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1:35 PM ET, June 5, 2016

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: It's ‘Possible’ A Muslim Judge Would Be Biased Against Me Too  —  Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump said that it was possible that a Muslim judge would be biased against him when asked in an interview aired Sunday for his views after proposing a ban an all Muslims.
Discussion: Breaking News USA and alan.com
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Pushing racial boundaries, Trump draws rebuke from a fretful GOP  —  Donald Trump, whose campaign for president has crashed through one barrier after another, has again moved his candidacy into highly questionable territory, threatening to stir more racial animosity in an already divided country …
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Political Wire
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump: Muslim judge might not be fair to me either
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
The Problem With Calling Out Judges for Their Race
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
He's of ‘German heritage’: Hillary baits fans into calling Trump a Nazi
Discussion: BizPac Review
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders, eyeing a ‘contested convention,’ urges media to hold off on calling race  —  LOS ANGELES — Bernie Sanders urged news organizations on Saturday to hold off on declaring a victor in the Democratic presidential race following Tuesday's primaries and vowed to soldier on to the party's convention in July.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Politico
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Clinton Moves Closer To Nomination With Win In Virgin Islands  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton scored a sweeping win in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday, picking up all seven pledged delegates at stake as she inched tantalizingly close to the Democratic nomination.
Discussion: Guardian
Aleister / The Gateway Pundit:
Elizabeth Warren Claims She's Against Democrat Superdelegate System Then Admits She is One (VIDEO)
Gintautas Dumcius / Union-News:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: 'I don't believe in super-delegates'
Maria Sacchetti / BostonGlobe.com:
Criminal immigrants reoffend at higher rates than ICE has suggested  —  They were among the nation's top priorities for deportation, criminals who were supposed to be sent back to their home countries.  But instead they were released, one by one, in secret across the United States.
Steve Eder / New York Times:
Donald Trump Reflects on His Relationship With Muhammad Ali  —  As he reflected on Saturday on the death of Muhammad Ali, Donald J. Trump gushed, calling him a “terrific guy,” “so generous,” and an “amazing poet.”  —  “He was two people,” Mr. Trump said of Ali in an interview.
Discussion: Mediaite, Althouse, Washington Post, Vox and STAT
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Dave Zirin / Los Angeles Times:   Op-Ed Don't remember Muhammad Ali as a sanctified sports hero.  He was a powerful, dangerous political force
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
NY attorney general: 'We're going to get the money back' from Trump U.  —  New York's attorney general on Sunday promised justice for students who alleged they were defrauded by Trump University.  —  “I'm proud to be representing the people of New York state, and we're going to get the money …
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Donald Trump said ‘university’ was all about education. Actually, its goal was: ‘Sell, sell, sell!’
Discussion: Political Wire and Mother Jones
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
John Adams Was a Hermaphrodite?  —  LOS ANGELES — THIS is a town where scripts routinely come back to writers from entertainment executives with the same scrawled command about a female character: “Make her more likable.”  —  As Hillary Clinton fights up and down California to fend off Bernie Sanders …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bill Clinton to give eulogy at Ali's funeral  —  plans on delivering a eulogy for legendary boxer Muhammad Ali's funeral next week.  —  “We haven't confirmed all eulogists at this time, but eulogies will be led by President Bill Clinton, Bryant Gumbel and Billy Crystal,” …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Root
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Jon Schuppe / NBC News:
Ali Family Spokesman Reveals Legend's Cause of Death
Daily Mail:
Latino students at North Carolina high school outraged after their classmates build ‘Trump wall’ made of boxes in a prank  — The students were allowed into McDowell High School on Wednesday to perform a prank as a teacher supervised them  — A photo of the wall with about 30 students standing …
Discussion: BizPac Review and Balloon Juice
Drudge Report:
SECRET SERVICE AGENT BOOK ROCKS CLINTON CAMPAIGN  —  Posted directly outside President Clinton's Oval Office, Former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne reveals what he observed of Hillary Clinton's character and the culture inside the White House while protecting the First Family.
Discussion: BizPac Review and Scared Monkeys
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Hillary Clinton  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON June 5, 2016 and it will be updated.  —  UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Starting right now on THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Clinton lets loose.  —  HILLARY CLINTON, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE …
Discussion: Politicus USA and Viking Pundit
Brett T. / twitchy.com:
San José police fretted that protecting Trump supporters would further ‘insight’ the mob  —  Here's good news for the Cleveland Police Department: don't worry about getting that riot gear properly fitted for the Republican National Convention this summer.
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John Bolton / New York Post:
How Ayatollah Khomeini suckered Jimmy Carter  —  New depths to Jimmy Carter's fecklessness have emerged through the declassification of State Department cables relating to the fall of the Shah of Iran.  —  As reported by the BBC, the Ayatollah Khomeini, in January 1979 …
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump changes stance on Libya  —  reversed his position on U.S. intervention in Libya on Sunday, saying in an interview he would have approved of a “surgical” strike to take out Muammar Quadhafi after telling voters the world would be better with the leader still in power.  —  “I didn't mind surgical.
BBC:
Switzerland ‘rejects basic income’, poll projections suggest  —  Projections from a referendum in Switzerland suggest voters have rejected a plan to introduce a guaranteed basic income for all.  —  Some 78% of voters opposed the plan, a GFS projection for Swiss TV suggested.
Discussion: The Atlantic
 
 
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