memeorandum: Clinton VP Pick Tim Kaine's Islamist Ties (Ryan Mauro/Breitbart)

9:45 AM ET, July 24, 2016

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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 …

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: RedState, The Right Scoop, The Moderate Voice and Independent Journal Review

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 …

Discussion: ABC News

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: NOTE TO SANDERS SUPPORTERS: Bernie Would Have Won If Not for Super Delegate System!

Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Dems vote down push to abolish superdelegates

Discussion: The Last Refuge

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Emails released by Wikileaks raise questions of DNC's impartiality

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: Real Science, The Last Refuge and Independent Journal Review

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.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Booman Tribune, Patterico's Pontifications, Hullabaloo, neo-neocon, Hot Air and RedState

Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Prevented Cruz Being ‘Ripped’ Off Stage in Cleveland

Discussion: The Right Scoop and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

Harper Neidig / The Hill: Trump: Cruz is ‘lucky’ that I walked in on his speech

Andrew Seidman / Philly.com: Trump probably can't win Ohio, says state's governor, John Kasich

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

Discussion: WSVN-TV

Daniel Lippman / Politico: KNOWING Kaine — EXCLUSIVE: Republicans for Hillary interview — WEEKEND READS! — B'DAY: David Brock

USA Today:
Tim Kaine is the right pick for veep: Our view

Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, The Nation and NPR

Lowell Feld / The Hill:
Why Kaine is the right choice for Clinton

Discussion: Daily Kos, Blue Virginia, Vox and Washington Post

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 …

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Inside the VP hunt: How Clinton picked Kaine

Discussion: Washington Post

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: Washington Monthly, New York Daily News, Raw Story, Jezebel and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »

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

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 …

John Hinderaker / Power Line:
On Violence, Obama Obfuscates As Usual

Discussion: The White House

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 …

Jonathan Mcevoy / Daily Mail:

ENTIRE Russian team of 387 athletes will be banned from competing at the Rio Olympics as punishment for their country's state-sponsored doping programme — The entire Russian Olympic team will today be banned from competing at the Rio Games next month, The Mail on Sunday understands.

Discussion: Sputnik International

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?

Ryan Mauro / Breitbart:

Clinton VP Pick Tim Kaine's Islamist Ties — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's newly-announced running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, has a history of embracing Islamists. He appointed a Hamas supporter to a state immigration commission; spoke at a dinner honoring …

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

Alexandra Genova / Daily Mail:

Done saving the planet, Leo? Di Caprio hops from his helicopter into a gas-guzzling private jet as he leaves Saint Tropez just hours after his celebrity eco fundraiser — He had hosted The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Annual Gala To Fund Climate And Biodiversity Projects

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News