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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Longtime Trump confidant smears Khan family as members of the Muslim Brotherhood  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  While Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence was posting a Facebook statement claiming Donald Trump “cherishes” the Khan family, a close confidant and advisor …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Did Trump go too far?  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's criticism about the Muslim parents of a slain American soldier has generated — once again — a backlash within his own party.  —  Just 100 days from the election, Trump has responded in his standard fashion — dig in, claim he's being treated unfairly and attack back.
Associated Press:
With Khan family, has Trump finally gone too far?  —  NEW YORK (AP) — In a defensive crouch, Donald Trump complained Monday about being “viciously attacked” by the father of a decorated Muslim Army captain killed in Iraq, persisting in an emotionally charged feud that has left him increasingly isolated among fellow Republicans.
Discussion: RedState
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 …
F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News:
‘Repugnant’: Families of War Dead Demand Apology From Trump
Ted / Walid Shoebat:
What The Media Is Not Telling You About The Muslim Who Attacked Donald Trump: He Is A Muslim …
Kim Soffen / Washington Post:
Thanks to Khizr Khan, pocket constitutions are selling like crazy
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
John McCain condemns Trump over attacks on Khan family
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Republicans denounce Trump as confrontation with Muslim parents escalates
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.
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.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Surrogate on CNN: ‘Russia Did Not Seize Crimea’  —  A Donald Trump campaign surrogate argued on CNN Sunday night that Russia did not seize Crimea from Ukraine, despite the fact that Russia recently seized Crimea from Ukraine.  —  “Again, Russia did not seize Crimea,” GOP consultant Boris Epshteyn argued.
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Roy Gutman / The Daily Beast:
As Obama Dithers, Syrian Rebels in Aleppo Brace for Putin's Onslaught  —  The Russians are pursuing a strategy lifted from their playbook in Grozny during the last Chechen war, and Aleppo could soon become the new “most destroyed city on earth.”  —  ISTANBUL — When Russia dropped …
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Daniel Dalewashington / Toronto Star:
Is Donald Trump OK?  Erratic behaviour raises mental health questions  —  As his behaviour grows more bizarre, more and more analysts are asking if there's something off with the Republican candidate.  —  WASHINGTON—There is an elephant in the election.  —  It was tiptoed around …
Discussion: Raw Story
Max Boot / New York Times:
How the ‘Stupid Party’ Created Donald Trump  —  It's hard to know exactly when the Republican Party assumed the mantle of the “stupid party.”  —  Stupidity is not an accusation that could be hurled against such prominent early Republicans as Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root and Charles Evans Hughes.
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 …
Discussion: Heat Street, Mediaite and twitchy.com
Peter Schweizer / Wall Street Journal:
The Clinton Foundation, State and Kremlin Connections  —  Why did Hillary's State Department urge U.S. investors to fund Russian research for military uses?  —  Hillary Clinton touts her tenure as secretary of state as a time of hardheaded realism and “commercial diplomacy” that advanced American national and commercial interests.
John Tierney / City Journal:
Monuments to Idiocy  —  Let's honor the public servants responsible for giving us the TSA.  —  Summer 2016  —  Public safety  —  Naming anything after a living politician is usually a bad idea; but this summer, we can make an exception.  Now that Americans will be spending …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Jenny Barchfield / Associated Press:
Expert To Rio Olympic Athletes: 'Don't Put Your Head Under Water'  —  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press.
Andrew Colegrove / WSAZ-TV:
Dog crashes car into Walmart  —  WAYNE, W.Va. (WSAZ) — Shoppers couldn't believe who was behind the wheel after a car crashed into the Wayne Walmart on Friday.  —  A witness tells WSAZ she was standing in front of the store when she noticed a car started moving from its parking space at the front of the lot in her direction.
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Seton Motley / RedState:
ObamaCare and Net Neutrality Are Doing Exactly the Damage Their Opponents Predicted  —  ObamaCare and Network Neutrality are really dumb policy.  For many, many reasons.  —  Like with all huge new government power grabs, there are a few very predictable post-grab outcomes.
WALA-TV:
Alleged burglar dies after being tied to a tree by homeowner  —  The Washington County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of an alleged burglar who was tied to a tree by a homeowner.  —  It happened on Spurgeon Road in Leroy late Friday night.  —  The homeowner is still being questioned.
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Koch network seeks to defuse donor frustration over Trump rebuff  —  COLORADO SPRINGS — Thirteen years after billionaire industrialist Charles Koch gathered a small group of his fellow libertarian donors in a Chicago hotel to discuss how to promote their economic theories …
Discussion: Hot Air and Raw Story
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
What happened to my party?  —  The nomination of Hillary Clinton has been secured, but the future of the Democratic Party is far from certain.  Despite the patina of unity at the end, the Democrats, like their GOP adversaries, seem divided as to their future direction.
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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