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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Assange Timed WikiLeaks Release of Democratic Emails to Harm Hillary Clinton — WASHINGTON — Six weeks before the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks published an archive of hacked Democratic National Committee emails ahead of the Democratic convention, the organization's founder …
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Matthew Chance / CNN:
Julian Assange: ‘A lot more material’ coming on US elections — Wikileaks founder: We create maximum ambiguity for sources — (CNN)Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday his whistleblowing website might release “a lot more material” relevant to the US electoral campaign.
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Business Insider
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton friend McAuliffe says Clinton will flip on TPP, then walks it back — PHILADELPHIA — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, longtime best friend to the Clintons, said Tuesday that he believes Hillary Clinton will support the TPP trade deal if elected president, with some tweaks.
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Washington Post, Vox, Hot Air, The Week and ABC News
Alec Goodwin / OpenSecrets.org:
Leaks show DNC asked White House to reward donors with slots on boards and commissions — Email exchanges involving top officials at the Democratic National Committee released along with private documents by WikiLeaks show that DNC officials hoped to reward top donors and insiders with appointments …
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The Daily Caller, Courthouse News Service and BizPac Review
Joel Ebert / Tennessean.com:
Tennessee Clinton delegate booted from convention after skirmish with Sanders supporter … PHILADELPHIA — A Tennessee delegate has had his credential and duties rescinded and no longer has a seat at the Democratic National Convention after an altercation on Monday with a Bernie Sanders supporter.
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The Gateway Pundit and WATE-TV
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Spokesperson For Pro-Sanders Walkout Group Compares Protest To March On Washington — PHILADELPHIA — A spokesperson for a contingent of the Bernie Sanders supporters who stormed out of the Democratic convention on Tuesday compared their walkout to the March on Washington of 1963 …
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The Week
Bernie Sanders / Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings …:
Republican National Committee - RNC is right that no Democratic speaker mentioned ISIS on convention's first night
Republican National Committee - RNC is right that no Democratic speaker mentioned ISIS on convention's first night
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New York Times:
Democrats Make Hillary Clinton a Historic Nominee
Democrats Make Hillary Clinton a Historic Nominee
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Vox, Political Wire and Political Insider blog
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Clinton campaign braces for more DNC leaks
Clinton campaign braces for more DNC leaks
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Independent Journal Review
Associated Press:
The Latest: Clinton Worked on Kids' Issues Before Law Firm
The Latest: Clinton Worked on Kids' Issues Before Law Firm
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ABC News and Washington Post
CNN:
Source: Camps in talks for Sanders to nominate Clinton
Source: Camps in talks for Sanders to nominate Clinton
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The Nation, Political Insider blog, Politicus USA, Raw Story, NPR, The Mahablog, Infowars and Capitol Fax.com
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
‘We trusted you!’: Elizabeth Warren repeatedly heckled, booed during DNC speech
‘We trusted you!’: Elizabeth Warren repeatedly heckled, booed during DNC speech
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Elizabeth Banks Parodies Donald Trump's RNC Entrance During Her DNC Appearance — At the Democratic National Convention tonight, actress Elizabeth Banks spoofed the WWE-style entrance Donald Trump made at the RNC last week in Cleveland — and compared the RNC to the “Hunger Games” film franchise in which she starred.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Lena Dunham: Trump would say my body ‘probably like a 2’ — For Donald Trump, Lena Dunham's body “is probably like a two,” the creator of HBO's Girls cracked at the start of her speech with actress America Ferrera on Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention.
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Robert Webster / Mediaite:
George Will Thinks That Trump Won't Release Tax Returns Because of Link to Russians
Dan Evon / New Urban Legends:
No American Flags Present at the Democratic National Convention
No American Flags Present at the Democratic National Convention
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Media Matters for America, Townhall.com and The Daily Caller
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly: Slaves Who Built White House Were “Well-Fed And Had Decent Lodgings Provided By The Government” — BILL O'REILLY (HOST): Finally tonight, Factor Tip of The Day. As we mentioned, Talking Points Memo, Michelle Obama referenced slaves building the White House in referring to the evolution of America in a positive way.
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Raw Story
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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Trump surrogate goes down in flames on CNN after trying to link Michelle Obama's speech to Benghazi — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tried to criticize Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention Monday night …
Louis Jacobson / Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings …:
Michelle Obama correct that the White House was built by slaves
Michelle Obama correct that the White House was built by slaves
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Vox, FOX News Radio, Washington Post, Raw Story, The Root, Mashable, TMZ.com and Right
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: ‘Possible’ Russia interfering in US election — President Obama on Tuesday raised the possibility that Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in order to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. — “Anything's possible,” Obama said in an interview with NBC News.
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Newsweek and Mother Jones
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Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Evidence mounts linking DNC email hacker to Russia
Evidence mounts linking DNC email hacker to Russia
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Slate, Vocativ, Guardian, ThreatConnect and Hot Air
New York Daily News:
Make Russia great again: Whether or not Russians hacked the DNC to aid Donald Trump …
Make Russia great again: Whether or not Russians hacked the DNC to aid Donald Trump …
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Washington Monthly
The Daily Beast:
‘DNC Hacker’ Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say
‘DNC Hacker’ Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say
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New York Times, Guardian, Washington Post, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Liberty Unyielding, Daily Kos, Slate and The Daily Caller
Franklin Foer / Slate:
The DNC Hack Is Watergate, but Worse
The DNC Hack Is Watergate, but Worse
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
David Duke's Remarks on Senate Backing Put Donald Trump's Camp on the Defensive — PHILADELPHIA — Donald J. Trump's campaign is dismissing questions about the white supremacist David Duke, after the former Ku Klux Klan leader said on his radio program that the Republican presidential nominee left open …
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Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones and BuzzFeed
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Video: Grayson threatens to have POLITICO reporter arrested — Rep. Alan Grayson threatened to have a POLITICO reporter arrested Tuesday, alleging that the reporter assaulted him as he attempted to question the congressman about allegations of domestic abuse.
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Miss Cleo / TMZ.com:
Dead at 53 — There won't be any more calls to Miss Cleo ... the iconic TV psychic is dead after battling cancer ... TMZ has learned. — A rep for Miss Cleo — whose real name was Youree Harris — tells us she died Tuesday morning in Palm Beach County, FL.
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Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
‘Horror’: ISIS Terrorists Slit Elderly Priest's Throat in Attack on French Church — Update: Hollande said ISIS is behind the attack, telling reporters it was carried out “by two terrorists in the name of Daesh.” … Update: The Vatican speaks out:
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CNBC:
Donald Trump gripes about hotel hot air, says he might not pay bill — Donald Trump is complaining about hot air at a Virginia hotel, and the hotel is pushing back. — The Republican presidential nominee said he felt like he was “in a sauna” speaking to supporters at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center …
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alan.com, The Week and Drudge Retort
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The creator of the viral pro-Trump act ‘USA Freedom Kids’ now plans to sue the campaign — Within hours of their performance at a Donald Trump rally in Pensacola, Fla. Last January, the U.S.A. Freedom Kids were a sensation. — You remember the video: Three pre-teen girls …
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Brian Rogers / Houston Chronicle:
Charges dismissed against Planned Parenthood videographers — The Harris County District Attorney's office on Tuesday dismissed all charges against anti-abortion activists who secretly videotaped Planned Parenthood officials in Houston. — David Robert Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were charged …
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Scott Adams' Blog:
The Dark and Rotten Election — Yesterday I told you why Clinton's label of “dark” for Trump's convention speech was such a well-designed linguistic kill shot. It is so good, in fact, that I speculated it was designed by the Godzilla of persuasion - who I did not name. — Dark is a fresh, unusual word (for politics).
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump Defends RNC In Interview: “I Wasn't Looking for Star Power, I Was Looking for Policy” — EMAIL ME — The GOP candidate spoke to THR about what lines he's willing to cross during campaigning (is the Monica Lewinsky scandal fair game?), whether Roger Ailes could work …
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Mediaite, AOL, Talking Points Memo, Politico and Media Matters for America
Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Bill Clinton Gets It Right — Just before Bill Clinton strode onstage to be his wife's character witness, his wife's convention planners played a video tribute to him. “When he said stuff, you believed it,” a man dressed in union gear said of Bill Clinton, “because you lived it.”
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CNN and Taylor Marsh