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Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News — Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network's influential “trending” news section, according to a former journalist who worked on the project.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
‘I think he could come apart’ — Mark Salter, the most prominent and most defiant Republican to announce his support of Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, thinks the 2016 campaign could literally — no joke — drive the billionaire developer insane. — Salter, one of McCain's top aides during …
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Megan Cassella / Reuters:
Speaker Ryan says he would step down as Republican convention chair if Trump asks: report — U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Monday he would step down as chairman of the Republican Party's July convention if presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump asked him to do so, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter said on Twitter.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Warning to Paul Ryan Signals Further G.O.P. Discord
Donald Trump's Warning to Paul Ryan Signals Further G.O.P. Discord
JSOnline:
Ryan says he would step down as convention chair if Trump asks
Ryan says he would step down as convention chair if Trump asks
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Politicus USA and Guardian
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
For some Republicans, Trump-Clinton matchup is ‘nightmare’
For some Republicans, Trump-Clinton matchup is ‘nightmare’
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Mother Jones and Associated Press
CNN:
Poll: 6-in-10 oppose bills like the North Carolina transgender bathroom law — Washington (CNN)Americans broadly oppose laws that would require transgender people to use facilities that correspond with their gender at birth rather than their gender identity, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll …
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Joshua Berlinger / CNN:
Showdown looms over North Carolina's bathroom bill — (CNN)It's deadline day for North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory. — The U.S. Justice Department sent his office a letter Wednesday claiming that the state's controversial bathroom law is in violation of the Civil Rights Act.
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Associated Press:
North Carolina Governor Files Lawsuit Over LGBT Rights Law
North Carolina Governor Files Lawsuit Over LGBT Rights Law
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
North Carolina Sues Feds Over Controversial LGBT Law
North Carolina Sues Feds Over Controversial LGBT Law
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Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Dozens of Parents Sue DOE Over Illinois Transgender Bathroom Law
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump enlists Christie to head White House transition team — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will serve as the chairman of Donald Trump's transition team should he win the presidency, the presumptive Republican nominee's campaign announced Monday. — “Governor Christie is an extremely knowledgeable …
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RedState, New York Times, Daily Kos and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama itches for Trump fight — President Obama can't wait to take on Donald Trump — Obama has been largely sidelined in the presidential contest, a last-year officeholder with high approval ratings who has repeatedly shown he likes to spar with political foes.
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Politico and Heat Street
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Christie to lead Trump White House transition team
Christie to lead Trump White House transition team
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: U.S. can never default because it prints money — Donald Trump assailed the media on Monday for what he said was a misrepresentation of his comments on debt, rejecting the notion that he would have the United States default on his debt. — “I said if we can buy back government debt as a discount.
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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Democrats, don't celebrate Trump's nomination. Fear it. — I know the polls say Donald Trump cannot win. But what if we are looking at the wrong poll question? — What if Trump's overwhelming negatives don't matter? Or, to put it another way, what if the country's negatives matter more?
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Rapper Azealia Banks Endorses Trump - Says Hillary Talks to Black People “Like We're Pets”
Rapper Azealia Banks Endorses Trump - Says Hillary Talks to Black People “Like We're Pets”
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
I Am Going To Vote For Trump Though It Makes Me Want To Projectile Vomit
I Am Going To Vote For Trump Though It Makes Me Want To Projectile Vomit
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Hot Air
Reuters:
Democrats gird for fight with Trump in U.S. Rust Belt states — CLEVELAND/NEW YORK - Bracing for a general election fight with Donald Trump, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton and her allies are putting resources into industrial states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania to try …
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Bernie Sanders cancels meeting with HIV activists
Bernie Sanders cancels meeting with HIV activists
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Los Angeles Times:
High school yearbook misidentifies Muslim student as ‘Isis Phillips’ — A high school yearbook is supposed to be a keepsake, but for a Muslim student in Rancho Cucamonga it will be a painful reminder of being misidentified as “Isis Phillips” in a photo that showed her smiling and wearing a hijab.
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
GOP operatives on the prowl for secret Clinton transcripts — Republican operatives are scouring the country for transcripts, notes or secret recordings of Hillary Clinton — 's paid speeches to Goldman Sachs in hopes of finding damaging material for the general election.
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Ben Rhodes:
How We Advocated for the Iran Deal — In recent years, few things have been as exhaustively debated or written about than the Iran deal. — That debate reignited this week after a long article about me included a section about the Iran deal. There are many issues raised in an article of this length …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, The Last Tradition, Mediaite and Politico
Bobby Jindal / Wall Street Journal:
I'm Voting Trump, Warts and All — I stand by all my criticisms of the New Yorker, but the stakes for the country are too great to elect Clinton. — Some of my fellow Republicans have declared they will never, under any circumstances, vote for Donald Trump.
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Washington Times, New York Times and Althouse
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
He'll Do It His Way — Don't expect a New Trump. — If you're expecting Donald Trump to change now that he's the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, forget it. Trump says he can act presidential any time he wants to. But that time rarely comes. There's a reason for this.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Cashing in: Illegal immigrants get $1,261 more welfare than American families, $5,692 vs. $4,431 — Illegal immigrant households receive an average of $5,692 in federal welfare benefits every year, far more than the average “native” American household, at $4,431, according to a new report on the cost of immigration released Monday.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
RNC Chair: Trump Should Reassure GOP That He Won't Change The Party Platform — Priebus said Trump standing by the current platform and releasing names of potential Supreme Court nominees would ease the anxiety of some in the party. — Kevin Lamarque / Reuters — w.soundcloud.com
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