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5:35 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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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.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Donald Trump and the fitness threshold
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘Heck if I know,’ Ryan says when asked for an update on Trump spat
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo:
Hannity to GOP leaders: 'I'm getting a little sick and tired of all of you'
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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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:   Trump adviser's public comments, ties to Moscow stir unease in both parties
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:   Clinton video questions Trump's ties to Putin
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
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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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump Announces Economic Policy Team: 13 Men
Jim Tankersley / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's new team of billionaire advisers could threaten his populist message
Discussion: Mother Jones
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.
Washington Post:   Fairfax City mayor arrested in connection with alleged meth-for-sex scheme
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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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.
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 and WND
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
Dunya TV:
You're not acceptable to US: Khizr tells Donald Trump … ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) - The father of martyred United States (US) soldier Captain Humayun Khan, Khizr Khan, has on Thursday said that the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is unacceptable to the US.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   Khizr Khan: Allah Is Causing Trump to Make Stupid Mistakes
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.”
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 …
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.
Discussion: Maggie's Farm
Bloomberg:
This Company Has Built a Profile on Every American Adult  —  Every move you make.  Every click you take.  Every game you play.  Every place you stay.  They'll be watching you.  —  Subscribe Reprints  —  Forget telephoto lenses and fake mustaches: The most important tools …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
No Right Turn  —  All the experts tell us not to pay too much attention to polls for another week or two.  Still, it does look as if Hillary Clinton got a big bounce from her convention, swamping her opponent's bounce a week earlier.  Better still, from the Democrats' point of view …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS DEATH=> Activist and Sanders Supporter Who Served Papers to DNC on Fraud Case Found Dead  —  On July 3, 2016, Shawn Lucas and filmmaker Ricardo Villaba served the DNC Services Corp. and Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz at DNC's headquarters in Washington, D.C. …
Ben Wofford / Politico:
How to Hack an Election in 7 Minutes  —  When Princeton professor Andrew Appel decided to hack into a voting machine, he didn't try to mimic the Russian attackers who hacked into the Democratic National Committee's database last month.  He didn't write malicious code, or linger near …
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.
 
 
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July job surge could bring unpleasant fallout for Clinton
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump backs off false Iran video claim
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Todd Akin Calls Trump a ‘Breath of Fresh Air’
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Brooklyn dad shot to death after taking baseball cap stolen from his son back from teen bullies
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