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Breitbart:
Exclusive — Sarah Palin to Ted Cruz: Delete Your Career — In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, former Alaska Governor and 2008 Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin weighed in on Senator Ted Cruz's refusal to honor his pledge and endorse the GOP nominee Donald Trump.
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
I Choose Ted — I find it nothing short of hilarious how so many seasoned political journalists (including many of my colleagues — and betters — at Fox) are visibly shocked and appalled by what Cruz did last night. Ever since I was a kid, the political press — left, right, and center …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump taunts GOP in private donor meeting — CLEVELAND — Just hours before accepting the Republican Party's presidential nomination, Donald Trump taunted his party on Thursday, ripping into his rivals and joking that, had he run as an independent, he could have defeated the GOP.
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
‘Vote Your Conscience’ Was A Rorschach Test, And Donald Trump's Campaign Failed — It didn't have to be a complete disaster. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) didn't say a negative thing about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Cleveland on Wednesday night.
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Cruz Campaign Manager: Christie “Turned Over His Political Testicles Long Ago” — Jeff Roe responded to the New Jersey governor's criticism of Cruz's convention speech. — Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images — Ted Cruz's campaign manager responded on Thursday to Chris Christie's criticism …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Michael Moore: Trump is going to win — Michael Moore is predicting a Donald Trump — victory in November. — The liberal filmmaker shared his prediction at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland during a special edition of the longtime HBO political panel program “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
The RNC is Officially More Dishonest than the Trump Campaign Itself
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Why Mark Cuban went from saying Trump is the “best thing” for America to #NeverTrump
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Mike Huckabee / Facebook:
The question of the night was whether Ted Cruz would honor …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz's massive political gamble, explained
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Pence: Trump Would Stand by US's NATO Allies
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Cruz's convention gambit backfiring badly—and now he's on the defensive
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: I won't be a ‘servile puppy dog’ for Trump
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kasich doesn't regret skipping convention
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Cruz defends distance from Trump: I won't be ‘servile puppy’
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Ted Cruz ‘Not in the Habit’ of Endorsing People Who Attack His Family
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New York Times:
Transcript: Donald Trump on NATO, Turkey's Coup Attempt and the World — Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, discussed his views on foreign policy in Cleveland on Wednesday with David E. Sanger and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times. Here is an edited transcript of their interview.
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Sets Conditions for Defending NATO Allies Against Attack — CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump, on the eve of accepting the Republican nomination for president, said Wednesday that if he were elected, he would not pressure Turkey or other authoritarian allies about conducting purges …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's nomination is the first time American politics has left me truly afraid — Tonight, Donald J. Trump will accept the Republican Party's nomination for president of the United States. And I am, for the first time since I began covering American politics, genuinely afraid.
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Republicans rip Trump over NATO plan
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Donald Trump's NATO comments are the scariest thing he's said
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21st Century Fox:
Roger Ailes Resigns as Chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and Chairman Fox Television Stations — Rupert Murdoch to Assume Role of Chairman and Acting CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network — 21st Century Fox today announced that Roger Ailes …
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Drudge Report:
AILES STEPS ASIDE AT FOXNEWS; WILL REMAIN AT PARENT COMPANY AS ADVISER — Letter from Roger Ailes To Rupert Murdoch — With your support, I am proud that we have built Fox News and Fox Business Channels into powerful and lucrative news organizations that inform our audience and reward our shareholders.
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The Huffington Post:
Roger Ailes Stepping Down As Fox News CEO As Rupert Murdoch Takes Over Role
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Roger Ailes leaves Fox News
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Johari Canty / WSVN-TV:
Video shows moments before North Miami Police shot unarmed black man — A therapist who works with people with disabilities is telling his story after he said North Miami police shot him while he was trying to help his patient with autism. — Cellphone video was released Wednesday afternoon …
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Charles Rabin / miamiherald:
Cop shoots caretaker of autistic man playing in the street with toy truck — Cellphone video shows the man on ground with hands in the air — As the worker lays there, the autistic man continues to play with his toy — There's no indication a weapon of any type was found at the scene
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Illinois GOP revokes delegate's credentials for ‘racist’ FB post — CLEVELAND - The Illinois Republican Party on Wednesday revoked the convention credentials of a Donald Trump delegate from Chicago “for publicly-made racist comments and threats of violence” on a Facebook posting.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell: Trump ‘wrong’ on NATO
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Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Illinois Republicans remove Trump delegate with ‘whitepride’ social media handle
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Adrian Wojnarowski / Yahoo Sports:
NBA pulls 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, focuses on New Orleans — Without any movement by state legislators in North Carolina to change newly enacted laws targeted at the LGBT community, the NBA is pulling the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, league sources told The Vertical.
Joe Klein / TIME:
An Unhinged Republican Convention and the Nation's Greatest Test — The Republican Convention opened with a distraught mother, tears in her eyes, saying something palpably outrageous: “I blame Hillary Clinton. I blame Hillary Clinton personally for the death of my son-personally.”
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘Private’ video of Virgin Islands Democratic delegate posted online — A “private” videotape of the Virgin Islands' delegate to Congress, Democratic Rep. Stacey Plaskett, which showed her husband naked and wearing makeup, was posted online Wednesday night but later removed, the freshman lawmaker said in a statement Thursday.
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