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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 …
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The Daily Caller and Hit & Run, more at Mediagazer »
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Guardian, Sun-Sentinel, Democracy Now, Common Dreams 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.
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Washington Post, Vox, Campaign for America's Future, ABC News, Guardian, The Stranger …, Washington Free Beacon, Billy Penn, New York Times and The Week
Alana Abramson / ABC News:
The 4 Most Damaging Emails From the DNC WikiLeaks Dump
The 4 Most Damaging Emails From the DNC WikiLeaks Dump
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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
Clinton's Image at Lowest Point in Two Decades
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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.
Despite what you've heard, Democrats aren't in disarray. Their party is under attack from the outside.
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 … 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 …
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
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Chine Labbe / Reuters:
Two attackers ‘neutralized’, one hostage killed in France church attack
Two attackers ‘neutralized’, one hostage killed in France church attack
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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.
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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.
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Cory Booker Gives Rousing DNC Speech: ‘We Will Rise’
Cory Booker Gives Rousing DNC Speech: ‘We Will Rise’
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Politico, Outside the Beltway and The Verge
Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
'Hillary's America' documentary cracks top 10 at box office
'Hillary's America' documentary cracks top 10 at box office
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Clinton campaign pulls ads from Colorado
Clinton campaign pulls ads from Colorado
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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.
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Silence is Consent and Liberty Unyielding
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Michelle Garcia / Vox:
Michelle Obama DNC speech transcript: read the speech Democrats loved so much
Michelle Obama DNC speech transcript: read the speech Democrats loved so much
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Washington Monthly, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Washington Post and Grist
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 …
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Hullabaloo, Breitbart, Salon, National Review, Mother Jones, Tech Insider, Talking Points Memo, The Right Scoop, FiveThirtyEight, Hot Air, Motherboard, Washington Post and BuzzFeed
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Exclusive: Suspected Russian hack of DNC widens — includes personal email of staffer researching Manafort
Exclusive: Suspected Russian hack of DNC widens — includes personal email of staffer researching Manafort
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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.
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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.
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Democratic Machine Chose Clinton Long Ago. But Why? — “If Trump wins (or comes close),” writes my friend Tim Lee, “liberals are going to need a better answer than writing half the electorate off as racist.” — As the Democratic National Convention lurches off to a chaotic start …
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