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Joe Concha / The Hill:
George Will raises possible Trump link to Russian oligarchs — Fox News contributor George Will says GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump — will not release his tax returns because they may show “he is deeply involved in dealing with Russia oligarchs.”
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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 …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Democratic National Convention: Clinton, Sanders camps in talks about giving senator larger role tonight — PHILADELPHIA —Hillary Clinton's campaign is in talks with Bernie Sanders about giving the Vermont senator a larger role at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night in a bid …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The neat political trick that Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders played on Monday night — At last week's Republican National Convention, Ted Cruz caused a ruckus by declining to endorse Donald Trump. The crowd erupted in boos, and the narrative centered around a divided party.
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Daily Kos, The Mahablog and Power Line
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
‘We trusted you!’: Elizabeth Warren repeatedly heckled, booed during DNC speech
‘We trusted you!’: Elizabeth Warren repeatedly heckled, booed during DNC speech
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Booker responds to Trump: ‘I love you’
Booker responds to Trump: ‘I love you’
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Outside the Beltway and ABC News
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Podesta: ‘We need to move on and consolidate around Hillary’
Podesta: ‘We need to move on and consolidate around Hillary’
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Hot Air
DennisMichaelLynch.com:
DNC BREAKS FEDERAL LAW AT CONVENTION: VIOLATION OF SECTION 8 U.S. Code § 1324
DNC BREAKS FEDERAL LAW AT CONVENTION: VIOLATION OF SECTION 8 U.S. Code § 1324
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Silence is Consent
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
It looks like a mess, but the Democratic Party is more unified than it seems
It looks like a mess, but the Democratic Party is more unified than it seems
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders To California Delegates: ‘Easy To Boo’ But Harder To Have Prez Trump
Sanders To California Delegates: ‘Easy To Boo’ But Harder To Have Prez Trump
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Daily Kos
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's New Democrats
Hillary Clinton's New Democrats
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Daily Wire, Rewire, The Hill and The National Interest
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Bernie Sanders: ‘I am proud to stand with her’
Bernie Sanders: ‘I am proud to stand with her’
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Right On, Liberty Unyielding, Independent Journal Review, New York's PIX11, Hullabaloo and Mediaite
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
The Sighted and the Blinkered — Supporters of Senator Bernie …
The Sighted and the Blinkered — Supporters of Senator Bernie …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 Post, Mother Jones, The Moderate Voice, TIME, KERA News, Politico, BostonGlobe.com, The Atlantic, NBC News, New York Magazine, Washington Monthly, Vanity Fair, Grist and Taylor Marsh
J.E. Dyer / Liberty Unyielding:
DNC breaks federal law on Day 1. But what the heck, so did Obama
DNC breaks federal law on Day 1. But what the heck, so did Obama
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Hot Air, DennisMichaelLynch.com and CBS Philly
Will Drabold / TIME:
Read Michelle Obama's Emotional Speech at the Democratic Convention
Read Michelle Obama's Emotional Speech at the Democratic Convention
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bradford-delong.com
Arit John / Bloomberg:
Sanders Outlines a Plan to Help Clinton, Fundraising Not Included
Sanders Outlines a Plan to Help Clinton, Fundraising Not Included
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Talking Points Memo
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 …
Daily Mail:
Revealed: ISIS butcher, 19, who murdered a priest was a convicted French terrorist who had an …
Revealed: ISIS butcher, 19, who murdered a priest was a convicted French terrorist who had an …
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The Jawa Report
Julian Borger / Guardian:
Isis attackers forced French priest to kneel before he was murdered, hostage says
Isis attackers forced French priest to kneel before he was murdered, hostage says
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The Local, NPR, USA Today, Reuters, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and New York Magazine
New York Times:
Attack on Church in France Kills Priest, and ISIS Is Blamed
Attack on Church in France Kills Priest, and ISIS Is Blamed
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Defense One, Instapundit and NBC News
David Chazan / Telegraph:
Live Normandy siege: knifemen 'shouted Daesh and slit 86-year-old priest's throat' after taking …
Live Normandy siege: knifemen 'shouted Daesh and slit 86-year-old priest's throat' after taking …
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The Right Scoop, Walid Shoebat and Jihad Watch
Tyler Pager / Politico:
PolitiFact: Democrats never mentioned terrorism on Day One of DNC — Republicans' claim that Democrats did not mention terrorism or ISIL on the first night of the Democratic National Convention is correct, PolitiFact said Tuesday morning. — Following Monday night's speeches …
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RedState, Power Line, Hillary Clinton Speeches, Hot Air and Jihad Watch
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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 …
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Washington Post, The Week, Politico, Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, Fox News and Washington Free Beacon
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
No Visible American Flags Present At The Democrat Convention
No Visible American Flags Present At The Democrat Convention
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Townhall.com, New Urban Legends, The Gateway Pundit, Jezebel, Pamela Geller and Moonbattery
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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Mother Jones, The Federalist, National Review, Rewire, Hot Air, The Daily Caller and The Right Scoop
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
D.A. Dismisses All Bogus Charges Against David Daleiden for Exposing Planned Parenthood
D.A. Dismisses All Bogus Charges Against David Daleiden for Exposing Planned Parenthood
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RedState and National Review
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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The Right Scoop, Mother Jones and Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dem Senate nominee calls Toomey an ‘a—hole’ — Democratic Senate nominee Katie McGinty got into some hot water Monday when she called her rival, Sen. Pat Toomey, an “a**hole.” — It was a shocking comment given the decorous attitude Senate candidates usually try to adopt.
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Philly.com and The Daily Caller
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP hammers Dem Senate nominee on foul language
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump under oath: New testimony says he planned early anti-immigrant rant — When Donald Trump used his presidential campaign announcement speech to rail against Mexican immigrants as rapists and sources of other crimes, he'd planned the verbal fusillade in advance but hadn't discussed it with anyone …
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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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Mother Jones, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
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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Washington Post, Daily Kos, NBC News, The Daily Caller, Salon, The Right Scoop, Talking Points Memo, National Review, Hot Air and Nextgov
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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Political Insider blog, Washington Post, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and Political Wire
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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Power Line
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
U.S. to expand refugee program for Central American minors — FILE - In this June 18, 2014 file-pool photo, detainees walk in a line at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville,Texas. Hours after the Supreme Court sent his immigration policy into legal limbo …
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