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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Romney says Trump will change America with ‘trickle-down racism’ — Park City, Utah (CNN)Mitt Romney suggested Friday that Donald Trump's election could legitimize racism and misogyny, ushering in a change in the moral fabric of American society. — The 2012 Republican nominee …
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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
A Trump Presidency Just Got a Lot Less Likely — and a Lot More Terrifying — Donald’s very good if very bad month. — In one sense, and one sense only, the events since Donald Trump became his party's presumptive nominee have been reassuring. The ensuing weeks made clear that Trump …
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Clinton leads Trump by 11 points in White House race: Reuters/Ipsos poll — Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 11 points in the U.S. presidential race, showing little change after she became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee this week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday.
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Washington Post:
Paul Ryan put in the hot seat about Trump endorsement at Romney summit — PARK CITY, Utah — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) faced tough questioning here Friday for his decision to endorse Donald Trump, and he tried to explain to an audience hostile to the New York mogul the factors that led him to back the presumptive GOP nominee.
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The Hill:
Ryan under GOP fire for Trump remarks
Ryan under GOP fire for Trump remarks
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Unity Illusion — Paul Ryan says it's time for Republicans …
The Unity Illusion — Paul Ryan says it's time for Republicans …
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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Donald Trump: ‘I am the least racist person’ — NEW YORK — On the way to interview Donald Trump at his office, I asked my taxi driver what he thought about the presidential candidates. He said he was leaning toward Trump, but he'd been hearing that Trump was a racist, and if that were true …
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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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Ezra Klein / Vox:
A Republican senator just prayed that Obama's “days be few.” This is how the GOP got Trump. — Want to know how Republicans ended up with Donald Trump? This is how Republicans ended up with Donald Trump: … Sen. David Perdue is the junior senator from Georgia.
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Gawker Media Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy — The online news site makes its move after suffering a $140 million judgment in the Hulk Hogan lawsuit. — Gawker Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a Florida judge issued a $140 million final judgment in favor of Hulk Hogan …
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Gawker, Filing for Bankruptcy After Hulk Hogan Suit, Is for Sale
Gawker, Filing for Bankruptcy After Hulk Hogan Suit, Is for Sale
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Gawker files for bankruptcy and says it will sell the company to Ziff Davis or someone else
Gawker files for bankruptcy and says it will sell the company to Ziff Davis or someone else
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Be Put Up for Auction
Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Be Put Up for Auction
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Gawker Media files for bankruptcy
Gawker Media files for bankruptcy
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Donald Trump Fires Back at Elizabeth Warren With Past Critique of Hillary Clinton — Sen. Elizabeth Warren may be ready to get into the general election battle, backing presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, but the Massachusetts Democrat hasn't always been in Clinton's corner.
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Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
There's no evidence that Google is manipulating searches to help Hillary Clinton — There's a video making the rounds purporting to show that Google is suppressing the phrase “Hillary Clinton crimes” from autocomplete results, thereby boosting Clinton's candidacy.
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Warren met with Clinton this morning, fueling VP speculation
Warren met with Clinton this morning, fueling VP speculation
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Fox News:
White House confirms ‘criminal’ probe over Clinton emails, ‘shreds’ campaign claim — Perhaps it was an unguarded moment, but the White House has seemingly confirmed that the Justice Department is conducting a “criminal investigation” regarding Hillary Clinton's personal email use …
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Fox News:
Despite Clinton claims, 2012 email had classified marking
Despite Clinton claims, 2012 email had classified marking
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's polling surge has faltered - and Democrats haven't even united
Donald Trump's polling surge has faltered - and Democrats haven't even united
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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.
Liz Farmer / Crime Blog:
Officer shoots rock-wielding man at Love Field to end domestic dispute; chaos disrupts flights — A Dallas police officer called to break up a domestic dispute at Love Field shot a man Friday, after the man rushed at him with a large rock. — The encounter, though brief, threw the airport into chaos …
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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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Peter Hancock / Statehouse Live Feed:
Poll shows Clinton leading in Kansas; broad dissatisfaction with Legislature — Kansans are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with their state government and with their choice of presidential candidates, according to a new poll released Friday. — But when given a choice between …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
GOP Senator David Perdue Jokes About Praying for Obama's Death — The Georgia freshman quoted Scripture at a right-wing Christian confab to say the president's days should be short. — At a major event for conservative Christians this morning, a Republican senator joked about praying for President Obama's “days to be short.”
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sen. Perdue offers prayer for Obama: ‘Let his days be few’
Sen. Perdue offers prayer for Obama: ‘Let his days be few’
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Zachary Mider / Bloomberg:
David Koch Won't Fund Trump Coronation in Cleveland — David Koch was one of the biggest backers of the 2012 convention. — zachmider — David Koch, one of the biggest backers of the 2012 Republican National Convention, won't support the party's next gathering in July where Donald Trump …
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Daily Mail:
Stanford rapist 'took photograph of his victim's breasts during attack - and shared it with swim team friends who deleted it after his arrest', police believe — Police suspect that Brock Turner, 20, photographed the 23-year-old woman he raped outside a Stanford frat house
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP surprises with push for smaller ObamaCare changes — House Republicans are considering small-bore changes to ObamaCare even as they prepare to release an outline for replacing the entire law. — The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday held a hearing on five bills …
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Juan Hernandez / Washington Post:
I'm voting for Donald Trump, so I went to see him speak. Protesters broke my nose. — This isn't how politics is supposed to work in the United States. — SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Last Thursday, I left work about 5 p.m. and drove to the San Jose Convention Center to hear Donald Trump speak.
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
The Next Two Weeks: Either Trump Or Unexpected Redemption Led by Wisconsin — Having spent the better part of this week suddenly fielding calls from donors and elected officials who've been otherwise adamant that I should give up and get on the Trump bandwagon, it is clear Trump …
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The Independent:
The most scaremongering arguments for Brexit — The ORB survey highlights the stark generational differences over the EU. Seven out of 10 people aged 18-24 back Remain and 30 per cent Leave. Support for Leave rises up the age scale to 64 per cent among those aged 55 and over (figures weighted for turnout).
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Graham defends Trump's ‘Pocahontas’ insult against Warren — (R-S.C.) waded into the battle between Donald Trump — on Friday, saying Trump's “Pocahontas” insult was funny. — “I thought it was funny,” Graham told reporters, asked if he thought the comparison is racist.