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How Donald Trump Picked His Running Mate — One day this past May, Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., reached out to a senior adviser to Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, who left the presidential race just a few weeks before. As a candidate, Kasich declared in March that Trump was …
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Melania Trump's Speechwriter Takes Responsibility for Lifted Remarks — CLEVELAND — A longtime employee of the Trump Organization took responsibility for lifting two passages, from a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama, for Melania Trump's address on Monday at the Republican National Convention, saying that it was an innocent mistake.


Trump Biz Staffer Takes Responsibility For Melania Speech Plagiarism — An employee of the Trump Organization, Meredith McIver, took responsibility Wednesday afternoon for lifting lines from Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic convention speech to use in Melania Trump's Monday night speech at the Republican convention in Cleveland.
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How Melania Trump's Speech Veered Off Course and Caused an Uproar — CLEVELAND — It was the biggest speech of Melania Trump's life, and her husband, Donald, wanted it to be perfect. — The Trump campaign turned to two high-powered speechwriters, who had helped write signature political oratory …
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George Stephanopoulos: What You Need to Know About RNC Day 3
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Donald Trump Arrives by Helicopter for Day 3 of RNC
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Lewandowski Has Been Pitching Donors On His Own Pro-Trump Super PAC
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Did the Trump campaign violate federal law by using a Trump organization speechwriter?
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New Details Emerge About Writing of Melania Trump's Speech
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Trump Vets Adviser: Clinton “Should Be Put In The Firing Line And Shot For Treason” — An adviser to Donald Trump on veterans issues said on Tuesday that Hillary Clinton should be put in a firing line and shot for treason. — New Hampshire state representative Al Baldasaro …
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Why the Republican Convention Is So Mean — CLEVELAND—"Lock her up! Lock her up!" Chris Christie nodded his approval as Republican delegates demanded the jailing of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. If the protest was impromptu, it was no accident …
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We Asked Trump Voters, “How Should Hillary Clinton Be Punished?” Their Answers Were Amazing. — On the second night of the Republican convention, Gov. Chris Christie assailed Hillary Clinton in a speech that resembled a mock trial for a long list of her supposed misdeeds …
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‘Brexit Was a Much Stronger Candidate Than Trump,’ Plouffe Says — The manager of Obama's 2008 bid says the success of the pro-Brexit campaign does not foreshadow Trump's victory. — FirstWordNick — The manager of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential bid said Wednesday that the success …


Donald Trump's Thugs: Execute Hillary Clinton for ‘Treason’
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Why RNC Calls To ‘Lock Her Up’ Are Entirely Reasonable
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Updated: Baldasaro doubles down, says Clinton should be ‘put in firing line, shot for treason’
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Lobbyists have raised $7 million for Hillary Clinton. For Trump? Zero
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Third Eye Blind infuriates RNC concertgoers during Rock Hall show — 635615826830590422-CINCpt-09-27-2013- Enquirer-1-E003-2013-09-25-IMG-third- eye-blind-band-1-1-O957TD3D-L292162850- IMG-third-eye-blind-band-1-1-O957TD3D- e1454710611530-1920x1173.jpg — The members of popular 1990s alt-rock band third eye blind.
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Third Eye Blind ‘Repudiates’ Republican Agenda, Draws Boos From GOP Crowd in Cleveland — EMAIL ME — Four years ago, Third Eye Blind singer Stephan Jenkins wrote a commentary for Huffington Post with the headline, “Why We Aren't Playing at the RNC,” saying they couldn't accept an invitation …
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Third Eye Blind troll RNC concertgoers: ‘Raise your hand if you believe in science!’
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WATCH: Breitbart Confronts ‘The Daily Show’ at Milo's ‘Gays for Trump’ Party — CLEVELAND, Ohio — Breitbart News' Joel Pollak sent The Daily Show running for cover, armed only with his cell phone camera, outside a “Gays for Trump” party hosted by Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos near …
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Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Milo Yiannopoulos
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At Gays For Trump Party, The Former Fringe Celebrates Trump's Nomination
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Op-Ed If Trump wins, a coup isn't impossible here in the U.S. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at FreedomFest in July 2015, in Las Vegas, where he criticized Sen. John McCain's military record. (John Locher / Associated Press) — Americans viewing …
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Labor Secretary Tom Perez's Grandfather Served Dominican Dictator — Potential Clinton running mate regularly says his grandfather was exiled for opposing Rafael Trujillo — When U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez talks about his ancestry, he routinely mentions that his grandfather was expelled …
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Rape victim put in jail after breakdown on witness stand — By Jace Larson - Investigative Reporter , Dominique Sachse - Anchor , Aaron Wische - Senior Executive Producer , Debbie Strauss - Special Projects Producer — HOUSTON - A rape victim who had a mental breakdown while testifying …


Backlash, apology after candidate calls judge ‘800-lb Silverback Alpha Male’ — Judge Gregory C. Pittman, left, and judicial candidate Eric C. Grimm are pictured. (courtesy photos) — MUSKEGON, MI - A judicial candidate felt a public backlash last week after spreading around …


Appeals court says Texas voter ID law has ‘discriminatory effect’ — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Wednesday found that Texas's strict voter-ID law has a discriminatory effect on minority voters, and it ordered a lower court to come up with a fix for the law in time for the November elections.
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Demonstrators burn flag outside of GOP convention — A dozen people changed into T-shirts bearing the Revolutionary Communist Party name shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. — The group set a flag on fire after chanting “America Was Never Great,” before Cleveland police officers moved in with a fire extinguisher.
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Liberal GQ Magazine Writer on Mother of Benghazi Victim: ‘I would like to beat her to death’ — Liberals lost their minds when Pat Smith spoke at the GOP convention last night. They can't stand hearing someone who lost her son (and was lied to by Hillary Clinton about why it happened) telling the truth.
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