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Media Matters reports: A QAnon influencer said in a livestream that she received credentials for the 2024 Republican National Convention, which she was attending. In a July 17 stream on X (formerly Twitter), Terpsichore Maras-Lindeman, a QAnon-supporting podcaster known online as “Tore,” walked around the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, including pointing out where she was seated for it. …

CNN reports: The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next week could be an “attractive” target for violent extremists or other people looking to sow chaos by disrupting a high-profile political event, according to a threat assessment from federal agencies and the Milwaukee Police Department obtained by CNN. This election season has seen a “resurgence in disruptive tactics targeting election symbols” …

Axios reports: Guns will be allowed within walking distance of the Republican National Convention next month but not inside the event’s inner perimeter, per a security plan the U.S. Secret Service shared at a press conference Friday. More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the RNC, including the delegates who will formally nominate Donald Trump for president. While some …

CNBC reports: Milwaukee based department store giant Kohl’s says it will not sponsor any events related to the Republican National Convention in that city this summer, where Donald Trump will be crowned the party’s nominee for president. “Kohl’s is not a political organization nor donor and is not sponsoring nor engaging in any specific RNC events,” a spokeswoman for the …

“The Secret Service — they use their criteria, they set this plan — and now the director of Secret Services saying, well, they have the authority to set the plan, they don’t have the authority to change it. “They put the protest zone a block away from the actual convention site. Thee initial plan had the entrances on the north …

Politico reports: The Republican National Committee is weighing whether to restrict NBC’s access to this summer’s convention, following the network’s decision to drop former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a contributor. Such a move would mark a dramatic escalation in the growing rift between Donald Trump-allies and the TV network — a rift that has stemmed from NBC’s decision to …

The Daily Beast reports: Trump and his team are making a concerted push to ensure that the convention is packed with loyalists who could fortify their position, should another candidate win enough delegates during the primary to potentially maneuver for the nomination. The effort includes calls from Trump and his advisers to senior party leadership in early primary states as …

Charlotte’s ABC News affiliate reports: Two attendees and two support people tested positive for COVID-19 at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County officials said Friday. Day one of the convention kicked off Monday in Charlotte, where hundreds of delegates ventured and both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence made surprise speeches. Mecklenburg County leaders say those …

CBC News reports: A crowd of protesters surrounded U.S. Sen. Rand Paul as he was leaving the White House following the Republican National Convention early Friday, shouting for the lawmaker from Kentucky to acknowledge the shooting of Breonna Taylor. Video posted on social media showed dozens of people confronting Paul and his wife, who were flanked by Metro Police, in …

The Los Angeles Times reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, California’s most powerful Republican, lauded President Trump as a savior for the nation on Thursday, the final night of the GOP’s national convention. “No one has done more to protect and advance [the United States] than President Trump,” McCarthy said, arguing that Trump created strong trade deals, supported the military …

Politico reports: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson paused during remarks at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night to express support for the family of Jacob Blake, the Black man shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wis., on Sunday. Carson went on to defend Trump’s record on issues important to the Black community, saying Trump — …

From Pat Robertson’s network: After an opening video highlighting scenes of the night’s theme “Land of Greatness” the son of the late Rev. Billy Graham began to pray from the podium. “Let us pray,” he said. “I thank you tonight for our President Donald J. Trump. We pray that you would give him wisdom from on high, clarity of vision, …

The New York Post reports: In his speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned that if Democrats win, police will be defunded, Second Amendment rights will be trampled — and Americans’ hamburger intake will be limited. “Today’s Democrat Party doesn’t want to improve life for middle America,” McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a taped …

The Associated Press reports: Rudy Giuliani is painting a grim portrait of violence in America as he endorses President Donald Trump’s reelection bid at the Republican convention. He made no mention of the Russia investigation, in which he defended Trump, or his role in trying to dig up dirt on Biden in Ukraine. The saga ended up with Trump getting …

The Week reports: Sen. Tom Cotton delivered a cartoonishly hawkish speech at the RNC Thursday night, just a few minutes before President Trump delivered his acceptance speech, positioning him as a White House favorite in the contest to succeed the current president in 2024. Far from advocating ending wars, Cotton delivered a sermon in praise of bellicosity, denouncing every foreign …

Mother Jones reports: Toward the end of her Thursday night address to the Republican National Convention, Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and senior advisor, looked out on the crowd on the White House lawn and took one more swing at the piñata of the week: Joe Biden and the “political elite” who backed him. “Dad, people attack you for being …

The New York Post reports: “You may have been a headache,” Bob Hope sang in his signature tune, “but you never were a bore.” Last night, for the first time in memory, Donald Trump was a bore.  It’s not that he had nothing to say. He had everything to say. And he said it. And said it again. And did …

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump will cap the 2020 Republican Convention on Thursday night by outlining his vision for a second term in the White House. Aside from Trump’s headlining remarks, the top congressional Republicans — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy — will vouch for their party’s congressional candidates and the president’s reelection …

ABC News reports: Madison Cawthorn, a 25-year-old in a potentially historic bid for Congress, spoke during the third night of the Republican National Convention in a speech that has drawn attention for an American history inaccuracy. In his speech, Cawthorn said that at 25, Madison signed the Declaration of Independence. Except, he did not. The statement prompted the Lincoln Project …

Iowa’s Ames Tribune reports: Sen. Joni Ernst spoke of her military experience and praised President Donald Trump’s response to the windstorm that struck Iowa two weeks ago during her Wednesday night Republican National Convention speech. Ernst said she worked with Trump to scrap President Barack Obama’s Waters of the United States rule, which she said “would have regulated about 97% …