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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 …
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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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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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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
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Spox Suggests Trump's Sister Could Be ‘Biased’ As A Female Judge — Donald Trump's national spokeswoman on Monday suggested that Trump's own sister, a judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, could be biased as a result of her gender. — “If somebody were to say to her she was biased …
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
The RNC Approached Two Hispanic Operatives Who Weren't Interested Because Of Trump
The RNC Approached Two Hispanic Operatives Who Weren't Interested Because Of Trump
New York Times:
Democrats Jump on Allies of Donald Trump in Judge Dispute
Democrats Jump on Allies of Donald Trump in Judge Dispute
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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 …
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Has Clinched Democratic Nomination, Survey Reports
Hillary Clinton Has Clinched Democratic Nomination, Survey Reports
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Politico, Mother Jones, Outside the Beltway, Althouse and The Week
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton will call Sanders Tuesday night
Clinton will call Sanders Tuesday night
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Politico, The Atlantic, Mediaite, Sky Dancing, Daily Kos and New York Times
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Sanders camp: Clinton has not secured nomination yet
Sanders camp: Clinton has not secured nomination yet
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Hillary Clinton clinches Democratic presidential nomination
Hillary Clinton clinches Democratic presidential nomination
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John Judis / Talking Points Memo:
Bernie Sanders should drop out and endorse Hillary Clinton. Period.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Sanders plans to ‘assess’ presidential bid at home in Vermont after Tuesday contests
Sanders plans to ‘assess’ presidential bid at home in Vermont after Tuesday contests
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Truth Revolt, Political Wire and AOL
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Clinton Hits ‘Magic Number’ of Delegates to Clinch Nomination
Clinton Hits ‘Magic Number’ of Delegates to Clinch Nomination
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders: Not sexist to stay in race against Clinton
Sanders: Not sexist to stay in race against Clinton
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The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Washington Free Beacon
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
NPR Reporter: Women Weep Over History-Making Hillary Clinton
NPR Reporter: Women Weep Over History-Making Hillary Clinton
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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.
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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.
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Political Wire
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Republicans need to think very hard about whether they can live with Donald Trump for five more months
Republicans need to think very hard about whether they can live with Donald Trump for five more months
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Talking Points Memo, MSNBC and Mediaite
CNBC:
Paul Ryan: Trump's judge remarks ‘textbook definition of a racist comment’
Paul Ryan: Trump's judge remarks ‘textbook definition of a racist comment’
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National Review, AOL and Reuters
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Paul Ryan starts unveiling plan for ‘better GOP’
John Bresnahan / Politico:
New House Republican ‘anti-poverty plan’ repackages GOP proposals
New House Republican ‘anti-poverty plan’ repackages GOP proposals
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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: I'm The One Who ‘Really Broke The Glass Ceiling’ In My Industry
Trump: I'm The One Who ‘Really Broke The Glass Ceiling’ In My Industry
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Marina Fang / The Huffington Post:
Trump Campaign: Female Judges Could Be Biased, Too
Trump Campaign: Female Judges Could Be Biased, Too
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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 …
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
State Dept. would need 75 years to compile Clinton emails
State Dept. would need 75 years to compile Clinton emails
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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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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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Raw Story, Wall Street Journal and Media Matters for America
CNN:
Last known surviving 9/11 search and rescue dog laid to rest — (CNN)When it was time to say goodbye, she was given a hero's farewell. — Firefighters and rescue workers lined the sidewalk as her body, draped in an American flag, was carried out. Tears streaked down some faces.
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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.
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