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9:15 AM ET, June 29, 2016

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Bloomberg:
Trump Campaign Lining Up Tyson and Ditka for Convention  —  Several sports personalities and musical entertainers have agreed to appear at this summer's convention.  —  kevcirilli  —  ESPN has nothing on this summer's Republican national convention.  —  Donald Trump's campaign aides …
Bernie Sanders / New York Times:
Democrats Need to Wake Up  —  Surprise, surprise.  Workers in Britain, many of whom have seen a decline in their standard of living while the very rich in their country have become much richer, have turned their backs on the European Union and a globalized economy that is failing them and their children.
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Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
The First Post-Middle-Class Election  —  Two years ago, a pollster for Democratic candidates told me he'd begun advising his clients to cease emphasizing “the middle class” when speaking of those Americans whose interests they were defending.  Many Americans who once thought of themselves as middle-class, he argued, no longer did.
Bill Scher / Politico:
The Left's Beef With Tim Kaine
Discussion: GOP.com, Washington Post, Salon and NBC News
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Who will show up?  Who will pay?  The many unknowns of the GOP convention.  —  Dozens of well-known Republicans aren't showing up.  There's no word yet on who will speak.  A growing number of corporate sponsors are taking a pass.  Groups of white supremacists and other agitators are on the way …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Sean Cockerham / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
White nationalist group says it will be at Republican convention  —  At least 5 people were stabbed at Sacramento event involving Traditionalist Worker Party  —  Group confronted a much larger crowd of anti-fascist leaders at the California Capitol  —  Leader says the group will defend Trump supporters but doesn't expect violence
Louis Nelson / Politico:
RNC unveils dramatic Trump convention stage
Discussion: ABC News
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Lewandowski loses $1.2 million book deal  —  Corey Lewandowski had a $1.2-million offer from HarperCollins to write a book chronicling his time running Donald Trump's presidential campaign, but the publishing giant backed away from the deal amid concerns about Lewandowski's nondisclosure agreement …
Tal Kopan / CNN:
First on CNN: Poll shows Clinton with battleground leads  —  Elizabeth Warren joins Clinton to attack Donald Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump across the board in a new poll of battleground states.  —  According to Ballotpedia's battleground poll, Clinton leads Trump:
Discussion: Political Wire
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Fairleigh Dickinson University:
Clinton Trumps Trump by Big Margin, But Johnson Hurts Clinton More than Trump  —  Hillary Clinton retains her lead in the 2016 presidential race among Garden State registered voters, but the inclusion of Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson hurts Clinton more than Trump.
Discussion: Politico
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
UT Poll: Trump Leads Clinton by 8 in Texas
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Benghazi lies were just standard procedure under Obama  —  MORE FROM:  —  The Benghazi report released Tuesday makes clear that one dreadful constant of President Obama's foreign policy is simply this: Deflect.  Muddy the picture.  Question the motivation.
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Chris Stevens's Family: Don't Blame Hillary Clinton for Benghazi  —  On Tuesday, the House Select Committee on Benghazi, which is controlled by a Republican majority, charged the Obama Administration with diplomatic miscalculations, security failures, and a lengthy delay in rescue efforts …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:   White House Blasts Benghazi Report As ‘In-Kind Contribution’ To RNC
CNN:
Istanbul airport explosions: 10 dead, Justice minister says  — At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others injured in the attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told CNN.  —  The two suicide bombers were also killed.
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James Traub / Foreign Policy:
It's Time for the Elites to Rise Up Against the Ignorant Masses  —  The Brexit has laid bare the political schism of our time.  It's not about the left vs. the right; it's about the sane vs. the mindlessly angry.  —  I was born in 1954, and until now I would have said that the late 1960s …
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Joey Millar / Daily Express:
EU BACKLASH: Brexit ‘TSUNAMI’ expected as 34 referendums set to rock union
Discussion: Infowars
Marine Le Pen / New York Times:
After Brexit, the People's Spring Is Inevitable
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Vox Popoli
Matt Canham / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah's Misty Snow makes history as Dems' transgender Senate nominee  —  Primary sets up contest with GOP's Lee in November.  —  Utah voters picked a historic, and largely unknown, Democratic candidate to challenge Sen. Mike Lee this November.  —  Misty K. Snow is the first transgender nominee …
Discussion: Althouse
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Two transgender candidates named ‘Misty’ win primaries
Discussion: The Week
Daily Mail:
‘Gosh, I suppose I better get up!’  SARAH VINE (aka Mrs Gove) reveals what her husband said when he learned Leave had won the referendum... and how PM's resignation was ‘absolutely’ not intended  —  The first I knew about the referendum result was at 4.45am last Friday when I was woken …
Clive Crook / Bloomberg:
Will Brexit Actually Happen?  —  The Financial Times's Gideon Rachman says he thinks Brexit won't happen.  The referendum result doesn't mean that much, he argues. … He goes on to say, “It is true the British case has some novel elements.”  I think you call that ironic understatement.
Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
Hillary Clinton Tweets Pro-Trump Message: DONALD TRUMP KNOWS HOW TO CREATE MANUFACTURING JOBS  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign posted a tweet Tuesday evening meant to attack GOP presidential rival Donald Trump but which actually praises Trump as a job creating businessman with international experience.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
How Obama will campaign for Clinton  —  Concerned that Hillary Clinton is still struggling to generate excitement, President Barack Obama is preparing to campaign for her by reminding voters there was a time he didn't like her so much, but he came around — and they should too.
Discussion: The Week
Ashley May / USA Today:
After son with Down Syndrome isn't invited to birthday party, mom writes letter … When Jennifer Kiss-Engele found out that her son with Down Syndrome was excluded from a classmate's birthday party, she wrote an open letter on Facebook.  —  Kiss-Engele, of British Columbia …
Discussion: Tech Times, AOL, KFOR-TV and Mashable
Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:
Initiative to legalize recreational use of pot in California qualifies for November ballot  —  Different strains of pot are displayed for sale at a marijuana dispensary in Denver in 2013.  (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press)  —  An initiative that would legalize the recreational use …
Discussion: FOX5 San Diego
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Are the polls skewed against Trump?  —  Is there a pool of voters who are too embarrassed to admit to pollsters they're voting for Donald Trump?  —  As Trump consistently lags Hillary Clinton in general-election polls, his campaign is counting on it.  —  The notion of the “shy Trump voter” …
Discussion: Washington Post
hillaryclinton.com:
Hillary Clinton's Initiative on Technology & Innovation  —  Hillary Clinton is committed to building an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top.  That's why she has put forward five big goals at the core of her vision for a stronger economy that helps us grow together:
 
 
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / New York Times:
‘The Arrangements’: A Work of Fiction
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Obama: Trump Hasn't Captured ‘Zeitgeist Of The Country’
Discussion: Washington Times, Mediaite and The Week
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Rolling Stone wins dismissal of defamation lawsuit over rape article
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
Obama administration pressed to deport illegal immigrant ex-cons
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sanders raising money to send delegates to Philadelphia
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British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn loses no-confidence vote as political turmoil deepens
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
U.S. Supreme Court Won't Reopen Union-Fees Case, Leaves Deadlock
Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg:
California Hits the Brakes on High-Speed Rail Fiasco
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