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12:15 PM ET, July 22, 2016

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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Death of the Republican Party  —  CLEVELAND — On the surface, this seems like a normal Republican convention.  There are balloon drops, banal but peppy music from the mid-1970s and polite white people not dancing in their seats.  —  But this is not a normal convention.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: I wouldn't accept Cruz endorsement  —  Donald Trump would not accept Ted Cruz's endorsement even if he offered it to him, the Republican nominee said Friday, two days after the Texas senator declined to back him in epic fashion during his convention speech.  —  “He's fine.  I don't want his endorsement.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
This week we saw that the Republican Party — not just Trump — is the problem  —  So much has been written and said about Donald Trump's manifest unfitness for office that at this point there's hardly any reason to dwell further on it.  But a national convention isn't just about a single candidate.
Discussion: Politicus USA and Hullabaloo
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Five ways Trump's convention was a success  —  The Republican National Convention came to a close on Thursday night after a dramatic week marred by a plagiarism controversy involving Melania Trump and a surreal scene in which Ted Cruz  —  was shouted off the stage.
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump doesn't want to make America great.  He wants to make it afraid.  —  Donald Trump is not a candidate the American people would turn to in normal times.  He's too inexperienced, too eccentric, too volatile, too risky.  Voting Trump is burning down the house to collect the insurance money …
Discussion: Guardian, The Root and Daily Wire
Daniel Pipes / Philly.com:
Why I just quit the Republican Party
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:   The Demagogue Rises  —  Donald Trump delivered the longest …
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Liberal group: Kaine could be ‘disastrous’ VP pick  —  A liberal group is urging Hillary Clinton  —  (D-Va.) as her running mate because of his positions on trade and banking regulation.  —  “Making Senator Tim Kaine our vice presidential candidate could be potentially disastrous for our efforts to defeat Donald Trump
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Liberals press Clinton not to pick Kaine for VP  —  Liberal Democrats are launching an eleventh-hour campaign against Sen. Tim Kaine  —  's presidential ticket.  —  The advocates say Kaine, a moderate who's risen to the top of the VP shortlist, should be disregarded both for his positions …
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Sen. Tim Kaine Seen as Clinton's VP Pick
Discussion: Politicus USA
Annie Karni / Politico:   Vanilla nice: Signs point to Kaine as Clinton's VP choice
Associated Press:
In the swirl of balloons and cheers of the masses, Donald Trump finally …
Luciana Lopez / Reuters:
Undocumented immigrants given roles at Democratic convention
Discussion: The Week
Politico:
Full text: Donald Trump 2016 RNC draft speech transcript  —  Remarks as prepared for delivery according to a draft obtained by POLITICO Thursday afternoon.  —  Friends, delegates and fellow Americans: I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.
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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Donald Trump's RNC Speech Was a Terrifying Display of Nightmarish Authoritarianism  —  Donald Trump's speech accepting the Republican nomination was easily the most overt display of authoritarian fear-mongering I can remember seeing in American politics.  The entire speech was dark and dystopian …
Washington Post:
Donald Trump's prepared speech to the Republican National convention, annotated
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
What Trump says about crime in America and what is really going on
Discussion: NPR, ThinkProgress and The Federalist
Sam Frizell / TIME:
GOP Shows White Supremacist's Tweet During Trump's Speech  —  The Republican National Convention displayed a tweet by a white-supremacist account during Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech on Thursday night.  —  The tweet, written by the account @Western_Triumph …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Displays Tweet From White Supremacist As Trump Accepts Nom  —  As Donald Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday night, a tweet from a white supremacist account was broadcast through the convention hall at Quicken Loans Arena. … User @Western_Triumph's tweet itself was generic …
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
10 Moments That Mattered at the Republican National Convention
Discussion: Associated Press, Politico and The Hill
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   In Cleveland, the GOP's ‘come-to-Trump moment’
Tegna / KVUE-TV:
APD investigating officers' actions in teacher's 2015 arrest  —  Investigation into uncovered police video … AUSTIN - Officials are investigating two police officers after the violent arrest of an African-American elementary school teacher in June 2015.  —  Video obtained exclusively …
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Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Video: Austin police body-slam black teacher, tell her blacks have ‘violent tendencies’  —  Officials in Austin are investigating the violent arrest of a black elementary school teacher who was body-slammed by a white police officer during a traffic stop.  —  The investigation comes …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Peter Thiel to tell RNC he's proudly gay  —  Cleveland (CNN)Peter Thiel is set to admonish the GOP for refusing to embrace LGBT rights on stage here tonight.  —  The tech billionaire will declare to the Republican National Convention that he is proud to be gay, a source familiar with Thiel's remarks told CNN.
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:   Thiel: Fake Culture Wars Only Distract Us From Our Economic Decline
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Peter Thiel Comes Out at RNC as Gay Republican - Gets STANDING OVATION (VIDEO)
Discussion: Daily Wire
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
VC Peter Thiel says 'I'm proud to be gay,' gets applause at RNC
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
miamiherald:
Bullet that struck caregiver was meant to protect him, police union prez says  —  Police union president says the cop was aiming at autistic man sitting on the ground  —  Cops say 911 caller said suicidal man had a gun on the street  —  Charles Kinsey, who was shot, said he told police there was no weapon
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Did The Trump Campaign Just Get Hit With The Monica Langley Curse?  —  A Langley profile has often come with something reminiscent of the curse of the Sports Illustrated cover.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post … CLEVELAND As Eric Trump was set to begin …
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
The most interesting thing to watch at RNC isn't the speeches. It's the Trump VIP box.
Discussion: NPR and National Review
WCAX-TV:
2 Vermont DNC delegates excluded due to gender  —  There's been some debate about who should represent Vermont at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia.  —  Two elected delegates are being removed from Vermont's delegate pool.  One of them is filing a formal complaint against the Democratic National Convention.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Jesse Paul / Denver Post:
Colorado town finds THC in its water, warns residents not to drink or bathe in it  —  Colorado emergency management officials are heading to Hugo  —  A town on Colorado's Eastern Plains is warning its residents not to drink, bathe in or cook with its water because officials said evidence was found of THC …
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Ben Guarino / Washington Post:
Officials detect THC, marijuana's active ingredient, in Colorado town's public water supply
Washington Post:
Donald Trump: The candidate of the apocalypse  —  THESE ARE anxious times in America.  Despite a steadily, if slowly, growing economy and the absence of a major war, people remain troubled by a sense of national underperformance and myriad social ills, most recently the surge …
 
 
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Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
‘I Alone Can Fix It’  —  Has any American political leader claimed …
Media Matters for America:
Fox Host: The RNC Is “The Worst Convention I've Ever Seen”
Discussion: Daily Kos
21st Century Fox:
Roger Ailes Resigns as Chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network …
 

 
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