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"Homegrown Demagogues": Obama Accuses Trump of Threatening American Values

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President Obama and Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wave to delegates after President Obama"s speech during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

(CNSNews.com) In a term evidently aimed at Donald Trump, President Obama said Wednesday night that homegrown demagogues along with fascists, communists and jihadists threaten American values but would ultimately fail.

In a speech at the Democratic National Convention in support of Hillary Clintons presidential aspirations, Obama said that America has changed, but what makes Americans American was not where they came from or looked like but pointing to his chest whats in here.

Thats what matters. Thats why we can take the food and music and holidays and styles of other countries, and blend it into something uniquely our own, he said.

Thats why we can attract strivers and entrepreneurs from around the globe to build new factories and create new industries here. Thats why our military can look the way it does every shade of humanity, forged into common service.

Thats why anyone who threatens our values, whether fascists or communists or jihadists or homegrown demagogues, will always fail in the end.

Homegrown demagogue quickly began trending on social media, and some Twitter users described it as the most effective epithet yet to feature in the 2016 campaign.

The term has been used before for Trump. Earlier Wednesday, U.S. News and World Report published an op-ed by Andrew Borene, a fellow at Georgetown Universitys Center for Security Studies, which included the line most mainstream Republicans now see nothing short of a frightening homegrown demagogue in Trumps bigoted rhetoric.

And on Twitter, back in December 2015, New York Times contributor Jacques Leslie, pointing to a NYT article analyzing 95,000 words from Trump speeches over the previous five months, tweeted, Our homegrown demagogue.

A month later, Twitter user Rulon James Downard wrote of Trump, hes a homegrown demagogue, in the tradition of Rush Limbaugh or Father Coughlin.

Source: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/cnsnewscom-staff/homegrown-demagogues-obama-accuses-trump-threatening-american-values

Why President Obama and Tim Kaine "Feel the Bern"

Full speech: Tim Kaine at the Democratic National Convention

President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. (Reuters / Gary Cameron)

PhiladelphiaPresident Obama and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine did something very smart Wednesday night.Ad Policy

They talked about Bernie Sanders. Indeed, they talked up Bernie Sanders.

The crowd at the Democratic National Convention, which has not always cheered in unison this week, cheered robustly when the president declared:

Democracy works, but we gotta want itnot just during an election year, but all the days in between.

So if you agree that theres too much inequality in our economy, and too much money in our politics, we all need to be as vocal and as organized and as persistent as Bernie Sanders supporters have been. We all need to get out and vote for Democrats up and down the ticket, and then hold them accountable until they get the job done.

The references to Sanders came from a president and a Democratic nominee for vice president who devoted substantial portions of their speeches to hailing Hillary Clinton, the partys nominee for president. Obama andKaine were not objecting to the fact that Clinton beat the senator from Vermont for the nomination, and that tomorrow night she will deliver her acceptance speech.

Rather, they were acknowledging that the passionately progressive campaign that Sanders ran this year secured more than 13 million votes, won 23 primary and caucus contests, and brought almost 1,900 delegates to the convention floor.

Obama and Kaine know that Sanders accomplished something this year.

They are certainly aware that recognizing this accomplishment could help in the work of pulling together a party that is still struggling to achieve unity.

Kainethe centrist former governor and senator from Virginia who was certainly not the first choice of most Sanders backers for the vice-presidential nominationmentioned Sanders early in his speech. Noting that he serves on the Senate Budget Committee with Sanders, the Virginian described the Vermonter as an ally in the critical work of finding resources for education and health-care projects. When that line drew a loud cheer, Kaine ad-libbed a line that was not in his prepared text: We all should feel the Bern and we all should not want to get burned by the other guy!

That was one of the nights many jabs at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. But it was also a grasp at party unity.

What Obama and Kaine did Wednesday night was rare. Most speakers at this convention, even speakers who have for many years served in the House of Representatives and the Senate with Sanders, have failed to mention his name in their speeches to the convention. That is, of course, their rhetorical right. But it is not necessarily wise politics when so many of the delegates and alternates and guests at this convention arrived as Sanders backers.

Obama is a very wise politician, as is Kaine. Both men understand that there are a lot of people in this convention hall who would like to cheer a few more times for Bernie Sanders.

Kaine actually gave them several opportunities to cheer.

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Mixing English and Spanish, as he does so ably, Kaine said: Hillary Clinton and I are compaeros del alma. We share this basic belief, its simple: Do all the good you can. Serve one another. Thats what Im about. Thats what youre about. Thats what Bernie Sanders is about. Thats what Joe and Jill Biden are about. Thats what Barack and Michelle Obama are about. And thats what Hillary Clinton is about.

Kaine put Bernie Sandersthe outsider, the insurgent, the champion of a political revolutionin the company of Clinton, the Bidens, and the Obamas.

That is a small measure of the influence Bernie Sanders has had on American politics.

A few minutes after Kaine, President Obama provided a greater measure of that influence, when he responded to cheers for his own reference to Sanders by smiling broadly and declaring: Thats right: Feel the Bern!

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Leon Panetta shouted down by anti-war protesters at Democratic convention

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Democratic delegates drowned out the former defense secretary Leon Panetta with a chant of no more war on Wednesday night, prompting convention organisers to turn the lights out in their section of the Wells Fargo arena and the protesters to light it themselves using cellphones.

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The former CIA director was on stage to show his support for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. In this election, there is only one candidate for president who has the experience, temperament and judgment to be commander-in-chief, and that is Hillary Clinton, he said.

Panetta credited Clinton with supporting the decision to go after Osama bin Laden Hillary was clear: we have to go after Bin Laden and said she was determined to defeat Isis, al-Qaida, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, terrorists who pervert the teachings of Islam to kill innocent people.

He added: Meanwhile, Donald Trump says he gets his foreign policy experience from watching TV and running the Miss Universe pageant. If only it were funny. It is deadly serious. Donald Trump asks our troops to commit war crimes, endorses torture, spurns allies from Europe to Asia, suggests more countries to have nuclear weapons, and praises dictators from Saddam Hussein to Vladimir Putin.

But when Panetta referred to Trumps call for a Russian hack on Clintons emails, he was interrupted by the chants, which were temporarily drowned out when Panetta said: Donald Trump cannot become commander-in-chief.

He added: We cannot put an erratic finger on our nuclear weapons, he says. This is no time to roll the dice and gamble. The chant changed to USA! USA!

When Panetta left the stage the DNC organisers turned the lights back on for the section that was chanting, many of whom appeared to come from Oregon.

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Bernie Supporter Told Debbie Wasserman Schultz to "F*ck Off" Along With "Your b***h" Hillary in Email

WikiLeaks DNC Emails Forcing Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign. Clinton Only 1.9 Above Donald Trump

Even the lesser-known emails in the recent Wikileaks dump of hacked DNC emails contain fascinating details. For example, did you know that if you sent an interesting enough reply to a presidential campaigns email blast, they actually read it and pass it around? And did you know that despite having won the state, there are at least two Tennesseeans who are really not crazy about Hillary Clinton?

The DNC got at least two such replies to an email blast entitled Join me in Knoxville June 3rd!, the first being a profane, if misspelled, kiss-off from Knoxville-based executive Michael Vukmir to outgoing DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her b***h Hilary:

I wouldnt join the DNC in Knoxville unless Debbie steps down along with Hilary. You have lost every inch of my support so f**k off Debbie along with your b***h Hilary.

FEEL THE Bern b*****s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike

Another response to the same email was passed around by DNC staff as well:

DWS, youre almost as corrupt as $hillary Clinton. Ive already left the Democratic partyafter 32 years. Lots of us have. And you and your direction for the Democratic party are a large reason why. HRC is the other reason.

Its comingthe shock you will feel when MILLIONS of us wont vote for ShillaryPERIOD.

f**k you.

The DNC staffers internal response to both emails was the same: Great start!

Source: http://www.mediaite.com/online/bernie-supporter-told-debbie-wasserman-schultz-to-fck-off-along-with-your-b***h-hillary-in-email/

$1 million Powerball ticket sold in western Pa.

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A ticket sold in western Pennsylvania won $1 million in Wednesday night"s Powerball drawing.

The ticket had the first five numbers - 10, 47, 50, 65 and 68 - but not the red Powerball number, 24.

No one had all six numbers and the jackpot for Saturday"s drawing climbs to $479 million annuity, or $330.6 million cash.

The $1 million Pennsylvania ticket was sold at the Shop "N Save, 5001 Library Road, Bethel Park, Allegheny County.

Tickets sold in Ohio, Virginia and Florida also had the first five numbers in Wednesday"s drawing, with the Florida ticket winning $2 million because the buyer had picked the powerplay option.

The location of where the Pennsylvania ticket was sold will be released later Thursday.

No one hit the jackpot in Tuesday night"s MegaMillions drawing and the top prize climbs to $20 million annuity, or $13 million cash, for Friday night"s drawing.

Published: July 28, 2016 7:56 AM EDT | Updated: July 28, 2016 10:39 AM EDT The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Source: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160729__1_million_Powerball_ticket_sold_in_Pa_.html

Bill O"Reilly Defends Controversial White House Slave Comments

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We move on to that bill O"Reilly backlash under fire for saying after michelle Obama"s speech that the slaves were well fed in decent lodgings. He is responding now and linsey Davis has the latest. Reporter: Even though he says smear merchants are distoring his words last night bill O"Reilly offered more details to support his incendiary comments that the slaves who bill the white house were well fed and had decent accommodations. This morning, Fox News host bill O"Reilly is doubling down on his controversial fact checking of the first lady"s dnc speech Monday night after Michelle Obama pointed out the historical significance of being the first black family to live in the white house. I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. And I watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent black young women playing with their dogs on the white house lawn. Reporter: On "The O"Reilly fact"s" tip of the day he angered some by describing what he called historical context. Slaves that worked there were well fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government. Reporter: He then added further fuel to the fire with this commentary. So Michelle Obama is essentially correct in citing slaves as builders of the white house but there were others working as well. Reporter: Outrage was swift. Audra McDonald had these stark pictures with captions like dear bill O"Reilly, live in this. Wear these. And take a ride on this, maybe now you"ll get why people are having a hard time with your description of the slaves" am San diegos. TV producer and writer Shonda rhimes tweeted, the idiocy never ceases to amaze me. Try slavery, bill. Let us know how good the food is while you wear chains. Leave it to Fox News to provide a fair and balanced view of slavery. More vicious attacks from the far left media deceivers. Reporter: Last night O"Reilly elaborated on his point and lashed out at critics. In order to keep slaves and free laborers strong, Washington"s administration provided meat, bread and other staple, also decent lodging on the grounds of the new presidential building. That is a fact. Not a justification, not a defense of slavery. Just a fact. Anyone who implies a soft on slavery message is beneath contempt. The author who wrote the book "The invisibles untold to story of african-americans in the white house" has weighed in on all of this saying we don"t know the quality of the food or housing because there are no historical records that support that judgment. What is undeniable is that the slaves were not given a choice on what they ate or where they lived and my question is really. Is this something that needs to be debated at all? We are after all talking about slaves. George and robin. It"s just surreal that we"re even talking about it.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/bill-oreilly-defends-controversial-white-house-slave-comments-40953682

PSG tops Real Madrid in record-setting International Champions Cup - OSU

Thomas Meunier Second Goal - Real Madrid vs PSG 1-3 International Champions Cup 2016

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PSG and Real Madrid meet at center pitch before the International Champions Cup friendly at Ohio Stadium on July 27, 2016. Credit: OSU Athletics

French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain defeated UEFA Champions League victors Real Madrid 3-1 Wednesday night at Ohio Stadium in an international exhibition for the 2016 International Champions Cup.

In front of a crowd of 86,641 diverse supportersthe largest soccer crowd in Ohio history PSG claimed three points in the competition behind a goal from Jonathon Ikone, and a brace from substitute Thomas Meunier.

Overall, we saw two teams that need to keep working, work on things this preseason, players getting more minutes, PSG head coach Unai Emery said after the match. I think today, for us, was about work. Obviously we want to win and we play to win, but we will continue working, and focus on growing things.

The last time these two sides met was on November 3, 2015 in a UEFA Champions League group stage match, with Real Madrid winning at home 1-0. But this time, the French Ligue 1 champions struck first early.

In the 2nd minute, PSGs Jonathan Ikone carried the ball from 25 yards out towards the Real Madrid penalty area, and following a series of deflections, found himself one-on-one with Francisco Casilla. The defender calmly slid a shot past the goalkeeper into the bottom left corner to take the lead, scoring the fastest goal in ICC history.

The Red and Blue, the nickname of PSG, controlled the tempo and possession early in the first 45, but the Champions League winners had chances to equalize. Midfielder Mateo Kovacic curled a shot on net in the 18th minute that nipped the fingertips of a diving Kvin Trapp, rattled the right woodwork and bounced back to a waiting Trapp.

PSG defender Thiago Silva exited the match in the 11th minute with a leg injury, making way for the young Thomas Meunier. The Belgian international trotted around the pitch for over 20 minutes with his team in the lead, and in the 35th minute, he made his presence known.

Meunier received a deflected ball at his feet at the top of the 18 yard line, and fired a rising rocket into the left, upper-90 of the goal to double his sides lead. And five minutes later, the substitute netted his second goal of the night with an easy finish to put PSG up 3-0 late in the half.

Real Madrid, however, would cut the lead to two just before the break when the Red and Blues Serge Aurier was called for a handball in the box, awarding Real Madrid a penalty. Captain Marcelo stepped up to the spot, and powered it home.

After a flurry of substitutions from both sides at halftime, the second act of this international exhibition began with a sort of back-and-forth type of feeling, as shots peppered off the gloves of both Casilla and Trapp. Real Madrid held more urgency throughout the second half, controlling over 58 percent of the possession and outshooting the French side 16-12 overall, but could not recover from the first half deficit.

This was our first match after only ten days of training, so ultimately, this it normal, this is to be expected, Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane said in the post-match press conference. Overall, Im happy with everyone, with all the players.

PSGwinner of the 2015 International Champions Cuphave now won its last three matches in the competition, dating back to July 29, 2015.

This is a great club, and a club looking to continue writing its history, Emery said. This club has the intent to continue being one of the great teams, and fight against the top clubs in the world.

Emerys club will now meet English soccer champions Leicester City this Saturday at the StubHub Center in California, while Real Madrid gets set for a clash with English club Chelsea FC. These matches kick off at 5:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. ET, respectively.

Source: http://thelantern.com/2016/07/psg-tops-real-madrid-in-record-setting-international-champions-cup/