memeorandum: Michelle Obama's Speech for the Ages (Yoni Appelbaum/The Atlantic)

8:30 AM ET, July 26, 2016

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Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:

All Hell Breaks Loose at the Democratic Convention — Hillary Clinton, her advisers, and their allies at the Democratic National Committee watched Donald Trump's nominating convention in Cleveland with smug satisfaction. — Team Trump had insulted Ohio's governor …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Hit & Run and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

Dan Spinelli / Politico:

Sarah Silverman heckles Sanders supporters: 'You're being ridiculous' — Comedian Sarah Silverman was booed and shouted down by Bernie Sanders supporters after telling holdouts for the Vermont senator that they were “being ridiculous.” — Silverman, herself a Sanders supporter during the primary …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, ABC News and Washington Post

Politico:

Full text: Bernie Sanders' DNC speech — Remarks as prepared for delivery: — Good evening. — How great it is to be with you tonight. — Let me begin by thanking the hundreds of thousands of Americans who actively participated in our campaign as volunteers.

Discussion: Washington Post, Vox, ABC News, Guardian, The Stranger …, Washington Free Beacon and Billy Penn

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

It looks like a mess, but the Democratic Party is more unified than it seems — PHILADELPHIA — After a long day of tensions and booing, Democrats finally found some semblance of party unity. — The 2016 Democratic National Convention opened in chaos, as Democratic National Committee Chair …

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Stranger …, National Review and Politicus USA

Michael Goodwin / New York Post:

DNC disarray is the foreshadowing of a Clinton administration — MORE FROM: — You won't need an astrologer to see the future if Hillary Clinton becomes president. You can just take the anger, backstabbing and blame-gaming at the Democratic Convention and repeat — for four years.

Discussion: Guardian and Democracy Now

David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sanders struggles to hand his ‘revolution’ to Clinton

Discussion: ABC News, Politico, Rewire and FiveThirtyEight

Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Despite what you've heard, Democrats aren't in disarray. Their party is under attack from the outside.

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Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
'Hillary's America' documentary cracks top 10 at box office

Discussion: Heat Street

South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Sun Sentinel exclusive: Wasserman Schultz won't open Democratic National Convention

Frank Newport / Gallup:
Clinton's Image at Lowest Point in Two Decades

Discussion: Washington Post, Scared Monkeys and Hot Air

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Credits One Of ‘Our Friends’ In Russia, China With DNC Hack (VIDEO)

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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
In Clinton's March to Nomination, Many Democrats Changed Their Minds

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Paul Blake / ABC News:
Left-Wing Supporters Boo as Bernie Sanders Says ‘We Must Elect Hillary Clinton’

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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Sanders campaign manager: Stop chanting ‘lock her up’

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Millard K. Ives / Daily Commercial:
Democrat asks Villages to stop playing Hillary movie

Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
90 percent of unwavering Sanders supporters plan to vote for Clinton in November

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Atlantic and ThinkProgress

New York Times:
Democrats Struggle for Unity on First Day of Convention

Discussion: Washington Post, NPR, Yahoo, Vox, The Verge, Daily Wire, ThinkProgress, No More Mister Nice Blog, Political Insider blog, Guardian, Althouse, Independent Journal Review, Shadowproof, The Stranger … and Mother Jones

Joe Concha / The Hill:

Politico reporter sent story to Dem committee for pre-publication review — A massive dump of Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails via Wikileaks has revealed that Politico reporter Ken Vogel sent an advance copy of a story — in its entirety — to top DNC communication officials to review before it was published.

Discussion: Politico, Common Dreams and WSAV-TV

Alana Abramson / ABC News:

The 4 Most Damaging Emails From the DNC WikiLeaks Dump — WikiLeaks leaked nearly 20,000 emails on Friday from top Democratic National Committee officials, exchanged from January 2015 through May 2016. Several emails released show that although the DNC was supposed to remain neutral during the primary …

Discussion: Associated Press, Slate, Media Matters for America, VDARE, The Crime Report, Hit & Run, Politico, rubber hose, Guardian and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

The Daily Beast:
FBI Suspects Russia Hacked DNC; U.S. Officials Say It Was to Elect Donald Trump

Discussion: Breitbart, Salon, National Review, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Tech Insider, The Right Scoop, FiveThirtyEight, Hot Air, Motherboard, Washington Post and BuzzFeed, more at Mediagazer »

Dana Houle / New Republic:
No, the DNC Didn't Rig the Primary in Favor of Hillary

Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air, Betsy's Page and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Julia Ioffe / Politico:
Why Putin hates Hillary

Discussion: Politicus USA

Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
The anxiety for Democrats: Are more leaks to come?

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico, Associated Press, Business Insider, Common Dreams, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Verge and The Atlantic

Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Exclusive: Suspected Russian hack of DNC widens — includes personal email of staffer researching Manafort

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Daily Wire, Townhall.com, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, The Resurgent, Raw Story, RedState, Hullabaloo, NPR, Mediaite, Politico, The New York Observer and Washington Post

DennisMichaelLynch.com:

DNC BREAKS FEDERAL LAW AT CONVENTION: VIOLATION OF SECTION 8 U.S. Code § 1324 — The DNC aided and abetted two illegal aliens on Monday night during the nationally televised DNC Convention 2016 in Philadelphia. Thus, according to the law, the DNC twice violated Section 8 U.S. Code 1324.

Discussion: Silence is Consent and Liberty Unyielding

Michelle Garcia / Vox:
Michelle Obama DNC speech transcript: read the speech Democrats loved so much

Discussion: The Atlantic and Grist

Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic: Michelle Obama's Speech for the Ages

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Michelle Obama: ‘This right now is the greatest country on Earth’

Discussion: ABC News

David Chazan / Telegraph:

Live Normandy siege: knifemen 'shouted Daesh and slit 86-year-old priest's throat' after taking nuns hostage in church before being shot dead — Knifemen 'slit priest's throat' in Normandy church — Attackers had taken 86-year-old priest, two nuns and others hostage

Discussion: Jihad Watch

Daily Mail:

KILLING IS LATEST IN SPATE OF BLOODY ATTACKS ACROSS EUROPE … A number of shots were heard over a period of around 15 seconds as the incident came to an end. — Eulalie Garcia, who works in a beauty parlour, is on the same road as the church, and told reporters that she knew the priest …

Discussion: Pamela Geller, Jammie Wearing Fools and New York Times

Chine Labbe / Reuters:
Two attackers ‘neutralized’, one hostage killed in France church attack

Discussion: CNN, The Local, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Guardian and Vox Popoli

Associated Press:

AP EXPLAINS: Is Trump's Convention Polling Bump for Real? — Donald Trump is talking about polls again. — The Republican presidential nominee had recently avoided the subject, given that many preference polls showed him in a close race with Hillary Clinton.

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
No Visible American Flags Present At The Democrat Convention

Discussion: Pamela Geller

Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Cory Booker Gives Rousing DNC Speech: ‘We Will Rise’

Discussion: Politico

Steven Shepard / Politico:
Clinton campaign pulls ads from Colorado

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Tal Kopan / CNN:
DNC live updates

Discussion: Infowars, Washington Post, The Right Scoop and The Week

NBC News:

Poll: No Post-Convention Bounce for Donald Trump — Donald Trump received no significant bounce following the Republican National Convention, according to the latest NBC News| SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll. Hillary Clinton still leads Trump by a single point: 46 percent to 45 percent.

Discussion: Political Wire

William Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
YouGov/Economist Poll: July 23-24, 2016

Discussion: Politicus USA

Sarah Wheaton / Politico:

Franken roasts Trump at DNC — Al Franken briefly turned the Democratic National Convention into the roast of Donald Trump on Monday night. — Though he's a former Saturday Night Live star and comedy writer, the Minnesota senator tends to avoid humor on the job.

Discussion: ABC News

ABC News: Al Franken Jokes About Trump University at DNC

Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:

Trump Doubles Down On NATO Comments: ‘We Have To Walk’ — At a Monday rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Donald Trump doubled down on his previous controversial remarks regarding American support for NATO allies. — In an interview with The New York Times last week …

Discussion: Mother Jones

Michael Jordan / The Undefeated:

‘I can no longer stay silent’ — His statement on the shootings of African-Americans and the targeting of police officers … I grieve with the families who have lost loved ones, as I know their pain all too well. — “I was raised by parents who taught me to love and respect people regardless …

Jake Sherman / Politico:

Grayson's ex-wife claimed domestic abuse over two decades — Rep. Alan Grayson's ex-wife repeatedly went to police with accusations of domestic abuse over a two-decade period, according to documents she has provided to POLITICO, revelations that come as the Florida congressman enters …