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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 …
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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.
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CANNONFIRE and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Advice to Panicked Republicans: Man Up — Donald J. Trump has some advice for panicked Republicans in Washington who are melting down over his most incendiary statements: Man up. — “Politicians are so politically correct anymore, they can't breathe,"Mr. Trump …
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The Last Refuge and Occidental Dissent
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Why Can't Republicans Distance Themselves From Donald Trump? — They're afraid. — For the past week, Donald Trump has used his national platform as a presidential candidate to strafe the judge hearing a class-action lawsuit against his now-defunct Trump University, which critics …
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New York Times, The Atlantic and CNN
Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Grassley equates Trump's judge comments with Sotomoyor's ‘wise Latina’ logic
Grassley equates Trump's judge comments with Sotomoyor's ‘wise Latina’ logic
Nick Gass / Politico:
Scarborough rips Trump: Prove you're not a bigot
Scarborough rips Trump: Prove you're not a bigot
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ABC News, The Daily Beast and Hullabaloo
Peter Moore / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Slim majority say Trump's comments about judge's Mexican heritage were “racist”
Slim majority say Trump's comments about judge's Mexican heritage were “racist”
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RedState, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, Advocate, Guardian, Daily Kos, Trail Blazers Blog, The American Spectator and New York Times
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP fears next Trump blowup
GOP fears next Trump blowup
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Politico, Bloomberg, Politicus USA and Business Insider
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Exclusive: Koch's team to meet Trump's camp, but industrialist remains skeptical
Exclusive: Koch's team to meet Trump's camp, but industrialist remains skeptical
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Politico, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, NPR and WNCN
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
HISTORY! Trump Shatters Republican Primary Vote Record by 1.4 Million Votes
HISTORY! Trump Shatters Republican Primary Vote Record by 1.4 Million Votes
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Power LinePower Line and Daily Wire
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.
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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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Politico and Business Insider
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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The Last Refuge, Right Wing Watch, Political Wire and @politifact
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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Politico
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
MoveOn To Sanders: ‘Undemocratic Superdelegates’ Can't Overturn Voters
MoveOn To Sanders: ‘Undemocratic Superdelegates’ Can't Overturn Voters
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Washington Post, Raw Story, Politics Plus, Boing Boing, CNBC, MoveOn.Org, Vox, NPR, New York Times and Politico
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Warren to endorse Clinton: report
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton's Remarkable Comeback
Hillary Clinton's Remarkable Comeback
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Washington Post, CANNONFIRE, Real Clear Politics and Sky Dancing
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton: I Intend On ‘Reaching Out’ To Sanders' Supporters
Hillary Clinton: I Intend On ‘Reaching Out’ To Sanders' Supporters
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
AP reminds employees to be vigilant after backlash from Sanders supporters
AP reminds employees to be vigilant after backlash from Sanders supporters
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Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and The Definitive Source
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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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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RedState, Media Matters for America and Yahoo
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Dilbert has gone fascist: The strange unrequited love Scott Adams seems to have for Donald Trump
Dilbert has gone fascist: The strange unrequited love Scott Adams seems to have for Donald Trump
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The Federalist
Ryan Lovelace / Washington Examiner:
Former Cruz campaign officials push for delegate coup at GOP convention — Officials from Ted Cruz's defunct presidential campaign are talking up the possibility of a coup at next month's Republican convention in Cleveland. — Bob Vander Plaats, a former national co-chair …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt Says GOP Should Change Convention Rules to Dump Trump
Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt Says GOP Should Change Convention Rules to Dump Trump
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Breitbart, Daily Wire, RedState, Washington Post, neo-neocon, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall.com, The Week and The Resurgent
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
RUMORS: Scott Walker Would Accept Nomination if Trump Implodes Before Convention
RUMORS: Scott Walker Would Accept Nomination if Trump Implodes Before Convention
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WKOW 27, Hot Air, Politico, The Hill and No More Mister Nice Blog
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Family dog was shot and killed by deputies who went to wrong home for domestic violence call — Buddy didn't even have a chance to bark before a deputy in Hesperia drew a handgun and shot the dog, killing him instantly. — The deputies then realized they had gone to the wrong home in response to a domestic disturbance call.
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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The Daily Caller, The Week, The Resurgent and Washington Post
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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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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CNN:
3 killed in shooting near Tel Aviv market
3 killed in shooting near Tel Aviv market
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New York Times, New York Post, Vocativ and RedState
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Minnesota Republican Attacks Her Democratic Opponent For Being ‘LGBT’ And ‘Half Black’ — During a Republican district convention in the suburban Twin Cities last month, Ali Jimenez-Hopper helped seal her endorsement as a state House candidate with a speech that attacked her Democratic opponent …
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The Column and Raw Story
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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Washington Post, CBS New York and The Daily Caller
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 …
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Liberal Values and Hot Air