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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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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
It's time for GOP leaders to choose sides on Donald Trump — This post has been updated. — Donald Trump has been the Republican presidential nominee for five weeks as of Tuesday. Those 35 days have been filled with self-inflicted wounds — the latest being Trump's insistence that a judge …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Rubio Says He Won't Speak on Trump's Behalf at GOP Convention — Florida senator says he would talk about own beliefs to Republican audience — McConnell to Trump: Don't Try to Fight Over the GOP Platform Chamber Backs Toomey With Cheesy Ad Would Rubio Be Pushing Zika Aid If He Were Still Running?
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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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Nick Gass / Politico:
Christie: Trump ‘not racist,’ has ‘right’ to express opinions on judge — Donald Trump has the “right” to express his opinion about the U.S. federal judge presiding over Trump University lawsuits, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie asserted Tuesday, defending the presumptive Republican nominee …
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
The RNC Approached Two Hispanic Operatives Who Weren't Interested Because Of Trump
Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Grassley: Senate Can Be a Check on Trump's Judges
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The Intercept:
Perfect End to Democratic Primary: Anonymous Super-Delegates Declare Winner Through Media — Last night, Associated Press - on a day when nobody voted - surprised everyone by abruptly declaring the Democratic Party primary over and Hillary Clinton the victor.
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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.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bernie Sanders Has Some Strange Ideas About Why He Deserves the Nomination
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton will call Sanders Tuesday night
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
In San Francisco, Berniecrats lash out at media for calling nomination for Clinton
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Joe Perticone / Independent Journal Review:
Bernie Sanders Delegate Forced to Withdraw from Democratic National Convention Over Drug Charges
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Hillary Clinton clinches Democratic presidential nomination
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Sanders camp: Clinton has not secured nomination yet
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CNN:
Paul Ryan rips Donald Trump remarks as ‘textbook definition of a racist comment’ — (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan ripped Donald Trump's recent remarks saying a judge presiding over a lawsuit involving his business was biased because of his Mexican heritage as “the textbook definition of a racist comment.”
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
GOP Congressman Bizarrely Defends Trump: ‘You Could Easily Argue’ Obama Is Racist — This was probably not the interview that New York state Representative Lee Zeldin had in mind. — The Republican Congressman sat down with CNN's John Berman and Kate Bolduan Tuesday morning to address …
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Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Iowa state senator is first elected official to leave Republican party over Trump — David Johnson changes registration to No Party in response to Donald Trump accusing federal judge Gonzalo Curiel of bias based on his race — Iowa state senator David Johnson became the first elected official …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Susan Collins: “Very Difficult” To Back Trump After His Attack On Federal Judge
Jay Newton-Small / TIME:
Susan Collins Says She's Not Yet Ready to Back Donald Trump
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan: Trump's Judge Attacks ‘The Textbook Definition Of A Racist Comment’
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge ‘Racist,’ but Backs Him Still
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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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Joseph Murray / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Is Correct To Hit ‘La Raza’ Judge For Latino Identity Politics
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Pat Buchanan: Stop ‘The Lynching’ Of Donald Trump Over Racist Attack On Judge
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New York Times:
The Judicial System According to Donald Trump
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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
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Marina Fang / The Huffington Post:
Trump Campaign: Female Judges Could Be Biased, Too
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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
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
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
As One of the Least Popular Senators in the Country, Rubio Would Face a Tough General Election — PPP's new Florida poll finds that Marco Rubio remains quite unpopular in the state in the wake of his unsuccessful Presidential bid, and that voters aren't interested in seeing him run for the Senate this year.
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Joey Nolfi / EW.com:
Meryl Streep dons a fat suit and orangeface as Donald Trump — Further proving there's no role she can't tackle, acting legend Meryl Streep has gone from complete Margaret Thatcher to full Donald Trump, sporting messy hair, a low-hanging red tie, a fat suit, and comically-applied self-tanner …
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David Rogers / Politico:
New House Republican ‘anti-poverty plan’ repackages GOP proposals — Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans rolled out a new plan on Tuesday to fight poverty and help Americans move up the economic ladder, yet much of this latest initiative is repackaged GOP proposals likely to win only limited support from Democrats.
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Paul Ryan starts unveiling plan for ‘better GOP’
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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 …
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