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11:25 AM ET, June 17, 2016

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Politico:
Transcript: Bernie Sanders speech in Burlington, Vermont  —  Election days come and go.  But political and social revolutions that attempt to transform our society never end.  They continue every day, every week and every month in the fight to create a nation of social and economic justice.
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ABC News:
The Note: Bernie Won't Back Down  —  Sanders did, however, promise to join her and the Democratic party in a more active role in their effort to defeat Donald Trump.  “The major political task that together we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders loses convention leverage  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. — Leverage: it's the one thing Bernie Sanders' advisors and aides consistently point to when asked why, exactly, he's formally staying in the Democratic primary race that he's lost to Hillary Clinton.  —  But it's the one thing he's …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
51 U.S. Diplomats Urge Strikes Against Assad in Syria  —  WASHINGTON — More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration's policy in Syria, urging the United States to carry out military strikes against the government …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
In memo, U.S. diplomats urge more aggressive stance on Syria
Discussion: Mother Jones
CNN:
Orlando shooter texted wife during attack, source says  —  The Orlando shooter and his wife exchanged text messages during the Pulse nightclub rampage, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told CNN.  Around 4 a.m., about two hours after he started the attack and while holed …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Republicans, Democrats Interpret Orlando Incident Differently  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Republicans and Democrats have starkly different interpretations of what the recent mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub represents.  While 79% of Republicans view it primarily as an act of Islamic terrorism …
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
MEDIA DIRTY TRICKS: CBS, NBC Manipulate Polling Data to Show Hillary with Lead Over Trump
Discussion: American Thinker and CBS News
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
John McCain: Obama is ‘directly responsible’ for Orlando attack
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Can Trump turn it around?  —  Republicans are divided about how Donald Trump  —  can dig himself out of the hole that his campaign is in, but they agree on one point: the first step is admitting he has a problem.  —  GOP insiders fear that Trump, whose yearlong run for the presidency …
Discussion: Israpundit
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Self-Immolation of the Republican Party  —  The Darwin Awards is a popular website that “commemorates individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives.  Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's poll ratings in a historic hole  —  In 2016's race to the bottom, Donald Trump is going to find out if you can become president when two-thirds of Americans don't like you — and a majority can't stand you.  —  Recent polls have showed Trump's unfavorable rating spiking again, after a brief improvement last month.
Discussion: alan.com, Washington Post and Daily Kos
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Cut the Thread  —  “Trust me, he's only hanging on by a thread.”  —  “Patience, my friend, patience .  .  . we need just one more episode.”  —  “My colleagues are close to the breaking point.”  —  This is what one hears—this is what I've heard …
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Shunned, Stared at, Still for Trump: The Holdout in Hillary Clinton's Town  —  CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. — First came the grimaces — the disbelieving eyes trained upon his shirt, his lawn signs, his car window stickers broadcasting a local betrayal.  —  Then his teenage son refused to drive …
Discussion: Althouse and Political Wire
New York Times:
An Unlikely Savior Emerges to Help Endangered Republicans: George W. Bush  —  After eight years of largely abstaining from politics, former President George W. Bush is throwing himself into an effort to save his party's most vulnerable senators, including several whose re-election campaigns …
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Alleged killer of British MP was a longtime supporter of the neo-Nazi National Alliance  —  Thomas Mair, alleged killer of British MP Jo Cox, was a longtime supporter of the neo-Nazi National Alliance.  —  Jo Cox, a member of the Labour Party in the British Parliament …
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Michael Wilkinson / Telegraph:
Thomas Mair: Man arrested in connection with attack on Jo Cox was ‘a quiet loner who kept himself to himself’
Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan: Donald Trump Does Not Have A ‘Blank Check’  —  The House Speaker admits he hasn't achieved the “real unity” he wanted with Trump.  —  Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan has limits to what he'll accept from presumptive GOP nominee …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump is getting schlonged  —  Have you seen the polls lately?  It's incredible.  Everybody was saying, all of Trump's supporters were saying, they were telling me, they said, Hillary is toast.  Trump was going to win win win.  Now I'm looking at polls, and he's like going down down down all of a sudden.
Discussion: The Atlantic
Tim Arango / New York Times:
Iraqi Forces Enter Falluja, Encountering Little Fight From ISIS  —  BAGHDAD — After weeks of fighting, Iraqi forces entered central areas of Falluja on Friday, facing little resistance by the Islamic State, as thousands of civilians fled in a new wave of displacement that has overwhelmed the ability of aid agencies to care for them.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Business Insider
Jeff.Schogol / Marine Corps Times:
West Coast Marines under investigation for alleged threat to gay bars  —  Two active-duty Marines are under investigation in connection to a social media post purportedly threatening to attack gay bars following Sunday's deadly mass shooting in Florida.  —  The California-based …
Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
'He's obsessed with menstruation': Ex-producer exposes Trump's bizarre ‘Apprentice’ behavior  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Producers for Donald Trump's show, The Apprentice, are speaking out about how the reality television star-turned-politician behaved on the set of the show in an interview with Slate.
Discussion: Slate
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Florida governor: 'The Second Amendment didn't kill anybody'  —  No one on a terrorist watch list should have a gun, but the Second Amendment didn't kill anyone, Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Friday.  —  The Republican governor of the state that saw 49 lives taken and another 53 people injured Sunday during …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Religion's Wicked Neighbor  —  Barack Obama is clearly wrong when he refuses to use the word “Islam” in reference to Islamist terrorism.  The people who commit these acts are inflamed by a version of an Islamist ideology.  They claim an Islamist identity.  They swear fealty to organizations …
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Homeland Security Report Calls for Rejecting Terms ‘Jihad,’ ‘Sharia’  —  A new Department of Homeland Security report urges rejecting use of Islamic terms such as “jihad” and “sharia” in programs aimed at countering terrorist radicalization among American youth.
Discussion: Daily Wire
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Duncan Hunter: I am not a Trump surrogate  —  's U.S. House Leadership Committee says he's not a surrogate for Trump, telling reporters to stop asking him to explain the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's controversial comments.  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) …
Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
West Hollywood plastered with rainbow #ShootBack signs  —  Stickers featuring a rainbow-colored version of the Gadsden flag were hanging near the Abbey Food & Bar, a well-known West Hollywood gay bar, on Thursday morning.  (Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times)
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Make no mistake: Democrats are ready for a Marco Rubio Senate run  —  Marco Rubio returns to Florida this weekend to make a momentous decision — whether to seek a second term as a Republican senator — and Democrats are giving him plenty to think about.  —  An online ad released Friday …
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fear, Loathing and Brexit
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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Former Ms. Universe Urges Immigrants To Join Her In Becoming Citizens To Vote Against Donald Trump
CNNMoney:
Philadelphia passes a soda tax
Katherine Mangu-Ward / Hit & Run:
Judge Upholds Suspension of the Pop-Tart Gun Kid
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CNN:
EgyptAir Flight 804: Second black box found
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Sanders camp no longer lobbying superdelegates
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 Earlier Items: 
FIRE:
Former UVA Student Challenges Unlawful Sexual Misconduct Mandate in Federal Lawsuit
Stanley McChrystal / New York Times:
Home Should Not Be a War Zone
Arielle Dollinger / New York Times:
Weapons Cache and Bomb-Making Instructions Found at Long Island Home
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Poll: Americans split on Trump's proposed Muslim ban
Discussion: Heat Street and Bloomberg
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - 'Why shouldn't we enjoy ourselves just because the country is burning?'
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: Trump is unifying Dems
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Erica Rakow / WPLG-TV:
Pulse shooting recorded by Miami man hiding in bathroom
Discussion: Raw Story, KFOR-TV and AOL