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President Obama said Donald Trump was unfit to serve as president and questioned why top Republicans continue to support the partys nominee during a news conference. Trump said he wont endorse Senator John McCain and withheld his support for House Speaker Paul Ryan ahead of their upcoming primary elections. The CEO of the Democratic National Committee, Amy Dacey, along with two other staff members, resigned in the wake of last weeks release of leaked emails. New York Representative Richard Hanna said h**l vote for Hillary Clinton over Trump, becoming the first Republican member of Congress to do so. And voters in Kansas, Washington, Michigan, and Missouri headed to the polls to participate in state and local primary races.

Today on The Atlantic

• Hillarys Suit of Armour: The pantsuit has come to represent a delicate balance between gender and power in a world that still struggles with female leadership. No one knows this better than Hillary Clinton who has made the outfit her unofficial uniform. (Megan Garber)

• Its All About Race: Voter ID laws were said to be a way to improve democracy, but several courts are now supporting the argument that these policies seek to discriminate against minorities who cant afford the process of obtaining a state ID. (Vann R. Newkirk II)

• Merging Church and Candidate?: Churches in the U.S. are currently prohibited from engaging in political activities based on the 1954 Johnson Amendment. If Donald Trump repeals the law, however, it could give him an advantage with religious conservatives. (Emma Green)

Follow stories throughout the day with our Politics & Policy portal.

SnapshotA voter crosses Elmore St. to city hall in Lecompton, Kansas, to vote in the state"s primary election on Tuesday. Orlin Wagner / APWhat Were Reading

Close to the Edge: Opioid addiction kills about 30,000 Americans each year. This is the story of two best friends from Middle America who started as rebellious teens smoking marijuana and ended with a heroin addiction. (David Armstrong, Stat)

Trump Is Going to Church: Many Christian conservatives are not fans of Hillary Clinton, which leaves them with Donald Trump as their best option. Can the Republican nominee successfully cater his campaign to the religious right? (McKay Coppins, Buzzfeed)

Donalds Deferments: The GOP nominee received five draft deferments during the Vietnam War, The New York Times reportsfour times because he was in college and once because he had bone spurs. (Steve Eder and Dave Philipps)

What Has Clinton Sacrificed?: At the Democratic National Convention, Khizr Khan, the father of a fallen Muslim-American soldier, said Trump had sacrificed nothing. But, David French argues, Clintons lifelong ambition to climb the political ladder doesnt make her a hero, either. (National Review)

The Dems Have Doubts: Democratic party veterans say theyre pretty confident their candidate will win the presidential election, but what if, like the rest of the 2016 election, everything they think they know about politics is wrong? (Jeff Greenfield, Politico)

Visualized

A Road At Risk: These photos show how the effects of climate change have marred the surface of the the Alaska Highway, a critical supply route through Canada. (Greg Quinn, Bloomberg)

Question of the Week

A recent poll released by Public Policy Polling shows that 5 percent of respondents would vote for Harambe, the gorilla who was shot at the Cincinnati Zoo in May after a child fell into his exhibit, over Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for president. What other oddball candidates would you want to see throw their hat in the ring?

-Written by Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey) and Candice Norwood (@cjnorwoodwrites)

* The newsletter dated August 1, 2016, misidentified Rebecca Leber"s publication as Newsweek. Leber writes for Grist. We regret the error.

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JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers Talk Wedding and Rumors: "We Don"t Want to Have to Defend Ourselves"

The Bachelorette Jojo Fletcher & Jordan Rodgers Play "Fiancé My Name"

[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the Season 12 finale of ABC"s The Bachelorette.]

JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers agree: What doesn"t kill you makes you stronger.

The Bachelorettestar and her brand-new fiance, who proposed with a 3-carat diamond engagement ring on Monday night"s finale, continued to open up about the negative rumors that have plagued them when they spoke to press on Tuesday.

"We don"t want to have to defend ourselves," JoJo told The Hollywood Reporter. "Now that we"re able to be together, our relationship in itself will speak volumes and that"s what we"re looking forward to."

Forced into hiding to keep the status of their relationship a secret until the Aug. 1 airing of the ABC finale, JoJo, 25, a real estate agent from Dallas, and Jordan, 27, a former pro football player, mainly relied on phone conversations to get them through having to stay silent amid harsh tabloid stories. The latest, says JoJo, claims that the pair had broken up.

"It was tough," she said. "You go from this high of being engaged and madly in love to being separated and torn apart and having to face an overwhelming amount of scrutiny. It was so hard."

She continued, "Thankfully we had each other to call, but that was it. We leaned on each other and there were so many nights I would cry myself to sleep from being overwhelmed and he would just talk to me all night so I was ok. Throughout that whole thing, our communication got so much better and it made our relationship what it is today."

In the last two months, "we"ve grown a ton," added Jordan, who said they"ve seen each other "here and there," thanks to use of the show"s approved safe houses. "And we"re so excited for this next chapter of our life that we can share with everybody not just our closest family and friends that we"ve entrusted this secret to."

On camera, JoJo was forced to confront Jordan about rumors that he had cheated in a past relationship. On Monday"s After the Final Rose special, host Chris Harrison aired magazine covers that hit the pair off-camera that called Jordan a "fraud."

"Theres been a lot of harsh and very untrue allegations along the way," said Jordan. "Any of that is so not true that its not even worth time to [address], Im just happy to start life with my new fiancee."

Jordan"s estranged relationship with his brother, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, has also been a constant topic throughout the season, and something that Harrison continued to press the couple on Monday night. Though JoJo revealed that she still hasn"t met Aaron, Jordan said on Tuesday that his brother will get an invite to their upcoming wedding a response that happily surprisedJoJo.

"There"s no scenario in which I wouldnt want my entire family at a wedding," said Jordan, who recently landed a TV gig as a college football studio analyst at ESPN"s SEC Network. "Thats what our whole family wants and hopes for, at some point. It"s going to be a good wedding, there"s going to be a lot of people there!"

Jordan, who was a quarterback at Vanderbilt from 2010-2012, starts his new job providing college football commentary Aug. 23 on SEC Now.

Though the pair is only in the beginning stages of planning, they said they"ve thrown around dates for next year and would be open to televising the nuptials "if it all makes sense," said JoJo. For now, the pair"s first move will be to their new home in downtown Dallas where they can "get back to some sense of normalcy" as Jordan, who has never been, gets settled in JoJo"s hometown in Texas. They have furniture to buy and Jordan still has to meet JoJo"s dog, Jackson.

As for whether or not they would be open to following in JoJo"s ex"s footsteps Ben Higgins and his fiancee Lauren Bushnell will be premiering a spinoff reality show on Freeform in the fall JoJo also left the door open.

"Right now were just so excited about the immediate future of getting to Dallas and moving in," she said. "Whatever comes our way is something well discuss and well just see what works best for us and our relationship."

But one thing they do know for sure?"We absolutely want kids," said JoJo, who has also said she plans to take the Rodgers family name. "I have this vision that by 30 Ill have kids, that gives me five years and enough time to start figuring it out."

Jordan was the frontrunneron season 12 of The Bachelorette he even nabbed the coveted "first impression rose" on the first night but Monday"s finale featured a torn JoJo debating her final choice up until the final moments. After admitting that she had fallen in love with both of her final two men, Jordan and runner up Robby Hayes, Robby was blindsided when JoJo stopped him mid-proposal.

"Every day, I"ve been wanting it to be you," she told him in tears. "I fell in love with you but for some reason, my heart is somewhere else."

Robby, a former competitive swimmer, also spoke to press on Tuesday, saying that he hopes JoJo picked the right guy:"I"m hoping this lasts for her because I want to see her happy."

As for whether or not he would be open to returning to the franchise as the next Bachelor (currently, JoJo"s other finalists Luke Pell and Chase McNary appear to be in the lead for the gig, according to the fan reaction), he said, "It"s definitely something that"s crossed my mind."

Adding. "The reason I"m definitely open to it is I know this journey works. It worked for me last season with Jo, and I have no doubt it could work for me again."

However, he said he"d have to sit down and talk to his family, since his experience on The Bachelorette put them through the ringer:"They stressed a lot about it this season and I can"t imagine if I was the Bachelor."

When Robby, 27, reunited with JoJo onAfter the Final Rose, he confronted her for the first time since their breakup."You said a lot of things that made me feel like it should have been us," he said, looking for closure.JoJo, however, told him she was "madly in love" with Jordan and "just couldn"t ever imagine saying goodbye to him."

Would Robby be ready to find love again in only a few months? (The Bachelor airs in December and begins shooting months prior.)

"I"ve been fortunate enough to be spending a lot of time with my family, they really helped me get my feet back under me," he told THR about living at home since the show has wrapped. "[On ATFR], you saw me get that closure, so I definitely think I"d be ready."

Aug. 2, 4 p.m. PT: Updated with SEC Now details

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DC fans start petition to shut down Rotten Tomatoes due to negative reviews

Is Rotten Tomatoes a BAD Website?

If you"ve been keeping up on the SUICIDE SQUAD news lately you"ll likely be aware that the first wave of reviews for the upcoming DC flick haven"t exactly been overly positive. According to Rotten Tomatoes, SUICIDE SQUAD is currently sitting at 37%, which in an improvement over BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE"s 27%, but still low enough to leave the much anticipated DC movie as "certified rotten."

A group of DC fans have had enough with Rotten Tomatoes" apparent bias towards the films in the DCEU and have started a petition to get the site shut down, saying "we need this site to be shut down because It"s Critics always give The DC Extended Universe movies unjust Bad Reviews, Like 1- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016 [and] 2- Suicide Squad 2016 and that Affects people"s opinion even if it"s a really great movies." Even if the petition was created as a joke, there are still plenty of people who seem to be taking it seriously and agreeing that Rotten Tomatoes is a part of the "conspiracy" against DC movies and needs to be shut down.

Sigh, first off, Rotten Tomatoes itself has nothing to do with whether a review is positive or negative, they"re simply a film review aggregator. I know this, you know this, but apparently some people do not know this. Just like us, critics are regular people with their own individual opinions, sometimes those opinions coincide with our own and sometimes they don"t, but no matter whether it"s negative or positive, a well written review which offers up some intriguing insights and new perspectives is always a joy to read.

While I was definitely hoping that SUICIDE SQUAD would be better received by critics, I"m enjoying reading the reviews and still plan on checking out the film for myself and coming to my own conclusions rather than letting two numbers completely influence my thinking. Our own Paul Shirey said much the same thing in his latest installment of C"mon Hollywood, although with a more eloquent touch, so I highly recommend giving it a read.

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Prep notebook: Clovis West"s Sarah Snyder named to 4th polo All-American team

Jaden Smith And Sarah Snyder Kissing At Coachella Music Festival 2016

Former Clovis West High girls water polo standout Sarah Snyder was named an All-American for the fourth time by the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association.

Snyder made the first team for the second straight year, highlighting 10 local players seven girls and three boys recognized by the NISCA, which picked six All-American teams and an honorable mention list per gender.

The UC Santa Barbara-bound Snyder had 112 goals, 57 steals and 21 assists for a Golden Eagles team that finished as the Central Section Division I runner-up. She helped Clovis West reach the D-I final in each of her four seasons, winning two titles, while scoring 335 career goals.

Snyder, a former U.S. Womens Cadet team member, was a fourth-team NISCA All-American as a freshman and sophomore.

Adie Collard and Cassidy Crouch of D-I champion Clovis made the second team, Clovis Norths Savannah Fitzgerald was on the third team, Clovis Wests Maddie Loggins made the fourth team, and Sangers Savannah Mangrum and Clovis Norths Georgina Phillips were fifth-team selections.

Crouch was The Bees Player of the Year after leading the Cougars to the D-I title, while Fitzgerald was a fourth-team All-American pick last season.

Buchanans Thomas Vandiver was the highest recognized section boy, making the third team.

Jack Felsted of boys D-I champion Golden West was named sixth team and Zach Koch from D-I runner-up Clovis was an honorable mention.

Felsted was The Bees Player of the Year after helping the Trailblazers capture the D-I title.

Coaching honors Three section coaches were among the 34 honorees during the California Coaches Associations 59th annual awards night in Fresno.

Clovis Wests Barbara Bethel-Dorr (girls track and field), Famersvilles Michael Jordan (boys soccer) and Kingsburgs Mike Manley (girls swimming) were all named state coaches of the year for 2015-16.

Source: http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/high-school/article88309957.html

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Kylie Jenner Gets New Birthday Car

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Don"t be fooled by Kylie Jenner"s early celebration last weekend the star"s birthday is actually on Aug. 10, but who says you have to abide by the actual dae to throw a party? Not Kylie, who also had her bash for practical reasons she coupled it with the launch of her birthday cosmetics line. Basically consider it her gift to you. But what present do you get yourself when you"re a teenage multi-millionaire?

This is the answer: The soon to be 19-year-old treated herself to a brand-new car (as if she didn"t have enough lined up on her driveway).

She revealed a shiny Land Rover SVAutobiography, which reportedly costs around $200K. Fancy couldn"t be more of an understatement. And to think, only last year her mom was gifting her with a Birkin. They grow up so fast.

With her actual birthday still around the corner, let"s see if she gets any presents that will top this next. Hey, there"s no putting anything past Kylie and her family.

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"Dancing With the Stars" Couple Kym Johnson and Robert Herjavec Are Married!

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Congratulations are definitely in order for Kym Johnson and Robert Herjavec!

The happy couple, who began dating 10 months after they were paired-up on season 20 of Dancing With the Stars, tied the knot on Sunday during a lavish ceremony in Los Angeles.

WATCH: DWTS Couple Robert Herjavec and Kym Johnson Really Are "Madly In Love

The newlyweds surprised the crowd with two highly orchestrated dance numbers. Johnson, 39, was all smiles during her first dance with Herjavec, as they danced cheek-to-cheek to At Last by Etta James, reports People. For the second dance the entire bridal party took over the stage, including DWTS pro Cheryl Burke, and danced to I Got Bills to Pay.

DWTS judge Carrie Ann Inaba, as well as former contestants Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Donny Osmond, were also among the many guests who watched the couple exchange vows, and partied with them during the luxurious reception.

The Shark Tank judge proposed back in February with a gorgeous 6.5-carat ring and surprised Johnson by bringing all of her loved ones together, including her mom from Australia to celebrate the milestone.

I never thought a year ago Id meet someone who would change my life completely! Johnson wrote on Instagram following news of the proposal. Im the luckiest girl in the world because last night the love of my life @robert_herjavec asked me to marry him and I said yes!

WATCH: Kym Johnson Opens Up About "Great Relationship With "Shark Tank Boyfriend Robert Herjavec

ET caught up with Johnson in October and she couldnt help but gush about her beau.

We love spending time together, and he was so great on Dancing With the Stars, she explained. We had the best experience, and hes great. Were having a lot of fun.

This will be the first marriage for the dancing pro. Herjavec has three children from his previous relationship with Diane Plese.

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Mysterious man Jared Leto teases new 30 Seconds to Mars album

Jared Leto Thinks Joker Is a Misunderstood Sweetheart
By Tricia Gilbride2016-08-02 15:41:19 UTC

Between winning an Oscar, taking on the iconic Joker role and purchasing a former Air Force base to call home, Jared Leto has found some time to make music with his band, 30 Seconds to Mars, again.

They released a clip clocking in at just over 30 seconds featuring the band recording music and hanging out in the desert and eventually promising a new record in 2017. Leto wears a tie dye onesie, of course.

The band"s last album, Love, l**t, Faith and Dreams, came out in 2013.

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Source: http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/jared-leto-30-seconds-to-mars-teaser/

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