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11:40 AM ET, August 1, 2016

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Louis Nelson / Politico:
McCain slams Trump over Khan fight  —  Sen. John McCain slammed Donald Trump Monday morning for feuding with the parents of a fallen Muslim soldier, offering perhaps his sternest rebuke yet of a candidate with whom he has clashed throughout the campaign process.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Longtime Trump confidant smears Khan family as members of the Muslim Brotherhood  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  While Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence was posting a Facebook statement claiming Donald Trump “cherishes” the Khan family, a close confidant and advisor …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Did Trump go too far?  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's criticism about the Muslim parents of a slain American soldier has generated — once again — a backlash within his own party.  —  Just 100 days from the election, Trump has responded in his standard fashion — dig in, claim he's being treated unfairly and attack back.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
John McCain Denounces Donald Trump's Comments on Family of Muslim Soldier  —  WASHINGTON — In a remarkable and lengthy rebuke of his party's nominee, Senator John McCain sharply criticized Donald J. Trump's comments about the family of the fallen Muslim Army captain, saying …
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Republicans denounce Trump as confrontation with Muslim parents escalates  —  Donald Trump faced mounting criticism from leaders of his own party Sunday, as a confrontation between the Republican nominee and the Muslim American parents of a soldier killed in Iraq continued to consume the presidential race.
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
ISIS Joins Donald Trump in Dishonoring Humayun Khan's Sacrifice
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Khizr Khan, Donald Trump and the debate over Muslim immigration
CBS News:
Did Clinton get a post-convention bump?  —  Hillary Clinton has received a bump in support after the Democratic convention and has now pulled ahead of Donald Trump.  —  Forty-six percent of voters nationwide say they'll vote for Clinton in November, while 39 percent say they'll back Trump.
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William Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:   Hillary Clinton bounces back in battleground states post-convention
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Surrogate on CNN: ‘Russia Did Not Seize Crimea’  —  A Donald Trump campaign surrogate argued on CNN Sunday night that Russia did not seize Crimea from Ukraine, despite the fact that Russia recently seized Crimea from Ukraine.  —  “Again, Russia did not seize Crimea,” GOP consultant Boris Epshteyn argued.
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New York Times:
How Paul Manafort Wielded Power in Ukraine Before Advising Donald Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Few political consultants have had a client fail quite as spectacularly as Paul Manafort's did in Ukraine in the winter of 2014.  —  President Viktor F. Yanukovych, who owed his election to …
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
Clinton Says Trump's Remarks About Putin Show He's Unfit  —  Democratic nominee says hacks show Russian bid to interfere  —  Clinton interview with Fox her first since convention  —  Hillary Clinton said Republican Donald Trump's repeated praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Discussion: Politico
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Clinton's claim that the FBI director said her email answers were ‘truthful’
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Melania Trump's girl-on-girl photos from racy shoot revealed  —  Here's the nation's would-be first lady — and right beside her, a second lady.  —  Three years before she met husband Donald Trump, Melania Trump was snapped in a nude frolic with another female model, bombshell photos obtained exclusively by The Post show.
Max Boot / New York Times:
How the ‘Stupid Party’ Created Donald Trump  —  It's hard to know exactly when the Republican Party assumed the mantle of the “stupid party.”  —  Stupidity is not an accusation that could be hurled against such prominent early Republicans as Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root and Charles Evans Hughes.
Peter Schweizer / Wall Street Journal:
The Clinton Foundation, State and Kremlin Connections  —  Why did Hillary's State Department urge U.S. investors to fund Russian research for military uses?  —  Hillary Clinton touts her tenure as secretary of state as a time of hardheaded realism and “commercial diplomacy” that advanced American national and commercial interests.
Discussion: RedState and Power Line
Seton Motley / RedState:
ObamaCare and Net Neutrality Are Doing Exactly the Damage Their Opponents Predicted  —  ObamaCare and Network Neutrality are really dumb policy.  For many, many reasons.  —  Like with all huge new government power grabs, there are a few very predictable post-grab outcomes.
John Tierney / City Journal:
Monuments to Idiocy  —  Let's honor the public servants responsible for giving us the TSA.  —  Summer 2016  —  Public safety  —  Naming anything after a living politician is usually a bad idea; but this summer, we can make an exception.  Now that Americans will be spending …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz's problems aren't over yet  —  Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's political troubles aren't over yet.  —  The Florida Democrat is facing the toughest political race of her life after ending her controversial tenure as leader of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
LeftOfCenter / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Mark Cuban: ‘Is There Any Bigger Jagoff In The World Than Donald Trump?’  —  Is there a bigger jagoff than Donald Herr Drümpenführer?  When Trump seemed less insane, (maybe it's a medical issue?) he was a pro-choice, Hillary supporter who had no problem admitting that he had liberal views.
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Why this black Bernie Sanders delegate says he doesn't have the luxury of going “Bernie or Bust”  —  PHILADELPHIA — Every night of the Democratic National Convention, Pastor Ray Shawn McKinnon and his friend Sebastian stayed up talking well past 3 am in their Holiday Inn hotel room.
Discussion: Scripting News
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Trouble for Hillary  —  Watching the Democrats' smoothly staged, potently scripted convention last week, voters could easily think that Hillary Clinton has this election in the bag.  —  The critiques of Donald Trump made devastatingly clear that he's a preposterous, dangerous candidate for the presidency.
Discussion: Washington Post and JustOneMinute
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Liberalism's Big Bet
 
 
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Koch network seeks to defuse donor frustration over Trump rebuff
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Jenny Barchfield / Associated Press:
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Discussion: The Week
Inés San Martín / Crux:
Pope Francis denies that Islam is violent
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Richard Wheatstone / Mirror.co.uk:
Priest in Belgium stabbed ‘by asylum seeker in his own home after letting him in to use shower’
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Gateway Pundit
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
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Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
What happened to my party?  —  The nomination of Hillary Clinton …
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Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
Two conventions, two realities and a jarring contrast
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Critics See Efforts by Counties and Towns to Purge Minority Voters From Rolls
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Examiner:
It's the Supreme Court, stupid
Discussion: Hot Air