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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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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Donald Trump's RNC Speech Was a Terrifying Display of Nightmarish Authoritarianism — Donald Trump's speech accepting the Republican nomination was easily the most overt display of authoritarian fear-mongering I can remember seeing in American politics. The entire speech was dark and dystopian …
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Yahoo! Finance:
INSTANT POLL: Trump's speech was a hit with voters — (Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he acknowledges the crowd at the end of the Republican National Convention.McNamee/Getty Images) — The majority of viewers who watched Donald Trump's speech …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In Cleveland, the GOP's ‘come-to-Trump moment’ — CLEVELAND — There's always been a disconnect between what pundits and political insiders hear when Donald Trump speaks and what rank-and-file Republicans hear. But when Trump gave his acceptance address on the last night of the GOP convention …
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Displays Tweet From White Supremacist As Trump Accepts Nom — As Donald Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday night, a tweet from a white supremacist account was broadcast through the convention hall at Quicken Loans Arena. … User @Western_Triumph's tweet itself was generic …
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Politico:
Full text: Donald Trump 2016 RNC draft speech transcript
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
What Trump says about crime in America and what is really going on
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
10 Moments That Mattered at the Republican National Convention
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Vanilla nice: Signs point to Kaine as Clinton's VP choice — Hillary Clinton's veepstakes is ending the way it began: with the humble-but-sturdy Tim Kaine sitting at the top of her list. — After an extensive, months-long process during which the campaign considered a host of different options …
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Associated Press:
In the swirl of balloons and cheers of the masses, Donald Trump finally …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Tim Kaine Seems Likely for Hillary Clinton's No. 2, but Liberals Balk
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Luciana Lopez / Reuters:
Undocumented immigrants given roles at Democratic convention
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Death of the Republican Party — CLEVELAND — On the surface, this seems like a normal Republican convention. There are balloon drops, banal but peppy music from the mid-1970s and polite white people not dancing in their seats. — But this is not a normal convention.
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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.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: I wouldn't accept Cruz endorsement — Donald Trump would not accept Ted Cruz's endorsement even if he offered it to him, the Republican nominee said Friday, two days after the Texas senator declined to back him in epic fashion during his convention speech. — “He's fine. I don't want his endorsement.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Scott Walker: Cruz Wrong To Say “Vote Your Conscience”
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Dan Spinelli / Politico:
Trump revives rumor linking Cruz's father to JFK assassination
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Demagogue Rises — Donald Trump delivered the longest …
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 …
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Tegna / KVUE-TV:
APD investigating officers' actions in teacher's 2015 arrest — Investigation into uncovered police video … AUSTIN - Officials are investigating two police officers after the violent arrest of an African-American elementary school teacher in June 2015. — Video obtained exclusively …
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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 …
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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.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
This week we saw that the Republican Party — not just Trump — is the problem — So much has been written and said about Donald Trump's manifest unfitness for office that at this point there's hardly any reason to dwell further on it. But a national convention isn't just about a single candidate.
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Donald Trump: The candidate of the apocalypse
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump doesn't want to make America great. He wants to make it afraid.
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Thiel: Fake Culture Wars Only Distract Us From Our Economic Decline — Paypal founder and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Peter Thiel spoke on the fourth night of the 2016 Republican National Convention. — “I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all I am proud to be an American,” he said.
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Bullet that struck caregiver was meant to protect him, police union prez says — Police union president says the cop was aiming at autistic man sitting on the ground — Cops say 911 caller said suicidal man had a gun on the street — Charles Kinsey, who was shot, said he told police there was no weapon
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Did The Trump Campaign Just Get Hit With The Monica Langley Curse? — A Langley profile has often come with something reminiscent of the curse of the Sports Illustrated cover. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post … CLEVELAND As Eric Trump was set to begin …
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