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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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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.

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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Washington Post, The Week, Hot Air and Guardian

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 …


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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‘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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Clinton campaign braces for more DNC leaks
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Source: Camps in talks for Sanders to nominate Clinton
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Political Insider blog, NPR, Politicus USA, Raw Story, Infowars, The Mahablog and Capitol Fax.com

No American Flags Present at the Democratic National Convention
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Media Matters for America

Democratic Convention: Hillary Clinton Nominated
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Hillary Clinton Becomes First Female Nominee of Major U.S. Political Party
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ABC News, Towleroad, WNEP-TV, Balloon Juice, Taylor Marsh, The Stranger … and New York's PIX11

PolitiFact: Democrats never mentioned terrorism on Day One of DNC
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Hillary Clinton Speeches, NPR, Pamela Geller, Independent Journal Review, RedState, Power Line and Jihad Watch

Palestinian flag waved at Democratic National Convention
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Daily Wire, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Liberty Unyielding

No Visible American Flags Present At The Democrat Convention
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The Gateway Pundit, Jezebel, The Last Refuge, Right, Townhall.com and Pamela Geller


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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‘DNC Hacker’ Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say
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Evidence mounts linking DNC email hacker to Russia
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Slate, Hot Air and New Republic

The DNC Hack Is Watergate, but Worse
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Washington Monthly, Hit & Run, National Review, NYR Daily, Business Insider, Daily Kos, RedState, Guardian, Hot Air, Politico and ABC News

What If The DNC Leak Was Just The Beginning?
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Business Insider, Washington Monthly and AOL

George Will raises possible Trump link to Russian oligarchs
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The Atlantic, Raw Story and Bloomberg

‘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

The DNC Will Address the War on Women With a Speech by Planned Parenthood's President — Last night at the Democratic National Convention, Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards sat next to former President Bill Clinton as one speaker after another called for equal pay …
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Charges dismissed against Planned Parenthood videographers
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Last charge dropped against anti-abortion duo behind Planned Parenthood videos
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Washington Free Beacon, Daily Wire, New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and National Review

Tim Kaine Is An Incredible Ally for All Women
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Guardian and Hillary Clinton Speeches

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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Video: Grayson threatens to have POLITICO reporter arrested
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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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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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BuzzFeed, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and Mother Jones


Elizabeth Banks Parodies Donald Trump's RNC Entrance During Her DNC Appearance — At the Democratic National Convention tonight, actress Elizabeth Banks spoofed the WWE-style entrance Donald Trump made at the RNC last week in Cleveland — and compared the RNC to the “Hunger Games” film franchise in which she starred.
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Politico, LGBTQ Nation and CBS Philly
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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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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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KILLING IS LATEST IN SPATE OF BLOODY ATTACKS ACROSS EUROPE
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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 presidential nominee boasted Monday night at a campaign event in North Carolina.
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Washington Post, Real Clear Politics and The Huffington Post


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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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Mediaite, AOL and Media Matters for America

Dead at 53 — There won't be any more calls to Miss Cleo ... the iconic TV psychic is dead after battling cancer ... TMZ has learned. — A rep for Miss Cleo — whose real name was Youree Harris — tells us she died Tuesday morning in Palm Beach County, FL.
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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 …

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).