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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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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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Slate, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, The Week and The Verge


Melania Trump's Website, Biography Have Disappeared From The Internet

Trump on Dem attacks: ‘I take it a little bit personally’
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No More Mister Nice Blog and ABC News

The Democrats just fell for Trump's Russian email-hack bait
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neo-neocon, Betsy's Page, Power Line, Star Tribune, Washington Examiner and NBC News

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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Hot Air, The Week and Talking Points Memo
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Bernie Sanders to Return to Senate as an Independent
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New Urban Legends, The Daily Caller and The Week

Bernie Sanders Leaves the Democratic Party
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Hit & Run, Vox Popoli, Hot Air and Coffee House

WikiLeaks releases hacked DNC voicemails
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CNN, War in Context, Common Dreams, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review, Dallas Morning News, Vox Popoli, Right, Associated Press, The Right Scoop, Scared Monkeys, Vocativ, Townhall.com, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, RedState, DennisMichaelLynch.com, The Next Web and Yahoo! Finance


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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NC GOP mistakenly attacks Kaine for ‘shameful’ pin
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, AOL, Washington Post, CBS Philly, Media Matters for America and The Week


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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Vox
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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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John Hawkins' Right Wing News

No Obama Bounce For DNC Day 3 Ratings As They Fall Behind RNC, ‘Wayward Pines’ Finale Down From 2015
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The Daily Caller

Megyn Kelly hangs out at CNN Grill, stoking speculation that she could leave Fox News … Under different circumstances, the photo above might not be a big deal. So what if Fox News's Megyn Kelly was hanging out with CNN's Don Lemon at 3 a.m., after Democratic National Convention coverage ended?
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TVNewser, The Week, New York Times and BizPac Review
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‘I felt angry that it took so long’: Gretchen Carlson on Roger Ailes's ouster from Fox News
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TVNewser and BillMoyers.com


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.

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

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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Talking Points Memo, NBC News, The Week, Politico, Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, Taylor Marsh, Outside the Beltway, CNN and BillMoyers.com
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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


‘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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ThinkProgress, The MuppetCast, Guardian, AOL, Mashable and The Stranger …


Exclusive: Gingrich returning to Fox News on Aug. 1 — The Hill has learned that Newt Gingrich will be returning to Fox News as a contributor. — The network suspended its contributor agreement with the former House Speaker on July 12 to avoid a conflict of interest after he was reported …
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Politico, Media Matters for America and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »


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


Understanding why populist fires are still ‘Berning’ — PHILADELPHIA — Wearing a big smile and a one-piece jumpsuit made out of fabric decorated with Bernie Sanders — images along with a campaign sign Oscar Salazar strode confidently down Broad Street heading towards City Hall for a protest rally.

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


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, CNBC, Jezebel, New York Magazine, Guardian, Outside the Beltway, Politico, Washington Post and Business Insider


Trump's minimum wage two-step confuses business groups, advisers — 's new call to raise the minimum wage has outside experts and even his closest advisers scratching their heads. — This week, Trump said the government should raise the federal minimum wage by roughly one-third, calling for a legal standard of $10 per hour.
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alan.com


‘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 …


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