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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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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Trump train derails on Capitol Hill — The wheels are already coming off the GOP's Donald Trump unity train. — In the first major test of relations with Capitol Hill Republicans since Trump became the party's nominee, his attacks on federal Judge Gonzalo Curiel are sapping any goodwill …
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Media Matters for America:
Fox Vs Fox: Kelly Blasts “Pundits” Demanding Trump U. Judge Step Down, Moments After O'Reilly Did Just That — Megyn Kelly criticized “pundits” calling for the judge in the Trump U. case to step down, stating emphatically “that is not the way our system works.”
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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 …
New York Times:
Democrats Jump on Allies of Donald Trump in Judge Dispute — Democratic leaders nationwide sought to exact a political price from Republican officials and candidates on Monday for continuing to support Donald J. Trump after his explosive remarks challenging the objectivity of judges with Mexican or Muslim backgrounds.
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Joseph Murray / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Is Correct To Hit ‘La Raza’ Judge For Latino Identity Politics — “This is one of the worst mistakes Trump has made. I think it's inexcusable.” — Those words were spoken by Newt Gingrich - a man believed to be on Donald Trump's Vice Presidential shortlist - during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
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Marina Fang / The Huffington Post:
Trump Campaign: Female Judges Could Be Biased, Too
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Carson warns Trump of ‘moral descent’ on judge attacks
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Congressman to Trump: Shove Border Wall “Up Your Ass”
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
FL Guv Pressed On Trump Judge Attack: ‘I Want To Talk About The Tropical Storm’
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton clinches Democratic nomination — LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hillary Clinton became the presumptive Democratic nominee in a surprise development on Monday, making her the first woman ever to win a major party's presidential nomination one day before she was expected to cross the threshold.
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Sanders camp: Clinton has not secured nomination yet — Shortly after The Associated Press updated its delegate count and declared Hillary Clinton — the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, a spokesman for Sen. Bernie Sanders — slammed the media's “rush to judgement.”
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Associated Press:
AP count: Clinton has delegates to win Democratic nomination — WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton has commitments from the number of delegates needed to become the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for president, and will be first woman to top the ticket of a major U.S. political party.
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Clinton Hits ‘Magic Number’ of Delegates to Clinch Nomination — Clinton: ‘Historic, Unprecedented Moment’ 0:56 — Hillary Clinton has secured a majority of delegates to the Democratic National Convention, NBC News projected on Monday evening — making the former secretary of state the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party.
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton will call Sanders Tuesday night — on Monday night said she will contact Democratic rival Bernie Sanders — following the results of Tuesday's primary elections, most notably in California. — “Our campaigns are certainly talking,” Clinton said in an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow that aired Monday.
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Has Clinched Democratic Nomination, Survey Reports
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
AP: Clinton secures enough delegates to become first woman to top a major-party ticket
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Mark Green / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Don't panic, Democrats, Hillary Clinton will beat Donald Trump
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bernie Sanders Has Some Strange Ideas About Why He Deserves the Nomination
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Alex Zielinski / ThinkProgress:
The Brock Turner Mug Shot The Police Really Didn't Want You To See — The Santa Clara Sheriff's Department has finally released a mugshot of Brock Turner, the ex-Stanford student found guilty of rape, who was previously represented in the media by a smiling yearbook photo in which he's wearing a suit and tie.
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Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon:
Stanford rapist's father issues despicable plea for leniency: “A steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action”
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Judge Criticized for Giving Stanford Rapist 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
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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
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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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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
An Obama Nominee's Crushed Hopes — In early 2014, after decades of government and nonprofit work that reflected a passion for public service, Cassandra Butts got a reward — or so she thought. She was nominated by President Obama to be the next United States ambassador to the Bahamas.
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!
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