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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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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kaine's VP pick greeted by blowback from progressive groups — RICHMOND — Even before Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.) was unveiled Friday as Hillary Clinton's running mate, liberal groups were teed up to criticize the pick. — Kaine's boosters say that Kaine, a former Virginia governor …
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Politico and New York Times
Annie Karni / Politico:
Vanilla nice: Why Hillary picked Kaine — When Hillary Clinton announced Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate Friday evening, she made a characteristically cautious but responsible choice — indicating that in her pick she was more concerned with finding a long-term governing partner than an electrifying campaigner on the road.
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Sen. Timothy M. Kaine of Virginia chosen as Hillary Clinton's VP
Sen. Timothy M. Kaine of Virginia chosen as Hillary Clinton's VP
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NBC News:
Clinton VP Pick To Be Announced Friday Afternoon
Clinton VP Pick To Be Announced Friday Afternoon
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Clinton Picks Tim Kaine As Running Mate
Clinton Picks Tim Kaine As Running Mate
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Evan Popp / ThinkProgress:
What You Need To Know About Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's Vice President Pick
What You Need To Know About Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's Vice President Pick
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The Intercept:
Hours Before Hillary Clinton's VP Decision, Likely Pick Tim Kaine Praises the TPP
Hours Before Hillary Clinton's VP Decision, Likely Pick Tim Kaine Praises the TPP
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ThinkProgress, Common Dreams, Washington Post, The Daily Caller and Independent Journal Review
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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Washington Post:
Alleged shooter in Munich spree who killed 9 was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich … [BREAKING:Alleged shooter in Munich spree who killed 9 was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich] — MUNICH — A gunman carried out a shooting rampage Friday in a busy shopping area of Munich …
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Hit & Run, Daily Kos, Common Dreams and Guardian
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 …
Fox News:
‘TERROR ATTACK IS SUSPECTED’: Many feared dead after shooting spree at Munich shopping center
‘TERROR ATTACK IS SUSPECTED’: Many feared dead after shooting spree at Munich shopping center
Associated Press:
Police give all-clear in Munich shooting; say suspect dead
Police give all-clear in Munich shooting; say suspect dead
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Harriet Alexander / Telegraph:
Watch live: Munich shooting latest
Watch live: Munich shooting latest
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Nicky Woolf / Guardian:
Munich attack: police say 10 dead including lone gunman - live
Munich attack: police say 10 dead including lone gunman - live
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BBC:
Munich shooting: Police hunt ‘attackers’
Munich shooting: Police hunt ‘attackers’
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RT, Daily Wire, Raw Story, Mashable and The Daily Caller
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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alan.com, The Week, Media Matters for America, Guardian and The Atlantic
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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.
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Alexa Corse / The Daily Beast:
Vice Chair of D.C. GOP to Resign Over Trump Nomination
Vice Chair of D.C. GOP to Resign Over Trump Nomination
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The PolitiStick and RedState
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Donald Trump's RNC address could mark the start of an American revival
Donald Trump's RNC address could mark the start of an American revival
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New York Times, ABC News, Mediaite, Common Dreams, Campaign for America's Future, BizPac Review, ThinkProgress and Associated Press
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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The Hill:
Leaked DNC emails reveal secret plans to take on Sanders — Top officials at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) privately planned how to undermine Bernie Sanders — 's presidential campaign, according to a trove of emails released by WikiLeaks on Friday.
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Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, Courthouse News Service, The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Hacked emails are posted online as Democrats' convention nears
Hacked emails are posted online as Democrats' convention nears
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Hit & Run, Mediaite and CBS San Francisco
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 …
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governor.virginia.gov:
Governor McAuliffe Statement on the Virginia Supreme Court Decision on the Restoration of Civil Rights — Governor Terry McAuliffe released the following statement today following the Virginia Supreme Court decision in Howell v. McAuliffe: — “Once again, the Virginia Supreme Court …
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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 …
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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Washington Examiner, Rush Limbaugh and Mediaite
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Washington Post:
The fall of Roger Ailes: He made Fox his ‘locker room’ — and now women are telling their stories — One day in early June, an embattled but determined news anchor, a public relations man and a group of attorneys settled into chairs around the conference table on the 35th floor of a law office on Madison Avenue in Manhattan.
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Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »
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).
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Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog
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 …