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Mike Allen / Politico:
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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Reuters and Hullabaloo
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
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, Tales from the Trail and NBC News
Jim Cole / ABC News:
‘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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ABC News:
Chris Christie: ‘Liberal Political Consultants Put Together’ Clinton Speech
Chris Christie: ‘Liberal Political Consultants Put Together’ Clinton Speech
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Bloomberg Business
CNN:
Clinton strikes populist tone to make case for 2016 campaign
Clinton strikes populist tone to make case for 2016 campaign
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Slantpoint, Townhall.com, Mediaite and Bloomberg Business
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, in Roosevelt Island Speech, Pledges to Close Income Gap
Hillary Clinton, in Roosevelt Island Speech, Pledges to Close Income Gap
The Hill:
Clinton formally launches White House bid, evoking FDR
Clinton formally launches White House bid, evoking FDR
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Politico, Common Dreams, Booman Tribune and Yahoo Politics
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
How Hillary Clinton launched her campaign's latest phase
How Hillary Clinton launched her campaign's latest phase
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The Nation
Brad Meltzer / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: President Ronald Reagan's biggest secret: He packed heat in his briefcase — I was in Secret Service headquarters when they told me about former President Ronald Reagan's biggest secret. — I write fiction for a living, but in my thrillers, I try to get the details right.
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Daily Mail
Emily / Rosetta:
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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The Atlantic, 89.3 KPCC, The Verge and Washington Post
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Teacher: Why I don't want to assign Shakespeare anymore (even though he's in the Common Core) — A new report on the teaching of Shakespeare in higher education found that English majors at the vast majority of the country's most prestigious colleges and universities are not now required …
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protein wisdom and BarbWire.com
John Ruwitch / Reuters:
Alibaba to launch Netflix-like video streaming service in two months — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) will launch an online video streaming service in China in about two months, hoping to emulate the U.S.'s Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) and HBO, the firm's head of digital entertainment said on Sunday.
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Engadget, The Verge and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »
Robin McKie / Observer:
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
Elaine Woo / Los Angeles Times:
John Carroll dies at 73; editor led L.A. Times to 13 Pulitzers in 5 years — Barely a week before the 2003 recall election that targeted California's governor, a team of Los Angeles Times journalists led by Editor John S. Carroll put the finishing touches on a story that they knew could be a tinderbox.
Rob Kuznia / Washington Post:
Rich Californians balk at limits: 'We're not all equal when it comes to water' — RANCHO SANTA FE, CALIF. — Drought or no drought, Steve Yuhas resents the idea that it is somehow shameful to be a water hog. If you can pay for it, he argues, you should get your water.
Bloomberg Business:
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
Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
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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Washington Post and Booman Tribune