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ABC News:
Trump: ‘Very Happy’ to Self-Fund' General Election Campaign — Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is willing to spend tens of millions of dollars of his own fortune to self-fund his presidential campaign during the general election against presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
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Associated Press:
Trump's campaign cycles $6 million into Trump companies
Trump's campaign cycles $6 million into Trump companies
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NBC News:
Inside the Ouster of Trump's Right-Hand Man
Inside the Ouster of Trump's Right-Hand Man
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump's Dead Broke Campaign has Been Paying Trump's Companies (and Trump's Family) a Lot of Money
Trump's Dead Broke Campaign has Been Paying Trump's Companies (and Trump's Family) a Lot of Money
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: If GOP Doesn't Support Me, Fine, ‘I Have A Lot Of Cash’
Trump: If GOP Doesn't Support Me, Fine, ‘I Have A Lot Of Cash’
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on campaign funding: There's ‘unlimited’ cash
Trump on campaign funding: There's ‘unlimited’ cash
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Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Georgia GOP Official Removed From Atlanta Trump Event — WASHINGTON — A Georgia Republican Party official was thrown out of a Donald Trump event last week, according to two sources. — Michael McNeely, the first vice chair of the Georgia Republicans, was escorted out of Atlanta's Fox Theatre …
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Tyler Pager / Politico:
Walker: GOP delegates should ‘vote the way they see fit’ — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday that delegates to next month's Republican National Convention in Cleveland should “vote the way they see fit,” which could mean not necessarily supporting presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
New anti-Trump movement grows to include hundreds of GOP delegates — A campaign to stop Donald Trump from becoming the Republican presidential nominee has the support of nearly 400 delegates to the GOP's convention next month, according to organizers, quickly transforming what began …
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Politico, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Daily Kos, The Atlantic, TPNN, Hot Air and Right Wing Watch
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump's evangelical advisory board features Bachmann, Falwell
Trump's evangelical advisory board features Bachmann, Falwell
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Media Matters for America and Sojourners
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Blames Republicans For Campaign Woes: ‘I Get More Support From the Democrats’
Trump Blames Republicans For Campaign Woes: ‘I Get More Support From the Democrats’
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump questions Clinton's religion — 's commitment to her Christian faith on Tuesday, saying that little is known about her spiritual life even though she's been in the public eye for decades. — Speaking to a group of top social conservative evangelical Christian leaders at a gathering in New York City …
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
WATCH: Trump panders to evangelical leaders by promising to force store clerks to say ‘Merry Christmas’
WATCH: Trump panders to evangelical leaders by promising to force store clerks to say ‘Merry Christmas’
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Mother Jones, TIME, Independent Journal … and TPNN
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Calls Clinton's Faith Into Question: There's ‘Nothing Out There’ (VIDEO)
Trump Calls Clinton's Faith Into Question: There's ‘Nothing Out There’ (VIDEO)
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The Weird Story Behind The Trump Campaign's $35,000 Payment To ‘Draper Sterling’ — On Monday night, the Trump campaign filed its monthly Federal Election Commission campaign disclosure report for May. The headline was that his fundraising was anemic and he finished the month with just $1.3 million …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Trump Campaign Paid Thousands To “Draper Sterling,” Which Is A Real Thing
The Trump Campaign Paid Thousands To “Draper Sterling,” Which Is A Real Thing
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RADAR:
Paedo Proof? Never-Before-Seen Cop Reports Expose Michael Jackson's Sick Secrets — Watch: Cops Raid Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch In Never-Before-Seen Video — Michael Jackson hid a sinister house of horrors inside his infamous Neverland Ranch, stockpiling images of pornography …
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Full Feed:
Mark Cuban Sounds Off on Donald Trump: 'It's Rare That You See Someone Get Stupider' — Billionaire business mogul Mark Cuban recently was with “Extra's” Renee Bargh on the set of his hit ABC show “Shark Tank,” where he is never afraid to share his honest opinions when contestants pitch their ideas to him.
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Raw Story, Washington Free Beacon, Daily Wire, Politico and Liberty Unyielding
Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
Clinton Foundation Said to Be Breached by Russian Hackers — Trump, Democratic camps said briefed on effort to steal data — Democrats hire security firms to confirm ID of attackers — The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation was among the organizations breached …
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Associated Press:
Hillary Clinton's VP search moves into more intense phase — WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's search for a running mate is moving into a more intense phase, according to several Democrats, as aides contact a pared-down pool of candidates to ask for reams of personal information and set …
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Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Elizabeth Warren being vetted as possible Clinton VP pick
Elizabeth Warren being vetted as possible Clinton VP pick
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Guardian
Caroline Howe For / Daily Mail:
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky embraced, made out and had sex in just about every nook and cranny of the Oval Office. — Secret Service officer Gary Byrne should know. He's the man who stood guard outside Bill Clinton's Oval Office, was the last obstacle to Monica Lewinsky's access to the President.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Secret Service veterans denounce anti-Clinton tell-all book
Secret Service veterans denounce anti-Clinton tell-all book
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frank ocean:
I read in the paper that my brothers are being thrown from rooftops blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs for violating sharia law. I heard the crowds stone these fallen men if they move after they hit the ground. I heard it's in the name of God.
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Ben Kew / Breitbart:
UC Irvine Suspends College Republicans For A Year Following Milo Event — The UC Irvine Republicans have been suspended for an entire year after they informed the administration of their plans to schedule another event on campus with Breitbart senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos.
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BizPac Review, Campus Reform, Hit & Run and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Why isn't the assassination attempt on Donald Trump bigger news? — The No. 1 trending question related to Donald Trump on Google right now is “Who tried to shoot Trump?” Which means a lot of people don't know the answer. Which is probably because the assassination attempt …
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
GOP leaders alarmed by Trump's ‘devastating’ fundraising start — As top Republicans expressed astonishment and alarm over Donald Trump's paltry campaign fundraising totals, the presumptive nominee on Tuesday blamed party leaders and threatened to rely on his personal fortune instead of helping the GOP seek the cash it needs.
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Tegna / WMAZ-TV:
Church leaders that praised Orlando mass killing asked to move … The property management company and owner of the building in which Verity Baptist Church and its Pastor Roger Jimenez preside have decided not to renew the church's lease, and have asked church officials to consider moving.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump launches LyingCrookedHillary.com — announced on Tuesday the launch of a new website targeting presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — The website, lyingcrookedhillary.com, will “showcase some of Clinton's most disastrous lies to the American people,” according to a release from the Trump campaign.
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Gabriel Malor / The Federalist:
Democrats Tanked Gun Control To Up Their Election Chances — On Monday evening, Senate Democrats put party over principle in rejecting common-sense, reasonable gun control measures. After the mass murder at Orlando gay club Pulse, Sen. Chris Murphy and his colleagues staged a flashy talk …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kim Kardashian knocks Senate for not passing gun control
Kim Kardashian knocks Senate for not passing gun control
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TPNN and U.S. Uncut
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Will Trump Swallow the G.O.P. Whole? — Inside the identity crisis roiling the Republican Party. — Every week or so during the spring, I met with Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, at the party headquarters on Capitol Hill. We fell into a familiar routine.
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Jon Stokes / Vox:
Why millions of Americans — including me — own the AR-15 — Once again, there has been a mass shooting involving a gun that looks like an AR-15. (It's technically a Sig Sauer MCX, which may or may not be an “AR-15” ... more later on this definitional issue and why it actually matters beyond mere neckbeard pedantry.)
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