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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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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 …
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.
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.
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
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: The Hill, Reuters, VICE, New York Post and Axios
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.
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 …
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.
Karol Markowicz / Spectator USA:   The most memorable RNC speakers are not the stars
Will Thorne / Variety:
Republican National Convention Night 1 Down on DNC in Early Numbers
Discussion: Decider and New York Post
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Melania Trump urges end to unrest, calls on country to ‘come together’ in convention address
Discussion: Associated Press
New York Times:   Melania Trump's Unique Role at the R.N.C.: Expressing Sympathy on the Virus
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
This Isn't a Convention—It's a Republican Funeral Pyre
Discussion: Raw Story
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
First night of GOP convention delivers nearly six times more views than start of Democrats' event on C-SPAN livestream
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.
Discussion: Fox News
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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
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.
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.
Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's electoral vulnerabilities were visible in 2018, internal RNC report showed  —  President Trump's dimming reelection prospects were visible before the 2018 midterm elections, according to an internal Republican National Committee report seen by the Washington Examiner.
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 …
William Wan / Washington Post:
Natalie Harp said Trump saved her life.  Experts doubt that's true.  —  Under the bright lights of the Republican National Convention on Monday night, California entrepreneur Natalie Harp said President Trump literally saved her life.  —  “When I failed the chemotherapies that were on the market …
Discussion: IJR, Wall Street Journal and Reason
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 …
 
 
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
What happens to the Supreme Court (and the Constitution) if Trump wins
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Wall Street Journal:
In the Covid-19 Recession, Europe Props Up Jobs While the U.S. Props Up Workers
Megan Henney / Fox News:
Covington Catholic teen Nick Sandmann slams media, left for ‘cancel culture’ after viral video
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Politico:
Drugmakers deliver counteroffer to Trump international pricing plan
Discussion: Reuters
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republican Party Must Be Saved From the Conservative Movement
Discussion: National Review
The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Insider: President Wanted to ‘Maim’ Migrants
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA