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2:05 PM ET, June 2, 2016

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Los Angeles Times:
UCLA gunman had accused slain professor of stealing his computer code, sources say  —  Police respond to the UCLA campus after a shooting Wednesday.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)  —  The gunman who shot and killed a UCLA professor Wednesday has been identified as Mainak Sarkar …
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Tracy Bloom / KTLA:
Woman on UCLA Murder-Suicide Suspect's ‘Kill List’ Found Shot to Death in Minnesota: LAPD Chief Beck  —  Android users, if the above player does not work, please click here.  —  The man suspected in an apparent murder-suicide on the UCLA campus had a “kill list,” and a second victim named …
New York Times:
Hispanic Official to Leave R.N.C. in Sign of Disaffection With Donald Trump  —  The head of Hispanic media relations at the Republican National Committee is resigning this month in what appears to be another indication of the lingering discomfort some party officials have about working to elect Donald J. Trump president.
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David McCabe / The Hill:
Trump's aversion to data puts RNC on the hot seat  —  's apparent uninterest in using data and analytics in his campaign is putting pressure on the Republican National Committee (RNC), which could be forced to fill the gaps in the general election.  —  The RNC says it is ready for the challenge …
Discussion: Hot Air
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Hispanic RNC staffer's resignation spotlights Trump's toxicity and the party's failed outreach
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Donald Trump warns Barack Obama he'll ‘hit him’ like Bill Clinton  —  Presumptive Republican nominee rallies crowd in sweltering heat in Sacramento  —  Trump's remarks come after Obama waded into campaign  —  Trump says Obama 'doesn't have a clue'  —  Donald Trump, lashing back at Barack Obama …
Discussion: Shakesville, The Week and BNR
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitch McConnell: Trump's Insults Need To Stop, Add No Value  —  “It is something about him that I don't care for.”  —  Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a radio interview on Thursday that he is bothered by Donald Trump's use of personal insults.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Reid on Sanders: ‘Sometimes you just have to give up’
Discussion: mrctv.org/videos and Politico
Claire Landsbaum / New York Magazine:
Why Hillary Clinton Is Avoiding Press Conferences  —  She's playing to her strengths, as any politician would.  —  Pin It  —  Hillary Clinton hasn't held a press conference in 180 days.  That fact hasn't been lost on reporters who cover her, nor has it escaped the notice of her Republican opponent.
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Matthew Balan / NewsBusters:
Daily Mail Editor: ‘A Lot’ of the Reporters Covering Hillary Are ‘Fans,’ ‘In Awe’
Detroit News:
Snyder decides against endorsing Trump for president  —  Gov. Rick Snyder has sidelined himself in the race for president, choosing not to make an endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.  —  The Republican governor also did not endorse in the March 8 primary …
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
NY Attorney General Slams Trump University as ‘Fraud From Beginning to End’  —  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is confident that the case against Donald Trump and Trump University will prove that the real estate mogul personally pocketed millions from the now-defunct program.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
NY Attorney General: Trump University Was ‘Fraud From Beginning To End’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: CNN and The Week
Sundance / The Last Refuge:
Activist Trump University / La Raza Judge Now Attempts To Re-Seal Court Documents...
Discussion: LawNewz
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
State Department: Yep, We Deleted That Video Proving We Lied About The Iran Deal  —  After being caught lying last month about the Iran nuclear deal, specifically negotiations between the Iranian regime and the Obama administration, the State Department deleted an important exchange between …
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Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Official says Prince died of opioid overdose  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Tests show that Prince died of an opioid overdose, a law-enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday.  —  The 57-year-old singer was found dead April 21 at his Minneapolis-area estate.
LifeSiteNews:
State leader quits ACLU after daughters were ‘visibly frightened’ by men using women's restroom  —  Aclu , Bathroom Bills , Georgia , Maya Dillard Smith , Trangenderism  —  The African-American woman who leads a state chapter of the ACLU has resigned, citing her own daughters' “frightened” …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power LinePower Line:
ACLU leader quits after daughters encounter men in the women's restroom
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Secret Weapon: Letters of Love, Flattery and Revenge  —  In one letter, Donald J. Trump ranted about the crisis of unsightly hot dog vendors on his beloved Fifth Avenue.  “Having ketchup and mustard splattered all over the sidewalk,” he wrote, “is disgraceful.”
Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Trump Delegate Says Current US Leaders May Need to Be “Killed”  —  Last December, Donald Trump's presidential campaign approved David Riden to be a delegate candidate on the Tennessee ballot, and when the state held its primary in March, voters selected Riden to go to the Republican National Convention.
Discussion: LawNewz and Raw Story
James Kirchick / Tablet MagazineTablet Magazine:
The Sad Story of Milo Yiannopoulos: the Trump Troll With Daddy Issues  —  Milo Yiannopoulos is a fervent supporter of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.  Referring to Trump as “Daddy,” the ostentatiously gay British media personality provides a camp component to the presumptive Republican nominee's fan base.
David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
‘Missing’ White Voters Might Help Trump, But Less So Where He Needs It  —  A common refrain is that demographics will ultimately doom Donald Trump's candidacy.  His most reliable supporters have been whites without college degrees — a group that made up 65 percent of voters in 1980 but is on pace to make up just 33 percent in 2016.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Guardian
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Zombie time at campaign Hillary: Camille Paglia on Trump's real strength and Clinton's fatal sleepwalking  —  The media covers for Hillary on her email scandal while Trump gallops through the non-stop artillery barrage  —  It's zombie time at campaign Hillary.  Behold the dead men walking!
Discussion: Power LinePower Line and Althouse
Dan Rather / Facebook:
I felt a shudder down my spine yesterday watching Donald Trump's fusilade against the press.  This is not a moment to be trifled with.  It wasn't his first tirade and it won't be his last.  —  I was reminded of my college journalism professor, the late Hugh Cunningham …
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, Mashable and Politico
Philip Klinkner / Vox:
The easiest way to guess if someone supports Trump?  Ask if Obama is a Muslim.  —  You can ask just one simple question to find out whether someone likes Donald Trump more than Hillary Clinton: Is Barack Obama a Muslim?  If the answer is yes, 89 percent of the time that person will have a higher opinion of Trump than Clinton.
Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Ebke bolts GOP after Ricketts speech  —  Sen. Laura Ebke of Crete left the Republican Party and registered as a Libertarian Party member two weeks after Gov. Pete Ricketts called out state senators who are Republicans by name for not supporting him or the GOP on some contentious legislative issues.
Discussion: Hit & Run
Michael Brendan Dougherty / The Week:
How Baby Boomer psychodrama infected the 2016 election  —  Barack Obama's election to the presidency in 2008 seemed to promise the end of the Baby Boomer reign over American life.  Even Obama seemed to know his rise was their downfall.  In The Audacity of Hope, Obama commented …
Reuters:
Use it or lose it: Occasional Ohio voters may be shut out in November  —  When Larry Harmon tried to vote on a marijuana initiative in November in his hometown of Kent, Ohio, the 59-year-old software engineer found his name had been struck from the voter rolls.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati police don't recommend criminal charges in gorilla case  —  Last Video  —  Mother calls 911 about child who fell in gorilla moat  —  911 call about child who fell into Gorilla World moat  —  See how boy got into gorilla enclosure  —  ‘It was a life threatening situation’ says director of Cincinnati Zoo
Mother Jones:
There Will Be Subsidies  —  How the oil companies hit a gusher of tax breaks  —  Writing Off Drilling Expenses: A century ago, drilling for oil was risky business.  Start-up costs were high, and prospectors couldn't be sure they'd find crude.  To encourage the nascent industry …
abc7chicago.com:
Police: Mother, sons beat black teen while yelling slurs  —  Police say a mother and her two sons beat up a black teenager while yelling racial slurs at a campground southwest of Chicago over the weekend.  —  According to police, Carrie Weller, 42, and Corry Weller, 21 …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Nathaniel Herz / Alaska Dispatch News:
Former Anchorage mayor files for primary run against Sen. Lisa Murkowski  —  Former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan filed to face U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican primary moments before the candidate deadline Wednesday.  —  Sullivan, who faced a term limit when he left the top city office …
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Ad hits Airbnb on discrimination charges
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Associated Press:
Emails show Clinton campaign staff suggested questions at events, reviewed introductory remarks
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Mark Cuban Isn't So Sure Donald Trump Is a Fellow Billionaire
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Stacey Dash lashes out in support of N.C. ‘bathroom bill’: Trans people ‘should go in the bushes’
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Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage
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Megan Thielking / STAT:
Teen birth rate in the US plummets to an all-time low
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Justine Sharrock / Mother Jones:
Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason
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