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5:05 PM ET, June 8, 2016

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Pennsylvania Close; Sanders Supporter Unity Would Make It Not Close — PPP's new Pennsylvania poll finds a close race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the state, although both a generic Democratic candidate and Bernie Sanders have more substantial leads that bode well for Clinton's chances …

Discussion: Political Wire, Right Wing Watch, The Last Refuge and @politifact

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 …

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.”

Discussion: New York Times, Boing Boing, MoveOn.Org and Politico

New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Made History, but Bernie Sanders Stubbornly Ignored It

Discussion: Mediaite, Vox, The Atlantic, Common Dreams, Politico, CANNONFIRE, New York Magazine and Bloomberg

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
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

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Hot Air, The Definitive Source, The Daily Caller and Liberal Values

James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Primary wins show Hillary Clinton needs the left less than pro-Sanders liberals think

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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton's Remarkable Comeback

Discussion: Sky Dancing, Real Clear Politics and CANNONFIRE

John Wagner / Washington Post:
Sanders's rationale for staying in the race may no longer include winning

Discussion: Politico

Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Will Bernie Sanders supporters rally behind Hillary Clinton now? Here's what we know.

Discussion: YouGov US Opinion Center News

Los Angeles Times:
Editorial Bernie Sanders supporters have to face the facts: Hillary Clinton has won

Discussion: Daily Kos and NPR

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BOOM! Hillary Clinton CAUGHT COLLUDING With AP to Announce Delegate Win Before California!

Discussion: New York Times, The Hill and Liberty Unyielding

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News, Politico, Business Insider, Trail Blazers Blog, AOL, Political Wire and The Week

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.”

Discussion: Politico

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

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Gateway Pundit

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.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and WNCN

Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Grassley equates Trump's judge comments with Sotomoyor's ‘wise Latina’ logic

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Politico, Media Matters for America, Liberty Unyielding, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, BarbWire.com and RedState

Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Trump: No need to raise much money because ‘I get so much publicity’

Discussion: Bloomberg, RedState and Business Insider

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Finally Admits His Campaign Is Racist

Discussion: Washington Post, Right Wing Watch, The Federalist and Off the Kuff

Greg Neumann / WKOW 27:
Gov. Walker calls choice between Trump and Clinton a “sad” one

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

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.

Discussion: Breitbart, Townhall.com, Washington Post, Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit

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: Outside the Beltway, neo-neocon, Hot Air, The Week and The Resurgent

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: Washington Monthly, Hot Air and Pirate's Cove

Leon H. Wolf / RedState: RUMORS: Scott Walker Would Accept Nomination if Trump Implodes Before Convention

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Walker: Trump should renounce comments about judge

Discussion: Politico

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

Discussion: The Atlantic, Fox News and Jihad Watch

CNN:
3 killed in shooting near Tel Aviv market

Discussion: RedState

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.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, New Urban Legends, The Huffington Post, CBS San Francisco, BuzzFeed, CBS New York, Independent Journal … and New York Times

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.

Discussion: Instapundit

Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Armed robbers thwarted trying to hold up McDonald's where 11 special forces officers happened to be eating dinner

Discussion: NPR

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?

Discussion: The Atlantic, Business Insider, Religion News Service, Politico and Raw Story

Amanda Marcotte / Salon:

Dilbert has gone fascist: The strange unrequited love Scott Adams seems to have for Donald Trump — The Dilbert creator insists he's not a Trump backer, but the way he talks about him suggests otherwise — Scott Adams, the creator of “Dilbert,” wants you to know he does not love Donald Trump.

Discussion: The Federalist

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.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Hullabaloo

CNN:

Paul Ryan stresses party unity in GOP meeting — Trump: Ryan endorsement about GOP ‘winning’ — (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan reiterated his support Wednesday for Donald Trump at a closed door meeting with House Republicans and asked his colleagues to unite behind the presumptive Republican nominee …

Discussion: RedState, Talking Points Memo and Politico