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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
It Comes From the Very Top — For months I'd thought and written that Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver was the key driver of toxicity in the the Democratic primary race. Weaver has been highly visible on television, far more than campaign manager's tend to be.
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Vox, Liberal Values, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, First Draft, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Post
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Sacramento Bee:
Bernie Sanders can't afford to stay silent any longer — Rise of extremist supporters causing a rift in the party — In Nevada, Trump-like anger boils over at state convention — Democratic candidate must step up, condemn supporters' actions — A lot of Democrats don't want to admit it …
Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
Come on, Bernie, Time to Level With Your Dreamers — He must stop indulging his people's fantasies, tell them the truth about the math—and get them to stop with all the nasty about Clinton. — Soon and very soon, Bernie Sanders is going to have to help his most ardent fans confront the fact of his defeat.
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Amid Democratic infighting, polls are improving for Trump — appears to be making rapid progress in unifying Republican voters behind his presidential bid even as Democratic discord between backers of Hillary Clinton — reaches new highs. — An NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll released Tuesday …
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Washington Monthly, RedState and Liberal Values
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Liberal allies turning on Bernie Sanders after Nevada donnybrook — THE BIG IDEA: — Bernie Sanders won yesterday's Democratic primary in Oregon by 8 points, and Hillary Clinton has declared victory in Kentucky. The AP says the Bluegrass State remains too close to call.
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Hit & Run, Mother Jones, EconLog, Vox, Let's Talk Nevada, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, FiveThirtyEight and ABC News
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
Clinton, Democrats Confronting Dangerous Divisions Within Party — Split decision in Kentucky, Oregon shows unity elusive — Eruption by Sanders supporters adds to rancor in campaign — Hillary Clinton's claim of a narrow victory in Kentucky and Bernie Sanders' win in Oregon illustrated …
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Politico, The Resurgent, neo-neocon and New York Times
Anthony Brooks / WBUR:
WBUR Poll Finds It'd Be A Close Clinton-Trump Contest In New Hampshire
WBUR Poll Finds It'd Be A Close Clinton-Trump Contest In New Hampshire
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Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Liberal Values and Washington Times
Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Hillary Moves Within 100 Delegates of Nomination
Hillary Moves Within 100 Delegates of Nomination
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Scared Monkeys, Towleroad, Washington Free Beacon and Politico
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sanders camp slams Debbie Wasserman Schultz for ‘throwing shade’
Sanders camp slams Debbie Wasserman Schultz for ‘throwing shade’
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The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, The Hill, BizPac Review, Mediaite, Bloomberg and Common Dreams
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Wins Oregon; Hillary Clinton Declares Victory in Kentucky
Bernie Sanders Wins Oregon; Hillary Clinton Declares Victory in Kentucky
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BillMoyers.com, Outside the Beltway, AOL, BuzzFeed, Althouse, Washington Post, NPR, Political Insider blog and The Week
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
DNC chair rips Sanders response to Nevada chaos
DNC chair rips Sanders response to Nevada chaos
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RedState, Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon, Common Dreams, Truth Revolt, Vox, The Moderate Voice, The Atlantic and The American Spectator
Jill Colvin / U.S. ELECTIONS:
Trump unveils list of his top Supreme Court picks — JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia if he's elected to the White House.
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Hank Stuever / Washington Post:
Megyn Kelly's awkward primetime debut was a little too focused on Megyn Kelly — Greeting her viewers from what appeared to be the bridge of a spaceship made of nutrition-free marshmallow, Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly made an awkward and unimpressive landing with her first hour-long interview special Tuesday night on the Fox network.
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CNNMoney, Althouse, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress and The American Spectator
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Politico:
3 Rs who may go independent — TRUMP'S FALL BATTLE PLAN: Maine, Minnesota, Georgia …
3 Rs who may go independent — TRUMP'S FALL BATTLE PLAN: Maine, Minnesota, Georgia …
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The Daily Caller
Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times:
Review Megyn Kelly goes too easy on Donald Trump in her Fox infomercial, er, special
Review Megyn Kelly goes too easy on Donald Trump in her Fox infomercial, er, special
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Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Media Matters for America and Mediaite
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Megyn Kelly's Fox Debut Brings 4.7 Million Viewers, ‘NCIS’ Dominates in Finale
TV Ratings: Megyn Kelly's Fox Debut Brings 4.7 Million Viewers, ‘NCIS’ Dominates in Finale
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The Gateway Pundit and Daily Mail
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Why Rupert Murdoch Decided to Back Donald Trump
Why Rupert Murdoch Decided to Back Donald Trump
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Slate, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Media Matters for America
Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's viral nightmare: A video of her ‘lying for 13 minutes’ — You could say that it all depends on how you define “lie.” Or, perhaps, that it's hell to have a public record. — Either way, Hillary Clinton's vast résumé of, shall we say, inconsistencies, is the dog that caught the car and won't let go.
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Fox News, The Jawa Report, Hot Air, JustOneMinute and National Review
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Mr. Trump's Wild Ride — Down the homestretch with the impossible nominee. — 'H — ave you seen the latest polls? I'm beating Hillary. Donald Trump was on the phone with a man he had never met, a Republican delegate in Pennsylvania. It was May 2, one day before the Indiana primary election …
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Washington Post, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, The Week and Rewire
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump's appeal stretches to suburbs that had been trending blue — DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — At the Bucks County Democrats' first meeting since the April 26 Pennsylvania primary, one worry dominated: Donald Trump had done better than expected in this blue-leaning exurban expanse north and east of Philadelphia.
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Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Independent Journal …, Guardian, The Daily Caller, The Week and Heat Street
Ben Oldach / WHOTV:
School Mourns 13-Year-Old Killed Tragically in Hammock — DES MOINES, Iowa — A Catholic school is falling on their faith after one of their classmates was tragically killed over the weekend. — Peri Sagun, 13, was on a hammock at her Des Moines home on Saturday.
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Gary Taxali / Mother Jones:
Can This Genius Strategy Stop Big Ag from Dumping Fertilizer Into Drinking Water?
Can This Genius Strategy Stop Big Ag from Dumping Fertilizer Into Drinking Water?
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ThinkProgress
Rose Byrne / CBS News:
Ivanka Trump responds to “disturbing” accusations about her father — The New York Times' front-page exposé of Donald Trump's comments and alleged behavior toward women has brought new scrutiny in recent days, but one powerful woman is standing up for him.
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Little Green Footballs, Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times and Mediaite
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Keagan Harsha / FOX31 Denver:
Kindergartner suspended for bringing bubble gun to class — BRIGHTON, Colo. — A 5 year-old girl was suspended from kindergarten on Monday for bringing a gun to Southeast Elementary School. — It sounds alarming, but the weapon was a bubble gun, a popular plastic toy sold at stores across Colorado.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Hillary Might Have Just Made Her Worst Mistake Ever — At a campaign stop in Kentucky, Hillary Clinton told the crowd that if she were president, she would put her husband Bill “in charge of revitalizing the economy.” The impulse is understandable. The economy of the 1990s was good …
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Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
The Clintons are hitting the big screen (kind of)
The Clintons are hitting the big screen (kind of)
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Betsy's Page and TPNN
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
How I Acted Like A Pundit And Screwed Up On Donald Trump — Since Donald Trump effectively wrapped up the Republican nomination this month, I've seen a lot of critical self-assessments from empirically minded journalists — FiveThirtyEight included, twice over — about what they got wrong on Trump.
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Princeton Election Consortium
Mtschnyder / CBS Dallas:
Shopper Upset Man Allowed To Use Women's Dressing Room In Ross — MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) - A Forney woman says a Ross department store in Mesquite let a man into the women's dressing room Monday. — “I was in the dressing room, when we heard a man's voice,” said Lisa Stickles, who says she quickly told a manager.
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The Federalist Papers and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
George Zimmerman Taunts Trayvon Martin's Parents: 'They Didn't Raise Their Son Right' — The man who killed the teenager and ignited the Black Lives Matter movement explains why he's selling the gun, what he thinks of Hillary and Trump, and why he's the real victim.
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Raw Story, Independent Journal …, AOL, Business Insider, Scared Monkeys, Mediaite, Clash Daily and BizPac Review