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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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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Clinton's campaign manager: Russia helping Trump — Philadelphia (CNN)Hillary Clinton's campaign manager is alleging that Russian hackers are leaking Democratic National Committee emails critical of Bernie Sanders in an effort to help Donald Trump win the election in November.
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alan.com, Political Wire and Talking Points Memo
Fox News:
Wasserman Schultz ousted from convention role amid email leak — PHILADELPHIA - Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been ousted from her convention role, Fox News confirmed Sunday, after leaked emails indicating an anti-Bernie Sanders bias in her operation inflamed the left flank of the party.
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Patterico's Pontifications and The Right Scoop
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Sanders: ‘Awful’ DNC emails should cost party chair her job — Philadelphia (CNN)Bernie Sanders says the release of Democratic National Committee emails that show its staffers working against him underscore the position he's held for months: Party Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz needs to go.
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Washington Post and Political Wire
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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Hayley Walker / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign in Wake of Email Leaks — Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that in the wake of the leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee its chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, should step down. — “I think she should resign …
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Associated Press, New York Magazine, Real Science, The Right Scoop and New York Times
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Sanders calls on Dem party boss to step down following email leaks … Sunday called on Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign following email leaks from within the party that showed officials tried to undermine his campaign.
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Sanders: ‘I am not an atheist’
MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Campaign Chief Says Someone Must Be ‘Accountable’ for What DNC Emails Show
Bernie Sanders Campaign Chief Says Someone Must Be ‘Accountable’ for What DNC Emails Show
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Kristen East / Politico:
Top DNC staffer apologizes for email on Sanders' religion
Top DNC staffer apologizes for email on Sanders' religion
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Talking Points Memo
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Tim Kaine can speak Spanish. But most Hispanics don't care. — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — This year's fight to become vice president included talk in both parties about the age, gender, height, weight and marital history of various contenders.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Tim Kaine's Republican fan club — MIAMI — Tim Kaine is not going to be an easy target for Republicans. After all, they all but love the guy. — As a rank-and-file Democratic senator, Kaine has shown deal-making tendencies with top GOP lawmakers and an affinity for breaking …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Alex Burns / New York Times:
Dismayed by Donald Trump, Michael Bloomberg Will Endorse Hillary Clinton — Michael R. Bloomberg, who bypassed his own run for the presidency this election cycle, will endorse Hillary Clinton in a prime-time address at the Democratic convention and make the case for Mrs. Clinton as the best choice …
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New York's PIX11 and CBS New York
Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
BIG MOTHER: Hillary Clinton Demanded Passwords to Every Social Media Account of Veep Candidates' Family Members
BIG MOTHER: Hillary Clinton Demanded Passwords to Every Social Media Account of Veep Candidates' Family Members
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Politico and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine Debut Ticket in Battleground of Florida
Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine Debut Ticket in Battleground of Florida
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JustOneMinute, Slate, Media Matters for America and Politico
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Holy Crap, Tim Kaine Just Killed It In His First Speech With Clinton
Holy Crap, Tim Kaine Just Killed It In His First Speech With Clinton
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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.
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Kristen East / Politico:
Trump on Ailes: 'A lot of people are thinking he's going to run my campaign' — In his first public comments on Roger Ailes' departure from Fox News following an investigation into alleged sexual harassment, Donald Trump declined to say whether the media mogul is helping his campaign.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
How Fox News Fired and Silenced a Female Reporter Who Alleged Sexual Harassment
How Fox News Fired and Silenced a Female Reporter Who Alleged Sexual Harassment
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New Yorker and Gothamist
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump: Cruz is ‘lucky’ that I walked in on his speech
Trump: Cruz is ‘lucky’ that I walked in on his speech
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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?
Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:
Trump Doesn't Totally Rule Out Supporting A David Duke Candidacy — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump didn't completely rule out the possibility that he would support a Democrat running against David Duke, former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, who announced he is running as a Republican for U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana.
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Politico and New York Times
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats, Looking Past Obama, Are a Party Without a Cause — PHILADELPHIA — When President Obama takes the stage here this week to begin his monthslong political farewell, it will mark a bittersweet moment for Democrats. — Mr. Obama is not going to be missed only because he is beloved by the faithful.