memeorandum: Trump campaign claims it fired top adviser

1:40 AM ET, August 9, 2015

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Marc Caputo / Politico:

Sources: Roger Stone quit, wasn't fired by Donald Trump in campaign shakeup — Donald Trump made the surprising announcement Saturday afternoon that he was firing his top adviser, Roger Stone, but hours before the political consultant's friends told POLITICO that he was actually quitting.

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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:

‘The Republican Party Created Donald Trump’ — ATLANTA—Donald Trump was supposed to be the keynote speaker at the RedState Gathering here, a convocation of the hard-core conservative activists who read the influential blog edited by Erick Erickson. But when Trump said on CNN late Friday …

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Ezra Klein / Vox:

Donald Trump's fight with Fox News and Megyn Kelly, explained — On Friday, Donald Trump said that Fox News's Megyn Kelly had it out for him during the first Republican presidential debate. And he had a theory as to why. — “She gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions,” Trump told CNN.

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Daily Mail:

Donald Trump was talking about Fox host Megyn Kelly's NOSE at GOP conference — 'Mr Trump made Megyn Kelly look really bad - she was a mess with her anger and totally caught off guard. — 'Mr Trump said “blood was coming out of her eyes and whatever” meaning nose, but wanted to move on to more important topics.

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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:

The Trump Goes On — It's not over. And it's likely to end badly. — In an interview on CNN last night, Donald Trump suggested that Megyn Kelly's tough questioning was inspired by her menstrual cycle. “You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes,” Trump told CNN's Don Lemon on Friday night.

Discussion: American Power

CNN:

Trump campaign claims it fired top adviser — who says he quit — Story highlights — Watch Jake Tapper's interview with Donald Trump on “State of the Union” Sunday at 9 a.m. ET. — (CNN)Donald Trump's campaign said Saturday it has fired top political adviser Roger Stone — who promptly said he had quit.

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Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:
Donald Trump breaks with longtime aide Roger Stone

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New York Times:
Hand-Wringing in G.O.P. After Donald Trump's Remarks on Megyn Kelly

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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Can anything bring down Teflon Trump?

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Donald Trump's war on Megyn Kelly

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Holly Yan / CNN:
Donald Trump's ‘blood’ comment about Megyn Kelly backfires

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
GOP debate contenders give Democrats reason to worry

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The Hill:

Protesters shut down Bernie Sanders rally — Protesters who claimed affiliation with the Black Lives Matter movement stormed the stage during a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Seattle on Saturday, taking over the microphone and forcing Sanders to leave without ever speaking.

Discussion: Mashable

Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:

Black Lives Matter protesters shut down Bernie Sanders speech — Black Lives Matter interrupted the planned speech for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at Westlake Park on Saturday afternoon. Sanders left without delivering his speech. — A Seattle speech …

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Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:

Four Planned Parenthood Centers Cited In Florida Probe, Three Ordered To Stop Second-Trimester Abortions — After the Center for Medical Progress released those gruesome videos reportedly showing the illegal sale of body party from aborted babies, Florida Gov. Rick Scott issued a statewide review …

Discussion: BizzyBlog

Yoav Gonen / New York Post:

City tried to fire dead man for missing work — The city moved to fire an employee for missing about 18 months of work, even though he had the best excuse of all time — he was dead. — Bureaucrats at the Human Resources Administration filed charges against Medicaid-eligibility specialist …

Discussion: Daily Mail

Burlington Free Press:

Officials: DCF worker killed after custody dispute … BARRE- A Vermont Department for Children and Families worker was shot and killed in Barre City on Friday afternoon by a mother unhappy with losing custody of her child, city and state officials said. — Lara Sobel died from two gunshot wounds …

Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story

New York Post:

Cops rescue baby skunks from subway station — The two skunks NYPD officers rescued at a Bronx subway station. — New York's Finest rescued two of New York's stinkiest — a pair of wayward baby skunks — from the Castle Hill subway station in The Bronx, police said Friday.

Discussion: CBS New York and Gothamist

Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Fury of left falls on Schumer — Liberals are livid at Sen. Charles Schumer's (D-N.Y.) decision to oppose the White House's nuclear deal with Iran, and have threatened to launch a full-scale war as retribution. — Activists and former top officials within the Obama administration …

Discussion: Liberaland, The PJ Tatler and Daily Kos