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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
RNC Speaker Cancelled After Boosting QAnon Conspiracy Theory About Jewish Plot to Enslave the World  —  Mary Ann Mendoza, an “angel mom,” was set to speak on Tuesday night.  But then she took to Twitter to encourage followers to read a thread about the Rothschilds.
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Carter Sherman / VICE:
An RNC Speaker Said Cops Would Be ‘Smart’ to Racially Profile Her Own Son  —  “Statistically, my brown son is more likely to commit a violent offense over my white sons,” anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson said in a YouTube video earlier this year.  —  CS
Amanda Becker / The 19th:
On eve of suffrage centennial milestone, RNC to feature speaker supporting policies barring women from voting  —  Anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson has advocated for a head-of-household voting system that has historically barred women and people of color from casting ballots.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact check: Sen. Rand Paul on Trump's Iraq War opposition  —  “Joe Biden voted for the Iraq War, which President Trump has long called the worst geopolitical mistake of our generation,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said on Tuesday night.  —  This is true, though it omits some key context.
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Politico:
Trump shatters norms on second night of convention: Key moments  —  President Donald Trump staged a norm-busting show on the second night of the Republican National Convention, pardoning a convicted bank robber, hosting a naturalization ceremony, and providing a primetime platform to Americans …
Fox News:
Trump announces pardon of Jon Ponder ahead of GOP convention appearance  —  President Trump on Tuesday announced a pardon of Jon Ponder ahead of the convicted bank robber's appearance at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night.  —  Ponder, who founded the nonprofit Hope For Prisoners …
Discussion: Reuters, The Hill, VICE, Axios and New York Post
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sean Hannity receives special White House access for Republican convention  —  New York (CNN Business)When representatives from all the major TV networks visited the White House's South Lawn on Monday, part of what's known as a “walkthrough” to prepare for President Trump's Thursday night speech there …
New York Times:   Melania Trump's Unique Role at the R.N.C.: Expressing Sympathy on the Virus
Tim Alberta / Politico:   Family matters, TV moments and a conventional RNC
USA Today:   I never promised you a rose garden: Melania Trump's renovation of a national treasure
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Hillary Clinton to Biden: Don't concede if the election is close  —  Hillary Clinton is predicting Donald Trump's reelection effort will be a messy affair, and the former Democratic candidate has some advice for Joe Biden: If the race is close, don't concede.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
If the case for Trump is strong, why isn't the truth good enough?  —  To hear Republicans tell it, the 2020 presidential election is effectively a no-brainer: Donald Trump has been a great success, the argument goes, and Joe Biden is a failure pushing ideas that would take the country backward.
NBC News:
Full text of Donald Trump Jr.'s speech at the 2020 RNC
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and TalkLeft
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Mike Huckabee describes RNC as showing ‘authenticity’ with focus on faith, belief in America
Discussion: The Hill
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump's Convention Flops As Biden DNC Drew 3 Million More Viewers  —  Another troubling sign for Trump as night one of the Republican convention drew 3.2 million fewer viewers than night one of the DNC.  —  Via The LA Times: … Trump demanded a blockbuster convention after seeing …
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Will Thorne / Variety:
Republican National Convention Night 1 Down on DNC in Early Numbers
Discussion: Decider, The Guardian and New York Post
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
This Isn't a Convention—It's a Republican Funeral Pyre
Discussion: Raw Story
Skyler Swisher / Sun-Sentinel:
Congressman's old social media posts about sex with 15-year-old girls, rape surface in South Florida re-election fight  —  South Florida Congressman Brian Mast joked about rape and referenced sex with 15-year-old girls in old Facebook comments to a friend who is now his campaign manager.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Kyle Hopkins / ProPublica:
Alaska's Attorney General Resigns Hours After We Published “Uncomfortable” Texts He Sent to a Younger Colleague  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Alaska Attorney General Kevin …
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Kyle Hopkins / ProPublica:
Alaska's Attorney General on Unpaid Leave After Sending Hundreds of “Uncomfortable” Texts to a Young Colleague
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Aaron Coleman's Ex-Girlfriend Says He Slapped and Choked Her in the Past Year … When Taylor Passow first met Aaron Coleman last November, she was impressed by his drive and his passion for a better world.  “I had never been with somebody who seemed so focused on a career, and how he wanted to change the country.
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Lindsay Beyerstein / Slate:
Nobody Is Entitled to Be an Elected Official
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
‘Obvious lie after obvious lie’: Biden campaign blasts RNC as ‘incoherent charade’  —  WASHINGTON — The Democratic presidential nominee shared media fact checks on Tuesday about the GOP convention on health care, crime and COVID-19.  —  “Last night's incoherent charade was sad, underwhelming …
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Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:
Why Democrats cannot bank on moderate Republicans this year
Discussion: Sean Hannity
James Dawson / NPR:
Unmasked Protesters Push Past Police Into Idaho Lawmakers' Session  —  In Boise, the first day of Idaho's special legislative session erupted into chaos before it began.  Dozens of unmasked protesters, some of them armed, shoved their way past state troopers to pack the gallery overlooking the state's House of Representatives.
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump Has Now Moved $2.3 Million Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Private Business  —  Senior editor at Forbes, covering Donald Trump's business.  —  Donald Trump continued to shift money from his donors to his business last month, as his reelection campaign paid his private companies for rent …
Discussion: Raw Story
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Whip cracking, drinking and profanity-laced threats: Government office in charge of etiquette plagued by etiquette problems, watchdog finds  —  When the United States hosts foreign leaders and dignitaries, a little-known office at the State Department is in charge of sweating every detail …
Discussion: Political Wire
William Saletan / Slate:
The Republican Coronavirus Strategy: Lie About Everything  —  How do you defend a president who has mismanaged a pandemic that has killed more than 170,000 Americans?  On Monday, the Republican Party gave its answer: You lie.  At its convention, the GOP presented an almost entirely fake history …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Insider: President Wanted to ‘Maim’ Migrants  —  Miles Taylor, former DHS chief of staff, recalls the moment he said to himself “what the f*ck is happening” during a Trump meeting.  Plus, the gang shits on night one of the RNC.  —  You thought what happened on-screen during …
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Megan Henney / Fox News:
Covington Catholic teen Nick Sandmann slams media, left for ‘cancel culture’ after viral video  —  Sandmann spoke about being ‘canceled’ during the second night of the GOP convention  —  Nick Sandmann, an 18-year-old graduate from Covington Catholic High School who was at the center …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Jason Rantz / MyNorthwest.com:
Rioters tried to burn Seattle police alive, sealed door during fire at East Precinct  —  Seattle rioters used a substance suspected to be quick-dry concrete to seal shut the door to the East Precinct, the Seattle Police Department has confirmed.  At the same time, the rioter attempted to set fire to the building.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and SPD Blotter
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Editor Thought Their Disastrous Seth Rich Story Would Be ‘Vindicated’  —  A top editor was convinced their conspiracy theory item would be proven right, weeks after it blew up in the network's face.  —  As Fox News scrambled to contain the damage from its discredited reporting …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Hope Hicks landed lucrative gigs after her first stint at the Trump White House  — Hope Hicks, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump's, landed high-paying gigs, including a Wall Street speaking engagement, between White House stints, according to her latest financial disclosure report.
 
 
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