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1:40 PM ET, June 15, 2015

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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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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 …
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.
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 …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Clinton campaign denies access to pool reporter
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Bernie Sanders Is Building an Army to Take D.C.
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Clinton hears ‘eagerness’ for talk of female presidency
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 …
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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Politico:
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: ABC News and Bloomberg Business
Eli Stokols / Politico:
In crowded field, Bush runs as the grown-up candidate
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
For Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, It's Time to Get Serious
Discussion: Politico
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.
Discussion: BizPac Review
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.
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 …
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: TVNewser and Associated Press
KREM-TV:
Rachel Dolezal cancels NAACP meeting  —  SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane NAACP President Rachel Dolezal announced Sunday that the chapter's meeting on Monday would be postponed and rescheduled.  —  On Friday, Dolezal said she and her executive board would be making a statement about claims that she mislead people about her race.
Discussion: CBS DC and BizPac Review
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USA Today / WXIA-TV:
Last Slide  —  Dolezal, who is also chairwoman of a police …
Discussion: CBS DC, ABC News and NBC News
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.
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 …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
California's Water Czar, Part Empathetic Confessor and Part Friendly Scold  —  SACRAMENTO — Felicia Marcus peered over her desk the other day as the State Water Resources Control Board came to order in a hearing room here, bracing for another day of bad drought news.  There would be warnings about die-offs of birds and fish.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Casey Conley / Portsmouth Herald:
Scott Brown goes from Senate to cycle assembly
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
Omar al-Bashir of Sudan Leaves South Africa, Avoiding Arrest
Discussion: BarbWire.com and The Week
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Despite attempts to erase it globally, “the pause” still exists in pristine US surface temperature data
Discussion: American Spectator
Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
Source: Plot included murder
Discussion: New York Times and Daily Mail
Heather Mac Donald / Wall Street Journal:
Explaining Away the New Crime Wave
Discussion: Hit & Run and Instapundit
JSOnline:
Russ Feingold's PAC funded fees, salaries for former staffers, himself
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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
CIA torture appears to have broken spy agency rule on human experimentation
Discussion: Common Dreams
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices' Words Combed for Clues on Major Pending Decisions
Discussion: Washington Post and Wonk Wire
Manu Raju / Politico:
Can Schumer and McConnell just get along?
Discussion: US News
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Clinton confidant set for private Benghazi grilling
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Clinton: I never saw Hillary ‘study a list of my contributors’
Associated Press:
POLICE: ICE CREAM TRUCK DRIVER SHOT AS CHILDREN WATCHED
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Evan Drellich / New York Times:
The MLB is planning national packages for streaming companies to bid on in 2028, when its national TV deals with ESPN, Fox, and Turner expire

 
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