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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
DNC insiders detail months of escalating dysfunction — PHILADELPHIA — Debbie Wasserman Schultz wasn't supposed to ask Joe Biden to come to her daughter's bat mitzvah. — Democratic National Committee staff had sent the chair to the vice president armed with four specific requests …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
No Obama Bounce For DNC Day 3 Ratings As They Fall Behind RNC, ‘Wayward Pines’ Finale Down From 2015 — It was like a political Coachella last night at the Democratic National Convention - and not just because Lenny Kravitz was playing. With star turns from Vice-President Joe Biden …
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USA Today:
As Obama speaks, chaos and arrests outside DNC — PHILADELPHIA—As President Barack Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention inside the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night, a chaotic situation erupted nearby that led to seven arrests. — Protesters stormed security barricades …
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Daily Mail:
We won't quit Bern-stock say the Sanders backers who are testing Philadelphia's patience …
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders to Return to Senate as an Independent
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Emily Zanotti / Heat Street:
Bernie Sanders Leaves the Democratic Party
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Haywire over Hacking: Media refuse to believe Trump's Russia comments were sarcastic — The uproar over Donald Trump's latest comments is a classic case of media-generated outrage. — All over the newspapers, all over the airwaves, there is shock and horror that Trump would appeal to Russia …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Was ‘Being Sarcastic’ When I Asked Russia To Release Clinton Emails
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The Huffington Post:
Clinton Campaign: Trump Needs To Guarantee He Won't Leak Before Getting Briefed — “This isn't a normal political story, and it's not funny.” — Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — PHILADELPHIA The chairman of Hillary Clinton's campaign urged U.S. intelligence agencies …
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The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid To Intel Community: Give Donald Trump Fake Briefings
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Elizabeth Koh / The Charlotte Observer:
North Carolina GOP mistakenly attacks Kaine for ‘shameful’ Marine pin that honored his son — When Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine addressed the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Wednesday night, the North Carolina GOP thought it quickly spotted something wrong.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
NC GOP mistakenly attacks Kaine for ‘shameful’ pin
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New York Times:
Championing Optimism, Obama Hails Clinton as His Political Heir — PHILADELPHIA — President Obama delivered a stirring valedictory address at the Democratic convention Wednesday night, hailing Hillary Clinton as his rightful political heir and the party's best hope to protect democracy from …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Obama's DNC letdown: The president needed to hit it out of the park, but he surprisingly fell short — Obama is one of the great orators of our time, but his meandering speech for Hillary missed the mark — Barack Obama's signature, as a speaker, is his ability to stay on-topic.
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Obama's Powerful Message: Donald Trump Is Un-American — It was about 8:40 p.m. last night when President Obama climbed aboard Air Force One for the hop to Philadelphia, where he was scheduled to speak at about 10:30 p.m. As an accomplished speaker, he must have known that the speech …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Hillary Clinton Is Running Not Just As the Democrat But As the Candidate of Democracy Itself — Since the start of the Reagan era, American politics has revolved around a war over the role of government in the economy. The Republican Party is set apart from major conservative parties across …
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Joe Klein / TIME:
Embracing His Rival, Bernie Sanders Gives Hillary Clinton the Boost She Needs — “This is the real world that we live in,” said Bernie Sanders on the afternoon the Democratic National Convention opened. He was trying-unsuccessfully-to calm the cascade of boos and jeers from his supporters …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump urges viewers to skip Clinton speech as Democrats rack up ratings wins — President Obama's prime time speech lifted the Democratic convention to its third straight night of ratings wins over the Republican convention last week — and now the Trump campaign is exhorting supporters not to watch the Democrats' final night.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
‘I felt angry that it took so long’: Gretchen Carlson on Roger Ailes's ouster from Fox News — After a professional life spent speaking before TV cameras, former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson isn't often at a loss for words. — But when I asked her how she felt as she watched Roger Ailes …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Megyn Kelly hangs out at CNN Grill, stoking speculation that she could leave Fox News
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Dem attacks: ‘I take it a little bit personally’
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Rene Stutzman / Orlando Sentinel:
Cops mistook Krispy Kreme doughnut glaze for meth, Orlando man says — Daniel Rushing was arrested after an Orlando cop searched his car and tested Krispy Kreme doughnut glaze as positive for methamphetamine. He was charged with possession of meth and carrying a firearm. … Privacy Policy
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Suffolk University:
Suffolk University Poll Shows Clinton Leading Trump by 9 Points in Pennsylvania — Just hours before Democrat Hillary Clinton is set to make history in Philadelphia as the first woman to accept her party's U.S. presidential nomination, a new Suffolk University poll of likely general-election voters …
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Kevin L. Jones / KQED Arts:
‘Sesame Street’ Lets Go Longtime Cast Members Bob, Gordon and Luis [UPDATE] — UPDATED: See statement from Sesame Workshop, the creators of ‘Sesame Street,’ below — Sesame Street, the 46-year-old award-winning children's show, cut three of its most senior cast members earlier this year …
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Senator Hillary Clinton / National Review:
Hillary's Senate Accomplishment: One Bill Enacted into Law, to Name a Federal Building — In eight years, her one concrete achievement was getting a courthouse renamed for Thurgood Marshall. — Democrats have been using their convention speeches this week to make Hillary Clinton look like a can-do politician.
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Wall Street Journal:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Stands Firm on Migrant Policy After Terrorist Attacks — The spate of violence has prompted criticism over her refusal to close country's borders — BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she wouldn't budge from her policy of accepting refugees despite …
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Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
No, President Obama doesn't eat exactly 7 almonds every night — Obama: I don't really eat 7 almonds a night; I was kidding! — PLAY VIDEO — “This has been really weighing on me,” Obama joked after discussing more weighty topics in his exclusive interview with TODAY's Savannah Guthrie.
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