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Holy Crap, Tim Kaine Just Killed It In His First Speech With Clinton — He spoke Spanish to the cheering crowds and delivered a healthy dose of humility in a diseased election year. In other words, Tim Kaine just took America by storm. — Holy crap. He killed it. — I'm not trying to spin you.
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miamiherald and alan.com
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KNOWING Kaine — EXCLUSIVE: Republicans for Hillary interview — WEEKEND READS! — B'DAY: David Brock — Happy Saturday! The Democratic convention kicks off Monday — but the soft beginning is tomorrow, when Sunday shows broadcast from Philly. CBS's John Dickerson …

Inside the VP hunt: How Clinton picked Kaine — They had to turn over every password for every social media account for every member of their families. — They had to list every piece of property they'd ever owned, and copies of every résumé that they'd put out for the past 10 years.
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Washington Post

The Latest: Effort to Eliminate Superdelegates Fails
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ABC News, Politico and Washington Times

The Swing-State Appeal of Mr. Kaine
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USA Today, No More Mister Nice Blog, Media Matters for America, Vox, Politico, NPR, Washington Post and The Huffington Post

Clinton VP pick could face liberal ire
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Politico, Instapundit, Washington Post, Bloomberg and Clayton Cramer

Tim Kaine Boycotted Netanyahu Speech, Backed Iran Deal
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review, Politico and ThinkProgress


Bernie Sanders Campaign Chief Says Someone Must Be ‘Accountable’ for What DNC Emails Show — Bernie Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said his team was “disappointed” by the emails from the Democratic National Committee leaked through WikiLeaks, which seemed to reveal staff in the party working to support Hillary Clinton.
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The Moderate Voice, The Right Scoop and Associated Press
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NOTE TO SANDERS SUPPORTERS: Bernie Would Have Won If Not for Super Delegate System! — The Democrat National Convention (DNC) starts this week. By the end of the week Hillary Clinton will be crowned the Democrat Candidate for President in spite of the many scandals surrounding her and her husband.


Twitter accused of suppressing DNC Wikileaks story
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The Right Scoop

Outcry from Sanders supporters after leaked DNC ‘atheism’ emails
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Politico, Independent Journal Review, Instapundit and New York Magazine


Trump Says He Prevented Cruz Being ‘Ripped’ Off Stage in Cleveland — The Republican presidential nominee gives his first interview since the Republican National Convention. — kevcirilli — In his first interview since the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump said he prevented Ted Cruz …
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Politico, SOOPERMEXICAN, The Right Scoop, Hot Air and Business Insider
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Influential Donors Criticize Ted Cruz for His G.O.P. Convention Speech — In an extraordinary public rebuke, two influential donors who were among the biggest supporters of Senator Ted Cruz's presidential campaign excoriated Mr. Cruz on Saturday for his decision not to endorse Donald J. Trump at the Republican National Convention.
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Independent Journal Review

Trump Would Fund Super-PACs Aimed at Taking Down Cruz, Kasich
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Patterico's Pontifications, neo-neocon, The Daily Caller, Hullabaloo, Business Insider, electionlawblog.org and Bloomberg


BBC Scrubs ‘Ali’ From Munich Killer's Name On TV, In Articles, AND On Social Media — The BBC has unilaterally chosen not to report the Munich attacker's full name, in what appears to be an attempt to scrub any Muslim or Islamic heritage link to its coverage of the incident.
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Power Line, Daily Mail, The Last Refuge and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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Live Munich shooting: Teenage killer Ali Sonboly 'inspired by far-right terrorist Anders Breivik …
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Mirror.co.uk, Allen B. West, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Jihad Watch, RT and BBC


Trump & Putin. Yes, It's Really a Thing — Over the last year there has been a recurrent refrain about the seeming bromance between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. More seriously, but relatedly, many believe Trump is an admirer and would-be emulator of Putin's increasingly autocratic and illiberal rule.
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Politicus USA, Marginal REVOLUTION and NoisyRoom.net


At Fox News, Kisses, Innuendo, Propositions and Fears of Reprisal — In 2006, after nearly a decade at CNN, Rudi Bakhtiar came to the Fox News Channel's headquarters in New York with a command of foreign policy, an appealing personality and a delivery that easily switched between light and serious.
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Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Praxis and Jezebel, more at Mediagazer »


Donald Trump Is Crazy, and So Is the GOP for Embracing Him — The Republican nominee opens his mouth and removes all doubt. — Trump's foreign policy speech, at Washington's Mayflower Hotel — Cleveland — Yes, Donald Trump is crazy. And, yes, the Republican party owns his insanity.
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The Atlantic, Power Line and New York Times

Is Donald Trump a Racist? — HAS the party of Lincoln just nominated a racist to be president? We shouldn't toss around such accusations lightly, so I've looked back over more than 40 years of Donald Trump's career to see what the record says. — One early red flag arose in 1973 …
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ImmigrationProf Blog and Human Rights Campaign

Trump probably can't win Ohio, says state's governor, John Kasich — A “divider” like GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump will have a hard time winning Ohio, an important battleground that could help decide the election in November, said Buckeye State Gov. John Kasich, a former Republican presidential candidate.


‘Angel Moms’ Who Lost Children to Illegal Alien Crimes to Hold Event at Wall Surrounding Paul Ryan's Home — JANESVILLE, WI- On Saturday, American mothers who have buried their children as a result of illegal alien crime will be holding a press conference in front of Paul Ryan's personal border wall …