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Bloomberg:
Trump Orders Surrogates to Intensify Criticism of Judge and Journalists — During a Monday conference call with supporters, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee overruled a directive sent out by his own campaign. — kevcirilli — michaelcbender
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MSNBC:
Donald Trump does not have a campaign — Donald Trump is a candidate without a campaign - and it's becoming a serious problem. — Republicans working to elect Trump describe a bare-bones effort debilitated by infighting, a lack of staff to carry out basic functions, minimal coordination …
Elyna Niles-Carnes / WFTV:
Rubio on Trump: 'It's wrong, and I hope he stops' — ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has responded to comments Donald Trump has made about an American judge's ethnicity. — Trump said U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel can't be impartial in suits …
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Congressman to Trump: Shove Border Wall “Up Your Ass” … WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela took a poison pen to the Republican presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, in an open letter Monday morning. — “Mr. Trump, you're a racist and you can take your border wall and shove it up your ass …
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Bruce Ritchie / Politico:
Scott avoids criticizing Trump for comments about federal judge
Scott avoids criticizing Trump for comments about federal judge
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Carson warns Trump of ‘moral descent’ on judge attacks
Carson warns Trump of ‘moral descent’ on judge attacks
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
FL Guv Pressed On Trump Judge Attack: ‘I Want To Talk About The Tropical Storm’
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Gingrich criticism of me ‘inappropriate’
Trump: Gingrich criticism of me ‘inappropriate’
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Nick Gass / Politico:
White House ‘not surprised’ GOP sticking with Trump
White House ‘not surprised’ GOP sticking with Trump
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Laura B. Martinez / Brownsville Herald:
U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela: 'Mr. Trump, you're a racist'
U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela: 'Mr. Trump, you're a racist'
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Associated Press:
Trump Surprised at GOP Criticism of His Comments on Judge
Trump Surprised at GOP Criticism of His Comments on Judge
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Rubio: Trump ‘wrong’ to question judge over heritage
Rubio: Trump ‘wrong’ to question judge over heritage
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New York Daily News:
KING: Rapist Brock Turner and lenient judge embody the worst of American justice system — If we didn't have a vulgarity policy here at the Daily News, this entire column would be 1,000 cuss words with the name Brock Turner in the middle. — If you haven't heard, he's the human piece …
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Dayna Evans / New York Magazine:
Brock Turner Mug Shot Finally Released [Updated] — Neither the Stanford Department of Public Safety nor the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Department would agree to release it — until now. — Pin It — Over the past couple of days, since the sentencing of Brock Allen Turner …
Guardian:
Stanford sexual assault: judge facing recall campaign over light sentence
Stanford sexual assault: judge facing recall campaign over light sentence
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Amelia McDonell-Parry / CrimeFeed:
Brock Turner's Mug Shot Has Finally Been Released 16 Months After He Was Arrested For Rape
Brock Turner's Mug Shot Has Finally Been Released 16 Months After He Was Arrested For Rape
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Judge Criticized for Giving Stanford Rapist Light Sentence
Judge Criticized for Giving Stanford Rapist Light Sentence
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Bill, White House staff lived in fear of Hillary: Ex-Secret Service officer — Hillary Clinton has a “Jekyll and Hyde” personality that left White House staffers scared stiff of her explosive — and even physical — outbursts, an ex-Secret Service officer claims in a scathing new tell-all.
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New York Times:
Obama Is Eager to Hit the Stump for Hillary Clinton and Shred Donald Trump — WASHINGTON — President Obama, after months of sitting on the sidelines of the rancorous contest to succeed him, is now ready to aggressively campaign for Hillary Clinton, starting with a formal endorsement of her candidacy as early as this week.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama held weekend call with Sanders — President Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders — spoke over the weekend, NBC News reported Monday. — The conversation came as Obama is preparing to officially come off the sidelines in the 2016 presidential campaign …
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed Terminates Ad Deal With Republican Party Over Trump — Donald Trump is “directly opposed to the freedoms of our employees in the United States and around the world,” CEO Jonah Peretti wrote. — BuzzFeed has terminated a deal with the Republican National Committee …
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Alex Spence / Politico:
BuzzFeed pulls out of $1.3M advertising deal with RNC over Donald Trump — BuzzFeed has pulled out of an advertising agreement with the Republican National Committee over objections to Donald Trump's rhetoric. — The buy was for $1.3 million, a source close to BuzzFeed told POLITICO.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Has Near 50-50 Chance of Winning Election, Ferguson Says — Harvard history professor says markets underestimating odds — Says Trump's foreign-policy proposals are worrying for Europe — Donald Trump has a better chance of becoming president than markets currently project …
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John Hinderaker / Power LinePower Line:
WaPo Columnist: Let's Gang Up On Trump!
WaPo Columnist: Let's Gang Up On Trump!
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton's 10 Sharpest New Zingers About Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton's 10 Sharpest New Zingers About Donald Trump
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Politico
Roger Clinton / TMZ.com:
Roger Clinton — DUI Arrest in California ... Impeccable Timing (UPDATE: MUG SHOT) — Hillary Clinton's brother-in-law is sitting in a jail cell after getting busted for DUI in Southern California ... just 2 days before the crucial CA primary vote. — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ …
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Joseph Serna / Los Angeles Times:
Hillary Clinton's brother-in-law Roger released from jail after DUI arrest in Redondo Beach
Hillary Clinton's brother-in-law Roger released from jail after DUI arrest in Redondo Beach
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Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business:
Trump's latest property-tax bill, out June 3, shows he once again received a middle-class tax break — The self-proclaimed billionaire gets a tax break for New Yorkers whose incomes are $500,000 a year or less — Donald Trump's New York City property-tax bill, published June 3 …
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Thomas Young / Gravis:
Current Utah Polling — Winter Springs, Fla. - The State of Utah may hold a significant role in the upcoming Presidential election based on a recent survey completed by Gravis Marketing. The non-partisan research firm based in Winter Springs, Fla. conducted a random survey of 1,519 registered voters …
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Wall Street Journal:
Playboy Mansion's Neighbor to Buy the Property — Financier who owns the adjacent property to purchase mansion, which was listed for $200 million — The Playboy mansion, a stately 1927 manor in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Holmby Hills, is in contract to be sold to a financier who owns …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
After Sanders, can the Democrats unify their party? — SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Standing on stage before more than 3,000 people last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders took an unusual poll for someone vying to be the Democratic Party's standard bearer for 2016. — “I've never asked this question before …
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Split Over Whether to Fight on Past Tuesday
Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Split Over Whether to Fight on Past Tuesday
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee: Establishment GOP Lucky They're Not Being Executed By Angry Voters — “And they need to be happy they're only getting spanked and not executed because there is seething rage out in country for those who have fought to help some of these guys get elected.” — Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
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Leah Bourne / New York Post:
The surprising strategy behind Hillary Clinton's designer wardrobe — More On: — Hillary Clinton's New York primary victory speech in April focused on topics including income inequality, job creation and helping people secure their retirement. It was a clear attempt to position herself as an everywoman.
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Kevin Grasha / Cincinnati.com:
Prosecutor: No charges for mother in zoo incident — The mother of a 3-year-old boy who got into the Cincinnati Zoo's gorilla exhibit last month will not face charges, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced Monday. — “This was a tragic accident and a terrible loss for the zoo of their beloved gorilla.
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Madison Park / CNN:
Gorilla killing: Will boy's parents be charged for conduct at zoo?
Gorilla killing: Will boy's parents be charged for conduct at zoo?
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