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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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Washington Post:
Focus on Trump's official White House actions as part of Republican convention programming raises Hatch Act concerns — The decision by the Republican National Convention to feature President Trump conducting official business inside the White House underscores how he is leveraging the powers …
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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 …
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Melania Trump goes where other Republicans won't in convention address — Melania Trump pushed for racial unity during her keynote on the second night of the Republican National Convention, offering a far more conciliatory address than other speakers who used their lecterns to bombastically promote the president.
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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
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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.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Republicans revel in Trump's prime-time convention surprises — President Donald Trump trails former vice president Joe Biden in polls nationwide and in key battleground states. The majority of Americans say they dislike the president and believe the country is on the wrong track.
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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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Karol Markowicz / Spectator USA:
The most memorable RNC speakers are not the stars … Let's be real, the warm-up acts are never the draw. For every Jimi Hendrix opening for the Monkees (true story) there's, well, every other opening act you've ever sat through to get to the main event. — But the Republican National Convention …
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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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sean Hannity receives special White House access for Republican convention
Sean Hannity receives special White House access for Republican convention
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Will Thorne / Variety:
Republican National Convention Night 1 Down on DNC in Early Numbers
Republican National Convention Night 1 Down on DNC in Early Numbers
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Pompeo stirs up outrage among some diplomats over speech to RNC
Pompeo stirs up outrage among some diplomats over speech to RNC
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Pelosi calls Pompeo's convention address from Jerusalem ‘appalling’
Pelosi calls Pompeo's convention address from Jerusalem ‘appalling’
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Melania Trump urges end to unrest, calls on country to ‘come together’ in convention address
Melania Trump urges end to unrest, calls on country to ‘come together’ in convention address
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump aims RNC speech at erasing memories of 2016
Melania Trump aims RNC speech at erasing memories of 2016
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
This Isn't a Convention—It's a Republican Funeral Pyre
This Isn't a Convention—It's a Republican Funeral Pyre
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Washington Post:
Fact-checking the second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention — It was another tsunami of untruths on the second night of the Republican National Convention. Here are 19 claims that caught our attention. As is our practice, we do not award Pinocchios for a roundup of statements made during convention events.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Brought out to bolster Trump's campaign, Pam Bondi offered numerous reminders of its flaws
Brought out to bolster Trump's campaign, Pam Bondi offered numerous reminders of its flaws
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Hillary Clinton to Biden: Don't concede if the election is close
Hillary Clinton to Biden: Don't concede if the election is close
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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.
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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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
Nobody Is Entitled to Be an Elected Official
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Jason Whitlock / OutKick:
LeBron James Is A Bigot — Time for BLM 101, Volume 4. BLM 101 is dedicated to educating professional athletes about the negative consequences of the Black Lives Matter movement. BLM 101 makes every effort to avoid snark and ridicule. Today that will be difficult.
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Angelica Stabile / Fox News:
Kenosha congressman responds to riots over Jacob Blake shooting, calls for order to be restored ‘now’
Kenosha congressman responds to riots over Jacob Blake shooting, calls for order to be restored ‘now’
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Victoria Albert / CBS News:
Jacob Blake paralyzed after he was shot by Wisconsin police, family attorney says
Jacob Blake paralyzed after he was shot by Wisconsin police, family attorney says
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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 …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
A loyalty test for the GOP, a reality test for the country
A loyalty test for the GOP, a reality test for the country
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
If the case for Trump is strong, why isn't the truth good enough?
If the case for Trump is strong, why isn't the truth good enough?
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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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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Trump's “Shut It Down” Self-Own
Trump's “Shut It Down” Self-Own
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Biden campaign says China's treatment of Uighur Muslims is “genocide”
Biden campaign says China's treatment of Uighur Muslims is “genocide”
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Washington Post:
Jerry Falwell Jr. confirms he has resigned as head of Liberty University — Jerry Falwell Jr. on Tuesday confirmed his resignation as president of Liberty University, ending back-to-back Falwell leadership eras at an evangelical institution that is a major power center for conservative Christians and politicians.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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