memeorandum: Hillary Clinton campaign denies access to DailyMail.com political editor as Monday's pool reporter in New Hampshire (Chris Spargo/Daily Mail)

3:00 PM ET, June 15, 2015

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Spokane NAACP / Facebook:

Dear Executive Committee and NAACP Members, — It is a true honor to serve in the racial and social justice movement here in Spokane and across the nation. Many issues face us now that drive at the theme of urgency. Police brutality, biased curriculum in schools, economic disenfranchisement …

Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Rachel Dolezal Quits N.A.A.C.P. in Spokane

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KREM-TV:
Rachel Dolezal cancels NAACP meeting

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USA Today / WXIA-TV:
Last Slide — Dolezal, who is also chairwoman of a police …

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Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:

Hillary Clinton campaign denies access to DailyMail.com political editor as Monday's pool reporter in New Hampshire — The Clinton campaign denied access to David Martosko of DailyMail.com in New Hampshire this morning — Clinton press aide Nick Merrill offered varied and contradictory reasons …

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Clinton campaign denies access to pool reporter — The Hillary Clinton campaign denied access to the print pool reporter on Monday, reigniting reporters' longstanding concerns about the campaign's commitment to running an open and transparent campaign. — David Martosko, the U.S. political editor …

Discussion: Mediaite

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 …

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O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Clinton tells Radio Iowa trade deals are ‘fraught with all sorts of problems’ (AUDIO)

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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Clinton hears ‘eagerness’ for talk of female presidency

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Reid Wilson / Morning Consult:

Clinton Leads in Early States, But Sanders Popular in New Hampshire — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads the Democratic primary field by a wide margin in three early nominating states — though any Democrat who captures the party's presidential title could be saddled with an albatross named Barack Obama.

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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton's Fainthearted Populism

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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Bernie Sanders Is Building an Army to Take D.C.

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James Hibberd / EW.com:

GAME OF THRONES STAR ON THAT SHOCKING DEATH: 'I'M NOT COMING BACK' — Warning: This story contains a major spoiler about the Game of Thrones season 5 finale. — Et tu, Ollly? The story of Jon Snow, the bastard of Winterfell, came to a heartbreaking and apparent conclusion on Sunday night's Game of Thrones fifth season finale.

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James Hibberd / EW.com:

GAME OF THRONES STAR ON HER BRUTAL WALK OF SHAME — 'I don't think anyone deserves that treatment' — Warning: This story discusses a sequence from the Game of Thrones season 5 finale... Even on the sunny Game of Thrones set, surrounded by a friendly production team and tourist-trap bars …

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David Zweig / Salon:

The facts vs. David Brooks: Startling inaccuracies raise questions about his latest book — Factual discrepancies in the NYT columnist's new book raise some alarming questions about his research & methods — For at least the past four years David Brooks, the New York Times columnist …

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.

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Politico:
Jeb Bush's smooth money machine

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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: Washington Post and Taylor Marsh

Politico:
House GOP eyeing another shot at trade bill

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New York Post:

Bob Simon knew he was dying after crash: suit — Newsman Bob Simon was in horrific agony and knew he was dying after a West Side crash caused by a limo driver who never should have been behind the wheel, his widow charges in a new lawsuit. — The award-winning CBS vet “suffered conscious pain …

Discussion: Associated Press and TVNewser

Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:

Cuomo created ‘total cluster f—k’ in escaped-killers hunt — The massive manhunt for two escaped murderers from the Dannemora prison has been hampered by State Police secrecy, inter-agency rivalries, and the disrupting involvement of Gov. Cuomo on the first day of the breakout, law-enforcement sources have told The Post.

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Nick Gass / Politico:

Mitt: Hillary smiles with her mouth, but her eyes say 'Where's my latte?' — Mitt Romney took on Hillary Clinton's campaign launch speech, calling it “jarring” in some respects from what the former secretary of state has said in the past. Clinton's mouth often belies her eyes, he said.

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Casey Conley / Portsmouth Herald:

Scott Brown goes from Senate to cycle assembly — Scott Brown's work at Gus' Bike Shop on his ‘bucket list’

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Soraya Nadia McDonald / Washington Post:

Exclusive: Dave Chappelle won't be making jokes about Rachel Dolezal anytime soon. Here's why. — Anyone who remembers great comedy from 2003-2006 remembers “Chappelle's Show,” Dave Chappelle's eponymous sketch program that aired for just over two glorious seasons on Comedy Central.

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David DeMille / Spectrum:

Warren Jeffs vehicle, personal items sells for $80k — The red 2007 Cadillac Escalade that imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs was riding in when he was arrested nearly a decade ago was auctioned off Monday, along with its contents. — Former Jeffs bodyguard William “Willie” …

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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 …