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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 …
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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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Wow She's Right — We just got this email from TPM Reader DL. And as far as I can tell, she's right. There does not seem to be any mention of Donald Trump on the official Republican Party website, gop.com. Hillary is there. Bernie is there. George H.W.Bush is there. Reagan is there.
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Why Can't Republicans Distance Themselves From Donald Trump? — They're afraid. — For the past week, Donald Trump has used his national platform as a presidential candidate to strafe the judge hearing a class-action lawsuit against his now-defunct Trump University, which critics …
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Donald Trump Hires Pollster for New York — Donald J. Trump has hired a new pollster to help him capture an elusive Republican victory in New York, his home state, two people briefed on the move said. — The pollster, John McLaughlin, will be focusing exclusively on New York …


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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GOP fears next Trump blowup — read from a teleprompter, dialed back the schoolyard insults and tried to sound more measured and presidential during his speech Tuesday night. — GOP lawmakers applauded the effort, but they aren't sure it will last. — “If past history is an indicator …
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Trump's lead lawyer donated to Clinton after joining case
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Exclusive: Clinton ally Warren weighs potential VP role, sees hurdles - sources — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has considered the idea of serving as Hillary Clinton's running mate but sees obstacles to that choice as she prepares to endorse the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee …
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Ed Rendell: Warren Is Not Ready To Be Commander-In-Chief, Shouldn't Be VP — “I think Elizabeth Warren is a wonderful, bright, passionate person, but with no experience in foreign affairs and not in any way, shape, or form ready to be commander-in-chief.” — Robin Marchant / Getty Images

Harry Reid Wants Elizabeth Warren To Be Vice President
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Republican elites retreat to a Trump-safe space: Mitt Romney's place — Mitt Romney gives up on independent candidate search — Mitt Romney's hosting the The Experts and Enthusiasts, or E2, retreat this week in Park City, Utah — (CNN)One year ago the question hovering over Park City …
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PAUL RYAN To Campaign for Hillary Clinton on “Face the Nation” - Trash Trump as Racist


Dilbert has gone fascist: The strange unrequited love Scott Adams seems to have for Donald Trump
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Scarborough rips Trump: Prove you're not a bigot
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Awkward: Dems Dance Around the Word ‘Quit’ on Sanders — What to do when one presidential candidate clinches her party's presidential nod but her effectively vanquished rival refuses to leave the race? — First, avoid saying the words “quit” or “exit” and “Bernie Sanders” in the same discussion …
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The full transcript: Hillary Clinton interview
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As Democrats Nudge Bernie Sanders, G.O.P. Tries to Rein In Donald Trump
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MoveOn To Sanders: ‘Undemocratic Superdelegates’ Can't Overturn Voters
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Pennsylvania Close; Sanders Supporter Unity Would Make It Not Close
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Former Cruz campaign officials push for delegate coup at GOP convention — Officials from Ted Cruz's defunct presidential campaign are talking up the possibility of a coup at next month's Republican convention in Cleveland. — Bob Vander Plaats, a former national co-chair …
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GOP Sen. Mark Kirk: I cannot support Donald Trump
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Family dog was shot and killed by deputies who went to wrong home for domestic violence call — Buddy didn't even have a chance to bark before a deputy in Hesperia drew a handgun and shot the dog, killing him instantly. — The deputies then realized they had gone to the wrong home in response to a domestic disturbance call.


Midlothian man sees Donald Trump in bathroom floor tile — MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — Clayton Litten was sitting on his toilet, admiring his newly tiled bathroom floor when he first saw it. — “This cannot be. There's no way,” Litten said when he saw the image — “clear as day.”
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Liberals, Want Trump to Win? Keep Calling Him Racist — Liberals and Leftists, if you don't want Donald Trump to become the next president of the United States, stop calling him a racist. — Furthermore, stop calling him a sexist and a misogynist, especially if you're a woman …
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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


Grassley equates Trump's judge comments with Sotomoyor's ‘wise Latina’ logic — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday likened presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's controversial remarks on a federal judge to a statement frequently made by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor …
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About 12 released Guantanamo detainees implicated in attacks on Americans — The Obama administration believes that at least 12 detainees released from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have launched attacks against U.S. or allied forces in Afghanistan, killing about a half-dozen Americans …
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