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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.
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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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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 …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
What Trump says about crime in America and what is really going on — When Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president on Thursday night, his remarks — echoing comments made at the convention all week — painted an image of a nation in despair, teetering on the brink of utter lawlessness, violence and chaos.
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump's prepared speech to the Republican National convention, annotated
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New York Times:
In Speech Draft, Donald Trump Offers Himself as Champion of the ‘Forgotten’
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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Trump's Speech Is Good. Really Good — The Federalist publishes …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In his most important speech ever, Trump echoes Richard Nixon
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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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sen. Tim Kaine Seen as Clinton's VP Pick — Virginian with Spanish skills and low-key style could aid Democrat Hillary Clinton in the general election — Hillary Clinton is on the verge of announcing her vice-presidential pick, with Democrats familiar with her search believing she will settle …
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Associated Press:
In the swirl of balloons and cheers of the masses, Donald Trump finally had his Rocky moment after a rocky convention, and now Democrats are eager to step up for their own spectacle. Hillary Clinton is set to snatch attention from Republicans by naming her running mate in advance of the Democratic convention …
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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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Fred Imbert / CNBC:
VC Peter Thiel says 'I'm proud to be gay,' gets applause at RNC — Peter Thiel: Proud to be gay, Republican — Entrepreneur Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, about identity. — CLEVELAND — Peter Thiel received a big applause Thursday night …
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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.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Peter Thiel Comes Out at RNC as Gay Republican - Gets STANDING OVATION (VIDEO)
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Alexandra Klausner / New York Post:
Male escorts are making crazy money at the RNC
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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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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Demagogue Rises — Donald Trump delivered the longest …
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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Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Video: Austin police body-slam black teacher, tell her blacks have ‘violent tendencies’ — Officials in Austin are investigating the violent arrest of a black elementary school teacher who was body-slammed by a white police officer during a traffic stop. — The investigation comes …
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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Jesse Paul / Denver Post:
Colorado town finds THC in its water, warns residents not to drink or bathe in it — Colorado emergency management officials are heading to Hugo — A town on Colorado's Eastern Plains is warning its residents not to drink, bathe in or cook with its water because officials said evidence was found of THC …
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Ben Guarino / Washington Post:
Officials detect THC, marijuana's active ingredient, in Colorado town's public water supply
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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.
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Will Drabold / TIME:
Read Ivanka Trump's Speech at the Republican Convention
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Ezekiel Elliott / TMZ.com:
... Denies Attacking Ex-GF — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has been named a suspect in a domestic violence police report obtained by TMZ Sports ... but the 21-year-old has DENIED any wrongdoing and was NOT arrested. — The female accuser filed a report with the Columbus PD …
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Franklin Foer / Slate:
Donald Trump's Un-American Acceptance Speech — There was no reference to the nation's history, its values, or even its armed forces. There was only Trump. — I am your voice ... the mystical union of leader and nation. Really, that refrain is the essence of Trump's authoritarian threat.
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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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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
The most interesting thing to watch at RNC isn't the speeches. It's the Trump VIP box.
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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 …
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Roger Ailes Resigns as Fox News Chief After Sexual Harassment Accusations
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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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