memeorandum: Scarborough rips Trump: Prove you're not a bigot (Nick Gass/Politico)

9:30 PM ET, June 8, 2016

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Exclusive: Senator Warren to endorse Clinton, sources say — Senator Elizabeth Warren will soon endorse presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and, while not currently interested in serving as her running mate, has not ruled it out, several sources close to Warren told Reuters.

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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Pennsylvania Close; Sanders Supporter Unity Would Make It Not Close — PPP's new Pennsylvania poll finds a close race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the state, although both a generic Democratic candidate and Bernie Sanders have more substantial leads that bode well for Clinton's chances …

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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:

The full transcript: Hillary Clinton interview — Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton spoke by telephone Wednesday with The Washington Post's Anne Gearan. It was Clinton's first interview with The Post since before launching her presidential campaign in April 2015.

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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:

Hillary Clinton Hits Donald Trump on Economics — In an interview, the Democrat says she plans a speech to contrast the candidates' records — WASHINGTON—With the Democratic primary behind her, Hillary Clinton said she now plans to put Republican Donald Trump's economic record and agenda …

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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:

MoveOn To Sanders: ‘Undemocratic Superdelegates’ Can't Overturn Voters — One of the largest advocacy groups to endorse Bernie Sanders on Wednesday gently nudged the Vermont senator toward the exit, arguing that the Democratic nomination can't be won on the backs of “undemocratic superdelegates.”

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Mark Hensch / The Hill: Warren to endorse Clinton: report

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton: I Intend On ‘Reaching Out’ To Sanders' Supporters

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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Made History, but Bernie Sanders Stubbornly Ignored It

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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton's Remarkable Comeback

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
AP reminds employees to be vigilant after backlash from Sanders supporters

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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Will Bernie Sanders supporters rally behind Hillary Clinton now? Here's what we know.

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Top supporters of Bernie Sanders gently tell him: It's time

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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders's rationale for staying in the race may no longer include winning

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Bloomberg:

Trump Says ‘No Reason’ to Raise $1 Billion for Campaign — In his first interview after the final day of Republican nomination contests, he also said his running-mate search was focused on four or five politicians. — michaelcbender — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald …

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Wow She's Right — We just got this email from TPM Reader DL. And as far as I can tell, she's right. There does not seem to be any mention of Donald Trump on the official Republican Party website, gop.com. Hillary is there. Bernie is there. George H.W.Bush is there. Reagan is there.

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Trump's lead lawyer donated to Clinton after joining case — In the middle of the firestorm over Donald Trump's racially based attacks on the judge overseeing the Trump University lawsuits, the billionaire GOP nominee went on Sean Hannity to rant against the plaintiffs' law firm …

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Zeke J Miller / TIME:

Donald Trump Says He's ‘Disappointed’ by Criticism From Republican Leaders — “I didn't think it was necessary” — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump said in an interview Wednesday that he was “disappointed and surprised” by Republican leaders who criticized his comments about a federal judge as “racist.”

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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Trump: No need to raise much money because ‘I get so much publicity’

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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:

Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt Says GOP Should Change Convention Rules to Dump Trump — Conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt argued Wednesday morning that the Republican Party should make an unprecedented effort to change the Republican National Convention rules to allow them to dump Donald Trump as their nominee.

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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
RUMORS: Scott Walker Would Accept Nomination if Trump Implodes Before Convention

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Streiff / RedState:
BREAKING. Hugh Hewitt Calls For Convention To Reject Trump (FULL AUDIO)

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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:

Grassley equates Trump's judge comments with Sotomoyor's ‘wise Latina’ logic — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday likened presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's controversial remarks on a federal judge to a statement frequently made by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor …

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Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Exclusive: Koch's team to meet Trump's camp, but industrialist remains skeptical

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Des Moines Register:
Grassley ignores judicial crisis and Trump's racism

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Rep. Duncan Hunter Compares Judge Curiel To An Iraqi-American Judging Chris Kyle — “Here you have Chris Kyle, who's killed a whole bunch of bad guys in Iraq. Would that be a fair trial for Chris Kyle? If you had that judge there? Probably not.” — Win Mcnamee / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com

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Yaniv Kubovich / Haaretz:

At Least Three Killed, Seven Wounded in Shooting Attack at Food and Retail Center in Central Tel Aviv — Shooting occurred at Sarona Market, a food and retail center in central Tel Aviv. Two gunmen captured and are in police custody. — Zen Subscribe now

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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Palestinian Gunmen Open Fire in Tel Aviv, Leaving Four Dead

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CNN:
3 killed in shooting near Tel Aviv market

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Cal Thomas:

Trump Interview - The Transcript — CT: My grandparents used to play a parlor game. It went like this: Tell me who you are without telling me your name or what you do. We have seen your tough exterior, but who are you at your core and what is your basic philosophy and worldview?

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CBS News:

Student who helped stop Stanford sexual assault describes what he saw — A northern California judge faces outrage over the sentence he handed down in a sexual assault case at Stanford University. Brock Turner was given six months in jail for the assault of a woman outside a fraternity party.

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Guardian:
Brock Turner's statement blames sexual assault on Stanford ‘party culture’

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Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:

Midlothian man sees Donald Trump in bathroom floor tile — MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — Clayton Litten was sitting on his toilet, admiring his newly tiled bathroom floor when he first saw it. — “This cannot be. There's no way,” Litten said when he saw the image — “clear as day.”

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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:

Dilbert has gone fascist: The strange unrequited love Scott Adams seems to have for Donald Trump — The Dilbert creator insists he's not a Trump backer, but the way he talks about him suggests otherwise — Scott Adams, the creator of “Dilbert,” wants you to know he does not love Donald Trump.

Discussion: The Federalist

Nick Gass / Politico:

Scarborough rips Trump: Prove you're not a bigot — Donald Trump needs to prove once and for all that he is not a bigot, former congressman and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Wednesday. — “Donald, guess what, I'm not going to support you until you get your act together.

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John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

Jeffrey Lord Makes A Mockery Out Of CNN's Election Night Coverage UPDATED — There comes a time when a network has to take action against one of their panel members, because they routinely stray from the topic at hand, invent historical analogies and fabricate events that never took place, and refuse to answer simple questions.

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Los Angeles Times

Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:

Harry Reid Wants Elizabeth Warren To Be Vice President — He likes winning. — Senior Political Economy Reporter, The Huffington Post — Ryan Grim — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, (D-Mass.) and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) have history.

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John Nichols / The Nation:

The Republican Party Just Crashed and Burned in California — The GOP won't even have a Senate candidate on the ballot in the nation's largest state. — By , — Fifty years ago, California was a reasonably Republican state—with a Republican named Reagan on his way to being elected governor …

Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story