memeorandum: GOP Candidates Ride Debate Momentum to RedState Activists (Sergio Bustos/Associated Press)

10:20 AM ET, August 8, 2015

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Erick Erickson / RedState:

I Have Disinvited Donald Trump to the RedState Gathering — I have tried to give a great deal of latitude to Donald Trump in his run for the Presidency. — He is not a professional politician and is known for being a blunt talker. He connects with so much of the anger in the Republican base …

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Trump attacks Megyn Kelly: ‘There was blood coming out of her eyes’ — Donald Trump's campaign for president has suddenly become a campaign against Fox News. — One day after he starred in Fox's GOP primary debate, Trump lashed out at debate moderator Megyn Kelly and the network as a whole.

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Katie Glueck / Politico:

Donald Trump's invite to RedState event revoked over Megyn Kelly comments — “No legitimate candidate suggests somehow a female asking questions is doing it because she's hormonal,” Erick Erickson told reporters. — ATLANTA — Donald Trump's invitation to appear at the conservative RedState gathering …

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

Donald Trump's war on Megyn Kelly — Unlike previous Trump targets, the Fox anchor has a large, devoted conservative following. — Donald Trump is finally in a feud with someone Republican primary voters care about: Megyn Kelly. — Unlike undocumented immigrants, John McCain or Rosie O'Donnell …

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Sergio Bustos / Associated Press:

GOP Candidates Ride Debate Momentum to RedState Activists — Republican presidential candidates are getting a second chance to make a good first impression with conservative activists after their inaugural televised debates had unheard of millions tuning in to see how they would play off each other.

Holly Yan / CNN:

Donald Trump's ‘blood’ comment about Megyn Kelly backfires — Story highlights — Atlanta (CNN)Donald Trump's latest controversial comment was so alarming that he's been disinvited from a conservative gathering Saturday in Atlanta. — At issue: Trump's comments on “CNN Tonight” …

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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump is an embarrassment who is impossible to embarrass. It's his superpower.

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Eliza Collins / Politico:
7 things Trump said that would have destroyed any other GOP candidate

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Molly Ball / The Atlantic: Whose Party Is It, Anyway?

New York Times:

Fear That Debate Could Hurt G.O.P. in Women's Eyes — After Senator Marco Rubio of Florida insisted at the Republican presidential debate that rape and incest victims should carry pregnancies to term, aides to Hillary Rodham Clinton could barely contain their delight at his unyielding stance …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Dan Balz / Washington Post:

GOP debate contenders give Democrats reason to worry … CLEVELAND — Donald Trump may top the polls in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination, but Thursday's debate was a reminder that the party has able rivals who eventually could taken him down — and who also could mount …

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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Is Trump a Clinton plant?

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Irin Carmon / msnbc.com:
GOP candidates: Ban abortion, no exceptions

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
From Trump on Down, the Republicans Can't Be Serious

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One America / PR Newswire:
Ben Carson Scores Big Win at the First GOP Debate followed by Marco Rubio

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Jack Healy / New York Times:

Life Sentence for James Holmes, Aurora Theater Gunman — CENTENNIAL, Colo., — In a decision that surprised many in this community, a jury sentenced James E. Holmes to life in prison with no chance of parole on Friday, rejecting the death penalty for the man who carried out a 2012 shooting rampage …

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Denver Post:
Day 65 of the Aurora theater shooting trial

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Tablet Magazine:

Crossing a Line to Sell a Deal — Chuck Schumer is a politician—a skilled and successful one. Which means that today's announcement, following months of wildly uncharacteristic silence, that the senior Senator from New York is opposing the Administration's nuclear deal with Iran …

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Schumer, White House at war over Iran

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Chicago Tribune:

U. of I. officials used personal email to hide discussions — University of Illinois senior administrators used personal email accounts to discuss sensitive and controversial issues, and then failed to disclose the records when they were requested by the public.

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Politico:

Don't disrespect our president, black lawmakers tell Netanyahu — The audience for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress on March 3 is shaping up to be largely Republican — and almost completely white. — Many members of the Congressional Black Caucus …

Discussion: Slantpoint

Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:

Frances Oldham Kelsey, F.D.A. Stickler Who Saved U.S. Babies From Thalidomide, Dies at 101 — The sedative was Kevadon, and the application to market it in America reached the new medical officer at the Food and Drug Administration in September 1960. The drug had already been sold …

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Los Angeles Times:

Exclusive Architect Frank Gehry is helping L.A. with its Los Angeles River master plan, but secrecy troubles some — Architect Frank Gehry is working with city officials to draft a new master plan for the redevelopment of the Los Angeles River, bringing the avant-garde sensibilities …

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Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:

That's Not Funny! — Three comics sat around a café table in the chilly atrium of the Minneapolis Convention Center, talking about how to create the cleanest possible set. “Don't do what's in your gut,” Zoltan Kaszas said. “Better safe than sorry,” Chinedu Unaka offered.

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