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10:40 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.
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 …
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:
Bernie Sanders should drop out and endorse Hillary Clinton.  Period.  —  Bernie Sanders may win California today, but whether or not he does, he won't have enough delegates to deny the nomination to Hillary Clinton.  But Sanders says he is going to carry the fight to the convention …
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton clinches Democratic nomination
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton will call Sanders Tuesday night
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Clinton Hits the Magic Number
Discussion: New York Times, NBC News and Politico
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Sanders plans to ‘assess’ presidential bid at home in Vermont after Tuesday contests
Discussion: Political Wire, Truth Revolt 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
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 …
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: The Week
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.”
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 …
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  —  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.”
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  —  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
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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
Discussion: Raw Story, Political Wire and Politico
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 …
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
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
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