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11:15 AM ET, June 8, 2016

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Inside the bitter last days of Bernie's revolution  —  There's no strategist pulling the strings, and no collection of burn-it-all-down aides egging him on.  At the heart of the rage against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party, the campaign aides closest to him say, is Bernie Sanders.
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New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Is Said to Plan Large Layoff From Campaign Staff  —  UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Senator Bernie Sanders plans to lay off at least half his campaign staff Wednesday as his battered presidential bid continues on despite Hillary Clinton's being declared the presumptive Democratic nominee …
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Wins California, Bolstering Claim to Nomination  —  Hillary Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday night after decisive victories in the California, New Jersey and New Mexico primaries, and she quickly appealed to supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders …
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Made History, but Bernie Sanders Stubbornly Ignored It  —  Revolutions rarely give way to gracious expressions of defeat.  —  And so, despite the crushing California results that rolled in for him on Tuesday night, despite the insurmountable delegate math and the growing pleas …
Discussion: Common Dreams, Politico, CANNONFIRE and Vox
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:   Next for Democrats: A delicate dance to broker peace between Clinton and Sanders
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The last domino: Hillary Clinton will definitely win more pledged delegates than Bernie Sanders
New York Times:   Hillary Clinton's Triumph, and Burden
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BOOM!  Hillary Clinton CAUGHT COLLUDING With AP to Announce Delegate Win Before California!  —  On Monday night - the day before California's primary election - the Associated Press announced Hillary Clinton had finally secured enough delegates to win the Democratic Party nomination.
Discussion: The Hill and Liberty Unyielding
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Clinton launches ‘Republicans Against Trump’ campaign  —  Hillary Clinton is wasting no time trying to woo Republicans turned off by Donald Trump now that she's the presumptive Democratic nominee, as her campaign has launched a new website aimed at courting disaffected GOP voters.
Discussion: Towleroad and Mediaite
ABC News:   The Note: It's Not Over Till It's Over
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Celebrates Historic Victory, Sanders Vows to Fight On
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton: Becoming Presumptive Democratic Nominee Will ‘Send a Signal Around the World’
ABC News:
Transcript: Hillary Clinton's Interview with ABC News Anchor David Muir
Discussion: Politico
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The taunt Clinton supporters think will haunt Trump gets airtime in new ad  —  The scene of Donald Trump mocking a New York Times reporter with a congenital disability garners the presumed Republican nominee some of his highest negative ratings among focus groups, POLITICO has learned.
Discussion: New York Times
Catherine Ho / Washington Post:
Renee Ellmers loses North Carolina GOP primary  —  Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) lost her bid for reelection Tuesday, becoming the first GOP congressional incumbent to lose their seat in 2016.  —  Ellmers, who was elected in 2010 amid the tea party takeover of the House …
Discussion: The Week and PoliPundit.com
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Wall Street Journal:
Saving Speaker Ryan  —  His conservative critics don't seem to mind if Republicans lose the House majority.  —  The impulse of some conservatives for self-destruction this year seems to have no limits.  Many of the same people who paved the way for Donald Trump are now trying to excommunicate …
Discussion: The Resurgent
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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.
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
So, Who Is the GOP Going to Install as Its Nominee Instead of Trump?  —  I feel that the GOP Establishment played along with Trump for what they felt was a reasonable period of pretending, but now, a Decent Interval has passed, and they can abandon Trump.  —  Lindsey Graham calls for people to begin unendorsing Trump, and then...
Discussion: Hot Air
Donald J. Trump / Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT REGARDING TRUMP UNIVERSITY  —  It is unfortunate that my comments have been misconstrued as a categorical attack against people of Mexican heritage.  I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent.  The American justice system relies on fair and impartial judges.
Douglas Holtz-Eakin / CNBC:
Obama's new retirement rule is a big mistake  —  As the saying goes, if you like your financial advisor, you should be able to keep your financial advisor.  But that's not the likely future for millions of families now that the Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized its proposed “fiduciary rule” …
Streiff / RedState:
BREAKING.  Hugh Hewitt Calls For Convention To Reject Trump (FULL AUDIO)  —  Whoa.  —  This morning talk show host Hugh Hewitt called for the GOP convention to change the rules to allow for an alternative candidate to be selected.  (Full disclosure, Hewitt is affiliated with Salem Media Group which owns RedState.)
Discussion: Mediaite and The Resurgent
 
 
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John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
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Discussion: Vox and Raw Story
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Detroit Free Press Editor Calls For Murder Of GOP Lawmakers
Daily Mail:
White, straight, able-bodied man? …
BuzzFeed:
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