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Bernie Sanders:
Portsmouth Organizing Event with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton — Let me begin by thanking the 13 million Americans who voted for me during the Democratic primaries. Let me also thank the people here in New Hampshire who gave us our first big win and a special thanks to the people …
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NBC News:
Hillary Clinton's Lead Over Trump Shrinks After Controversial Week: Poll — Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump narrowed to 3 points this week after several days of controversy following FBI Director James Comey's recommendation that no criminal charges be brought against the former secretary …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Four reasons Bernie Sanders waited so long to endorse Hillary Clinton — Four days after Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic nomination in 2008, Hillary Clinton endorsed him. Four weeks after Clinton effectively clinched her party's 2016 nomination, Bernie Sanders still hadn't endorsed her.
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
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CNN:
Ryan's request to block Clinton from intelligence briefings is denied
Ryan's request to block Clinton from intelligence briefings is denied
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Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
The End of a Political Revolution
The End of a Political Revolution
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Can Paul Ryan Still Sell the G.O.P. Agenda?
Can Paul Ryan Still Sell the G.O.P. Agenda?
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton and Sanders unite for the war on Trump
Clinton and Sanders unite for the war on Trump
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders' endorsement of Hillary Clinton may be anticlimactic but could help her win swing states
Bernie Sanders' endorsement of Hillary Clinton may be anticlimactic but could help her win swing states
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Sanders Finally Endorses Clinton After Heated Primary
Sanders Finally Endorses Clinton After Heated Primary
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: The Hillary and Bernie Show
The Note: The Hillary and Bernie Show
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Rebukes Ruth Bader Ginsburg for Deriding His Candidacy — Donald J. Trump on Tuesday assailed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court for speaking out on the presidential race, calling her disdainful remarks about his candidacy “highly inappropriate” and suggesting that she owed other justices an apology.
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has crossed way, way over the line — The Supreme Court is becoming more politicized. The Notorious RBG just made things way worse. … If Spoiler Alerts has had a theme for 2016, it's been that Donald Trump is massively unfit to be president …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Wants Ginsburg Off The Supreme Court ASAP For Criticizing Him — Donald Trump chided Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a Tuesday interview with The New York Times after she gave multiple comments that were highly critical of his campaign. — “I think it's highly inappropriate …
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Randy Furst / Star Tribune:
Minneapolis cops working Lynx game walk out over player comments, warm-up jerseys — Police union leader says walkout is justified. — Four off-duty Minneapolis police officers working the Minnesota Lynx game at Target Center on Saturday night walked off the job after the players held …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP operatives dread Trump convention — Each presidential election year, Republicans eagerly await their national convention — a four-day celebration that draws thousands of GOP operatives, donors and lobbyists who are ready to party. — This year — the year of Trump — it's anything but a party.
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New York Times:
James Stavridis, Retired Admiral, Is Being Vetted as Hillary Clinton's Running Mate — Hillary Clinton's campaign is vetting James G. Stavridis, a retired four-star Navy admiral who served as the 16th supreme allied commander at NATO, as a possible running mate, according to a person with knowledge of the vetting process.
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David Catanese / US News:
Pence, Flynn, Gingrich Are Trump's Finalists for Vice President
Pence, Flynn, Gingrich Are Trump's Finalists for Vice President
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton Beats Trump Among College-Educated in Bloomberg Poll — The presumptive Democratic nominee's lead extends to white voters with college degrees, a group Mitt Romney won in 2012. — McCormickJohn — Hillary Clinton is crushing Donald Trump among college-educated white voters …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The deadliest weapon against Donald Trump? His own words. — THE MORNING PLUM: — Top Democrats are launching a new, $500,000 ad campaign today aimed specifically at winning over millennial voters and women in presidential swing states, and the chief weapon used in the spots is this …
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New Haven Independent:
Worker Smashes “Racist” Panel, Loses Job — (Note: We have temporarily suspended commenting and True Vote-ing on this story because our server couldn't handle the demand; we wanted to avoid having the site crash. We hope to renew those functions eventually.)
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Yale Dishwasher Loses Job For Smashing Window Depicting Slaves Picking Cotton
Yale Dishwasher Loses Job For Smashing Window Depicting Slaves Picking Cotton
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Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokemon here — Almost everywhere you turn, it seems like people have their eyes glued to smartphone screens playing Pokemon Go. Since its launch last week, the app has quickly become a cultural phenomenon that has fans of all ages hunting around …
CNN:
First on CNN: Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal: I would decline ‘any role’ with Donald Trump — Washington (CNN)Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal told CNN Tuesday that he would decline “any role” offered by Donald Trump if contacted, but at this point the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's campaign has not reached out.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Hannity on Trump VP: 'I wouldn't be happy with anyone but Newt'
Hannity on Trump VP: 'I wouldn't be happy with anyone but Newt'
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Washington Post:
Joe Paterno knew of Jerry Sandusky abuse in 1976 per testimony in newly unsealed records — A man testified in court in 2014 that Penn State football coach Joe Paterno ignored his complaints of a sexual assault committed by assistant coach Jerry Sandusky in 1976 when the man was a 14-year-old boy …
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Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Unsealed Court Documents: Sandusky Abuse Allegation Was Reported To Joe Paterno In 1976
Unsealed Court Documents: Sandusky Abuse Allegation Was Reported To Joe Paterno In 1976
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Andy Robertson / Forbes:
‘Lego Disney Castle’ Intricately Recreates Disney Resort's Cinderella Castle In 4,000 Bricks — After news leaked yesterday, Lego Group today confirmed a huge 4,000 piece Lego replica of its iconic Disney Resort Cinderella Castle: set 71040 Disney Castle. — Having been impressed …
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Indicted Dem: Orlando victims would be alive if agents weren't investigating me — (D-Fla.) said Friday that if the Department of Justice had been investigating the Orlando nightclub shooter instead of her, the 49 people killed in the massacre there last month would still be alive.
Jamie Dimon / New York Times:
Why We're Giving Our Employees a Raise — WAGE stagnation. Income inequality. A lack of quality education. Insufficient training and skills development. — Issues like these have led approximately two-thirds of Americans to believe that the next generation will be worse off than the last.
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Ned Parker / Reuters:
Exclusive: New Black Panther Party says to carry arms in Cleveland if legal — The chairman of the New Black Panther Party, a “black power” movement, said his group will carry arms for self-defense during protests at the Republican convention next week if allowed under Ohio law.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Are We on the Path to National Ruin? — San Antonio — I never really understood how fascism could have come to Europe, but I think I understand better now. You start with some fundamental historical transformation, like the Great Depression or the shift to an information economy.
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