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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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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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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Scott Walker distances himself from Trump's Gold Star attack — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has a simple message for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — : Look at my wrist. — Pulling up the sleeve of his navy blazer, Walker showed The Hill …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
McCain slams Trump over Khan fight — Sen. John McCain slammed Donald Trump Monday morning for feuding with the parents of a fallen Muslim soldier, offering perhaps his sternest rebuke yet of a candidate with whom he has clashed throughout the campaign process.
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.
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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.”
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Eric Trump: Clinton's Policies Cost Life Of Humayun Khan — Eric Trump defended his father's comments on the Khan family on Monday, arguing that the policies of Hillary Clinton were to blame for the death of Capt. Humayun Khan. — “If you look at her foreign policy as secretary of state …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Surrogate: Trump Sacrificed Two Marriages To Create Jobs!
Trump Surrogate: Trump Sacrificed Two Marriages To Create Jobs!
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Zachary Karabell / Politico:
‘Have You No Sense of Decency, Mr. Trump?’
‘Have You No Sense of Decency, Mr. Trump?’
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Clinton Cash: Khizr Khan's Deep Legal, Financial Connections to Saudi Arabia, Hillary's Clinton …
Clinton Cash: Khizr Khan's Deep Legal, Financial Connections to Saudi Arabia, Hillary's Clinton …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump Veterans Adviser Attacks Khizr Khan As A ‘Muslim Brotherhood Agent’
Trump Veterans Adviser Attacks Khizr Khan As A ‘Muslim Brotherhood Agent’
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CNN's Jeffrey Lord Defends Trump's Attacks On Khan Family: “This Is Politics”
CNN's Jeffrey Lord Defends Trump's Attacks On Khan Family: “This Is Politics”
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Nick Gass / Politico:
VFW rips Trump's ‘out-of-bounds’ attack on Khan family
VFW rips Trump's ‘out-of-bounds’ attack on Khan family
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SooperMexican / The Right Scoop:
Khans should apologize for insulting Trump, says Scottie Hughes, he ‘sacrificed’ two marriages!
Khans should apologize for insulting Trump, says Scottie Hughes, he ‘sacrificed’ two marriages!
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Longtime Trump confidant smears Khan family as members of the Muslim Brotherhood
Longtime Trump confidant smears Khan family as members of the Muslim Brotherhood
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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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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 …
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Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Why Can't Hillary Clinton Stop Lying? — This is a note to Clinton Democrats—a desperate plea, actually. Your candidate staged a winning convention in Philadelphia: big stars, tight messaging, and a compelling case against her rival, Donald Trump. — The Republican nominee followed …
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 …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Gallup: Trump support tumbles after conventions
Gallup: Trump support tumbles after conventions
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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.
Florida Governor Rick Scott:
Gov. Scott: Florida Calls on CDC to Activate Emergency Response Team Following Confirmed Mosquito-Borne Transmissions — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) has identified 10 additional people in Florida with the Zika virus …
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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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Elizabeth McLaughlin / ABC News:
Trump Tries to Clarify After Mistakenly Saying Russia Has No Forces in Ukraine
Trump Tries to Clarify After Mistakenly Saying Russia Has No Forces in Ukraine
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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 …
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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
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.
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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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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 …
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