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Bloomberg:
McConnell: Donald Trump 'Doesn't Know a Lot About the Issues' — Despite his reservations, the Senate majority leader says he is still “comfortable” with Trump at the top of the GOP ticket. — haddadmedia — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Donald Trump needs …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Carson says Trump knows judge attack was wrong — In public, Donald Trump insists his racial attacks on an Indiana-born judge of Mexican descent have been “misconstrued.” But in private, Trump concedes he made a mistake, according to Ben Carson, a top advisor and former rival for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Mark Davis / Townhall.com:
This Time, Trump's Not the Problem — When Republicans have a severe communications mishap, all conservatives should be concerned about getting the situation righted as soon as possible. — If someone seeking to speak for all Republicans commits a seething unforced error …
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, the Judiciary and Identity Politics
Trump, the Judiciary and Identity Politics
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Chicago Boyz
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Carson Defends Trump Judge Attacks: He Was ‘Talking Out Loud,’ Not ‘Thinking’
Carson Defends Trump Judge Attacks: He Was ‘Talking Out Loud,’ Not ‘Thinking’
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Politico and Business Insider
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Warren met with Clinton this morning, fueling VP speculation — Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton met privately Friday morning, according to two knowledgeable Democrats, just hours after the Massachusetts senator formally endorsed the presumptive Democratic nominee.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Sanders surrogate blasts Warren: 'You don't get brownie points from me' — is lashing out at Sen. Elizabeth Warren — after her endorsement of Hillary Clinton — , saying the senator hasn't done enough for progressives. — During a radio interview on SiriusXM's “Steele and Unger,” …
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Raw Story
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Dueling Speeches in DC — NOTABLES —HAPPENING TODAY: Hillary Clinton will give her first major speech since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee in Washington, DC today and it's to Planned Parenthood, giving a nod not only to a group that has been supportive of her …
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Politico, The New Civil Rights Movement and The Hill
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt With Trump
Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt With Trump
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BostonGlobe.com, Shooting Irrelevance, Outside the Beltway, bradford-delong.com, alan.com, Bloomberg, Towleroad and Politico
John Wagner / Washington Post:
How Bernie Sanders's day in Washington got eclipsed by Democratic unity
How Bernie Sanders's day in Washington got eclipsed by Democratic unity
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Politico, ABC News, TalkLeft, Sky Dancing and New York Magazine
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
How Clinton Donor Got on Sensitive Intelligence Board — Newly released State Department emails help reveal how a major Clinton Foundation donor was placed on a sensitive government intelligence advisory board even though he had no obvious experience in the field, a decision that appeared to baffle the department's professional staff.
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Wall Street Journal:
Emails in Clinton Probe Dealt With Planned Drone Strikes — Some vaguely worded messages from U.S. diplomats in Pakistan and Washington used a less-secure communications system — At the center of a criminal probe involving Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information is a series …
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton hires Sanders' top student organizer — Hillary Clinton's team is moving to shore up an area where she urgently needs help — the campaign has hired Bernie Sanders' director of student organizing to serve as her national campus and student organizing director, a Clinton official confirmed to POLITICO.
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Washington Monthly, BuzzFeed and The Week
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Gingrich: Sanders staying in race because of Clinton FBI probe
Gingrich: Sanders staying in race because of Clinton FBI probe
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Political Wire and The Week
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
The Sanders wind-down begins
The Sanders wind-down begins
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BostonGlobe.com, Mother Jones and ABC News
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
What Hillary Clinton's To-Do List Might Look Like Now
What Hillary Clinton's To-Do List Might Look Like Now
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Boing Boing
Reihan Salam / Slate:
The Wall Street Journal Has Lost Its Mind — The advice it's giving Paul Ryan and the Republican Party is transparently absurd. — On June 2, Paul Ryan said he was backing Donald Trump because he believed the presumptive Republican nominee would help turn Ryan's policy ideas into reality.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Unity Illusion — Paul Ryan says it's time for Republicans to unite with the presumptive nominee Donald Trump. Sure, Trump says racist things sometimes and disagrees with most of our proposals, but Republicans have to go into this campaign as a team. There has to be a Republican majority …
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JustOneMinute, Washington Post and New York Magazine
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Majority thinks Clinton is lying about emails — American voters think Hillary Clinton put national security at risk by mishandling classified emails — and that she's lying about it. — By a 60-27 percent margin, they think she's lying about how her emails were handled …
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BizPac Review, Truth Revolt and CANNONFIRE
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump drops, now trails Clinton
Fox News Poll: Trump drops, now trails Clinton
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Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight, Political Wire, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Washington Times, Daily Mail, Hot Air and New York Times
Zeke J. Miller / TIME.com:
Hillary Clinton's general-election wakeup call came suddenly in May, when loud cursing erupted from her Brooklyn headquarters. — She had just begun a speech to union leaders in Las Vegas when every major cable network had decided to go live to an empty podium in North Dakota, where Donald Trump would soon appear.
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Shakesville
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Here's How Trump (Allegedly) Stiffed an 82-Year-Old Immigrant Over an Unpaid Bill — Donald Trump likes to boast he's a great businessman. But one part of his reputation as a wheeler and dealer is not so grand: He can be stingy when it comes to paying his bills.
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Joe.My.God. and New York Daily News
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Steve Reilly / USA Today:
USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn't pay his bills
USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn't pay his bills
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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Canada's highest court has just ruled that some sex acts between humans and animals are legal. — In a quixotic ruling, the country's high court ruled that a man who was on trial for raping and sexually exploiting his own daughters wasn't guilty of “bestiality.”
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Liberty Unyielding
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
For Liberals, All's Fair When Starting a ‘Conversation’ — Liberals go to extremes to start a dialogue. — C — onversations! Glorious conversations! What more can you ask for? — The other day, former CBS News darling Katie Couric was speaking at an event organized by something called “TheWrap.”
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Bearing Arms