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9:40 AM ET, June 7, 2016

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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.
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.”
Discussion: CNN and Guardian
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bernie Sanders Has Some Strange Ideas About Why He Deserves the Nomination  —  He was told there would be no math.  —  The season-finale episode of Saturday Night Live imagines a bar-stool conversation between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in which the two candidates bond …
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.
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.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders: Not sexist to stay in race against Clinton … Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders  —  pushed back at a Monday press conference after a journalist asked whether his continuing campaign against front-runner Hillary Clinton  —  is sexist, given Clinton will likely secure the Democratic nomination.
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Clinton Hits the Magic Number
Discussion: NBC News and Politico
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton will call Sanders Tuesday night
Discussion: Political Wire
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:   Bernie Sanders should drop out and endorse Hillary Clinton. Period.
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
NPR Reporter: Women Weep Over History-Making Hillary Clinton
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Sanders plans to ‘assess’ presidential bid at home in Vermont after Tuesday contests
Discussion: Political Wire, Truth Revolt and AOL
CBS News:
Obama called Bernie Sanders Sunday
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama held weekend call with Sanders
Discussion: ABC News
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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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 …
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 …
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.”
Discussion: Salon, New York Times and Politicus USA
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.”
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:   The RNC Approached Two Hispanic Operatives Who Weren't Interested Because Of Trump
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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Marina Fang / The Huffington Post:
Trump Campaign: Female Judges Could Be Biased, Too
Discussion: Politico
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans finally discover that Trump is an actual racist
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse / Forbes:
Why Isn't Anyone Lobbying For Climate Change?  —  In a recent week in Washington, I took lobbying meetings with TechNet, the lumber industry and the property casualty insurance industry.  Let me give you a glimpse inside these meetings, because they help explain why so little progress is being made in Congress on climate change.
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
Trump Endorses Fanatically Open-Borders RINO, Renee Ellmers  —  The “Trump revolution” has officially come full circle.  —  As we've observed throughout this election season, every single House and Senate incumbent has won reelection.  Ironically, the extra “Trump turnout” …
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Associated Press:
2 North Carolina US House Members Battle in Tuesday Primary
Discussion: Politico
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”
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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