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8:00 AM ET, July 22, 2016

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Full text: Donald Trump 2016 RNC draft speech transcript — Remarks as prepared for delivery according to a draft obtained by POLITICO Thursday afternoon. — Friends, delegates and fellow Americans: I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.

Ezra Klein / Vox:

Donald Trump doesn't want to make America great. He wants to make it afraid. — Donald Trump is not a candidate the American people would turn to in normal times. He's too inexperienced, too eccentric, too volatile, too risky. Voting Trump is burning down the house to collect the insurance money …

Discussion: bradford-delong.com

Washington Post:

Donald Trump's prepared speech to the Republican National convention, annotated — Donald Trump's prepared remarks accepting the Republican nomination in Cleveland Thursday night were provided on an embargoed basis. The embargo was broken by other news organizations — therefore we are posting them here.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Mother Jones, New York Magazine, TalkLeft, Mashable, Patterico's Pontifications and Reuters

Mary Jordan / Washington Post:

Ivanka Trump introduces her father — with a personal appeal to women — CLEVELAND — Ivanka Trump, the polished, careful daughter of a shoot-from-the-hip presidential candidate, made a personal appeal to women voters tonight who remain skeptical of a Trump presidency, describing her father “as a fighter” for the nation and women.

Discussion: ABC News and Politico

Ezra Klein / Vox:

Donald Trump's nomination is the first time American politics has left me truly afraid — Tonight, Donald J. Trump accepted 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.

Discussion: NBC News, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, The Atlantic, Guardian, Mother Jones, The American Spectator, Business Insider, Mashable, ABC News, Booman Tribune, Politicus USA, YouGov US Opinion Center News, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, The American Conservative, Power Line and CNN

CNN:

Peter Thiel to tell RNC he's proudly gay — Cleveland (CNN)Peter Thiel is set to admonish the GOP for refusing to embrace LGBT rights on stage here tonight. — The tech billionaire will declare to the Republican National Convention that he is proud to be gay, a source familiar with Thiel's remarks told CNN.

Discussion: Recode, The Root, The Verge, KRQE-TV, CBS Philly and fox4kc.com, more at Mediagazer »

Nick Gass / Politico:

Leaked document: Trump will tell the nation, ‘I am your voice’ — Donald Trump will present himself as a big-hearted champion of the everyman on Thursday night as he accepts the Republican Party nomination for president, tempering his hard-edged policies with a protective embrace of those down on their luck.

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post, ABC News, Sputnik International, Hot Air, twitchy.com, The Week, RedState, Hit & Run and Associated Press

New York Times:

In Speech Draft, Donald Trump Offers Himself as Champion of the ‘Forgotten’ — CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump plans to use his prime time acceptance speech on Thursday night to denounce “15 years of wars in the Middle East” and attack politicians in both parties for failing to stand …

Discussion: alicublog, Guardian and JustOneMinute

Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump taunts GOP in private donor meeting

Discussion: Florida Politics, RedState, Daily Wire, New York Times, The Hill, ABC News, KTAR.com, Advocate and Joe.My.God.

Matthew Yglesias / Vox: Donald Trump's law and order acceptance speech didn't feature any actual crime policies

Julia Ioffe / Politico:
‘Republican source’ leaks Trump speech to Dems

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, The Week and The Hill

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Leaked Trump speech came from Republican source: report

Discussion: RedState and The Week

Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Please, can we not grade Donald Trump's acceptance speech on a curve?

Discussion: New York Magazine, Hullabaloo and Media Matters for America

Daniel Pipes / Philly.com:

Why I just quit the Republican Party — The Republican Party nominated Donald Trump as its candidate for president of the United States - and I responded by ending my 44-year GOP membership. — Here's why I bailed, quit, and jumped ship: — First, Trump's boorish, selfish, puerile …

Discussion: Mediaite

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

Liberals press Clinton not to pick Kaine for VP — Liberal Democrats are launching an eleventh-hour campaign against Sen. Tim Kaine — 's presidential ticket. — The advocates say Kaine, a moderate who's risen to the top of the VP shortlist, should be disregarded both for his positions …

Associated Press:
In the swirl of balloons and cheers of the masses, Donald Trump finally …

Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Associated Press

Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
These Ohio voters are being won over by Trump in spite of the chaos

Discussion: Business Insider

Associated Press:
Trump says US will be safer, richer if he is president

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Politico, Breitbart and Fox News

Joe Klein / TIME:
An Unhinged Republican Convention and the Nation's Greatest Test

Discussion: Booman Tribune

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 …

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Ailes, Trump have been counseling each other over the past week

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Week and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: Roger Ailes Resigns From Fox News; Rupert Murdoch to Take Over

New York Times:
Roger Ailes Leaves Fox News, and Rupert Murdoch Steps In

Discussion: BuzzFeed and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Five ways Trump's convention was a success — The Republican National Convention came to a close on Thursday night after a dramatic week marred by a plagiarism controversy involving Melania Trump and a surreal scene in which Ted Cruz — was shouted off the stage.

Sean Davis / The Federalist:
‘Vote Your Conscience’ Was A Rorschach Test, And Donald Trump's Campaign Failed

Discussion: Bloomberg, Hot Air, Washington Times, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, TIME, Daily Wire and Campaign for America's Future

T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Coulter on Cruz's non-endorsement: He's a ‘little bitch’

Discussion: RedState

Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
The RNC is Officially More Dishonest than the Trump Campaign Itself

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, CBS New York and Sputnik International

Tony Romm / Politico:

Thiel urges Republicans to back off ‘culture wars’ — Technology investor Peter Thiel implored Republicans from the convention stage on Thursday against waging “culture wars” on lesbian, gay and transgender communities, mere days after the GOP approved a national platform that defines marriage as between “one man and one woman.”

Discussion: ABC News

David McCabe / The Hill:
Tech investor Thiel to GOP convention: Bathroom bills are a ‘distraction’

Discussion: ABC News

Matt Forney / Media Matters for America:
“RNC Contact” Gave White Supremacist And Virulent Misogynist A Convention Pass

Discussion: RT, Washington Blade, Right On, Media Matters for America and ThinkProgress

Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Illinois GOP revokes delegate's credentials for ‘racist’ FB post

Discussion: Mediaite, WGN-TV, Jezebel, Chicago Tribune, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Joe.My.God.

Media Matters for America:

Fox Host: The RNC Is “The Worst Convention I've Ever Seen” — KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE (CO-HOST): Do you have something positive to say? Do you think it's going better now, or what do you think? — JUAN WILLIAMS (CO-HOST): No, remember yesterday I asked you, you think this convention is a success?

Discussion: Daily Kos

Alexandra Klausner / New York Post:

Male escorts are making crazy money at the RNC — More On: — It's been a great week for gay escorts in Cleveland. — Male prostitutes contacted by The Post said business is booming and Republican National Convention attendees — most of them married — are clamoring for their services.

Discussion: RT, Sputnik International, Liberal Values and Joe.My.God.

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.