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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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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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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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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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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 …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP fears next Trump blowup — read from a teleprompter, dialed back the schoolyard insults and tried to sound more measured and presidential during his speech Tuesday night. — GOP lawmakers applauded the effort, but they aren't sure it will last. — “If past history is an indicator …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's lead lawyer donated to Clinton after joining case
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Peter Moore / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Slim majority say Trump's comments about judge's Mexican heritage were “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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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
Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid Wants Elizabeth Warren To Be Vice President
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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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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Pennsylvania Close; Sanders Supporter Unity Would Make It Not Close
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton: I Intend On ‘Reaching Out’ To Sanders' Supporters
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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
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
RUMORS: Scott Walker Would Accept Nomination if Trump Implodes Before Convention
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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
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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Des Moines Register:
Grassley ignores judicial crisis and Trump's racism
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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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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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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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Hot Air
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.
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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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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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Experts: Clinton emails could have compromised CIA names
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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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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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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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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
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