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	Trump Just Rolled Out the Newest -- and Perhaps Most Dangerous -- Weapon to Take on Clinton by J.D. Durkin Trump is betting the fortune of his campaign that Ivanka Trump can "defeat" Hillary Clinton when the two are out on the stump talking about the same damn thing. Read More »

	Video: Cop Body Slams Black Woman, Another Says Black People Have ‘Violent Tendencies’ by Alberto Luperon Read More »

	Bernie Sanders Berns Donald Trump's Big RNC Speech to a Crisp on Twitter by Tommy Christopher While presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton live-tweeted Donald Trump's RNC speech and her campaign sent a blizzard of oppo emails Thursday night, Independent Vermont Senator and former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders got in on the act, too. Sanders invited his social media followers to watch Trump's speech along with him on Twitter, and right in his own living room. Read More »

	Seth Meyers Tears Into Trump's Speech and His 'Inappropriate Father-Daughter Touching' by J.D. Durkin Following Trump's hour+ speech officially accepting the nomination for his party, Meyers butchered many of the botched moments from the RNC. Read More »

	Noted Clinical Expert Keith Olbermann Diagnoses Donald Trump's Level of Psychopathy by Tommy Christopher Former cable news superstar Keith Olbermann apparently has that old fire in the belly again, courtesy of the once-in-a-lifetime fireworks factory fire that is the 2016 presidential election, and has released an extended Special Comment-style rant on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's psychological status. Read More »

	Warren Lights Up Trump For Sounding Like a 'Two-Bit Dictator' During RNC Speech by Ken Meyer Even though Elizabeth Warren told Stephen Colbert that she doesn't expect to be Hillary Clinton's pick for vice-president, it's not going to stop her from tearing into Donald Trump any time soon. Read More »

	Rosie O'Donnell Narrates the History of Trump and His Botched Military Record on Daily Show by J.D. Durkin "The Very, Very Incredible Deal," is the story of Trump's upbringing, his "Godzilla-sized business acumen, and his Godzilla-sized head-to-hand ratio." Read More »

	‘This Country Isn't Yours!’: Jon Stewart Returns for an Epic Trump, Hannity Takedown by Josh Feldman If you have felt this election season has been missing some serious Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert brought him back in a BIG way tonight. Read More »

	David Duke on Trump Speech: 'Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself' by Josh Feldman There have been a lot of different reactions to Donald Trump's powerful convention speech tonight, but there is one reaction in particular getting lots of attention on social media tonight. Read More »

	CNN's Van Jones: Trump's Depiction of a 'Mad Max America' 'Terrified' Me by Josh Feldman CNN's Van Jones said tonight he was absolutely terrified by Donald Trump's "dark" and mean-spirited convention speech. Read More »

	Clinton Live-Tweets Reaction to Trump Speech: 'We Are Better Than This' by Josh Feldman Hillary Clinton was live-tweeting Donald Trump's RNC speech, and, well, needless to say she's sounding the alarm bells as much as possible. Read More »

	Nicolle Wallace: The Republican Party ‘Died in This Room Tonight’ by Josh Feldman Longtime Republican Nicolle Wallace declared on NBC tonight that the party she has belonged to for decades "died tonight." Read More »

	Reflections on the Trumpiest GOP Convention in History by John Ziegler Now that the much-anticipated “Trump Convention” is over and it appears that if Cleveland has indeed survived, here are some reflections. Read More »

	'I Am Your Voice!': Trump Takes Stage at RNC, Decries Hillary Legacy of 'Destruction' by Josh Feldman Donald Trump took the stage at the Republican National Convention tonight to finally deliver the biggest speech of his career and his first as the official nominee of the Republican Party for President of the United States. Read More »

	Code Pink Protester Crashes Trump RNC Nomination Speech by Josh Feldman A Code Pink protester crashed Donald Trump's RNC nomination acceptance speech and immediately the Quicken Loans arena was flooded with boos as they were being dragged out. Read More »

	Ivanka Trump at RNC: 'Donald Trump Has Been the People's Champion!' by Josh Feldman Ivanka Trump took the stage at the Republican National Convention tonight to introduce her father and declare, "Donald Trump has been the people's champion. And now he is the people's nominee!" Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Donald Trump Delivers Speech at the Republican National Convention by Mediaite TV It's finally happening, people. Donald Trump is going to be officially delivering his big speech after becoming the nominee of the Republican Party for the United States of America. Read More »

	Why I Still Can’t Support Trump: The Arguments to Do So Make No Sense by John Ziegler I want to be clear that, while I can’t get behind Trump, I would never support Hillary either (I also live in California so my vote is already irrelevant)... Read More »

	Peter Thiel Declares ‘I Am Proud to Be Gay!’ in Speech to the RNC by Josh Feldman Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel spoke at the Republican National Convention tonight and declared, "I am proud to be gay! I am proud to be a Republican! But most of all, I am proud to be an American!" Read More »

	Ahead of His Big Moment, Clinton Posts Video of Republicans Trashing the Hell Out of Trump by Josh Feldman Ahead of the biggest speech of Donald Trump's career tonight, the Hillary Clinton campaign posted a video online showing so many Republicans trashing the hell out of their party's nominee. Read More »

	Manafort Doubts FBI's Crime Stats After 'What They Did With Hillary Clinton' by Josh Feldman Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort dismissed the FBI's crime stats tonight because of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Read More »

	Fiery RNC Speaker Leads Crowd to Loudly Chant ‘All Lives Matter!’ by Josh Feldman Pastor Mark Burns delivered such a fiery and passionate speech at the RNC tonight in which he loudly declared, "All lives matter!" Read More »

	Obama Chides World Series Champion Kansas City Royals for 'Some Tough Decades' by Joe DePaolo President Obama hosted the World Series champion Kansas City Royals at the White House on Thursday, and promptly needled them for their 30 year World Series drought. Read More »

	6-Year-Old Heavenly Joy Steals the Show at RNC with Rendition of 'America the Beautiful' by Josh Feldman Heavenly Joy is only 6 years old, but she delivered a rendition of "America the Beautiful" at the Republican National Convention earlier tonight that everyone absolutely loved. Read More »

	Undercovered: 'It's Important to Have Women Hear and Represent Women' by Sam Reisman In a significant break from tradition, Muslim women in India are training to be qazis, or judges, thanks to the efforts of an women's rights organization. Read More »

	Alex Jones, Roger Stone Crashed The Young Turks Broadcast and Everyone Went Nuts by Josh Feldman The progressive political show The Young Turks faced off with the far-far-far-right Alex Jones and Roger Stone at the RNC today. It was, um... just wow. Read More »

	Mitch McConnell Says He'll Chalk Trump NATO Remarks Up to 'Rookie Mistake' by Sam Reisman Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said it was a "rookie mistake" when Donald Trump told the New York Times that he'd be willing to renege on our obligations to the nation's NATO allies. Read More »

	So, Do MSNBC's Kristen Welker and Trump Spox Katrina Pierson Look Like Sisters or What? by Lindsey Ellefson But have we ever seen them both in the same place at the same time? Read More »

	School Officials Want Transgender Students to Wear ‘Bright Green Wristbands’: Lawsuit by Alberto Luperon Read More »

	Fox News Takes a Moment During Live RNC Coverage to Report on Ailes Resignation by Josh Feldman It didn't take long for Fox News to cover the big news surrounding their network today: the resignation of Roger Ailes. Read More »

	CNN’s Stelter: Roger Ailes Could ‘Conceivably’ Help Out Trump Now by Josh Feldman With Roger Ailes out at Fox News, the big question now is what's next for the media and political giant. Could he jump back into politics? Read More »

	Montel Williams Showed Us Emails Backing Up His Account in O’Reilly Feud by Lindsey Ellefson Upon arriving to the green room ahead of the show, according to Williams' spokesperson Johnathan H. Franks, who spoke to Mediaite by phone, it became obvious to Williams that the entire segment had "done a 180" and that O'Reilly's plan was to only talk about the poll. Read More »

	Democratic Party Bars Two Male Delegates In Order to Achieve Gender Parity by Sam Reisman The Democratic Party has barred two elected delegates from Vermont from attending the DNC because they happen to be male Read More »

	Trump Delegate Booted From RNC Over Racist Facebook Post About Cops Killing N-Words by Tommy Christopher Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is now down at least one delegate to the Republican National Convention thanks to the Illinois... Read More »

	Roger Stone Reignites Feud With 'Tricky Ted,' Says Cruz Stabbed Trump in the Back by Sam Reisman Former Trump advisor Roger Stone accused Ted Cruz of stabbing Donald Trump in the back with his speech Wednesday night. Read More »

	Pizza Delivery Industry Sees a Boost as Americans Are Too Scared to Leave Their Homes by Sam Reisman Civil unrest is good news for the pizza delivery sector. Read More »

	The Clinton Campaign Launches a #TrumpYourself Insult Generator That People Love by Lindsey Ellefson Loads of people are using the filters that feature real Trump quotes to spice up their profile photos. Read More »

	Conservative Commentator Parts With GOP Over Trump, Cites His 'Neo-Fascistic Tendencies' by Sam Reisman Daniel Pipes penned an op-ed published in the Philadelphia Inquirer Thursday explaining why he was ditching the Republican party — because of Donald Trump. Read More »

	GOP Senator Likens 'Lock Her Up' Chant to Birtherism: This Isn’t How We Beat Hillary by Josh Feldman Republican Senator Jeff Flake is doubling down on his criticisms of the cries of jailing Hillary Clinton at the RNC this week, likening them to birtherism. Read More »

	'Heartbreaking': Fox Newsers React to News of Roger Ailes Resignation by Josh Feldman Reactions are starting to come in from big names at Fox News to the huge news today that Roger Ailes is resigning as Chairman & CEO of the network. Read More »