memeorandum: Grassley: Senate Can Be a Check on Trump's Judges (Bridget Bowman/Roll Call)

11:35 AM ET, June 7, 2016

Top Items:

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: Hot Air

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

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

Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:

Grassley: Senate Can Be a Check on Trump's Judges — Senate Judiciary chairman says he's not concerned who would be nominated — Reid: McConnell ‘Poster Boy’ for GOP ‘Spinelessness’ Over Trump GOP Senators Criticize Trump's Comments on Judge Sanders' Long-Shot Delegate Hunt

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico, Des Moines Register and Daily Kos

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

New York Times:
Democrats Jump on Allies of Donald Trump in Judge Dispute

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

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

Discussion: RedState, Religion News Service, Yahoo and Politico

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

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

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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.

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

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

Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Hillary Clinton clinches Democratic presidential nomination

Discussion: Jezebel, whorunsGov, Politicus USA and Mediaite

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

Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Free Beacon

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discussion: Daily Wire

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

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

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, New York Times, Politico, Jezebel and Balloon Juice

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

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

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

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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 …

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

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

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