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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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USA Today, New York Times, RedState, Newser and Joe.My.God.
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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
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is dead wrong about the ‘sleaze’ media
Donald Trump is dead wrong about the ‘sleaze’ media
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RedState, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post and Slantpoint
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
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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The Daily Caller, The Last Refuge, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Mike Cernovich Presents …
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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The Right Scoop and Washington Free Beacon
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court rejects constitutional challenge to death penalty — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal asserting that the death penalty violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment filed by a Louisiana man convicted of fatally shooting his pregnant former girlfriend.
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Crime and Consequences Blog, Harvard Law and Policy Review, The Week and ACS Blog
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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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.
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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, USA Today and Talking Points Memo
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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TPNN and Daily Mail
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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Shakesville and BNR
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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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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
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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Cincinnati.com, The Root, BizPac Review, Raw Story, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Jezebel, FOX News Radio and Mediaite
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Would Donald Trump have killed the gorilla?
Would Donald Trump have killed the gorilla?
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MichelleMalkin.com, The Hill and The Last Refuge
EU Press Room:
European Commission and IT Companies announce Code of Conduct on illegal online hate speech — The Commission together with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft ("the IT companies") today unveil a code of conduct that includes a series of commitments to combat the spread of illegal hate speech online in Europe.
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Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
Tech Giants Vow to Tackle Online Hate Speech Within 24 Hours
Tech Giants Vow to Tackle Online Hate Speech Within 24 Hours
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Tools of Renewal and East County Magazine
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 …
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, New York Magazine and The Daily Caller
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, Guns.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Daily Caller
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 …
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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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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Taylor Marsh, Althouse, BuzzFeed 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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Vince Chadwick / Politico:
Twitter suspends @DarthPutinKGB account mocking Vladimir Putin — A number of accounts spoofing Russia and its leaders have been banned from the social media site. — A popular Twitter account impersonating Russian President Vladimir Putin has been suspended, the latest in a series …
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Hot Air
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.
Rasmussen Reports:
50% Say Clinton Should Keep Running Even If Indicted — Most continue to believe likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is a lawbreaker, but half of all voters also say a felony indictment shouldn't stop her campaign for the presidency. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone …
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Hot Air and The Last Refuge
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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