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11:55 AM ET, August 4, 2016

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WBUR:
WBUR Poll: After Conventions, Clinton Up 15 Points Over Trump In New Hampshire 06:31  —  Play  —  According to a new WBUR poll of New Hampshire voters, Hillary Clinton is enjoying a dramatic post-convention bump and now leads Donald Trump by 15 points.  Our poll also shows Democrat Maggie Hassan …
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Detroit News:
Clinton jumps to a big lead over Trump in Michigan poll  —  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Republican Donald Trump in Michigan as 3-in-5 likely voters say the New York businessman is not qualified to be president, according to a new poll conducted for The Detroit News and WDIV-TV.
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 …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Pennsylvania poll: Clinton has double-digit lead over Trump
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
CNN:
Can a rising Obama help Hillary Clinton?
Discussion: RedState and The Week
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump: 'I don't know why we're not leading by a lot'
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Gaps in Melania Trump's immigration story raise questions  —  Nude photographs published this week are raising fresh questions about the accuracy of a key aspect of Melania Trump's biography: her immigration status when she first came to the United States to work as a model.
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Media trumpeting Trump implosion, but is it real?  —  This is what a full-fledged feeding frenzy looks like.  —  With Donald Trump facing the roughest stretch of his candidacy, the media have moved from questioning his sanity to depicting a campaign in disarray and top Republicans still wondering whether they can dump the nominee.
Discussion: Instapundit
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Paul Manafort Acknowledges ‘Conflict’ Within the Trump Campaign Over Paul Ryan Endorsement  —  Donald Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort acknowledged that “there's a conflict within the Trump campaign” over the Republican presidential nominee's hesitation to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin for reelection.
David Catanese / US News:
Donald Trump, Party of 1
ABC News:
Clinton Camp Not Planning Foreign Trip, Citing State Department Experience
Discussion: WCTX-TV
Daily Express:
LONDON TERROR: American woman dead and five injured in Russell Square stabbing rampage  —  A SOMALI teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death and five people injured in an attack in central London.  —  One person has been killed in a knife attack in Russell Square
Discussion: Daily Wire
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Mynewsdesk:
People injured at Russell Square
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Erickson Angrily Tears Into Trump Boosters: You ‘Reflect the Evil Character of Your God’  —  Erick Erickson has been a #NeverTrump conservative for a while now, but something Trump said today finally pushed him to a place of extreme anger at his boosters.  —  Erickson was set off …
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
That is Donald Trump asking if NATO countries “have paid” if they want American protection from a potential Russian invasion.  —  Do you people supporting Trump know the only time NATO has ever invoked Article 5 of the 1949 Washington Treaty that established NATO?
Lawrence Delevingne / Reuters:
Billionaire Klarman slams Trump, vows to work for Clinton  —  Billionaire hedge fund manager Seth Klarman said on Wednesday he would work to get Hillary Clinton elected president of the United States because he finds recent comments by Donald Trump “shockingly unacceptable.”
Discussion: Politico and TheStreet.com
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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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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump did not actually watch an Iranian recording of that controversial money transfer  —  As Fox News reported on the controversial transfer of $400 million in cash to Iran in January, it repeatedly played dark, grainy footage of shadowy figures walking off a small private plane with bags with hand.
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Gayle Fee / Boston Herald:
Sasha Obama lands summer job at Vineyard seafood joint  —  Sasha Obama, who has lived eight of her 15 years in the luxurious confines of the White House, is learning how the other half lives this summer.  The First Daughter is working the takeout window at Nancy's, a seafood restaurant on Martha's Vineyard.
Discussion: AOL, Page Six and CBS Boston
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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
The Trump Hispanic Engagement Effort Is Sputtering  —  WASHINGTON — Ileana Garcia is the type of true believer that campaigns love.  The telegenic former radio personality created Latinas for Trump.  She defends Donald Trump on Spanish-language networks, sets up events for like-minded women …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Getty Images / KABE-LP:
EXCLUSIVE: New poll shows Trump has a big Hispanic problem in Florida
Discussion: Politicus USA
David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
The Political Process Isn't Rigged — It Has Much Bigger Problems  —  All right, I need to vent.  For months, I've watched Donald Trump decry as “rigged” everything from the Democratic primaries, the Republican primary rules (that's right, the same rules that helped him win the nomination) and the fall debate schedule.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Kristen Taketa / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Missouri's head public defender assigns case to Gov. Nixon, cites overburdened staff  —  Fed up with what he says is the governor's failure to properly fund his overwhelmed office, the state's lead public defender ordered Gov. Jay Nixon this week to represent a poor person in Cole County this month.
Paul Ryan / USA Today:
Drop the politics, put health first: Paul Ryan  —  Democrats obstruct deal.  —  We shouldn't be politicizing the Zika threat.  We should be fighting it.  From the start, the Republican-led Congress has made it a priority to enact smart measures and secure resources to protect the public.
Foursquare Direct:
How the Trump Presidential Campaign is Affecting Trump Businesses  —  At Foursquare, our data scientists are often called upon to analyze real world trends; we use Big Data to determine how commercial fortunes are rising or falling.  This year, politics and business are intersecting …
 
 
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Right blames Ryan for rebel's loss
Chicago Sun Times:
DePaul could use a refresher course in free speech
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and Daily Wire
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Megyn Kelly Loses It Over Trump Rehashing Old Dirt: ‘What Is He Doing?!’ (VIDEO)
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
U.S. Seeks to Protect Voting System From Cyberattacks
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
Stuart Rothenberg / Washington Post:
Third party candidates won't really matter in November
Discussion: Hit & Run
BBC:
Gay Syrian man beheaded and mutilated in Turkey
Discussion: Towleroad
The Commercial Appeal:
Todd arrested for stealing Lovell's signs, but Lovell bails him out of jail
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Reuters:
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