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11:15 AM ET, July 22, 2016

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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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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 …
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 …
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
What Trump says about crime in America and what is really going on  —  When Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president on Thursday night, his remarks — echoing comments made at the convention all week — painted an image of a nation in despair, teetering on the brink of utter lawlessness, violence and chaos.
Discussion: NPR, ThinkProgress and The Federalist
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
VC Peter Thiel says 'I'm proud to be gay,' gets applause at RNC  —  Peter Thiel: Proud to be gay, Republican  —  Entrepreneur Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, about identity.  —  CLEVELAND — Peter Thiel received a big applause Thursday night …
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
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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
Tony Romm / Politico:
Thiel urges Republicans to back off ‘culture wars’
Discussion: ABC News
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  —  Virginian with Spanish skills and low-key style could aid Democrat Hillary Clinton in the general election  —  Hillary Clinton is on the verge of announcing her vice-presidential pick, with Democrats familiar with her search believing she will settle …
Discussion: Politicus USA
Associated Press:
In the swirl of balloons and cheers of the masses, Donald Trump finally …
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: Hullabaloo
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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.
Daniel Pipes / Philly.com:
Why I just quit the Republican Party
Discussion: Mediaite
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:   The Demagogue Rises  —  Donald Trump delivered the longest …
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, LawNewz and NBC News
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Escape His Caricature?  Donald Trump Passes Up the Chance  —  CLEVELAND — It was Donald J. Trump's best chance to escape his own caricature.  —  He did not.  —  After 40 years in the public eye, Mr. Trump decided on Thursday night that he was not interested in revealing himself to America …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In his most important speech ever, Trump echoes Richard Nixon
Nick Gass / Politico:
Leaked document: Trump will tell the nation, ‘I am your voice’
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 …
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
Discussion: AOL, ABC News and Instapundit
Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump introduces her father — with a personal appeal to women  —  CLEVELAND — Ivanka Trump, the polished, careful daughter of a shoot-from-the-hip presidential candidate, made a personal appeal to women voters tonight who remain skeptical of a Trump presidency, describing her father “as a fighter” for the nation and women.
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Will Drabold / TIME:
Read Ivanka Trump's Speech at the Republican Convention
Discussion: Washington Post and Scared Monkeys
Ezekiel Elliott / TMZ.com:
... Denies Attacking Ex-GF  —  Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has been named a suspect in a domestic violence police report obtained by TMZ Sports ... but the 21-year-old has DENIED any wrongdoing and was NOT arrested.  —  The female accuser filed a report with the Columbus PD …
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
21st Century Fox:
Roger Ailes Resigns as Chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and Chairman Fox Television Stations  —  Rupert Murdoch to Assume Role of Chairman and Acting CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network  —  21st Century Fox today announced that Roger Ailes …
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Roger Ailes Resigns as Fox News Chief After Sexual Harassment Accusations
Discussion: AOL and Media Matters for America
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
 
 
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