Platform Is Many Pages Long
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CNN:
Convention floor chaos: Democrats alter platform, disagree
Convention floor chaos: Democrats alter platform, disagree
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Michelle Malkin, LifeNews.com and The Brody File
Nikki Haley / CNN:
Haley a Nazi? Democrat not backing down from analogy
Haley a Nazi? Democrat not backing down from analogy
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BuzzFeed:
PricewaterhouseCoopers On Romney's “Ransomed” Tax Returns: We're Working With The Secret Service — The firm from which Anonymous hackers claim to have obtained Romney's tax returns is taking the threat seriously : “[A]t this time there is no evidence that our systems have been compromised.”
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Mashable!:
Hacker Group Claims to Have Romney's Tax Returns … Mitt Romney's tax returns are reportedly in the hands of a team of hackers who plan on releasing them publicly at the end of the month unless a ransom is paid. — The group allegedly obtained the files from PricewaterhouseCooper's Tennessee office …
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Ken Whitehouse / Nashville City Paper:
Anonymous group allegedly hacked Romney tax records via Franklin firm
Anonymous group allegedly hacked Romney tax records via Franklin firm
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Washington Wire, Wonkette and Gawker
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Secret Service Eyes Romney Tax Return Blackmail Attempt
Secret Service Eyes Romney Tax Return Blackmail Attempt
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Tennessean.com, CANNONFIRE and Washington Wire
Fernando Alfonso III / Daily Dot:
Hackers hold Mitt Romney's allegedly stolen tax returns for ransom
Hackers hold Mitt Romney's allegedly stolen tax returns for ransom
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No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Magazine and Business Insider
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
‘Best weather of the entire week’: Local meteorologist puzzled by Obama speech move — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The chief meteorologist at a Charlotte television station is questioning the decision by Democrats to move President Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to a smaller venue because of the weather.
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David Hill / Washington Times:
Sununu: Democrats moved convention indoors because of poor attendance
Sununu: Democrats moved convention indoors because of poor attendance
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Roll Call:
Roll Call - The Newspaper of Capitol Hill Since 1955 At the Races
Roll Call - The Newspaper of Capitol Hill Since 1955 At the Races
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ABCNEWS, The Hill, Balloon Juice and ABCNEWS
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Monica Lewinsky's Former Rabbi To Deliver Benediction After Bill Clinton Speaks At DNC — ABC News' Michael Falcone reports: — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This could get awkward. — Rabbi David Wolpe of Los Angeles' Sinai Temple, where Monica Lewinsky and her family were congregation members …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Republicans push to pre-empt Bill Clinton — Republicans are trying to preempt President Clinton's prime time address to the Democratic convention on Wednesday by claiming the former president will speak more about his economic record than President Obama's.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Clinton on Obama: 'We haven't been close friends' but he knows I support him
Clinton on Obama: 'We haven't been close friends' but he knows I support him
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Politico and Taylor Marsh
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Clinton: Give Obama time to clean up GOP ‘mess’
Clinton: Give Obama time to clean up GOP ‘mess’
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The Hill, Weasel Zippers and Sky Dancing
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
RNC Highlights: Romney Shares Top Billing With Eastwood — Fewer Watch Convention Coverage than in 2008 — OVERVIEW — The public paid far less attention to this year's Republican convention than it did to the GOP convention four years ago. Just 37% say they watched …
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Mike Flynn / BREITBART.COM:
NOT 2008: BIG DROP IN VIEWERS FOR DAY ONE OF DEM CONVENTION
NOT 2008: BIG DROP IN VIEWERS FOR DAY ONE OF DEM CONVENTION
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Dominic Patten / Deadline.com:
RATINGS RAT RACE: Democratic Convention Coverage Drops Double Digits For Networks, 'Hell's Kitchen …
RATINGS RAT RACE: Democratic Convention Coverage Drops Double Digits For Networks, 'Hell's Kitchen …
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Bob Woodward Book: Debt Deal Collapse Led to ‘Pure Fury’ From President Obama — An explosive mix of dysfunction, miscommunication, and misunderstandings inside and outside the White House led to the collapse of a historic spending and debt deal that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner …
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Miranda Green / The Daily Beast:
Speed Read: Juiciest Bits From Bob Woodward's Book ‘Price of Politics’
Speed Read: Juiciest Bits From Bob Woodward's Book ‘Price of Politics’
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
FACT CHECK: FIRST LADY'S FALSE FAIRY TALE OF STRUGGLE — First Lady Michelle Obama's pitch to voters last night relied on the premise that she and her husband understand what it is to struggle to make ends meet. She spoke movingly about their early years—about how a young Barack Obama drove a car that was …
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Tens Of Thousands Of Feminists Call On CNN To Fire Sexist Contributor — This afternoon, in just over one hour, 23,000 people signed a petition asking CNN to fire contributor Erick Erickson. — His offense? He referred to the Democrats' packed list of female speakers at their convention in Charlotte …
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Ryan Nobles / WWBT-TV:
President Obama takes on many topics in one on one interview — For the second time since he was sworn into office, NBC12 was granted a one on one interview with President Barack Obama. — The interview took place after his event Tuesday in Norfolk. — We were given five minutes to talk to the president.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 4: The Simple Case for Why Obama Is the Favorite — I've been tiptoeing around this point, because I don't think that our forecast model ought to represent the totality of our analysis about the election. — But if you look at the right-hand column of this page …
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Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Democratic Disinformation from Charlotte — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We heard a number of dubious or misleading claims on the first night of the Democratic National Convention: — The keynote speaker and others claimed the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, would raise taxes on the “middle class.”