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9:10 PM ET, July 22, 2016

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Washington Post:
Donald Trump is a unique threat to American democracy  —  DONALD J. TRUMP, until now a Republican problem, this week became a challenge the nation must confront and overcome.  The real estate tycoon is uniquely unqualified to serve as president, in experience and temperament.
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Alexa Corse / The Daily Beast:
Vice Chair of D.C. GOP to Resign Over Trump Nomination  —  The vice chairman of the Washington, D.C., GOP party plans to resign from his post and vote for libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in November, the longtime Republican operative told The Daily Beast.
Discussion: RedState and The PolitiStick
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Donald Trump's Speech Was Just Another Scam  —  The world he described doesn't exist.  —  CLEVELAND—Here is a line from Donald Trump's speech to the nation, delivered Thursday at the Republican National Convention.  It comes early in the speech, part of his broad case that the United States is soaked in blood and rife with chaos.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Cleveland, the GOP's ‘come-to-Trump moment’
Discussion: New York Times, The Atlantic and Vox
Fox News Insider:
See Which Moment From Trump's Speech This Focus Group REALLY Liked
Discussion: BizPac Review
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Selects Tim Kaine, a Popular Senator From a Swing State, as Running Mate  —  Hillary Clinton named Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia to be her running mate Friday, selecting a battleground state politician with working-class roots and a fluency in Spanish, traits that she believes …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Clinton Picks Tim Kaine As Running Mate  —  Hillary Clinton told supporters on Friday night that she has chosen Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) to be her vice presidential running mate.  —  The news of the selection came in a tweet and a text message to supporters.
Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
Virginia court invalidates Gov. Terry McAuliffe's order restoring felon voting rights  —  The Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled against Gov. Terry McAuliffe's order restoring voting rights to more than 200,000 felons who completed their sentences, a decision that dealt a major blow …
Discussion: RedState
Tyler Pager / Politico:
Democrats unveil sprawling Philly convention stage
Discussion: ABC News and The Hill
Reuters:
Democrat Clinton picks Kaine as vice presidential running mate
Discussion: whorunsGov and Vox Popoli
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: ‘Several dead’ and 10 injured in shooting rampage inside a Munich shopping centre as police hunt gunman  —  At least one person has died and another 10 people are injured after a lone gunman went on a shooting spree in a German shopping centre.
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CNN:
Report: Several killed in shooting at Munich shopping mall  —  (CNN)Gunfire rang out at a shopping mall in the German city of Munich on Friday evening, leaving several people dead and others wounded, CNN affiliate NTV reported.  —  The shooting, which started at about 6 p.m. local …
Harriet Alexander / Telegraph:
Watch live: Munich shooting latest
Discussion: Sky News and Bearing Arms
Nicky Woolf / Guardian:
Munich attack: police say 10 dead including lone gunman - live
Washington Post:
Alleged shooter in Munich spree who killed 9 was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich
Discussion: Hit & Run, Politico, Daily Kos and Guardian
The Intercept:
New Leak: Top DNC Official Wanted to Use Bernie Sanders's Religious Beliefs Against Him  —  Among the nearly 20,000 internal emails from the Democratic National Committee, released Friday by Wikileaks and presumably provided by the hacker “Guccifer 2.0,” is a May 2016 message from DNC CFO Brad Marshall.
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Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
Leaked DNC Emails Reveal Discussions About Attacking Bernie Sanders' Religion
Sam Frizell / TIME:
GOP Shows White Supremacist's Tweet During Trump's Speech  —  The Republican National Convention displayed a tweet by a white-supremacist account during Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech on Thursday night.  —  The tweet, written by the account @Western_Triumph …
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Associated Press:
Ex-KKK Leader David Duke Says He Plans to Run for US Senate  —  Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke announced Friday on his website that he plans to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana.  —  A registered Republican, he would be seeking an open seat vacated by Republican David Vitter.
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Former KKK leader David Duke, citing Trump, announces Senate bid
Susan Wright / RedState:
Rush Limbaugh Shreds Last Bits of Dignity to Idolize Trump and Trash Ted Cruz  —  If you want to know how a raging, barely coherent, lifelong Manhattan liberal became the new face of the GOP, look at traitorous talking heads like Rush Limbaugh.  —  After last night's funeral for the Republican party …
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Make America Hate Again  —  They didn't riot in the streets of Cleveland, as Donald Trump said his supporters would do had things not gone his way.  But you saw the raw essence of a riot, the madness and loss of reason, on display in four days of chaos at the Republican National Convention.
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David Brooks / New York Times:   The Death of the Republican Party
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Five ways Trump's convention was a success
John Siciliano / Washington Examiner:
Kerry: Refrigerator chemicals are just as bad as ISIS  —  Air conditioners and refrigerators pose as big a threat to “life on the planet” as the threat of terrorism, Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday.  —  Kerry was in Vienna negotiating a global climate deal to phase out chemicals used …
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Alyssa Canobbio / Washington Free Beacon:
Kerry: Air Conditioners as Big a Threat as ISIS
Discussion: Jihad Watch
GOPLifer:
Resignation letter  —  Yesterday I resigned my position in the York Township Republican Committeemen's Organization.  Below is the letter I sent to the chairman explaining my decision.  —  Chairman Cuzzone:  —  We come together in political parties to magnify our influence.
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg.com:
Trump Would Fund Super-PACs Aimed at Taking Down Cruz, Kasich  —  Donald Trump plans to create and fund super-PACs specifically aimed at ending the political careers of Ted Cruz and John Kasich should either run for office again, after both snubbed the Republican nominee during his party's convention …
Discussion: Business Insider
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Two Middle East locations hit 129 degrees, hottest ever in Eastern Hemisphere, maybe the world  —  The temperature in Mitribah, Kuwait, surged Thursday to a blistering 129.2 degrees (54 Celsius).  And on Friday in Basra, Iraq, the mercury soared to 129.0 degrees (53.9 Celsius).
Tony Plohetski / Austin Investigative News …:
Violent arrest of teacher caught on video; officers face investigation  —  Officials are investigating an Austin police officer's violent arrest of an African-American elementary school teacher who was twice thrown to the ground during a traffic stop for speeding and comments by a second officer …
Nick Fletcher / Guardian:
Britain's economy shrinking at fastest rate since 2009, says survey  —  Report on confidence and manufacturing signals 0.4% reduction in GDP imminent  —  The UK economy shrank at its fastest rate since the peak of the financial crisis seven years ago, after the vote to leave the European Union …
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Paul Hannon / Wall Street Journal:
PMI Data Point to Sharp Slowdown in U.K. Economy Following Brexit Vote
Discussion: CNBC, Forbes and Mother Jones
 
 
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The student loan debt crisis is overblown. The real problem is college completion rates.
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
More Hillary Clinton Emails to Be Released, Despite Conclusion of Criminal Probe
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Paul Begala / CNN:
Trump's midnight in America
Discussion: The Nation
Rich Miller / Bloomberg:
Wealth Bubble In ‘Scary Graph’ Flashes Warning About Future U.S. Downturn
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