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Jerry Brown:
An Open Letter to California Democrats and Independents — On Tuesday, June 7, I have decided to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton because I believe this is the only path forward to win the presidency and stop the dangerous candidacy of Donald Trump. — I have closely watched the primaries …
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Bloomberg:
Kristol Eyes Conservative Lawyer for Independent Presidential Run — Bill Kristol is considering recruiting David French to run against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, two Republicans tell Bloomberg Politics. — MarkHalperin — jheil — Two Republicans intimately familiar …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kristol on Trump: At least I'm not ‘a roaring jackass’ — Bill Kristol may be a loser in Donald Trump's eyes, but at least he's not “a roaring jackass,” the Weekly Standard editor said Tuesday in response to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's verbal attack.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Clinton's lead over Trump may be bigger than you think
Clinton's lead over Trump may be bigger than you think
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Sessions to GOP: Adapt to Trump or die
Sessions to GOP: Adapt to Trump or die
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RedState, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and USA Today
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump taunts media to its face — Donald Trump, whose entire campaign can seem like an experiment in free media, was simply trying to keep a low profile when he held an impromptu, televised fundraiser for veterans groups back in January in lieu of attending a GOP primary debate.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is dead wrong about the ‘sleaze’ media — On Monday, Donald Trump finally made public an accounting of the $5.6 million in charitable donations to veterans groups he gave or raised during an Iowa speech in January. He also took the opportunity — at a news conference at Trump Tower …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Would Donald Trump have killed the gorilla? — New York (CNN)Donald Trump said Tuesday that a Cincinnati zoo “probably had no choice” but to kill a gorilla after a young boy had entered his enclosure. — “It was a very tough call,” the presumptive Republican nominee said at a press conference …
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MichelleMalkin.com, The Hill and The Last Refuge
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Interrupts Press Conference to Call ABC Reporter ‘Sleaze’
Trump Interrupts Press Conference to Call ABC Reporter ‘Sleaze’
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CNN, Mother Jones, Washington Free Beacon and Instapundit
Associated Press:
Where the money went: Trump details fundraising for vets
Where the money went: Trump details fundraising for vets
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Under Fire Over Veterans Donations, Trump Rails Against ‘Sleazy’ Press (VIDEO)
Under Fire Over Veterans Donations, Trump Rails Against ‘Sleazy’ Press (VIDEO)
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Daily Kos
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Inside the origins of Trump's high-octane Twitter account
Inside the origins of Trump's high-octane Twitter account
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Daily Mail and TPNN
Hadas Gold / Politico:
SiriusXM suspends Glenn Beck over Trump conversation — Satellite radio company SiriusXM has suspended Glenn Beck's syndicated show this week and is “evaluating” the program's place over comments made last week by one of Beck's guests. — Last week, fiction writer Brad Thor appeared …
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Breitbart:
SiriusXM Announces Suspension of Glenn Beck over Brad Thor Interview Comments — SiriusXM hosts Stephen K. Bannon and David Webb announced on Breitbart News Daily that SiriusXM has suspended Glenn Beck and Webb will temporarily take over Beck's 9AM to noon Eastern time slot on SiriusXM's Patriot Channel 125.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The most depressing moment of the 2016 race — For those of us with a certain political bent and background, this is the most depressing moment of all. The best of the GOP — Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan, the intellectually serious reformicons who have called attention to issues of poverty …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The United States of Argentina?
The United States of Argentina?
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Supreme Court rules against White House in water pollution case — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against the Obama administration in a case regarding water pollution permits. — The nation's highest court ruled unanimously that a landowner can appeal through the federal court system …
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court rejects constitutional challenge to death penalty
Supreme Court rejects constitutional challenge to death penalty
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Bernie Sanders Fights On: The Rolling Stone Interview — A defiant candidate on what he's trying to achieve — Not even “the math” can spoil a Bernie Sanders rally. The democratic-socialist senator from Vermont has outperformed any rational expectation, building an insurgent campaign …
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Politico:
Sanders: Clinton's not qualified to be president
Sanders: Clinton's not qualified to be president
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Mother Jones, Mashable and Mediaite
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
Tech Giants Vow to Tackle Online Hate Speech Within 24 Hours — Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, unveil code of conduct — Terror attacks show urgent need to address hate posts, says EU — U.S. Internet giants Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., Google and Microsoft Corp. pledged …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Mitch McConnell on endorsing Trump, battling Obama and playing ‘the long game’ — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who learned an early lesson about the value of patience and persistence during a childhood bout with polio, has some advice for Republicans alarmed …
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Parents-of-four whose son fell into zoo enclosure sparking killing of Harambe the gorilla as it emerges father has a lengthy criminal history - including kidnap and drug trafficking — Harambe was fatally shot after their four-year-old boy crawled past a railing and fell 15ft into the gorilla exhibit moat
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Over the Waterfall Into Trump's Racist Abyss — Some events are important to take note of. One of them happened on Friday when the Republican nominee for President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, again used a campaign rally to launch into a racist tirade against the federal judge presiding …
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
Trump University ‘playbooks’ to be revealed
Trump University ‘playbooks’ to be revealed
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ThinkProgress, Media Matters for America, CNN, American Bridge PAC and Politicus USA
Bob Owens / Bearing Arms:
BREAKING: EPIX Pulls Katie Couric's Fraudulent Documentary “Under The Gun” — Just two weeks after first airing and one week after director Stephanie Soechtig and executive producer/narrator Katie Couric were caught in a scandal where Soechtig replaced the answer to a question with footage shot …
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Townhall.com, BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, Guns.com and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Caleb Howe / RedState:
This Is The Dumbest, Fakest, Didn't Happenest Thing Hillary Ever Said — Let's skip the intro and get down to the brass tacks here. In an interview with New York Magazine, Hillary Clinton said this: … Here are the five things that make this fake. — 1) I really admire you. — 2) I really like you.
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Yahoo, Political Wire and The Daily Caller
JH Ahn / NK News:
North Korean editorial supports Donald Trump — A North Korean editorial on Tuesday said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump can bring about North Korea's “Yankee Go Home” slogan and ultimately help unify the Korean Peninsula. — The article published in state media outlet DPRK Today …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Seven Broken Guardrails of Democracy — A long time ago, more than 20 years in fact, the Wall Street Journal published a powerful, eloquent editorial, simply headlined: “No Guardrails.” … Twenty years later, that same newspaper is edging toward open advocacy in favor of Donald Trump …
Rush Limbaugh:
The Press Conference Republican Voters Have Wanted to See for Years — RUSH: Say what you will about Donald Trump — how many years have people been begging for a Republican to just once take on the media the way Trump did? All the way from the premise, to the details, to the motivation.
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Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Ernst / National Review:
Class, Trump, and the Election — If the ‘high IQs’ of the establishment have let America down, where is a voter to turn? — Donald Trump seems to have offended almost every possible identity group. But the New York billionaire still also seems to appeal to the working classes …
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Washington Post:
One group Trump donated to benefits fundraisers, not veterans — One of the charities that Donald Trump selected to receive a donation from his veterans' fundraiser is a group with a rating of “F” from CharityWatch, and has been criticized in the past for spending less than half of its incoming donations on programs that help veterans.