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Rep. Paul Ryan / GazetteXtra:
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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Katie Reilly / TIME:
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 …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
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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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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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Hillary Clinton just made her best case against Donald Trump — Hillary Clinton just took her biggest shot yet at the idea of President Donald Trump. — Thursday afternoon, Clinton gave a speech that was billed as a major foreign address. Indeed, the speech was structured …
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Frank Schultz / GazetteXtra:
Paul Ryan endorses Donald Trump
Paul Ryan endorses Donald Trump
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump calls for Clinton to be jailed
Trump calls for Clinton to be jailed
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Hillary Clinton rolled out the anti-Trump argument that could deliver a landslide
Hillary Clinton rolled out the anti-Trump argument that could deliver a landslide
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Hillary Clinton: Trump is ‘temperamentally unfit’ to be president
Hillary Clinton: Trump is ‘temperamentally unfit’ to be president
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F.H. Buckley / Real Clear Politics:
Trump's Authentic Republicanism
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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
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 …
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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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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Fort Hood Press Center:
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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Andy Jechow / KXAN-TV:
Five soldiers dead, 4 missing in Fort Hood swift water
Five soldiers dead, 4 missing in Fort Hood swift water
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
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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Tennessean.com:
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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Wkrn Web / WKRN-TV:
Pilot killed after U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Smyrna
Pilot killed after U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Smyrna
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Aungelique Proctor / WAGA-TV:
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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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
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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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Mark Cuban: We don't really know if Trump's a billionaire
Mark Cuban: We don't really know if Trump's a billionaire
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The Right Scoop and BizPac Review
Louis Nelson / Politico:
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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Michael A. Fletcher / The Undefeated:
A Question of Racism — What's behind the vitriol in the opposition to Obama?
A Question of Racism — What's behind the vitriol in the opposition to Obama?
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
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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Sheboygan Press Media:
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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Yves Smith / Politico:
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
Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Analysis Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in a tight race in California as the campaign batters her popularity — California's primary outcome remains difficult to predict, precisely because of the untested nature of Bernie Sanders¿ following. (Noah Berger (left) / John Locher / Associated Press)
Andrew Biggs / Forbes:
President Obama Throws In The Towel On Social Security Reform — Since President Obama took office in 2009, the Social Security program's long-term funding shortfall has risen from $5.3 trillion to $10.7 trillion - not what you'd call progress. I had once hoped that, in the waning days …
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New Republic, Hot Air and Booman Tribune
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
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
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
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.”
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