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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Fox targeted by FEC Dems in first-ever vote to punish debate sponsorship — Finally making good on long-harbored anger at conservative media, Democrats on the Federal Election Commission voted in secret to punish Fox News' sponsorship of a Republican presidential debate …
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Daily Mail:
Trump on top: Republican pulls ahead of Hillary Clinton by 4 points in shock poll after trailing by 5 a week ago — Rasmussen Reports poll of 1,000 likely voters shows Donald Trump with 43 per cent, compared with 39 per cent for Hillary Clinton — Last week the same pollsters found Clinton ahead …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Presidential Race Shaping Up Similarly to 2012 — PPP's newest national poll continues to find the Presidential race shaping up pretty similarly to how the 2012 contest played out, with Hillary Clinton holding a 4 point lead that matches Barack Obama's final margin of victory last time around.
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Judson Berger / Fox News:
FEC Democrats voted to punish Fox News over debate changes — Democratic members of the Federal Election Commission, in a decision to be made public on Thursday, voted last month to punish Fox News over criteria changes for the network's first Republican presidential primary debate - but were blocked by Republican commissioners.
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Washington Post, Politicus USA and The Daily Caller
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Fox News Poll, June 29, 2016
Fox News Poll, June 29, 2016
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Air Wars Favor Clinton
The Note: Air Wars Favor Clinton
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Mitt Romney: My Conscience Won't Allow Me to Vote for Trump or Clinton
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton up by 6 points, 89 percent say ‘hot-headed’ describes Trump
Fox News Poll: Clinton up by 6 points, 89 percent say ‘hot-headed’ describes Trump
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Washington Post, Washington Times, Business Insider, Politico and Hit & Run
Nick Gass / Politico:
Democrats groan after Bill Clinton meets Loretta Lynch — Attorney General Loretta Lynch described her Monday meeting with Bill Clinton aboard a private plane as “primarily social,” but some Democrats are struggling to stomach the optics of the attorney general's meeting with the former president …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Was Praising Bill Clinton As A “Terrific Guy” As Recently As 2014
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Email story won't end for Clinton
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Bill Clinton Met Amid Email Investigation
Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Bill Clinton Met Amid Email Investigation
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Hot Air, New York Magazine and Washington Free Beacon
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
GOP Senator Mike Lee Goes Off On Radio Host Who Asks Why He Hasn't Endorsed Trump — Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah delivered a forceful response when asked on Wednesday why he hasn't endorsed Donald Trump. — Lee chastised Trump for parroting conspiracy theories about Ted Cruz's father …
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Pam Key / Breitbart:
GOP Sen Mike Lee, Newsmax's Malzberg Get Into Heated Debate Over Lack of Trump Endorsement
GOP Sen Mike Lee, Newsmax's Malzberg Get Into Heated Debate Over Lack of Trump Endorsement
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Aram Roston / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Donald Trump Listened In On Phone Lines At Mar-A-Lago — Several workers said Trump used the equipment to secretly listen in on phone calls in the mid-2000s. — At Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach resort he runs as a club for paying guests and celebrities, Donald Trump …
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The Atlantic, Boing Boing, Mediaite and The Week
Jessica Elgot / Guardian:
Boris Johnson rules himself out of Tory leadership race — Main public face of Brexit makes shock announcement hours after his key ally Michael Gove launched his own campaign — Boris Johnson has unexpectedly ruled himself out of the Conservative leadership race, hours …
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NBC News:
After Saying He Forgave Loans to Campaign, Trump Won't Release Proof — When Donald Trump said last Thursday he was forgiving over $45 million in personal loans he made to his campaign, the announcement drew plenty of coverage. Many even reported Trump's statement as if the deal was done.
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Daily Wire and Balloon Juice
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Nothing sorry about Trump One — ABOARD TRUMP ONE — The candidate loosened his tie and offered me some advice. — “Whatever you do, don't apologize,” he said. “You never hear me apologize, do you? That's what killed Jimmy the Greek way back. Remember? He was doing okay 'til he said he was sorry.”
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Mika's hush-hush divorce fuels Joe romance chatter — MORE FROM: — “Morning Joe” hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough could soon go public as a couple. Page Six has exclusively learned that Brzezinski and her husband of 23 years have quietly divorced.
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Daily Wire, Jezebel, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Trump's Pennsylvania campaign is missing in action — Nearly everyone can agree that Donald Trump's path to the White House goes through Pennsylvania. — But local party leaders in some of the state's most pivotal counties say there's been almost no outreach from his campaign so far …
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Philly.com, Raw Story and The Week
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton reshuffles the swing state deck
Clinton reshuffles the swing state deck
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Civitas Institute, Daily Kos and Wall Street Journal
Gray Rohrer / Sun-Sentinel:
Lawyer seeks federal bribery charges against Bondi over Trump donation — Bondi's office always claimed there wasn't enough evidence to make a case in the Trump Unviersity fraud scheme case. But columnist Scott Maxwell wondered how hard her staff worked to actually find any. … Privacy Policy
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
New York Times reports plagiarism in Trump textbooks
New York Times reports plagiarism in Trump textbooks
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Daily Kos, RedState, The Real Deal New York, alan.com, Raw Story, Mother Jones and New York Times
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Obama proposes new military partnership with Russia in Syria — The Obama administration has proposed a new agreement on Syria to the Russian government that would deepen military cooperation between the two countries against some terrorists in exchange for Russia getting the Assad regime to stop bombing U.S.-supported rebels.
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Max J. Rosenthal / Mother Jones:
The Trump Files: When Donald Was “Principal for a Day” and Confronted by a Fifth-Grader — Until the election, we're bringing you “The Trump Files,” a daily dose of telling episodes, strange-but-true stories, or curious scenes from the life of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.
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New York Times:
Chris Christie Becomes Powerful Figure in Donald Trump Campaign — Defeated by Donald J. Trump in the 2016 primaries and derided by fellow Republicans for his subsequent embrace of Mr. Trump, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has quietly emerged as one of the most influential advisers …
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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Donald Trump, Partisan Polarization, and the 2016 Presidential Election — Recent presidential elections in the United States have been characterized by sharp divisions between Democrats and Republicans on a wide range of issues along with high levels of party loyalty and straight-ticket voting.
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Mother Jones
Irene / Judicial Watch:
Law Enforcement Sources: Gun Used in Paris Terrorist Attacks Came from Phoenix — One of the guns used in the November 13, 2015 Paris terrorist attacks came from Phoenix, Arizona where the Obama administration allowed criminals to buy thousands of weapons illegally in a deadly and futile …
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Weasel Zippers, Infowars, RedState, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review, The Gateway Pundit and Bearing Arms
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump: Rivals who don't back me shouldn't be allowed to run for office — on Wednesday hammered his former primary rivals for going back on a pledge to back the eventual GOP presidential nominee. — Trump said his primary opponents who now refuse to support his candidacy should not be allowed …
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