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Jason Easley / Politicus USA:
Trump Had To Grab Tourists Off The Street To Fill The Room For VP Announcement — The crowd for Donald Trump's VP announcement was made up of Trump family, friends, and tourists who were pulled off of the street and allowed to come in and watch. — The crowd for Donald Trump's VP announcement …
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Media Matters for America
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New York Times:
A Grounded Plane and Anti-Clinton Passion: How Mike Pence Swayed the Trumps — When mechanical problems grounded Donald J. Trump's private plane on Tuesday night in Indiana, Gov. Mike Pence seized the opportunity. — The jet-setting Mr. Trump had his three oldest children fly to meet …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's speech introducing Mike Pence showed why he shouldn't be president — I do not know how to explain what I just watched. — It should be easy. Donald Trump introduced Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate. There it is. One sentence. Eleven words.
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Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hullabaloo, ABC News, New York Magazine, alan.com, Mother Jones, Politico, Politicus USA, New York Times and Gawker
Associated Press:
The Latest: Pence Back Home in Indiana, Now a VP Candidate — The Latest on the 2016 race for president (all times local): — Now officially part of Donald Trump's presidential ticket, Mike Pence arrived back home in the style of his new boss. — The theme music from the movie …
CBS News:
What Pence thinks of Trump campaign's tone — Presumptive Republican VP nominee Mike Pence comments on the negativity and tone of the Trump presidential campaign — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence comments on the negativity and tone of the political team he joins today as presumptive Republican …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Addresses Turkey Chaos: ‘We Wish Them Well’
Donald Trump Addresses Turkey Chaos: ‘We Wish Them Well’
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The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Elizabeth Dias / TIME:
Donald Trump Told Ally of Mike Pence Decision Wednesday Night
Donald Trump Told Ally of Mike Pence Decision Wednesday Night
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Daily Kos, Guardian, Friendly Atheist, Slate, LifeNews.com and New York Times
Peter Stone / Guardian:
Mike Pence to appear at Trump-skeptic Koch brothers' fundraiser
Mike Pence to appear at Trump-skeptic Koch brothers' fundraiser
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Associated Press
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Turkey coup: Try to picture Donald Trump handling this well
Turkey coup: Try to picture Donald Trump handling this well
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neo-neocon
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump, Pence step into the spotlight together
Trump, Pence step into the spotlight together
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Media Matters for America, Althouse, New York Magazine and Washington Free Beacon
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Not so fast: Defeated anti-Trump delegates vow trouble during the convention
Not so fast: Defeated anti-Trump delegates vow trouble during the convention
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Politico, The Atlantic, The Resurgent, Hot Air and Hullabaloo
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Pence: I'll Stand With Tump, Implement His Policies
Pence: I'll Stand With Tump, Implement His Policies
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Scared Monkeys, Towleroad and Joe.My.God.
Amana Fontanella-Khan / Guardian:
Fethullah Gülen: Turkey coup may have been ‘staged’ by Erdoan regime — Fethullah Gülen, the reclusive cleric blamed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoan for the failed coup in Turkey, believes the uprising by members of the country's military could have been “staged” by the government it aimed to overthrow.
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Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
US would consider extradition request for exiled cleric
US would consider extradition request for exiled cleric
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The Daily Caller, ABC News, Associated Press and CBS Miami
Peter Beaumont / Guardian:
Fethullah Gülen: who is the man Turkey's president blames for coup attempt?
Fethullah Gülen: who is the man Turkey's president blames for coup attempt?
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ABC, Informed Comment, New York Times, Balloon Juice, Instapundit, NPR, Washington Post, Shakesville, Observer, The Week, NBC News, Business Insider, Pamela Geller and France 24
Ali Watkins / BuzzFeed:
Turkey Coup Attempt Caught U.S. Officials Totally Off-Guard
Turkey Coup Attempt Caught U.S. Officials Totally Off-Guard
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Clinton will push constitutional amendment to ‘overturn Citizens United’ — ST. LOUIS — Hillary Clinton will call for a constitutional amendment to “overturn Citizens United” in her first 30 days as president and plans to make that announcement today to progressive activists at the annual Netroots Nation conference.
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: I will introduce campaign finance amendment in first 30 days
Clinton: I will introduce campaign finance amendment in first 30 days
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Power Line and RedState
The Hill:
Trump campaign solicits illegal foreign donations despite warnings — 's campaign is still soliciting illegal donations from foreign individuals - including members of foreign governments at their official email addresses — weeks after the campaign was put on notice by watchdog groups.
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WhoWhatWhy and RedState
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Reeling from Falling Polls, Paul Ryan Floods District with Mailers on Border Security After Funding Every Obama Open Borders Initiative — Following a new primary election poll showing that House Speaker Paul Ryan has plummeted to well below 50 percent in his home district …
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PoliPundit.com and Independent Journal Review
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump-Pence campaign unveils new logo — and Mike Pence's campaign unveiled their new logo on Saturday, one day after a logo for the campaign was widely mocked on social media for appearing to be sexually suggestive. — The new image, which shows the two candidate's names over the slogan …
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Hot Air
Stanley Fish / New York Times:
Professors, Stop Opining About Trump — PROFESSORS are at it again, demonstrating in public how little they understand the responsibilities and limits of their profession. — On Monday a group calling itself Historians Against Trump published an “Open Letter to the American People.”
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Althouse
Lee Stranahan / Breitbart:
28 Pages Suggest Huma-Connected Group Funded Terrorism — The declassified “28 Pages” released by Congress Friday afternoon concerning 9/11, terror funding, and Saudi Arabia contains a bombshell piece of information: The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) is specifically named …
Naja Rayne / People.com:
Ivanka Trump's Rabbi Pulls Out of Speaking Engagement at Republican National Convention — Haskel Lookstein — rabbi to Ivanka Trump — has pulled out of his speaking commitment at the Republican National Convention, according to a report. — In an email obtained by Politico …
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Politico