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.

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 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 …

BIG MOTHER: Hillary Clinton Demanded Passwords to Every Social Media Account of Veep Candidates' Family Members  —  Presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who used a secret unsecured private email server to conduct government business during her entire tenure …

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.

Donald Trump calls, thanks Cleveland police chief personally for keeping RNC safe (video)  —  Donald Trump places phone call to Cleveland police chief  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — Presidential candidate Donald Trump called Cleveland police Chief Calvin Williams on Friday afternoon to thank …

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.

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 …