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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 …
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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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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Melts Down In Epic Whinefest — Donald Trump is pissed off again. Surprise! This morning he held a press conference to announce who was getting the money from his January veterans fundraiser, and immediately proceeded to tee off on the press for...lèse-majesté?
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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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RedState, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Media Matters for America, New York Magazine, Slantpoint and The Atlantic
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.
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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Associated Press:
Where the money went: Trump details fundraising for vets
Where the money went: Trump details fundraising for vets
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ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, Reuters and Jezebel
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The United States of Argentina?
The United States of Argentina?
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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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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Glenn Beck Suspended After On-Air Talk Of ‘Patriot’ Taking Out Prez Trump (AUDIO)
Glenn Beck Suspended After On-Air Talk Of ‘Patriot’ Taking Out Prez Trump (AUDIO)
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Hullabaloo
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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Nick Gass / Politico:
Reporter asks Trump about Cincinnati gorilla, is shamed — Usually when reporters ask about the gorilla in the room, it's not an actual gorilla. — Not so Tuesday, when between reporter queries about his potential running mate and his policies on veterans' health care …
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Cincinnati.com, Althouse and Truth Revolt
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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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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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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Annie Snider / Politico:
Supreme Court ruling means more Clean Water Act lawsuits are likely
Supreme Court ruling means more Clean Water Act lawsuits are likely
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SCOTUSblog and Washington Post
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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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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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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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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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 Hullabaloo
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Called Daryl Hannah “A Six” Who Needs A Bath During A 1993 Spat — “I see her a lot at Knicks games, and, I tell you, she doesn't even understand basketball,” Trump said of Hannah. — Donald Trump's response to women who criticize him is often to malign their physical appearance.
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Fox News:
First baby born with Zika-linked microcephaly in New York tri-state area — The unidentified baby was born Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center where doctors confirmed she is suffering from Zika-linked microcephaly. (Fox News/Hackensack University Medical Center)
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STAT
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Alan Grayson marries candidate who wants to replace him — Congressman had formerly protested report on ties to Dena Minning — One of Dena Minning's biggest assets in her congressional bid was her boyfriend: incumbent Alan Grayson, who's leaving the U.S. House to run for U.S. Senate.
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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 …
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Washington Monthly
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 …
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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The Gateway Pundit and Politico
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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Instapundit
USA Today:
Hillary Clinton broke the rules: Our view — As secretary of State, she ignored repeated warnings about email security. — Everyone, including Hillary Clinton, now agrees that the newly confirmed secretary of State made a mistake in 2009 when she decided, for the sake of “convenience,” …
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Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, Taylor Marsh, Althouse, The Moderate Voice and BuzzFeed
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
NRA Tells Parents To Keep Guns In Kids' Rooms For Safety — LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY — During a seminar on “home defense concepts” at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Louisville, an instructor encouraged gun owners to store firearms in their children's bedrooms.
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