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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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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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Business Insider and Infowars
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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The Gateway Pundit, Heat Street, The Daily Caller and Rush Limbaugh
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Republican security experts request congressional investigation of DNC hack — Two dozen Republican national security experts signed a letter to congressional leaders Thursday asking for an immediate investigation into the cyberattack on the Democratic National Committee, writing that …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo and NBC News
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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Townhall.com, Politico and Talking Points Memo
Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Convention Spreads Bigger Tent for Democrats - as Hillary Clinton Pitches Reinvention
ANALYSIS: Convention Spreads Bigger Tent for Democrats - as Hillary Clinton Pitches Reinvention
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Politico and Associated Press
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Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Whether She'll Be the Next Democratic Party Chair
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Whether She'll Be the Next Democratic Party Chair
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Politico and Associated Press
Oriana Schwindt / Variety:
TV Ratings: DNC Beats RNC by Nearly 5 Million Viewers in Night 2 Final Numbers
TV Ratings: DNC Beats RNC by Nearly 5 Million Viewers in Night 2 Final Numbers
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Katie Hicks / Vox:
Watch live: the final night of Democratic National Convention
Watch live: the final night of Democratic National Convention
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Politico, ABC News, The Hill and Hillary Clinton Speeches
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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Hillary Clinton Is Running Not Just As the Democrat But As the Candidate of Democracy Itself
Hillary Clinton Is Running Not Just As the Democrat But As the Candidate of Democracy Itself
Joe Klein / TIME:
Embracing His Rival, Bernie Sanders Gives Hillary Clinton the Boost She Needs
Embracing His Rival, Bernie Sanders Gives Hillary Clinton the Boost She Needs
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Associated Press:
Clinton Promises Steady Hand in Dangerous World
Clinton Promises Steady Hand in Dangerous World
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
HRC president: ‘Trump struggled to read the letters L-G-B-T-Q’
HRC president: ‘Trump struggled to read the letters L-G-B-T-Q’
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Seth Stephens-Davidowitz / New York Times:
Go Dark, Hillary — Times columnists, editorial writers and contributors bring their insights to bear on Hillary Clinton and the Democrats in Philadelphia. Here are their notes and observations from day 3, day 2 and day 1. — Who's Googling to Learn How to Vote?
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The American Conservative, Washington Monthly, Vox and Campaign for America's Future
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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's DNC letdown: The president needed to hit it out of the park, but he surprisingly fell short
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Hillary Clinton is bad at speeches for the exact reasons she'd be a good president
Hillary Clinton is bad at speeches for the exact reasons she'd be a good president
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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Hamed Aleaziz / San Francisco Chronicle:
Dad of Muslim American war hero to address Democratic convention
Dad of Muslim American war hero to address Democratic convention
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The Atlantic, Slate, Vox, New York Magazine and NPR
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
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.
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Trump's Putin claim contradicted by 2014 video
Trump's Putin claim contradicted by 2014 video
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RedState, NBC News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Mediaite
Sam LaGrone / USNI News:
Navy to Name Ship After Gay Rights Activist Harvey Milk — The Navy is set to name a ship after the gay rights icon and San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, according to a Congressional notification obtained by USNI News. — The July 14, 2016 notification, signed by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Why Our Model Is Bullish On Trump, For Now — Further polling since the Republican National Convention has tended to confirm our impressions from earlier this week: Donald Trump has almost certainly gotten a convention bounce, and has moved into an extremely close race with Hillary Clinton.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
This election isn't just Democrat vs. Republican. It's normal vs. abnormal. — What we just witnessed in Cleveland and Philadelphia defies our normal political vocabulary. We are used to speaking of American politics as split between the two major parties.
Allan Smith / Business Insider:
MARK CUBAN: I bet this is Donald Trump's ‘biggest debate fear’ — Brash billionaire Mark Cuban was back at mocking Republican nominee Donald Trump on Twitter late on Wednesday night, making a prediction about the Manhattan billionaire's “biggest debate fear.”
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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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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
The uncouth Roger Ailes
The uncouth Roger Ailes
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
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.
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GOP.com:
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
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Is the Elite Media Failing to Reach Trump Voters? — And in their rush to condemn Trump, are journalists betraying their values? Glenn Greenwald says yes to both. — The release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails last week was followed on Wednesday by Donald Trump's invitation …
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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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