memeorandum: Donald Trump's problem, in a nutshell: More than half the country says they'd never vote for him (Philip Bump/Washington Post)

12:15 PM ET, August 10, 2016

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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:

The GOP must dump Trump — The Muslim ban, the David Duke denial, the “Mexican” judge flap, the draft dodger denigrating John McCain's military service, the son of privilege attacking an immigrant Gold Star mother and the constant revisionism and lying about past political positions taken …

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Mediaite, alan.com, twitchy.com, The Week and The New Civil Rights Movement

New York Daily News:

Trump must go: Hinting at assassination is too much, even for him — Donald Trump must end his campaign for the White House in a reckoning with his own madness, while praying that nothing comes of his musing about an assassination of Hillary Clinton. — In the event that Trump fails …

Discussion: AOL, Politicus USA, The Canary, Fox News Insider, Mother Jones, Washington Times, The Week, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Occupy Democrats and Talking Points Memo

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 …

Discussion: KSNG-TV, New York Post, Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Week and The Gateway Pundit

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: alan.com, Daily Kos, Gothamist, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Dan Rather / Facebook:

No trying-to-be objective and fair journalist, no citizen who cares about the country and its future can ignore what Donald Trump said today. When he suggested that “The Second Amendment People” can stop Hillary Clinton he crossed a line with dangerous potential.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The National Memo, Mediaite, Associated Press, Occupy Democrats, Washington Post, Raw Story, NPR, Guardian, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …, Glamour, TVNewser, Vox, The Stranger … and Washington Free Beacon

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.

Discussion: Vox, New York Magazine, Hot Air, CBS Pittsburgh, The American Mirror, CNBC and The Week

Ryan Struyk / ABC News:

Rudy Giuliani Defends Donald Trump's Second Amendment Comments on ‘GMA’ — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani today defended Donald Trump's controversial comments about the Second Amendment that Hillary Clinton's campaign and others interpreted as a suggestion of violence against her.

Discussion: Politico, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …, The Week, The Hill, Bearing Arms, Heat Street, Lawyers, Guns & Money, No More Mister Nice Blog, Associated Press, Hot Air, The Democratic Daily and The Gateway Pundit

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Donald Trump's problem, in a nutshell: More than half the country says they'd never vote for him — At the moment, Hillary Clinton's lead is just shy of her biggest margin since Donald Trump locked up the Republican nomination in early May. She's up by 7.7 points in the RealClearPolitics polling average …

Discussion: New York Magazine

New York Times:

Further Into the Muck With Mr. Trump — Three months from the presidential election, and one day after his running mate promised “specific policy proposals for how we rebuild this country at home and abroad,” Americans find themselves asking whether Donald Trump has called for the assassination of Hillary Clinton.

Discussion: Rolling Stone, Guardian, The New Civil Rights Movement, Politicus USA, Raw Story, Hit & Run and Right Wing Watch

Louis Nelson / Politico:
‘Morning Joe’ co-hosts Brzezinski and Scarborough tiff: 'Mika, you're a Democrat'

Discussion: The Week

Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democrats: Trump costing GOP in key House districts

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Political Wire and Outside the Beltway

Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
From Trump's controversial words, a pattern: Outrage, headlines and then denial

Discussion: BillMoyers.com, Politico and New York Magazine

New York Times:
Donald Trump's Support Among Republican Women Starts to Slide

Discussion: Political Insider blog, Outside the Beltway and Washington Monthly

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Warren: Trump a ‘pathetic coward’ who can't handle ‘losing to a girl’

Discussion: Politico, Althouse, CBS Boston, CBS New York, BizPac Review and Media Matters for America

ABC News:
The Note: Clinton Courts Republicans

Discussion: Associated Press, Politicus USA, Mashable and Mother Jones

Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Says ‘Second Amendment People’ Can Stop Hillary Clinton From Curbing Gun Rights

Discussion: Washington Post and Washington Free Beacon

Will Drabold / TIME:
Former Secret Service Official: Donald Trump Is ‘Pretty Close to the Edge’

Discussion: Politico, AOL, Bloomberg.com, France 24, twitchy.com, Politicus USA, The New Civil Rights Movement, Mediaite and ABC News

New York Times:
Donald Trump Suggests ‘Second Amendment People’ Could Act Against Hillary Clinton

Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence attacks media after Trump's latest controversy

Discussion: RedState, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, Patterico's Pontifications, The Federalist and The Resurgent

Washington Post:
Trump's reckless call to ‘Second Amendment people’

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Raw Story, Associated Press and The Nation

CNN:
Trump: ‘Second Amendment people’ could deal with Clinton

David Smith / Guardian:
Trump hints at assassination of Hillary Clinton by gun rights supporters

Discussion: whorunsGov, Business Insider, Gothamist, Washington Post and Mediaite

Ben Brody / Bloomberg:

E-Mails by Clinton Aides Show State-Foundation Links — Foundation aide flagged someone State should ‘take care of’ — Cache includes previously unreleased e-mails from Clinton — Newly released e-mails from a top aide to Hillary Clinton show evidence of contacts between Clinton's State Department …

Discussion: Politico, Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, New York Post, The Daily Caller and twitchy.com

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.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Fox News Insider and CBS Philly

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.

Discussion: The Atlantic, CNN, Washington Free Beacon, Judicial Watch, Power Line, The Week, New York Magazine, Liberal Values, twitchy.com, Hot Air and The Federalist

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Deleted Clinton emails might remain secret until after election

Discussion: Hot Air and twitchy.com

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

Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Maybe Trumpism Doesn't Work Without Trump

Discussion: RedState and Hot Air

Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan crushes Trump-imitating primary foe

Discussion: Washington Post, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, National Review and Watchdog.org

David Edwards / Raw Story:

Trump's head of black outreach: Rally-goers blurt N-word to show ‘frustration with the system’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Ashley Bell, Donald Trump's newly-appointed director of African-American outreach, excused the repeated use of the N-word and other epithets …

Discussion: Political Insider blog

The Daily Beast:

ISIS Intel Was Cooked, House Panel Finds — A leading U.S. general pressured his intelligence analysts into playing down the ISIS and al Qaeda threats, according to a congressional task force. — A House Republican task force has found that officials from the U.S. military's Central Command …

Discussion: Mother Jones, The Daily Caller and Fox News Insider

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Apple Said to Plan First Pro Laptop Overhaul in Four Years — Slimmer MacBook Pro to get keyboard with thin digital screen — Company finds consumers take longer to buy or replace iPads — Apple Inc. is preparing the first significant overhaul of its MacBook Pro laptop line in over four years …

Discussion: Computerworld, Investor's Business Daily, Mashable and The Verge

Baltimore Sun:

Justice Department report: Baltimore police routinely violated civil rights — (Baltimore Sun video) … Baltimore police routinely violated the constitutional rights of residents by conducting unlawful stops and using excessive force, according to the findings of a long-anticipated Justice Department probe to be released Wednesday.

Discussion: New York Times, Common Dreams, CityLab, RT and Power Line