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David Brooks / New York Times:
Why Is Clinton Disliked? — I understand why Donald Trump is so unpopular. He earned it the old-fashioned way, by being obnoxious, insulting and offensive. But why is Hillary Clinton so unpopular? — She is, at the moment, just as unpopular as Trump.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Trumpian Song of Sexual Violence — As I mentioned yesterday, the three big networks and in fact the major national dailies continue to blast out Donald Trump's charges that Hillary Clinton's husband raped or assaulted other women. And yet, CNN, MSNBC, let alone Fox refuse to discuss …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Kenneth Starr, Who Tried to Bury Bill Clinton, Now Only Praises Him — An unlikely voice recently bemoaned the decline of civility in presidential politics, warned that “deep anger” was fueling an “almost radical populism” and sang the praises of former President Bill Clinton — particularly his …
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NBC News:
First Read: The Most Important Number in the New NBC/WSJ Poll
First Read: The Most Important Number in the New NBC/WSJ Poll
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Sean Illing / Salon:
It must stop now: The media can't allow Trump to make this election about Bill Clinton
It must stop now: The media can't allow Trump to make this election about Bill Clinton
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Campaign Attacks Donald Trump for Housing Bubble Comments
Clinton Campaign Attacks Donald Trump for Housing Bubble Comments
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Top Staffer: Trump's Demonization of Bill Clinton Accusers in 90's Was Just ‘Being a True Friend’
Top Staffer: Trump's Demonization of Bill Clinton Accusers in 90's Was Just ‘Being a True Friend’
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Four months later, Donald Trump says he gave $1 million to veterans group — Almost four months after saying he would give $1 million of his own money to veterans' causes, Republican candidate Donald Trump moved to fulfill that pledge on Monday evening — promising the entire sum to a single charity.
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Trump's Campaign Manager Drops Hint About VP — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has long said he would likely pick a “political person” with government experience as his running mate. — But appearing Tuesday on “CBS This Morning,” Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski got a little bit more specific.
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton has a new weapon against Trump: Elizabeth Warren — COMMERCE, Calif. — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton has a new partner in her battle against Donald Trump: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who gave a speech Tuesday mirroring Clinton's own talking points accusing Trump of profiting from the housing crash of 2008.
Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
Is Donald Trump's Hair a $60,000 Weave? A Gawker Investigation — Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has generated an unceasing torrent of press attention that some estimate to be worth roughly $2 billion. Yet the central mystery at the very core of his persona …
Richard Fry / Pew Research Center's Social …:
For First Time in Modern Era, Living With Parents Edges Out Other Living Arrangements for 18- to 34-Year-Olds — Young Adults' Living Arrangements — For the first time since 1880, Americans ages 18 to 34 are more likely to be living with their parent(s) than in a household shared with a spouse or partner.
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Drew DeSilver / Pew Research Center:
In the U.S. and abroad, more young adults are living with their parents
In the U.S. and abroad, more young adults are living with their parents
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Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
Still panicked about Trump? Don't be — Hey, we need to talk. — Wait, who said that? — It's me, your panicked liberal friend. Remember me? The one who is convinced Donald Trump is going to be our next president and is looking for rental properties in Canada. — Oh, hey, how are you doing?
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Baltimore Sun, New York Post and The Resurgent
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid: ‘Lay off’ Sanders criticism
Reid: ‘Lay off’ Sanders criticism
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton allies blame Bernie for bad polls
Clinton allies blame Bernie for bad polls
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Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God., CANNONFIRE and The Atlantic
Page Six:
Cosby spends millions as lawsuits, criminal case rage on — Bill Cosby admitted to plying teens with booze and drugs before having sex with them, and to having girls regularly dispatched to him by a modeling agency, newly unearthed court papers show. — The comic said that at one point in his career …
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AOL, Hot Air and The Daily Caller
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Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Judge rules Ohio voter rights violated — The GOP-dominated legislature unconstitutionally violated Ohioans' voting rights by eliminating “Golden Week” and other actions that cut access to the ballot, a Republican federal judge ruled today. — Judge Michael H. Watson of U.S. District Court …
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Forbes:
This Silicon Valley Billionaire Has Been Secretly Funding Hulk Hogan's Lawsuits Against Gawker — One of Silicon Valley's best-known investors has been footing a former wrestler's legal bills in lawsuits against a shared enemy. — Peter Thiel, a PayPal cofounder and one of the earliest backers …
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Gawker Founder Suspects a Common Financer Behind Lawsuits
Gawker Founder Suspects a Common Financer Behind Lawsuits
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SFist, RedState, Guardian and DCist, more at Mediagazer »
Literary Hub:
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE — Because, as writers, we are particularly aware of the many ways that language can be abused in the name of power; — Because we believe that any democracy worthy of the name rests on pluralism, welcomes principled disagreement, and achieves consensus through reasoned debate;
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Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:
VA Secretary Bob McDonald Clarifies Comment Comparing Wait Times to Disneyland — VA secretary's comparison of wait times to Disneyland spurs outrage 0:35 — Veteran Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald on Tuesday took an “opportunity to correct” a comparison he made of the long wait for medical care …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The Secret History of the Iran-Deal ‘Echo Chamber’ — A network of advocates, experts and messaging specialists the White House says helped it sell the Iran nuclear deal in 2015 actually began to campaign for such an accord four years earlier, before the real negotiations started.
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New York Post and The Federalist
Harry Yorke / Telegraph:
Car is chased by swarm of bees for two days after queen bee gets stuck in boot — Play! — A grandmother plagued by a huge swarm of bees for more than 24 hours while driving her car home from a nature reserve has spoken about the “incredible” ordeal. — Carol Howarth, 65 …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Great White Hope: Trump Unites Generations Of White Nationalists — BURNS, TENNESSEE—Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump has been accused of dog-whistling to white supremacists ever since he kicked off his campaign in the summer of 2015 and warned against “criminal” Mexican immigrants.
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Daily Kos, Sky Dancing and Shakesville
Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
The child I love — When Maddy Ralston came into this world almost 21 years ago, it was love at first sight. — I cradled her in my arms, my adopted miracle, and couldn't stop crying. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. — As she grew up, Maddy eschewed the traditional girly girl stuff.
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Washington Post, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
IRS Employee Admits He Would Continue Targeting Conservative Groups: 'That's Just the Way It Is' — As the House Judiciary Committee moves forward with the first of two hearings examining whether IRS Commissioner John Koskinen should be impeached for misconduct Tuesday …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Roll Call and RedState
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Sanders campaign requests Kentucky vote recanvass — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign requested a recanvass in Kentucky's presidential primary Tuesday, where he trails Hillary Clinton by less than one-half of 1 percent of the vote.
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Bernie Sanders, Mother Jones, Washington Monthly, The New Civil Rights Movement and CNN
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Muslim lawmaker: Muslims for Trump is like chickens for Colonel Sanders — The first Muslim to be elected to U.S. Congress says Muslims supporting Donald Trump — for president is as ridiculous as chickens cheering for Kentucky Fried Chicken. — “Muslims who support Trump is like chickens …
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Valerie Jarrett Cites ‘Ending Two Wars’ as Obama Accomplishments — White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett was tasked with listing some of the ways President Obama made good on his promise to bring “hope and change” to America during her interview with CBS' “60 Minutes” this weekend.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Reeling From 2016 Chaos, G.O.P. Mulls Overhaul of Primaries — WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Republican Party have begun internal deliberations over making fundamental changes to the way its presidential nominees are chosen, a recognition that the chaotic process that played out this year …
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Stephen Lemons / Phoenix New Times:
Chris Simcox's Three Daughters Testify Against Him in Child Molestation Trial — Former border vigilante Chris Simcox probably won't be getting any Father's Day cards in jail, judging from the testimony of three of his daughters on Monday, during the Minuteman Project co-founder's ongoing trial …
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