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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Baton Rouge Shooter Gavin Eugene Long Was Nation Of Islam Member, Railed Against ‘Crackers’ On YouTube Channel [VIDEO] — A Youtube account operated by Gavin Eugene Long and discovered by The Daily Caller reveals key insight into what might have motivated the 29-year-old black man …
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NBC News:
Gavin or ‘Cosmo’? Baton Rouge Shooter Left Long, Twisted Digital Footprint — The suspect in the fatal shooting of three Baton Rouge cops maintained a robust social media presence and a website called Convos With Cosmo in which he describes himself as a “freedom strategist, mental game coach …
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Guardian, BuzzFeed, Kansas City Star, Hot Air, AOL and Business Insider
CBS News:
Dead Baton Rouge shooter attacked police on his birthday — BATON ROUGE, La. — The deceased suspect in the deadly shooting of Baton Rouge law enforcement officers appeared to have attacked police on his 29th birthday, CBS News has learned. — The suspect has been identified …
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The Advocate:
‘Humble, kind, sweet,’ new dad Montrell Jackson one of Baton Rouge officers killed in attack — Montrell Jackson was identified as one of the three officers killed in Baton Rouge on Saturday. (Photo from Facebook) — Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK — Baton Rouge Police …
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
The Fire Spreads — Three cops dead in Baton Rouge, and the analogies to the 1960s deepen. — Public safety — Perhaps it will turn out that the latest assassination of police officers, this time in Baton Rouge, is unrelated to the hatred fomented by the Black Lives Matter movement.
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The White House and Power Line
Associated Press:
Obama Urges Americans to Tamp Down Inflammatory Rhetoric
Obama Urges Americans to Tamp Down Inflammatory Rhetoric
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Politico, Power Line, Associated Press, KRQE-TV, Breitbart, National Review, BizPac Review, Washington Post and CBS Pittsburgh
NBC News:
Suspected Baton Rouge Shooter Hinted at Defense of ‘Justice’
Suspected Baton Rouge Shooter Hinted at Defense of ‘Justice’
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Andrew Holleran / College Spun:
Facebook Post From Baton Rouge Police Officer Killed Today Is Going Viral
Facebook Post From Baton Rouge Police Officer Killed Today Is Going Viral
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Washington Post, WHNT-TV and WCTX-TV
New York Times:
Baton Rouge Shooting Jolts a Nation on Edge
Baton Rouge Shooting Jolts a Nation on Edge
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New York Magazine, Breitbart, Media Matters for America, Balloon Juice, Little Green Footballs, The Atlantic, CBS News and CityLab
The Daily Beast:
Slain Baton Rouge Cop's Haunting Facebook Plea: 'Please Don't Let Hate Infect Your Heart.'
Slain Baton Rouge Cop's Haunting Facebook Plea: 'Please Don't Let Hate Infect Your Heart.'
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The Week, CBS New York and Mediaite
Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed:
Here Are The Victims Of The Baton Rouge Attack
Here Are The Victims Of The Baton Rouge Attack
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Washington Post, NBC News and New York Magazine
2016 GOP Convention:
2016 GOP Convention Program Announced — CLEVELAND, Ohio - Jeff Larson, CEO of the 2016 Republican National Convention, today released an updated program for the “Make America Great Again” convention, July 18-21, in Cleveland. — Veterans, political outsiders, faith leaders …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Curtain goes up on Trump show — The curtain is about to rise on the most extraordinary political convention of modern times. — , a man who has never run for political office before, is about to become the Republican presidential nominee. — Trump has flouted every rule of campaigning known …
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Cleveland police union asks for suspension of ‘open carry’ in wake of Baton Rouge, ahead of RNC — Witness describes Baton Rouge police shootout scene — Cleveland, Ohio (CNN)The head of one of Cleveland's largest police unions is calling on Ohio Gov. John Kasich to temporarily restrict …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump to roll out potential Cabinet picks at convention: report
Trump to roll out potential Cabinet picks at convention: report
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
The Republican Ticket: Trump and Pence — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, speak to Lesley Stahl in their first joint interview — The following is a script from “The Republican Ticket” which aired on July 17, 2016.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's answer on Mike Pence's Iraq vote is really something — One section of the first joint interview by the presumptive Republican ticket reveals a great deal about the man at its top. — CBS's Lesley Stahl asked Donald Trump if he would send troops to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Four times Donald Trump answered Mike Pence's questions on ‘60 Minutes’
Four times Donald Trump answered Mike Pence's questions on ‘60 Minutes’
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Political Wire and CNBC
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All — “The Art of the Deal” made America see Trump as a charmer with an unfailing knack for business. Tony Schwartz helped create that myth—and regrets it. — Last June, as dusk fell outside Tony Schwartz's sprawling house, on a leafy back road in Riverdale …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump stood on a — debate stage in downtown Detroit, surrounded by haters he was determined to dispatch: Liddle Marco to his right, Lyin' Ted to his left, Megyn Kelly at the moderator's table straight ahead, and — somewhere out there, in a darkened living room 1,500 miles away — me.
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Washington Post and National Review
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Cleveland Police Association President Steve Loomis: Obama “Has Blood On His Hands” — Detective Steve Loomis said that the shootings of police officers, from Dallas to now, started with what he deemed as a completely false narrative that police are ‘racist.’
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Los Angeles Times and Bearing Arms
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Manafort Confirms Christie Was ‘Livid’ He Wasn't Picked To Be Trump's VP — New Jersey governor Chris Christie was reportedly enraged he didn't earn the VP spot, according to a top Trump campaign official. — While minding my own business at the Starbucks inside the Westin hotel this morning …
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The Federalist and The Resurgent
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Susan Wright / RedState:
Months of Servitude With No Payoff Has Left Chris Christie “Livid”
Months of Servitude With No Payoff Has Left Chris Christie “Livid”
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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Donald Trump doesn't read much. Being president probably wouldn't change that. — NEW YORK — As he has prepared to be named the Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump has not read any biographies of presidents. He said he would like to someday. — He has no time to read, he said: “I never have.
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Raw Story, The Week and Political Wire