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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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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 …
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
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.
Discussion: Washington Times and Daily Kos
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.
Discussion: Politico and Business Insider
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.”
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton: I Intend On ‘Reaching Out’ To Sanders' Supporters  —  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton reflected on her victories in an interview Wednesday and said she intended on “reaching out” to the supporters of opponent Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton's Remarkable Comeback
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Top supporters of Bernie Sanders gently tell him: It's time
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Will Bernie Sanders supporters rally behind Hillary Clinton now? Here's what we know.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders's rationale for staying in the race may no longer include winning
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
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 …
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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.”
Discussion: Politico and AOL
Nick Gass / Politico:
Scarborough rips Trump: Prove you're not a bigot
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Hullabaloo
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  —  Rumors are starting to float around that Scott Walker is open to accepting the nomination at the convention, if the wheels continue to come off the Trump train and the rules are changed to unbind the delegate.
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
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
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?
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI: Everything on Clinton is ‘evidence’ or ‘potential evidence’  —  The FBI is treating everything on the private server used to run former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  —  's personal email account as evidence or possible evidence as part of the federal investigation connected to the machine …
Discussion: Liberal Values and Hot Air
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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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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Two guys allegedly tried to rob a French McDonald's, but off-duty special forces unit was eating inside  —  When the two armed men entered the McDonald's in Besancon, a city in eastern France near the Switzerland border, they found about 40 people dining on fried, fast food.
Discussion: Instapundit
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Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Armed robbers thwarted trying to hold up McDonald's where 11 special forces officers happened to be eating dinner
Discussion: NPR
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
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
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Dump the G.O.P. for a Grand New Party  —  If a party could declare moral bankruptcy, today's Republican Party would be in Chapter 11.  —  This party needs to just shut itself down and start over — now.  Seriously, someone please start a New Republican Party!  —  America needs a healthy two-party system.
Gilad Shiloach / Vocativ:
New ISIS ‘Kill’ List Claims To Target Thousands Of Americans  —  ISIS “kill” lists have called on ISIS loyalists to attack everyone from Minnesota cops to State Department employees and ordinary Americans  —  A pro-ISIS “hacking” group calling itself the United Cyber Caliphate distributed its latest “kill” list this week.
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Waitress assaulted on French Riviera for ‘serving alcohol’ on first day of holy month of Ramadan  —  A waitress in a cafe in central Nice has filed a police complaint after she was allegedly assaulted by two men because she refused to “stop serving alcohol” on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.
Discussion: Pamela Geller
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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Des Moines Register:
Grassley ignores judicial crisis and Trump's racism
Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid Wants Elizabeth Warren To Be Vice President
Jon Boone / Guardian:
Pakistani woman burned daughter alive over marriage dispute
Discussion: The Daily Caller, AOL and Mediaite
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Teen sues cop: You need a warrant to check my breath for booze
Discussion: Hit & Run and NBC News
Michael Gordon / The Charlotte Observer:
FBI found hundreds of classified files on Petraeus biographer Broadwell's computer
Discussion: Raw Story and LawNewz
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John Nichols / The Nation:
The Republican Party Just Crashed and Burned in California
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Fiat Said in Talks With Uber as Marchionne Seeks Tech Deals
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Only one Republican backing resolution to honor Muhammad Ali
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
An Open Letter to Mitt Romney
Discussion: The Week
Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Goldman Sachs: Obamacare forcing hundreds of thousands into part-time work
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller