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Bigotry, denial and the distortion of American history: Bill O’Reilly’s racist dreams of “well-fed” and happy black slaves
Chauncey DeVega
Bill Reilly’s corrective to Michelle Obama’s speech is one of the most vile moments in his tenure at Fox News
The DNC message to fed-up Republicans: Leave the dark side and join us
Heather Digby Parton
Last night focused on luring GOP moderates appalled by the RNC hatefest. The message was clear, but will it work?
Obama’s DNC letdown: The president needed to hit it out of the park, but he surprisingly fell short
Amanda Marcotte
Obama is one of the great orators of our time, but his meandering speech for Hillary missed the mark
“America is already great”: President Obama’s moving DNC speech lifts Hillary, crushes Trump
Associated Press
"I promise you, our strength, our greatness, does not depend on Donald Trump," Obama said at the DNC
The Evolution of Michelle Obama, Convention Speaker
Silpa Kovvali
History will long remember her DNC address, but the substance and style of FLOTUS' speech was 8 years in the making
Party like it’s 1992: Newspaper front-page photos celebrate the other Clinton on Hillary’s historic night
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Hillary Clinton made history Tuesday night, while Bill's face got the glory at many outlets
Republicans and Fox News rush to defend Trump’s appeal to Russian hackers: “It’s a continuation of Obama policy”
Sophia Tesfaye
Fox News' Bret Baier quickly wrote Trump's insanity off as a "joke," while other conservatives deflected to Clinton
Barack Obama reclaimed patriotism for the left: How his 2004 DNC speech made a hopeful, inclusive America a core liberal value
David Masciotra
Obama's optimistic, game-changing 2004 speech celebrated the U.S. as the country of Whitman, containing multitudes
Bill gets personal: Clinton’s latest speech took us inside his marriage with Hillary — and it was perfect
Heather Digby Parton
Bill Clinton — with countless high-magnitude speeches under his belt — delivered one of his best last night
Tim Kaine’s immigration optimism: The Dem VP candidate has a rosy view of comprehensive reform
Simon Maloy
Speaking to Telemundo (en español!), Tim Kaine sketched out a very happy path towards immigration reform
The media went AWOL: Members of the press shied away from doing their jobs during RNC coverage
Neal Gabler
Almost no one in the press acknowledged that regardless of how you feel about Trump, the spectacle was crazy
Hillary Clinton, the killer: 5 insane theories from Alex Jones, Trump’s favorite conspiracist
Elizabeth Preza
Everything from the Clintons being murderers to the government having a "weather weapon"
Bill Clinton charms the DNC with story of Hillary’s life-long commitment to social change
Associated Press
He never mentioned Trump, but he didn't have to as he highlighted Hillary's clear differences to the GOP nominee
Howard Dean brings back “the Dean scream” to endorse Hillary Clinton: “She never forgets who she is fighting for!”
Scott Eric Kaufman
The crowd at the DNC roared in appreciation as Dean roared in support of Hillary Clinton
It’s official: Hillary Clinton makes history as she’s named Democratic Party’s nominee for president
Associated Press
Hillary Clinton is officially the first woman to lead a major party as presidential nominee
Michelle Obama’s dignified restraint: “When they go low, we go high” are words to live by
Mary Elizabeth Williams
For too long we've let the low road lead. We can steer ourselves away from a culture of rudeness
Despite Bernie’s request for party unity, Sanders delegates kept booing Clinton’s name
Amanda Marcotte
Sanders repeatedly asked his supporters to play nice, but they went after Hillary right from the start of the DNC
Shades of the Cold War: How the DNC fabricated a Russian hacker conspiracy to deflect blame for its email scandal
Patrick Lawrence
Leaked revelations of the DNC's latest misconduct bear a disturbing resemblance to Cold War red-baiting
This really might break the internet: Donald Trump to host an Ask Me Anything on Reddit this week
Justine Morris
Trump’s AMA will be on r/The_Donald, a subreddit devoted entirely the man they refer to as their “god-emperor”
Convention nightmare: Voters needed more time to absorb RNC horror show before the Dems took stage
Amanda Marcotte
The RNC was an authoritarian disaster, but the press has already moved on to Democratic non-controversies
Debbie Wasserman Shultz out: Chairwoman’s resignation from DNC makes for a rocky start to the convention
The Associated Press
Schultz's departure comes a few days after the publication of 19,000 emails showing the party's bias toward Hillary
The irrelevancy of checks and balances: Why you can’t count on Congress to rein in a President Trump
Lori Cox Han
"There is nothing to stop a president from initiating action, even if unconstitutional," one scholar observes
“Everything that Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not”: Clinton and Kaine debut as Democratic ticket in Florida
The Associated Press
Two days before the DNC kicks off, Hillary Clinton officially introduces Tim Kaine as her running mate in Miami
Brave pols take the right stand: 20 lawmakers demand human rights and justice for Palestinian children
Brad Parker
A recent congressional letter to President Obama seeks to account for human rights violations in Gaza
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