memeorandum: It's Not the First Time Donald Trump Has Flirted With a Third-Party Run (Maggie Haberman/New York Times)

11:15 PM ET, August 9, 2015

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New NBC News/Survey Monkey Poll: Donald Trump Still in the Lead After Debates — If Donald Trump's comments about Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly are hurting his standing in the Republican primary, it's not showing in the numbers. — According to the latest NBC News Online Poll conducted by SurveyMonkey …

Discussion: The National Memo, The Gateway Pundit, Clayton Cramer and Talking Points Memo

John Kass / Chicago Tribune:

Death blow from Fox News' Megyn Kelly already taking effect on Trump

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:

Breitbart Staffers Believe Trump Has Given Money To Site For Favorable Coverage — As Donald Trump faces a growing backlash from conservative media over his recent attacks on a Fox News host, one prominent right-wing outlet remains firmly in his corner: Breitbart News, which has set itself apart …

Discussion: Election Law Blog

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: Wall Street Journal and Slantpoint

Eric Bradner / CNN:

Carly Fiorina on Donald Trump: ‘Women understood that comment’ — (CNN)Carly Fiorina said Donald Trump's comments about Megyn Kelly “were completely inappropriate and offensive” and were clearly meant to imply the Fox News host's tough questions were a result of menstruation. — “Women understood that comment.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Refinery29, Allen B. West, National Review and BREITBART.COM

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

It's Not the First Time Donald Trump Has Flirted With a Third-Party Run — Over nearly two decades, Donald J. Trump has given more than a little thought to a third-party presidential candidacy. How serious he is about it for 2016 is about to be tested. — Mr. Trump, who in early polls …

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

Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:

Donald Trump Remains Defiant on News Programs Amid G.O.P. Backlash — A defiant Donald J. Trump suggested on Sunday that he had been singled out for attacks by the hosts of Thursday's Republican presidential debate and again threatened a third-party White House bid if he was not treated “reasonably fairly” by party leaders.

Discussion: Slantpoint, Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway and Raw Story

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump the Disrupter

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

Washington Post:
GOP leaders say erratic attacks hurt Trump, but he vows to fight and win

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, Reuters, Hot Air, Politico and NBC News

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

Discussion: Slantpoint, The Daily Beast, Observer and Washington Free Beacon

Byron York / Washington Examiner: Amid Trump mess, GOP candidates shine at RedState

CBS News:
Donald Trump: “I will be phenomenal to the women”

Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week

James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com: Trump's shots stoking anger in N.H. GOP women

Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump Defends Record on Women as Presidential Rivals Pile On

Discussion: Politico

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

Discussion: Washington Post and American Spectator

Fareed Zakaria / CNN:

CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS EXCLUSIVE: President Barack Obama on the P+5 Iran deal — CNN's FAREED ZAKARIA GPS features an interview with President Barack Obama who presses his case for support of the nuclear deal negotiated between the U.S., its allies, and Iran, for a global exclusive interview in the Map Room at the White House.

Discussion: Guardian and American Spectator

The Times of Israel:
Obama says Israeli interference in US affairs over Iran deal unprecedented

Discussion: Jewish Journal, Power Line and The Gateway Pundit

Nick Gutteridge / Daily Express:

Hero SAS sniper saves father and eight-year-old son from being beheaded by ISIS maniac — A HERO SAS sniper gunned down a knife-wielding Islamic State (ISIS) maniac just as he was trying to brutally behead a father and his young son. — ALAMY — An SAS sniper took out the ISIS executioner just in time

Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:

Sam Brownback's brother accused of terrorizing rural neighbors — Joann Peine, social worker by profession and farm wife by marriage, ended a period of soul-searching by asking a Linn County District Court judge to issue protection orders for stalking against Jim Brownback and his stepdaughter.

Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo

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.