memeorandum: Donald Trump's Campaign, Billed as Self-Funded, Risks Little of His Fortune (New York Times)

12:35 PM ET, February 6, 2016

Top Items:

Trump drops the F-bomb: Republican frontrunner tells American companies that relocate overseas ‘to go f— themselves’ at a campaign rally in New Hampshire — Trump knocked around the trio of Obama, Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, but didn't say a word about rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Hullabaloo

Mickey Kaus:

The Rubio Menace — Marco and the K St. Restoration: I went to see Marco Rubio's town hall this afternoon in Salem, New Hampshire. It was only a few miles from my hotel-I really had no excuse. I wanted to find out: Was Rubio really as slick and insubstantial in this setting as John Edwards?

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Hot Air, The Week, JustOneMinute and BostonGlobe.com

New York Times:

Ted Cruz Sets His Sights on Marco Rubio, Not Donald Trump, in New Hampshire — NASHUA, N.H. — Ted Cruz and his team are smarting over the attention paid to the third-place finisher in Iowa, Marco Rubio, joking that “bronze is the new gold.” — When Mr. Cruz fields questions from voters …

ABC News:

Trump Returns to Debate Stage; Rubio to Face Onslaught — An aggrieved Donald Trump returns to the debate stage Saturday night hoping to find his way into the winner's circle in New Hampshire, while a rising Marco Rubio looks to fend off an onslaught of attacks from his rivals.

Discussion: The Hill, Politico, Political Wire and Associated Press

New York Times:
Marco Rubio Turns Toward the Personal on the Campaign Trail

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Political Wire and No More Mister Nice Blog

Robert Costa / Washington Post:
In New Hampshire, Saturday's debate showdown could swing GOP race

Discussion: Boston Globe, Breitbart, RedState, NPR, FiveThirtyEight, Yahoo Politics and ABC News

Christopher Ruddy / Newsmax: Jeb Bush Deserves a Second Look

CNN:
Marco Rubio turns abortion attack on Hillary Clinton

Discussion: Breitbart, Daily Kos and LifeNews.com

Las Vegas Review-Journal:
RJ editorial board endorses Marco Rubio for Nevada Republican caucus

Discussion: NBC News, Hot Air, New York Times, RedState, Trail Blazers Blog, Talking Points Memo, Florida Politics, Mondoweiss and Politico

Fred Thys / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: In N.H., Democratic Race Tightens Slightly, Trump Stays Ahead On GOP Side

Discussion: TheStreet.com, The Hill, American Power, Politico, Taylor Marsh, Members and New York Times

Colbert I. King / Washington Post:

Clinton email scandal: Why it might be time for Democrats to draft Joe Biden — The Hillary Clinton email issue is developing into a real whodunit, complete with Clintonesque legal semantics. “I never sent or received any material marked classified,” she said with respect to the discovery …

Discussion: Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and National Review

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Emails: Top Clinton Aide Secretly Wrote Item for Mike Allen's Politico Playbook Newsletter

Discussion: RedState, TheBlaze.com and Talking Points Memo

Daily Mail:

Iraqi migrant rapes a 10-year-old boy at a swimming pool in Vienna and tells police it was a ‘sexual emergency’ because he hadn't had sex in months — A 10-year-old boy was so brutally raped by an Iraqi migrant in a swimming pool cubicle that he had to be hospitalised for his injuries.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Pamela Geller and The Gateway Pundit

Donna Rachel Edmunds / Breitbart:
10-Year-Old Boy Brutally Raped By Iraqi Migrant at Pool in Vienna

Discussion: The Last Tradition, Vlad Tepes and Jihad Watch

Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:

Twitter To Introduce Algorithmic Timeline As Soon As Next Week — A Tweetstorm is brewing in San Francisco. — Say hello to a brand new Twitter. The company is planning to introduce an algorithmic timeline as soon as next week, BuzzFeed News has learned.

Discussion: Mashable, Death and Taxes, The Resurgent, Metro.co.uk, Engadget, The Verge and Scripting News, more at Mediagazer »

Robert Yoon / CNN:

$153 million in Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking fees, documented — (CNN)Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, combined to earn more than $153 million in paid speeches from 2001 until Hillary Clinton launched her presidential campaign last spring, a CNN analysis shows.

Discussion: RedState, Booman Tribune, New York Times, JustOneMinute, Althouse and Young Conservatives

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Bernie vs. Hillary Fight Is Kind of Ridiculous

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Megan McArdle / BloombergView.com:

Sanders and Clinton Get Substantive. That's Where They Go Wrong. — Thursday night's Democratic debate in New Hampshire was, all commentators agreed, unusually substantive. Bernie Sanders has clearly gotten the idea that he might actually win this thing, and decided it was time to actually …

Discussion: Fox News

Adam Shaw / Fox News:

Benghazi committee Dems gave thousands in bonuses while blasting probe's cost — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (C) as ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings (R) looks on as she arrives to testify before the House Select Committee …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and BizPac Review

Associated Press:

THOUSANDS TAKE PART IN ANTI-ISLAM PROTESTS ACROSS EUROPE — DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — Thousands of people are taking part in protests against Islam and immigration in several European cities. — Police in Dresden say they expect about 15,000 protesters at a rally organized …

New York Times:

Donald Trump's Campaign, Billed as Self-Funded, Risks Little of His Fortune — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald J. Trump once boasted that he could someday be the only person to turn a profit running for president. He may be closer than anyone realizes. — Mr. Trump's campaign spent …

Discussion: Political Wire

Josh Gelernter / National Review:

The Liberal Fantasy of Cultural Appropriation — Albert Einsein c. 1921 (Library of Congress)

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding

Philip Haney / The Hill:

DHS ordered me to scrub records of Muslims with terror ties — Amid the chaos of the 2009 holiday travel season, jihadists planned to slaughter 290 innocent travelers on a Christmas Day flight from the Netherlands to Detroit, Michigan. Twenty-three-year old Nigerian Muslim Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab intended …

Discussion: Pamela Geller

Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:

Iowa margin between Clinton, Sanders shifts as errors found — Carol Hunter and Kathie Obradovich discuss the Democratic caucus results and process — Iowa Democratic Party officials are reviewing results from the Iowa caucuses and making updates where discrepancies have been found.

Discussion: Political Wire, Matt Paul, RT, Radio Iowa, Iowa Starting Line, Patterico's Pontifications, Mediaite, Guardian and Daily Kos

Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Errors found in Iowa Democratic caucus results

Discussion: Right and ABC News

Joe / The View From North Central Idaho:

OSHA is going after ammo manufacturers — I received a call today from someone who works for a major ammunition manufacturer. They required anonymity but want the following information to get out to the public. — NSSF is also involved in the fight but doesn't want to speak out about it either.

Discussion: Clayton Cramer

Jordan Schachtel / Breitbart:

Viral Video by Muslim Woman Sparks Movement to Defeat Radical Islam — In order to defeat the multiple radical ideologies growing within Islam, we must first confront these elements and engage in an open and frank conversation about the state of Islam worldwide, narrator Raheel Raza explains in …