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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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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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BBC:
Munich shooting: Police hunt ‘attackers’ — Police in the German city of Munich say the perpetrators of a shooting attack are still on the run, and they advise people to avoid public places. — There are reports of at least six people killed, but police have not confirmed that figure.
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Joern Poltz / Reuters:
Multiple deaths at shooting rampage in German shopping mall: police
Multiple deaths at shooting rampage in German shopping mall: police
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The Last Refuge and The Other McCain
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Munich shooting: at least six people killed and several injured - live updates
Munich shooting: at least six people killed and several injured - live updates
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Breaking: Mass Shooting in Munich Shopping Mall
Breaking: Mass Shooting in Munich Shopping Mall
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Shots Fired at Shopping Mall in Munich
Shots Fired at Shopping Mall in Munich
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TalkLeft and Joe.My.God.
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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RedState and Media Matters for America
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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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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Displays Tweet From White Supremacist As Trump Accepts Nom
RNC Displays Tweet From White Supremacist As Trump Accepts Nom
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Little Green Footballs, Mediaite, The Week, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress and Guardian
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Former KKK leader David Duke, citing Trump, announces Senate bid
Former KKK leader David Duke, citing Trump, announces Senate bid
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Washington Monthly
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
10 Moments That Mattered at the Republican National Convention
10 Moments That Mattered at the Republican National Convention
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Associated Press, Politico and The Hill
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
White Supremacist David Duke Announces US Senate Run With Praise for Donald Trump
White Supremacist David Duke Announces US Senate Run With Praise for Donald Trump
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The American Spectator
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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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 …
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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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Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Allen B. West
Fox News Insider:
See Which Moment From Trump's Speech This Focus Group REALLY Liked
See Which Moment From Trump's Speech This Focus Group REALLY Liked
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BizPac Review
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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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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Power Line, neo-neocon and National Review
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Tim Kaine Seems Likely for Hillary Clinton's No. 2, but Liberals Balk — Democrats close to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign signaled strongly Thursday that she would choose Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia as her running mate, rounding out the ticket with a popular politician from a battleground state.
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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ABC News, Washington Post and Liberty Unyielding
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: I wouldn't accept Cruz endorsement
Trump: I wouldn't accept Cruz endorsement
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ABC News, Hot Air and No More Mister Nice Blog
Dan Spinelli / Politico:
Trump revives rumor linking Cruz's father to JFK assassination
Trump revives rumor linking Cruz's father to JFK assassination
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Washington Post, The Week, New York Times, Joe.My.God. and Washington Free Beacon
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
APD investigating officers' actions in teacher's 2015 arrest
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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.
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Donald Trump's RNC Speech Tops Romney With 31.5 Million Viewers, Falls Far Short of McCain — Updated numbers have the GOP candidate's speech on par with 2012 — with CNN scoring a high for RNC coverage. — The Republican National Convention clearly reached its crescendo on Thursday night.
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Mediaite, Hot Air, The Resurgent and Deadline
miamiherald:
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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