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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:
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 …
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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 …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Primary wins show Hillary Clinton needs the left less than pro-Sanders liberals think — THE BIG IDEA: The scope and scale of Hillary Clinton's victories last night ameliorates much of the pressure that she has been under to pander to Bernie Sanders and his supporters.
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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 …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Top supporters of Bernie Sanders gently tell him: It's time — THE MORNING PLUM: — Hillary Clinton decisively defeated Bernie Sanders in the big delegate-rich states of California and New Jersey, and in a rousing, emotional speech last night, she laid claim to a piece of American history …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
AP reminds employees to be vigilant after backlash from Sanders supporters
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Los Angeles Times:
Editorial Bernie Sanders supporters have to face the facts: Hillary Clinton has won
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BOOM! Hillary Clinton CAUGHT COLLUDING With AP to Announce Delegate Win Before California!
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NBC News:
First Read: Trump Starts the General After Squandering a Head Start
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Hillary Clinton's victory speech: “Don't let anyone tell you that great things can't happen”
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
What Hillary Imagines — Hillary Clinton. First woman presidential nominee.
Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
Bernie Sanders needs to fall in line
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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.)
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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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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.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Hatch: ‘Be nice’ to ‘first-time candidate’ Trump — (R-Utah) on Tuesday defended Donald Trump — as a “first-time candidate” amid swirling criticism from Republicans of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee's racially charged rhetoric. — “Be nice to him, he's a first-time candidate …
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Promises New Attacks on Hillary Clinton as GOP Race Ends
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Donald Trump actually read his victory speech from a teleprompter. Here's the transcript.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
HISTORY! Trump Shatters Republican Primary Vote Record by 1.4 Million Votes
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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.
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Finally Admits His Campaign Is Racist
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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.
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Justin Quesinberry / WNCN:
Ellmers called ‘mean girl on steroids’ after NC Congresswoman remarks on woman's weight — DUNN, N.C. (WNCN) - After Republican Congresswoman Renee Ellmers got out of her car to vote Tuesday, she greeted a woman by name and then told the woman she had “gained some weight.”
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Once a Tea Party Star, Renee Ellmers Goes Down in Primary Defeat
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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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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.
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Oliver Jj Lane / Breitbart:
REPORT: Migrants Burn Down Asylum Centre After Not Receiving Ramadan Wake Up Call — A massive fire at Düsseldorf's major international trade fair grounds yesterday has been followed by reports that the blaze was set deliberately by migrants who were angry because of Ramadan.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Feds spend nearly $20,000 to settle every refugee — Federal taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $20,000 just to settle each refugee and asylum seeker, who are then immediately eligible for cash welfare, food stamps, housing and medical aid, according to a new report on the “refugee industry.”
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Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
An Open Letter to Mitt Romney — I write to you not as a fellow conservative, not as a fellow partisan, but as a citizen of our republic. You have served your nation admirably for many years and by any ordinary standard are entitled to a happy retirement.
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