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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Anti-Trump Republican Launching Independent Presidential Bid — Key players in GOP's anti-Trump movement are preparing to launch an independent presidential campaign for Evan McMullin — a CIA veteran and the chief policy director of the House Republican conference — sources close to the effort told BuzzFeed News.
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Clinton's Post-Convention Bump Is Holding Steady — Hillary Clinton's post-convention polling surge is showing no signs of fading. She leads Donald Trump, on average, by about 7 percentage points in national polls, and is an 83-percent favorite to win on Nov. 8, according to our polls-only model.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
George P. Bush, a Trump Holdout, Urges Support For Nominee … Land Commissioner George P. Bush, who has not endorsed Donald Trump, is now asking Texas Republicans to support the party's presidential nominee. — Addressing state GOP activists Saturday, Bush said it was time to put aside …
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NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Independent Journal Review, New York Magazine, The Week, BizPac Review and CNN
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Jacqueline Klimas / Washington Examiner:
Cotton: Clinton discussed executed Iranian scientist on email — Hillary Clinton recklessly discussed, in emails hosted on her private server, an Iranian nuclear scientist who was executed by Iran for treason, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Sunday. — “I'm not going to comment …
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Daily Mail, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, AFF, Israel Matzav, The Gateway Pundit and Pamela Geller
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Associated Press:
Iran says it executed nuclear scientist in US spy mystery
Iran says it executed nuclear scientist in US spy mystery
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Instapundit, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, CNN, The Daily Caller, Power Line and The Atlantic
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Iran executes nuclear scientist who returned to country from US
Iran executes nuclear scientist who returned to country from US
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National Review, Hot Air, New York Times and New York Magazine
John Bacon / USA Today:
Iran says it executed nuclear scientist in U.S. spy mystery
Iran says it executed nuclear scientist in U.S. spy mystery
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Tries a Campaign Reboot — As the GOP nominee slumps in polls, he plans an economic speech in Detroit — Donald Trump is trying to quickly reset his presidential campaign to address worsening poll numbers and growing isolation from influential members of the Republican Party.
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Will Cadigan / CNN:
Kasich: Trump Jr. called aide to float VP offer
Kasich: Trump Jr. called aide to float VP offer
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, alan.com and Business Insider
Bloomberg:
Trump to Propose Moratorium on New Financial Regulations — In a speech Monday in Detroit, the Republican presidential nominee will also call for a repeal of the estate tax. — kevcirilli — JenniferJJacobs — Donald Trump will propose a temporary moratorium on new financial regulations …
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Business Insider and The Week
Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
I can no longer justify calling myself a Trump supporter — MORE FROM: — That's all folks! I'm out. — Embracing the presidential aspirations of Donald Trump was, from the start, an exercise in magical thinking. In my heart, I wanted the smack-talking, hair-challenged …
Frank Lavin / CNN:
Reagan Republican: Trump is the emperor with no clothes — A former government official in Republican administrations since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Frank Lavin is the CEO of Export Now, a company that helps U.S. brands sell online in China. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Former Reagan political director: I'm voting for Clinton
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
PHOTOS=> Hillary's Handler Carries DIAZEPAM Pen for Patients Who Experience Recurrent Seizures! — In recent bizarre events on the campaign trail a strange man was noticed at Hillary Clinton's side. — Via Mike Cernovich: … ** Danger and Play has much more.
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Clinton's Fibs vs. Trump's Huge Lies — ONE persistent narrative in American politics is that Hillary Clinton is a slippery, compulsive liar while Donald Trump is a gutsy truth-teller. — Over all, the latest CBS News poll finds the public similarly repulsed by each candidate …
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
As senator, Clinton promised 200,000 jobs in Upstate New York. Her efforts fell flat. — In her presidential bid, Hillary Clinton has made job creation a centerpiece of her platform, casting herself as a pragmatist who would inspire “the biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II.”
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Diet: He'll Have Fries With That — President Obama is so disciplined that his wife has teased that he eats precisely seven lightly salted almonds each night. — George W. Bush was an exercise buff, obsessed with staying trim by mountain biking and clearing brush at his ranch in Crawford, Tex.
New York Times:
Katie Ledecky Smashes Her Own World Record in 400 Freestyle — After finishing, having roared through the last 50 meters of the 400-meter freestyle at a sprinter's pace, Katie Ledecky turned around to see the scoreboard. It told her what she surely already knew: she had won gold …
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Nicole Auerbach / USA Today:
Katie Ledecky wins gold in women's 400 free, breaks her own world record
Katie Ledecky wins gold in women's 400 free, breaks her own world record
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Independent Journal Review, New York Magazine and The Week
Eric Martin / Bloomberg:
New U.S. Citizens Could Help Swing Vote Against Trump — 33,000 in Florida alone apply for citizenship in 1st quarter — Quarter million new Americans seen mostly backing Clinton — Delcy Vasquez, a native of the Dominican Republic and resident of Florida, used the help on offer from Mexico to become a U.S. citizen.
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twitchy.com
New York Daily News:
Beat him like a drum: Donald Trump must not just lose in November; to correct the institutions he's broken, he must suffer a humiliating defeat — It's been a little over a year now. It's been a year of spectacle and showmanship, fury and farce, demagoguery and disaster.
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Balloon Juice and alan.com
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Polling can be skewed’: Four Trump surrogates go on CNN for mass denial of Trump's lousy polls — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Four Donald Trump supporters insisted on CNN over the weekend that recent polls could not be trusted because they were “skewed” in favor of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
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Political Insider blog, Washington Post and Independent Journal Review
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William Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
2016 Battlegrounds: Trump keeps it close in Southwest, faces steep climb in Virginia
2016 Battlegrounds: Trump keeps it close in Southwest, faces steep climb in Virginia
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