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McConnell: Donald Trump 'Doesn't Know a Lot About the Issues' — Despite his reservations, the Senate majority leader says he is still “comfortable” with Trump at the top of the GOP ticket. — haddadmedia — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Donald Trump needs …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Carson says Trump knows judge attack was wrong — In public, Donald Trump insists his racial attacks on an Indiana-born judge of Mexican descent have been “misconstrued.” But in private, Trump concedes he made a mistake, according to Ben Carson, a top advisor and former rival for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Mark Davis / Townhall.com:
This Time, Trump's Not the Problem — When Republicans have a severe communications mishap, all conservatives should be concerned about getting the situation righted as soon as possible. — If someone seeking to speak for all Republicans commits a seething unforced error …
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, the Judiciary and Identity Politics
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Chicago Boyz
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Carson Defends Trump Judge Attacks: He Was ‘Talking Out Loud,’ Not ‘Thinking’
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Politico, Business Insider and The Resurgent
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Warren met with Clinton this morning, fueling VP speculation — Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton met privately Friday morning, according to two knowledgeable Democrats, just hours after the Massachusetts senator formally endorsed the presumptive Democratic nominee.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Sanders surrogate blasts Warren: 'You don't get brownie points from me' — is lashing out at Sen. Elizabeth Warren — after her endorsement of Hillary Clinton — , saying the senator hasn't done enough for progressives. — During a radio interview on SiriusXM's “Steele and Unger,” …
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Raw Story
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Dueling Speeches in DC
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt With Trump
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Gawker files for bankruptcy and says it will sell the company to Ziff Davis or someone else — Gawker and Nick Denton say they won't pay Hulk Hogan and Peter Thiel $140 million. — Asa Mathat — Peter Thiel is getting closer to his goal: Gawker Media has filed for bankruptcy protection …
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Gawker Media files for bankruptcy — Gawker Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, in order to protect its assets from seizure by former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. — In March, Hogan won a $140.1 million judgment against Gawker Media, CEO Nick Denton and former Gawker.com editor A.J. Daulerio.
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Gawker Media Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy — The online news site makes its move after suffering a $140 million judgment in the Hulk Hogan lawsuit. — Gawker Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a Florida judge issued a $140 million final judgment in favor of Hulk Hogan …
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The Week
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Be Put Up for Auction
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RedState and CBS New York
Reihan Salam / Slate:
The Wall Street Journal Has Lost Its Mind — The advice it's giving Paul Ryan and the Republican Party is transparently absurd. — On June 2, Paul Ryan said he was backing Donald Trump because he believed the presumptive Republican nominee would help turn Ryan's policy ideas into reality.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Unity Illusion — Paul Ryan says it's time for Republicans to unite with the presumptive nominee Donald Trump. Sure, Trump says racist things sometimes and disagrees with most of our proposals, but Republicans have to go into this campaign as a team. There has to be a Republican majority …
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Washington Post, JustOneMinute, New York Magazine and No More Mister Nice Blog
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
How Clinton Donor Got on Sensitive Intelligence Board — Newly released State Department emails help reveal how a major Clinton Foundation donor was placed on a sensitive government intelligence advisory board even though he had no obvious experience in the field, a decision that appeared to baffle the department's professional staff.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
GOP Senator David Perdue Jokes About Praying for Obama's Death — The Georgia freshman quoted Scripture at a right-wing Christian confab to say the president's days should be short. — At a major event for conservative Christians this morning, a Republican senator joked about praying for President Obama's “days to be short.”
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
A Republican senator just prayed that Obama's “days be few.” This is how the GOP got Trump. — Want to know how Republicans ended up with Donald Trump? This is how Republicans ended up with Donald Trump: … Sen. David Perdue is the junior senator from Georgia.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton hires Sanders' top student organizer — Hillary Clinton's team is moving to shore up an area where she urgently needs help — the campaign has hired Bernie Sanders' director of student organizing to serve as her national campus and student organizing director, a Clinton official confirmed to POLITICO.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Majority thinks Clinton is lying about emails — American voters think Hillary Clinton put national security at risk by mishandling classified emails — and that she's lying about it. — By a 60-27 percent margin, they think she's lying about how her emails were handled …
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BizPac Review, Truth Revolt and CANNONFIRE
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Zeke J. Miller / TIME.com:
Hillary Clinton's general-election wakeup call came suddenly in May, when loud cursing erupted from her Brooklyn headquarters. — She had just begun a speech to union leaders in Las Vegas when every major cable network had decided to go live to an empty podium in North Dakota, where Donald Trump would soon appear.
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Shakesville
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
For Liberals, All's Fair When Starting a ‘Conversation’ — Liberals go to extremes to start a dialogue. — C — onversations! Glorious conversations! What more can you ask for? — The other day, former CBS News darling Katie Couric was speaking at an event organized by something called “TheWrap.”
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Instapundit, Shot in the Dark and Bearing Arms
Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
There's no evidence that Google is manipulating searches to help Hillary Clinton — There's a video making the rounds purporting to show that Google is suppressing the phrase “Hillary Clinton crimes” from autocomplete results, thereby boosting Clinton's candidacy.
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Wall Street Journal:
Emails in Clinton Probe Dealt With Planned Drone Strikes — Some vaguely worded messages from U.S. diplomats in Pakistan and Washington used a less-secure communications system — At the center of a criminal probe involving Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information is a series …
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The Intercept:
Hillary Clinton Used Leadership PAC as “Slush Fund” in 2008-09 — The Bernie Sanders campaign in April accused Hillary Clinton of “looting” her joint fundraising committee to fund her presidential campaign, effectively circumventing rules that cap donations at $5,400 per person.
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