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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
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
RNC official accuses Clinton of plagiarism
RNC official accuses Clinton of plagiarism
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Raw Story, Townhall.com, Politico, Heat Street, WISH-TV, ABC News, Hillary Clinton Speeches, Warren Throckmorton, The Week and Mashable
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, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, Associated Press, New York Times and CANNONFIRE
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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Power Line, Guardian, Vox, The White House, BillMoyers.com, New York Times, Washington Post, ABC News, The Nation and Los Angeles Times
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The father of Muslim soldier killed in action just delivered a brutal repudiation of Donald Trump
The father of Muslim soldier killed in action just delivered a brutal repudiation of Donald Trump
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Jihad Watch, Outside the Beltway, Towleroad, No More Mister Nice Blog and ThinkProgress
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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Hullabaloo, Vox, The Atlantic, AOL, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, NPR, The Week, Mashable, Vocativ and Variety
Reuters:
U.S. Democratic congressional group confirms it was hacked — The U.S. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee confirmed on Friday that it had been the target of a cyber security incident similar to other recent attacks, including the theft of documents from the Democratic National Committee.
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Talking Points Memo and Independent Journal Review
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz: ‘Sometimes you just have to take one for the team’
Wasserman Schultz: ‘Sometimes you just have to take one for the team’
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Talking Points Memo, Facebook, Mediaite and ABC News
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, Common Dreams, Variety, Politico, Talking Points Memo, NBC News and ABC News
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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Los Angeles Times:
2 San Diego police officers shot, one fatally, in traffic stop; suspect held
2 San Diego police officers shot, one fatally, in traffic stop; suspect held
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National Review
NBC News:
Officer Killed, 2nd Expected to Survive After Shooting
Officer Killed, 2nd Expected to Survive After Shooting
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Bearing Arms, ABC News, NPR, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, WDTN-TV, The Right Scoop, WHNT-TV, Fox 59 and KLFY-TV
Share Photo / The San Diego Union-Tribune stories:
House surrounded in search for officer's killer
House surrounded in search for officer's killer
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The Crime Report, NOLA River and lastampa.it
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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The Root
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Even after a convention that critics panned, Trump got a big bounce. Will Clinton gain now too?
Even after a convention that critics panned, Trump got a big bounce. Will Clinton gain now too?
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forma legalis, Mother Jones and Forbes
Washington Post:
Florida announces Zika is likely being spread by mosquitoes in the continental U.S. — Florida officials on Friday announced the first local spread of the Zika virus through infected mosquitoes in the continental United States. — Gov. Rick Scott made the announcement during …
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Legal Planet
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Florida Governor Rick Scott:
Gov. Scott: With Likely Mosquito-Borne Zika Cases, State Will Use Full Resources to Protect Floridians
Gov. Scott: With Likely Mosquito-Borne Zika Cases, State Will Use Full Resources to Protect Floridians
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Bloomberg, NPR, Vocativ and Morning Consult
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
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Democrats Win the Summer — PHILADELPHIA — Donald Trump has found an ingenious way to save the Democratic Party. Basically, he's abandoned the great patriotic themes that used to fire up the G.O.P. and he's allowed the Democrats to seize that ground.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Be afraid: The Clinton-Trump general election begins
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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Associated Press, Refinery29, Daily Kos, The Week, The Crime Report and The Root
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
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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U.S. Bureau …, Forbes, Mother Jones, NPR, Independent Journal Review, Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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Sho Chandra / Bloomberg:
U.S. Economy Grew Less-Than-Forecast 1.2% in Second Quarter
U.S. Economy Grew Less-Than-Forecast 1.2% in Second Quarter
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DennisMichaelLynch.com, The Resurgent and The Gateway Pundit
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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Politico, Capitol Fax.com, Talking Points Memo, Little Green Footballs, Raw Story, Washington Post, Associated Press and Joe.My.God.
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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
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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Politico, Talking Points Memo, RedState, Mediaite and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Robert Kraychik / Daily Wire:
WATCH: Clinton's Constant Throat Clearing — Observers of Hillary Clinton over the past six months or so will have noticed an incessant coughing and clearing of her throat that has plagued the former first lady across that time frame. — During her headline speech on Thursday …
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Power Line
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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.
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Washington Times
Stephen Hawking / Guardian:
Our attitude towards wealth played a crucial role in Brexit. We need a rethink — Money was a key factor in the outcome of the EU referendum. We will now have to learn to collaborate and to share — oes money matter? Does wealth make us rich any more?
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Daily Mail, AOL and Mashable
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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The Federalist and National Review
Morning Call:
Haycock mother gives drug in formula to help baby sleep, police say — A half-dozen times, a Bucks County woman mixed a potentially dangerous drug with baby formula to help put her 8-month-old son to sleep, police said. (Morning Call file photo) Of The Morning Call
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Justin Bieber / TMZ.com:
I'm Not for Sale — Justin Bieber got a $5 million offer to perform at a Republican event during the GOP Convention, but turned it down after his manager considered quitting and LeBron James urged him to reject it ... sources tell TMZ. — Sources connected with CAA …
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The Daily Caller, Business Insider, AOL, LGBTQ Nation and Jezebel