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Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:
GOP Rep. Richard Hanna: I'll vote for Clinton; first House member to cross party line  —  U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R-Barneveld, says he will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton for president.  Hanna said the GOP nominee, Donald Trump, is unfit to serve.  The three-term congressman is shown speaking July 18 …
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Richard Hanna.JPG / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Rep. Richard Hanna letter: We should all be done with Donald Trump (commentary)  —  U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a three-term Republican from Oneida County, represents the 22nd Congressional District.  Hanna is shown speaking last month to firefighters in Binghamton.  (Provided photo)
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Raw Story
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep. Says He'll Vote For Clinton: Trump Is A ‘National Embarrassment’
Discussion: The Week and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Mr. Trump and Spineless Republicans  —  Just when it seems that Donald Trump could not display more ignorance and bad judgment or less of a moral compass, he comes up with another ignominy or two.  This weekend he denigrated the parents of a fallen American military hero and suggested …
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Stuart Rothenberg / Washington Post:
Will GOP officials jump ship on Trump?  —  The last couple of weeks have been nothing short of disastrous for the Republican Party.  —  No, Donald Trump's position in the race hasn't worsened dramatically, nor did the Democratic convention wash away Hillary Clinton's many political warts.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
New York Daily News:
The risk of bloody-shirt politics: Khizr Khan, Ghazala Khan, Patricia Smith, Cindy Sheehan and our politics  —  On the first night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, I cringed when Patricia Smith, the grief-stricken mother of Sean Smith, an information officer killed during …
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
Democrats, Stop Your Unearned Moral Superiority: Hillary's As Bad As Trump
Discussion: JustOneMinute
KUTV-TV:
Utah could vote Democrat for president for first time in 5 decades  —  (KUTV) The Republican and Democrat national conventions are over and as the dust starts to settle, it looks like Hillary Clinton has a chance to carry Utah in the U.S. presidential election.
Discussion: Political Wire
NBC News:
First Read: A Last Exit Ramp for the GOP?  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  A last exit ramp for the GOP?  —  Donald Trump's confounding war with a Gold Star family …
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:   To the Go-Along Republicans  —  Memo to Paul Ryan …
Chuck Muth / Paul Nehlen:
Paul Ryan AGAIN Misrepresents Trump Position, This Time on “Religious Test” Brouhaha
Discussion: The Daily Caller
NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Support Spikes Following Democratic Convention  —  Following the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton now leads Donald Trump by 8 points — 50 percent to 42 percent — up from a single-point difference last week, according to the latest NBC News|  SurveyMonkey poll.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump: My Position On Keeping Terrorists Out Is What Bothered Khizr Khan  —  In an interview with a local Ohio television station on Monday, Donald Trump said that Khizr Khan was really bothered by his position on border security — specifically his promise to keep radical Islamic terrorists from entering the country.
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David Wright / CNN:
While Khan talks peace, Trump tweets against him
Scott Detrow / NPR:
GOP Criticism Mounts As Trump Continues Attacks On Khan Family
Associated Press:
The Latest: Ryan: Trump may have to “struggle” for change
Discussion: The Week
New York Times:
Donald Trump Avoided Draft With a Heel Problem, but the Details Are Murky  —  Back in 1968, at the age of 22, Donald J. Trump seemed the picture of health.  —  He stood 6 feet 2 inches with an athletic build; had played intramural football, tennis and squash; and was taking up golf.
CNN:
With Russia a campaign issue, Clinton gains on foreign affairs  —  Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton's post-convention bump extends to enthusiasm about voting and trust on a slew of issues, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.  And on the most prominent foreign policy issue of late …
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WXIA-TV:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Trump holds narrow lead over Clinton in Georgia
Danielle Keeton-Olsen / Talking Points Memo:
Gallup Poll Finds Trump's Convention Is A Historic Dud
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Mother of service member booed over Khan question at Pence rally  —  CARSON CITY, Nevada — The woman, in a quiet voice, stood before the crowd of hundreds at a town hall-style event here with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and announced that her son serves in the Air Force.  The crowd applauded.
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump blasts New York Times: 'They don't write good'  —  Donald Trump took aim at yet another venerable news outlet Monday night, saying that The New York Times “is just absolutely a disaster” and “so unfair” to his campaign.  —  “The media is very unfair.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Doubts Start Creeping In for Democrats  —  For four days in Philadelphia, almost every comment I heard from Democratic operatives, pollsters and policy wonks reminded me of an old Jackie Mason line about married couples.  —  “Ask them if they're happy, you get a number.  ‘Are you happy?...’ ‘Thirty-one years ... ’”
Discussion: Hot Air and Algemeiner.com
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Former Ivy League athlete suspended for alleged sexual assault wins important — and surprising — court victory  —  Can a male student held responsible by a university for an alleged sexual assault successfully make the case that his fate was the result of sex discrimination against him?
Spiegel Online:
Germans Wonder If Terror Can Be Prevented  —  Following the attacks in Munich, Würzburg and Ansbach, many are asking how the violence can be stopped.  There is an answer to this question, but will it be heard in these turbulent times?  By SPIEGEL Staff
Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Trump and feminists should quit blaming Roger Ailes' victims: Kirsten Powers  —  No, the short-skirted, ‘leggy’ women of Fox News aren't to blame for sexual harassment and they shouldn't have to quit their jobs.  —  Donald Trump thinks it's “very sad” that women at Fox News are “complaining” …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Report: Leaked text messages demonstrate Mosby's bad faith  —  Carly Hoilman of the Blaze says Fox News' Trace Gallagher is reporting that leaked text messages between one of Marilyn Mosby's deputies and the lead investigator in the Freddie Gray case raise new concerns about Mosby's honesty …
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Perry Chiaramonte / Fox News:
Law professor goes after Maryland prosecutor for Freddie Gray case
Discussion: Baltimore Sun and Instapundit
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Black Lives Matter Coalition Makes Demands as Campaign Heats Up  —  More than 60 organizations associated with the Black Lives Matter movement have released a series of demands on Monday, including for reparations.  —  The list of six platform demands is aimed at furthering their goals …
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Student body vice president writes a ‘forget Black Lives Matter’ post, and a university erupts
 
 
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WND:
Facebook blocks Michael Savage for posting news on Islamic crime
Discussion: Infowars and Vox Popoli
Charlie Peat / Daily Express:
EU is at ‘END of existence’ Polish experts blast Merkel & claim ‘Germans have had enough’
Discussion: Walid Shoebat
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Feel The State Tremble
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump: 'I'm Afraid the Election Is Going to Be Rigged'