memeorandum: Ex-Employees Criticize Trump University, Calling It ‘Scheme’ and ‘Total Lie’ (Jacob Gershman/Wall Street Journal)

2:50 PM ET, June 1, 2016

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Former Trump University Workers Call the School a ‘Lie’ and a ‘Scheme’ in Testimony — In blunt testimony revealed on Tuesday, former managers of Trump University, the for-profit school started by Donald J. Trump, portray it as an unscrupulous business that relied on high-pressure sales tactics …

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Matt Ford / The Atlantic:

The Art of the Swindle — Predators, by and large, do not attack the strongest prey in the wild. They instead target the vulnerable, the very young, and the very old—the prey that is least able to defend itself. — Trump University, the defunct real-estate education program created …

Discussion: New York Times, Common Dreams and Guardian

New York Times:

Donald Trump and the Judge — Donald Trump's presidential candidacy presents decent people everywhere with a dilemma: Sprayed with an open fire hose of schoolyard insults, locker-room vulgarities and bizarre policy pitches by the presumptive Republican nominee, they must make hard choices.

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, BillMoyers.com, Hit & Run, NPR and Talking Points Memo

Nick Gass / Politico:

Clinton camp leverages Rubio ‘con man’ hit on Trump — Hillary Clinton's campaign on Wednesday looked to take up the mantle of Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio, who once denounced Donald Trump as a “con man,” kicking off a series of tweets hitting the presumptive GOP nominee for his business practices …

Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News, Political Wire, The Daily Caller, Shakesville and Joe.My.God.

Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
What Donald Trump Thinks Judges Are Good For

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Washington Post:
Trump involved in crafting controversial Trump University ads, executive testified

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Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Employees Criticize Trump University, Calling It ‘Scheme’ and ‘Total Lie’

Discussion: Guardian, Mother Jones and CNN

UCLA:

Police investigating shooting on campus, 2 dead — Police have confirmed that two people are dead in a shooting at UCLA's Engineering IV building. Police are now sweeping the building, looking for a shooter. — Police are investigating a shooting in Engineering IV.

Discussion: Associated Press, KSNG-TV, The Daily Caller, The Right Scoop, KQED News, New Urban Legends, Newser, New York Magazine and New York Times

Los Angeles Times:

Two dead in shooting at UCLA, campus on lockdown — Joseph Serna , Richard Winton , Hailey Branson-Potts , James Queally and Kate Mather Contact Reporters — Two people were killed in a shooting at UCLA on Wednesday morning, prompting a massive response from local and federal law enforcement, the LAPD confirmed.

Discussion: CNN, mrctv.org/videos, FOX31 Denver, Raw Story and The Week

Cindyvonquednowktla / KTLA:
2 Dead in UCLA Shooting; Campus on Lockdown

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Lauren Meltzer / CBS Los Angeles:
Police Investigate Shooting On UCLA Campus; 2 Killed

Discussion: CBS New York, CBS Baltimore, NPR and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Police: 2 Victims In Shooting At UCLA Engineering Building

Discussion: The Atlantic, Washington Post, ABC News, The Daily Caller, USA TODAY College, Bearing Arms, LAist, CBS News, Deadline and Associated Press

Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:

The Donald Trump Conversation: Politics' “Dark Heart” Is Having the Best Time Anyone's Ever Had — At home in Beverly Hills, the candidate talks Murdoch, what he's reading, how he'll redo electoral math and Ari Emanuel's offer to script his convention. — The long day is ending for Donald Trump …

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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Appears Unfamiliar With Term ‘Brexit’

Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller and The Atlantic

Douglas E. Schoen / Wall Street Journal:

Clinton Might Not Be the Nominee — A Sanders win in California would turbocharge the mounting Democratic unease about her viability. — There is now more than a theoretical chance that Hillary Clinton may not be the Democratic nominee for president. — How could that happen …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Examiner, RedState, CANNONFIRE, naked capitalism and Washington Post

Anne Gearan / Washington Post:

Clinton launching national security case against Trump in California speech — Retired Army Col. Peter Mansoor plans to vote for Hillary Clinton for president this year, but not because the longtime Republican and former top aide to then-Gen. David Petraeus has had a political conversion.

Discussion: Bloomberg.com, Daily Kos and The Week

Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Leading liberals begin new push to unify Democrats around Clinton

Discussion: Politicus USA

Todd S. Purdum / Politico: Whither Jerry Brown Goes, So Will Many Democrats

Matthew Herper / Forbes:

From $4.5 Billion To Nothing: Forbes Revises Estimated Net Worth Of Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes — Last year, Elizabeth Holmes topped the FORBES list of America's Richest Self-Made Women with a net worth of $4.5 billion. Today, FORBES is lowering our estimate of her net worth to nothing.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Newser and The Reality-Based Community

Harper Neidig / The Hill:

Half of voters think Clinton's private email server use was illegal — Half of all voters think that Hillary Clinton — 's use of a private email server during her time as secretary of State was illegal, according to a new Morning Consult poll released Wednesday.

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Annie Karni / Politico:
Emails block Clinton's pivot to positive

Discussion: The Hill, ABC News, RedState and NBC News

ESPN:

Kenneth Starr stepping down as Baylor chancellor — Kenneth Starr is resigning as chancellor at Baylor in the wake of a huge shakeup at the university, but he will continue to teach in the law school, the former school president told ESPN's Joe Schad on Wednesday.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico, Washington Post and Political Wire

Stacey Burling / Philly.com:

Study: More Americans are having gay sex — A growing number of Americans are having gay sex, or at least admitting to it. And that's OK with more and more of us. — “People over time are reporting more same-sex sexual experiences than ever before,” said Brooke Wells …

Kara O'Neill / Mirror.co.uk:

Secret apocalypse bunker ‘buried beneath Denver airport as US government prepares for end of days’ — Some believe that the airport is hiding a series of tunnels and secret bases that will be used in the event of the end of the world — Conspiracy theorists claim a secret bunker …

Kevin Litten / New Orleans Times-Picayune:

Louisiana begins enrolling 375,000 people into Medicaid — Gov. John Bel Edwards unveils “Healthy Louisiana,” the replacement for Bayou Health, during a news conference at CareSouth Center in Baton Rouge. … Department of Health and Hospitals will begin the massive task Wednesday (June 1) …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Hayride

Katy O'Donnell / Politico:

How the GOP effort to oust IRS chief could backfire — For over a year, House conservatives have been clamoring to remove IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. But now that the impeachment process is moving forward, they face a delicate decision: Are they willing to toss 200-plus years of precedent to bring him down?

Discussion: Daily Kos and Politicus USA

ESPN:

PGA Tour to move tournament from Trump Doral to Mexico City — DUBLIN, Ohio — The longtime PGA Tour event at Miami's Trump Doral resort is leaving South Florida and heading to Mexico City in 2017, with an official announcement scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at the Memorial Tournament.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Robert Costa / Washington Post:

Conservative Tennessee attorney David French is urged to enter presidential race as independent — Tennessee attorney David French, who in recent years has become a prominent right-wing writer, is being urged by some conservative leaders to make a late entry into the 2016 presidential race …

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Anya / People.com:

House Speaker Paul Ryan Reveals ‘the Hardest Question’ He Gets (and It's Not About Donald Trump) — Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan says he wasn't trying to make parenting history last fall when he accepted the job of House Speaker on one condition: weekends off at home with his wife and their three kids.

Discussion: Politico

Joe Pappalardo / Popular Mechanics:

The XCOR Lynx Spaceplane Might Be Down for the Count — With its anchor tenant's spaceplane put on ice, can one Texas spaceport shrug it off? — It is bound to happen. There are so many space vehicles being designed, tested, and funded that some will never fly.

CNN:

Source: Obama ‘ready to explode’ onto 2016 campaign trail — (CNN)President Barack Obama heads to Elkhart, Indiana, on Wednesday to tout the economic progress made since his first visit there in 2009, but he is also expected to wade into the 2016 election — and he's “ready to go” on the campaign trail, a source says.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Kos

Agence France-Presse:

Dalai Lama says ‘too many’ refugees in Europe — BERLIN: Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama said in an interview published that Europe has accepted “too many” refugees, and that they should eventually return to help rebuild their home countries. — “When we look into the face of every single refugee …

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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:

Larry Pratt: If Conservatives Lose The Supreme Court, We May ‘Have To Resort To The Bullet Box’ — Larry Pratt, the executive director emeritus of Gun Owners of America, said on his “Gun Owners News Hour” radio program this weekend that if a Democrat wins the White House …

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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:

Records: Hillary Clinton Has Donated $70,000 To Veterans — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill Clinton have donated $70,000 to veterans and military groups from their personal Clinton Family Foundation in recent years, according to public records.

Discussion: CNN, The Gateway Pundit and BizPac Review

Craig Bannister / mrctv.org/videos:

Obama: Prepare to Flee Climate-Caused Hurricane Devastation — Pres. Obama called for every American to put together a disaster supply kit and evacuation plan because climate change is bringing “more powerful and more devastating” hurricanes to the U.S. - even though the U.S. hasn't been hit …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Pirate's Cove and Truth Revolt

Dustin Volz / Reuters:

U.S. court says no warrant needed for cellphone location data — Police do not need a warrant to obtain a person's cellphone location data held by wireless carriers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday, dealing a setback to privacy advocates. — The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond …

Discussion: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Hit & Run and Common Dreams