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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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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 …
Fox News Insider:
See Which Moment From Trump's Speech This Focus Group REALLY Liked
Discussion: BizPac Review
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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Harriet Alexander / Telegraph:
Watch live: Munich shooting latest  —  Play!  —  Live  —  Munich police are hunting for three gunmen who they believe have carried out attacks at three locations in the city.  —  On Twitter, the local forces said shootings had taken place at Hanauer Straße, then the Riesstraße, and also at theOlympia shopping center.
Discussion: Sky News and Bearing Arms
Joern Poltz / Reuters:
Multiple deaths at shooting rampage in German shopping mall: police
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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Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
Leaked DNC Emails Reveal Discussions About Attacking Bernie Sanders' Religion  —  Leaked emails reveal how top officials at the DNC discussed undermining Bernie Sanders' campaign during the Democratic primary, specifically by trying to push a narrative about the senator's religion or lack thereof.
Discussion: Slate
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.
RT:
New Hillary leak: Wikileaks releases 20K DNC emails
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
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: I wouldn't accept Cruz endorsement
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Scott Walker: Cruz Wrong To Say “Vote Your Conscience”
Discussion: National Review
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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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Tim Kaine Seems Likely for Hillary Clinton's No. 2, but Liberals Balk
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:   Liberal group: Kaine could be ‘disastrous’ VP pick
Tyler Pager / Politico:
Democrats unveil sprawling Philly convention stage
Discussion: ABC News
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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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Former KKK leader David Duke, citing Trump, announces Senate bid
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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John Siciliano / Washington Examiner:
Kerry: Refrigerator chemicals are just as bad as ISIS  —  Air conditioners and refrigerators pose as big a threat to “life on the planet” as the threat of terrorism, Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday.  —  Kerry was in Vienna negotiating a global climate deal to phase out chemicals used …
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Alyssa Canobbio / Washington Free Beacon:
Kerry: Air Conditioners as Big a Threat as ISIS
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati cop's alarming post on Facebook  —  The Cincinnati Police Department is reviewing a Facebook post by a black officer that referenced white officers “looking for a reason to kill a black man.”  —  Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac said in a Thursday statement the post …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Root
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).
CNN:
Obama: Trump's doom-and-gloom doesn't match reality  —  Washington (CNN)The deeply pessimistic outlook that Donald Trump offered at this week's Republican National Convention doesn't match reality, President Barack Obama insisted on Friday.  —  Noting he didn't watch Trump's prime …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama unloads on Trump, promises to protect Mexico relationship
Discussion: ABC News
Paul Hannon / Wall Street Journal:
PMI Data Point to Sharp Slowdown in U.K. Economy Following Brexit Vote  —  The PMI fell sharply to its lowest level since early 2009; Treasury chief says government could adjust fiscal policy to support the economy  —  The U.K. economy likely contracted in July as businesses responded …
Discussion: CNBC, Forbes and Mother Jones
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Nick Fletcher / Guardian:
Britain's economy shrinking at fastest rate since 2009, says survey
Discussion: France 24 and Eschaton
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.
Discussion: The Week and Guardian
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-checking Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the 2016 RNC  —  The dark portrait of America that Donald J. Trump sketched in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention is a compendium of doomsday stats that fall apart upon close scrutiny.
 
 
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