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Fox News reports: Allies of Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan are furious with the state Senate GOP for potentially putting the prominent House Republican’s seat on the line in a proposed redistricting map, Fox News has learned. The Buckeye State’s Senate Republican Party proposed a redistricting map last week that turned heads and drew ire from Jordan’s allies. According to the …

The Washington Examiner reports: The Republican National Committee has no plans to scale down the August convention to renominate President Trump, according to Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. McDaniel said the RNC is confident that a four-day convention set to begin Aug. 24 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and draw thousands from across the country would not be interrupted. “We are full steam …

The Huffington Post reports: Republican Party leaders scoping out locations to renominate Donald Trump for president next year have arrived in a city that has labeled his statements “racist” and that wishes it had never invited them in the first place. Last week, the council went so far as to discuss the possibility of backing out of the agreement, but …

The Washington Post reports: The Charlotte City Council on Monday passed a resolution condemning President Trump’s “racist and xenophobic comments,” in a rebuke of the president by the city that will host him next year at the Republican National Convention. The 9-to-2 vote came a week after Trump sent a racist tweet in which he said four minority congresswomen — …

Politico reports: The Justice Department is replacing the prosecutors overseeing the criminal case against former Rep. Aaron Schock, an unusual move that could delay the proceedings in the case. In a court document filed on Thursday, John Childress, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, told U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kennelly — himself new to the case …

Well, isn’t this a darn shame: Cities across the country are turning down the opportunity to host the 2020 Republican National Convention, where President Trump is expected to be nominated for a second term. The cities that have rejected hosting duties insist Trump and today’s divisive politics are not factors in their decisions. They instead cite high security costs and …

The Hill reports: GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump distanced himself from the planning of last week’s Republican National Convention after the Democrats’ event, which ended Thursday, posted higher television ratings. “I didn’t produce the show — I just showed up for the final speech on Thursday,” the Republican presidential nominee told The New York Times when asked about the differences …

The Chicago Tribune recaps: Putting his own spin on what just happened in Cleveland, Oliver opened by calling it a “3D IMAX (Expletive) Dumpster Fire.” And then the show did one of its trademark extended segments on the Republican convention, which was exactly the thing every “LWT” fan wanted to see. You’ll probably see headlines for it Monday like, “Watch …

I missed this amusing tidbit on Friday. From the Daily Dot: Even though Donald Trump doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to Latino issues, at the RNC last night there appeared to be a dedicated group of supporters holding signs that said “Latinos Para Trump.” Indeed, some questioned whether the group was in fact Latino, though obviously …

In his latest clip for the New York Daily News, viral YouTube star Trae Crowder dishes on the GOP convention. Watch below. Crowder’s WellRED show is now touring.

NBC News reports: Luciano Pavarotti’s widow has told Donald Trump to stop playing the tenor’s most famous aria at campaign events, saying the billionaire’s values are “incompatible” with the world’s most recognized opera singer. It comes after a slew of other musicians and estates also complained about use of their music at Trump rallies or the Republican National Convention in …

If you somehow avoided the final night of the GOP’s Nuremberg Rally, the Los Angeles Times has boiled the entire thing down to just four minutes of lowlights. Watch below.

Most of us would object to homocon Peter Thiel being characterized as pro-gay. Just in via press release: Last night, I could hardly walk 20 feet on the convention floor without being stopped by a reporter. They all asked the same question: Was I outraged that Peter Thiel, an openly gay businessman, was speaking at the RNC Convention after me? …

Last night homocon billionaire Peter Thiel, who has declared that democracy and capitalism are incompatible, dismissed the GOP’s most anti-LGBT platform in history as unimportant. Which it totally IS if you are a white male homocon billionaire. As repulsive as Thiel’s politics are, the upside of his appearance last night is that the haters are absolutely livid. Case in point, …

This morning Ivanka Trump posted a photo of last night’s speech and told her two million Twitter followers that they can “shop Ivanka’s look.” The link in the tweet takes you to Macy’s, where you can buy last night’s NOT made in the USA polyester/spandex “sleeveless studded sheath dress” for a reasonable $138. So much for that boycott. Sad! Disloyal!

You’ll enjoy this. The Huffington Post recaps: Time for some armchair psychiatry. Sports and political commentator Keith Olbermann used the 20 items on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist ― an actual clinical tool used to help diagnose psychopathy ― to assess Donald Trump. The results? Well, let’s just say the GOP presidential candidate probably won’t be bragging about his YUGE numbers …

We had all feared so much worse. The Associated Press reports: Cleveland breathed a sigh of relief as the Republican convention concluded with two dozen arrests over four days thanks to a massive police presence and protesters’ own concerns for their safety. City officials and police who braced for mass disruptions and violence during this summer of bloodshed struck a …

The Young Turks were attempting to live-stream their daily show from the GOP convention tonight when lunatic Alex Jones and Trump dirty trickster Roger Stone crashed their set to scream insanities and throw around a “Hillary For Prison” shirt. Watch below. Young Turks host Cenk Uygur was initially caught off guard and tried to laugh off the intrusion, but Jones …

This is what’s considered homocon activism. Via Politico: Gay members of the California delegation plan to move to the front row of the convention hall when Peter Thiel delivers his speech tonight, according to a Republican familiar with the plan. The gesture is intended to signal a new era in the party’s relationship with LGBT Americans. “It’s telling the Republican …

The Republican Party has adopted the most viciously anti-LGBT platform in American history, but little things like civil rights mean nothing to Log Cabin Republicans head Gregory Angelo. Michelangelo Signorile interviewed him yesterday at the convention: “As far as LGBT issues go, he has actually been a leader on LGBT rights,” Angelo told me, even though Trump is opposed to …