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2:55 PM ET, June 6, 2016

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MSNBC:
Donald Trump does not have a campaign  —  Donald Trump is a candidate without a campaign - and it's becoming a serious problem.  —  Republicans working to elect Trump describe a bare-bones effort debilitated by infighting, a lack of staff to carry out basic functions, minimal coordination …
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Associated Press:
Trump Surprised at GOP Criticism of His Comments on Judge  —  Donald Trump says he was surprised that Newt Gingrich hammered him for noting the Mexican ancestry of the American judge overseeing lawsuits against Trump University.  —  Trump tells Fox News Channel on Monday that the former House speaker's criticism was “inappropriate.”
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Congressman to Trump: Shove Border Wall “Up Your Ass” … WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela took a poison pen to the Republican presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, in an open letter Monday morning.  —  “Mr. Trump, you're a racist and you can take your border wall and shove it up your ass …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and AOL
CNN:
Growing fear inside GOP about Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Top Republican officials and donors are increasingly worried over the threat Donald Trump's attack on a judge's Mexican heritage could pose to their party's chances in November — and about the GOP's ability to win Latino votes for many elections to come.
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Joe Scarborough just went off on Donald Trump's ‘racism’  —  Joe Scarborough is done with Donald Trump.  —  After months of amiable interviews and a report that their “friendship” was making NBC executives uncomfortable, the host and the presidential candidate have recently been bickering on Twitter.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Gingrich criticism of me ‘inappropriate’  —  A day after former House speaker Newt Gingrich called Donald Trump's latest comments on Judge Gonzalo Curiel “inexcusable,” the presumptive Republican nominee fired back at the former House speaker, who has largely been supportive of his candidacy.
Discussion: ABC News and The Resurgent
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Gingrich: Trump's judge attacks ‘one of the worst mistakes’ he's made
Discussion: Daily Wire
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed Terminates Ad Deal With Republican Party Over Trump  —  Donald Trump is “directly opposed to the freedoms of our employees in the United States and around the world,” CEO Jonah Peretti wrote.  —  BuzzFeed has terminated a deal with the Republican National Committee …
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Alex Spence / Politico:
BuzzFeed pulls out of $1.3M advertising deal with RNC over Donald Trump  —  BuzzFeed has pulled out of an advertising agreement with the Republican National Committee over objections to Donald Trump's rhetoric.  —  The buy was for $1.3 million, a source close to BuzzFeed told POLITICO.
New York Times:
Obama Is Eager to Hit the Stump for Hillary Clinton and Shred Donald Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama, after months of sitting on the sidelines of the rancorous contest to succeed him, is now ready to aggressively campaign for Hillary Clinton, starting with a formal endorsement of her candidacy as early as this week.
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Scott Adams Blog:
Scott Adams' Blog  —  I've decided to come off the sidelines and endorse a candidate for President of the United States.  —  I'll start by reminding readers that my politics don't align with any of the candidates.  My interest in the race has been limited to Trump's extraordinary persuasion skills.
David French / National Review:
I'm Not Running for President  —  I'm not the right person to challenge Trump and Hillary, but the path remains open for others.  —  Here is a sentence I never thought I'd type: After days of prayer, reflection, and serious study of the possibilities, I am not going to run as an independent candidate …
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Bill, White House staff lived in fear of Hillary: Ex-Secret Service officer  —  Hillary Clinton has a “Jekyll and Hyde” personality that left White House staffers scared stiff of her explosive — and even physical — outbursts, an ex-Secret Service officer claims in a scathing new tell-all.
Roger Clinton / TMZ.com:
Roger Clinton — DUI Arrest in California ... Impeccable Timing (UPDATE: MUG SHOT)  —  Hillary Clinton's brother-in-law is sitting in a jail cell after getting busted for DUI in Southern California ... just 2 days before the crucial CA primary vote.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ …
Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business:
Trump's latest property-tax bill, out June 3, shows he once again received a middle-class tax break  —  The self-proclaimed billionaire gets a tax break for New Yorkers whose incomes are $500,000 a year or less  —  Donald Trump's New York City property-tax bill, published June 3 …
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Split Over Whether to Fight on Past Tuesday  —  The senator has vowed to press his case, but some urge him to unite behind Clinton  —  A split is emerging inside the Bernie Sanders campaign over whether the senator should stand down after Tuesday's election contests …
Madison Park / CNN:
Gorilla killing: Will boy's parents be charged for conduct at zoo?  —  How young boy got into the zoo's gorilla enclosure  —  (CNN)Will the drama surrounding Harambe's death come to an end, or is this just the beginning?  —  On Monday, the Hamilton County prosecutor may announce whether …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
President Obama to Appear on Jimmy Fallon's ‘Tonight Show’ for First Time  —  President Barack Obama will join Jimmy Fallon for late-night antics for the first time since 2012.  —  NBC said President Obama will appear on its “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” for the first time.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
IRS finally reveals list of tea party groups targeted for extra scrutiny  —  More than three years after it admitted to targeting tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny, the IRS has finally released a near-complete list of the organizations it snagged in a political dragnet.
New York Daily News:
KING: Rapist Brock Turner and lenient judge embody the worst of American justice system  —  If we didn't have a vulgarity policy here at the Daily News, this entire column would be 1,000 cuss words with the name Brock Turner in the middle.  —  If you haven't heard, he's the human piece …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump's ‘my African-American’ admits ‘I am not a Trump supporter’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  California congressional candidate Gregory Cheadle might be an anti-government Tea Party member, but don't call him a Trump supporter.  —  In a weekend interview with NPR …
Discussion: NPR.org, Salon, Hullabaloo and The Root
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Democratic Rep. tells Trump to ‘shove it up your a—’  —  Donald Trump is a racist who can take his proposed border wall and “shove it up [his] ass,” Rep. Filemon Vela wrote in an open letter to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.  —  In the letter, dated Monday …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jeremy Kohler / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis police secret settlements total $4.7 million  —  Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that the shooting of Anthony Smith occurred in 2011.  —  The fatal shooting of a man by a St. Louis police officer in 2011 that resulted in a murder charge last month raised questions …
Caleb Melby / Bloomberg:
Trump Sold Two Central Park South Condos to Son at 72% Discount  —  Eric Trump already owns two units on the building's top floor  —  The 100 Central Park South apartments sold for $350,000 each  —  Donald Trump sold two apartments on Manhattan's Central Park South to his son Eric for about $700,000, well below market rate.
Andy Pasztor / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Set to Approve Moon Mission by Commercial Space Venture  —  Startup proposes to land payload of scientific gear on lunar surface some time next year  —  U.S. officials appear poised to make history by approving the first private space mission to go beyond Earth's orbit, according to people familiar with the details.
Lawrence Summers / Washington Post:
Trump is a much worse threat than Brexit  —  The writer is a professor at and past president of Harvard University.  He was treasury secretary from 1999 to 2001 and an economic adviser to President Obama from 2009 through 2010.  —  On June 23, Britain will vote on whether to remain in the European Union.
Discussion: Vox, Forbes and Jihad Watch
Leah Bourne / New York Post:
The surprising strategy behind Hillary Clinton's designer wardrobe  —  More On:  —  Hillary Clinton's New York primary victory speech in April focused on topics including income inequality, job creation and helping people secure their retirement.  It was a clear attempt to position herself as an everywoman.
David Sirota / International Business Times:
State Department Blocks Release Of Hillary Clinton-Era TPP Emails Until After The Election  —  Trade is a hot issue in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.  But correspondence from Hillary Clinton and her top State Department aides about a controversial 12-nation trade deal will not be available …
Discussion: Common Dreams
 
 
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Yes, the media should cover Trump fairly — but even better, hold him accountable
Discussion: Power LinePower Line
The Hill:
This week: House GOP begins rolling out agenda
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Sanders hits Clinton Foundation over foreign donations
Meaghancorzine / CBS New York:
Police: 59-Year-Old Man Brutally Attacked Outside Queens Mosque
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Magazine
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court will weigh in on whether Va. districts are racially gerrymandered
Discussion: Politico
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Trump SuperPAC Hires Ex-Jesse Helms Strategist Who Made Infamous Racist Ad
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Questioned About Previous Positions on Libya and Iraq
Discussion: Daily Kos
Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
A friend thinks O.J. Simpson may confess to murders
Discussion: AOL, Scared Monkeys and LawNewz
ABC News:
The Note: Clinton Closes in On Clinching
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Pause That Distresses  —  Friday's employment report …
Discussion: The Week and Forbes
Rebecca Ratcliffe / Observer:
JK Rowling tells of anger at attacks on casting of black Hermione
Discussion: AOL and The Daily Caller
Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Sasse is Resolute: No Hillary, no Trump
Discussion: RedState and Politico
John Wagner / Washington Post:
How Bernie Sanders missed his chance to beat Hillary Clinton
 

 
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