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From: John Nichols John Nichols The Republican nominee claims he wanted Obama to succeed.

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From: Greg Kaufmann Greg Kaufmann Jessica Bartholow grew up in a working poor family dealing with hunger, housing insecurity and no affordable healthcare. Now she’s trying to make sure other people don’t suffer through the same thing.

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From: George Zornick George Zornick  The oil industry’s big party was the talk of Tampa following the Republican convention. 

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From: Allison Kilkenny Allison Kilkenny Protests erupt outside, and also inside, the Republican National Convention.

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From: George Zornick George Zornick The convention would not have been possible without a massive infusion of public dollars. 

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From: Robert Dreyfuss Robert Dreyfuss At least we’re exporting something .

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From: Allison Kilkenny Allison Kilkenny Protesters are met with intense security measures, while some continue to live in “Romneyville.”

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From: Ari Berman Ari Berman Past is present in South Carolina, where a new voter ID law could disenfranchise 80,000 minority voters.

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From: George Zornick George Zornick Delegates to the RNC will be well taken care of if Isaac hits, but the party has targeted federal relief funding for years. 

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Brentin Mock Plugged into the framework of far right organizations, True the Vote has “empowered” a zealous group hellbent on intimidating would-be voters.

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