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8:45 AM ET, August 8, 2016

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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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Cyra Master / The Hill:
George P. Bush tells GOP to support Trump: report
Discussion: RedState
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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John Bacon / USA Today:
Iran says it executed nuclear scientist in U.S. spy mystery
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
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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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.
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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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Anti-Trump Republican Launching Independent Presidential Bid  —  Evan McMullin would make for an unlikely presidential candidate.  He has never held elective office before and has spent most of his career as a CIA agent  —  Key players in GOP's anti-Trump movement are preparing to launch …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
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 …
Discussion: The Week
Karen Crouse / New York Times:
Katie Ledecky Beats Her Own World Record in 400 Freestyle  —  Another day, another milestone for Katie Ledecky, who won her second medal, and first gold, of the Rio Games on Sunday night in the 400-meter freestyle.  Ledecky, 19, lowered her two-year-old world record with a clocking of 3 minutes …
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Nicole Auerbach / USA Today:
Katie Ledecky wins gold in women's 400 free, breaks her own world record
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
The crusade of a Democratic superlawyer with multimillion-dollar backing  —  PHOENIX — After a lopsided string of court victories knocking down state voting restrictions, Democratic superlawyer Marc E. Elias was literally flying high last week in his pursuit of other Republican­-initiated voting laws …
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.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and alan.com
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.”
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: twitchy.com
William Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
2016 Battlegrounds: Trump keeps it close in Southwest, faces steep climb in Virginia  —  The latest wave of the YouGov/CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker polled likely voters in Arizona, Nevada and Virginia … Tight races in two Southwestern states and wide margin in Virginia show how 2016 …
Discussion: Guardian
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CBS News:
Poll: Clinton opens big gap in battleground state of Virginia
Discussion: The Hill and Politicus USA
 
 
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Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
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Paul Sonne / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Plans Pivot to Economy
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
The recording that undid the Chandra Levy murder case
Discussion: Daily Mail
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
In context: Clinton did not say she ‘short-circuited’
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Column If Hillary Clinton wins, can she claim a ‘mandate’?
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump's economic advisers are also his biggest donors
Discussion: Politicus USA and alan.com
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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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

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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