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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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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.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Hires Pollster for New York — Donald J. Trump has hired a new pollster to help him capture an elusive Republican victory in New York, his home state, two people briefed on the move said. — The pollster, John McLaughlin, will be focusing exclusively on New York …
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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 Magazine, Daily Wire, The Atlantic, Townhall.com, Morning Consult and NPR
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Elizabeth Warren to Call Donald Trump A “Loud, Nasty, Thin-Skinned Fraud” in Upcoming Speech — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is preparing to launch her latest attack on Donald Trump over his comments about the judge overseeing the fraud case against Trump University, calling the presumptive GOP presidential nominee …
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Politico, National Review, Associated Press, Politicus USA and Business Insider
Andrew Rosenthal / New York Times:
Why Republicans Won't Renounce Trump — When Donald Trump attacked a federal judge whose parents were born in Mexico, Hispanic Americans were outraged. Other minority groups saw a pattern of bigotry. Democrats had a hard time concealing their glee. Republican leaders pretended they disapproved.
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Heat Street and Independent Journal …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's lead lawyer donated to Clinton after joining case
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RedState and Media Matters for America
Tal Kopan / CNN:
GOP Sen. Mark Kirk: I cannot support Donald Trump
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RedState, Washington Free Beacon, New York Magazine, The American Spectator, Washington Post, Mother Jones and Mediaite
Reuters:
Exclusive: Clinton ally Warren weighs potential VP role, sees hurdles - sources — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has considered the idea of serving as Hillary Clinton's running mate but sees obstacles to that choice as she prepares to endorse the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee …
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Ed Rendell: Warren Is Not Ready To Be Commander-In-Chief, Shouldn't Be VP — “I think Elizabeth Warren is a wonderful, bright, passionate person, but with no experience in foreign affairs and not in any way, shape, or form ready to be commander-in-chief.” — Robin Marchant / Getty Images
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Hillary Clinton: The Unpopular, Corrupt, Shameless Habitual Liar Democrats Deserve
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Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid Wants Elizabeth Warren To Be Vice President
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Business Insider, CBS New York, The Daily Caller and Washington Post
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Republican elites retreat to a Trump-safe space: Mitt Romney's place — Mitt Romney gives up on independent candidate search — Mitt Romney's hosting the The Experts and Enthusiasts, or E2, retreat this week in Park City, Utah — (CNN)One year ago the question hovering over Park City …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
PAUL RYAN To Campaign for Hillary Clinton on “Face the Nation” - Trash Trump as Racist
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Dilbert has gone fascist: The strange unrequited love Scott Adams seems to have for Donald Trump
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The Federalist
Nick Gass / Politico:
Scarborough rips Trump: Prove you're not a bigot
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The Daily Beast, ABC News and Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
Awkward: Dems Dance Around the Word ‘Quit’ on Sanders — What to do when one presidential candidate clinches her party's presidential nod but her effectively vanquished rival refuses to leave the race? — First, avoid saying the words “quit” or “exit” and “Bernie Sanders” in the same discussion …
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
The full transcript: Hillary Clinton interview
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Politico and Business Insider
New York Times:
As Democrats Nudge Bernie Sanders, G.O.P. Tries to Rein In Donald Trump
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Fox News, Algemeiner.com, Althouse, Vox and Little Green Footballs
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
MoveOn To Sanders: ‘Undemocratic Superdelegates’ Can't Overturn Voters
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Mediaite, Raw Story, Politics Plus, Boing Boing, MoveOn.Org, CNBC and Vox
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Pennsylvania Close; Sanders Supporter Unity Would Make It Not Close
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Right Wing Watch, The Last Refuge, CBS Philly and Political Wire
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.
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 …
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
James A. Lindsay / Allthink:
Liberals, Want Trump to Win? Keep Calling Him Racist — Liberals and Leftists, if you don't want Donald Trump to become the next president of the United States, stop calling him a racist. — Furthermore, stop calling him a sexist and a misogynist, especially if you're a woman …
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Des Moines Register:
Grassley ignores judicial crisis and Trump's racism — Democrats and Republicans are never going to agree on where the blame lies for the alarming number of judicial vacancies in the federal court system. — No surprise there. — But it is surprising to see the office of Sen. Charles Grassley …
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Politico:
Full transcript: POLITICO's Glenn Thrush interviews Joe Scarborough — GLENN THRUSH: OK. The pictures I've seen of you and your band, it looks like you have—is that an actual Gibson ES-335? — JOE SCARBOROUGH: It is. — Story Continued Below — THRUSH: What year?
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