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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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The Atlantic, Bloomberg, CNN, Chicago Tribune, The Daily Caller, Balkinization, New York Times and Instapundit
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, Washington Post, The Colorado Independent 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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Matt Adams / Fox 59:
IMPD: Man fires 17 shots into officer's patrol car and home, screams he hates police — INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Indianapolis Metropolitan police are investigating after a man shot up an officer's house on the east side of Indianapolis early Tuesday morning. — According to IMPD …
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Pamela Geller, WREG-TV and Law Officer
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, Media Matters for America, Mother Jones, Instapundit and The Federalist
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 and Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
OBAMA TURNS OFF COPS=> Officers REFUSE TO APPLAUD During Obama's Race Lecture at Dallas Police Memorial (VIDEO)
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
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Fox News and Newt Gingrich agree to suspend contributor agreement — Fox News is suspending its contributor agreement with Newt Gingrich, the channel announced on Tuesday. — “Fox News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend its contributor agreement with Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich effective immediately.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fox News suspending ties with Trump veep possibility Gingrich
Fox News suspending ties with Trump veep possibility Gingrich
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CNN:
Pence, Gingrich make the final cut in Trump's VP search, sources say
Pence, Gingrich make the final cut in Trump's VP search, sources say
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The Resurgent and Politicus USA
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
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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The Gateway Pundit
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI to give deleted Clinton emails back to State Dept.
FBI to give deleted Clinton emails back to State Dept.
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Politico
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
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton legal team moves to block deposition in email lawsuit
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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New York Times, The Verge, Engadget, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Hill, CBS Baltimore, Washington Free Beacon, Mashable, WGN-TV, The Stranger …, Fox17 and WHNT-TV
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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
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
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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New York Post, The American Mirror, Heat Street, MichelleMalkin.com and American Power
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump aide: Sanders endorsement ‘exhibit A in our rigged system’ — of betraying his supporters by endorsing Hillary Clinton — “Bernie's endorsement becomes exhibit A in our rigged system,” senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said in a statement Tuesday.
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Politico, Daily Kos and Joe.My.God.
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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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RedState and Talking Points Memo
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Obama uses Dallas memorial to confront nation on race … President Obama used a Tuesday memorial for five police officers slain in Dallas to confront racial divisions in the U.S., saying that Americans are “not as divided as we seem.” — “I know that because I know America.
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The Federalist, New York Times, France 24 and Politicus USA
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Katie Reilly / TIME:
Read President Obama's Speech From the Dallas Memorial Service
Read President Obama's Speech From the Dallas Memorial Service
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Daily Wire, The San Diego Union …, Patterico's Pontifications and Washington Post
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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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Ted Cruz to meet with secretive conservative group in Cleveland
Ted Cruz to meet with secretive conservative group in Cleveland
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RedState
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 York Magazine, Gothamist, Mashable, Complex and Fox News Insider
Steve Sinovic / Albuquerque Journal:
Presbyterian to drop out of Obamacare exchange — This is the entrance, at right, to the Ted and Margaret Jorgensen Cancer Center at Presbyterian's Rust Medical Center in Rio Rancho. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Many insurers are shedding their Obamacare plans lately …
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Hot Air and New York Times
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
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.)
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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Yahoo, The Daily Caller and Politicus USA
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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Townhall.com, AOL, NBC News, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, The Last Tradition, Talking Points Memo and ABC News