memeorandum: For Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, It's Time to Get Serious (Margaret Talev/Bloomberg Business)

8:40 AM ET, June 15, 2015

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Jeb Bush's smooth money machine — He's rarely taken more than a day or two off from the money chase. — Jeb Bush's laser focus on fundraising has sent him crisscrossing the country over the past six months to headline roughly 70 money events as he tries to smash existing presidential campaign records.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Political Wire

Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:

For Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, It's Time to Get Serious — With Republican Jeb Bush's official campaign kickoff from Miami, two days after Democrat Hillary Clinton's first major stump speech from New York, the two marquee legacy names of the 2016 presidential race are in it now, for real.

Discussion: Politico

Eli Stokols / Politico:

In crowded field, Bush runs as the grown-up candidate — While his brand of conservatism has fallen out of favor, Bush's maturity and policy savvy have not. — MIAMI — Jeb Bush isn't a fresh face. The conservative base isn't enamored of him. And his family name isn't necessarily an asset.

New York Times:
Jeb Bush to Declare Presidential Run, Playing Down His Surname

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Peter Baker / New York Times:

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and a President's Legacy — WASHINGTON — For more than six years, the short walk from the Oval Office downstairs to the Situation Room has all too often meant bad news or grim choices. Whether it was war in the Middle East, Russian aggression in Ukraine …

Discussion: Politico, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Political Wire

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Democrats Being Democrats — On Friday, House Democrats shocked almost everyone by rejecting key provisions needed to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an agreement the White House wants but much of the party doesn't. On Saturday Hillary Clinton formally began her campaign for president …

Discussion: Reuters, Washington Post, Democratic Strategist, Vox and Bloomberg Business

Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:

Bernie Sanders Is Building an Army to Take D.C. — It'll take an army to change Washington, says the insurgent senator—and with the crowds he's been drawing, he just might be building one. — Bernie Sanders is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore. That's why he's running for president.

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Sanders: ‘The good side won’ on trade

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Bloomberg Business:
Obama Beseeches Dissenting House Dems on Trade Bill

Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News and Politico

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.

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Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Clinton: I never saw Hillary ‘study a list of my contributors’

Discussion: Political Wire

Dylan StablefordSenior / Yahoo Politics:
Hillary Clinton's rivals dig in day after campaign kickoff

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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Welcome to Hillary Island, a Pleasant Little Police State

Discussion: Tea Party and Unexamined Premises

Jim Cole / ABC News: ‘This Week’ Transcript: Gov. Chris Christie

Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis:

Statement from Archbishop Nienstedt Regarding the Future of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis — From Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis — In order to give the Archdiocese a new beginning amidst the many challenges we face …

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Rachael Bade / Politico:

Clinton confidant set for private Benghazi grilling — House GOP Benghazi investigators will face off with a combative confidant of Hillary Clinton this week in a closed-door interrogation session — one of the biggest moments for a Benghazi probe that continues to dog the Democratic presidential front-runner.

Discussion: Political Wire

Manu Raju / Politico:

Can Schumer and McConnell just get along? — There's been bad blood in the past, but they're both deal-makers at heart. This much is certain: The next president has a lot riding on their relationship. — Getty — Mitch McConnell remembers Chuck Schumer's role during his contentious 2008 campaign like it was yesterday.

Michael Goodwin / New York Post:

Obama, Cuomo and de Blasio: The 3 stooges of the apocalypse — In conversations about politics and the world, I often find myself saying, “I wish there was more good news to write about.” I mean it. — While there are many joyous personal moments to savor, society outside the front door is coming apart.

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.