memeorandum: How Paul Manafort Wielded Power in Ukraine Before Advising Donald Trump (New York Times)

1:00 PM 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 …

Discussion: Media Matters for America and CANNONFIRE

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.

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 …

Discussion: Politico, The Daily Caller and alicublog

Associated Press:
With Khan family, has Trump finally gone too far?

Discussion: RedState, ABC News and Associated Press

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
John McCain Denounces Donald Trump's Comments on Family of Muslim Soldier

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Kim Soffen / Washington Post:
Thanks to Khizr Khan, pocket constitutions are selling like crazy

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F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News:
‘Repugnant’: Families of War Dead Demand Apology From Trump

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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Republicans denounce Trump as confrontation with Muslim parents escalates

Discussion: The Atlantic, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Politico and ABC News

Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump: Muslim soldier was a hero, but his father ‘has no right’ to criticize me

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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.

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.

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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 …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, USA Today, Daily Kos, Bloomberg, twitchy.com, Daily Wire, Hillary Clinton Speeches and ABC News

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: Raw Story

Roy Gutman / The Daily Beast:

As Obama Dithers, Syrian Rebels in Aleppo Brace for Putin's Onslaught — The Russians are pursuing a strategy lifted from their playbook in Grozny during the last Chechen war, and Aleppo could soon become the new “most destroyed city on earth.” — ISTANBUL — When Russia dropped …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

BBC:
Syria war: Russian helicopter shot down, killing five on board

Discussion: The Atlantic, Sputnik International, Vocativ, RT and The Week

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.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Post, driftglass and Politicus USA

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, Washington Free Beacon, New York Post and Power Line

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 …

Discussion: Mediaite and twitchy.com

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

Jenny Barchfield / Associated Press:

Expert To Rio Olympic Athletes: 'Don't Put Your Head Under Water' — RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press.

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WALA-TV:

Alleged burglar dies after being tied to a tree by homeowner — The Washington County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of an alleged burglar who was tied to a tree by a homeowner. — It happened on Spurgeon Road in Leroy late Friday night. — The homeowner is still being questioned.

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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).

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.

Matea Gold / Washington Post:

Koch network seeks to defuse donor frustration over Trump rebuff — COLORADO SPRINGS — Thirteen years after billionaire industrialist Charles Koch gathered a small group of his fellow libertarian donors in a Chicago hotel to discuss how to promote their economic theories …

Discussion: Hot Air and Raw Story

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.

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