memeorandum: Trump digs in, plows ahead (Kevin Robillard/Politico)

4:50 PM ET, August 9, 2015

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Kevin Robillard / Politico:

Trump digs in, plows ahead — “I said nothing wrong whatsoever.” — Donald Trump gave no ground on Sunday, insisting his crude remarks appearing to imply Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly was menstruating when she questioned him during the first Republican presidential debate were anything but.

Discussion: Slantpoint

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Trump the Disrupter — Washington — I'VE been hesitant to start writing about Donald Trump. — I was worried that if I wrote something that made him mad, he would send out one of his midnight mordant tweets about me, something like “She started as a 3. Now she's a 1.” — I'd be upset, of course.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, No More Mister Nice Blog, Outside the Beltway, Los Angeles Times, Allen B. West, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Guardian, BREITBART.COM and Trail Blazers Blog

Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:

How Fox anchor Bret Baier prepared for the GOP debate and got an instant headline out of Donald Trump — Reporting from Cleveland — With the Republican presidential debate less than 10 hours away, Fox News anchors Chris Wallace, Megyn Kelly and Bret Baier sat at a long table with their producers …

Discussion: Mediaite

Jill Colvin / Associated Press:

Trump Defends Record on Women as Presidential Rivals Pile On — Donald Trump doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon, so his rivals are scrambling to figure out how best to handle the blowback from every new bout of bluster drowning out their campaigns.

Discussion: ABC News and Politico

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Amid Trump mess, GOP candidates shine at RedState — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — ATLANTA — It's likely the Donald Trump melodrama is the only news you've heard from the RedState Gathering of conservatives in Atlanta. But something unusual happened here, and it had nothing to do with Trump.

CBS News:

Donald Trump: “I will be phenomenal to the women” — Shares - — Presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to redirect incoming fire at rival Republican Jeb Bush, saying that Bush has a “huge” problem with women and he is by far the better candidate with that demographic.

Discussion: The Week

Eric Bradner / CNN:
Donald Trump: No apology on ‘blood’ remark amid GOP backlash

Discussion: Gothamist, Washington Post, Deadline and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump's history of flippant misogyny

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's fight with Fox News and Megyn Kelly, explained

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Beast, BREITBART.COM, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review, TIME, Washington Post, National Review and CNN

Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard: The Trump Goes On — It's not over. And it's likely to end badly.

David Atkins / Washington Monthly:

BlackLivesMatter Protesters Err in Attacking Those Who Give Them the Microphone — For the second time in as many months, protesters from BlackLivesMatter forced Bernie Sanders from the stage at a scheduled event. Also for the second time, a later event that same day turned out massive crowds for the underdog Democratic candidate.

Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill

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 …

Discussion: CNN, Daily Kos, The PJ Tatler, Liberaland, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Washington Times, Hot Air, Chicago Boyz, The Week, BuzzFeed, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Power Line

Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Republican Assault on Trump May Only Make Him Stronger

Discussion: Washington Post and American Spectator

Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Bernie Sanders' Campaign Adds Young Black Woman As New Public Face

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, CNN and Taylor Marsh

John Wagner / Washington Post: Protesters drove Bernie Sanders from one Seattle stage. At his next stop, 15,000 people showed.

KHOU-TV:

Suspect in custody after 5 kids, 3 adults killed at N. Harris County home — 49-year-old suspect allegedly shot at deputies before standoff ensued — HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - The Harris County Sheriff's Office says a man has surrendered after five kids and three adults were found dead at a home late Saturday evening.

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Times, Guardian, NBC News, Daily Mail, Scared Monkeys, Raw Story, CBS Dallas and NPR

The Times of Israel:

Obama says Israeli interference in US affairs over Iran deal unprecedented — Amid fierce battle between White House and pro-Israel lobby for Congressional votes, president says he doesn't recall a ‘similar example’ of outside intervention — US President Barack Obama said Israeli interference …

Discussion: Power Line, Jewish Journal and The Gateway Pundit

Tom Tancredo / BREITBART.COM:

Illegal Alien Crime Accounts for over 30% of Murders in Many States — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump deserves credit for forcing all 17 Republican candidates to talk about the social costs of illegal immigration, but it is not “Trump's issue.”

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The PJ Tatler and Allen B. West

WFAA-TV:

Dallas mayor saves choking woman at local restaurant — DALLAS — A woman found herself in the right place at the right time Saturday afternoon, sitting at the table behind Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings at El Fenix in downtown Dallas. — And she didn't even know it.

Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press