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Associated Press:
Trump team tells GOP he has been ‘projecting an image’ — HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump's chief lieutenants told skeptical Republican leaders Thursday that the GOP front-runner has been “projecting an image” so far in the 2016 primary season and “the part that he's been playing is now evolving” …
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Bloomberg:
Trump to Hone Image, Raise Funds for Republican Candidates, Adviser Says — The front-runner dispatched Paul Manafort to the party's final meeting ahead of the Republican convention. — McCormickJohn — tdopp — Outsider candidate Donald Trump sent emissaries to soothe tensions …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump is playing ‘a part’ and can transform for victory, campaign chief tells GOP leaders
Trump is playing ‘a part’ and can transform for victory, campaign chief tells GOP leaders
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New York Times:
Donald Trump to Reshape Image, New Campaign Chief Tells G.O.P.
Donald Trump to Reshape Image, New Campaign Chief Tells G.O.P.
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New York Post and Political Wire
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
As Trump moves to soften his image, Democrats seek to harden it
As Trump moves to soften his image, Democrats seek to harden it
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC leaders reject bid to rewrite convention rules
RNC leaders reject bid to rewrite convention rules
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TMZ.com:
Dead at 57 — The artist known as Prince has died ... TMZ has learned. He was 57. — Prince's body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning. — Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed. We've obtained the emergency dispatch call for a “male down, not breathing.”
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Peter Willis / mirror:
Inside Prince's bizarre life at Paisley Park: This is what happened when we visited the music icon — When the Daily Mirror's Peter Willis went to interview the music legend at his Paisley Park mansion in 2010 it was even weirder than he could have imagined
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Andrew R. Lewis / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Doesn't Have A Monopoly On Intolerant Supporters — Many of Donald Trump's supporters are intolerant — racist, sexist and xenophobic. Indeed, some high-profile work has highlighted Trump's populism and his appeal to less-educated authoritarians — a potent witch's brew challenging democratic norms.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
HANNITY: There Will Be No Contested Convention - Things Are Happening Behind the Scenes (VIDEO) — Sean Hannity went on Your World with Neil Cavuto today to discuss his dust up with Senator Ted Cruz. — During the interview Hannity dropped this bomb — There won't be a contested convention …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Private polls reveal a Trump-Cruz Indiana dogfight
Private polls reveal a Trump-Cruz Indiana dogfight
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Hot Air, The Last Refuge, BuzzFeed, Political Wire, neo-neocon and New York Times
Travis / Uber Global:
Growing and growing up — Today we announced a settlement in two important class-action lawsuits: O'Connor (California) and Yucesoy (Massachusetts). The key issue at stake in both cases is whether drivers using the Uber app should be classified as independent contractors or employees.
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New York Times:
Uber Settles Cases With Concessions, but Drivers Stay Freelancers — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has long been embroiled in a debate over the status of its drivers: Should they be independent contractors or full-time employees? — Uber says that as independent contractors, its drivers get flexibility.
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Forbes, New York Magazine and The Verge
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Raunchy Prince was actually a conservative Christian who reportedly opposed gay marriage — (Kristian Dowling/Getty Images for Lotusflow3r.com) — With the death Thursday of Prince Rogers Nelson, you may see a strange mix on your Facebook feed of sex and religion.
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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Hillary PAC Spends $1 Million to ‘Correct’ Commenters on Reddit and Facebook — FEC loopholes mean Correct the Record can openly coordinate with Clinton's campaign. — Citing “lessons learned from online engagement with ‘Bernie Bros,’” a pro-Hillary Clinton Super PAC is pledging to spend $1 million to …
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James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
Five women Hillary Clinton could pick for VP
Five women Hillary Clinton could pick for VP
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Washington Post and New York Magazine
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Kasich on D.C. voting rights: 'That's just more votes in the Democratic Party.' — When asked his position on D.C. voting rights, Republican presidential contender John Kasich didn't pretend to draw on any constitutional clause or existing law to explain his stance against it.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
John Kasich says DC residents can't vote because they vote for Democrats
John Kasich says DC residents can't vote because they vote for Democrats
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electionlawblog.org and Washington Post
Telegraph:
As your friend, let me tell you that the EU makes Britain even greater — In 1939, President Franklin D Roosevelt offered a toast to King George VI in the White House. “I am persuaded that the greatest single contribution our two countries have been enabled to make to civilisation …
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Leftists Lose Their Lunch Over the Tubman 20 — After years of complaining that America's paper money featured only dead white guys, a lot of folks on the Left are in a snit that Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the face of the twenty-dollar bill.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Guardian
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Betsy McKay / Wall Street Journal:
Suicides in the U.S. Climb After Years of Declines — Rate increased 24% between 1999 and 2014, continued to rise in first half of 2015 — The U.S. suicide rate has risen sharply over the past decade and a half, according to a federal report released on Friday, prompting new concerns …
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USA Today, New York Times and The Week
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Screaming Black Lives Matter Protesters Bust Up Milo Yiannopoulous Speech - Chaos Ensues (VIDEO) — Outspoken conservative Milo Yiannopoulos brought his “Most Dangerous Faggot” speaking tour to American University in Washington DC on Thursday. — The young leftists ripped up his signs before he got there.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cruz ad imagines Clinton war room cheering on Trump — A new ad for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz — imagines a war room with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton — to be the GOP nominee. — The ad highlights reasons why Clinton could beat Trump in a general election.
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Alister Doyle / Reuters:
Child brides sometimes tolerated in Nordic asylum centers despite bans — Some child brides are living with older husbands in asylum centers in Scandinavia, triggering a furor about lapses in protection for girls in nations that ban child marriage. — Authorities have in some cases …
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Front Page Magazine and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Katherine Peralta / The Charlotte Observer:
NBA's Silver: LGBT law must change to keep 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addressed NC's House Bill 2 Thursday at the APSE commissioner meetings — On ESPN's ‘Mike & Mike’ morning radio show Thursday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addressed 2017 All-Star Game controversy
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