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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Donald Trump warns Barack Obama he'll ‘hit him’ like Bill Clinton — Presumptive Republican nominee rallies crowd in sweltering heat in Sacramento — Trump's remarks come after Obama waded into campaign — Trump says Obama 'doesn't have a clue' — Donald Trump, lashing back at Barack Obama …
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump's personal, racially tinged attacks on federal judge alarm legal experts — Donald Trump's highly personal, racially tinged attacks on a federal judge overseeing a pair of lawsuits against him have set off a wave of alarm among legal experts, who worry that the Republican presidential …
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Althouse and Political Wire
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Sundance / The Last Refuge:
Activist Trump University / La Raza Judge Now Attempts To Re-Seal Court Documents...
Activist Trump University / La Raza Judge Now Attempts To Re-Seal Court Documents...
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LawNewz
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump Campaign Releases a Video Defending Trump University... that is Itself a Scam
Trump Campaign Releases a Video Defending Trump University... that is Itself a Scam
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USA Today, Daily Mail, Media Matters for America, Joe.My.God. and The Resurgent
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge tries to reseal Trump University documents
Judge tries to reseal Trump University documents
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Washington Post, The Hill, Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit and Slantpoint
William Saletan / Slate:
Trump's Attack on a Federal Judge Is an Open Appeal to Racism
Trump's Attack on a Federal Judge Is an Open Appeal to Racism
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, The San Diego Union … and The Atlantic
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.”
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
New York Times:
Hispanic Official to Leave R.N.C. in Sign of Disaffection With Donald Trump — The head of Hispanic media relations at the Republican National Committee is resigning this month in what appears to be another indication of the lingering discomfort some party officials have about working to elect Donald J. Trump president.
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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 — Aclu , Bathroom Bills , Georgia , Maya Dillard Smith , Trangenderism — The African-American woman who leads a state chapter of the ACLU has resigned, citing her own daughters' “frightened” …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Political Insider blog
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.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Another poll shows Sanders, Clinton even in California
Another poll shows Sanders, Clinton even in California
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Political Wire and The Week
David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Poll: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders neck and neck in California
Poll: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders neck and neck in California
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Washington Post
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
GOP warns of ‘long summer for Crooked Hillary’ — is facing a long summer of scrutiny over her emails and use of a private server during her tenure as secretary of State, the Republican National Committee (RNC) said Wednesday. — As news and criticism about the Democratic presidential …
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BizPac Review
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New York Post:
Pathetic excuses and endless stonewalls: The Clintons' version of the truth
Pathetic excuses and endless stonewalls: The Clintons' version of the truth
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Betsy's Page and Washington Times
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton tech aide plans to take the Fifth at deposition
Clinton tech aide plans to take the Fifth at deposition
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LawNewz, Hit & Run and The Last Refuge
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Donald Trump in 1994: ‘Putting a Wife to Work Is a Very Dangerous Thing’ — In a 1994 interview with ABC News, Donald Trump reflected on the women in his life and what he believed the virtues and perils of their career success meant for his marriages. He compared his role in their professional lives to how he developed buildings.
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David Wright / CNN:
Trump in 1994: ‘Putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing’
Detroit News:
Snyder decides against endorsing Trump for president — Gov. Rick Snyder has sidelined himself in the race for president, choosing not to make an endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. — The Republican governor also did not endorse in the March 8 primary …
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Politico
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 …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama takes Trump fight to Rust Belt
Obama takes Trump fight to Rust Belt
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Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and Politico
Michael Brendan Dougherty / The Week:
How Baby Boomer psychodrama infected the 2016 election — Barack Obama's election to the presidency in 2008 seemed to promise the end of the Baby Boomer reign over American life. Even Obama seemed to know his rise was their downfall. In The Audacity of Hope, Obama commented …
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The American Spectator
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.
Justine Sharrock / Mother Jones:
Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason — Glenn Beck loves them. Tea Partiers court them. Congressmen listen to them. Meet the fast-growing “patriot” group that's recruiting soldiers to resist the Obama administration. — THE .50 CALIBER Bushmaster bolt action rifle is a serious weapon.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Reid unloads: McConnell ‘cuddled up’ with Trump — NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Harry Reid says the public knows plenty about Donald Trump, and there's nothing he could do to make the presumptive GOP nominee more unpopular than he already is. — So rather than becoming the Trump attack dog …
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Talking Points Memo, The Week and Hot Air
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.
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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twitchy.com, MichelleMalkin.com, Truth Revolt, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon and The Right Scoop
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
State Department admits Iran remarks were intentionally edited from video
State Department admits Iran remarks were intentionally edited from video
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Weekly Standard, Power LinePower Line and Israel Matzav
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 …
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WCMH-TV, Washington's Blog, Newser, Jezebel, Independent Journal … and The Daily Caller
David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
‘Missing’ White Voters Might Help Trump, But Less So Where He Needs It — A common refrain is that demographics will ultimately doom Donald Trump's candidacy. His most reliable supporters have been whites without college degrees — a group that made up 65 percent of voters in 1980 but is on pace to make up just 33 percent in 2016.
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The Atlantic and Guardian
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 …
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Daily Kos, Vox, Politico and Viking Pundit
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Yale Students Tell English Profs to Stop Teaching English: Too Many White Male Poets — Some Yale University students are demanding changes to the English Department curriculum: specifically, they don't think it should feature so many English poets who were straight, white, wealthy, and male.