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Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
Christie's last question on 2016: “Do I want to do it?”  —  Shares -  —  For Chris Christie, the final question on a potential 2016 bid is: “Do I want to do it?”  —  The New Jersey governor has said he'll decide whether to join the already-crowded field of candidates vying …
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Christie calls Clinton's voter law critique ‘ridiculous’  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says Hillary Clinton's attack on state voter identification and registration laws is “ridiculous.”  —  “She doesn't know what she's talking about,” the Republican governor and likely presidential candidate …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
NYC mayor: America has a ‘democracy problem’  —  New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said on Sunday that Americans would benefit from reformed national voting laws.  —  “We have a democracy problem,” de Blasio told host John Dickerson on CBS's “Face the Nation.”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Texas Police Officer Suspended After Pulling Weapon On Teens During Pool Party  —  A police officer in McKinney, Texas, has been suspended from duties after being filmed aggressively handcuffing, and then pulling a weapon on, a group of black teens following an “incident” at a local pool party on Friday night.
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McKinney Police Department / Facebook:
Pool Party Incident:  —  On June 5, 2015 at approximately 7:15 p.m., officers from the McKinney Police Department responded to a disturbance at the Craig Ranch North Community Pool.  The initial call came in as a disturbance involving multiple juveniles at the location …
Discussion: CBS Dallas and The Week
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The man to beat in Iowa: Scott Walker  —  He is reluctant to embrace the front-runner's mantle.  But his Iowa roots, plain-spoken style, and familiarity as the governor next door have made him a force in the key early state.  —  M.Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO  —  BOONE, IA — In a fluid race …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Scott Walker Won't Rule Out Another Iraq Invasion
Discussion: ABC News
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Gov. Scott Walker  —  This is a rush transcript.  —  ANNOUNCER (voice-over): Starting right now on the special edition of THIS WEEK, an ABC News exclusive: for the first time ever, our cameras revealing the Persian Gulf nerve center, the heart of the U.S. campaign to take down ISIS.
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Wouldn't Rule Out Re-Invasion of Iraq … Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he wouldn't rule out a full-blown re-invasion of Iraq if he were to become the next commander-in-chief.  —  The likely Republican presidential candidate and early frontrunner in several polls …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Elinor Burkett / New York Times:
What Makes a Woman?  —  Do women and men have different brains?  —  Back when Lawrence H. Summers was president of Harvard and suggested that they did, the reaction was swift and merciless.  Pundits branded him sexist.  Faculty members deemed him a troglodyte.  Alumni withheld donations.
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Traces Friendly Path, Troubling Party  —  WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to be dispensing with the nationwide electoral strategy that won her husband two terms in the White House and brought white working-class voters and great stretches of what is now red-state America back to Democrats.
Milo Yiannopoulos / BREITBART.COM:
‘Mattress Girl’ Emma Sulkowicz Just Released a Sex Tape: Here's My Review  —  In preparing for this review, my researcher had to watch Emma Sulkowicz, a.k.a. “Mattress Girl,” perform fellatio on an overweight man eleven times.  He tells me that he is now seriously considering homosexuality.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Dennis Hastert Rushed to Make Money as Payouts Grew  —  WASHINGTON — After a relatively slow start to his career as a consultant and lobbyist, J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, became very busy in 2010.  He was traveling to spots including Singapore and Montreal …
Discussion: Liberaland
Tyler Bridges / Washington Post:
As he nears a 2016 bid, Louisiana's Bobby Jindal hits political bottom  —  BATON ROUGE — Just weeks before he is expected to announce his presidential campaign, Bobby Jindal is at the nadir of his political career.  —  The Republican governor is at open war with many of his erstwhile allies …
NBCSports.com:
AMERICAN PHAROAH BECOMES FIRST TRIPLE CROWN WINNER SINCE '78  —  American Pharoah became the first horse since 1978 to win the Triple Crown when he won the 147th Belmont Stakes on Saturday.  —  Jockey Victor Espinoza pushed Pharoah to the front soon after the race started …
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Joe Drape / New York Times:
American Pharoah Makes Horse Racing History
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