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A liberal case for Donald Trump: The lesser of two evils is not at all clear in 2016 — Is there one? A Trump presidency needn't be a nightmare for the left. On many issues, Clinton presidency might be — There are perhaps no three words more jarring to liberals than “President Donald Trump.”
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JustOneMinute and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Insiders: Clinton would crush Trump in November — In the swing states that matter most in the presidential race, Donald Trump doesn't have a prayer against Hillary Clinton in the general election. — That's according to top operatives, strategists and activists in 10 battleground states …
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USA Today, CNN, NBC News, Hot Air, Raw Story, Towleroad, Outside the Beltway, Vox and Washington Post

Wrath of the Conned — Maybe we need a new cliché: It ain't over until Carly Fiorina sings. Anyway, it really is over — definitively on the Democratic side, with high probability on the Republican side. And the results couldn't be more different. — Think about where we were a year ago.
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Balloon Juice


Clinton On Trump Attacks: I've Dealt With Men Who Are ‘Off The Reservation’
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CNN

Hillary Clinton: I have experience with men ‘off the reservation’ like Donald Trump

Marco Rubio warming up to Donald Trump
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Hot Air, New York Magazine and The Right Scoop

Trump: Clinton ‘dishonest’ and an ‘enabler’
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BuzzFeed, Politico and BizPac Review


Protests rage outside Trump rally in Orange County; 17 arrested, police car smashed — Hundreds of demonstrators filled the street outside the Orange County amphitheater where Donald Trump held a rally Thursday night, stomping on cars, hurling rocks at motorists and forcefully declaring …
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Live updates from California Republican Party convention: Trump arrives for lunch speech as protests get more intense — Welcome to a special edition of Essential Politics, our live feed from the California Republican Party convention in Burlingame. Here's a quick glance at the agenda.
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New York Magazine


From bikers to truckers, pro-Trump groups plan forceful presence in Cleveland
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NewsBusters


Will Ferrell pulls out of Reagan Alzheimer's comedy — Will Ferrell has backed out of a comedy about Ronald Reagan's struggle with Alzheimer's disease following outrage from the former president's family. — The 48-year-old comic confirmed Friday that while he had seen the script …
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RedState, Fox News, Mediaite, NBC News, The Daily Signal, Daily Mail, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Complex, Hot Air, TheBlaze.com, Heat Street and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Fiorina rips Trump for touting Mike Tyson endorsement — Ted Cruz's vice-presidential pick Carly Fiorina on Friday slammed Donald Trump for boasting of a Mike Tyson endorsement this week. — The Republican presidential front-runner told supporters in Indiana on Wednesday that he had the support …
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RedState, The Daily Caller, BuzzFeed, Washington Times, Talking Points Memo, Independent Journal …, Hot Air, Weekly Standard and BizPac Review
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The remarkable lameness of Mike Pence's Ted Cruz endorsement
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CNN, Indianapolis Star, Business Insider, Guardian, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Daily Caller

Indiana Gov. Pence offers tepid endorsement of Cruz
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FiveThirtyEight and Talking Points Memo


Glenn Beck Films Humiliating Video Of Himself Rubbing Face In Cheetos (VIDEO) — Can someone check on Glenn Beck? Is everything alright, buddy? — To make some vaguely anti-Donald Trump point, the conservative pundit rounded up some friends to completely and utterly humiliate themselves in front of the whole internet on Friday.
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Right Wing Watch, Glenn Beck, The Daily Beast and Towleroad
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40 Layoffs as Glenn Beck's Blaze Empire Continues Its Decline and Fall
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The Daily Caller and THE MARSHALL REPORT

If Not Trump, What? — Donald Trump now looks set to be the Republican presidential nominee. So for those of us appalled by this prospect — what are we supposed to do? — Well, not what the leaders of the Republican Party are doing. They're going down meekly and hoping for a quiet convention.
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the daily howler, The San Diego Union …, Mother Jones, No More Mister Nice Blog, alicublog, Balloon Juice, alan.com and Politico


Today, I want to update you on some important progress we've made to protect our communities from gun violence. As I said in January, these commonsense steps are not going to prevent every tragedy, but what if they prevented even one? We should be doing everything we can to save lives …
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ABC News, Blog Daily Listings RSS, Mother Jones, New York Times, Politico, Washington Post, Mediaite and Media Matters for America
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NRCC blasts ‘60 Minutes’ story, hidden cameras — The National Republican Congressional Committee Friday accused “60 Minutes” of broadcasting a piece with “largely false information” and Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) of spreading lies on the broadcast— the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter Republican …
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RedState, Florida Politics, The Daily Caller and LawNewz
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GOP campaign chief: We won't lose the House
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Politico and Talking Points Memo

11-year-old protects Talladega home against intruder — Chris Gaither, 11, shot a home intruder Wednesday morning — Home school student Chris Gaither, 11, was alone Wednesday morning when he heard a noise. — Someone had broken into his house and walked upstairs.


Lawmakers reject John Wayne Day over racism concerns — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — What a California lawmaker intended as a benign resolution honoring a late, world-renowned movie icon exploded into an emotional debate over decades-old racist comments. — The state Assembly defeated …
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Fox News, BizPac Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, TPNN, The Week, Althouse and Associated Press
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California Assembly rejects resolution honoring John Wayne
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NBC News, CBS Los Angeles, LawNewz, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and LAist


Obama to attend final White House Correspondents Dinner — It is almost time again for the annual gathering of journalists, politicians, athletes and celebrities known inside the Beltway as “nerd prom” — and to the rest of the country as the White House Correspondents Dinner.
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‘Billy on the Street’ dreams of Melania in the White House
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Supreme Court Gives FBI More Hacking Power — The Supreme Court on Thursday approved changes that would make it easier for the FBI to hack into computers, including those belonging to victims of cybercrime. The changes will take effect in December, unless Congress adopts competing legislation.
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U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Common Dreams, Just Security, The Atlantic, Defense One, The Verge, ThinkProgress and The Hill
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A Supreme Court Challenge for Democrats
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Power Line, Bloomberg, Constitution Daily, National Review, SCOTUSblog, Democracy in America and The Huffington Post


Unmasking the Men Behind Zero Hedge, Wall Street's Renegade Blog — The veil is lifted on a secretive website. — Colin Lokey, also known as “Tyler Durden,” is breaking the first rule of Fight Club: You do not talk about Fight Club. He's also breaking the second rule of Fight Club.


Weasel Apparently Shuts Down World's Most Powerful Particle Collider — A small mammal has sabotaged the world's most powerful scientific instrument. — The Large Hadron Collider, a 17-mile superconducting machine designed to smash protons together at close to the speed of light, went offline last night.
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The Atlantic, Gawker, Raw Story, New York Magazine, Mashable and Engadget


The U.S. Is Sitting on a Mountain of Cheese — Move over bacon, we have a new food glut to deal with. — When bacon was abundant it was everywhere: in your jam, on seemingly every burger, even flavoring bourbon. So if history is any guide, this year's food trend should be extra cheese.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion