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11:15 AM ET, August 25, 2020

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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
First night of RNC 2020 was very effective, to media's dismay  —  The first night of the Republican National Convention was, all in all, sensationally effective — and effective in ways that the mainstream media and its Twitter chatterers clearly found it impossible to understand.
Discussion: Washington Post
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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
I Was Wrong About Trump.  He Didn't Destroy the GOP, He Saved It  —  At the RNC four years ago, I thought Trump couldn't win the White House and that his nomination would destroy the Republican Party.  I was wrong.  —  When the Republican Party formally nominated Donald Trump four years ago …
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and The Guardian
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Was Donald Trump, Jr. ‘coked out of his mind’ during RNC speech?  —  Donald Trump, Jr. addressed the Republican National Committee on Monday, urging Americans to trust his father with four more years in office.  —  But instead of focusing on the words coming out of his mouth …
Discussion: The Wrap and Althouse
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Mirror-Image Convention  —  The first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention was a mirror image of last week's Democratic telethon.  The issues that the Democrats ignored—violence in the cities and China—were mentioned again and again.  Where the Democrats showcased elected officials …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Associated Press:
Republican Convention takeaways: All Trump, all the time
detroitnews:
James at GOP convention: Democracy is ‘all or nothing proposition’
Discussion: Townhall
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
RNC speakers paint California as a dangerous dystopia
Discussion: New York Times and Breitbart
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Major GOP donor gives emotional speech
Ryan Lizza / Politico:   It's Nikki Haley vs. Don Jr. for the soul of the GOP
Rob Eshman / The Forward:
The rabbi who is neighbor to Mark and Patricia McCloskey speaks out: ‘They are bullies’  —  When Rabbi Susan Talve heard that Patricia and Mark McCloskey would be among the speakers addressing the Republican National Convention, she decided she could no longer stay quiet.
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CNN:
Fact check: First night of the Republican National Convention features more dishonesty than four nights of DNC  —  Washington (CNN)The Republican National Convention started off with a parade of dishonesty, in stark contrast with last week's Democratic convention.
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
I Thought I'd Be Mocking the McCloskeys.  Boy, Was I Wrong.  —  You may not believe me if you're a liberal Democratic who lives in a cosmopolitan area, but they came across as people many viewers could identify with.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  If you fear Donald Trump, you should be afraid …
Religion News Service:
Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns from Liberty University.  Again.  —  (RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr., the embattled president of Liberty University and one of President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters, formally resigned from the evangelical Christian university founded by his father Monday evening …
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ABC News:
Jerry Falwell Jr. officially resigns from Liberty University  —  The embattled religious leader says he informed the school Monday night.  —  LIVE NOW  —  After a daylong back and forth, Jerry Falwell Jr. officially resigned from Liberty University Monday night, he told ABC News.
Washington Post:
Jerry Falwell Jr. agrees to resign from Liberty University
Clare Proctor / Chicago Sun-Times:
Jacob Blake's father says son's paralyzed from waist down after police shooting in Kenosha  —  The police shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is drawing national attention, including this protest Monday in Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed by police earlier this year.
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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 …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Former Trump DHS officials launch anti-Trump group  —  Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security in the Trump administration who endorsed Joe Biden last week, has started a group of current and former administration officials and other Republican leaders …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Platform the GOP Is Too Scared to Publish  —  Republicans have decided not to publish a party platform for 2020.  —  This omission has led some to conclude that the GOP lacks ideas, that it stands for nothing, that it has shriveled to little more than a Trump cult.  —  This conclusion is wrong.
Discussion: Raw Story
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Kimberly Guilfoyle trashed California.  She goes way back with two of the state's most important Democrats.  —  Early in her speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday night, Kimberly Guilfoyle used her home state as an ominous warning.  —  “If you want to see the socialist …
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Arizona Republic:   California is a failed state. How do we know? They're moving to Arizona in droves
New York Times:
F.D.A. ‘Grossly Misrepresented’ Blood Plasma Data, Scientists Say  —  Many experts — including a scientist who worked on the Mayo Clinic study — were bewildered about where a key statistic came from.  —  At a news conference on Sunday announcing the emergency approval of blood plasma …
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
A Black Vice Mayor In Virginia Urged A Police Chief's Firing.  Now She Faces Charges.  —  A white Portsmouth resident filed the charges against Lisa Lucas-Burke, who called for the ouster of city Police Chief Angela Greene.  —  A mounting political and racial controversy stemming …
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'He's going to be unleashed': Republican DOJ appointees urge against Trump second term  —  A group of onetime Republican presidential appointees who served as senior ethics or Justice Department aides are endorsing Joe Biden for president, warning that Donald Trump has “weaponized” …
Washington Post:
Melania Trump is about to give her biggest speech in four years.  The Trump campaign hopes she can be its secret weapon.  —  On the eve of her big speech headlining the second night of the Republican National Convention, first lady Melania Trump appeared in front of the White House to talk up her husband's record on women.
United States Department of State:
President Erdogan's Meeting with Hamas Leadership  —  The United States strongly objects to Turkish President Erdogan hosting two Hamas leaders in Istanbul on August 22.  Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S and EU and both officials hosted by President Erdogan are Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
Bruce Finley / Denver Post:
Wildfire haze, record heat and pollution combine to make Denver air quality dangerous for all  —  Colorado health officials recommend constructing “safe rooms” for protection against penetrating particulates pollution  —  Beyond wildfire smoke, the air quality in Denver has deteriorated …
Martha Mendoza / Associated Press:
Redwoods survive wildfire at California's oldest state park  —  BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (AP) — When a massive wildfire swept through California's oldest state park last week it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods, some of them 2,000 years old and among the tallest living things on Earth, may finally have succumbed.
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Trump's Scare Tactics Aren't Working on Women in the Suburbs  —  CORNELIUS, N.C. — A few years back, in the middle of the day in the middle of a week in the spring, in the parking garage of an upscale mall in Charlotte half an hour south from her house here in the suburbs, Susan Sandler was attacked.
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
Debra Kamin / New York Times:
Black Homeowners Face Discrimination in Appraisals  —  Companies that value homes for sale or refinancing are bound by law not to discriminate.  Black homeowners say it happens anyway.  —  Abena and Alex Horton wanted to take advantage of low home-refinance rates brought on by the coronavirus crisis.
Josie Duffy Rice / Vanity Fair:
How to Abolish the Police, According to Josie Duffy Rice  —  Long before the internet caught wind of him, Henry Earl was already a local legend.  By the time the Charleston Gazette dubbed him a “cult-status hero” and Newsweek called him the “town drunk,” Earl was already known around Lexington, Kentucky, as James Brown.
Discussion: Reason
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
The Eyes Have It: Junior Just Wants Daddy's Love  —  Donald Trump Jr. may be a disgusting racist, but he's a disgusting racist trying desperately to get a narcissist to love him.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  It's never a good sign when someone gives a speech and people's reaction is to talk about something other than the words.
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
 
 
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
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