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Politico:
Full text: Hillary Clinton's DNC speech — Hillary Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention, as prepared for delivery: — Thank you! Thank you for that amazing welcome. — Story Continued Below — And Chelsea, thank you. — I'm so proud to be your mother and so proud of the woman you've become.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The father of Muslim soldier killed in action just delivered a brutal repudiation of Donald Trump — Donald Trump was speaking at an event in Iowa, complaining that America was not allowed to waterboard terrorists, when Khizr Khan and his wife walked up to the microphone at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News Plays Benghazi Commercial Over Khizr Khan's Anti-Trump Speech At The Democratic National Convention
Fox News Plays Benghazi Commercial Over Khizr Khan's Anti-Trump Speech At The Democratic National Convention
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Washington Post, CNBC, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
Father of Fallen Muslim American War Hero to Trump: “You Have Sacrificed Nothing!”
Father of Fallen Muslim American War Hero to Trump: “You Have Sacrificed Nothing!”
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Where The Election Goes From Here — Check out all of our dispatches from the Democratic National Convention here. — PHILADELPHIA — In contrast to Republicans, whose convention had a random-seeming parade of speakers each night, Democrats mostly hit their marks and stuck to the traditional convention script.
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Convention Spreads Bigger Tent for Democrats - as Hillary Clinton Pitches Reinvention — The wild week of the Democratic National Convention brought anger and unpredictability, loud disagreements and flashes of patriotism and a party exposing its divisions and anxieties for the nation to see.
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Politico, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, Associated Press, New York Times and CANNONFIRE
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
RNC official accuses Clinton of plagiarism
RNC official accuses Clinton of plagiarism
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Raw Story, Townhall.com and Politico
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: Republicans ‘have no choice’ but to vote for me — said Thursday that Republicans wary of his campaign have little choice but to vote for him anyway. — “If you really like Donald Trump, that's great, but if you don't, you have to vote for me anyway. You know why?
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Washington Monthly
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Susan Wright / RedState:
No, Mr. Trump, Americans DO Have a Choice — Donald Trump has shown, once again, his stunning lack of understanding, when it comes to the electoral process, coupled with his usual overwhelming arrogance. — Not a good mix. — Speaking at a rally in Iowa, in typical Trumpanzee:
Fox News:
1 San Diego cop killed, another wounded in shooting — DEVELOPING - One San Diego police officer was killed and another one wounded when a driver they stopped Thursday night opened fire on them in the latest in a series of cop shootings around the nation. — The suspected shooter was arrested …
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Florida Governor Rick Scott:
Gov. Scott: With Likely Mosquito-Borne Zika Cases, State Will Use Full Resources to Protect Floridians — ORLANDO, Fla. - Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) has concluded that four cases of the Zika virus are likely mosquito-borne.
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Washington Post:
Florida announces Zika is likely being spread by mosquitoes in the continental U.S.
Florida announces Zika is likely being spread by mosquitoes in the continental U.S.
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Legal Planet
Debra Goldschmidt / CNN:
Florida health officials confirm local Zika transmission
Florida health officials confirm local Zika transmission
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The Week, Orlando Weekly, Refinery29 and KFOR-TV
Sho Chandra / Bloomberg:
U.S. Economy Grew Less-Than-Forecast 1.2% in Second Quarter — Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg forecast 2.5% expansion — Report raises risk to outlook as Fed looks for improvements — The U.S. economy expanded less than forecast in the second quarter after a weaker start to the year …
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DennisMichaelLynch.com, The Resurgent and The Gateway Pundit
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. GDP Grew a Disappointing 1.2% in Second Quarter — Economic growth was well below expectations; cautious business investment offset robust consumer spending — WASHINGTON—The U.S. economic growth sputtered this spring with cautious business investment largely offsetting more robust consumer spending.
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Robert Allen / Detroit Free Press:
6 state employees criminally charged in Flint water crisis — FLINT — Six state employees were criminally charged this morning in district court in connection with the Flint water crisis. — Charged are Michigan Department of Health and Human Services workers Nancy Peeler …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: FBI investigates hacking of Democratic congressional group - sources — The FBI is investigating a cyber intrusion at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) that may be related to an earlier hack at the Democratic National Committee, said four sources familiar with the matter on Thursday.
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Republican security experts request congressional investigation of DNC hack
Republican security experts request congressional investigation of DNC hack
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Foreign Policy, Variety, Politico, Talking Points Memo, NBC News, Vox and ABC News
Tim Starks / Politico:
Hackers suspected in new attack on Democrats
Hackers suspected in new attack on Democrats
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The Gateway Pundit, The Atlantic, ABC News and Defense One
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Be afraid: The Clinton-Trump general election begins — PHILADELPHIA — For four days here in this city of brotherly love and the nation's founding, Democrats wrapped themselves in the language of patriotism and positivity, declaring the country would be “stronger together” …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Democrats Win the Summer
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
We are witnessing a visceral shift in the way the parties speak to the country
We are witnessing a visceral shift in the way the parties speak to the country
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Political Wire
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
The Reviews Are In: Conservatives Say The DNC Was ‘Disaster’ For The GOP — Something strange happened on the last night of the Democratic National Convention. — After the GOP nominee lambasted the Democrats on Twitter for displaying what he viewed as too few American flags …
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Taylor Marsh and The Moderate Voice
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Trump Says He Wanted to ‘Hit a Couple of [DNC] Speakers So Hard’ — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Thursday afternoon he wanted to “hit” some of the Democratic National Convention speakers “so hard” while watching them last night, including a “little guy...so hard his head would spin.”
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump: Obama talked about a 'world that doesn't exist'
Trump: Obama talked about a 'world that doesn't exist'
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Instapundit and USA Today
Reuters:
France detains Syrian refugee as church attack investigation widens — French police have detained a Syrian asylum seeker in connection with the Normandy church attack, two sources said on Friday, as security services widened their investigation into the killing of an elderly priest at the altar by two would-be jihadists.
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Cynthia Kroet / Politico:
Manuel Valls ‘open’ to ban on foreign funding of French mosques
Manuel Valls ‘open’ to ban on foreign funding of French mosques
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Jihad Watch, France 24 and RT
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Indiana Governor Mike Pence Responds To Secretary Clinton, President Obama, Kareem Abdul Jabaar … Indiana Governor Mike Pence joined me this morning in a wide ranging interview responding to many of the proceedings in Philly: — 07-29hhs-pence — Transcript:
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Chuck Raasch / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Trump, Clinton in virtual tie in Missouri — This photo combo of file images shows U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump, left, and Hillary Clinton. Income inequality has been a rallying cry of the 2016 election, with more Americans turning fearful and angry about a shrinking middle class.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
How Hillary blew her big moment — MORE FROM: — Well, Hillary Clinton took the stage after four days of Democratic triumph — the party staged what was even to these conservative eyes and ears the best, tightest, most interesting convention of our time — and pretty much stunk up the joint.
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National Review and The Federalist