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11:40 PM ET, June 14, 2015

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Hillary Clinton, the fightingest fighter in the fight  —  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at her official campaign launch rally on June 13, 2015 in New York City.  The Democratic presidential hopeful spoke at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island.
Discussion: Hot Air, Slate and New York Times
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Welcome to Hillary Island, a Pleasant Little Police State  —  For the first big speech of her 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton turned a little-known strip of New York into a serene summertime autocracy, pleasant and creepy at the same time.  —  It's an odd sensation to be sitting on the back of a golf cart …
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.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Dylan StablefordSenior / Yahoo Politics:
Hillary Clinton's rivals dig in day after campaign kickoff  —  A day after Hillary Clinton formally kicked off her 2016 presidential campaign with a speech at a rally on New York's Roosevelt Island, current and would-be rivals on both sides of the political aisle took aim at the former secretary of state on Sunday morning talk shows.
ABC News:
Chris Christie: ‘Liberal Political Consultants Put Together’ Clinton Speech
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
Why Hillary Clinton Will Be Hard to Beat
Discussion: Booman Tribune, Vox and Washington Post
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.
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Dolezal supporting victim who accused her brother of child molestation, suggests parents outed her as white in retaliation  —  The sensitive matter at the center of the Rachel Dolezal family schism concerns a felony case involving charges of sex assault against Dolezal's older brother, the Daily News has learned.
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette and Althouse
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Sanders: ‘The good side won’ on trade  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the defeat of President Obama's trade legislation in the House on Friday was the right outcome for average Americans.  —  “The House has put a kibosh on the Trans-Pacific [Partnership],” he said at a rally …
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Bloomberg Business:
Obama Beseeches Dissenting House Dems on Trade Bill
Joe Mozingo / graphics.latimes.com:
San Bernardino: Broken City  —  San Bernardino, once a sturdy, middle class “All-America City,” is now bankrupt, the poorest city of its size in California, and a symbol of the nation's worst urban woes.  —  W  —  ith a rake and a mask, the motel manager steps carefully into Room 107.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Eschaton
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.
WSB-TV:
4 teens injured, 1 killed in shooting at pool party  —  FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. —  A Fayette County pool party turned deadly when shots broke out, injuring four teens and killing one.  —  Investigators say there were more than 200 teens at the home on Hwy 279 in Fayetteville when the homeowner arrived just after midnight.
Talkradiomaven / CBS Dallas:
Another “Draw Muhammad” Contest Is Coming Down The Pike  —  ROCHESTER (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A New Hampshire man wants to defy an Islamic prohibition on depicting the prophet Muhammad in pictures and plans to host a “Draw Muhammad” art contest in August.  —  Jerry Delemus, a 60-year-old former Marine …
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)
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Reuters
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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