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7:30 AM ET, June 2, 2016

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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump Campaign Releases a Video Defending Trump University... that is Itself a Scam  —  So the Trump campaign has released a video with purported testimonials from Trump University students which I guess is supposed to show that Trump University was not a scam.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge tries to reseal Trump University documents  —  Just as documents unsealed in a class-action lawsuit over Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's Trump University real estate program made a huge splash in the media, the judge who ordered the release of the information is trying to put some of it back under wraps.
Sundance / The Last Refuge:
Activist Trump University / La Raza Judge Now Attempts To Re-Seal Court Documents...
Discussion: LawNewz
New York Post:
Pathetic excuses and endless stonewalls: The Clintons' version of the truth  —  In her sworn testimony made public this week, longtime Clinton aide Cheryl Mills proved that Team Hillary won't give up an ounce of truth without a fight.  —  Mills, Hillary Clinton's chief of staff at the State Department …
Discussion: Washington Times
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton tech aide plans to take the Fifth at deposition
Discussion: The Last Refuge and LawNewz
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton IT aide to plead Fifth in email case
Discussion: Hit & Run and BizPac Review
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
In campaign mode, Obama defends his economic stewardship, blasts Republicans and Trump  —  ELKHART, Ind. — President Obama on Wednesday used this manufacturing city, which he visited during the depths of the Great Recession, as the backdrop to defend his economic policies …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and The Week
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Associated Press:
Clinton to Attack Trump on Foreign Policy
Discussion: Politico
Fox News:
State Department admits briefing footage on Iran deal intentionally deleted  —  The State Department, in a stunning admission, acknowledged Wednesday that an official intentionally deleted several minutes of video footage from a 2013 press briefing, where a top spokeswoman seemed …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
State Department admits Iran remarks were intentionally edited from video
Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
State Dept. admits intentionally altering video of Iran press conference
Discussion: The Week, RedState and The Last Refuge
Paul Mirengoff / Power LinePower Line:
ACLU leader quits after daughters encounter men in the women's restroom  —  Maya Dillard Smith, interim director of the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, has resigned over the ACLU's position on who can use which public restrooms.  The resignation occurred after her two daughters …
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LifeSiteNews:
State leader quits ACLU after daughters were ‘visibly frightened’ by men using women's restroom
Los Angeles Times:
Professor killed in UCLA murder-suicide was brilliant, kind and caring, colleagues say  —  The Los Angeles Police Department was placed on citywide tactical alert and sent hundreds of officers to the Westwood campus and surrounding neighborhoods  —  UCLA students went to school Wednesday expecting …
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John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
A warning left on a nanny's car.  License plates stolen.  And a top Pentagon official in big trouble.  —  The mystery that for weeks unnerved this quiet Capitol Hill neighborhood began with a warning placed on a nanny's windshield.  —  “I know you are misusing this visitor pass to park here daily,” the April 4 note read.
Discussion: NBC News and Newser
Click2Houston.com:
Aldine ISD teacher accused of sexual relationship with 13-year-old released from jail  —  Report says teacher became pregnant with student's baby  —  HOUSTON - The Aldine Independent School District Middle School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student …
USA Today:
Exclusive: Trump's 3,500 lawsuits unprecedented for a presidential nominee  —  Our project found about 3,500 legal actions involving Trump, including 1,900 where he or his companies were a plaintiff and about 1,300 in which he was the defendant.  Due to his branding value, Trump is determined to defend his name and reputation.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump involved in 3,500 lawsuits: report
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Jake Novak / CNBC:
I was wrong: Trump WILL be the next president  —  The Hollywood Reporter's Michael Wolff, explains reasons behind why Donald Trump could be getting the votes.  —  A few months ago, I wrote that Donald Trump would win the GOP presidential nomination - but that would be the end of the line for him.
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Secret Weapon: Letters of Love, Flattery and Revenge  —  In one letter, Donald J. Trump ranted about the crisis of unsightly hot dog vendors on his beloved Fifth Avenue.  “Having ketchup and mustard splattered all over the sidewalk,” he wrote, “is disgraceful.”
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
US military eyes ‘extremist Islamic movement’ in Latin America  —  The top U.S. military commander in Latin America said he and his regional counterparts are growing more concerned about radical Islamic extremists using the region as a pathway into the U.S.  —  “Radicalization is occurring …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Dead Heat in California: Clinton, Sanders Tied in Poll  —  Hillary Clinton is clinging to a narrow two-point lead over Bernie Sanders in California ahead of the state's June 7 primary, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.
New York Times:
Uber Turns to Saudi Arabia for $3.5 Billion Cash Infusion  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In its quest to build a global empire, Uber has turned to the Middle East for its biggest infusion of cash from a single investor.  —  Uber said on Wednesday that it had raised $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia's …
Bloomberg:
Obama Urges Social Security Increase in Preview of Campaign Role  —  Reversal from 2011 Obama support for cuts in benefit growth  —  Unifies Obama Social Security stance with Sanders and Clinton  —  President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for an increase in Social Security benefits …
Discussion: Vox, Politico and Viking Pundit
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mark Cuban Questions Whether Trump Is Actually A Billionaire  —  “I'm not so sure Donald knows what he's not good at.”  —  Ezra Shaw / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban on Wednesday questioned whether Donald Trump is actually a billionaire …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Conservatives rebuff Kristol's third-party pick  —  A group of prominent conservative activists, including writer and radio host Erick Erickson, aren't satisfied with Bill Kristol's suggestion of David French as a third-party candidate and are still looking for another alternative …
Discussion: Hot Air
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Cory Booker laces into Trump in VP tryout  —  Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday fueled speculation that he could be Hillary Clinton  —  's vice presidential pick with an all-out assault on Donald Trump  —  at a campaign event in New Jersey.  —  “The issues we hear Donald Trump talking …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
MUST SEE VIDEO=> Wow!  Obama Tries to Trash Donald Trump and Turns into a Stuttering Mess  —  Poor Barack.  He wanted to sound more powerful.  He really did!  —  The lame duck president went to Indiana today to hold a rally and trash-talk Donald Trump.  —  Unfortunately, it didn't go as planned.
Victor Davis Hanson / Townhall.com:
Walls And Immigration— Ancient And Modern  —  When standing today at Hadrian's Wall in northern England, everything appears indistinguishably affluent and serene on both sides.  —  It was not nearly as calm some 1,900 years ago.  In A.D. 122, the exasperated Roman emperor Hadrian ordered …
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Horned Arizona Man, 53, Arrested For Bloody Knife Attack On His Wife  —  Buster  —  A horned Arizona man is facing a felony assault charge for allegedly slashing his wife with an eight-inch knife after he accused her of infidelity during an argument Sunday.
 
 
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Valentina / Geopolitical Futures:
Nationalism Is Rising, Not Fascism
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Donald Trump in 1994: ‘Putting a Wife to Work Is a Very Dangerous Thing’
Discussion: CNN and Daily Mail
Sen. David Perdue / Washington Post:
Senator Perdue: Donald Trump proves it's time for an outsider
Star Tribune:
Feds say no civil rights prosecution in Jamar Clark's death
William Saletan / Slate:
Trump's Attack on a Federal Judge Is an Open Appeal to Racism
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
Ronald Reagan Was Once Donald Trump
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Mother Jones:
Trump Has a Conflict-of-Interest Problem No Other White House Candidate Ever Had
Discussion: Daily Kos
S.F. City Attorney's / City Attorney of San Francisco:
Federal judge calls Sanders backers' arguments ‘hot air’—denies bid for emergency injunction
Rachel Feltman / Washington Post:
New praying mantis honors Ruth Bader Ginsburg, equality and frilly neckwear
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National Geographic:
Your Top 10 Questions About the Pluto Flyby Answered
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ESPN:
Kenneth Starr stepping down as Baylor chancellor
 

 
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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