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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:
After Victory in California, Hillary Clinton Turns Toward Donald Trump — 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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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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Boing Boing, MoveOn.Org and Politico
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Pennsylvania Close; Sanders Supporter Unity Would Make It Not Close
Pennsylvania Close; Sanders Supporter Unity Would Make It Not Close
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Political Wire, Right Wing Watch, The Last Refuge and @politifact
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Primary wins show Hillary Clinton needs the left less than pro-Sanders liberals think
The Daily 202: Primary wins show Hillary Clinton needs the left less than pro-Sanders liberals think
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Top supporters of Bernie Sanders gently tell him: It's time
Top supporters of Bernie Sanders gently tell him: It's time
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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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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders's rationale for staying in the race may no longer include winning
Sanders's rationale for staying in the race may no longer include winning
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New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Is Said to Plan Large Layoff From Campaign Staff
Bernie Sanders Is Said to Plan Large Layoff From Campaign Staff
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Will Bernie Sanders supporters rally behind Hillary Clinton now? Here's what we know.
Will Bernie Sanders supporters rally behind Hillary Clinton now? Here's what we know.
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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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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Donald Trump Says He's ‘Disappointed’ by Criticism From Republican Leaders — “I didn't think it was necessary” — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump said in an interview Wednesday that he was “disappointed and surprised” by Republican leaders who criticized his comments about a federal judge as “racist.”
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Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Exclusive: Koch's team to meet Trump's camp, but industrialist remains skeptical — WICHITA, Kan. — Top officials within Charles Koch's powerful policy network plan to meet with aides to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, the industrialist told USA TODAY on Wednesday.
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Washington Free Beacon
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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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Finally Admits His Campaign Is Racist
Donald Trump Finally Admits His Campaign Is Racist
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Hatch: ‘Be nice’ to ‘first-time candidate’ Trump
Hatch: ‘Be nice’ to ‘first-time candidate’ Trump
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Political Wire
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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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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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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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton's Remarkable Comeback — Hillary Clinton has now secured the Democratic nomination for president. Because she was the front-runner, because she represents the establishment, because she has been around forever, we forget how remarkable a story that is. — I'm not talking about her gender.
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Sky Dancing, CANNONFIRE and Real Clear Politics
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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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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Most Politically Correct Speech (Aided by a TelePrompter)
Donald Trump's Most Politically Correct Speech (Aided by a TelePrompter)
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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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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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Greg Neumann / WKOW 27:
Gov. Walker calls choice between Trump and Clinton a “sad” one
Gov. Walker calls choice between Trump and Clinton a “sad” one
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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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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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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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The Week
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Jeffrey Lord Makes A Mockery Out Of CNN's Election Night Coverage UPDATED — There comes a time when a network has to take action against one of their panel members, because they routinely stray from the topic at hand, invent historical analogies and fabricate events that never took place, and refuse to answer simple questions.
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Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Goldman Sachs: Obamacare forcing hundreds of thousands into part-time work — Obamacare is forcing hundreds of thousands of people into part-time work, according to a new analysis from the bank Goldman Sachs. — In a research note sent out Wednesday, bank economist Alec Phillips concluded that …
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