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2:45 PM ET, August 5, 2016

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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 …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Clinton video questions Trump's ties to Putin  —  's connections to Russian leader Vladimir Putin and suggests the Kremlin may be trying to influence the U.S. presidential election.  —  Last week, Trump shocked leaders on both sides of the aisle when he called on Russia to find …
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
In endorsing Clinton, ex-CIA chief says Putin made Trump his ‘unwitting agent’
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 …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Donald Trump and the fitness threshold  —  Donald Trump, the man who defied every political rule and prevailed to win his party's nomination, last week took on perhaps the most sacred political rule of all: Never attack a Gold Star family.  Not just because it alienates a vital constituency …
Discussion: USA Today, New York Magazine and Yahoo
Fox News:
Trump expected to endorse Ryan, GOP sources say  —  Donald Trump is expected to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan R-Wis., Friday, two highly placed Republican sources tell Fox News — just days after the Republican presidential nominee declined to back Ryan when asked in an interview.
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo:
Hannity to GOP leaders: 'I'm getting a little sick and tired of all of you'  —  Fox News host Sean Hannity says Republican leaders will be to blame if Donald Trump loses the presidential election.  —  The conservative pundit told listeners of his talk radio show on Wednesday that he was …
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.”
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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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Trump No Longer Kicking Ass With the White Working Class  —  This week's avalanche of not-so-good polling news for the polls-obsessed Donald Trump continues, with signs that maybe this is something more than a temporary post-convention bounce for Hillary Clinton.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Lessons from my search for Donald Trump's personal giving to charity  —  THE BIG IDEA:  —  By David Fahrenthold, filling in for James, who is on vacation.  —  I've spent the last few months trying to prove Donald Trump right about something important.  —  So far, I've failed.
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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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Virginia Mayor Richard Silverthorne Gave Meth to Undercover Cops for Sex: Police
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump backs off false Iran video claim  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump backed off a false claim Friday morning, admitting he had not seen a video of a $400 million payment being unloaded from a US plane in Iran.  —  The Republican nominee had claimed at rallies twice this week that such a video existed …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:   Trump admits he didn't see nonexistent Iran money video
Jonah Goldberg / New York Post:
If it wasn't a ransom payment, why did Obama keep it secret?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Harvard Republican Club:
Harvard Republican Club Refuses to Endorse Donald Trump  —  In every presidential election since 1888, the members and Executive Board of the Harvard Republican Club have gathered to discuss, debate, and eventually endorse the standard-bearer of our party.  But for the first time in 128 years …
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.
Karl Etters / Tallahassee Democrat:
Stabbing of local woman in London shocks Tallahassee  —  Darlene Horton loved the game of tennis.  The retired special education teacher adored her husband, Florida State psychology professor Rick Wagner, and their grown kids.  She cherished the time she was able to spend with him, teaching overseas in the university's summer program.
Discussion: CBS Baltimore
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The Independent:
In pictures: Russell Square stabbing
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
FBI Agent Apparently Egged on ‘Draw Muhammad’ Shooter  —  ‘Tear up Texas,’ the FBI agent told the ISIS terrorist, just before he shot up a crowded hall.  Did the G-Man help convince the jihadi to attack?  —  Days before an ISIS sympathizer attacked a cartoon contest in Garland, Texas, he received a text from an undercover FBI agent.
Discussion: Pamela Geller
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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.
Discussion: The Week
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Clinton repeats debunked claim about FBI email investigation
Discussion: Fox News, Hot Air and KUSA-TV
Will Bredderman / The New York Observer:
‘No Doubt’ President Obama is a Muslim, Donald Trump's New York Campaign Chair Says  —  Donald Trump's New York State campaign co-chairman insisted in an interview with the Observer that President Barack Obama is a Muslim—and pointed to his policies in the Middle East as evidence.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   Trump New York Co-Chair Says ‘There Is No Doubt’ Obama Is Muslim
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Todd Akin Calls Trump a ‘Breath of Fresh Air’  —  Todd Akin says the uncompromising rhetoric of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is “refreshing,” and he sees parallels between the calls to boot Trump from the presidential race and his own brush with the ire of the party's establishment …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
ObamaCare Is Failing Exactly The Way Critics Said It Would  —  Aetna's decision to abandon its ObamaCare expansion plans and rethink its participation altogether came as a surprise to many.  It shouldn't have.  Everything that's happened now was predicted by the law's critics years ago.
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.”
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump Announces Economic Policy Team: 13 White Men  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced his economic policy advisory team on Friday — a collection of 13 white men.  —  While the list does not include any women or racial minorities, it does include five Steves.
Brendan Nyhan / New York Times:
How Donald Trump's ‘Rigged’ Claim Chips Away at Democracy  —  As public support turns against him, Donald Trump is suggesting without evidence that the election could be “rigged” by Democrats using vote fraud.  This claim threatens the norms of American elections and could provoke a damaging reaction among his supporters.
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
The chaos of the Olympics has arrived.  Fortunately, we have Bob Costas.  —  NEW YORK — The Olympics are a torrent of names, stats, narratives, results, commercials, montages and trivia about Kenyan runners and Italian fencers and Slovakian shot putters.  It is overwhelming.
Discussion: Deadspin and The Daily Caller
Power Line:
Episode 41: Decoding Evangelical Politics with Mike Cromartie  —  One of the surprises of the GOP primary campaign season was the strong support Donald Trump received from many—though not all—evangelical Christian voters.  Maybe the so-called “religious right” isn't as monolithic as the media supposes.
 
 
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NBC News:
More Than 1,000 U.S. Spies in Brazil Protecting Rio Olympics
Kristen V. Brown / Fusion:
The FDA just greenlit releasing mutant Zika-killing mosquitoes in Florida
Discussion: The Verge
Rory Mulholland / Telegraph:
Sell alcohol and pork or we will shut you down, French town tells halal supermarket
Discussion: Heat Street
Caroline Copley / Reuters:
Support for Germany's Merkel plunges after attacks
 Earlier Items: 
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump unveils all-male economic advisory team
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Slot
Nicole Hong / Wall Street Journal:
What Happened After I Wrote That Cargo Shorts Story
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge rejects third parties' suit against debate commission
Discussion: Washington Post, RedState and Hit & Run
New York Daily News:
Brooklyn dad shot to death after taking baseball cap stolen from his son back from teen bullies
Discussion: Gothamist and The Root
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US created 255,000 jobs in July vs. 180,000 jobs expected
Discussion: Daily Kos