memeorandum: Portsmouth Organizing Event with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton (Bernie Sanders)

1:55 PM ET, July 12, 2016

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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 …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Washington Post, Vox, Hit & Run, Independent Journal Review, Hot Air, The Week, Politicus USA and Allen B. West

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 …

Discussion: AOL, Washington Free Beacon, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air and The Last Tradition

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.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Washington Monthly, Iowa Starting Line, TalkLeft, New York Magazine, www.wnyc.org, Vox, Unqualified Offerings and Power Line

MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton for President

Discussion: Politico, FiveThirtyEight and Associated Press

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton and Sanders unite for the war on Trump

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, ABC News and The Week

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Sanders Finally Endorses Clinton After Heated Primary

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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

Discussion: Mother Jones, Washington Post and Grist

CNN:
How the Clinton-Sanders unity summit came together and what it means for Democrats

Discussion: Balloon Juice and The American Mirror

Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: The Hillary and Bernie Show

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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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Associated Press:
Trump: ‘A Lot Of People’ Feel That Black Lives Matter Is ‘Inherently Racist’

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Associated Press:
Cops walk off WNBA game over Black Lives Matter jerseys

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, alan.com and WCCO | CBS Minnesota

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 …

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Times, Washington Post, RedState and Vox

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.

Discussion: CNN, Politico, The Stranger …, Independent Journal Review, Business Insider, Mediaite, Political Wire, Washington Post and Althouse

Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has crossed way, way over the line

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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.

Discussion: RedState, New York Times, New York Magazine and Raw Story

Nora Kelly / The Atlantic:
John Kasich's Forlorn Hope

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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 …

Discussion: RedState, Hot Air, AOL, Off the Kuff, The Big Picture and The Resurgent

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 …

Discussion: Jezebel and Political Wire

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.)

Discussion: The Atlantic, Fox News, Washington Post, Complex, Heat Street, Slate and Instapundit

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Yale Dishwasher Loses Job For Smashing Window Depicting Slaves Picking Cotton

Discussion: alan.com

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.

Discussion: Politico, CNBC, The Week, Business Insider, National Review, AOL and Washington Post

David Catanese / US News:
Pence, Flynn, Gingrich Are Trump's Finalists for Vice President

Discussion: RedState, The Resurgent, Daily Wire and Morning Consult

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

Can Paul Ryan Still Sell the G.O.P. Agenda? — WASHINGTON — Paul D. Ryan, the reluctant House speaker, eager 2012 vice-presidential nominee and youthful answer to Hillary Clinton, should be sprinting toward the Republican convention, a bright, optimistic star poised to sell his party's agenda.

Discussion: New York Times

CNN:
Ryan's request to block Clinton from intelligence briefings is denied

Discussion: Washington Times, Addicting Info, Talking Points Memo and Mother Jones

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 …

Discussion: Philly.com, ProFootballTalk, New York Magazine, Jezebel and AOL

Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Unsealed Court Documents: Sandusky Abuse Allegation Was Reported To Joe Paterno In 1976

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

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.

Discussion: Independent Journal Review and Washington Post

Nick Gass / Politico:
Hannity on Trump VP: 'I wouldn't be happy with anyone but Newt'

Discussion: New York Times, RedState, Bloomberg and Washington Post

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 …

Discussion: WHTM-TV

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite, WGN-TV and WHNT-TV

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.

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Leon Hendrix / WOOD-TV:

Berrien County courthouse shooter identified — COLOMA, Mich. (WOOD) — Larry Darnell Gordon has been identified as the man who took a deputy's gun inside the Berrien County Courthouse, fatally shooting two bailiffs and injuring two others. — The Coloma Township Police Department told …

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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.

Discussion: CNNMoney, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Forbes and Business Insider

Tal Kopan / CNN:

GOP platform draft declares pornography ‘public health crisis’ — Cleveland (CNN)The Republican Party will declare internet pornography a “public health crisis” under an amendment added to the draft party platform Monday at preliminary meetings in Cleveland.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, New York Times, Jezebel and The Week

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.

Discussion: The American Conservative