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11:25 AM ET, June 7, 2016

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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 …

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

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 Washington Free Beacon

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.

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, RedState, Politico, CNN, Courthouse News Service, New York Magazine, The Resurgent, Mediaite, BizPac Review, Mother Jones and Vox

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story, Wall Street Journal and Media Matters for America

David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge ‘Racist,’ but Backs Him Still

Discussion: Political Wire

Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Trump train derails on Capitol Hill

Discussion: The Week, Booman Tribune, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Washington Post, Hullabaloo, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Resurgent and Business Insider

Media Matters for America:
Fox Vs Fox: Kelly Blasts “Pundits” Demanding Trump U. Judge Step Down, Moments After O'Reilly Did Just That

Discussion: Politico, Betsy's Page, Raw Story, The Week and Talking Points Memo

Pat Buchanan / Townhall.com:
The Donald & The La Raza Judge

Discussion: Daily Wire

John DiStaso / WMUR:
Updated: Ayotte blasts Trump on remarks about Muslim judges and judge of Mexican heritage

Discussion: TIME, Raw Story, Mediaite, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress

Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:

Nancy Pelosi ‘Proud to Endorse’ Hillary Clinton for President

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Hot Air, Politicus USA, Washington Times, The Week and Washington Free Beacon

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.

Discussion: Politico, Outside the Beltway, Mother Jones, Althouse and The Week

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight, Salon, The Week, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Politico and BuzzFeed

Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton will call Sanders Tuesday night

Discussion: The Atlantic and Politico

Cyra Master / The Hill:
Sanders camp: Clinton has not secured nomination yet

Discussion: CNN, Daily Kos, ABC News and Guardian

John Judis / Talking Points Memo: Bernie Sanders should drop out and endorse Hillary Clinton. Period.

Associated Press:
AP count: Clinton has delegates to win Democratic nomination

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders: Not sexist to stay in race against Clinton

Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon and Raw Story

Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Hillary Clinton clinches Democratic presidential nomination

Discussion: Jezebel, whorunsGov, Politicus USA and Mediaite

Mark Green / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Don't panic, Democrats, Hillary Clinton will beat Donald Trump

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding, Reuters, Associated Press and AOL

Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
NPR Reporter: Women Weep Over History-Making Hillary Clinton

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton clinches Democratic nomination

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post and Daily Kos

Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Clinton Hits ‘Magic Number’ of Delegates to Clinch Nomination

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:

Trump: I'm The One Who ‘Really Broke The Glass Ceiling’ In My Industry — Donald Trump patted himself on the back for the help he had provided to his female employees during a Monday night appearance on Fox News' “O'Reilly Factor,” calling himself “the one that really broke the glass ceiling.”

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Politico, New York Times, Jezebel and Balloon Juice

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.

Discussion: Media Matters for America

Marina Fang / The Huffington Post:
Trump Campaign: Female Judges Could Be Biased, Too

Discussion: Religion News Service and Politico

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: Hot Air

Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
State Dept. would need 75 years to compile Clinton emails

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com and CNN

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: Daily Kos, Raw Story, Washington Free Beacon, Political Wire and Politico

Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:

The RNC Approached Two Hispanic Operatives Who Weren't Interested Because Of Trump — Last week, news about the Republican National Committee's struggles hit in quick succession. — First, the RNC's Hispanic media director left to work on down ballot races because of discomfort with Donald Trump.

Discussion: alan.com and The Week

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

Republicans finally discover that Trump is an actual racist — Donald Trump needed validation. — At a rally Friday, Trump was discussing racial violence at his events and the perception that nonwhite people are against him, when he singled out a black man in the crowd.

Discussion: The Daily Beast

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” …

Discussion: NPR, The Atlantic, Breitbart, PoliPundit.com, Daily Wire, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller

Associated Press:
2 North Carolina US House Members Battle in Tuesday Primary

Discussion: Politico

Robert Costa / Washington Post:

Sanders plans to ‘assess’ presidential bid at home in Vermont after Tuesday contests — EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to take stock of his presidential campaign at his home in Burlington, Vt., following Tuesday's primary here and in five other states.

Discussion: Political Wire, Truth Revolt and AOL

CBS News:
Obama called Bernie Sanders Sunday

Discussion: Mediaite, CBS New York, RedState, Sky Dancing and Balloon Juice

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 …

Discussion: Vox, Daily Mail, Mediaite, The Strident Conservative, RedState, Bloomberg, Daily Wire, Vox Popoli, The American Spectator, AOL and WATE-TV

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.

Discussion: Boing Boing, Sporting News, New York Magazine, Vox and Jezebel