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9:00 PM ET, August 5, 2016

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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Poll: Ryan leads primary challenger by 66 points  —  is expected to dominate in his primary election on Tuesday even without the endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  A Remington Research Group poll released Friday shows 80 percent of voters support Ryan in his Wisconsin primary …
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Speaker Robin Vos / RTWI:
Speaker Robin Vos: Welcome to Wisconsin Mr. Trump  —  We are Ryan Republicans not Trump Republicans  —  A few weeks ago, I wrote an editorial for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel explaining why I was so proud to be a Republican.  As we watch the news today about the visit of the GOP Presidential nominee …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Did Paul Ryan just predict that Clinton will win in a landslide?  —  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) sent an urgent fundraising appeal on Thursday evening that warned: “If we fail to protect our majority in Congress, we could be handing President Hillary Clinton a blank check.”
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Donald Trump and the fitness threshold
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo:
Hannity to GOP leaders: 'I'm getting a little sick and tired of all of you'
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Paul Ryan's Challenger Paul Nehlen: Deport All Muslims
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘Heck if I know,’ Ryan says when asked for an update on Trump spat
Brian Hickey / PhillyVoice:
‘Loving wife’ and ‘longtime girlfriend’ place dueling obituaries after N.J. man's death  —  Leroy Black died this week at the age of 55; his Sunday funeral could be interesting  —  I did not know Leroy “Blast” Bill Black in life, but 55 years old is too young for anyone to die …
Discussion: NOLA River, Fox News and WND
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Don Woods / New Jersey Online:
This guy was loved so much both wife, girlfriend place obits in newspaper
Discussion: WGN-TV, The Daily Caller and KTLA
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton: I ‘short-circuited’ on ‘truthful’ email answer  —  Hillary Clinton acknowledged Friday that she may have “short-circuited” when she claimed in a recent interviews that FBI Director James Comey said she was “truthful” about her use of a private email server as secretary of state.
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Clinton to press: ‘Hold me accountable’
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
Stephen Braun / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Clinton's new email clarifications fall short
Discussion: Hot Air
Dan Hinkel / Chicago Tribune:
Video of cop shooting of teenager ‘shocking,’ IPRA chief says  —  Police say Paul O'Neal, 18, was fatally shot after officers stopped a reported-stolen Jaguar on Thursday night in the 7300 block of South Merrill Avenue in Chicago.  Three officers were relieved of their police powers following the shooting.
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Ipra / Independent Police Review Authority:
1081642  — Paul O'Neal  — Michael Williams
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
People Aren't Really Appreciating Just How Bad Trump's Campaign Has Been  —  “He is a neutron bomb that has gone off in the Republican Party,” said one top aide to Romney's 2012 campaign.  —  S.V. Date  —  Senior Political Correspondent, The Huffington Post
Michael J. Morell / New York Times:
I Ran the C.I.A. Now I'm Endorsing Hillary Clinton.  —  During a 33-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency, I served presidents of both parties — three Republicans and three Democrats.  I was at President George W. Bush's side when we were attacked on Sept. 11; as deputy director of the agency …
Bernie Sanders / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Bernie Sanders: I support Hillary Clinton.  So should everyone who voted for me  —  A Bernie Sanders supporter holds a sign urging party unity at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia on July 27.  (EPA)  —  The conventions are over and the general election has officially begun.
Vivian Ho / San Francisco Chronicle:
SFPD union's dog photo called insult to Black Lives Matter cause  —  The union representing San Francisco police officers published a photograph of two dogs in its monthly newspaper that critics say belittles the Black Lives Matter movement and raises questions about the police force's commitment …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders to Trump: Drop out  —  Amid widespread chatter that Donald Trump could drop out of the presidential race before Election Day, Republican insiders in key battleground states have a message for The Donald: Get out.  —  That's according to The POLITICO Caucus — a panel of activists …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump unveils all-male economic advisory team  —  Donald Trump's campaign on Friday announced more than a dozen members of the Republican nominee's all-male economic advisory team, including several prominent real-estate investors, hedge-fund managers and bankers.
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Jim Tankersley / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's new team of billionaire advisers could threaten his populist message
Discussion: Mother Jones
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
AJC poll: Hillary Clinton has slim lead over Donald Trump in Georgia  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton has built a slim lead over Donald Trump in Georgia after one of the worst weeks of the Republican's campaign, and the Libertarian presidential ticket cracked double-digits, according to a new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll.
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The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich Will Never Pay His 2012 Campaign Debt  —  Newt 2012 racked up $4.6 million in debt that will never be repaid.  —  Money in Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON Newt Gingrich apparently has no plans to pay back dozens of small businesses that made yard signs …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Week They Decided He Was Crazy  —  Trump inflicts one wound after another on his campaign.  —  I think this week marked a certain coming to terms with where the election is going.  Politics is about trends and tendencies.  The trends for Donald Trump are not good, and he tends not to change.
Karol Markowicz / The Daily Beast:
How Paul Krugman Made Donald Trump Possible  —  Liberal pundits write viciously about Trump.  But they wrote viciously about Romney, McCain, Bush... and they wonder why people outside their circle stopped listening.  —  His convention was called “one of the worst ever.”
Steph Yin / New York Times:
First We Made Fire!  But It May Have Come With Some Downsides  —  When early humans discovered how to build fires, life became much easier in many regards.  They huddled around fire for warmth, light and protection.  They used it to cook, which afforded them more calories than eating raw foods that were hard to chew and digest.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Heat Street
Joe Concha / The Hill:
CNN contributor compares Trump's campaign to Chris Farley's final days  —  A Donald Trump  —  supporter on Thursday compared the current state of Trump's presidential campaign to Chris Farley's final days before his death.  —  “Over the last few days, I'm not surprised to see people running for the hills …
Discussion: RedState
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Trump adviser's public comments, ties to Moscow stir unease in both parties  —  In early June, a little-known adviser to Donald Trump stunned a gathering of high-powered Washington foreign policy experts meeting with the visiting prime minister of India, going off topic with effusive praise …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Federal court finds IRS may still be targeting conservatives  —  A federal court ruled Friday that the Internal Revenue Service has not yet demonstrated that officials stopped targeting Tea Party groups in a decision that excoriated the tax agency for its “discriminatory” treatment of conservative organizations.
Discussion: RedState and Infowars
Ben White / Politico:
July job surge could bring unpleasant fallout for Clinton  —  NEW YORK — Friday's surprisingly strong jobs numbers could carry an unwelcome September surprise for Hillary Clinton, courtesy of Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve.  —  The July employment report showed a gain of 255,000 jobs …
Discussion: The Atlantic and New York Magazine
FCPD Public Affairs / Fairfax County Police …:
Three Arrested for Distribution of Methamphetamine  —  In late July, the Organized Crime and Narcotics (OCN) Division received information about a possible distributor of methamphetamine and immediately began an investigative inquiry.  Methamphetamine is listed as a Schedule II controlled substance …
 
 
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Steve Guest / The Daily Caller:
Hillary Clinton: I ‘Short Circuited’ With My Email Answers [VIDEO]
Discussion: Instapundit
Caitlin Doornbos / Orlando Sentinel:
Autopsy: Pulse shooter Omar Mateen shot eight times
Discussion: LawNewz and WND
Chicago Tribune:
'McDonald's of the Future' opens in Missouri with all-you-can-eat fries promotion
Discussion: WNEP-TV and KTLA
Bloomberg:
This Company Has Built a Profile on Every American Adult
Discussion: Common Dreams
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