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4:30 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: Fox News, Business Insider, Guardian, Politico, Political Insider blog, alan.com, Mediaite, Media Matters for America, twitchy.com and The Week

CNN:

Secret Service spoke to Trump campaign about 2nd Amendment comment — (CNN)A US Secret Service official confirms to CNN that the USSS has spoken to the Trump campaign regarding his Second Amendment comments. — “There has been more than one conversation” on the topic, the official told CNN.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Little Green Footballs, Washington Times, The PolitiStick, Tablet Magazine, The Hill, Washington Free Beacon, The Week, TMZ.com, Infowars, CBS New York, Media Matters for America, Althouse, BizPac Review, The National Memo and CBS Boston

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: TheStreet.com, Vox, Business Insider, New York Post, KSNG-TV, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Politico and The Week

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, The Canary, Politicus USA, Fox News Insider, Mother Jones, Mediaite, Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Vox, Occupy Democrats and CNN

David S. Cohen / Rolling Stone:

Trump's Assassination Dog Whistle Was Even Scarier Than You Think — Republican nominee engaged in so-called stochastic terrorism with his remarks about “Second Amendment people” and Clinton — “If [Hillary Clinton] gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is.

Discussion: Vox, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, The Establishment, Shakesville and The New Civil Rights Movement

Louis Nelson / Politico:

GOP squirms amid latest Trump firestorm — Republican lawmakers and even Donald Trump allies were squirming Wednesday amid the fallout from the Manhattan billionaire's suggestion that “the Second Amendment people” might be the only group capable of stopping Hillary Clinton from appointing liberal judges if she is elected president.

Discussion: ABC News and TalkLeft

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: Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Hill, The National Memo, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …, The Daily Caller, The Week, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Associated Press, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Heat Street, No More Mister Nice Blog and Hot Air

Sarah Wheaton / Politico:

NRA circles the wagons around Trump — The shotgun wedding between Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association has been rocky, but the gun rights group is standing by its man. — Just hours after Donald Trump sparked yet another controversy with remarks that seemed, to some …

Discussion: The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, Campaign for America's Future, CBS New York, Daily Kos, BizPac Review, The New Civil Rights Movement, Bearing Arms, The Times of Israel, Mediaite, Washington Post and Hot Air

Dara Lind / Vox:
Donald Trump's most WTF moments happen when he tries to speak conservative

Discussion: The Daily Beast, New York Magazine and Media Matters for America

Grant Smith / Reuters:
One-in-five U.S. Republicans want Trump to drop out: Reuters/Ipsos poll

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

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Ambiguous Wink Wink to ‘Second Amendment People’

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Occupy Democrats, WBUR, Gothamist, Guardian, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, alan.com, NPR, Raw Story and Politico

Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
Study: Nets Squash Hillary's Terror Woes to Scold Trump's Gun Remark

Discussion: Washington Times

New York Times:
Further Into the Muck With Mr. Trump

Discussion: Raw Story, Guardian, The New Civil Rights Movement, Politicus USA, Above the Law, Mother Jones, Taylor Marsh, The Gateway Pundit, Occupy Democrats, The American Spectator, Boing Boing and The San Diego Union …

Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Of Course Hillary Wants to ‘Abolish’ the Second Amendment

Discussion: Washington Post, Mother Jones, Boing Boing, Politicus USA and Right Wing Watch

Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Trump Resurrects Worries on His Character and Nation's Violent Past

Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and The Root

Dan Rather / Facebook:
No trying-to-be objective and fair journalist, no citizen who cares …

Discussion: The National Memo, CNNMoney, Infowars, Hot Air, AOL, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Mediaite, Associated Press, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story and NPR

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

Discussion: Washington Monthly

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

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

Discussion: The Week

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.

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, Hot Air, The Hill, Daily Wire, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, twitchy.com, BizPac Review and The Week

Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Newly released Clinton emails shed light on relationship between State Dept. and Clinton Foundation

Discussion: Washington Examiner, RedState, Business Insider, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, WND, New York Post, New York Magazine, The Hill and Heat Street

Associated Press:
LEGAL GROUP ISSUES PRIVATE EMAILS CLINTON DID NOT TURN OVER

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

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Critics see signs of improper ties in new Clinton emails

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and twitchy.com

Hillary Clinton / Deseret News:

Exclusive: Hillary Clinton: What I have in common with Utah leaders — religious freedom and the Constitution — Editor's note: The Deseret News has asked the major presidential candidates to share their views with our readers. Last week, we published an op-ed from Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.

Discussion: Washington Post, Mother Jones, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA and New Republic

McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Pitches Mormon Voters In Utah Newspaper Op-Ed

Discussion: RedState, Washington Post, Mediaite, Daily Wire and twitchy.com

Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:

Family of slain DNC staffer: Those attempting to politicize death are ‘causing more harm than good’ — The family of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich is calling on conspiracy theorists to stop speculating about factually baseless connections between his death and a WikiLeaks hack.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, BuzzFeed, Hot Air, Raw Story and NBC4 Washington

Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
WikiLeaks Is Fanning a Conspiracy Theory That Hillary Murdered a DNC Staffer

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW! BREAKING=> Julian Assange Suggests Seth Rich - Who Was MURDERED in DC - Was Wikileaks DNC Source!

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, RT, Shot in the Dark, WOMEN VOTE TRUMP, BizPac Review, The Last Refuge, Vox Popoli, RedState, Clayton Cramer, Hot Air and Heat Street

Washington Post:

TRUMP: A TRUE STORY — The mogul, in a 2007 deposition, had to face up to a series of falsehoods and exaggerations. And he did. Sort of. — Hover over the claims above for more information … By David A. Fahrenthold and Robert O'Harrow Jr. August 10, 2016

Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story, Boing Boing and The Week

Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:

New audio: Ted Strickland jokes that Scalia's death came ‘at a good time’ — Ohio Senate candidate Ted Strickland joked about the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday, saying it came “at a good time” for union workers since he was unable to cast the deciding vote in a March case that ended up in a 4-4 deadlock.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, RedState, Politico, Daily Wire, The Week, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Washington Times and Independent Journal Review

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post: Is split-ticket voting making a comeback? With Trump on the ballot, some Republicans hope so.

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dem Senate candidate: Scalia's death ‘happened at a good time’

Discussion: Plain Dealer, Cincinnati.com and Hot Air

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

BREAKING: Three Republican Judges Restore Wisconsin's Voter Suppression Law — BREAKING: Three Republican Judges Restore Wisconsin Voter Suppression Law — In a boost to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, an especially conservative panel of three Republican-appointed judges stayed …

Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
In Wisconsin, a controversial voter ID law could help choose the president

Discussion: Politico, electionlawblog.org and Hot Air

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:

Christie Disputes Ex-Aide's Claim He ‘Lied’ About Bridgegate — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is disputing a former aide's claim, made public in court filings Wednesday, that he “lied” about being certain his senior staffers had no knowledge of the 2013 Bridgegate scandal. — “I absolutely dispute it.

Discussion: The Week

David Porter / Associated Press:
Former aide in text: Christie ‘flat out lied’ in bridge case

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Associated Press and NBC News

Kelsey Sutton / Politico:

The new Salon - very different from the old Salon — A new CEO adds conservative voices, plans ‘reallocations’ away from political coverage — After the presidential election in November, expect to see a lot less political coverage from liberal news and commentary site Salon.

Discussion: twitchy.com, more at Mediagazer »

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: The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, Mother Jones and Fox News Insider