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8:50 AM ET, August 10, 2016

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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Ambiguous Wink Wink to ‘Second Amendment People’  —  And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin got assassinated.  —  His right-wing opponents just kept delegitimizing him as a “traitor” and “a Nazi” for wanting to make peace with the Palestinians and give back part of the Land of Israel.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump says ‘Second Amendment people’ could stop Clinton … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  appeared to joke about the possibility that Hillary Clinton  —  could be shot in remarks at a campaign rally Tuesday in Wilmington, N.C.  —  Trump was discussing the possibility that Clinton …
New York Times:
Donald Trump Suggests ‘Second Amendment People’ Could Act Against Hillary Clinton  —  WILMINGTON, N.C. — Donald J. Trump on Tuesday appeared to raise the possibility that gun rights supporters could take matters into their own hands if Hillary Clinton is elected president and appoints judges …
Will Drabold / TIME:
Former Secret Service Official: Donald Trump Is ‘Pretty Close to the Edge’  —  'You don't know what you're encouraging other people to do'  —  Donald Trump's comments Tuesday about “Second Amendment people” could be considered a “veiled threat” against Hillary Clinton, a former top Secret Service official told TIME.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump in trouble over ‘Second Amendment’ remark  —  Donald Trump on Tuesday said “the Second Amendment people” may be the only way to stop Hillary Clinton from getting to appoint federal judges if she wins the presidential election in November.  —  “Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish …
Grant Smith / Reuters:
One-in-five U.S. Republicans want Trump to drop out: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  Nearly one-fifth of registered Republicans want Donald Trump to drop out of the race for the White House, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday, reflecting the turmoil his candidacy has sown within his party.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Warren: Trump a ‘pathetic coward’ who can't handle ‘losing to a girl’  —  (D-Mass.) took to Twitter on Tuesday to slam Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  for appearing to joke about the possibility of gun owners taking action against Hillary Clinton
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democrats: Trump costing GOP in key House districts
Discussion: Political Wire
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
From Trump's controversial words, a pattern: Outrage, headlines and then denial
Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Gabby Giffords: Trump's ‘2nd Amendment’ Line Insinuates Violence
CNN:
Trump: ‘Second Amendment people’ could deal with Clinton
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Support Among Republican Women Starts to Slide
Discussion: Political Wire
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Camp Spins ‘2nd Amendment People’: He Means Their Votes
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Emails Renew Questions About Clinton Foundation and State Dept. Overlap  —  WASHINGTON — A new batch of State Department emails released Tuesday showed the close and sometimes overlapping interests between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department when Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state.
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Associated Press:
LEGAL GROUP ISSUES PRIVATE EMAILS CLINTON DID NOT TURN OVER  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has turned over 44 previously-unreleased Hillary Clinton email exchanges that the Democratic presidential nominee failed to include among the 30,000 private messages she turned over to the government last year.
Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
E-Mails by Clinton Aides Show State-Foundation Links
Discussion: twitchy.com
Jason Leopold / VICE News:
FBI probe of Clinton's emails prompted by espionage fears, secret letters say
Discussion: RedState
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
In email, State asked to ‘take care of’ Clinton Foundation associate
Discussion: Liberal Values and Heat Street
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan weathers his primary but GOP's populist storm still rages  —  JANESVILLE, Wis. — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) reveled in the aftermath of his commanding and expected primary victory Tuesday against Paul Nehlen, a Donald Trump-inspired opponent, by ordering cheese curds and beer for his supporters.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Power Line
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan crushes Trump-imitating primary foe  —  Paul Ryan squashed his Donald Trump-inspired primary opponent on Tuesday, dousing any speculation that he was the next Eric Cantor and demonstrating that his far-right critics have a ways to go to dislodge the highest-ranking elected Republican on his home turf.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Watchdog.org
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton Up 6 on Trump in Two-Way Race in Bloomberg National Poll  —  The findings suggest damage has been done to one of Trump's main calling cards, his business expertise.  —  McCormickJohn  —  Hillary Clinton has retained most of the bounce she received after the Democratic National Convention …
Alex Altman / TIME:
Donald Trump Says ‘I Want to Debate Very Badly.’ But He Has Conditions  —  ‘I renegotiated the debates in the primaries, remember?’ he tells TIME  —  Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will commit to three debates this fall with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, but may try to re-negotiate …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Inside Clinton's GOP recruitment plan  —  Day by day, the defectors are trickling out: Republican elected officials, bold-faced names from the George W. Bush administration, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, all repudiating Donald Trump.  —  In one burst on Monday, 50 former Republican national …
David Robinson / Variance Explained:
Text analysis of Trump's tweets confirms he writes only the (angrier) Android half  —  I don't normally post about politics (I'm not particularly savvy about polling, which is where data science has had the largest impact on politics).  But this weekend I saw a hypothesis …
Guardian:
The Nauru files: 2,000 leaked reports reveal scale of abuse of children in Australian offshore detention  —  Exclusive: The largest cache of documents to be leaked from within Australia's asylum seeker detention regime details assaults, sexual assaults and self-harm
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
RNC suffers spate of Trump-related departures  —  The Republican National Committee has seen a spate of departures in recent months related to its embrace of Donald Trump, whom some former staffers felt uncomfortable supporting.  —  In recent months, deputy press secretary James Hewitt …
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael V. Hayden / New York Times:
What Intelligence Briefings Can Tell Us About Candidates  —  The no-longer-presumptive nominees of the Democratic and Republican parties will soon start receiving periodic classified intelligence briefings, with the first one coming perhaps this week.  Rarely has this routine ritual received …
cbpp.org:
Examining Donald Trump's Statements Today on Taxes  —  CHYE-CHING HUANG CHUCK MARR JOEL FRIEDMAN  —  Today's speech by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump included several statements on tax issues that could create mistaken impressions regarding current tax policies and the impact of several of Mr. Trump's proposals.
 
 
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Alvin Reid / St. Louis Magazine:
In Missouri, Voter Polls Show Tight Races for President, Governor
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Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Professors who ban guns in their classrooms will be punished, UT lawyer says
Discussion: Instapundit
Virginia Hale / Breitbart:
Wealthy Swedes Asked To Give Up Their Country Homes For Migrants
Brookings Institution:
The Fed's shifting perspective on the economy and its implications for monetary policy
BBC:
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Sarah Frostenson / Vox:
More and more women are now dying in childbirth, but only in America
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