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8:05 PM ET, August 1, 2016

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Eric Bradner / CNN:
First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote for Clinton if Florida close  —  Jeb Bush adviser Sally Bradshaw, who is leaving the GOP  —  (CNN)Jeb Bush's top adviser, Sally Bradshaw, has left the Republican Party to become an independent, and says if the presidential race in Florida is close …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans More Positive About Democratic Than GOP Convention  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans are evenly divided on whether they view the Democratic Party more favorably (44%) or less favorably (42%) after the party's national convention last week.  However, their ratings of the Republican Party …
CNN:
Post-convention poll: Clinton retakes lead over Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton emerges from her party's convention in Philadelphia with a restored lead over Donald Trump, having earned a 7-point convention bounce, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.  —  In a two-way head-to-head matchup …
Danielle Keeton-Olsen / Talking Points Memo:
Gallup Poll Finds Trump's Convention Is A Historic Dud  —  Donald Trump's efforts to make the Republican National Convention “unlike any we've ever seen” produced an unexpected first: the first time more voters came away from a convention less likely to vote for the party's nominee …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Mediaite
CBS News:
Did Clinton get a post-convention bump?  —  Hillary Clinton has received a bump in support after the Democratic convention and has now pulled ahead of Donald Trump.  —  Forty-six percent of voters nationwide say they'll vote for Clinton in November, while 39 percent say they'll back Trump.
Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Why Can't Hillary Clinton Stop Lying?
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Gallup: Trump support tumbles after conventions
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   More people watched Donald Trump's convention speech than Hillary Clinton's - and hated it
Charles Hurt / The Hill:
Khizr Khan was tricked into smearing Donald Trump  —  Khizr Khan is a fine American and the father of a true American patriot.  But now he is also everything that is wrong with American politics today.  —  It is not entirely his fault, though he has only himself to blame for allowing …
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Scott Detrow / NPR:
GOP Criticism Mounts As Trump Continues Attacks On Khan Family  —  Two weeks ago, in the midst of controversy over the fact his wife, Melania, had plagiarized passages of her convention speech from Michelle Obama, Donald Trump tweeted that “all press is good press.”
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Khan fight highlights a huge GOP problem: No one knows how low Trump can go  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Donald Trump's continuing war with the Khan family — which Trump inexplicably continued to keep in the news this morning with a series of new tweets — raises the specter of a brutal trap for Republicans.
David Wright / CNN:
While Khan talks peace, Trump tweets against him
Associated Press:
The Latest: Ryan: Trump may have to “struggle” for change
Discussion: The Week
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Clinton Cash: Khizr Khan's Deep Legal, Financial Connections to Saudi Arabia, Hillary's Clinton …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
McCain slams Trump over Khan fight
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Surrogate: Trump Sacrificed Two Marriages To Create Jobs!
Discussion: Politicus USA
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump Veterans Adviser Attacks Khizr Khan As A ‘Muslim Brotherhood Agent’
Media Matters for America:
CNN's Jeffrey Lord Defends Trump's Attacks On Khan Family: “This Is Politics”
Discussion: Raw Story
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: 'I'm Afraid' The General Election's ‘Gonna Be Rigged’  —  At a Monday campaign event in Columbus, Ohio, Donald Trump teed up for a potential challenge to the integrity of the fall general election, an escalation of his rhetoric about the “rigged” primary system.
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump: 'I'm Afraid the Election Is Going to Be Rigged'
Discussion: RedState, Infowars and Joe.My.God.
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Melania Trump's girl-on-girl photos from racy shoot revealed  —  Here's the nation's would-be first lady — and right beside her, a second lady.  —  Three years before she met husband Donald Trump, Melania Trump was snapped in a nude frolic with another female model, bombshell photos obtained exclusively by The Post show.
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Humayun Khan's grave becomes a shrine in the wake of his father's speech  —  Across the Potomac River from Washington's great monuments, Jake Dowell and his family came to Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to visit his grandfather's grave.  But he also wanted to pay his respects to a soldier …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:   Eric Trump: Clinton's Policies Cost Life Of Humayun Khan
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Refuses To Allow Mississippi To Enforce Anti-LGBT Law During Appeal  —  WASHINGTON — The federal judge in Mississippi who halted enforcement of the state's new anti-LGBT religious exemption law declined on Monday to put his ruling on hold while the state appeals the ruling.
Discussion: alan.com, Towleroad and Joe.My.God.
Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Warren Buffett Challenges Trump to Show Tax Returns, Says He's ‘Afraid’  —  Business magnate Warren Buffett took on Donald Trump over his refusal to release his tax returns — issuing the real estate mogul a challenge to put his cards on the table.  —  Speaking at a Hillary Clinton rally in Omaha …
Discussion: Politico and Politicus USA
Elizabeth McLaughlin / ABC News:
Trump Tries to Clarify After Mistakenly Saying Russia Has No Forces in Ukraine  —  Donald Trump attempted today to clarify his comments that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not have forces in Ukraine.  —  “When I said in an interview that Putin ‘is not going into Ukraine, you can mark it down,’ I am saying if I am President.
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
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John Minster / Daily Wire:
Breaking: DePaul University Bans Shapiro  —  There comes a time in every society where even its most basic values come under attack.  In the United States, since the beginning of our country's founding, we have had certain God-given unalienable rights: freedom of religion, freedom of the press …
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” …
Jeff Bercovici / Inc.com:
Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood  —  The contrarian venture capitalist believes transfusions may hold the key to his dream of living forever.  —  San Francisco bureau chief, Inc. @jeffbercovici  —  More than anything, Peter Thiel, the billionaire technology investor …
Discussion: Guardian, Mediaite, Eschaton and Daily Mail
Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
Shocking moment Hillary Clinton supporter, 23, ATTACKS pro-Trump protester, 67, for trying to stop him burning an American flag at a Pittsburgh rally  — Joshua Sturman, 23, tackled Richard Dillon, 67, to the ground outside a rally being held by the Democratic nominee
Heather Kelly / CNNMoney:
Apple replaces the pistol emoji with a water gun  —  Bullets are out, water is in.  Apple is replacing the controversial pistol emoji with a green water gun in the next version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 10.  —  The gun swap is just one of a number of emoji changes the company announced on Monday.
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Skip Bayless Joins Fox Sports from ESPN: 'I'm Taking Off the Handcuffs"  —  EMAIL ME  —  “Too many people in charge at ESPN, for my taste, were a little too fearful,” says the outspoken host, who leaves the Disney-owned network after 12 years for a new show that will launch Sept. 6.
 
 
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James Rothwell / Telegraph:
Belgian priest stabbed in his home after refusing to give cash to ‘asylum seeker’
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Associated Press:
Judge Blocks North Dakota's Voter Identification Law
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump signs first ever internet anti-porn pledge, Clinton refuses
Discussion: Hot Air
Jeremy Au Yong / The Straits Times:
In full: The Straits Times' interview with US President Barack Obama
Discussion: Washington Post
Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
Mayor Bill de Blasio's Aides Recount Outbursts and Condescending Tone
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
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Florida Governor Rick Scott:
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Daniel Dalewashington / Toronto Star:
Is Donald Trump OK? Erratic behaviour raises mental health questions
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