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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 …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
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 …
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 …
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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.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Today in 'Donald Trump's Campaign Is a Garbage Fire' — I love the smell of garbage in the morning. Smells like <s>victory</s> massive defeat. — If Donald Trump were an otherwise normal candidate — with a reasonable knowledge of public policy and no pronounced affection for authoritarian rulers …
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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.”
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Matt Bai / Yahoo:
The black hole within Donald Trump
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Wow She's Right
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CANNONFIRE and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Republican elites retreat to a Trump-safe space: Mitt Romney's place
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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 …
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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.
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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
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Trump support shrinking on Capitol Hill
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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.
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Sanders meets with Obama, Reid ahead of final contest
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Warren has concerns about being Clinton's VP: report
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Clinton ally Warren weighs potential VP role, sees hurdles - sources
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Ed Rendell: Warren Is Not Ready To Be Commander-In-Chief, Shouldn't Be VP
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Maya Rhodan / TIME:
President Obama: ‘I Am Worried About the Republican Party’
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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 …
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National Review
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.
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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 …
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Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Deepak Chopra: Trump Is ‘Emotionally Retarded, Maybe Mentally Retarded’ — The guru lamented how The Donald brings out the ‘worst’ in America—and then proceeded to lob insults. — The political rise of Donald Trump is so disturbing, even New Age guru Deepak Chopra has lost his good vibes.
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