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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
November is fast becoming what the GOP fears: A referendum on Trump. … The hole that Donald Trump has dug for himself keeps getting deeper. On nearly every front, his position continues to deteriorate. Unless he reverses course, Republicans are heading toward a wrenching week …
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Hullabaloo and The Ringer
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Associated Press:
Trump battleground plan relies on skeptical GOP leaders
Trump battleground plan relies on skeptical GOP leaders
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Associated Press, Talking Points Memo, The Week and New York Times
Sara Murray / CNN:
First on CNN: Priebus probes state GOP leaders over anti-Trump push
First on CNN: Priebus probes state GOP leaders over anti-Trump push
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New York Daily News, NBC News, Washington Post, CANNONFIRE, Booman Tribune, RedState, WWAY-TV, Hot Air and Daily Kos
WESH-TV:
Assistant state attorney suspended over Facebook comments on Pulse shooting — Assistant State Attorney Kenneth Lewis was suspended Friday for violating the State Attorney's Office's social media policy, according to Angela Starke, public information officer for the State Attorney's Office, Ninth Judicial Circuit.
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Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
Exclusive poll: EU support falls after Jo Cox murder — Jo Cox, 41 was a member of the British parliament. She died after being shot and stabbed in the street of her own constituency. VPC — LONDON — British support for remaining in the European Union has weakened in the wake …
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Vox Popoli and Power LinePower Line
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Nicola Slawson / Guardian:
Jo Cox murder suspect tells court his name is ‘death to traitors, freedom for Britain’ — Thomas Mair, 52, of Birstall, appears in Westminster magistrates court on multiple charges over killing of MP — Thomas Mair has given his name as “death to traitors, freedom for Britain” …
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National Review, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, The Intercept, Mashable, NPR, AOL, New York Times, The Local and Spiked
Neal Ascherson / New York Times:
From Great Britain to Little England
From Great Britain to Little England
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Guardian, Al Jazeera English and Washington Post
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
The Unhinged Home that Raised Orlando Killer Omar Mateen — Long before his rampage in the Pulse nightclub, there was deep trouble in the home of Omar Mateen. — A mother accused of domestic abuse and described as “paranoid.” A father became a supporter of the Taliban.
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Fox News, alan.com, Portside and Daily Mail
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Tony Romm / Politico:
Apple won't aid GOP convention over Trump — Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party's 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump's controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.
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The Verge, Mediaite, Politicus USA, 9to5Mac, The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump campaign calls for $100K in donations by the end of the day — campaign has sent its first “emergency” fundraising email to supporters Saturday, seeking to raise at least $100,000 by the end of the day. — That request follows a multimillion dollar ad blitz launched by likely general election rival Hillary Clinton
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RedState
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The Trump effect: Could Arizona go blue for the first time in 20 years? — PHOENIX — If there is one place where the dramas and subplots of Campaign 2016 collide, it is across the sprawling and scorching desert state of Arizona. — Here lives Donald Trump's restive base of white voters unsettled …
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Booman Tribune and Political Wire
Philly.com:
Police: Parents admit ‘gifting’ teen to Bucks man; all 3 arrested — A 51-year-old Bucks County man was arrested after he was found living with 12 girls, including a teenager he considered his wife, and a baby and a toddler he fathered with her, authorities said Friday.
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Scared Monkeys
James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
Oakland loses third police chief in nine days, will operate under civilian control — Acting Oakland Police Chief Paul Figueroa, talking to reporters earlier in the week, has left the post. His departure marks the third time in eight days the city has seen its top police official depart.
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ThinkProgress, East Bay Express, CBS News, SFist, Mercury News, USA Today, Fox News, The Root, KRON4.com and Hit & Run
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Egyptian court sentences two journalists to death — Six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, were sentenced to death by an Egyptian court on Saturday after being found guilty of leaking national security documents under ousted President Mohammed Morsi's regime, according to the Associated Press.
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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Egyptian court sentences 2 Al-Jazeera employees to death
Suzanne Nossel / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed How Hillary Clinton went from loser to winner — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Circuit Center in Pittsburgh on June 14. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) — Before she won this year's Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton was a loser.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A rational reading of Trump's Muslim proposals — Noise and controversy aside, Donald Trump is making two arguments about immigration. The first is that the U.S. admits too many immigrants. The second is that, given nearly two decades of Islamic terrorism, the government should take special measures …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Flashback Interview: Trump Defends Gays from Clintons in 2000 — Back in 2000 Donald Trump was interviewed by the gay Advocate magazine. This was after eight years of Bill and Hillary Clinton in the White House. — Donald Trump in 2000 defended gays from the Clintons.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
GOP stirs Clinton-Sanders tensions — The Republican National Committee is promoting a report that accuses the Democratic Party of conspiring to nominate Hillary Clinton — in the early days of the presidential primary. — In an email, the RNC sent to reporters a story published …
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Marisa Schultz / New York Post:
Leaked document shows the DNC wanted Clinton from start
Leaked document shows the DNC wanted Clinton from start
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Althouse and Washington Free Beacon