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5:00 PM ET, June 17, 2016

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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Dozens of GOP delegates launch new push to halt Donald Trump  —  Dozens of Republican convention delegates are hatching a new plan to block Donald Trump at this summer's party meetings, in what has become the most organized effort so far to stop the businessman from becoming the GOP nominee.
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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 …
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 …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan On Stopping A President Trump's Muslim Ban: We'll Sue Him!  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) has made clear he doesn't agree with a proposal put forward by Donald Trump — whom Ryan has endorsed — to ban Muslim immigration into the United States, but in an interview …
NBC News:
First Read: Ryan Instructs Republicans to Follow Their ‘Conscience’ on Trump  —  Ryan instructs Republicans to follow their “conscience” on Trump: In his interview for “Meet the Press” that will air on Sunday, House Speaker Paul Ryan essentially gave every Republican license to follow …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Ryan: I won't divide party over Trump
Discussion: Daily Kos
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
One sentence from Bernie Sanders's speech last night that really enrages Democratic leaders  —  As you can probably guess, most Democratic Party insiders were really hoping Bernie Sanders would formally drop out of the race this week and offer Hillary Clinton a fulsome endorsement.
Discussion: National Review
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Carlo Allegri / National Review:
Democratic Congresswoman Suggests Trump May Be a Clinton Plant  —  Marcy Kaptur talks about Trump and Hillary.  —  Some conservative Republicans disgusted by Donald Trump's offensive, scorched-earth campaign have long suspected their party's nominee to be secretly in league with his erstwhile friends Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState and Raw Story
Politico:
Transcript: Bernie Sanders speech in Burlington, Vermont
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:   Sanders' Long Refusal to Endorse Clinton Hurts His Leverage
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders loses convention leverage
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Sanders Supporters Vindicated: Proof DNC Used Media To Rig Election for Hillary
ABC News:
The Note: Bernie Won't Back Down  —  Sanders did, however …
Discussion: Politico and WCTX-TV
Tampa Bay Times:
U.S. Rep. David Jolly to run for re-election, drop out of Senate race  —  U.S. Rep David Jolly will drop out of the U.S. Senate race and run for re-election instead, taking on likely Democratic nominee Charlie Crist, confirmed former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Make no mistake: Democrats are ready for a Marco Rubio Senate run
Discussion: New York Magazine
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cruz bucks GOP establishment with endorsement in Colorado primary
Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog and RedState
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump, Seeing Himself Behind in Polls, Says He Hasn't ‘Started Yet’  —  Donald J. Trump rarely, if ever, acknowledges he might be losing at anything.  He expressed bewilderment at a poll during the primary race that showed him behind in the Iowa caucuses.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How the Party of Sarah Palin Became the Party of Donald Trump  —  Perhaps not a completely unforeseeable development.  —  Donald Trump appeared on the national political stage almost eight years ago.  Only then he was called “Sarah Palin.”  The circumstances of Palin's ascent came very differently.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Even one of Donald Trump's most ardent Capitol Hill backers is exasperated  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) speaks during a news conference on military veterans held by House Republicans in May 2014.  Hunter, one of the most outspoken Donald Trump supporters in Congress, said Thursday he is “done with” responding to Trump's comments.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Rep Who Co-Chairs Trump Campaign Committee: Why Must I Defend Him?
Discussion: RedState, The Hill and New York Times
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.
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Warren Reportedly Visits Clinton Campaign HQ: 'Don't Screw This Up!'  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) paid a visit Friday to Hilary Clinton's campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, further fueling speculation that she's a top choice to be Clinton's running mate, The Boston Globe reported.
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
New York Times Claims ‘Romans’ Calls For ‘Execution Of Gays’  —  Journalist Terry Mattingly wrote a great column back in 2006 noting the trouble many journalists have understanding the finer details of religion news.  His column, “Reporters, crow's ears and Karma Light nuns,” …
Rebecca R. Ruiz / New York Times:
Russia's Track and Field Team Barred From Rio Olympics  —  Russia's track and field team has been barred from competing in this summer's Rio Games because of a far-reaching doping conspiracy, an extraordinary punishment that might be without precedent in Olympics history.
Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
Store Owner: Undercover CBS Purchase of AR-15 Broke Federal Law  —  The gun store where a CBS News employee purchased a gun for a segment that aired Thursday on “CBS This Morning” has filed a report with the Virginia State Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives over concerns the purchase was unlawful.
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump appears to have paid no taxes for two years in early 1990s  —  Billionaire businessman Donald Trump appears to have paid zero, or near-zero, in personal income taxes in at least two more years in the early 1990s, according to records from New Jersey's gambling authorities reviewed by POLITICO.
Steven Hayward / Power LinePower Line:
Hitler Learns the Journal of American Greatness Has Shut Down  —  Our friends at the Journal of American Greatness (or “JAG” as I call them for short), who offered the most serious defense of Trumpism, if not necessarily Trump himself, have decided to fold up the site.
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 …
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Oops!  Trump Sends Celebratory Tweet Showing Him Polling Behind Clinton  —  While a May 10 Gravis/OANN poll did show Trump polling at 49 percent support compared to 51 percent support for Clinton, a survey by the pollster released Friday also found that same result.
Discussion: Daily Wire and Raw Story
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 …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Illegal families surge across border; 2016 already worse than 2015  —  The number of illegal immigrant families jumping the border so far this fiscal year has already topped all of 2015, according to Homeland Security statistics released Friday that show the administration's border problems continue to grow.
Discussion: BizPac Review
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 signs, his car window stickers broadcasting a local betrayal.  —  Then his teenage son refused to drive …
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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Ted Cruz / Facebook:
Conservatives across the nation are united in our fight for liberty.
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Judge Andrew Napolitano / Townhall.com:
In Defense of Self-Defense  —  Most of the mass killings by gun …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Spurred by Orlando Shooting, Senator Offers a Gun Control Compromise
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
Fracking fight looms for Democrats
Discussion: Common Dreams, CNN and Hot Air
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Harry Reid Compliments Mitch McConnell's 'Fool's Errand' Over Merrick Garland
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Wall Street Journal:
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fear, Loathing and Brexit
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