Beto O’Rourke drops out, a New York Times poll looks at battleground states, the Trump impeachment stuff in three minutes or less, the Julián Castro campaign prepares for layoffs, more details on the November DNC debate, and new polls help two candidates qualify for the December DNC debate.

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• Beto O’Rourke Drops Out of the Presidential Race (NYT)
• Thank you. (Medium/Beto O’Rourke)
• August 5, 2019 – “You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train” (Election Ride Home)
• One Year From Election, Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battlegrounds (NYT)
• Cohn on the Upshot poll methodology (Twitter/Nate Cohn)
• Silver on the Upshot poll (Twitter/Nate Silver)
• Enten on the Upshot poll (Twitter/Harry Enten)
• Montanaro on the Upshot poll and others (Twitter/Domenico Montanaro)
• Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Monday (The Guardian)
• Live blog of impeachment inquiry news, Friday (The Guardian)
• Lawyer: Whistleblower willing to take written GOP questions (AP)
• Democrats prep next impeachment phase amid likely White House defiance of new subpoenas (CNN)
• Castro fights to stay in race as staff looks for other jobs (CNN)
• MSNBC announces Tyler Perry Studios as site for November debate (NBC News)
• Kamala Harris qualifies for December primary debate (Politico)

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