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Read Hillary Clinton's Speech on Donald Trump and National Security — “Donald Trump's ideas aren't just different - they are dangerously incoherent” — Hillary Clinton tore into presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump during a speech on national security Thursday, casting him as …
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CNN has finally figured out how to cover Donald Trump's constant lying — Covering Donald Trump is great for ratings, and Trump is unusually willing to appear on cable television at basically all times, which is convenient for the cable networks. But cable news has often struggled …
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Hullabaloo, The Hill, New York Magazine, The Moderate Voice and The Diplomat


Sanders jabs at Clinton's foreign policy credentials following speech — 's foreign policy credentials on Thursday in the wake of her speech attacking Donald Trump — 's proposals. — “I agree with Secretary Clinton that Donald Trump's foreign policy ideas are incredibly reckless and irresponsible,” Sanders said in a statement.


Democrats weigh how to nudge Sanders out — Bernie or bust: a revolution in Philadelphia — Democratic leaders are trying to avoid a combative convention with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton — Washington (CNN)Democrats in Washington have begun discussing how to encourage …
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Los Angeles Times


Hillary Clinton just made her best case against Donald Trump
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Political Wire, Reuters and The New Civil Rights Movement

Trump calls for Clinton to be jailed
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New York Magazine and Weekly Standard

Hillary Clinton rolled out the anti-Trump argument that could deliver a landslide
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Hillary Clinton: Trump is ‘temperamentally unfit’ to be president
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Trump Leads Clinton on Top-Ranking Economic Issues
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Politico and The Last Refuge


Donald Trump Keeps Up Attacks on Judge Gonzalo Curiel — The Republican's charge of a ‘conflict’ in case over his university draws criticism from some legal observers — Donald Trump on Thursday escalated his attacks on the federal judge presiding over civil fraud lawsuits against Trump University …
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Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say — WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump's blustery attacks on the press, complaints about the judicial system and bold claims of presidential power collectively sketch out a constitutional worldview that shows contempt for the First Amendment …


Paul Ryan: Donald Trump can help make reality of bold House policy agenda — When Donald Trump became the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president one month ago, many Republicans like me faced a big question. — Six months earlier, in October, as I was taking the job as House speaker …
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Mr. Ryan's endorsement of Trump is sad day for the GOP — and America
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Guardian, The Federalist and The Week

Paul Ryan endorses Donald Trump
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Ugly, bloody scenes in San Jose as protesters attack Trump supporters outside rally — SAN JOSE, Calif. —Protests outside a Donald Trump rally in downtown San Jose spun out of control Thursday night when some demonstrators attacked the candidate's supporters.
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Trump security removes POLITICO reporter from rally — SAN JOSE, CALIF. — A Donald Trump campaign staffer and a private security guard removed a POLITICO reporter from a campaign rally here on Thursday evening for reporting at the event without the campaign's permission.
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Protesters punch, throw eggs at Trump supporters in San Jose — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A group of protesters attacked Donald Trump supporters who were leaving the presidential candidate's rally in San Jose on Thursday night. A dozen or more people were punched, at least one person …
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New York Magazine, The Last Refuge and The Week

Two more Soldiers found from overturned vehicle off of East Range Road — FORT HOOD, Texas - Two more Soldiers were found and confirmed deceased at Fort Hood after their military vehicle overturned on Fort Hood June 2. This brings the total deceased to five Soldiers.
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Five soldiers dead, 4 missing in Fort Hood swift water
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Jake Tapper goes off on State Dept. over edited video — CNN's Jake Tapper slammed the State Department on Thursday after it admitted that a video of a 2013 press briefing was intentionally edited to remove part of a conversation about the Iran nuclear deal.
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Police: Woman in Burka attacks Lawrenceville family with American flag — LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - A family in Lawrenceville said they were attacked by a total stranger just because they were flying an American Flag. — Amina Ahra, 30, was arrested on two counts of simple battery after being accused …
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Fire chief: 1 dead after Navy Blue Angel jet crash in Smyrna … This photo was taken moments after the crash of a Blue Angel jet outside the Smyrna Airport on Thursday afternoon. Becca Cullison-Burgess / FOR THE TENNESSEAN — 1 of 4 — Last Slide — Next Slide
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Pilot killed after U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Smyrna
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Mark Cuban: Trump “Appears To Never To Have Met A Lie He Didn't Love” — “From what I see today, I think he would be a puppet president.” — Billionaire businessman and investor Mark Cuban, who earlier this week questioned Donald Trump's billionaire status, told BuzzFeed News …
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Hot Air
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Mark Cuban: We don't really know if Trump's a billionaire
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The Right Scoop and BizPac Review

Holder on Joe Wilson's outburst: They should have told him to ‘sit the f— down’ — Recalling Rep. Joe Wilson's 2009 outburst during President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress, former Attorney General Eric Holder didn't mince words regarding the South Carolina congressman.
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A Question of Racism — What's behind the vitriol in the opposition to Obama?


EXCLUSIVE: Staten Island teen dies from asthma fleeing racist crew waving gun; 'I'm gonna shoot you, n— !' — Dayshen McKenzie died while running for his life. — The black Staten Island teen, fleeing what witnesses described as a mostly white crew shouting racial epithets and waving a gun …

Gun-documentary director shows no remorse for deceptive, demeaning edit — Katie Couric, the executive producer and narrator of the Epix-distributed documentary “Under the Gun,” has apologized for a deliberate and deceptive edit that makes a group of gun rights advocates look like dumbfounded dolts.
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Crime and Consequences Blog


Party leads to alleged sexual assault — SHEBOYGAN - A 19-year-old Grafton man is facing first degree sexual assault charges after drinking at a party and allegedly threatening to cut a woman if she didn't have sex with him. — Anthony J. Zingale, who was also charged with carrying a concealed weapon …
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Independent Journal …, Raw Story and Jezebel


Landmark California bill would allow prosecution of climate-change skeptics — A landmark California bill gaining steam would make it illegal to engage in climate-change dissent, clearing the way for lawsuits against fossil-fuel companies, think-tanks and others that have “deceived or misled the public on the risks of climate change.”

Why Some of the Smartest Progressives I Know Will Vote for Trump over Hillary — Why do progressives reject Hillary Clinton? The highly educated, high-income, finance-literate readers of my website, Naked Capitalism, don't just overwhelmingly favor Bernie Sanders.
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naked capitalism and No More Mister Nice Blog


De Blasio Defends Fund-Raising and Stokes Feud With Cuomo — He played the role of press analyst and critic, offering clipped replies and a knowing smirk in response to questions about politics, motivation and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. — For a combative but contained 17 minutes …
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New York Magazine