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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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CNN:
Justice Ginsburg on Trump: ‘He is a faker’ — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's well-known candor was on display in her chambers late Monday, when she called Donald Trump a “faker.”
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 …
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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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New York Times:
Ginsburg Knows, If Trump Wins, the Rule of Law Is at Risk
Ginsburg Knows, If Trump Wins, the Rule of Law Is at Risk
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American Power and Althouse
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
RBG Just Risked Her Legacy to Insult Trump
RBG Just Risked Her Legacy to Insult Trump
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Business Insider, Townhall.com, The Colorado Independent, Washington Post and Guardian
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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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed The conservative principle behind Black Lives Matter
Op-Ed The conservative principle behind Black Lives Matter
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The Atlantic, National Review, Mother Jones, Media Matters for America, Instapundit and The Federalist
Matt Adams / Fox 59:
IMPD: Man fires 17 shots into officer's patrol car and home, screams he hates police
IMPD: Man fires 17 shots into officer's patrol car and home, screams he hates police
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KFOR-TV and Law Officer
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Black doctor to police: I defend you, I will care for you — but I still fear you
Black doctor to police: I defend you, I will care for you — but I still fear you
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CBS Dallas
Jim Young / National Review:
Fundamentally Transformed — Have we reached a point of no return?
Fundamentally Transformed — Have we reached a point of no return?
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RealClearPolitics, Jewish World Review and Power Line
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Obama uses Dallas memorial to confront nation on race
Obama uses Dallas memorial to confront nation on race
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France 24 and Politicus USA
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fox News suspending ties with Trump veep possibility Gingrich — Fox News had a Newt Gingrich problem — and it just announced a solution. — The cable news channel is suspending its ties with Newt Gingrich since Gingrich is on Donald Trump's vice presidential short list.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Fox News and Newt Gingrich agree to suspend contributor agreement
Fox News and Newt Gingrich agree to suspend contributor agreement
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Mona Chalabi / Guardian:
Fox News cuts ties with Newt Gingrich amid VP speculation - campaign live
Fox News cuts ties with Newt Gingrich amid VP speculation - campaign live
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Allen B. West, The Daily Caller and The Week
Kelly O'Donnell / NBC News:
Team Trump Plans Public Event Friday With VP Pick
Team Trump Plans Public Event Friday With VP Pick
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Political Wire
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 …
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Patrick Caldwell / Mother Jones:
Al Franken Is Worried About Pokemon Go
Al Franken Is Worried About Pokemon Go
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Ars Technica, Mediaite and The Verge
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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Steven Nelson / Associated Press:
Bernie Fans Say ‘Fart-In’ Against Hillary Will Go On
Bernie Fans Say ‘Fart-In’ Against Hillary Will Go On
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump aide: Sanders endorsement ‘exhibit A in our rigged system’
Trump aide: Sanders endorsement ‘exhibit A in our rigged system’
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Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
The End of a Political Revolution
The End of a Political Revolution
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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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New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Is Invited to Speak on Democratic Convention's First Night — In an apparent sign that Senator Elizabeth Warren will not be named Hillary Clinton's running mate, Ms. Warren was invited by Mrs. Clinton's campaign on Tuesday to deliver a prime-time address on the first night …
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New York Magazine and Political Wire
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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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Charles Koch: Choosing Clinton Or Trump Is A Vote ‘For Cancer Or Heart Attack’
Charles Koch: Choosing Clinton Or Trump Is A Vote ‘For Cancer Or Heart Attack’
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu — The State Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers grants to an Israeli group that used the money to build a campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last year's Israeli parliamentary elections …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
State Department Purged Emails About Secret Anti-Netanyahu Campaign
State Department Purged Emails About Secret Anti-Netanyahu Campaign
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Washington Post and Israel Matzav
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
David Duke Plans to Run for Congress Against the Republican Who Spoke to His Group — The former KKK grand wizard said he wants to defeat Steve Scalise, who reportedly once called himself “David Duke without the baggage.” — David Duke says he is getting ready to run for Congress.
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Talking Points Memo
Sophia Rosenbaum / New York Post:
I got caught cheating through Pokémon Go — Pokémon Go ruined my love life! — Evan Scribner claims he's now single after his girlfriend discovered he was “cheating” on her thanks to the addicting scavenger hunt-style cellphone game — which revealed his two-timing ways.
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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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Elura Nanos / LawNewz:
GOP Sneaks Porn into Platform Calls It ‘Public Health Crisis’ — This week, the GOP is working on its official platform. As expected, it's packed with a ton of garbage (support for gay “conversion therapy,” and refusal to acknowledge the legitimacy of same-sex marriage, just to name some of it) …
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Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
Cop in ‘antlers photo’ shouldn't get job back, appeals court says — A former Chicago Police detective shown in a photo posing as a hunter who bagged a black teenager as a trophy should not get his job back, an Illinois appellate court has ruled. — Timothy McDermott had appealed the decision …
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Associated Press
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Joe Biden: Obama Tells Cops in White House Meeting Their Police Forces Are Racist — President Barack Obama is trying to muffle politically dangerous opposition from police groups to his support for the radical and violent Black Lives Movement — but he's also insisting to cops that their careers …
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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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