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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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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Was ‘Being Sarcastic’ When I Asked Russia To Release Clinton Emails — In an interview that aired Thursday morning on “Fox and Friends,” Donald Trump said he was not being serious when he called on Russia to find and release emails deleted by Hillary Clinton.
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New York Times, Slate, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, The Week and The Verge
FOX News Radio:
Trump On Asking Russia To Find Hillary's Missing E-Mails: “I Was Being Sarcastic”
Trump On Asking Russia To Find Hillary's Missing E-Mails: “I Was Being Sarcastic”
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Talking Points Memo and ThinkProgress
Jake Novak / CNBC:
The Democrats just fell for Trump's Russian email-hack bait
The Democrats just fell for Trump's Russian email-hack bait
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Power Line, Betsy's Page, neo-neocon, Star Tribune, Washington Examiner, Slate and NBC News
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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Talking Points Memo and The Week
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders to Return to Senate as an Independent
Bernie Sanders to Return to Senate as an Independent
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New Urban Legends, The Daily Caller and The Week
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
5 takeaways from Obama's last convention
5 takeaways from Obama's last convention
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The Moderate Voice, ABC News and Washington Post
Victor Morton / Washington Times:
WikiLeaks releases hacked DNC voicemails
WikiLeaks releases hacked DNC voicemails
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Emily Zanotti / Heat Street:
Bernie Sanders Leaves the Democratic Party
Bernie Sanders Leaves the Democratic Party
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Hit & Run, Vox Popoli, Hot Air and Coffee House
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The Democrats' well-deserved WikiLeaks blowback
The Democrats' well-deserved WikiLeaks blowback
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Power Line, BizPac Review, The Daily Caller and Morning Consult
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Melania Trump's Website, Biography Have Disappeared From The Internet — The apparent scrubbing job comes after speculation over whether she earned an undergraduate degree, as previously claimed. — National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — The professional website of Melania Trump …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Megyn Kelly hangs out at CNN Grill, stoking speculation that she could leave Fox News
Megyn Kelly hangs out at CNN Grill, stoking speculation that she could leave Fox News
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TVNewser, The Week, New York Times and BizPac Review
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Dem attacks: ‘I take it a little bit personally’
Trump on Dem attacks: ‘I take it a little bit personally’
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ABC News
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
NC GOP mistakenly attacks Kaine for ‘shameful’ pin
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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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Politico and Political Wire
Daily Mail:
We won't quit Bern-stock say the Sanders backers who are testing Philadelphia's patience by camping outside the DNC - and threatening to stay after it's over — Illegal camp in Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park is outside Wells Fargo Center where Hillary Clinton's coronation as candidate is under way
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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 …
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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Raw Story, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Light streaks across night sky, generating a frenzy — A streak of light burst across the night sky late Wednesday, generating a frenzy and prompting questions: — Was it a meteor or meteor shower? A fireball or smoldering satellite? — From witness accounts, the glowing trail was spotted in Nevada …
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Daily Mail, fox13now.com, KQED News, FOX31 Denver and Gizmodo
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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WFLA-TV, CBS Miami, Orlando Weekly and Raw Story
Nick Gass / Politico:
Chelsea Clinton: I'd consider meeting with Ivanka to discuss campaign tone — Chelsea Clinton would entertain the idea of a meeting with Donald Trump's children, or perhaps just her longtime friend Ivanka Trump, over the tone and rhetoric of the presidential campaign between their parents.
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Washington Post and Political Wire
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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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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NBC News, Politico, Guardian, CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, Taylor Marsh, Outside the Beltway and BillMoyers.com
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘The Rocketeer’ Reboot in the Works From Disney (Exclusive) — The project, in the early development stages, is being looked at as a sequel-reboot and will be headlined by a black female character. — The Rocketeer is ready to blast off once again. — Walt Disney Studios is developing …
St. Louis American:
Black cops call for dismissal of Fox 2 reporter Bobby Hughes after ‘lead diet’ joke about killing of Mike Brown — Black St. Louis police officers said they are appalled by a white city officer's inappropriate Facebook post about Michael Brown Jr.'s mother, Lezley McSpadden …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
After Lying Low, Deep-Pocketed Clinton Donors Return to the Fore — PHILADELPHIA — In a luxury suite high above the convention floor, some of the Democratic Party's most generous patrons sipped cocktails and caught up with old friends, tuning out Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Monday …
Alex Zielinski / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump Believes Inconsistently Following Federal Law Makes Him A Disability Rights Champion — In an attempt to clear up the idea that he's an ableist candidate, Donald Trump is making a bigger mess. In a Thursday interview, Donald Trump used his company's compliance with the Americans …
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Political Wire and Philly.com
Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:
The realization hit: The shark was right there. — A Weston family is thanking a new mobile app that alerts beachgoers about nearby great white sharks for giving them a heads-up when a 14-foot predator was swimming in the area as they enjoyed a sunny day on a stretch of secluded Chatham beach.
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