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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Tech Company: We Will Put Up $10 Million For Bernie-Trump Debate — WASHINGTON — A technology investment company has offered to put up the $10 million for charity that Donald Trump said on Thursday would be needed to hold a debate with Bernie Sanders. — [Update at 4:38 p.m. …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donald Trump backs out of debate with Bernie Sanders — Donald Trump will not participate in a debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee said in a statement Friday. — In a statement, Trump slammed Sanders, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton …
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Little Green Footballs and The American Spectator
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Die-Hard Bernie Sanders Backers See F.B.I. as Answer to Their Prayers — ANAHEIM, Calif. — Senator Bernie Sanders may be trailing Hillary Clinton by hundreds of delegates, and Mrs. Clinton may be treating the Democratic nomination as hers, but Julie Crowell, a stay-at-home mother …
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
‘Mr. Trump, What Are You Afraid Of?’ Sanders Responds After Donald Backs From Debate — Donald Trump backed down from much-hyped hypothetical debate he wanted to have with Sen. Bernie Sanders. — Trump, who has now secured enough delegates to clinch the Republican nomination, said that …
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The Hill and The American Spectator
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sanders camp: Maybe Trump is ‘chickening out’ of debate
Sanders camp: Maybe Trump is ‘chickening out’ of debate
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Comedy Central and Guardian
Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON DEBATING BERNIE SANDERS
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON DEBATING BERNIE SANDERS
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Fellow Liberals, Let's Stop Doing These Things
Fellow Liberals, Let's Stop Doing These Things
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Washington Monthly and Washington Post
Mark Plotkin / The Hill:
Why Wasserman Schultz must go
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Young Turks host offers $1M for Trump, Sanders debate
Young Turks host offers $1M for Trump, Sanders debate
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Campaign Stumbles as It Tries to Go Big — BISMARCK, N.D. — A constant stream of changes and scuffles are roiling Donald J. Trump's campaign team, including the abrupt dismissal this week of his national political director. — A sense of paranoia is growing among …
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Nominee or not, why is Trump still smacking Republicans around? — It took some unknown number-cruncher at the AP to make it official, but the media went into breaking-news mode yesterday in declaring Donald Trump the Republican nominee. — He was, of course, already the de facto nominee.
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Washington Times, Patterico's Pontifications and Hot Air
Larry O'Connor / Hot Air:
Welp... Hillary doesn't know how to use a computer — We're told that Hillary Clinton is the smartest, most qualified and most capable person to ever run for President. Ever. … Let's face it, we're lucky that she's even lowering herself to the demeaning process of having to earn votes in the presidential election.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Feds fight to prevent Clinton deposition in email case — The Obama administration is trying to prevent former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — from being deposed in an ongoing open records case connected to her use of a private email server. — Late Thursday evening …
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Hot Air
Kevin Grasha / Cincinnati.com:
At 96, Dr. Heimlich finally uses his life-saving technique — When he heard that a resident was choking, Perry Gaines, maître d' for the Deupree House dining room, ran toward the table. — Gaines has been trained in the Heimlich maneuver and has performed it at least twice …
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New York Times, NPR, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Raw Story, Al Jazeera English, The Week, KTLA, CBS New York, WTVR-TV and Shakesville
CNNMoney:
Donald Trump under oath: Trump University's promises crumble — The ads for his university were classic Donald Trump — Trump stares into the camera and proclaims: — “We're going to have professors and adjunct professors that are absolutely terrific people, terrific brains, successful.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Withheld Alimony From Marla Maples When She Threatened His Presidential Ambitions — “Our purpose was to send a message that she was playing close to the fire. That should slow her down,” Trump's lawyer said at the time. — Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images
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bioRxiv:
Report of Partial findings from the National Toxicology Program Carcinogenesis Studies of Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation in Hsd: Sprague Dawley® SD rats (Whole Body Exposure) — Abstract — The US National Toxicology Program (NTP) has carried out extensive rodent toxicology …
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Ryan Knutson / Wall Street Journal:
Cellphone-Cancer Link Found in Government Study
Cellphone-Cancer Link Found in Government Study
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CNN:
Obama in Hiroshima calls for ‘world without nuclear weapons’ — Hiroshima (CNN)Barack Obama on Friday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, where he called for a “world without nuclear weapons” during his remarks at the city's Peace Memorial Park. — Obama visits Hiroshima
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Curtis Houck / NewsBusters:
Brian Williams: U.S. Is ‘The Only Nation to Have Used’ Nuclear Weapons ‘In Anger’
Brian Williams: U.S. Is ‘The Only Nation to Have Used’ Nuclear Weapons ‘In Anger’
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Townhall.com, Washington Free Beacon and Instapundit
Tom Phillips / Guardian:
World's scariest school run? Chinese children tackle 800-metre cliff — Children as young as six from Atuler village in Sichuan province have to scale a huge rockface using rickety ladders — Authorities in south-west China have vowed to come to the aid of an isolated mountain village …
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Washington Post, Newser, The Week and Shanghaiist
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Jonah Bromwich / New York Times:
Chinese Detergent Ad Draws Charges of Racism — A Chinese laundry detergent commercial has spurred outrage online, with many social media users accusing it of blatant racism. — In the commercial for Qiaobi laundry detergent, an Asian woman shoves a detergent pod into the mouth of a black worker …
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Atlanta Black Star, Vox, Althouse and Shanghaiist
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Jarrod Alonge / BuzzFeed:
We Found It — The Most Racist Ad Of 2016
We Found It — The Most Racist Ad Of 2016
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Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Shanghaiist, Independent Journal … and Newser
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump has exposed Marco Rubio — In the late stages of his doomed presidential campaign, Sen. Marco Rubio declared that the front-runner for his party's nomination was “a con artist.” But it turns out that Donald Trump wasn't the only GOP presidential candidate pulling the wool over people's eyes.
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Carson: Trump starting to believe in ‘greater power’ — is starting to believe in “a greater power” and is praying more often. — Trump's former presidential rival, a key surrogate and possible vice presidential pick, told The Hill on Friday that he believes Trump is becoming more spiritual.
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Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
Trump's California Drought Plan: “We're Going To Start Opening Up The Water” — The Republican presidential candidate suggested California should stop “taking the water and shoving it out to sea.” The comment suggests he'd divert water away from wetlands and toward farms. — Chris Carlson / AP
David Roberts / Vox:
Donald Trump's horrifying gullibility, as revealed in his energy speech — Donald Trump's speech this week at a petroleum conference in North Dakota showcased the energy policies we can expect from a Trump administration. But more importantly, it revealed a great deal about how Trump will develop and manage policy.
Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Amber Heard Accuses Johnny Depp of Domestic Violence with Graphic Photo of Bruise: ‘This Was Not an Isolated Event,’ Says Source — Amber Heard has filed a domestic violence restraining order against Johnny Depp, as a source tells PEOPLE “this was not an isolated event.”
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New York Times:
Text of President Obama's Speech in Hiroshima, Japan — The following is a transcript of President Obama's speech in Hiroshima, Japan, as recorded by The New York Times. — Seventy-one years ago, on a bright cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed.
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Bernie Sanders Gets In Snippy Exchange With California Radio Hosts — “All right, look, if you don't like government, my friend, that's fine,” the Democratic presidential candidate said in a contentious interview on the John and Ken Show on KFI radio. — David Mcnew / AFP / Getty Images
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Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Peter Sterne / Politico:
The fall of Salon.com — A Facebook page dedicated to celebrating the 20th anniversary of digital media pioneer Salon is functioning as a crowdsourced eulogy. — Dozens of Salon alumni have, over the past several months, posted their favorite stories from and memories …
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ABC News:
Police Separate Pro-Trump and Anti-Trump Groups in San Diego — Police in riot gear were called in to separate Donald Trump protesters and supporters Friday afternoon after they clashed outside a rally for the presumptive Republican nominee in San Diego, California.
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