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7:40 PM ET, August 3, 2016

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NBC News:
Trump Allies Plot Candidate Intervention After Disastrous 48 Hours  —  Key Republicans close to Donald Trump's orbit are plotting an intervention with the candidate after a disastrous 48 hours led some influential voices in the party to question whether Trump can stay at the top …
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Washington Post:
GOP reaches ‘new level of panic’ over Trump's candidacy  —  The Republican Party was in turmoil again Wednesday as party leaders, strategists and donors voiced increasing alarm about the flailing state of Donald Trump's candidacy and fears that the presidential nominee was damaging the party …
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Senior GOP Officials Exploring Options if Trump Drops Out  —  Republican officials are exploring how to handle a scenario that would be unthinkable in a normal election year: What would happen if the party's presidential nominee dropped out?  —  ABC News has learned that senior party officials …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
If Trump Drops Out, The Result Will Be A Horrible Legal Quagmire  —  Republican leaders have entered the denial phase of grief again.  —  After months of overt racism, religious bigotry, mockery of veterans and people with disabilities, and otherwise erratic behavior, Republican presidential candidate Donald …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Dubs Clinton “Founder of ISIS”
Discussion: Politico
Tyler Pager / Politico:
Rep. Kinzinger says he will not vote for Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
The Legend Speaks — Schlafly Thunders for Ryan Ouster: ‘Get Rid of Him!’
John Harwood / CNBC:
Former top Gingrich ally calls Trump nom ‘mistake of historic proportions’
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Sources: Trump-world frustrated by their candidate
Nick Gass / Politico:
Gingrich blasts Trump's ‘very self-destructive’ behavior
John Harwood / CNBC:
Ally of Trump staffer Paul Manafort: The staff is ‘suicidal,’ he's mailing it in
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Walker, Johnson, Ryan skipping Trump event
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 10 points, both seen as flawed  —  Sixty-one percent of voters think Hillary Clinton is dishonest, yet she's opened up a big lead over Donald Trump in the latest Fox News Poll.  —  Here's why: majorities think Clinton is nevertheless qualified to be president …
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Fox News:
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Trump denies asking why nukes aren't used  —  's presidential campaign denied a report on Wednesday that the Republican presidential nominee had three times asked a foreign policy adviser why the U.S. could not use its vast nuclear arsenal.  —  “There is no truth to this,” …
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Trump asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC
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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
Clint Eastwood on Donald Trump's Racism: ‘Just F—ing Get Over It’
Discussion: Business Insider
New York Times:
Voices From Donald Trump's Rallies, Uncensored  —  “Trump that bitch!”  —  “Build a wall — kill them all.”  —  New York Times reporters have spent over a year covering Donald J. Trump's rallies, witnessing so many provocations and heated confrontations at them that the cumulative effect can be numbing …
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:   Bitch! Beaner! Ni***r!: Trump Rallies Uncensored (VIDEO)
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Obama Commutes Sentences Of More Than 200 People Serving Federal Sentences  —  Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama commuted the sentences of 214 people serving federal sentences on Wednesday — the most commutations issued by a president in a single …
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Republican Donors Panic As Trump Melts Down  —  WASHINGTON — Republican donors weren't expecting a traditional campaign from Donald Trump, but they weren't expecting the level of this week's implosion either.  —  “I don't know what he's doing — trying to commit suicide?” said Stan Hubbard …
Discussion: alan.com
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Jim Galloway / Political Insider blog:
Updates: Georgia GOP elector who balked on Donald Trump resigns  —  Update at 5:15 p.m.: The Georgia GOP elector who balked on whether to support Donald Trump has resigned, said Georgia GOP spokesman Ryan Mahoney.  More details to come in a separate post.  —  I just finished …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump challenges Obama to a golf match for the presidency  —  Forget about Hillary Clinton.  Donald Trump joked Wednesday that he wants to challenge President Barack Obama for the White House.  —  The Republican presidential nominee attacked Clinton during a campaign event in Daytona Beach …
Discussion: USA Today and Joe.My.God.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Halts Order Allowing Transgender Student To Use Restroom Of His Gender Identity  —  The courtroom of the U.S. Supreme Court.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court put an order allowing a transgender student to use school restrooms in accordance with his gender identity on hold …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Rewire
German Lopez / Vox:
The list of jokes Donald Trump allowed and banned at his Comedy Central roast is amazing  —  Donald Trump will let you make fun of his hair, his family, his sex life, and his failed businesses.  But if you question his wealth, that's a step too far for the Donald.
Discussion: Business Insider, Vulture and The Week
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Fueled by Small Donations, Donald Trump Makes Up Major Financial Ground  —  Donald J. Trump all but erased his enormous financial disadvantage against Hillary Clinton in the span of just two months, according to figures released by his campaign on Tuesday, converting the passion of his core followers …
Mary McGuire / WFLA-TV:
‘Pinky’ the flamingo dies after attack by man at Busch Gardens  —  TAMPA, FL (WFLA) — An Orlando man has been arrested for picking up, and throwing a beloved flamingo named “Pinky” to the ground at Busch Gardens Tampa on Tuesday.  Pinky's injuries were so severe, she had to be euthanized.
Discussion: WSLS-TV and fox8.com
Wall Street Journal:
George W. Bush Delivers Critique of Donald Trump's Policies  —  Former president stops short of putting his remarks in the context of the 2016 presidential campaign  —  Without naming Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, former President George W. Bush delivered an incisive critique …
Wichita Eagle:
Berger beats Bruce, McGinn keeps seat in ‘brutal’ night for conservatives  —  Updated at 1:35 a.m.: One of Gov. Sam Brownback's closest allies in the Legislature lost his bid for re-election Tuesday night amid a wave of conservative losses.  —  Brownback isn't on the ballot this year …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells Virginia Town It's Failing, Cites the Wrong Place  —  Whoever prepped Trump for his visit to Ashburn apparently has never been there before.  —  ASHBURN, Virginia — When Fawad Rahimyar learned Donald Trump was coming to his neck of the woods, he hopped on Facebook.
New York Times:
Fox News Sexual Harassment Inquiry Is Said to Look at What Others Knew  —  Investigators looking into sexual harassment accusations against the former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes are also examining whether other executives knew of improper behavior by Mr. Ailes and failed to act on it, people briefed on the inquiry said Wednesday.
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton holds 3-point lead over Trump in Arizona, says poll  —  in Arizona, a state where a Democratic presidential nominee has only won once in the last 64 years.  —  A new survey by Phoenix-based OH Predictive Insights found the Democratic nominee leading her GOP counterpart by 3 points …
 
 
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Claire M Roney / Arizona Republic:
Arizona woman who faked cancer to get abortion found guilty of scamming veterans
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's how rare in-person voter fraud is
Discussion: NBC News, ThinkProgress and Raw Story
Ted Gup / New York Times:
Why Trump Is Not Like Other Draft Dodgers
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CNN
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
White House Says $400M Payment to Iran Was Not a Ransom
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Texas relents on voter IDs for November
Discussion: Associated Press
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
New Clinton TV Ad Slams Trump For Outsourcing His Clothing Line (VIDEOS)
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Verity Stevensonstaff / Toronto Star:
Peterborough family bumps into wild Trudeau on hike
Discussion: Sputnik International
Bianca Padró Ocasio / Politico:
Clinton uses props to rip Trump at tie factory stop
Discussion: Hillary Clinton 2016 and ABC News
 Earlier Items: 
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator: It Has Been ‘Proven Scientifically’ That Globe Is Not Warming
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Clinton Foundation drug contracts intersected with State Department work
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Democrats, Looking Past Mere Victory, Hope to End the Trump Movement
Discussion: Politicus USA
The Intercept:
How a Top GOP Lawyer Guided a Chinese-Owned Company Into U.S. Presidential Politics
Discussion: Above the Law and Mother Jones
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
A Trump Victory Is a Scary Thought. A Disputed Loss Might Be Scarier.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Salon
 

 
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