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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 and Hit & Run, more at Mediagazer »

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: No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Magazine, The Stranger …, National Review and Politicus USA

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

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, Democracy Now and ABC News

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, Campaign for America's Future, ABC News, Guardian, The Stranger …, Washington Free Beacon, Billy Penn and The Week

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

Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Rewire

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

Discussion: Washington Post, War on the Rocks, Hot Air, Your News Wire, Vox, The Week, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Politico, The San Diego Union …, New York Times, The Mahablog and The Stranger …, more at Mediagazer »

Alana Abramson / ABC News:
The 4 Most Damaging Emails From the DNC WikiLeaks Dump

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

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

Discussion: Washington Post, Scared Monkeys and Hot Air

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

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Free Beacon, The Verge, New York Magazine, Mashable, gopthedailydose.com, Shakesville, Daily Wire, Independent Journal Review, Washington Monthly, Politico, American Prospect, Scared Monkeys, The Week, Hot Air, Mediaite, Rush Limbaugh and The Daily Caller

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

Discussion: TIME, Christian Science Monitor, Daily Kos, Washington Post, The San Diego Union …, New York Times, The Week, Althouse, Guardian, USA Today, Infowars and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »

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

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.

Discussion: Hot Air, Independent Journal Review, The Week and The American Spectator

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, CatholicHerald.co.uk, DennisMichaelLynch.com, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times and Jammie Wearing Fools

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

Chine Labbe / Reuters:

Two attackers ‘neutralized’, one hostage killed in France church attack — French police “neutralized” two men armed with blades who had taken several people hostage in a church in northern France on Tuesday, the police said. — A police source said that one of the hostages had been killed …

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

New York Times:
Attack on Church in France Kills Priest, and ISIS Is Blamed

Discussion: Religion News Service and Instapundit

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 — PHILADELPHIA — The Daily Caller is at the Democratic National Convention and it doesn't look like there are any American flags. — The stage is bland and grey, with no red, white or blue present.

Discussion: Pamela Geller

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

Discussion: Politico, Outside the Beltway and The Verge

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

Discussion: Heat Street

Steven Shepard / Politico:
Clinton campaign pulls ads from Colorado

Discussion: Morning Consult, FiveThirtyEight, New York Times, The Colorado Independent, Daily Kos and Business Insider

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

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

Discussion: BostonGlobe.com

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

Discussion: ABC News, The Hill and Raw Story

The Daily Beast:

FBI Suspects Russia Hacked DNC; U.S. Officials Say It Was to Elect Donald Trump — Did the Russian government hack the DNC to bring down Hillary Clinton? That's the view that's quickly emerging inside American intelligence and law enforcement agencies. — The FBI suspects …

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

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, 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, Hullabaloo, NPR, Mediaite, RedState, Politico, The New York Observer and Washington Post

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: The Daily Caller, Politico and CNBC

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 …

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