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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Protesters confront Rand Paul outside White House after RNC — Sen. Rand Paul was confronted by protesters early Friday morning after leaving the Republican National Convention at the White House. — “Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House.
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Mary Trump says GOP convention ‘disturbing to watch,’ calls portrayal of president a sham — President Donald Trump's wife and children spoke on the first three nights of the Republican National Convention — and his niece showed up for the grand finale. — Mary Trump, who wrote …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
3 winners and 4 losers from the final night of the Republican National Convention — President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech for the Republican Party nomination from the South Lawn of the White House. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images — A big day for Black Republicans; not much social distancing.
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
In photos: Over 1,000 Trump guests pack into White South lawn for RNC — President Trump will officially accept the Republican nomination for president before a crowd of more than 1,000 people on the White House South Lawn Thursday night. Meanwhile, demonstrators gathered outside in Lafayette Park to protest his administration.
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Mike Barnicle / The Daily Beast:
A Sick President Scrambles to Spread His Contagion of Fear — It was easy to shut your eyes and see and hear Nixon tracking back and forth across the land in the fall of 1968, about how “the other” is coming for your way of life. — BEAST INSIDE — Before last night's neon obscenity …
Caleb Parke / Fox News:
Rand Paul calls for FBI arrests, investigation into ‘mob’ he believes ‘would have killed us,’ if not for police
Rand Paul calls for FBI arrests, investigation into ‘mob’ he believes ‘would have killed us,’ if not for police
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National Review, The Daily Caller, CBS Baltimore and American Greatness
Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
Trump Lit Up The Skies (And The Right) While The Streets Raged — And Remade Conventions Forever
Trump Lit Up The Skies (And The Right) While The Streets Raged — And Remade Conventions Forever
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
A Trump In Full — President Trump accepted the Republican nomination Thursday night …
A Trump In Full — President Trump accepted the Republican nomination Thursday night …
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Chris King / St. Louis American:
David Dorn's daughters oppose father's widow speaking at RNC
David Dorn's daughters oppose father's widow speaking at RNC
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German Lopez / Vox:
The absurdity of Trump's RNC speech, in one photo
The absurdity of Trump's RNC speech, in one photo
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
April Was Trump's Cruelest Month
Washington Post:
Few masks, little distancing: Trump celebrates at crowded White House party largely devoid of coronavirus precautions
Few masks, little distancing: Trump celebrates at crowded White House party largely devoid of coronavirus precautions
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Fact-Checking Night 4 of the Republican National Convention
Fact-Checking Night 4 of the Republican National Convention
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Malign Fantasy of Donald Trump's Convention — Using the White House as his prop, the President makes war on Joe Biden, and pretends the pandemic is all but defeated. — For four years, Donald Trump has been asking us to believe the unbelievable, to accept the unthinkable, to replace harsh realities with simple fantasies.
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George Packer / The Atlantic:
This Is How Biden Loses — Here is a prediction about the November election: If Donald Trump wins, in a trustworthy vote, what's happening this week in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will be one reason. Maybe the reason. And yet Joe Biden has it in his power to spare the country a second Trump term.
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Clare Proctor / Chicago Sun-Times:
Jacob Blake handcuffed to hospital bed, father says — Jacob Blake's father, also named Jacob Blake, speaks at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. On Thursday, Blake's father said his son has been handcuffed to his hospital bed. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times — “He can't go anywhere,” …
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
What Donald Trump couldn't bring himself to say: Takeaways from RNC Night 4 — President Donald Trump had a lot to say Thursday night — and he took his time saying it. — In accepting the Republican Party's nomination for the presidency, Trump spoke for one hour and nine minutes …
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Politico:
Trump hits back at Biden's accusation of ‘darkness in America’: Key moments
Trump hits back at Biden's accusation of ‘darkness in America’: Key moments
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Jason Whitlock / OutKick:
BLM 101: Continued Harassment From Protesters Reveals Bigotry And Hate, Not Progress — It's time for BLM 101, Volume 6. This online class is dedicated to educating professional athletes on the real agenda and impact of the so-called Black Lives Matter movement.
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Robert Tracinski / The Bulwark:
Biden Needs a Sister Souljah Month
Biden Needs a Sister Souljah Month
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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Shinzo Abe, Japan's Longest-Serving Leader, to Resign Because of Illness — Mr. Abe has been prime minister for nearly eight consecutive years, a significant feat in a country accustomed to high turnover in the top job. — TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan will resign because of ill health …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Instead of Evolving as President, Trump Has Bent the Job to His Will — In a 40-minute phone call this week, Mr. Trump struggled to describe how he has changed in office. “I think I've just become more guarded than I was four years ago,” he said. — WASHINGTON — For a man on the edge of history …
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump Botches His Big Speech and No One Will Care — He didn't put much effort into addressing voters other than his most avid supporters. — Nomination speeches at normal conventions are easy. Joe Biden even showed last week that nomination speeches given remotely during a pandemic aren't that hard.
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Brandon Ambrosino / Politico:
‘She was the aggressor’: Former Liberty student alleges sexual encounter with Becki Falwell — A former Liberty University student says Becki Falwell, the wife of the university's then-President Jerry Falwell Jr., jumped into bed with him and performed oral sex on him while he stayed …
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
What if Facebook Is the Real ‘Silent Majority’? — Right-wing influencers are dominating the political discussion on Facebook, raising questions about whether it will translate into electoral success in November. — Listen, liberals. If you don't think Donald Trump can get re-elected in November …
Sean O'Keefe / NBC News:
Trump and the RNC abandoned the Republican platform and the legacy of Ronald Reagan — Time was, you could highlight Republican principles on a flash card, particularly when it came to national security. At the 1980 Republican National Convention— when Republican clarity about the party's ideals …
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
AP Analysis: Trump wields fear in pitch for 4 more years
AP Analysis: Trump wields fear in pitch for 4 more years
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Secretly recorded audio of Trump's sister prompts new call for investigation into his admission to Penn — A professor at the University of Pennsylvania has renewed a request to investigate how President Trump was admitted to the school in 1966, citing what he called “new evidence” …
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, The Hill and Raw Story
TODAY.com:
Kamala Harris: Officer in Jacob Blake shooting should be charged — In her first one-on-one network interview since becoming the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, Kamala Harris talks to TODAY's Craig Melvin about the shooting of Jacob Blake, saying “I don't see how anybody could reason …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Steele Associate Offered To ‘Feed’ Michael Flynn Story To WaPo Columnist, Ex-Spy Testified — David Kramer, who was BuzzFeed's source for the Steele dossier, offered to “feed” stories about Trump associates to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, according to text messages read at a defamation trial against Christopher Steele.
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Viral pro-Trump tweets came from fake African American spam accounts, Twitter says — Twitter has taken action to stop a spam operation that pushed messages from fake accounts about Black people abandoning the Democratic Party. — The company removed two fake accounts and deleted the account …
Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
Against Self-Doubt — It took me until the last night, but I finally figured out the theme of this convention. And it's not really “American Carnage 2.0.” The riots were mentioned but not by a yelling cop like Sheriff Clarke. Instead, it was by Melania Trump. — There were some hard-edged messages at the RNC.