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9:50 AM ET, June 18, 2016

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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
GOP stirs Clinton-Sanders tensions  —  The Republican National Committee is promoting a report that accuses the Democratic Party of conspiring to nominate Hillary Clinton  —  in the early days of the presidential primary.  —  In an email, the RNC sent to reporters a story published …
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Marisa Schultz / New York Post:
Leaked document shows the DNC wanted Clinton from start
WESH-TV:
Assistant state attorney suspended over Facebook comments on Pulse shooting  —  Assistant State Attorney Kenneth Lewis was suspended Friday for violating the State Attorney's Office's social media policy, according to Angela Starke, public information officer for the State Attorney's Office, Ninth Judicial Circuit.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A rational reading of Trump's Muslim proposals  —  Noise and controversy aside, Donald Trump is making two arguments about immigration.  The first is that the U.S. admits too many immigrants.  The second is that, given nearly two decades of Islamic terrorism, the government should take special measures …
Tampa Bay Times:
LGBT pride flag raised after Orlando shooting ‘unbearable’ for Christian employee, Hillsborough commissioner says  —  TAMPA — A pride flag waving outside the Hillsborough County center was meant to be a sign of respect and remembrance for the victims of the shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando.
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump: It would've been ‘beautiful’ for Fla. clubgoer to kill shooter  —  argued again that the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., could have been less deadly had people in the gay nightclub been able to shoot back.  —  At a rally in The Woodlands, Texas, Friday night, Trump theatrically …
Sara Murray / CNN:
First on CNN: Priebus probes state GOP leaders over anti-Trump push  —  (CNN)Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has been quietly having conversations with state party leaders to discuss the latest push by convention delegates to nominate anyone other than Donald Trump.
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Britain's Elites Can't Ignore the Masses  —  This past weekend, I found myself in the British borough of Luton, pondering a British exit from the European Union.  “How did you find yourself in Luton?” you will ask, and I will reply, “That is a long story, and alas, a very dull one …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Neal Ascherson / New York Times:
From Great Britain to Little England  —  London — IT was Queen Elizabeth's official 90th birthday celebration last Sunday, and tables for 10,000 guests were set along the Mall in central London.  Steadily the rain fell, dripping out of the tubas of the bands and softening the sandwiches …
Philly.com:
Police: Parents admit ‘gifting’ teen to Bucks man; all 3 arrested  —  A 51-year-old Bucks County man was arrested after he was found living with 12 girls, including a teenager he considered his wife, and a baby and a toddler he fathered with her, authorities said Friday.
NBC News:
U.S. Officials Fear Saudi Collapse If New Prince Fails  —  The Saudi prince who seems to have won a family power struggle is meeting with U.S. officials this week — some of them the same officials who are concerned his reign could be ruinous and hurt the regional security U.S. officials crave.
Cristiana Moisescu / CNN:
Grandmother's Google search goes viral  —  London (CNN)Step aside, cute baby videos — there's now a special funny place on the internet for the less tech-savvy.  Like these grandparents working out how a webcam works.  Or all of these grandparents figuring out Facebook.
Hurriyet Daily News:
A Turkish call to massacre LGBT community … At a time when the world is mourning the massacre of 49 people at a gay night club in Orlando, a new massacre is being brewed by Islamists and a far-right nationalist group in Istanbul.  —  One day after a group called the Anatolia Muslim Youth Association …
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Muslim Youth League Calls for Massacre at Gay Rights Parade
Discussion: Yahoo
Alex Roarty / Roll Call:
House GOP to Jolly: We're Not Sure We Want You Back  —  The NRCC declined to pledge financial support for the now former Senate candidate  —  The New Way Democrats Are Linking Republican Lawmakers to Trump Meet the Senate Candidate Who Uses Only Volunteers Tarkanian Wins Nevada 3rd District Race
Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico and Daily Kos
Click2Houston.com:
Multiple people detained at Donald Trump's rally in The Woodlands  —  HOUSTON - A man was taken into custody by police at the Donald Trump rally in The Woodlands on Friday.  —  Sources tell Channel 2 they found him on the fourth floor of the parking garage with a pistol.
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Omar Mateen's brother-in-law REFUSES to say if he knew about terror plot as it is revealed gunman sold him the deed to his $165k home just two months before club massacre - for only $100  — Mustafa Abasin, 43, refused to comment when asked if he knew about his brother-in-law Omar Mateen's attack ahead of time
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
A Week for All Time  —  They will remember, a century from now, who stood up to the tyrant Donald Trump and who found it expedient to throw out the most basic American values — the “Vichy Republicans,” as the historian Ken Burns called them in his Stanford commencement speech.
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Federal Agency Approves New, Higher Fence Surrounding White House  —  The federal Commission of Fine Arts has given its preliminary approval for a taller White House fence to better protect the presidential mansion after a rash of fence-hopping incidents.  —  The commission on Thursday voted …
Greg Howard / New York Times:
Why ‘Transcending Race’ Is a Lie  —  I was born in the shadow of the 21st century, so I never knew O. J. Simpson as an athlete or as an actor.  I wasn't quite a year old on Jan. 1, 1989, the day Simpson beat his wife, Nicole Brown-Simpson, so badly that she fled their house screaming, “He's going to kill me!”
Discussion: The Atlantic
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton email lawsuit zeroes in on Kennedy, Koh  —  A conservative group pressing for more answers about Hillary Clinton's private email set-up is training its fire on two of her former aides: Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy and former State Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh.
Discussion: Power LinePower Line
Olivier Knox / Yahoo:
Condi Rice says no to being Trump's VP  —  Condoleezza Rice, who served George W. Bush as national security adviser and then secretary of state, has zero interest in being Donald Trump's running mate, her chief of staff said Friday.  —  “Dr. Rice has repeatedly said in past cycles as well as this one …
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Thanks To Apple's Influence, You're Not Getting A Rifle Emoji  —  No realm of modern life is immune to the contentious national debate over guns, including emojis.  —  You can currently purchase a semi-automatic rifle in a major U.S. city in just seven minutes, but don't expect to text someone a rifle emoji anytime soon.
Discussion: Mashable, The Verge, Engadget and 9to5Mac
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Brushes Off Report That He Didn't Pay Income Taxes For 2 Years  —  Donald Trump did not pay any income tax, or paid very little income tax, in 1991 and 1993, according to documents obtained by Politico and published Friday.  —  The documents showed that Trump did not pay taxes due …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:   Trump appears to have paid no taxes for two years in early 1990s
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Drops Civil Fraud Case Against Countrywide's Angelo Mozilo
Discussion: Bloomberg and NPR
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
An Expensive Law Degree, and No Place to Use It
Guardian:
Jo Cox killing: Nazi regalia discovered at house of suspect
Media Matters for America:
Sean Hannity Threatens Paul Ryan: “It's Time To Get A New Speaker” If You Won't Support Trump
Ari Melber / NBC News:
Top Obama Lawyer: Obamacare Fight Over, Muslim Ban Unlikely
Discussion: Josh Blackman's Blog and Politico
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Ala. county refuses order to lower flags after Orlando shooting
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Clinton's lead over Trump slips after Florida shooting: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: The Week
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Even one of Donald Trump's most ardent Capitol Hill backers is exasperated
Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Warren Reportedly Visits Clinton Campaign HQ: 'Don't Screw This Up!'
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com
Randall Stross / New York Times:
Why LinkedIn Will Make You Hate Microsoft Word
Discussion: Mother Jones and Eschaton
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How the Party of Sarah Palin Became the Party of Donald Trump