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12:25 PM ET, June 7, 2016

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump self-destructive rambling baffles GOP strategists  —  How did the controversy begin over Donald Trump's attacks on the judge in the Trump University lawsuit?  It began when Donald Trump couldn't stop talking about the Trump University lawsuit.  —  In the normal course of events …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Bloomberg:
Trump Orders Surrogates to Intensify Criticism of Judge and Journalists  —  During a Monday conference call with supporters, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee overruled a directive sent out by his own campaign.  —  kevcirilli  —  michaelcbender
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge ‘Racist,’ but Backs Him Still  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday called Donald J. Trump's criticism of a Hispanic-American judge “the textbook definition of a racist comment” and said he “regrets” the remark.
Discussion: Political Wire
Joseph Murray / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Is Correct To Hit ‘La Raza’ Judge For Latino Identity Politics  —  “This is one of the worst mistakes Trump has made.  I think it's inexcusable.”  —  Those words were spoken by Newt Gingrich - a man believed to be on Donald Trump's Vice Presidential shortlist - during an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Grassley: Senate Can Be a Check on Trump's Judges  —  Senate Judiciary chairman says he's not concerned who would be nominated  —  Reid: McConnell ‘Poster Boy’ for GOP ‘Spinelessness’ Over Trump GOP Senators Criticize Trump's Comments on Judge Sanders' Long-Shot Delegate Hunt
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
The RNC Approached Two Hispanic Operatives Who Weren't Interested Because Of Trump
Discussion: alan.com and The Week
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Trump Spox Suggests Trump's Sister Could Be ‘Biased’ As A Female Judge
Pat Buchanan / Townhall.com:
The Donald & The La Raza Judge
Discussion: Daily Wire
New York Times:
Democrats Jump on Allies of Donald Trump in Judge Dispute
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bernie Sanders Has Some Strange Ideas About Why He Deserves the Nomination  —  He was told there would be no math.  —  The season-finale episode of Saturday Night Live imagines a bar-stool conversation between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in which the two candidates bond …
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:   Bernie Sanders should drop out and endorse Hillary Clinton. Period.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Sanders plans to ‘assess’ presidential bid at home in Vermont after Tuesday contests
Discussion: Political Wire, Truth Revolt and AOL
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Clinton Hits ‘Magic Number’ of Delegates to Clinch Nomination
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
NPR Reporter: Women Weep Over History-Making Hillary Clinton
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
Associated Press:
AP count: Clinton has delegates to win Democratic nomination
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders: Not sexist to stay in race against Clinton
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Dick Morris Is in Talks to Join the Trump Campaign  —  The controversial former Clinton adviser could play a key roll in Trump's anti-Hillary strategy.  —  Before Donald Trump's campaign was derailed by his racist attacks on a federal judge, the GOP nominee was surprisingly disciplined in his attacks on Hillary Clinton.
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Marina Fang / The Huffington Post:
Trump Campaign: Female Judges Could Be Biased, Too
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitch McConnell: This Election Is About Choosing The Lesser Of Two Evils  —  “This is a choice that many Americans are not happy with.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Asked on Monday if the general election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was a “lesser of two evils election,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell answered yes.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Republicans need to think very hard about whether they can live with Donald Trump for five more months
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, MSNBC and Mediaite
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Paul Ryan starts unveiling plan for ‘better GOP’
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI asks to make new secret filing in Clinton email case  —  The FBI has asked a federal judge for permission to file a second secret declaration detailing its probe into Hillary Clinton  —  's private email server.  —  In the request, which came as part of a Freedom of Information Act …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
State Dept. would need 75 years to compile Clinton emails  —  The State Department said it would take 75 years for the release of emails from top aides to Hillary Clinton  —  while she was serving as secretary of State.  —  Lawyers said it would take that long to compile the 450,000 pages …
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com and CNN
CNN:
Last known surviving 9/11 search and rescue dog laid to rest  —  (CNN)When it was time to say goodbye, she was given a hero's farewell.  —  Firefighters and rescue workers lined the sidewalk as her body, draped in an American flag, was carried out.  Tears streaked down some faces.
Discussion: NPR, The Week and Scared Monkeys
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Associated Press:
Last Known Living 9/11 Search Dog Dies in Texas at Age 16
Associated Press:
Florida AG asked Trump for donation before nixing fraud case  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida's attorney general personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump around the same time her office deliberated joining an investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University and its affiliates
Wlady Pleszczynski / The American Spectator:
Trump Is Right: The Shame of Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell  —  The GOP Establishment is in full flight.  —  No Abraham Lincolns here.  —  In a shameful haste to embrace identity politics, the latter the political descendant of slavery and segregation, Speaker Paul Ryan …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans finally discover that Trump is an actual racist  —  Donald Trump needed validation.  —  At a rally Friday, Trump was discussing racial violence at his events and the perception that nonwhite people are against him, when he singled out a black man in the crowd.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Jason Reed / National Review:
Inside the #NeverTrump Candidacy that Almost Was  —  Anti-Trump conservatives failed to recruit David French into the presidential campaign.  What will they do now?  —  The latest would-be presidential candidate spent just under a week in the spotlight — long enough to confound official Washington …
 
 
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Says He Doesn't Believe in “American Exceptionalism”
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Sasse making GOP enemies with anti-Trump crusade
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