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CNN:
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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Zeke Miller / 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 …
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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Power Line, Mediaite and ABCNEWS
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 …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: Boos at convention as Dems reinstate language on God and Jerusalem in platform; Update …
Oh my: Boos at convention as Dems reinstate language on God and Jerusalem in platform; Update …
CNN:
Ann Romney challenges women to ‘wake up’
Ann Romney challenges women to ‘wake up’
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ABCNEWS, The Maddow Blog, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Taylor Marsh and Scared Monkeys
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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Politico, Hullabaloo, CNN, Daily Kos and Lawyers, Guns & Money
CNN:
Convention floor chaos: Democrats alter platform, disagree
Convention floor chaos: Democrats alter platform, disagree
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LifeNews.com and The Brody File
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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Nice Deb, Wizbang, “The Lid” and Fox News Insider
CNN:
TRENDING: No balloons to close Democratic convention
TRENDING: No balloons to close Democratic convention
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Politico, ABCNEWS and ThinkProgress
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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Politico, Michelle Malkin, ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Washington Examiner
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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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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
Matt Bai / The Caucus:
In Clinton and Warren, Competing Messages for the Middle Class
In Clinton and Warren, Competing Messages for the Middle Class
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New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog and Balloon Juice
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Democratic Headliners in Good Favor With Most Americans
Democratic Headliners in Good Favor With Most Americans
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GOP 12, Polling Matters and Liberal Values
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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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
DNC 2012: Obama's crowd downsized by 50K — The audience for President Barack Obama's convention speech just got a lot smaller - and Republicans think they know why. — The Democrats' decision Wednesday to move Obama's acceptance address from the outdoor Bank of America Stadium to the indoor …
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ABCNEWS
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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Blue Crab Boulevard and The Daily Caller
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Kal Penn: President Obama ‘consistent’ on marijuana policy
Kal Penn: President Obama ‘consistent’ on marijuana policy
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Hit & Run, ThinkProgress and Election 2012
Daily Mail:
Democrats WILL move Obama's big speech from 74,000-seater outdoor stadium to smaller indoor …
Democrats WILL move Obama's big speech from 74,000-seater outdoor stadium to smaller indoor …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
GOP Rep. McHenry taunts Obama for moving convention speech to smaller venue
GOP Rep. McHenry taunts Obama for moving convention speech to smaller venue
Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama speech moved indoors
Obama speech moved indoors
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CNN, Weekly Standard, Firedoglake, Taylor Marsh and The Caucus
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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Daily Dot, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, VentureBeat, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Raw Story
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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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Politico, ABCNEWS, Towleroad News #gay and Booman Tribune
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, Tennessean.com, Wonkette, Gawker and Business Insider
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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The Fix, Firedoglake, Ross Douthat, The Hill, Political Capital, Politico, Outside the Beltway, Deadline.com, ThinkProgress, Washington Examiner, GOP 12, Daily Kos and FiveThirtyEight
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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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Deadline.com, Doug Ross, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, NO QUARTER and PoliPundit.com
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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NO QUARTER
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 …
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.”
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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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Weekly Standard, Guardian, Prairie Weather and The Daily Dish
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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The Raw Story, Sky Dancing, The Huffington Post and ECHIDNE of the snakes
Lee Fang / thenation.com/blogs/168901:
Exclusive: Paul Ryan Quietly Requested Obamacare Cash — Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is barnstorming the country, promising to repeal every provision of the Affordable Care Act if the Romney-Ryan ticket is elected. But a letter he wrote to the Obama administration may undermine this message.
Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Michelle Obama's DNC Speech Written at 7 Grade Levels Above Ann Romney's — The First Lady's speech Tuesday was written at a 12th grade level - the highest in history among the wives of presidential nominees and far above Ann Romney's lowest mark of a 5th grade level
Wall Street Journal:
The Marriage Problem That Comes Every Four Years — The election season, now in full swing, poses a serious threat to relationships between people with different political views. But acceptance is key, says one expert. — As Isaac Pollak, an ardent Republican, kissed his wife goodbye …
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