memeorandum: Trump continues to Violate Campaign Rule No. 1 (Stuart Rothenberg/Washington Post)

1:15 PM ET, June 9, 2016

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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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Salon, Hullabaloo, CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Last Refuge, The Last Tradition, Althouse and Occidental Dissent

CNN:

Donald Trump's ground game — (CNN)Donald Trump — who made a fortune in part by lending his name to business ventures on which he left a light touch — appears poised to take a similar approach to building his ground game. — The presumptive GOP nominee has argued he can put as many as 15 states …

Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos

Andrew Rosenthal / New York Times:

Why Republicans Won't Renounce Trump — When Donald Trump attacked a federal judge whose parents were born in Mexico, Hispanic Americans were outraged. Other minority groups saw a pattern of bigotry. Democrats had a hard time concealing their glee. Republican leaders pretended they disapproved.

Discussion: US News, Fox News, Pirate's Cove, Heat Street, DownWithTyranny!, Independent Journal …, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, Business Insider and Advocate

Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:

Elizabeth Warren to Call Donald Trump A “Loud, Nasty, Thin-Skinned Fraud” in Upcoming Speech — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is preparing to launch her latest attack on Donald Trump over his comments about the judge overseeing the fraud case against Trump University, calling the presumptive GOP presidential nominee …

Discussion: Politico, Daily Mail, The Hill, National Review, Truth Revolt, Associated Press, NBC News, Politicus USA, Bloomberg, The Week and Talking Points Memo

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

PAUL RYAN To Campaign for Hillary Clinton on “Face the Nation” - Trash Trump as Racist — Republican Speaker Paul Ryan attacked GOP nominee Donald Trump Tuesday at a public Washington DC rally. — Ryan called Trump's attacks on La Raza Judge Gonzalo Curiel as “textbook racism.”

Discussion: CBS News and No More Mister Nice Blog

Jeremy Herb / Politico:
Ryan unveils national security plan, a gentle rebuke of Trump's

Discussion: The Week and AOL

Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Why Can't Republicans Distance Themselves From Donald Trump?

Discussion: New York Times, New York Magazine, Hullabaloo, Daily Wire, Washington Free Beacon, CNN, NPR and Townhall.com

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Today in 'Donald Trump's Campaign Is a Garbage Fire'

Discussion: New York Times

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Warren: Trump is a ‘loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud’

Discussion: ABC News and NBC News

Matt Bai / Yahoo:
The black hole within Donald Trump

Discussion: Political Wire, New York Times, Daily Kos and The American Spectator

CNN:
Inside Donald Trump's crisis response

Discussion: RedState and WTVR-TV

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Wow She's Right

Discussion: CANNONFIRE and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:
There's a GOP delegate challenge brewing over a Trump nomination

Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Republican elites retreat to a Trump-safe space: Mitt Romney's place

Discussion: Political Insider blog, Hot Air, Politico and TIME

Nate Cohn / New York Times:

There Are More White Voters Than People Think. That's Good News for Trump. — One of the biggest reasons Donald Trump is considered to be a long shot to win the presidency is the diversity of the country. — As Joe Scarborough of MSNBC put it, “There are not enough white voters in America …

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Magazine and Althouse

Stuart Rothenberg / Washington Post:

Trump continues to Violate Campaign Rule No. 1 — Unless you are Ronald Reagan running for re-election ("It's morning again in America"), most competitive presidential campaigns are about a single objective: making the race a referendum on the opponent, particularly if he or she is a long-time politician who has high negatives.

Discussion: New York Magazine

Scott Wong / The Hill:

Gingrich: Trump ‘totally virtuous’ compared with Clintons — Former Speaker Newt Gingrich gave a forceful defense of Donald Trump — on Thursday, calling the presumptive GOP presidential nominee “totally virtuous” compared to Bill and Hillary Clinton — After huddling with Trump surrogates …

Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton's Truth Problem

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News Insider, CBS News, CNN, Politico, New York Times, Daily Mail and AOL

Reuters:
Exclusive: Clinton ally Warren weighs potential VP role, sees hurdles - sources

Discussion: Political Wire, AOL, CNN, The Hill, The Atlantic, Washington Times, The Week, The Huffington Post and Daily Kos

Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Ed Rendell: Warren Is Not Ready To Be Commander-In-Chief, Shouldn't Be VP

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hot Air

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Sanders supporters warn Obama: Don't try to stop Bernie — Bernie Sanders' supporters have some advice for President Barack Obama: Back off. — Thursday morning in the Oval Office, Obama will take his not-so-subtle campaign to ease Sanders out of an active campaign directly to the senator himself.

Discussion: Associated Press and The Week

ABC News:
The Note: Bernie Returns to Washington

Discussion: Politico

Maya Rhodan / TIME:
President Obama: ‘I Am Worried About the Republican Party’

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and Fredonia Leader

Glenn Thrush / Politico:

Morning Joe dishes on Trump, Zucker — Joe Scarborough is mastering the art of dealing Donald Trump the derision Trump loves to rain on others. — The “Morning Joe” co-host, former Florida congressman and longtime Friend of Donald found himself under fire during the early months …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Politicus USA, Hot Air, Mediaite and The Week

Bloomberg:

Welcome to Larry Page's Secret Flying-Car Factories — With Zee.Aero and Kitty Hawk, the Google co-founder looks to the skies. — Three years ago, Silicon Valley developed a fleeting infatuation with a startup called Zee.Aero. The company had set up shop right next to Google's headquarters …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Daily Mail, The Verge, Engadget and Mashable

John Harwood / CNBC:

Trump nom - Archaeologists will be studying the ruins for a while: GOP strategist — 'Jeb wasn't built for the stupidest campaign in the world': GOP strategist — CNBC's John Harwood interviews Mike Murphy, the former head of Jeb Bush's “Right to Rise” super PAC.

Discussion: Politico, The Week and Political Wire

Christian Gollayan / New York Post:

Turns out dating is really hard if you support Trump — Lifelong Republican David Goss, 35, was hanging out with his conservative friends in February when he came up with the idea of TrumpSingles.com, a dating website for supporters of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

Discussion: The Hill, Independent Journal …, New Republic and Heat Street

Marc Caputo / Politico:

David Jolly considering withdrawing from Senate race — Under intense local, state and national pressure, U.S. Rep. David Jolly is considering whether to drop his bid for U.S. Senate and run for reelection against former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. — Jolly's campaign would neither confirm nor deny …

Discussion: National Review

John Judis / Talking Points Memo:

Trump's Victory Speech Should Give the Democrats Reason to Worry — At the beginning of May when Trump sewed up the Republican nomination, I thought he could go in three different directions: first, he could continue as the dark prince of political incorrectness, skewering Muslims and Mexican-Americans …

Discussion: Shooting Irrelevance and rubber hose

Martha Gellhorn / The Atlantic:

The Arabs of Palestine … ACCORDING to Arab politicians and apologists, this is what happened, this is the authentic view, these are the facts. Doubt is treasonous. There can be only one truth, according to Arab politicians and apologists, and it belongs to them:

Discussion: Chicago Boyz

Mike Deak / Asbury Park Press:

Student may be punished for insulting vegetarian — School allowed to give detention to student who told another sixth-grader that “vegetarians are idiots.” — MONTGOMERY - A school district is allowed to discipline a sixth-grader for bullying because he made disparaging remarks about a classmate's vegetarianism.

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and The Daily Caller

Christopher Ketcham / The Daily Beast:

Anarchists for Donald Trump—Let the Empire Burn — The left-contrarian arsonist crowd is larger and wider-spread than the cubicled creatures in the Clinton campaign have accounted for. — The historic opportunity of the 2016 election is one which Bernie Sanders likely will not have the courage …

Discussion: Hot Air