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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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HRC president: ‘Trump struggled to read the letters L-G-B-T-Q’ — Donald Trump is no friend of the LGBTQ community, the head of a major civil rights advocacy group said Thursday, pointing to Trump's struggle to even read those letters off a teleprompter as evidence.
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Haywire over Hacking: Media refuse to believe Trump's Russia comments were sarcastic
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Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Mediaite, War in Context, NBC News, Politico, Star Tribune and Power Line

Poll: Donald Trump Sees 17-Point Positive Swing in Two Weeks
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McCaskill: Donald Trump Likely Violated Logan Act, Should Be Investigated
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Townhall.com, NBC News, Washingtonian, Hot Air and Washington Post

Chelsea Clinton: I'd consider meeting with Ivanka to discuss campaign tone
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Washington Post

Trump: I Was ‘Being Sarcastic’ When I Asked Russia To Release Clinton Emails
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Slate, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, The Week, The Verge and The Moderate Voice


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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The Week, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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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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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Week, Mediaite and Infowars, more at Mediagazer »


Embracing His Rival, Bernie Sanders Gives Hillary Clinton the Boost She Needs
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Washington Monthly

Championing Optimism, Obama Hails Clinton as His Political Heir
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Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Taylor Marsh, Outside the Beltway, Guardian, CNN and BillMoyers.com

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


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.
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The Mahablog
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Trump Jr. Says Obama Lifted Phrase From His RNC Speech — Donald Trump Jr. suggested Thursday that Barack Obama's speech in Philadelphia Wednesday night lifted a line from his Republican National Convention remarks, pointing out that both addresses contained the line “That's not the America I know.”

No, President Obama doesn't eat exactly 7 almonds every night
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New York Times, Mediaite, Politico, Jezebel, CNBC, Guardian, Eater, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Business Insider, The Stranger … and Washington Post


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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The Gateway Pundit, Rush Limbaugh and The Daily Caller
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TV Ratings: DNC Beats RNC by Nearly 5 Million Viewers in Night 2 Final Numbers
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Moderate Voice and rubber hose

‘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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CNNMoney, Mediaite, Jezebel, Media Matters for America, Raw Story, New York Times and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »
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The uncouth Roger Ailes
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Washington Monthly and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »

Megyn Kelly hangs out at CNN Grill, stoking speculation that she could leave Fox News
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Mediaite, New York Times, AOL, TVNewser, Mother Jones, Media Matters for America, The Week, Joe.My.God. and BizPac Review


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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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 …
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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


JAMES O'KEEFE ASSAULTED - THROWN TO GROUND During Undercover Op at DNC (VIDEO) — Activist, author and investigative journalist James O'Keefe from Project Veritas went undercover as a Hillary supporter this week at the DNC Convention in Philadelphia. — What transpired was shocking.


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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WTKR-TV, WFLA-TV, Mediaite, CBS Miami, Mashable, Boing Boing, Eater, Raw Story and Orlando Weekly

Trump Claims He's Never Spoken to Putin. In This 2014 Video, Trump Says He Did. — On Wednesday, Donald Trump angrily told reporters that he had no connection to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I have nothing to do with Putin,” he said. “I've never spoken to him.

Unequal Convention Coverage By Networks — Traditionally, TV networks ABC, NBC and CBS have worked to ensure fairness giving each party the primetime hour of 10:00PM to 11:00PM on Monday through Thursday of their respective parties' conventions. While speeches can go over allotted time, they strive for parity.
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Mediaite and Politicus USA


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.
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‘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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The MuppetCast, Forbes, Guardian, ThinkProgress, Raw Story, New York Times, AOL, Mashable and The Stranger …

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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Hot Air, Politico, Politicus USA and Political Wire