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Washington Post:
In new poll, support for Trump has plunged, giving Clinton a double-digit lead — Support for Donald Trump has plunged as he has alienated fellow Republicans and large majorities of voters overall in the course of a month of self-inflicted controversies, propelling Democrat Hillary Clinton …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Jan Brewer goes berserk on CNN: 'I'm fed up' with being treated like a ‘bigot’ for backing Trump — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — During an explosive CNN segment on Sunday, former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) lashed out at President Barack Obama because she said she was tired of being called a …
Discussion:
CNN and Business Insider
CBS News:
Poll: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton in tight races in battleground states — Battleground states are called battlegrounds for a reason: They're often close, and 2016 looks like no exception. — Hillary Clinton holds narrow leads over Donald Trump across a number of key states of Florida …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Washington Free Beacon
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's bad month just got worse, because Sanders backers just rallied to Clinton — Donald Trump would like for Bernie Sanders supporters to ditch the Democratic Party and support him. There is very little evidence that they will do that, mind you, but it's certainly possible …
Scott Thistle / The Portland Press Herald:
Maine voters dissatisfied with presidential options
Maine voters dissatisfied with presidential options
Discussion:
RedState
Elena Schneider / Politico:
McConnell hedges on whether Trump is qualified
ABC News:
Clinton Opens 12-Point Lead on Trump as Two-Thirds See Him as Biased (POLL)
Clinton Opens 12-Point Lead on Trump as Two-Thirds See Him as Biased (POLL)
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Moderate Voice and Politicus USA
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Weathers Stormy Month, Loses Only 2 Points Versus Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump Weathers Stormy Month, Loses Only 2 Points Versus Hillary Clinton
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Sanders: Hillary Can Win Over More of My Supporters ‘If She Does the Right Thing’
Washington Post:
Clinton leads as Dems unite, Trump weathers criticism
Clinton leads as Dems unite, Trump weathers criticism
Discussion:
Business Insider and Politico
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Clinton Leads Trump By 5 Points
NBC/WSJ Poll: Clinton Leads Trump By 5 Points
Discussion:
New York Times, Politico, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politicus USA and AOL
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez
‘This Week’ Transcript: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez
Discussion:
Politicus USA
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Clinton Surrogate Tom Perez Calls Donald Trump a ‘Chaos Candidate’
Clinton Surrogate Tom Perez Calls Donald Trump a ‘Chaos Candidate’
Discussion:
Politico
Shelby Grad / Los Angeles Times:
Multiple people stabbed at neo-Nazi event outside Capitol in Sacramento — Multiple people were stabbed Sunday outside the Capitol in Sacramento after clashes between neo-Nazis and counter-demonstrators, officials said. — The Sacramento Fire Department described the incident as a …
Discussion:
Fox News, Hullabaloo, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mashable
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Tegna / KXTV:
Protests taking place at Capitol turn violent — Protesters by the Traditionalist Worker Party were called Nazis by counter-protesters in demonstrations June 26, 2016 that led to clashes with police. … Protests turned violent at the Capitol Sunday afternoon.
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Little Green Footballs and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Pope Says Gays and Others Marginalized by Church Deserve Apology — Pope Francis says gays — and all the other people the church has marginalized, such as the poor and the exploited — deserve an apology. — Francis was asked Sunday en route home from Armenia if he agreed with one of his top advisers …
Discussion:
Friendly Atheist and New York Magazine
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Pope says Church should ask forgiveness from gays for past treatment
Pope says Church should ask forgiveness from gays for past treatment
Discussion:
Towleroad
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump: Cruz, Kasich shouldn't speak at convention without endorsement — won't invite former rivals Sen. Ted Cruz — (R-Texas) and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio to speak at the Republican National Convention without endorsements from both, he told The New York Times.
Discussion:
RedState
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Donald Trump and R.N.C. See Common Foe: Rogue Delegates
Donald Trump and R.N.C. See Common Foe: Rogue Delegates
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Guardian
Rachael Bade / Politico:
White House refuses Benghazi questions for Obama — The White House and the House Select Committee on Benghazi are at a standoff over whether President Barack Obama should answer a series of questions about the 2012 terrorist attack in Libya that left four Americans dead.
Discussion:
RedState, Weasel Zippers and LawNewz
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Police Killed A Texas Mom After She Shot Dead Her Daughters In The Street — “It was a family argument that turned into a shooting,” the local sheriff said. “But we're still trying to put the pieces together.” — A mother fatally shot her two daughters on a public street near Houston …
Discussion:
Hullabaloo
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Says He Knows Nothing About Hank Paulson, Whom He Praised By Name In 2008 — Donald Trump reacted to the news that former Bush administration Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson has endorsed Hillary Clinton with a familiar retort. — “Don't know anything about him,” Trump told reporters in Scotland …
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
'She's an amazing employee': Wife of Maine governor takes waitressing job to make ends meet — That Ann LePage — the the wife of Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage — snagged her latest job using her family “connections,” is hardly surprising. — What is surprising is that those connections …
Discussion:
Hot Air
Fox News:
Mayor carjacked at gunpoint in city where Trayvon Martin was killed — Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett in 2012. — The mayor of a central Florida city was carjacked while standing outside his home, according to police who said Sunday they were hunting for a third suspect. — The incident unfolded in Sanford.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, Fox News Insider and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Arms for Syrian Rebels Supplied Black Market, Officials Say — AMMAN, Jordan — Weapons shipped into Jordan by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia intended for Syrian rebels have been systematically stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants …
Discussion:
NO QUARTER USA NET and Al Jazeera English
NBC News:
Meet the Press - June 26, 2016 — CHUCK TODD: — This Sunday, Brexit, Trump, and Clinton. The Brits are getting out and immigration was the main cause. What might it mean for the U.S. Presidential election this November? — DONALD TRUMP: — There was great similarities between what happened here and my campaign.
Discussion:
Politicus USA