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8:15 AM ET, August 1, 2016

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Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
ISIS Joins Donald Trump in Dishonoring Humayun Khan's Sacrifice  —  The Republican nominee continued his war on the parents of a U.S. Army captain while the Islamic State called the Muslim war hero an apostate—and attacked Hillary Clinton.  —  ISIS joined Donald Trump on Sunday in dishonoring …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Khizr Khan, Donald Trump and the debate over Muslim immigration
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Confrontation With Muslim Soldier's Parents Emerges as Unexpected Flash Point
German Lopez / Vox:
Donald Trump proves he hasn't read the Constitution in statement claiming he has
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Breitbart
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.
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William Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:   Hillary Clinton bounces back in battleground states post-convention
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
In Ohio, Clinton warns voters not to be ‘misled’ by Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Top Trump Aide Previously Wielded Influence in Ukraine  —  WASHINGTON — Few political consultants have had a client fail quite as spectacularly as Paul Manafort's did in Ukraine in the winter of 2014.  —  President Viktor F. Yanukovych, who owed his election to, as an American diplomat put it …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Gives Questionable Explanation of Events in Ukraine  —  Donald J. Trump on Sunday offered a muddled explanation of his views about the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and its continued efforts to undermine Ukraine's control of other parts of the country …
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Trump Appears To Be Ignorant Of A Major International Conflict
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Breitbart/Gravis Blockbuster Immigration Poll Demonstrates Americans Want Total Revolution Against Mass Immigration  —  New polling data shows that it would be virtually impossible for Hillary Clinton to win the general election if the Republican nominee were able to frame …
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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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Trouble for Hillary  —  Watching the Democrats' smoothly staged, potently scripted convention last week, voters could easily think that Hillary Clinton has this election in the bag.  —  The critiques of Donald Trump made devastatingly clear that he's a preposterous, dangerous candidate for the presidency.
Discussion: Washington Post and JustOneMinute
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Liberalism's Big Bet
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
Two conventions, two realities and a jarring contrast  —  We have now finished two weeks of two conventions by two parties.  For Americans who watched both presentations, the contrast was jarring.  They weren't just offering two different political visions.
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz's problems aren't over yet  —  Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's political troubles aren't over yet.  —  The Florida Democrat is facing the toughest political race of her life after ending her controversial tenure as leader of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Politico:
Trump's favorite general  —  Michael Flynn is more than a valued adviser to the presumptive GOP nominee.  He's also a potential VP candidate.  —  As the military's top spy, Michael Flynn repeatedly butted heads with the Obama administration during a rocky tenure in which he was ultimately forced out.
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Longtime Trump confidant smears Khan family as members of the Islamic 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 …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Examiner:
It's the Supreme Court, stupid  —  Of course I am voting for Donald Trump.  You should be too if you are a conservative.  Let me break this down into three arguments, the first of which is Trump's trump card on the #NeverTrumpers.  —  If Hillary Clinton wins, the Left gavels in a solid …
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
Discussion: The Root and BizPac Review
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Critics See Efforts by Counties and Towns to Purge Minority Voters From Rolls  —  SPARTA, Ga. — When the deputy sheriff's patrol cruiser pulled up beside him as he walked down Broad Street at sunset last August, Martee Flournoy, a 32-year-old black man, was both confused and rattled.
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Charles Koch 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 that their involvement …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Charles Koch won't back Trump but calls the idea that he would support Clinton ‘blood libel’
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
 
 
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Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
Uber Said to Merge China Business With Didi in $35 Billion Deal
Discussion: Mashable, New York Times and The Verge
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
SHE LIED! Hillary's Tearjerker About Handicapped Girl in Wheelchair in DNC Speech WAS ALL A LIE!
Washington Post:
Military leaders do not belong at political conventions
John Cheves / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Anti-debt crusader Rand Paul has $301,108 in unpaid presidential campaign bills
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Salena Zito / The Hill:
Yinz guys...it's OK to call Trump a jagoff, n'at
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
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