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11:05 PM ET, August 3, 2016

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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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Matthew Sheffield / Praxis:   The Conservative Media Echo Chamber Is Making the Right Intellectually Deaf
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 …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Gingrich blasts Trump's ‘very self-destructive’ behavior
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 …
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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 …
Tyler Pager / Politico:   Rep. Kinzinger says he will not vote for Trump
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
If Trump Drops Out, The Result Will Be A Horrible Legal Quagmire
Michael Hainey / Esquire:
Clint and Scott Eastwood: No Holds Barred in Their First Interview Together  —  Think your old man is a ball-buster?  Try being the son of Clint Eastwood.  And then try making a name for yourself in the family business.  This month, as Clint and Scott Eastwood go head-to-head at the box office …
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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
Clint Eastwood on Donald Trump's Racism: ‘Just F—ing Get Over It’  —  “When I grew up, those things weren't called racist,” says actor, director and producer who would vote for GOP nominee over Hillary Clinton  —  Clint Eastwood thinks America's “pussy generation” needs to “just f-ing get over” Donald Trump's “racism.”
Discussion: Althouse and Business Insider
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
I have a few questions for ‘Morning Joe’...  This morning, Joe Scarborough dropped a bombshell of an anecdote.  Get it — bombshell?!  —  Longtime readers of Spoiler Alerts might be growing fatigued at the hardworking staff's increased focus on Donald Trump as we approach Election Day.
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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
The Legend Speaks — Schlafly Thunders for Ryan Ouster: ‘Get Rid of Him!’  —  JANESVILLE, WI — Coming on the heels of her pivotal endorsement that helped propel Donald Trump to becoming the Republican nominee, conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly is once again entering the 2016 electoral fray.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Clinton: More Should Make Things in America
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
John Harwood / CNBC:
Former top Gingrich ally calls Trump nom ‘mistake of historic proportions’
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Guardian:
Mass stabbing in central London leaves woman dead and six injured  —  Police explore possibility of ‘terrorism’ after man arrested following the incident in Russell Square in the centre of the city  —  A woman has been killed and up to six people have been injured in a mass stabbing in the centre of London.
Discussion: Sputnik International and The Week
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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:
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
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court grants emergency order to block transgender male student in Virginia from using boy's restroom
Discussion: Hit & Run and Washington Post
The Huffington Post:
Trump Boasts About Watching ‘Top Secret’ Iran Video Immediately After Becoming Eligible To Receive Classified Briefings  —  His vivid description raised questions about whether he disclosed classified material.  —  National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  Foreign Affairs Reporter, The Huffington Post
Neil Eggleston / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
President Obama Commutes the Sentences of 214 Additional People  —  Today began like any other for 214 federal inmates across the country, but ultimately became a day I am confident they will never forget.  This morning, these individuals received a message from the President: your application for clemency has been granted.
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Getty Images / KABE-LP:
EXCLUSIVE: New poll shows Trump has a big Hispanic problem in Florida  —  Less than 13% of Latino voters in Florida plan to vote Republican, poll finds … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appears to be facing an insurmountable wall among Latino voters in the key swing state of Florida …
Discussion: Politicus USA
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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Over the last 24 hours, Donald Trump has insulted his party's …
Daily Mail:
HISTORY OF TERROR IN BRITAIN: HOW TONIGHT'S ATTACK MIRRORS BRUTAL MURDER OF SOLDIER LEE RIGBY THREE YEARS AGO AND COMES IN THE WAKE OF FOILED PLANS  —  Tonight's attack mirrored the brutal killing of a soldier in London and comes in the wake of an increasing number of foiled attacks in Britain.
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Trump Backer Busted For Battering Wife  —  Man, 78, threw his spouse, 73, to the ground, Florida police allege  —  During an argument about the presidential race, a 78-year-old Donald Trump supporter threw his wife, a 73-year-old Hillary Clinton backer, to the floor of the couple's Florida home …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Officials Raised Objections on U.S. Cash Payment to Iran  —  Some officials worried about message being sent but were overruled  —  WASHINGTON—Senior Justice Department officials objected to sending a plane loaded with cash to Tehran at the same time that Iran released …
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: WRIC-TV and fox8.com
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 …
Robert Kraychik / Daily Wire:
WATCH: Crowd Cheers Clinton's Call To ‘Raise Taxes On The Middle Class’  —  Hillary Clinton called for raising taxes on the “middle class” while campaigning on Monday in Omaha, NE.  Joined by left-wing Democrat billionaire Warren Buffett, she received applause from those in attendance.
 
 
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Dana J.H. Pittard / Washington Post:
I was Capt. Khan's commander in Iraq. The Khan family is our family.
Discussion: Business Insider and Hot Air
Rush Limbaugh:
Meg Whitman's Treason
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Trump and Putin: A Love Story
Discussion: Hot Air
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: CNN and The Daily Caller
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton holds 3-point lead over Trump in Arizona, says poll
 Earlier Items: 
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump challenges Obama to a golf match for the presidency
Discussion: USA Today and Joe.My.God.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Texas relents on voter IDs for November
Discussion: Associated Press
Verity Stevensonstaff / Toronto Star:
Peterborough family bumps into wild Trudeau on hike
Discussion: Sputnik International and AOL
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator: It Has Been ‘Proven Scientifically’ That Globe Is Not Warming
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
The Intercept:
How a Top GOP Lawyer Guided a Chinese-Owned Company Into U.S. Presidential Politics
Discussion: Above the Law and Mother Jones
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells Virginia Town It's Failing, Cites the Wrong Place
 

 
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