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‘This Week’ Transcript: Gov. Chris Christie — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT — ANNOUNCER: Starting right now on ABC's THIS WEEK... UNIDENTIFIED SUPPORTERS: Hillary! Hillary! — ANNOUNCER: Hillary's relaunch. — HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Thank you. — Thank you.
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Politico and Washington Post
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Says Hillary Clinton Doesn't Know Concerns of ‘Real Americans’ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took a swipe at Hillary Clinton today, saying he doubts whether the Democratic presidential candidate knows the concerns of “real Americans.”
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Bloomberg Business


Hillary Clinton, in Roosevelt Island Speech, Pledges to Close Income Gap — Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a speech that was at times sweeping and times policy laden, on Saturday delivered a pointed repudiation of Republican economic policies and a populist promise to reverse the gaping gulf between …


Clinton strikes populist tone to make case for 2016 campaign
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Slantpoint, Townhall.com, Mediaite and Bloomberg Business

Clinton formally launches White House bid, evoking FDR
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Politico, Common Dreams, Booman Tribune, Yahoo Politics, Bloomberg Business and Washington Free Beacon

How Hillary Clinton launched her campaign's latest phase
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The Nation

MOST LIKELY DATE for Walker announcement — HILLARY'S ‘EPIC’ KICKOFF — N.Y. POST: ‘RODHAM HOOD’ — JEB PLANS ASSAULTS on Rubio finances and Senate record, Walker flip-flops: 'Pickett's Charge' — B'DAY: — By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com), and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)
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New York Times, Reuters and Hullabaloo


Tim Hunt: 'I've been hung out to dry. They haven't even bothered to ask for my side of affairs' — In an exclusive interview Tim Hunt and his wife Professor Mary Collins tell how their lives fell apart after his quip about women in science went viral on Twitter
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The Reality-Based Community, Mashable and Guardian


Why Hillary Clinton Will Be Hard to Beat — Hillary Clinton is often at the center of controversy. But it would be a mistake to think this has undermined her candidacy, at least based on polling so far. As a political figure, she has a strong foundation.
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Booman Tribune and Washington Post

Obama Beseeches Dissenting House Dems on Trade Bill — President Barack Obama is scrambling to persuade almost 100 fellow Democrats to support a landmark trade bill, a centerpiece of his second-term agenda, that most of them sought to block. — In his weekly radio address …
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Politico, whitehouse.gov and Daily Kos


New ad campaign touts the value of professional journalism: ‘More important than ever’ — Journalist Chantal Hebert, left, former Chair of the Canadian Association of Journalists Mary Agnes Welch and Atlantic Regional Director for Unifor Lana Payne comprise the panel at the JournalismIs campaign launch …
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The Huffington Post


U.S. Is Poised to Put Heavy Weaponry in Eastern Europe — RIGA, Latvia — In a significant move to deter possible Russian aggression in Europe, the Pentagon is poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons for as many as 5,000 American troops in several Baltic …
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Reuters, Business Insider, Guardian and NPR

Rosetta's lander Philae wakes up from hibernation — Rosetta's lander Philae is out of hibernation! — The signals were received at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt at 22:28 CEST on 13 June. More than 300 data packets have been analysed by the teams at the Lander Control Center …
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89.3 KPCC, The Verge and Washington Post


Favorite Son or Total Stranger? Nearly Three-Quarters of Florida's Voters Have Never Seen Jeb Bush on a Ballot — Jeb Bush's big political credential, and his presumed strength in the presidential campaign he'll launch on Monday, is the broad appeal he demonstrated over two terms as Florida governor …
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Washington Post and NBC News


Gun killings fell by 40 percent after Connecticut passed this law — In the early '90s, gang shootings gripped Connecticut. Bystanders, including a 7-year-old girl, were getting gunned down in drive-bys. “The state is becoming a shooting gallery, and the public wants action,” an editorial in the Hartford Courant said at the time.
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Washington Monthly, opposingviews.com/homepage.xml and Hot Air