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Washington Post:
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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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
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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Martha Mendoza / Associated Press:
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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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Vox editor: If Trump comes to your town, start a riot — Golly, mightn't this play hob with the accusation that Donald Trump is the one inciting riots? Vox's “deputy first person editor” Emmet Rensin took to Twitter last night to declare that, since Trump is a racist and a fascist …
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Bearing Arms
Larry O'Connor / Hot Air:
Outrage: San Jose Mayor blames Trump for violent, leftist mob — Anti-free speech thugs physically assaulted American citizens engaged in a peaceful, political assembly Thursday night outside a Donald Trump for President rally in San Jose. And the Hillary-supporting Democrat who serves …
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CBS San Francisco, The American Conservative and Illinois Review
Ethan Epstein / Weekly Standard:
San Jose Mayor Justifies Mob Violence
San Jose Mayor Justifies Mob Violence
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FOX News Radio, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and Talking Points Memo
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Vox Editor Openly Supports Violence: ‘If Trump Comes to Your Town, Start a Riot’
Vox Editor Openly Supports Violence: ‘If Trump Comes to Your Town, Start a Riot’
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Vox and Washington Free Beacon
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Donald 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 …
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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
That's Interesting — This New York Times article says that Judge Curiel's father Salvador arrived in the United States in the 1920s, eventually become a citizen and working as a steelworker. Trump's mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, arrived in the United States from Scotland in 1930.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump's attack on a judge's Mexican heritage is an attack on the American Idea — On a day in which Donald Trump gained the stamp of approval of House Speaker Paul Ryan, he added to another dark chapter of his candidacy by upping his attacks on the heritage of a judge in a case involving Trump University.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Judge Under Fire From Donald Trump Was Targeted by Mexican Drug Cartel — For much of a year, Gonzalo P. Curiel, then a federal prosecutor in California, lived officially in hiding. — He hunkered down for a while on a naval base and in other closely guarded locations under the protection of United States marshals.
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RedState, Foreign Policy, Common Dreams, The Daily Caller, PoliPundit.com and Politico
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Paul Ryan: “I Completely Disagree” With Trump's Attack On Federal Judge
Paul Ryan: “I Completely Disagree” With Trump's Attack On Federal Judge
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Talking Points Memo
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Hillary Clinton rolled out the anti-Trump argument that could deliver a landslide — Hillary Clinton's campaign apparently workshopped the idea of trying to tag Donald Trump with the nickname “Dangerous Donald.” It was a bit of a lame idea. But in her foreign policy speech this afternoon …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Sanders jabs at Clinton's foreign policy credentials following speech
Sanders jabs at Clinton's foreign policy credentials following speech
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Guy Kovner / Santa Rosa Press-Democrat:
Skydiving outfit in contact with Bernie Sanders' campaign for Cloverdale rally — Cloverdale, Sonoma County's northernmost city, was abuzz with excitement Thursday over presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' planned rally Friday at the town's airport. But just how he will arrive was the subject of rampant speculation.
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Sanders could skydive into Calif. rally — could make quite the entrance at his rally Friday in Cloverdale, Calif. — Jimmy Halliday, the president at NorCal Skydiving, said he was told by Sanders staffers Thursday that they would offer the Democratic presidential candidate the option …
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RedState
PR Newswire:
The National ENQUIRER Names Dick Morris Chief Political Commentator And Contributor — The National ENQUIRER today announced that renowned Author and Political Commentator Dick Morris would be joining the magazine in the role of Chief Political Commentator & Correspondent.
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Politico, New York Magazine and Hullabaloo
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Matt McGrath / BBC:
Fish eat plastic like teens eat fast food, researchers say — Young fish become hooked on eating plastic in the seas in the same way that teenagers prefer unhealthy fast food, Swedish researchers have said. — Their study, reported in Science, found exposure to high concentrations …
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Tech Times and Althouse
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Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
The economy just got its worst job report in years — The US economy created 38,000 jobs in May, the slowest pace of job growth in five years, according to disappointing statistics released today by the Labor Department. It's an ominous sign for the US economy — and for Hillary Clinton's chances …
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Jason Furman / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
The Employment Situation in May — The economy added 38,000 jobs …
The Employment Situation in May — The economy added 38,000 jobs …
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The Daily Caller, Politico and New York Magazine
Gil Troy / Politico:
How an Outsider President Killed a Party — It was summer, and a major U.S. political party had just chosen an inexperienced, unqualified, loutish, wealthy outsider with ambiguous party loyalties to be its presidential nominee. Some party luminaries thought he would help them win the general election.
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neo-neocon and The Week
New York Daily News:
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 …
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ThinkProgress, New York Post, Gothamist, Raw Story and The Week
Robert Nott / The Santa Fe New Mexican:
Trump shifts tactics to woo Martinez endorsement — In a stunning reversal of rhetoric and tone, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday said he respects New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and wants her endorsement. Trump's comments in a phone interview with The New Mexican came …
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RedState, New York Magazine, Hot Air, The Hill and Washington Post
Alli Maloney / Fusion:
Angela Davis on defeating Trump: ‘We have to do whatever is necessary’ — Activists around the world have long turned to Angela Davis for scholarly guidance when discussing systems of oppression and power. — This week in New York, the radical feminist activist issued a rallying cry to Americans …
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The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Dave Spencer / WJBK-TV:
Woman inherits thousands - but bank blocks her from accessing cash — DETROIT (WJBK) - Imagine inheriting thousands of dollars only to be told you can't touch that money. That's happening right now to a woman in Detroit. Her entire account is frozen and now she's worried she won't be able to pay her bills.
John Harper / Plain Dealer:
Victim's father attacks convicted East Cleveland serial killer Michael Madison minutes after sentencing — Van Terry, father of Shirellda Terry, one of serial killer Michael Madison's three victims, attacks Madison in court during sentencing. Madison is accused of killing three women …
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Fox News Insider, fox8.com, The Root, Jezebel, LawNewz and The Daily Caller
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Democratic insiders to Bernie: Win California or get out — If Bernie Sanders fails to win the California primary next Tuesday, he should immediately end his long-shot campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, even before the voting concludes the following week in the District of Columbia.
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Hot Air and whorunsGov
Dan Christensen / Florida Bulldog:
Miami U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI accused of spying on defense in Medicare fraud case — In a stunning twist in a long-running Medicare fraud case, both the Miami U.S. Attorney's office and the FBI stand accused of spying on a defendant's lawyer by illegally and secretly obtaining copies of confidential defense documents.
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