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Day One: Boos Turn To Cheers Sanders helps quell dissent as Dems convene. Politico: "'Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States,' Sanders boomed. And delegates, for the most part, cheered his call ... Democrats ended the night more optimistic...

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Bernie Kicks Off Dem Convention Tonight Bernie Sanders, Michelle Obama address convention's opening night. USA Today: "Sanders’ will hammer that point home in his speech Monday and will 'rip into Trump' for denying climate change is real, according to his campaign. He...

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Trump Goes Full Nixon Trump delivers "grim" capstone address. W. Post: "...Trump offered a powerful echo of Richard Nixon almost 50 years ago ... a law-and-order message in the hope of summoning an army of disaffected and forgotten voters large enough to topple the...

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A Convention Divided Cruz tells audience to "vote your conscience" in 2016, effectively launches 2020 campaign. Yahoo! News: "...in late June, he invited more than 100 of his top bundlers and donors to a retreat in La Jolla, Calif. They seem to have concluded that the...

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Economy Night Features Little Economy Talk Trump officially nominated with "eighth-lowest delegate percentage in Republican history" notes W. Post. Economy night offers little on the economy. Bloomberg: "On a night that was supposed to be devoted to the economy—an...

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