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3:50 PM ET, August 1, 2016

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Eric Bradner / CNN:
First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote for Clinton if Florida close  —  Jeb Bush adviser Sally Bradshaw, who is leaving the GOP  —  (CNN)Jeb Bush's top adviser, Sally Bradshaw, has left the Republican Party to become an independent, and says if the presidential race in Florida is close …
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Charles Hurt / The Hill:
Khizr Khan was tricked into smearing Donald Trump  —  Khizr Khan is a fine American and the father of a true American patriot.  But now he is also everything that is wrong with American politics today.  —  It is not entirely his fault, though he has only himself to blame for allowing …
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.
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Scott Walker distances himself from Trump's Gold Star attack  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has a simple message for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  : Look at my wrist.  —  Pulling up the sleeve of his navy blazer, Walker showed The Hill …
Scott Detrow / NPR:
GOP Criticism Mounts As Trump Continues Attacks On Khan Family  —  Two weeks ago, in the midst of controversy over the fact his wife, Melania, had plagiarized passages of her convention speech from Michelle Obama, Donald Trump tweeted that “all press is good press.”
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Khan fight highlights a huge GOP problem: No one knows how low Trump can go  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Donald Trump's continuing war with the Khan family — which Trump inexplicably continued to keep in the news this morning with a series of new tweets — raises the specter of a brutal trap for Republicans.
Zachary Karabell / Politico:
‘Have You No Sense of Decency, Mr. Trump?’
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Clinton Cash: Khizr Khan's Deep Legal, Financial Connections to Saudi Arabia, Hillary's Clinton …
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump Veterans Adviser Attacks Khizr Khan As A ‘Muslim Brotherhood Agent’
Media Matters for America:
CNN's Jeffrey Lord Defends Trump's Attacks On Khan Family: “This Is Politics”
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Did Trump go too far?  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's criticism …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Surrogate: Trump Sacrificed Two Marriages To Create Jobs!
Discussion: Politicus USA
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Longtime Trump confidant smears Khan family as members of the Muslim Brotherhood
Associated Press:
With Khan family, has Trump finally gone too far?
Discussion: RedState
Nick Gass / Politico:
VFW rips Trump's ‘out-of-bounds’ attack on Khan family
Discussion: The Hill, Political Wire and ABC News
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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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans More Positive About Democratic Than GOP Convention  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans are evenly divided on whether they view the Democratic Party more favorably (44%) or less favorably (42%) after the party's national convention last week.  However, their ratings of the Republican Party …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Gallup: Trump support tumbles after conventions  —  In the wake of the Republican and Democratic national conventions, voters are more likely to support Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.  —  While 36 percent of adults are more likely to support …
Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Why Can't Hillary Clinton Stop Lying?  —  This is a note to Clinton Democrats—a desperate plea, actually.  Your candidate staged a winning convention in Philadelphia: big stars, tight messaging, and a compelling case against her rival, Donald Trump.  —  The Republican nominee followed …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   More people watched Donald Trump's convention speech than Hillary Clinton's - and hated it
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.
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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Elizabeth McLaughlin / ABC News:
Donald Trump Attempts to Clarify Comments on Russian Forces in Ukraine
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
John Minster / Daily Wire:
Breaking: DePaul University Bans Shapiro  —  There comes a time in every society where even its most basic values come under attack.  In the United States, since the beginning of our country's founding, we have had certain God-given unalienable rights: freedom of religion, freedom of the press …
Daniel Dalewashington / Toronto Star:
Is Donald Trump OK?  Erratic behaviour raises mental health questions  —  As his behaviour grows more bizarre, more and more analysts are asking if there's something off with the Republican candidate.  —  WASHINGTON—There is an elephant in the election.  —  It was tiptoed around …
Discussion: The Atlantic, alan.com and Raw Story
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Gawker founder Nick Denton files for bankruptcy  —  Gawker Media founder Nick Denton filed for Chapter 11 personal bankruptcy protection on Monday, in order to prevent former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan from moving to seize his assets.  A.J. Daulerio, a former editor of Gawker.com, is also expected to file for bankruptcy.
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.
Liam Deacon / Breitbart:
IN PICTURES: Huge Pro-Erdogan Islamist Rally In Germany  —  Around 50,000 supporters of Turkey's Islamist president Recep Tayyip Erdoan have rallied in Cologne, Germany to demand his authoritarian reign continues.  —  The Islamist crowd chanted “Allah hu Akbar!” and held signs reading …
Discussion: Vox Popoli and RT
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Skip Bayless Joins Fox Sports from ESPN: 'I'm Taking Off the Handcuffs"  —  EMAIL ME  —  “Too many people in charge at ESPN, for my taste, were a little too fearful,” says the outspoken host, who leaves the Disney-owned network after 12 years for a new show that will launch Sept. 6.
Travis / Uber Global:
Uber China Merges with Didi Chuxing  —  Today we're announcing our intention to merge Uber China with Didi Chuxing.  —  Three years ago I traveled to China with a small group of people to see if we might be able to launch Uber there.  It was an ambitious idea, given that we were still …
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Rebukes Trump: 'I'm Pretty Tired Of Some Folks Trash-Talking' Troops  —  As Donald Trump continued to hurl attacks on the family of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, President Barack Obama praised the sacrifice of American armed services members and their families Monday at the Disabled American Veterans convention.
Florida Governor Rick Scott:
Gov. Scott: Florida Calls on CDC to Activate Emergency Response Team Following Confirmed Mosquito-Borne Transmissions  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) has identified 10 additional people in Florida with the Zika virus …
 
 
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on US Air Strike in Libya
New York Times:
Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
Discussion: Mediaite
Daily Express:
Pope Francis defends Muslims and blasts ‘Islam is NOT terrorism’
SooperMexican / The Right Scoop:
Khans should apologize for insulting Trump, says Scottie Hughes, he ‘sacrificed’ two marriages!
Discussion: Daily Wire, Daily Kos and RedState
Fox News:
FBI agent charged with acting as agent of China
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sam Levin / Guardian:
‘He was trying to kill me’: echoes of Brock Turner in another case with same judge
Discussion: AOL and Raw Story
Andrew Colegrove / WSAZ-TV:
Dog crashes car into Walmart
Discussion: alan.com, AOL, WTVR-TV, fox8.com and Fox News
 Earlier Items: 
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Why this black Bernie Sanders delegate says he doesn't have the luxury of going “Bernie or Bust”
Discussion: Scripting News
National Review:
Convention Speech Sparks Blowback from Cruz Donors
Discussion: Mediaite
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Koch network seeks to defuse donor frustration over Trump rebuff
Discussion: Hot Air and Raw Story
Seton Motley / RedState:
ObamaCare and Net Neutrality Are Doing Exactly the Damage Their Opponents Predicted
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
What happened to my party?  —  The nomination of Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Hot Air
John Tierney / City Journal:
Monuments to Idiocy  —  Let's honor the public servants responsible for giving us the TSA.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
 

 
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