memeorandum: Listen To Tim Kaine's “I'm Conservative” Radio Ads From 2005 (Andrew Kaczynski/BuzzFeed)

10:50 PM ET, July 23, 2016

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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:

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.

Discussion: miamiherald and alan.com

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Listen To Tim Kaine's “I'm Conservative” Radio Ads From 2005 — At a rally introducing her new running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, Clinton declared the senator was a “progressive who likes to get things done.” — Kaine has a liberal record as a senator — but when he was running …

Daniel Lippman / Politico:

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 …

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

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.

Discussion: Washington Post

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post: How Clinton proposed to Tim Kaine

Associated Press:
The Latest: Effort to Eliminate Superdelegates Fails

Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Washington Times

Slate:
WHAT WOMEN REALLY THINK — After months of speculation …

Discussion: The Nation, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Vox, Politico, The American Conservative, National Review, STAT, The Week and BizPac Review

New York Times:
The Swing-State Appeal of Mr. Kaine

Discussion: Media Matters for America, No More Mister Nice Blog, Vox, Politico, NPR, Washington Post and The Huffington Post

Associated Press: Kaine liberal appeal muted by energy ties, abortion concerns

Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Tim Kaine Boycotted Netanyahu Speech, Backed Iran Deal

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review and Politico

Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Tim Kaine is Hillary Clinton's VP pick, a mostly safe choice that will piss off pro-choice activists

Discussion: USA Today, The Nation, BuzzFeed, whorunsGov, The Root, NPR, Legal Planet, Politicus USA, New York Magazine, WTKR-TV, New York Times and Raw Story

MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:

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.

Discussion: The Right Scoop, The Moderate Voice and Associated Press

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

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.

Rudy Takala / Washington Examiner:
Twitter accused of suppressing DNC Wikileaks story

Discussion: The Right Scoop

Mike Cernovich / Mike Cernovich Presents Danger & Play:
5 Biggest Scoops from the #DNCLeaks WikiLeak

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

The Hill:
Outcry from Sanders supporters after leaked DNC ‘atheism’ emails

Discussion: Politico, Independent Journal Review, New York Post, ThinkProgress, Religion News Service, Vox, Hot Air, Althouse and Instapundit

Caleb Howe / RedState:
BUSTED: 19,252 Emails from DNC Leaked by Wikileaks, and Oh MAN Are They Great!

Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg:

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 …

Discussion: Politico, SOOPERMEXICAN, The Right Scoop, Hot Air and Business Insider

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

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.

Discussion: Independent Journal Review

Mark Halperin / Bloomberg.com:
Trump Would Fund Super-PACs Aimed at Taking Down Cruz, Kasich

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, Hullabaloo, The Daily Caller, neo-neocon, Business Insider, electionlawblog.org and Bloomberg

Raheem Kassam / Breitbart:

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.

Discussion: Power Line, Daily Mail, The Last Refuge and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Harriet Alexander / Telegraph:
Live Munich shooting: Teenage killer Ali Sonboly 'inspired by far-right terrorist Anders Breivik …

Discussion: Mirror.co.uk, Allen B. West, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Jihad Watch, RT and BBC

BBC:
Munich gunman ‘obsessed with mass shootings’

Discussion: New York Times, Pamela Geller, ThinkProgress, Hullabaloo and Joe.My.God.

New York Times:

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.

Discussion: Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Praxis and Jezebel, more at Mediagazer »

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine: How Fox News Fired and Silenced a Female Reporter Who Alleged Sexual Harassment

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

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.

Discussion: Politicus USA, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Marginal REVOLUTION and NoisyRoom.net

Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:

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.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Power Line and New York Times

Nicholas Kristof / 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 …

Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog and Human Rights Campaign

Julia Hahn / Breitbart:

‘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 …