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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Chaos erupts on GOP convention floor after voice vote shuts down Never Trump forces  —  CLEVELAND — Chaos broke out at the Republican National Convention after Republican leaders blocked a full floor vote on the convention rules.  —  Critics of Donald Trump had attempted to force the vote …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Denounces John Kasich in Ohio, Where Convention Begins  —  CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump's chief adviser used the first day of the Republican National Convention on Monday to excoriate Gov. John R. Kasich for not endorsing Mr. Trump, touching off a remarkably bitter exchange between …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan: Trump ‘not my kind of conservative’  —  , the chairman of the GOP convention here, said Monday he believes that Donald Trump  —  is a conservative — just “not my kind of conservative.”  —  “He's not my kind of conservative, but I come from a different part and wing of the party,” …
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Political Wire
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Day 1: GOP civil war breaks out in Cleveland  —  CLEVELAND — Day One of the GOP's national convention has been anything but unified.  —  Republicans opposed to Donald Trump by Monday afternoon appeared to have garnered enough signatures to force a full vote on the national convention rules …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Scrambling, Planners of the Republican Convention Put ‘Showbiz’ Off to the Wings  —  CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump was told, no, it was not sensible to have Don King, the flamboyant boxing promoter, address the Republican convention.  But Mr. Trump, who has repeatedly boasted of having Mr. King's support, kept pressing the matter.
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Trump Campaign Weighs In On Open Carry At The Republican Convention  —  CLEVELAND, OHIO — Hours after the head of Cleveland's police union pleaded with the governor to suspend Ohio's open-carry laws during the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump's spokesperson told ThinkProgress she is …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump may speak at convention tonight
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Ryan: Trump Not ‘My Kind of Conservative,’ But GOP Must Get Behind Him
Discussion: Politico
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2016 GOP Convention Program Announced
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
‘Law and order’ becomes a major theme of GOP convention
Discussion: The Atlantic and ABC News
Fawn Johnson / Morning Consult:
The Party of Ronald Reagan Isn't So Sure About Itself Now
Discussion: Red Alert Politics and Bloomberg
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Murdochs Have Decided to Remove Roger Ailes — the Only Question Now Is When  —  Roger Ailes's tenure as the head of Fox News may be coming to an end.  Rupert Murdoch and sons Lachlan and James — co-chairmen and CEO, respectively, of parent company 21st Century Fox — have settled on removing …
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All  —  “The Art of the Deal” made America see Trump as a charmer with an unfailing knack for business.  Tony Schwartz helped create that myth—and regrets it.  —  Last June, as dusk fell outside Tony Schwartz's sprawling house, on a leafy back road in Riverdale …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Confused by Contradictory Polls?  Take a Step Back  —  It has been a rocky few weeks all over the world.  Only a few surprising presidential poll results have broken through in a news cycle dominated by shootings by and of the police, the F.B.I.'s decision not to indict Hillary Clinton …
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:   Trump gains on Clinton in Monmouth poll
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:   Trump, Clinton and a world on fire
George Jahn / Associated Press:
AP EXCLUSIVE: SECRET DOCUMENT EASES IRAN NUCLEAR CONSTRAINTS  —  VIENNA (AP) — Key restrictions on Iran's nuclear program imposed under an internationally negotiated deal will ease in slightly more than a decade, cutting the time Tehran would need to build a bomb to six months from present estimates …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump campaign guts GOP's anti-Russia stance on Ukraine  —  The Trump campaign worked behind the scenes last week to make sure the new Republican platform won't call for giving weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian and rebel forces, contradicting the view of almost all Republican foreign policy leaders in Washington.
Kevin Rector / Baltimore Sun:
Freddie Gray case: Judge acquits Lt. Brian Rice of all charges … Prosecutors in Baltimore have failed for the fourth time to secure a conviction in the Freddie Gray case, with Circuit Judge Barry Williams acquitting Lt. Brian Rice of all charges related to Gray's arrest and death.
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
‘Are You Gonna Let Me Talk?’:  CNN Interview on ‘Phony Movement’ Black Lives Matter Derails  —  During what was supposed to be an otherwise civil discourse about policing in the wake of another American tragedy Sunday that claimed the lives of three officers in uniform …
Discussion: Raw Story and FOX News Radio
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
In Heated Interview, Sheriff Blames Black Lives Matter For Police Shootings
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
John McCain On Nice Attack: Obama “Allowed This To Happen”  —  Arizona Sen. John McCain says President Obama “allowed” the Bastille Day attack in Nice that left at least 84 people dead to happen, blaming his policies towards ISIS for failing “America and the world.”
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
John McCain: Obama ‘Allowed’ Nice Attack To ‘Happen’
Discussion: Associated Press
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Michelle Van Etten, Soon-to-Be RNC Star, Peddles Pills that Make Alex Jones ‘Crazed’  —  A marketer who sells pills based on pseudoscience just landed a primetime speaking slot at the RNC.  Among her fans: Infowars' Alex Jones, who says the supplements make him “crazed and aggressive.”
Discussion: Guardian and Joe.My.God.
Vox:
The Republicans waged a 3-decade war on government.  They got Trump.  —  Trumpism may have parallels in populist, nativist movements abroad, but it is also the culmination of a proud political party's steady descent into a deeply destructive and dysfunctional state.
New York Times:
Online Trail Illuminates Baton Rouge Gunman's Path to Violence  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — He joined the Marines, served in Iraq and earned a Good Conduct Medal.  He was an entrepreneur, a self-published author, a nutrition and fitness counselor, a proponent of the American gospel of self improvement.
Milo / Breitbart:
Teenage Boys With Tits: Here's My Problem With Ghostbusters  —  I'd have loved nothing more than to give Ghostbusters a glowing review.  Seriously!  Can you imagine a better troll?  Extolling the virtues of a film that my loyal readership has been warring with social justice warriors over for months?
Discussion: Heat Street and Vox Popoli
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Ted Cruz contemplates the unthinkable  —  One of these days, and maybe soon, Ted Cruz just might have to endorse Donald Trump.  —  But he'll never concede Trump could have beaten him in a fair fight — and he'll never accept that Trump's me-first philosophy represents a sustainable future for the GOP.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Dinesh D'Souza / National Review:
How the Clinton Foundation Got Rich off Poor Haitians  —  It filtered money through Haiti and back to itself.  —  EDITOR'S NOTE:  —  The following article is excerpted from Dinesh D'Souza's new book, Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Gingrich: Bushes are behaving ‘childishly’  —  Passed over for the job of joining the Republican presidential ticket as Donald Trump's running mate, Newt Gingrich showed Monday that his willingness to serve as an attack dog has not diminished.  —  In a pair of morning show interviews Monday …
Discussion: RedState, ABC News and New York Times
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
Judge throws out ex-L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca's plea deal, saying 6 months in prison not enough
Discussion: POLICE Magazine and KTLA
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge mulls written questions to Clinton on emails
Discussion: LawNewz
James Delingpole / Breitbart:
Muslims Were The Real Victims Of The Nice Terror Attack, The BBC Explains
Dallas Franklin / KFOR-TV:
Unknown man allegedly broke into Oklahoma City man's home, watched while he slept
 Earlier Items: 
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Party of Two  —  Joe Biden wouldn't take the hint …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Emily Richmond / The Atlantic:
Why Are Third-Graders Afraid of Donald Trump?
Keiligh Baker / Daily Mail:
The universe as you've never seen it before: Groundbreaking radio telescope finds 1,300 galaxies …
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Donald Trump doesn't read much. Being president probably wouldn't change that.
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Week
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
The Republican Ticket: Trump and Pence
 

 
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The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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New York Times:
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