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Ghazala Khan / Washington Post:
Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice. — Ghazala Khan's son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004. — CHARLOTTESVILLE — Donald Trump has asked why I did not speak at the Democratic convention. He said he would like to hear from me.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell, Ryan defend Khans amid Trump remarks — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Paul Ryan on Sunday waded into the controversy surrounding Donald Trump and his dismissive comments toward a Muslim-American couple whose son was killed in combat during the Iraq War.
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Confrontation With Muslim Soldier's Parents Emerges as Unexpected Flash Point — Donald J. Trump reeled on Sunday amid a sustained campaign of criticism by the parents of a Muslim American soldier killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq and a rising outcry within his own party …
Donald J Trump for President:
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT — Trump Campaign Releases Full Transcript of Khizr Khan Answer Ahead of Mr. Trump's ABC This Week Sunday Interview With George Stephanopoulos; — Trump Calls Captain Humayun Khan A “Hero,” Urges Vigilance In Defeating Radical Islamic Terrorism …
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Hit & Run, ThinkProgress, The Right Scoop, The Atlantic, Mediaite and Vox
German Lopez / Vox:
Donald Trump proves he hasn't read the Constitution in statement claiming he has — In their searing speech against Donald Trump this week, the parents of deceased US Army Captain Humayun Khan suggested that Trump has not read the US Constitution — citing as exhibit one Trump's plan …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Muslim Dad Khizr Khan Tells CNN Terror ‘Has Nothing to Do with Islam’
Muslim Dad Khizr Khan Tells CNN Terror ‘Has Nothing to Do with Islam’
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Publius Forum, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Jihad Watch and The Atlantic
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Hillary Called Benghazi Mom a Liar, But Media Freak Out over Trump on Muslim Parents
Hillary Called Benghazi Mom a Liar, But Media Freak Out over Trump on Muslim Parents
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The Last Refuge, NPR, The Moderate Voice and ABC News
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Khizr Khan responds to the latest from Trump: ‘Typical of a person without a soul’
Khizr Khan responds to the latest from Trump: ‘Typical of a person without a soul’
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, War in Context, Outside the Beltway, The Week and CNN
Guardian:
US constitution is Amazon bestseller after speech criticising Trump
US constitution is Amazon bestseller after speech criticising Trump
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ABC News and Joe.My.God.
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Mother of soldier killed in Iraq: I was too ‘in pain’ to speak at convention
Mother of soldier killed in Iraq: I was too ‘in pain’ to speak at convention
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Politico, Hit & Run, BizPac Review, The Week, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog … and New York Times
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Clinton's claim that the FBI director said her email answers were ‘truthful’ — “Director Comey said my answers were truthful, and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people, that there were decisions discussed and made to classify retroactively certain of the emails.”
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Mediaite and Independent Journal Review
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Trump Appears To Be Ignorant Of A Major International Conflict — Two years ago, Russia's incursions into Ukraine — including the controversial annexation of Crimea — was front page news on numerous occasions. Roughly 10,000 lives have been lost as a result of the ongoing violence.
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump, Vice President Joe Biden, and Ret. Gen. John Allen — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON July 31, 2016 and it will be updated. — GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's talk about the Democratic Convention. So you won the rating war in the last night.
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RedState, Guardian, Politicus USA, Raw Story, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Political Wire and Balloon Juice
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Melania Trump like you've never seen her before — Donald Trump thinks his wife will be a model first lady — and here's the proof. — Decades before she was sporting designer dresses on the stage of the Republican National Convention as Mrs. Trump, Melania Knauss posed nude in a photo spread …
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Hit & Run, The Hill, AOL, The Daily Caller and BizPac Review
Salena Zito / The Hill:
Yinz guys...it's OK to call Trump a jagoff, n'at — It was inevitable that, if both Hillary Clinton — were going to focus their campaigns on the swath of geography between eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, the word “jagoff” with come up. — Last night, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban …
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Charles Koch Lays Out Future Plans, Says It's “Blood Libel” To Say He'll Support Clinton — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The political operation affiliated with the Koch brothers might be sitting out of the presidential, but Charles Koch made the case to donors at a gathering on Saturday …
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Poll: Clinton Rides Convention Bump Past Trump — Hillary Clinton is once again leading Donald Trump in the presidential race after her party's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. — The former secretary of State leads the brash businessman, 43 percent to 40 percent …
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Hot Air, Politicus USA, The Daily Caller, AOL and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Military leaders do not belong at political conventions — The military is not a political prize. Politicians should take the advice of senior military leaders but keep them off the stage. The American people should not wonder where their military leaders draw the line between military advice and political preference.
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Independent Journal Review and ABC News
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Ret. Gen. John Allen Says Donald Trump Could Cause ‘Civil Military Crisis’
Ret. Gen. John Allen Says Donald Trump Could Cause ‘Civil Military Crisis’
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Politico and BizPac Review
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
If You Are Not Nervous About The Upcoming Election... If you are not nervous about the impending Presidential election I envy and applaud you. — But for the rest of us (the Trembling Majority?), David Sanger of the Times presents a new concern that should easily crack anyone's Top 100 list of potential electoral disasters.
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Instapundit and New York Times