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8:35 PM ET, June 25, 2016

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Patrick Healy / New York Times:

‘Brexit’ Revolt Casts a Shadow Over Hillary Clinton's Cautious Path — For Hillary Clinton, Britain's emotionally charged uprising against the European Union is the sort of populist victory over establishment politics that she fears in the coming presidential election.

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.”

Discussion: alan.com

James C. Bennett / USA Today:

Brexit boosts ‘CANZUK’ replacement for European Union: Column — Older Americans will remember the demolition of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St Louis in 1972. It was built in 1954 with the best of intentions and designed with the expert opinion of social scientists and architects.

Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air, Forbes, NPR, Bloomberg, BillMoyers.com and The Week

Politico: How David Cameron blew it

Will Davies / Political Economy Research Centre: Thoughts on the sociology of Brexit

Tony Blair / New York Times:
Brexit's Stunning Coup

Discussion: CNBC

Reihan Salam / Slate:
Why Immigration Pushed Britons to Brexit

Discussion: Vox, Business Insider and New York Times

Alex Massie / Foreign Policy:
David Cameron Was a Historic and Disastrous Failure

Discussion: Telegraph and The Atlantic

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.

Discussion: Da Tech Guy Blog, Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, The Resurgent, Advocate, Religion News Service, New York Times, Friendly Atheist and Mediaite

Kristen East / Politico:

James Dobson: Trump recently accepted ‘a relationship with Christ’ — Donald Trump: Born-again Christian? — The presumptive Republican nominee captured a significant number of evangelical voters during the Republican primary, and that may be due to recently accepting “a relationship with Christ …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Magazine and Raw Story

Bob Eschliman / Charisma News:
Dr. James Dobson: Donald Trump Has Accepted Christ

Discussion: alan.com, RedState and BizPac Review

Barstool Sports:

Donald Trump Was The Victim Of Some Vicious British Insults, Which Are Incredible And My New Favorite Thing — So Donald Trump is in Scotland today. He's there to re-open a golf course/get a shitload of golf balls with swastikas on them thrown in his general direction...

Discussion: Liberty Unyielding, Gothamist, Breitbart, Business Insider, NPR, Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Vox, CBS Miami, MSNBC, Washington Post and myfox8.com

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 …

Discussion: RedState, The Week and ABC News

Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg:

Trump Says Muslim Ban Plan to Focus on ‘Terrorist’ Countries — Presumptive Republican nominee says he would act with ‘heart’ — Reporters treated to tour of golf links on Scottish coast — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Saturday that he wouldn't characterize …

Discussion: ABC News and RedState

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo: Trump Pivots: Only Muslims From ‘Terrorist Countries’ Would Be Banned

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post: Trump now proposes only Muslims from terrorism-heavy countries would be banned from U.S.

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.

Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite, Washington Post, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, The Last Refuge, The Right Scoop, Raw Story, Washington Times, New York Magazine and NBC News

Dirk Standen / Vanity Fair:

Exclusive: Kanye West on His “Famous” Video, Which Might Be His Most Thought-Provoking Work Yet — The artist speaks to VF.com about George Bush, Kim's co-sign, and why his life is “walking performance art.” — I'm watching a video of 12 of the most famous people on the planet naked in bed together.

Discussion: Guardian, 89.3 KPCC, abc7chicago.com, USA Today, New York's PIX11, Jezebel, Full Feed, The Week and AOL

Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:

Bill Cunningham, Legendary Times Fashion Photographer, Dies at 87 — Bill Cunningham, the street-style photographer whose photo essays for The New York Times memorialized trends ranging from fanny packs to Birkin bags, gingham shirts and fluorescent biker shorts, died in New York on Saturday.

Discussion: Washington Post, NPR, Jezebel, NBC News, Full Feed and Gothamist, more at Mediagazer »

Rich Tucker / Breitbart:

Obama Invites 18.7 Million Immigrants to Avoid Oath of Allegiance, Pledge to Defend America — Under the Obama administration's expansive interpretation of executive authority, legal immigrants seeking citizenship through the nation's Naturalization process are now exempt from a key part of the Oath of Allegiance.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Marc Morano / Climate Depot:

‘The sun goes blank again during the weakest solar cycle in more than a century’ — By Meteorologist Paul Dorian - Vencore, Inc. — The latest solar image is completely spotless for the second time this month; image courtesy NASA — Overview — For the second time this month, the sun has gone completely blank.

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 …

Discussion: Associated Press, Forbes, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Raw Story

Ken Thomas / U.S. ELECTIONS:
Democrats reject platform proposal opposing trade deal

Discussion: Washington Post, U.S. Uncut, Common Dreams and Associated Press

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.

Discussion: The Last Refuge, Hit & Run and Hot Air

Sam Levin / Guardian:

Too straight, white and corporate: why some queer people are skipping SF Pride — Disaffected by the annual parade, members of San Francisco's LGBT community are choosing alternative events to celebrate identity and solidarity with Orlando — San Francisco resident Katy Birnbaum is eager …

Discussion: Vox, SFist, alan.com and KQED News