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From the New York Post: It’s been a great week for gay escorts in Cleveland. Male prostitutes contacted by The Post said business is booming and Republican National Convention attendees — most of them married — are clamoring for their services. “Business has been way better. I’ve seen 10 clients so far,” one male escort said. “Most of them were …

We’re just surprised the GOP didn’t give her a medal. From the Chicago Sun-Times: The Illinois Republican Party on Wednesday revoked the convention credentials of a Donald Trump delegate from Chicago “for publicly-made racist comments and threats of violence” on a Facebook posting. Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider told the Sun-Times the party, “has zero tolerance for racism of …

“Turns out Ted Cruz’s partner, Carly Fiorina, had a more graceful exit from the political stage than he had. Cruz’s broken pledge to support the will of the people tonight was one of those career-ending ‘read my lips’ moments. “I guarantee American voters took notice and felt more unsettling confirmation as to why we don’t much like typical politicians because …

See the many, many tweets here. From the New York Daily News story titled “Did Nazi That Coming!” What the heil? Laura Ingraham, conservative radio host and political commentator, after serving up a cold dish of criticism against Hillary Clinton and men in skinny jeans, saluted her way off the Republican National Convention stage. Whether it was a Nazi salute …

The Hill reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday morning defended distancing himself from Donald Trump, refusing to say he’s voting for Trump and ripping the Republican National Convention’s response to his speech the night before. Speaking to Texas’s delegation at the convention at a Thursday breakfast, Cruz said his pledge to support the GOP’s eventual nominee was “abrogated” when …

The Washington Post reports: It was one of the most memorable ads of the Iowa caucuses: Phil Robertson, the straggly-bearded patriarch on reality-television’s “Duck Dynasty,” took Ted Cruz duck hunting. But the two men are hardly hunting buddies now. Robertson chastised the Texas senator in an interview here Thursday morning for his refusal to endorse Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s …

Via press release: This morning the Democratic Coalition Against Trump filed a federal campaign complaint against Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign with the Federal Elections Commission. The complaint alleges five violations including illegally accepting direct corporate contributions, accepting services from a volunteer that were actually compensated, use of the Trump corporate name or trademark to facilitate campaign contributions, illegal use of …

“The question of the night was whether Ted Cruz would honor his word and support the nominee or earn the moniker ‘Lyin Ted’ given to him by the man who won. The question was whether Cruz would make his speech about HIS future or the future of the country. And that question was answered when Ted Cruz chose to not …

From the New York Post: Donald Trump is reacting to Ted Cruz’s convention speech, saying the address that drew loud boos Wednesday at the Republican National Convention was “No big deal!” Trump says on Twitter that Cruz “didn’t honor” the pledge that Republican primary candidates had made to support the eventual GOP nominee. Trump says he saw Cruz’s speech two …

Definitely the best moment of this entire four-day Nuremberg Rally. ABC News recaps: Ted Cruz just became the first primetime speaker of this Republican convention to be booed off the stage. The Texas senator mentioned Donald Trump’s name just once during his Republican convention speech — and it wasn’t even an endorsement. “I want to congratulate Donald Trump on winning …

Day three of the Republican National Convention will be gaveled to disorder at 7PM. Today’s speakers include Mike Pence, Newt Gingrich and his current wife, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Eric Trump, Scott Walker, Pam Bondi, and right wing radio shrieker Laura Ingraham. Embedded below is the GOP official live stream.

He’s probably right. The Hill reports: Legendary Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein says Matt Drudge of the Drudge Report deserves more credit for Donald Trump’s GOP presidential nomination than any other news organization. “Fox has driven Trump’s campaign less than Drudge,” Bernstein, who famously broke the Watergate scandal, told CNN on Wednesday. “A large measure of why Trump is the …

But as it turns out, it was Melania who supplied the words. The New York Times reports: A longtime employee of the Trump Organization took responsibility for lifting two passages, from a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama, for Melania Trump’s address on Monday at the Republican National Convention, saying that it was an innocent mistake. The employee, Meredith McIver, who …

The Hill reports: Reality star Caitlyn Jenner on Wednesday morning bashed anti-transgender bathroom laws around the country, joking that some Republicans should be banned from public restrooms. “Over the last few years, we have three Republican state representatives who were all arrested for lewd behavior in a men’s bathroom,” she said, mentioning former Mississippi Rep. John Hinson, former Idaho Sen. …

Remember when Trump called Ted Cruz a compulsive liar, accused his father of helping to murder JFK, and made fun of his wife’s appearance? Ted Cruz doesn’t. Via Breitbart: Daniel Schneider, executive director of the American Conservative Union, talked to Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon about the Trump campaign, Ted Cruz, and conservative politics, saying, “Ted’s definitely …

Donald Trump has finally weighed in on the continuing furor over his wife’s plagiarism. While insiders have leaked reports that Trump is privately furious about the scandal, of course he spins it publicly as a victory. Truth is dead. Honesty is dead. Facts are dead. At least in Teabagistan.

The Hill reports: CNN anchor Chris Cuomo accused Donald Trump’s campaign manager of lying about Melania Trump’s convention speech in a heated exchange on Wednesday. Paul Manafort called on Cuomo to “move on” as he continued to deny accusations that Trump’s speech Monday night copied portions of Michelle Obama’s speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. “But I can’t move …

Politico reports: When it comes to Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s opinion on the Republican Party’s platform opposition to same-sex marriage, the Republican governor had just three words Tuesday night, despite his own state’s previous opposition to the law: The Supreme Court. “The Supreme Court has already made a decision,” Scott told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren, referring to the shooting …

Talking Points Memo reports: Chris Cox, the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund chair, spoke Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention to defend the Second Amendment and attack Hillary Clinton’s stance on gun control. “For the past thirty years, she hasn’t taken a walk, a nap or a bathroom break without a good guy with a gun there to …

This put me on the floor last night. The Daily Beast sets up the clip: Stephen Colbert opened his second live show of the week by addressing the big controversy to come out of the Republican National Convention’s first night. As Colbert soberly told his viewers: Melania Trump has been accused of plagiarizing portions of a speech First Lady Michelle …