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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Assange Timed WikiLeaks Release of Democratic Emails to Harm Hillary Clinton — WASHINGTON — Six weeks before the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks published an archive of hacked Democratic National Committee emails ahead of the Democratic convention, the organization's founder …
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Matthew Chance / CNN:
Julian Assange: ‘A lot more material’ coming on US elections — Wikileaks founder: We create maximum ambiguity for sources — (CNN)Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday his whistleblowing website might release “a lot more material” relevant to the US electoral campaign.
Bernie Sanders / Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings …:
Republican National Committee - RNC is right that no Democratic speaker mentioned ISIS on convention's first night — RNC is right that no Democratic speaker mentioned ISIS on convention's first night — Night one of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia had barely ended …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton friend McAuliffe says she will flip on TPP trade deal — PHILADELPHIA — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, longtime best friend to the Clintons, said Tuesday that he believes Hillary Clinton will support the TPP trade deal if elected president, with some tweaks.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Democratic National Convention: Clinton makes history by becoming the nominee — PHILADELPHIA —Hillary Clinton on Tuesday became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party on an historic night that her campaign is hoping will reintroduce her to voters still deeply skeptical of her candidacy.
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
‘We trusted you!’: Elizabeth Warren repeatedly heckled, booed during DNC speech — Sen. Elizabeth Warren was repeatedly heckled Monday night as she delivered a speech endorsing Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. — “We trusted you!
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Tyler Pager / Politico:
Texas delegation breakfast descends into screaming match — A Texas delegation breakfast Tuesday morning broke out in a screaming match as a Bernie Sanders delegate told the crowd he was “condemning our presumptive nominee.” — The comment came during a unity effort, during which the delegate …
CNN:
Source: Camps in talks for Sanders to nominate Clinton
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Clinton campaign braces for more DNC leaks
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton Becomes First Female Nominee of Major U.S. Political Party
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New York Times:
Democratic Convention: Hillary Clinton Nominated
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Dan Evon / New Urban Legends:
No American Flags Present at the Democratic National Convention
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Media Matters for America
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
No Visible American Flags Present At The Democrat Convention
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Tyler Pager / Politico:
PolitiFact: Democrats never mentioned terrorism on Day One of DNC
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: ‘Possible’ Russia interfering in US election — President Obama on Tuesday raised the possibility that Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in order to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. — “Anything's possible,” Obama said in an interview with NBC News.
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The Daily Beast:
‘DNC Hacker’ Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say — The hacker who claimed to compromise the DNC swore he was Romanian. But new research shows he worked directly for the Vladimir Putin government in Moscow. — The hacker who claims to have stolen emails …
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Robert Webster / Mediaite:
George Will Thinks That Trump Won't Release Tax Returns Because of Link to Russians
Franklin Foer / Slate:
The DNC Hack Is Watergate, but Worse
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BuzzFeed:
What If The DNC Leak Was Just The Beginning?
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
‘Beyond a Reasonable Doubt,’ Russians Hacked DNC, Analyst Says
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Hot Air, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Politico, The Crime Report and Hit & Run
Joe Concha / The Hill:
George Will raises possible Trump link to Russian oligarchs
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The Atlantic, Raw Story and Bloomberg
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Defends RNC In Interview: “I Wasn't Looking for Star Power, I Was Looking for Policy” — EMAIL ME — The GOP candidate spoke to THR about what lines he's willing to cross during campaigning (is the Monica Lewinsky scandal fair game?), whether Roger Ailes could work …
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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Trump surrogate goes down in flames on CNN after trying to link Michelle Obama's speech to Benghazi — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tried to criticize Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention Monday night …
Louis Jacobson / Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings …:
Michelle Obama correct that the White House was built by slaves
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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 …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Video: Grayson threatens to have POLITICO reporter arrested
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The creator of the viral pro-Trump act ‘USA Freedom Kids’ now plans to sue the campaign — Within hours of their performance at a Donald Trump rally in Pensacola, Fla. Last January, the U.S.A. Freedom Kids were a sensation. — You remember the video: Three pre-teen girls …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
David Duke's Remarks on Senate Backing Put Donald Trump's Camp on the Defensive — PHILADELPHIA — Donald J. Trump's campaign is dismissing questions about the white supremacist David Duke, after the former Ku Klux Klan leader said on his radio program that the Republican presidential nominee left open …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Is the Trump bounce for real? — PHILADELPHIA — Is the Donald Trump convention bounce for real? — Trump certainly thinks so. “We had, I believe, the largest bump in the history of convention,” the GOP nominee boasted Monday night at a campaign event in North Carolina.
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Brian Rogers / Houston Chronicle:
Charges dismissed against Planned Parenthood videographers — The Harris County District Attorney's office on Tuesday dismissed all charges against anti-abortion activists who secretly videotaped Planned Parenthood officials in Houston. — David Robert Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were charged …
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CNBC:
Donald Trump gripes about hotel hot air, says he might not pay bill — Donald Trump is complaining about hot air at a Virginia hotel, and the hotel is pushing back. — The Republican presidential nominee said he felt like he was “in a sauna” speaking to supporters at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center …
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alan.com, Drudge Retort and The Week
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BBC:
France church attack: Priest killed in hostage-taking near Rouen — A priest has been killed in an attack by two armed men at his church in a suburb of Rouen in northern France. — The attackers entered the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during Mass, taking the priest, Fr Jacques Hamel, 84, and four other people hostage.
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Daily Mail:
KILLING IS LATEST IN SPATE OF BLOODY ATTACKS ACROSS EUROPE
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Scott Adams' Blog:
The Dark and Rotten Election — Yesterday I told you why Clinton's label of “dark” for Trump's convention speech was such a well-designed linguistic kill shot. It is so good, in fact, that I speculated it was designed by the Godzilla of persuasion - who I did not name. — Dark is a fresh, unusual word (for politics).
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