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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.