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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Packs His Blunt Phrase Book Abroad — When Mitt Romney traveled to Europe as a presidential candidate in 2012, he created an uproar when he wondered aloud whether London was sufficiently prepared to host the Summer Olympics. British tabloids derided him as “Mitt the Twit” and CNN declared: “Romney's Trip Begins in Shambles.”
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Aneri Pattani / The Texas Tribune:
Can Texas Legally Secede From the United States? … Hey, Texplainer: Britain voted to leave the European Union. Can Texas secede from the United States? — In the wake of Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union — nicknamed the “Brexit” — speculation of a Texit on the horizon has cropped up once again.
Fraser Nelson / Wall Street Journal:
Brexit: A Very British Revolution
Brexit: A Very British Revolution
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Alex Massie / Foreign Policy:
David Cameron Was a Historic and Disastrous Failure
David Cameron Was a Historic and Disastrous Failure
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Telegraph, The Atlantic and NPR
Reihan Salam / Slate:
Why Immigration Pushed Britons to Brexit
Why Immigration Pushed Britons to Brexit
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Business Insider and New York Times
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Nigel Farage: Britons voted for Brexit because Obama told them not to
Nigel Farage: Britons voted for Brexit because Obama told them not to
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Politico, Power LinePower Line, Hot Air, Media Matters for America and Townhall.com
Lord Ashcroft Polls:
How the United Kingdom voted on Thursday... and why
How the United Kingdom voted on Thursday... and why
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ABC News:
Now That Britain Wants out, EU Must Figure out How to Do It
Now That Britain Wants out, EU Must Figure out How to Do It
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Associated Press and The Hill
Economist:
A tragic split — How to minimise the damage of Britain's senseless, self-inflicted blow
A tragic split — How to minimise the damage of Britain's senseless, self-inflicted blow
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Gatestone Institute, BostonGlobe.com, Althouse, Washington Post, Guardian, Telegraph, The Nation and Patterico's Pontifications
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Many experienced GOP strategists unwilling to work for Trump — WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has finally acknowledged that to best compete against Hillary Clinton he needs more than the bare-bones campaign team that led him to primary success. But many of the most experienced Republican …
Michael Anthony Blog:
Exclusive: Interview with Dr. James Dobson - Did Donald Trump Recently Accept Christ? — EXCLUSIVE - — INTERVIEW WITH DR. JAMES DOBSON — DID DONALD TRUMP RECENTLY ACCEPT CHRIST? — I WAS AT TUESDAY'S HISTORIC “CONVERSATION WITH DONALD TRUMP AND BEN CARSON” at the Marriott Marquis on Broadway.
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Bob Eschliman / Charisma News:
Dr. James Dobson: Donald Trump Has Accepted Christ — Donald Trump, according to a new report, has accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. — No, you didn't accidentally click on The Onion. That's a factual statement, according to a well-respected evangelical faith leader.
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Dems adopt $15 minimum wage in platform draft — Democrats' platform drafting committee took a first step toward giving Bernie Sanders — a major concession, voting to adopt language in support of a $15 minimum wage. — The committee, which will continue drafting the party's guiding document Saturday …
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Forbes, Associated Press, Pirate's Cove and Raw Story
Page Six:
Jeff Zucker couldn't wait to spend $500K on Corey Lewandowski — Ivanka Trump isn't the only one who doesn't want Corey Lewandowski around. — Sources told Page Six on Friday that CNN's “facing a near internal revolt” over Jeff Zucker's hiring of Lewandowski as an exclusive commentator …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Corey Lewandowski's cagey answer on how he's allowed to criticize Donald Trump
Corey Lewandowski's cagey answer on how he's allowed to criticize Donald Trump
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
‘Citizens of the World’? Nice Thought, But ... I didn't think it would actually happen. — Sitting in an airport with middle-class Britons last week, I heard far more support for leaving the European Union than for staying in. But heading into Thursday's voting, I couldn't quite believe it.
Michael A. Olivas / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed The Supreme Court's immigration decision is a tragedy that may be short-lived — A mother attends the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles' press conference with her sons on June 23. The Supreme Court's decision impacts more than 4 million immigrant families in America.
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Low-Priority Immigrants Still Swept Up in Net of Deportation
Low-Priority Immigrants Still Swept Up in Net of Deportation
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Althouse, ImmigrationProf Blog, Right Wing Watch and Daily Wire
Julia B. Chan / Reveal:
The man inside: Four months as a prison guard — Prisons are almost impossible for reporters to get inside, and few people know what life inside is like for inmates and guards. But one journalist cracked the shell of secrecy by getting a job as a prison guard.
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Mother Jones, Raw Story and EconLog
Will Davies / Political Economy Research Centre:
Thoughts on the sociology of Brexit — The geography reflects the economic crisis of the 1970s, not the 2010s — It became clear early on in the night that Leave had extraordinary levels of support in the North East, taking 70% of the votes in Hartlepool and 61% in Sunderland.
Guardian:
Petition urging second EU referendum reaches 1m signatures — House of Commons website temporarily crashes under burden of hundreds of thousands of visits to single petition — A parliamentary petition calling for a second referendum has attracted more than a million signatures …
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Telegraph, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, CNN, WHNT-TV, France 24, AOL, Al Jazeera English, PinkNews, Middle East Eye, Liberty Unyielding, Mashable and NBC News
Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Parenting rights in same-sex divorces headed to a Tennessee appellate court — Erica Witt reacts, alongside her attorney Virginia Schwamm, as she is denied same-sex parenting rights during a Knox County Circuit Court hearing Friday June 24, 2016. Judge Greg McMillan opined that because she is a woman …
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ThinkProgress and The Gayly
Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
George Will Leaves the Republican Party over Trump: ‘Make sure he loses’ — At a Federalist Society lunch in Washington yesterday, conservative columnist and TV commentator George Will announced that he changed his Maryland voter registration this month from Republican to unaffiliated.
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Politico, The Last Refuge, Mediaite and The Right Scoop
Aziz Ansari / New York Times:
Why Trump Makes Me Scared for My Family — “DON'T go anywhere near a mosque,” I told my mother. “Do all your prayer at home. O.K.?” — “We're not going,” she replied. — I am the son of Muslim immigrants. As I sent that text, in the aftermath of the horrible attack in Orlando …
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WSAZ-TV:
Crews working to install temporary road to assist 500 stranded people at Elkview shopping plaza — ELKVIEW, W.Va. (WSAZ) — It could be well into Friday night or early Saturday morning before hundreds of stranded people at a shopping plaza in Elkview can go home.
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