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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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New York Times:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign D.N.C. Post — PHILADELPHIA — Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee chairwoman, said on Sunday that she would step down from the role at the conclusion of party's convention this week after a hack into the party's internal emails revealed …
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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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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Inside the scramble to oust Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Inside the scramble to oust Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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Independent Journal Review, ABC News, The Hill and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
HERE IT IS=> Detailed List of Findings in Wikileaks DNC Document Dump
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Backers March Against Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia
Bernie Sanders Backers March Against Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia
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Politico, New York Magazine, The Resurgent, Common Dreams and ABC News
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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Eyder Peralta / NPR:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz To Step Down As Democratic Chair After Convention
Debbie Wasserman Schultz To Step Down As Democratic Chair After Convention
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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
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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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 …
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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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, Washington Post, Associated Press and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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 …
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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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WBBH-TV:
2 dead, at least 14 injured in Fort Myers club shooting — FORT MYERS - — Two people are dead and at least 14 are injured after gunfire broke out in the parking lot of a Fort Myers club early Monday morning. — Fort Myers Police say three people have been detained for questioning in regards to the shooting.
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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.
CNN:
Donald Trump bounces into the lead — (CNN)The bounce is back. — Donald Trump comes out of his convention ahead of Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House, topping her 44% to 39% in a four-way matchup including Gary Johnson (9%) and Jill Stein (3%) and by three points in a two-way head-to-head, 48% to 45%.
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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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RT:
Bavaria bomb blast
Bavaria bomb blast
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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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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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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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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