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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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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.
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart and POLITICUSUSA
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 …
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.
Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
Trump Lit Up The Skies (And The Right) While The Streets Raged — And Remade Conventions Forever
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump — defiant and dark as ever — claims Biden would destroy America
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What we learned over the last two weeks
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
German Lopez / Vox:
The absurdity of Trump's RNC speech, in one photo  —  Evelyn Hockstein/The Washington Post via Getty Images  —  Trump tried to make his Republican convention into a celebration.  America's current reality is much grimmer.  —  President Donald Trump's speech on Thursday …
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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.
Discussion: Fox News, CounterPunch and Newsbusters
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Reason
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 …
Discussion: Politico
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” …
Associated Press:
Judge voids 50,000 absentee ballot requests in Iowa county  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A judge ordered an Iowa county Thursday to invalidate 50,000 requests for absentee ballots, agreeing with President Donald Trump's campaign that its elections commissioner overstepped his authority by pre-filling them with voters' personal information.
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 …
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.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Nearly every claim Trump made about Biden's positions was false  —  President Trump isn't running against Joe Biden, not really.  The former vice president may occupy the Democratic Party line on the presidential ballot, but it isn't Biden that Trump's rhetoric describes.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
In RNC 2020 speech, Trump was the one thing he usually isn't: Boring  —  Sorry, I have to say it: After a mostly brilliant four days that engaged the emotions and advanced a surprising and interesting case for his reelection, Donald Trump came out and laid an egg in what may have been the worst convention speech of my lifetime.
CNN:
Fact check: Trump makes more than 20 false or misleading claims in accepting presidential nomination  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is a serial liar and he serially lied during his speech accepting the Republican nomination.  —  CNN counted more than 20 false, exaggerated or misleading claims from Trump on Thursday night.
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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:
Belarusian Officials Shut Down Internet With Technology Made by U.S. Firm  —  Protesters quickly find digital workarounds to document demonstrations, police violence  —  The government of Belarus shut down access to much of the internet during a crucial election this month by using equipment manufactured …
Robert Tracinski / The Bulwark:
Biden Needs a Sister Souljah Month  —  Democrats need to convince voters that they really are against riots.  —  I suggested a little while ago that Joe Biden needs a Sister Souljah moment, a reference to an incident in the 1992 presidential campaign when Bill Clinton criticized a race-baiting black rapper.
CNN:
Pentagon slams Russia for ‘provocative and aggressive behavior’ that injured US troops in Syria  —  Washington (CNN)The Pentagon slammed Russia's military on Thursday for what it called “deliberately provocative and aggressive behavior” that injured multiple US military personnel following …
 
 
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
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Charlotte / mecknc.gov:
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Discussion: The Hill and The US Sun
Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
April Was Trump's Cruelest Month
Nicole Gaudiano / Politico:
DeVos out of sight even as her signature school issue gets top billing at RNC
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
Emma Parry / The US Sun:
BUMMED OUT Melania Trump ‘refused to move to White House until the Obamas’ toilet had been ripped out & a new one installed'
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Four Years Later, It's Still All About the Base