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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Leaked Emails Show DNC Officials Planned Anti-Trump Protests — The release of Democratic National Committee emails by Wikileaks Friday reveals that DNC officials planned anti-Donald Trump protests. — In multiple emails DNC officials sign off and acknowledge the existence …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats grapple with intraparty divisions two days before convention opens — PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic Party arrived here still divided over the results of its presidential primary season, with anger at the nominating process, the Clinton-Kaine ticket and hacked emails …
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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.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
NOTE TO SANDERS SUPPORTERS: Bernie Would Have Won If Not for Super Delegate System!
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.
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Ryan Mauro / Breitbart:
Clinton VP Pick Tim Kaine's Islamist Ties
Clinton VP Pick Tim Kaine's Islamist Ties
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Lowell Feld / The Hill:
Why Kaine is the right choice for Clinton
Why Kaine is the right choice for Clinton
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
KNOWING Kaine — EXCLUSIVE: Republicans for Hillary interview — WEEKEND READS! — B'DAY: David Brock
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Listen To Tim Kaine's “I'm Conservative” Radio Ads From 2005
Listen To Tim Kaine's “I'm Conservative” Radio Ads From 2005
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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 …
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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.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Report: Trump to create super-PACs to attack Cruz, Kasich — is reportedly planning on bankrolling super-PACs that would oppose Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) and Sen. Ted Cruz — (R-Texas), two of his former primary opponents who snubbed him during the party's convention this week.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump: Cruz is ‘lucky’ that I walked in on his speech — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — from being “ripped” off the stage during his speech at the Republican National Convention. — When it became apparent during Cruz's speech last week that he would not be endorsing Trump …
Andrew Seidman / Philly.com:
Trump probably can't win Ohio, says state's governor, John Kasich
Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
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 …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Inside the VP hunt: How Clinton picked Kaine
Inside the VP hunt: How Clinton picked Kaine
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
How Clinton proposed to Tim Kaine
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
How Fox News Fired and Silenced a Female Reporter Who Alleged Sexual Harassment — <span>Ailes is finished at Fox, but sexual-harassment claims are following him out the door.</span> — The Murdochs may have ousted Fox News chief Roger Ailes, but he is still working to cover up claims of sexual harassment at the network.
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Trump capitalizing on fears over crime — Americans are more afraid of violent crime today than they have been at any time since before the September 11 terror attacks — even as long-term trends suggest the United States is a safer place to live. — is capitalizing on the fears …
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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.
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John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Lack of Faith in Merkel Spreads With Bavaria's Bloody Week of Mayhem
Lack of Faith in Merkel Spreads With Bavaria's Bloody Week of Mayhem
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Harriet Alexander / Telegraph:
Live Munich shooting: Teenage killer Ali Sonboly 'inspired by far-right terrorist Anders Breivik …
Live Munich shooting: Teenage killer Ali Sonboly 'inspired by far-right terrorist Anders Breivik …
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Mirror.co.uk, Salon, Pamela Geller, Jihad Watch, The Gateway Pundit, RT and BBC
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Why Obama's half-brother says he'll be voting for Donald Trump — President Obama's Kenyan half-brother wants to make America great again — so he's voting for Donald Trump. — “I like Donald Trump because he speaks from the heart,” Malik Obama told The Post from his home in the rural village of Kogelo.
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Email controversy dogs Clinton to convention — The biggest impediment to Hillary Clinton — 's run for the White House is the controversy that has dogged her presidential campaign from the start: her use of a private email server as secretary of State. — Republicans have hammered Clinton …
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Why Can't Hillary Stop Fudging the Truth? — What is it with Hillary Clinton? What is it about this brilliant and accomplished woman-described by Barack Obama as possibly “more qualified” to be president than anyone in history-that makes so many people certain she is an incurable liar?
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.
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