08/26/2020 05:16 CDT

TRUMP PROPS UP REGULAR AMERICANS’ SUCCESS STORIES ON UPBEAT SECOND DAY OF GOP CONVENTION; SANDMANN GETS HIS REVENGE ON MEDIA, DONS MAGA HAT

TODAY’S TOP TEN

TRUMP CONVENTION SHOWCASES REGULAR AMERICANS

ERIC TRUMP: “I AM PROUD TO WATCH YOU give them hell!” Daily Caller.

• Nick Sandmann recounts horror of facing full war machine of smear media. National Review.
• Abby Johnson recalls killing factory known as Planned Parenthood. Townhall.
• Trump grants pardon to redeemed criminal Jon Ponder. The Hill.
• Lobster fisherman warns Biden will be controlled by environmental extremists. Breitbart.

RACHEL MADDOW’S RNC “FACT-CHECK” CONTRADICTED by nation’s top medical agencies. The Federalist.

LIFELONG DEM CALLS INTO C-SPAN after RNC: “I’m definitely changing my vote to Republican.” Sara Carter.

MEADOWS CONFIRMS THAT LIBERAL WISCONSIN GOVERNOR rejects help of additional National Guard help. Breitbart.

CHAOS AND VIOLENCE STARTING TO BREAK through as a campaign issue. Townhall.

“WHY DO WE DESERVE IT?”: LOCALS IN KENOSHA attempt to clean wreckage after rioting. National Review.

VIDEOS SHOW CROWDS OF DC PROTESTERS harassing people at restaurants. Daily Caller.

NEARLY FIVE MILLION AMERICANS BECAME GUN OWNERS in first half of 2020. Free Beacon.

WISCONSIN PROFESSOR WITH TAXPAYER-SUPPORTED six-figure salary cheers rioters on Twitter. The Federalist.

MICHIGAN GOVERNOR WHITMER CALLS THE BIG 10 canceling football “leadership.” Daily Caller.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• GOP convention off to roaring start. Mollie Hemingway.
• I was wrong about Trump — he didn’t destroy GOP, he saved it. John Daniel Davidson.
• RNC convention is thriving because it bucks the corporate media. Emily Jashinsky.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Nikki Haley destroys ABC, CBS’s narrative about what Trump’s down for black, Hispanic Americans. Media Research Center.
• Gutfield on media “fact checking.” Fox News.
• Liberal media endlessly says: Convention was “dark!” Free Beacon.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• The Nazi who saved Paris from destruction during World War II. History Net.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@thebradfordfile) A car dealership in Kenosha with a giant "Black Lives Matter" sign was burned to the ground--because kneeling to the mob is never, ever enough. Tweet.
• (@Matthew4Trump) It wasn't about "flattening the curve" and they weren't "peaceful protests." They are trying to burn America to the ground. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

• CNN ABRUPTLY CUTS OFF TRUMP SPEECH, citing falsehoods, after never applying same standard to Democrats. Daily Caller.

BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL

• Wisconsin Governor Doubles Presence of National Guard – State of Emergency Declared BONGINO REPORT.