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6:50 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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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 …
Discussion: Heat Street
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Dubs Clinton “Founder of ISIS”  —  The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):  —  When Donald Trump cried foul over what he describes as a “rigged” electoral system, his loosely defined claims challenged the essence of America's democratic process …
Discussion: Politico
NBC News:
GOP Reels After Unprecedented Times For Trump  —  Trump Kids Around at Rally: ‘Get the Baby Out of Here’ 0:31  —  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
John Harwood / CNBC:
Ally of Trump staffer Paul Manafort: The staff is ‘suicidal,’ he's mailing it in
John Harwood / CNBC:
Former top Gingrich ally calls Trump nom ‘mistake of historic proportions’
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Nick Gass / Politico:
Gingrich blasts Trump's ‘very self-destructive’ behavior
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Walker, Johnson, Ryan skipping Trump event
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
New York Times:
Mike Pence Splits With Donald Trump on Paul Ryan Endorsement
CNN:
Sources: Trump-world frustrated by their candidate
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Freedom Caucus Blasts House GOP Leaders For Kansas Rep's Primary Loss
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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
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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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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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.
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 …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Over the last 24 hours, Donald Trump has insulted his party's …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Salon and Mediaite
 
 
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton holds 3-point lead over Trump in Arizona, says poll
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump challenges Obama to a golf match for the presidency
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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 and AOL
Bianca Padró Ocasio / Politico:
Clinton uses props to rip Trump at tie factory stop
Discussion: Hillary Clinton 2016 and ABC News
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator: It Has Been ‘Proven Scientifically’ That Globe Is Not Warming
Discussion: The Bob and Chez Show
 Earlier Items: 
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: Mother Jones and Above the Law
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
How Clinton Could Knock Trump Out
Ryan Cross / MIT Technology Review:
The Next Health Fad? Blood Transfusions from Young People
Daniel Dalewashington / Toronto Star:
No, Donald Trump did not eject a baby
Discussion: twitchy.com
 

 
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