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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
As Democrats Gather, a Russian Subplot Raises Intrigue — WASHINGTON — An unusual question is capturing the attention of cyberspecialists, Russia experts and Democratic Party leaders in Philadelphia: Is Vladimir V. Putin trying to meddle in the American presidential election?
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Defense One, ABC News, The Moderate Voice, Mother Jones, New York Magazine, RedState, Fox News Insider and Daily Wire
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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 …
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Says Republicans Have Created a ‘Hillary Standard’ — Hillary Clinton said Republicans have created a “Hillary standard” that has contributed to the negative impression many people have of her, giving her first joint interview with her newly announced running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine.
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Politico and Associated Press
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Backers March Against Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia — PHILADELPHIA — A large, boisterous crowd of Bernie Sanders supporters — chanting, “Hell, no, D.N.C., we won't vote for Hillary” — marched on Sunday afternoon toward the site of the Democratic National Convention …
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Politico, New York Magazine, The Resurgent, Common Dreams and ABC News, more at Mediagazer »
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Clinton Crime Family tried to bury Bern — So now it turns out that Hillary Clinton has been using the DNC as a cut-out in a massive dirty-tricks campaign against Sen. Bernie Sanders. — A cut-out, for those who don't read espionage novels, is “a mutually trusted intermediary facilitating …
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Wasserman Schultz steps down as DNC chair — The embattled chair of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, announced she would resign at the end of her party's convention this week, a victim of her toxic relationship with peers and a trove of embarrassing internal emails.
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Clinton campaign — and some cyber experts — say Russia is behind email release — A top official with Hillary Clinton's campaign on Sunday accused the Russian government of orchestrating the release of damaging Democratic Party records in order to help the campaign of Republican Donald Trump …
New York Times:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign D.N.C. Post
Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign D.N.C. Post
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ABC News, The Week, Business Insider, The Atlantic, Politico, Mother Jones, MSNBC, Vox and Eschaton
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN cuts ties with Donna Brazile, freeing her up for DNC job
CNN cuts ties with Donna Brazile, freeing her up for DNC job
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CNBC, Post On Politics, Mediaite and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
HERE IT IS=> Detailed List of Findings in Wikileaks DNC Document Dump
CBS News:
Clinton-Kaine say they won't sling mud at Trump
Clinton-Kaine say they won't sling mud at Trump
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New York Times, The American Spectator and Mediaite
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Column Hillary Clinton's 3 big convention challenges
Column Hillary Clinton's 3 big convention challenges
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Andrew Bolt
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Hillary for America releases virtual campaign app
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Tim Kaine's Republican fan club
Tim Kaine's Republican fan club
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Washington Post and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Leaked DNC emails reveal the inner workings of the party's finance operation — In the rush for big donations to pay for this week's Democratic convention, a party staffer reached out to Tennessee donor Roy Cockrum in May with a special offer: the chance to attend a roundtable discussion with President Obama.
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
BREAKING: That Was Fast! Hillary Immediately Brings Disgraced DNC Chair Onto Her Campaign! — Hillary to Schultz: You're Fired. You're Hired. Within about no time at all, Debbie Wasserman Schultz went from embarassed, to losing a speaking slot, to “resigning”, to ... brand new top Clinton campaign official.
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National Review
Washington Post:
DNC chairwoman will resign in aftermath of committee email controversy
DNC chairwoman will resign in aftermath of committee email controversy
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Politico, Common Dreams, Blue Mass Group, USA Today, The Verge, Guardian, NOLA River, ThinkProgress, MSNBC and The Federalist
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Top DNC official calls for shake-up in wake of email scandal
Top DNC official calls for shake-up in wake of email scandal
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Politico, Fox News, Hot Air, Independent Journal Review, ABC News and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
DNC Chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz Stepping Aside in Wake of Leaked Email Scandal
DNC Chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz Stepping Aside in Wake of Leaked Email Scandal
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Vox, The Nation and Daily Kos
Patrick Christys / Daily Express:
BREAKING: At least one dead and 11 injured in suicide bomb attack at German wine bar — AT LEAST one person has been killed following a suspected suicide bomb attack at a wine bar in Germany. — Police say up to 11 other people were injured in the blast in Ansbach, near Nuremberg …
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Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
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RT:
Bavaria bomb blast
Bavaria bomb blast
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The Gateway Pundit, Guardian, The Right Scoop, Sputnik International, Jihad Watch and The Week
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Priebus: Trump wasn't claiming to be ‘factual’ when he linked Cruz's dad to JFK assassin — PHILADELPHIA — RNC Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday said that Donald Trump wasn't claiming to be passing on “factual information” when he linked Sen. Ted Cruz's dad to President Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald …
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Raw Story, RedState and The Right Scoop
New York Times:
Yahoo Cuts $4.8 Billion Deal to Sell Core Business to Verizon — SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo was the front door to the web for an early generation of internet users, and its services still attract a billion visitors a month. — But the internet is an unforgiving place for yesterday's great idea …
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Bloomberg and Gizmodo, more at Mediagazer »
Chloe Herring / WINK NEWS:
2 dead, as many as 17 shot outside teen party at Fort Myers nightclub — FORT MYERS, Fla. - Two people are dead and as many as 17 people were shot at a local nightclub, Club Blu located at 3580 Evans Ave., early Monday morning, according to Capt. Jim Mulligan of the Fort Myers Police Department.
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New York Times, FOX31 Denver, WKBN-TV, RT and fox8.com
Lloyd Marcus / American Thinker:
Based on traditional campaign markers and guideposts, experts predict Trump will go down in humiliating defeat to Hillary Clinton. I think they are wrong, folks. Michael Jackson said, “I'm not like other guys.” I say Donald Trump is not like other politicians.
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The Resurgent
Jennifer Newton / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Machete-wielding Syrian refugee, 21, hacks PREGNANT woman to death in the street and injures two others in latest horror to rock Germany — Syrian refugee, aged 21, went on a machete rampage in the city Reutlingen, Germany near to a doner kebab stand
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Mirror.co.uk, The Gateway Pundit and Vox Popoli
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Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
Syrian Refugee Arrested in Germany After Fatal Machete Attack
Syrian Refugee Arrested in Germany After Fatal Machete Attack
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Power Line and Jezebel
Zia Weise / Telegraph:
Syrian refugee kills woman with machete in Reutlingen in southern Germany
Syrian refugee kills woman with machete in Reutlingen in southern Germany
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Walid Shoebat, Hot Air, The Independent and The Right Scoop