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9:40 AM ET, July 27, 2016

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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 …
Discussion: Latino Rebels, Hit & Run and BuzzFeed
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CBS Miami:
CBS4 News Exclusive: Trump Denies Ties To Russia  —  DORAL - In his most extensive remarks on allegations that Russia is attempting to influence the presidential election in his favor, Republican nominee Donald Trump flatly denied any ties to the Russian government or Russian investors.
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.
Discussion: Business Insider
New York Times:
Spy Agency Consensus Grows That Russia Hacked D.N.C.  —  WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have told the White House they now have “high confidence” that the Russian government was behind the theft of emails and documents from the Democratic National Committee …
New York Times:
This Is What Democracy Looks Like  —  The jeers and boos and angry tears of Bernie Sanders die-hards so dominated the first hours of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia that it might have seemed doomed to collapse into hostility and chaos on the first day.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and NPR
Alec Goodwin / OpenSecrets.org:
Leaks show DNC asked White House to reward donors with slots on boards and commissions
Associated Press:
The Latest: Clinton Worked on Kids' Issues Before Law Firm
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Washington Post
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: ‘Possible’ Russia interfering in US election
Discussion: Newsweek and Mother Jones
Robert Webster / Mediaite:
George Will Thinks That Trump Won't Release Tax Returns Because of Link to Russians
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Bill's desperate bid to humanize Hillary shows fear she might lose  —  MORE FROM:  —  Here's a fact to chew on: Much of Day Two at the convention was spent trying to humanize Hillary Clinton.  After 25 years in public life, she feels the need to tell us she cares.
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Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Bill Clinton Gets It Right  —  Just before Bill Clinton strode onstage to be his wife's character witness, his wife's convention planners played a video tribute to him.  “When he said stuff, you believed it,” a man dressed in union gear said of Bill Clinton, “because you lived it.”
Discussion: CNN and Taylor Marsh
ABC News:
Meet the New Hillary Clinton, Different From the Old One?
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and alan.com
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton friend McAuliffe says Clinton will flip on TPP, then walks it back  —  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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Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Spokesperson For Pro-Sanders Walkout Group Compares Protest To March On Washington
Discussion: The Week
Joel Ebert / Tennessean.com:
Tennessee Clinton delegate booted from convention after skirmish with Sanders supporter
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and WATE-TV
Tom Kludt / CNN:
Donald Trump says he'd support $10 minimum wage  —  Sanders: Trump will bring a starvation wage  —  (CNN)Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would support raising the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour, a departure from his previous assertion that wages are “too high.”
Discussion: National Review, Rewire and Guardian
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Elizabeth Banks Parodies Donald Trump's RNC Entrance During Her DNC Appearance
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Infowars
Nick Gass / Politico:
Lena Dunham: Trump would say my body ‘probably like a 2’
Discussion: ABC News
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly: Slaves Who Built White House Were “Well-Fed And Had Decent Lodgings Provided By The Government”  —  BILL O'REILLY (HOST): Finally tonight, Factor Tip of The Day.  As we mentioned, Talking Points Memo, Michelle Obama referenced slaves building the White House in referring to the evolution of America in a positive way.
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: IRS Launches Investigation Of Clinton Foundation  —  Emails: DNC Staffers Annoyed At Having To Commemorate Holocaust  —  This White Hillary Voter HATES That This Black Bernie Supporter Is Blaming Democrats  —  Is Joe Biden In Denial?  —  POLITICS |  ALEX PAPPAS  —  ‘Come on man’
Discussion: BizPac Review and The Hill
Fusion:
So we counted all the women and people of color at the DNC and the RNC...  The Democratic National Convention is mimicking last week's Republican National Convention in certain ways.  Like the schedule: speech, speech, speech, performance, speech speech.  And also the sartorial choices …
Discussion: The Week
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Last Charges Dropped Against Abortion Foes in Making of Planned Parenthood Video  —  HOUSTON — A judge dismissed Tuesday the last of the charges against two anti-abortion activists who covertly recorded a video of themselves meeting with Planned Parenthood officials, effectively ending a case …
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Cecile Richards / TIME:
Tim Kaine Is An Incredible Ally for All Women
Discussion: Guardian
Hannah Levintova / Mother Jones:
The DNC Will Address the War on Women With a Speech by Planned Parenthood's President
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Obama's Economy Left Behind the Voter Coalition Clinton Covets  —  Clinton counts on youth, minorities behind Democrats' 2008 win  —  Trump still seen as alienating to disaffected Obama backers  —  The young people and minorities who propelled President Barack Obama into office …
Jon Henley / Guardian:
Father Jacques Hamel: ‘A good priest ... who did his job to the very end’  —  Fellow clergy and parishioners pay tribute to the 84-year-old murdered in his church in Normandy  —  Described as modest, dedicated and always available for his parishioners, Father Jacques Hamel, 84 …
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WTTG-TV:
Uniformed Alexandria officer denied service at Noodles & Company  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria police officer was denied service after a chef refused to cook for an officer in uniform.  —  At around 6:30 p.m. Monday evening, a female officer in full uniform walked into the Noodles & Company …
Discussion: The Root and Heat Street
The Hill:
Democrats: We can win on guns  —  and the Democrats are taking their gun reform message full-bore into the general election, betting that a shift in voter sentiment has turned a once-toxic issue into a political winner.  —  Gun control has emerged as one of the most prominent pillars …
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Bill Clinton's Lapse Into Trumpism
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Tor.com:
Tor Books Announces New Associate Publishers
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Making Light
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Young Muslims Threaten Nudist Bathers With ‘Extermination’
Discussion: Infowars and Jihad Watch
ABC News:
First Ever Transgender Convention Speaker Applauds Democratic Platform
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Gass / Politico:
Is the Trump bounce for real?
Tim Graham / NewsBusters:
Baghdad Bob Moment: MSNBC Claims DNC Chair ‘Receives Cheers’...As She's Booed Relentlessly
Discussion: Moonbattery
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Where the Race Stands — Post-RNC Edition
Scott Adams' Blog:
The Dark and Rotten Election
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Trump surrogate goes down in flames on CNN after trying to link Michelle Obama's speech to Benghazi
CNBC:
Donald Trump gripes about hotel hot air, says he might not pay bill
Discussion: alan.com, The Week and Drudge Retort
 

 
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