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CNN:
Poll: New speed bumps for Clinton — Hillary Clinton's 2016 announcement in under 2 minutes — Sen. Rand Paul running for president — Ted Cruz is first out of the gate in 2016 race — Is there room for a non-Hillary Democratic candidate? — Story highlights
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Washington Post:
Frontrunner angst: Bush lead evaporates, Clinton favorability hits 7-year low — After five months of forums, fundraising appearances and trips to the early states, the 2016 Republican nomination contest is as unsettled as ever, with no candidate receiving more than 11 percent support …
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Bloomberg Business and Hot Air
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton unfavorable numbers highest in 14 years — Hillary Clinton is seeing her highest unfavorability ratings in 14 years, according to the latest CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday. — Just 46 percent said they view the Democratic presidential front-runner favorably, compared to 50 percent who said they have an unfavorable view.
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller and The Week
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Secret effort to sell Hillary Clinton to rich liberals — Winning over such donors is seen as critical to Clinton's White House prospects. — Getty — Hillary Clinton's allies are working to win over unenthusiastic rich liberals by pitting her against the Koch brothers …
Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Republicans want experience as well as electability
Republicans want experience as well as electability
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Hot Air, The Week and The PJ Tatler
Politico:
Why We're Suspending the “Run Warren Run” Campaign — But we're still declaring victory. — Today we announce the suspension of our campaign to draft Elizabeth Warren into the presidential race. There's no sugar-coating it: We didn't achieve our central goal.
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TIME, Real Clear Politics, Daily Iowan Ethics …, Shakesville and The Daily Caller
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Top pro-Elizabeth Warren group says she's out — As Run Warren Run closes down, Sanders and O'Malley fight to claim its mantle. — Getty — After a half year of circulating petitions, staging rallies, opening offices in states with early presidential contests, and gathering 365,000 signatures …
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and Yahoo Politics
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Let's Put Bernie Sanders's “Momentum” in Perspective — It's in the nature of campaign trail reporting to become tedious and devoid of news for long stretches of time, which in turn creates incentives for news outlets to sex up dispatches from campaign events with gauzy claims, like …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Draft Warren groups suspending operations
Draft Warren groups suspending operations
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Business Insider and Mediaite
Dominic Tierney / The Atlantic:
Why Has America Stopped Winning Wars? — At 9:44 p.m. on July 27, 1953, Harold Smith had just 16 more minutes of the Korean War to survive before a ceasefire came into effect at 10:00 p.m. You can imagine this 21-year old Marine from Illinois out on combat patrol that evening, looking at his watch, mentally ticking down the seconds.
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FishbowlDC
Simon Maloy / Salon:
GOP's massive deception exposed: The Obamacare “contingency” plan they still won't deliver — Kevin McCarthy and colleagues insist they're “ready” with a post-King v. Burwell plan, but we still can't see it — January 2015 was a significant month for Republican healthcare policy.
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Wall Street Journal
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New York Times:
Poll Shows Americans Favor Overhaul of Campaign Financing — Americans of both parties fundamentally reject the regime of untrammeled money in elections made possible by the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and other court decisions and now favor a sweeping overhaul of how political campaigns …
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OnPolitics
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House stands firm on Snowden prosecution — The expiration of provisions of the Patriot Act has not changed the White House's view that former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden should face prosecution. — “The fact is that Mr. Snowden committed very serious crimes …
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The Huffington Post, Prairie Weather and Guardian
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Debate Over Patriot Act, Lawmakers Weigh Risks vs. Liberty
In Debate Over Patriot Act, Lawmakers Weigh Risks vs. Liberty
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The Hugh Hewitt Show
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Why We Can't Trust the NSA (And Why That's a Crisis)
Why We Can't Trust the NSA (And Why That's a Crisis)
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Vox, Hot Air, Washington Times, The Hill, Politico, Wall Street Journal and BREITBART.COM
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Repeatedly Mocks And Misgenders Caitlyn Jenner — A segment on Fox Business' Cavuto repeatedly mocked Caitlyn Jenner, who debuted her new identity Monday on the cover of Vanity Fair, and misidentified her with male pronouns. — Neil Cavuto introduced the segment by asking in an exaggerated voice …
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Bill / The Hill:
Bill Press: A raw deal for Hastert — As a Democrat, I know I'm supposed to cheer now that former Republican Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) has been charged with federal crimes. But, in fact, I feel just the opposite. — It looks to me like he got a raw deal, and ended up the victim of an overzealous federal prosecutor.
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RedState
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Another tortured effort by the GOP to help itself with minorities — The press release went out last week: — “Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will participate in a panel discussion luncheon in celebration of Black Music Month on Monday, June 1st, in Washington, D.C.”
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Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
Katia Hetter / CNN:
Actor Vince Vaughn outlines support for gun rights — Celebrities and their politics 12 photos — Actor Vince Vaughn makes no secret of his political leanings, telling Playboy in 2015, “I would use the term ‘libertarian’ to describe my politics. I like the principles of the Constitution …
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Scared Monkeys, Politico, Hot Air, The Huffington Post, The Federalist and Fox News Insider
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Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com:
Vince Vaughn Goes Off on Gun Rights in a Way That Will Make 2nd Amendment Advocates Smile …
Vince Vaughn Goes Off on Gun Rights in a Way That Will Make 2nd Amendment Advocates Smile …
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WTVR-TV, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Guardian, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
ABC News:
TSA Director Reassigned in Wake of Security Failures … The acting director of the Transportation Security Administration has been reassigned after an internal investigation revealed security failures at dozens of the nation's busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able …
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WRIC-TV, Department of Homeland … and NPR
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CNN:
TSA screeners failed tests to detect explosives, weapons
TSA screeners failed tests to detect explosives, weapons
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Salon, Truth Revolt, Fox News, BarbWire.com and PJ Media
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
For Germany, Demography Is Doom — Germany's economy dominates the EU, but if demography is destiny-and it is-then, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard argues in the Telegraph, Germany is doomed. I had not realized that the numbers are so grim: … That is appalling. … This chart shows the problem visually.
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Telegraph
Paul B. Farrell / MarketWatch:
BULLETIN — GameStop to acquire Geeknet in deal valued at $140 mln — Yes, the new behavioral economics is Wall Street's secret mind-control brainwashing machine. Call it behavioral economics, psychology of investing, the new science of irrationality, it is Wall Street's most powerful weapon because you can't see it.
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Bloomberg View
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Megyn Kelly Previews Duggar Interview: Not Going to Be a ‘Cross-Examination’ — Fox News' Megyn Kelly warned viewers Monday night that her upcoming, exclusive sit-down with Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar might not be as “tough” as the hosts of The View and others have predicted it will be.
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Raw Story and No More Mister Nice Blog
Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
A Cop Who Had To Tell A Teen His Parents Had Been Killed Showed Up At His Graduation — On May 24, an Orange, Texas, couple named Riley and Emily Portie were riding their motorcycle when they were struck by a drunk driver. The parents of five died at the scene. — Facebook: emily.portie
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
4 Pieces of Conservative Advice For Young Conservative Men — So, though no fault of your own, you are a young conservative male coming of age in a time when the deck is so heavily stacked against you that it's like Michael Moore was leaning on it. Sure, it's entirely the fault …