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2:40 PM ET, June 7, 2016

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump self-destructive rambling baffles GOP strategists  —  How did the controversy begin over Donald Trump's attacks on the judge in the Trump University lawsuit?  It began when Donald Trump couldn't stop talking about the Trump University lawsuit.  —  In the normal course of events …
Discussion: The Week and Hot Air
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
It's time for GOP leaders to choose sides on Donald Trump  —  This post has been updated.  —  Donald Trump has been the Republican presidential nominee for five weeks as of Tuesday.  Those 35 days have been filled with self-inflicted wounds — the latest being Trump's insistence that a judge …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Christie: Trump ‘not racist,’ has ‘right’ to express opinions on judge  —  Donald Trump has the “right” to express his opinion about the U.S. federal judge presiding over Trump University lawsuits, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie asserted Tuesday, defending the presumptive Republican nominee …
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
GOP Congressman Bizarrely Defends Trump: ‘You Could Easily Argue’ Obama Is Racist  —  This was probably not the interview that New York state Representative Lee Zeldin had in mind.  —  The Republican Congressman sat down with CNN's John Berman and Kate Bolduan Tuesday morning to address …
Discussion: alan.com, RedState and National Review
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Rubio Says He Won't Speak on Trump's Behalf at GOP Convention  —  Florida senator says he would talk about own beliefs to Republican audience  —  McConnell to Trump: Don't Try to Fight Over the GOP Platform Chamber Backs Toomey With Cheesy Ad Would Rubio Be Pushing Zika Aid If He Were Still Running?
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitch McConnell: This Election Is About Choosing The Lesser Of Two Evils  —  “This is a choice that many Americans are not happy with.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Asked on Monday if the general election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was a “lesser of two evils election,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell answered yes.
New York Times:
The Judicial System According to Donald Trump
New York Times:
Democrats Jump on Allies of Donald Trump in Judge Dispute
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
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The Intercept:
Perfect End to Democratic Primary: Anonymous Super-Delegates Declare Winner Through Media  —  Last night, Associated Press - on a day when nobody voted - surprised everyone by abruptly declaring the Democratic Party primary over and Hillary Clinton the victor.
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Has Clinched Democratic Nomination, Survey Reports  —  Hillary Clinton has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination for president, The Associated Press reported Monday night.  —  Mrs. Clinton had been expected to clinch the nomination on Tuesday after polls closed in New Jersey.
Bloomberg:   Clinton's Historic Moment Tempered by Sanders, Who Won't Go Away
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:   Bernie Sanders should drop out and endorse Hillary Clinton. Period.
Wlady Pleszczynski / The American Spectator:
Trump Is Right: The Shame of Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell  —  The GOP Establishment is in full flight.  —  No Abraham Lincolns here.  —  In a shameful haste to embrace identity politics, the latter the political descendant of slavery and segregation, Speaker Paul Ryan …
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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
The RNC Approached Two Hispanic Operatives Who Weren't Interested Because Of Trump
Discussion: alan.com and The Week
Pat Buchanan / Townhall.com:
The Donald & The La Raza Judge
Discussion: Daily Wire
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Pat Buchanan: Stop ‘The Lynching’ Of Donald Trump Over Racist Attack On Judge
Discussion: Politico
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Dick Morris Is in Talks to Join the Trump Campaign  —  The controversial former Clinton adviser could play a key roll in Trump's anti-Hillary strategy.  —  Before Donald Trump's campaign was derailed by his racist attacks on a federal judge, the GOP nominee was surprisingly disciplined in his attacks on Hillary Clinton.
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Trump Spox Suggests Trump's Sister Could Be ‘Biased’ As A Female Judge
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge ‘Racist,’ but Backs Him Still  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday called Donald J. Trump's criticism of a Hispanic-American judge “the textbook definition of a racist comment” and said he “regrets” the remark.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Paul Ryan starts unveiling plan for ‘better GOP’
CNBC:
Paul Ryan: Trump's judge remarks ‘textbook definition of a racist comment’
Discussion: National Review, AOL and Reuters
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI asks to make new secret filing in Clinton email case  —  The FBI has asked a federal judge for permission to file a second secret declaration detailing its probe into Hillary Clinton  —  's private email server.  —  In the request, which came as part of a Freedom of Information Act …
Discussion: LawNewz and Hot Air
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Associated Press:
Florida AG asked Trump for donation before nixing fraud case  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida's attorney general personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump around the same time her office deliberated joining an investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University and its affiliates
Constanze Letsch / Guardian:
Istanbul bomb attack on police vehicle kills 11  —  City governor says explosion killed seven officers and four civilians in Beyazit district  —  At least 11 people have been killed in a car bomb attack targeting a police vehicle in central Istanbul, the latest in a series of terror attacks in Turkey.
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BBC:
Istanbul bomb attack on police bus kills 11
Joey Nolfi / EW.com:
Meryl Streep dons a fat suit and orangeface as Donald Trump  —  Further proving there's no role she can't tackle, acting legend Meryl Streep has gone from complete Margaret Thatcher to full Donald Trump, sporting messy hair, a low-hanging red tie, a fat suit, and comically-applied self-tanner …
Jason Reed / National Review:
Inside the #NeverTrump Candidacy that Almost Was  —  Anti-Trump conservatives failed to recruit David French into the presidential campaign.  What will they do now?  —  The latest would-be presidential candidate spent just under a week in the spotlight — long enough to confound official Washington …
 
 
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Mary Mogan Edwards / The Columbus Dispatch:
85 Ohio State veterinary students accused of test cheating
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Tiare Dunlap / People.com:
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Says He Doesn't Believe in “American Exceptionalism”
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sasse making GOP enemies with anti-Trump crusade
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Week
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Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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