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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Clinton's lead over Trump may be bigger than you think — THE MORNING PLUM: — A fresh round of hand-wringing among Democrats broke out over the weekend, and at the core of it was the same old storyline that we keep hearing again and again: Donald Trump is unconventional and unpredictable!
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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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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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Mother Jones, Washington Free Beacon and Instapundit
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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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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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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Emma Roller / New York Times:
Pay No Attention to the Man Atop the Ticket — Last September, the National Republican Senatorial Committee wrote a memo outlining how Republican Senate candidates could run successful campaigns in the unlikely scenario that Donald J. Trump became their party's presidential nominee.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kristol on Trump: At least I'm not ‘a roaring jackass’
CNN:
Never-Trump conservatives search for alternative
Never-Trump conservatives search for alternative
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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 …
Politico:
Sanders: Clinton's not qualified to be president — ‘Bernie Sanders, take back your words about Hillary Clinton,’ her spokesman shot back. — In the city of Brotherly Love, the home of Rocky Balboa, the place where disgruntled Eagles fans once booed Santa Claus, the increasingly personal …
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Animal Rights Protesters Rush Stage at Bernie Sanders Rally in California
Animal Rights Protesters Rush Stage at Bernie Sanders Rally in California
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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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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 …
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
Hillary Clinton's Campaign Was Never Going to Be Easy. But Did It Have to Get This Hard? — In a locker room at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, people are waiting in line to get their pictures taken with Hillary Clinton before a rally in the school's gym.
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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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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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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
GOP senators shoot down Cruz's aid on campaign trail — At least three Republican senators are uninterested in Ted Cruz — helping their reelection bids, according to a new report. — (Ariz.) and Pat Toomey (Pa.) are skeptical of Cruz campaigning alongside them, according to Politico.
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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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BuzzFeed, Taylor Marsh, Althouse and The Moderate Voice
Ben White / Politico:
Shady accounting underpins Trump's wealth — NEW YORK — Donald Trump claims a net worth of more than $10 billion and an income of $557 million. But he appears to get there only by overvaluing properties and ignoring his expenses. — POLITICO spoke with more than a dozen financial experts …
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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Rick Wilson / Heat Street:
Donald Trump's Money Is A Myth - Will He Bankrupt the RNC Too? — How Many Hats Is A Billion? — There has always been a single powerful signifier in the myth of Donald Trump, whether as a developer, a casino operator, a reality TV host, a branding pitchman or as a Presidential candidate.
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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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Vox, Politico and Politicus USA
WFTS:
WATCH: Driver arrested after wild hit-and-run in Tampa — 31-year-old has long list of prior offenses — The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a wild hit-and-run caught on video in Tampa. — Cell phone video shows what appears to be a driver of a silver car deliberately plow down two people on a motorcycle.
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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