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12:50 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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NBC News:
GOP Reels After Unprecedented 24 Hours From Trump  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  GOP, Trump go from ‘unraveling’ to ‘break glass’ mode
Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos and Slate
Washington Post:
Donald Trump transcript: The Republican nominee in his own words  —  Republican nominee Donald Trump sat down with The Post's Philip Rucker for an interview at Trump National Golf Club on Aug. 2 following a rally at a nearby high school.  This is a lightly edited transcript of the 50-minute interview.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Meg Whitman, Calling Donald Trump a ‘Demagogue,’ Will Support Hillary Clinton for President  —  Meg Whitman, a Hewlett Packard executive and Republican fund-raiser, said Tuesday that she would support Hillary Clinton for president and give a “substantial” contribution to her campaign in order …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Ally of Trump staffer Paul Manafort: The staff is ‘suicidal,’ he's mailing it in  —  Donald Trump's behavior in recent days, from criticizing the parents of a fallen American soldier to declining to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan, has strained the nerves of his campaign staff as he falls behind in the polls.
CNN:
Sources: Trump-world frustrated by their candidate  —  (CNN)Donald Trump aides and people close to his campaign are increasingly frustrated by his insistence on waging various fights that steer him off message.  —  Sources close to the campaign are describing a series of missteps that are trailing …
Katy Tur / NBC News:
RNC Chairman Priebus ‘Apoplectic’ Over Trump's Refusal to Endorse Ryan  —  Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is “apoplectic” over Donald Trump's refusal to back House Speaker Paul Ryan or Sen. John McCain, a top Republican source said.  —  Priebus called several Trump staffers …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump refuses to endorse Paul Ryan in GOP primary: 'I'm just not quite there yet'  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his war with his own party's leadership Tuesday by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul D. Ryan or Sen. John McCain, two of the GOP's highest-ranking elected officials …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Former top Gingrich ally calls Trump nom ‘mistake of historic proportions’
David Weigel / Washington Post:
For Trump, a new ‘rigged’ system: The election itself
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump insists ‘great unity’ in campaign
Discussion: The Atlantic, Raw Story and Guardian
Media Matters for America:
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough: Trump Asked “Three Times In An Hour Briefing, 'Why Can't We Use Nuclear Weapons?'”  —  JOE SCARBOROUGH (CO-HOST): What concerns you most about Donald Trump?  —  GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN: How erratic he is, Joe.  I can argue about this position or that position.
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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,” …
Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Trump asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
‘Boy Bye!’  CNN Panel Goes Off the Rails After Lewandowski Goes Birther on Obama  —  CNN contributor and former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski went full birther tonight in a panel segment that really went off the rails.  —  Lewandowski and Angela Rye were fighting …
Discussion: alan.com and Joe.My.God.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Lewandowski Revives Birther Conspiracy Theory About Obama
Discussion: The Week and Washington Monthly
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 …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:   George W. Bush criticizes Trump's policies at GOP fundraiser: report
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Sent Cash to Iran as Americans Were Freed  —  Obama administration insists there was no quid pro quo, but critics charge payment amounted to ransom  —  WASHINGTON—The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release …
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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 …
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Freedom Caucus Blasts House GOP Leaders For Kansas Rep's Primary Loss  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) released a scathing statement Wednesday morning blasting House GOP leaders for the primary loss of fellow Freedom caucus member Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), a fifth generation farmer who found himself without …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Curtis Tate / Wichita Eagle:
Roger Marshall upends incumbent Tim Huelskamp in Kansas' 1st District GOP primary
Discussion: Right Wing Watch and NPR
New York Times:
Tim Huelskamp, Anti-Establishment House Republican, Loses Primary in Kansas
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Matthew Dean / Fox News:
DC Metro Transit police officer charged with aiding ISIS  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C. Metro Transit police officer who was a convert to Islam and once dressed up as Jihadi John for Halloween was charged on Wednesday with trying to provide material support to ISIS …
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
A Trump Victory Is a Scary Thought.  A Disputed Loss Might Be Scarier.  —  Why his “rigged” comments are so corrosive and dangerous.  —  We have a tradition in the United States.  When you lose an election, you take the L, and you move on.  It's what John Adams did after he lost …
Jim Galloway / Political Insider blog:
Georgia Republican says he might withhold electoral college vote from Donald Trump  —  I just finished a highly unusual telephone conversation with Baoky Vu, a naturalized U.S. citizen and longtime GOP activist in Georgia.  —  Vu will be on the November ballot as an elector …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Resurgent
 
 
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T.A. Frank / Vanity Fair:
Why Clinton Can't Shake Trump
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells Virginia Town It's Failing, Cites the Wrong Place
Reuters:
FBI took months to warn Democrats of suspected Russian role in hack: sources
Discussion: The Daily Caller and AOL
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton and Trump lay groundwork for pitched battle over Colorado
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Ari Melber / NBC News:
Experts Say Trump's Muslim Ban Would Cripple Immigration System
Discussion: Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Trump: Americans should avoid stock market
Justin Raimondo / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed To fight Trump, journalists have dispensed with objectivity
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: Muslims Firebomb Bus in Paris (VIDEO)
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Niall Ferguson / BostonGlobe.com:
Fishtown vs. Belmont, 2016
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours
 
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