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The Trojan drone: How extrajudicial executions became “war” policy in Washington
Rebecca Gordon
Should it really be permissible to kill people simply because we are afraid of them?
The Tim Kaine Effect: What does Hillary Clinton’s VP pick bring to the race?
Simon Maloy
Yes, the Virginia Senator was seen as the safe pick, but he represents a big bet on one issue: competence
Hillary Clinton chooses Tim Kaine as her running mate
Associated Press
It's official: The moderate Virginia Senator joins Hillary Clinton's ticket.
UPDATED: 6 dead in shooting at Munich shopping mall, police say
Michael Faulhaber, Frank Jordans
Police are reportedly pursuing up to 3 suspects in a deadly mall shooting in the German city of Munich
An alternate universe in Cleveland: What America just witnessed was a shared psychotic disorder
Chauncey DeVega
The RNC was a disgusting spectacle which undermined the claim that American democracy is somehow “exceptional"
WATCH: Jon Stewart crashes “The Late Show”: Trump’s “the kind of guy you want to sit down and own a fleet of airplanes with”
Brendan Gauthier
On the RNC, Sean Hannity, and "blue-collar billionaire" Trump, the former-"Daily Show" host brought down the house
“Donald Trump is color-blind and gender-neutral”: Ivanka Trump paints a picture of her father as “kind and compassionate”
Scott Eric Kaufman
Which, of course, Trump himself will prove incorrect in his speech if he sticks to the leaked script
Last year, I predicted the GOP would nominate Trump — here is what will happen next
Chauncey DeVega
After Trump's defeated, his base will face an energized electorate of diverse Americans who rallied to defeat him
Caitlyn Jenner’s RNC appearance is a good reminder that LGBT doesn’t always equal Democrat
Carrie Sheffield
"I think the Republican Party needs to understand—they need to know people who are trans," Jenner said in Cleveland
The GOP’s dirty secret: Behind closed doors, Republicans like Rep. Sean Duffy, come clean on their Trump fears
Amanda Marcotte
In public, Republicans have nothing but praise for Trump, but in more private meetings, the doubts come out
Ted Cruz’s finest hour: A right-wing zealot earns his place in history
Andrew O'Hehir
In the RNC's clash of supervillains, Ted Cruz stands on principle (really!) and reveals the GOP's Trump hypocrisy
Mike Pence fails to mention Cruz kerfuffle — but unlike earlier speakers, at least he endorsed him
Scott Eric Kaufman
"When Trump becomes president," he said, "the change will be 'yuuuuuge'"
Ted Cruz refuses to endorse Trump: “Vote your conscience, for candidates you believe will be faithful to the Constitution”
Scott Eric Kaufman
The audience shouted "We want Trump!" and "Endorse Trump!" but the Texas senator pointedly refused
RNC’s bizarre protest theater: Cops and journalists vastly outnumber actual protesters
Andrew O'Hehir
A few right-wing dudes with guns meet a few angry leftists -- and a massive press corps desperate for action
What Obama’s Dallas speech missed: Police brutality is rooted in race-based housing segregation and economic inequality
Chauncey DeVega
Physical separation makes white Americans unable to empathize with the fear people of color experience every day
Resistance is futile: “We want Trump!” the RNC crowd yells, as the last whimpers of rebellion are snuffed out
Amanda Marcotte
Huge numbers of Republicans didn't vote Trump, but you wouldn't know it watching the delegates cheer for him
Plagiarism at its worst: What we can learn from Melania Trump’s copycat RNC speech
Sherry Linkon, John Russo
The strikingly similar rhetoric of two very different presidential candidates' wives tells us a lot about Americans
Rudy’s recycled fear and Melania’s plagiarized pablum: The GOP unleashes the goblins
Andrew O'Hehir
On a night of epic ugliness and shocking laziness, Trump’s Republican Party reveals its new face. Be very afraid
The ghouls have won: The first night of Donald Trump’s RNC was a political death cult
Chauncey DeVega
Last night was a clinic in the enduring hold that authoritarianism, racism, and fear has over GOP voters
Trump campaign denies Michelle Obama’s speech was plagarized for RNC before throwing Melania under the bus
Sophia Tesfaye
The best excuse Team Trump could come up with: "Some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking"
Fear and loathing of Clinton: Forget Melania — Hillary-hating took center stage at RNC’s opening night
Heather Digby Parton
Melania Trump's much-anticipated speech was drowned out by hours of unhinged Hillary bashing at the RNC
The RNC’s pop-culture wasteland: This Republican convention is seriously lacking in star power
Scott Timberg
Heavy hitters in Cleveland are Kid Rock and Scott Baio, who pale next to former RNC stars like Clint Eastwood
All hate is not created equal: The folly of perceiving murderers like Dylann Roof, Micah Johnson and Gavin Long as one and the same
Chauncey DeVega
Applying the blanket label of "evil" to mass shooters with vastly different motives obscures more than it reveals
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