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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Appeals court strikes down North Carolina's voter-ID law — A federal appeals court on Friday struck down North Carolina's requirement that voters show identification before casting ballots and reinstated an additional week of early voting. — The decision by a three-judge panel …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court strikes down North Carolina voter ID law — A federal appeals court has struck down North Carolina's voter identification law, holding that it was “passed with racially discriminatory intent.” — The ruling also invalidated limits the same state law placed in 2013 on early voting …
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Federal Appeals Court Rules New NC Voting Laws Intended To Discriminate
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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking and Analysis: Partially Divided 4th Circuit Strikes NC Strict Voting Law, Finds Discriminatory Intent
Breaking and Analysis: Partially Divided 4th Circuit Strikes NC Strict Voting Law, Finds Discriminatory Intent
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The Nation, Mother Jones, Slate, NBC News and The BRAD BLOG
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Provision
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Provision
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Vox and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
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How Garland Gets Confirmed Before the Election — I haven't checked the transcripts or anything, but I'm pretty sure President Obama's pending Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, was never mentioned at this week's Democratic National Convention. Garland's nomination has now been pending 135 days …
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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:
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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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Where The Election Goes From Here — Check out all of our dispatches …
Where The Election Goes From Here — Check out all of our dispatches …
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RNC official accuses Clinton of plagiarism — The chief strategist of the Republican National Committee (RNC) accused Hillary Clinton — of plagiarism in her speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination. … Spicer's tweet references a portion of Clinton's Thursday night address …
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Sandy Rios Questions Khizr Khan's Patriotism: 'We're Not Even Sure About You, Sir' — On her radio show today, Sandy Rios of the American Family Association (AFA) questioned the patriotism of Khizr Khan, the father of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who died while serving in Iraq.
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Election 2016 is over. Trump won: David Mastio — With no standards and no principles, Clinton and her allies are now just a punchline. — With the possible exception of Jefferson Davis, Donald Trump will be the worst president in American history. I know that sounds extreme.
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Trump, Clinton in virtual tie in Missouri
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Be afraid: The Clinton-Trump general election begins
Be afraid: The Clinton-Trump general election begins
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ABC News
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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Mike Pence: Politics is No Place for ‘Name Calling’ — Mike Pence chastised President Obama on Friday for indirectly referring to Donald Trump as a demagogue, saying - perhaps ironically - that “name calling” has no “place in public life.” — But on Friday, Pence, responding directly …
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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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Even Her Supporters Know Hillary Clinton Is The Terminator
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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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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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Cousin of Slain Baton Rouge Cop Was Wrongly Arrested for the Massacre — Damarcus Alexander went into a Walmart to change clothes. When he came out, police locked him up and allegedly denied him diabetes medicine until he almost slipped into a coma. — ADDIS, Louisiana — On Sunday …
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The Root and NOLA River
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Jeff Asher / FiveThirtyEight:
Baton Rouge Drug Enforcement Has Plummeted Since Police Killed Alton Sterling
Baton Rouge Drug Enforcement Has Plummeted Since Police Killed Alton Sterling
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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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Bosses mocked my ADHD — and CC'd me on the emails — More On: — Two Manhattan mean girls violated the golden rule of e-mail — if you're going to make fun of a co-worker, don't accidentally copy her on your nasty missives, a new lawsuit says. — Adrienne Thiery, 29 …
Alan Hernández / VICE News:
Venezuela has a new ‘forced labor’ law that can require people to work in fields — International human rights activists are complaining that new laws have introduced forced labour in Venezuela. — “A new decree establishing that any employee in Venezuela can be effectively made to work …
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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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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Jill Stein on vaccines: People have ‘real questions’ — PHILADELPHIA — For a week, Jill Stein was everywhere that the Democratic National Convention was not. The Green Party's likely candidate for president made drop-ins to a four-day Socialist Convergence at the Quaker meeting hall …
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TV Ratings: Hillary Clinton's DNC Speech Falls Just Shy of Trump's With 33 Million Viewers — With nearly all ratings in across networks, the DNC finale comes in short of the RNC — though averages a much stronger showing over four days. — Two solid-ish weeks of political conventions culminated …
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Bloomberg and Political Wire
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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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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Black Lives Matter pushes back on Ohio Senate endorsement — The national Black Lives Matter network is pushing back against a local Ohio group that aligns itself with the movement yet has endorsed Republican Rob Portman in his competitive reelection bid in Ohio.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump's Bernie gambit — Donald Trump's constant overtures to millions of disaffected Bernie Sanders supporters aren't likely to net him many votes. But that hasn't stopped him from making more of an effort to win over the most progressive members of the Democratic Party than he is to unify his own.
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Trump says he would like to ‘hit’ DNC speakers who disparaged him — Davenport, Iowa (CNN)Donald Trump, after hearing speeches at the Democratic convention this week, said Thursday he wanted to “hit a number of those speakers so hard, their heads would spin.” — “They'd never recover,” he said.
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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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