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8:15 AM ET, June 22, 2016

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Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Donald Trump to double size of his campaign team, fired manager predicts  —  Corey Lewandowski, fired as Trump's campaign manager on Monday, hints at plans to bulk up a campaign team outnumbered ten to one by Hillary Clinton's  —  Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski predicted …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Waiting for the new Trump  —  As Hillary Clinton spoke Tuesday …
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Georgia GOP Official Removed From Atlanta Trump Event
Discussion: Raw Story
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Walker says delegates should vote their conscience on Trump
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
House GOP dodges vote to block Harriet Tubman from $20 bill  —  The House will not vote to block the inclusion of Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, dodging a politically charged vote for GOP lawmakers.  —  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) had filed an amendment to a bill funding the Treasury Department …
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William Petroski / Des Moines Register:
Steve King won't be blocking Harriet Tubman from $20 bill  —  U.S. Rep. Steve King has introduced an amendment in Congress that would prevent Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist and supporter of women's suffrage, from replacing President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
A GOP Congressman Wants To Defund The Harriet Tubman $20 Bill. Really.
Discussion: New York Times and KTLA
KABE-LP:
Man who claims he had sexual relations with Orlando gunman tells Univision it was “revenge,” not terrorism  —  Mateen was “very sweet” and liked to be “cuddled,” the man told Univision.  But he harbored a grudge against gays.  —  Por: Univision.com
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BOOM!  Hoaxer Michelle Fields Gets Called to the Carpet on Her Many Lies - Walks Off Interview!  (VIDEO)  —  MICHELLE FIELDS WALKS OFF INTERVIEW — WRONGLY CLAIMS QUOTES WERE NOT IN HER BOOK  —  Noted hoaxer Michelle Fields joined Steve Malzberg on Newsmax TV on Tuesday …
RADAR:
Paedo Proof?  Never-Before-Seen Cop Reports Expose Michael Jackson's Sick Secrets  —  Watch: Cops Raid Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch In Never-Before-Seen Video  —  Michael Jackson hid a sinister house of horrors inside his infamous Neverland Ranch, stockpiling images of pornography …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump questions Clinton's religion  —  's commitment to her Christian faith on Tuesday, saying that little is known about her spiritual life even though she's been in the public eye for decades.  —  Speaking to a group of top social conservative evangelical Christian leaders at a gathering in New York City …
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Eitan Hersh / FiveThirtyEight:
With Trump In The Race, The Battleground Is Everywhere  —  As the presidential campaigns shift their focus to the general election, there's a big question about where the battleground will be.  Which states will be competitive?  What state will be the tipping point?
Nicki Stallard / New York Times:
The L.G.B.T. Case for Guns  —  San Jose, Calif. — I'LL never forget the first piece of safety advice I got when I began my transition from the male body in which I was born to the female body I now occupy: Carry a whistle.  If I was attacked, I was supposed to blow it in hopes it would alert …
Stephen Eisenhammer / Reuters:
Amazon jaguar shot dead after Olympic torch ceremony  —  A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers, an army statement said.
Discussion: Washington Post and Heat Street
Michael Strickland / The Gateway Pundit:
Gay Black Dude TEARS Into Democrats, Hillary, Gun Grabbers  —  “I just wanted to let you guys know why I am a conservative gay male, and support Donald Trump” Gabriel Reagan, of Eugene, OR, says at the beginning of a video recently posted to his facebook page.  —  “Number one, he's a hustler and a baller, and I admire that.
Full Feed:
Mark Cuban Sounds Off on Donald Trump: 'It's Rare That You See Someone Get Stupider'  —  Billionaire business mogul Mark Cuban recently was with “Extra's” Renee Bargh on the set of his hit ABC show “Shark Tank,” where he is never afraid to share his honest opinions when contestants pitch their ideas to him.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump launches LyingCrookedHillary.com  —  announced on Tuesday the launch of a new website targeting presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton  —  The website, lyingcrookedhillary.com, will “showcase some of Clinton's most disastrous lies to the American people,” according to a release from the Trump campaign.
Discussion: Raw Story
Urban Institute:
Abstract  —  This report uses absolute income thresholds adjusted for inflation and family size to show that the size of the upper middle class grew from 12.9 percent of the population in 1979 to 29.4 percent in 2014.  In terms of shares of total income, the middle class controlled a bit …
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Lynch: Best Response to Terrorism Is Love and Compassion  —  Attorney General Loretta Lynch said that love and compassion are the best responses to terrorism during remarks to the media in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday.  —  Lynch said the Department of Justice stood in solidarity with the LGBT community …
Ben Kew / Breitbart:
UC Irvine Suspends College Republicans For A Year Following Milo Event  —  The UC Irvine Republicans have been suspended for an entire year after they informed the administration of their plans to schedule another event on campus with Breitbart senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Trump Campaign Paid Thousands To “Draper Sterling,” Which Is A Real Thing  —  In its June campaign finance filing, the Trump campaign showed that it had paid tens of thousands of dollars to a political firm for web advertising that few people had ever heard of, one with an unusual name: The firm is called Draper Sterling.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Indianapolis Star:
Indiana teen accused of supporting ISIS, terrorism  —  An Indiana teenager accused of attempting to join ISIS is now facing federal charges.  —  According to a federal criminal complaint, 18-year-old Akram I. Musleh of Brownsburg has been supporting the terrorist organization online for years.
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Mzielinska / CBS New York:
Police: Group Caught With Weapons In Holland Tunnel Claimed To Be On Vigilante Mission  —  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Three people were caught on an alleged vigilante mission with an arsenal of weapons, during a routine traffic stop at the Holland Tunnel on Tuesday, authorities said.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
RNC demands Clinton aides' emails be released before election  —  The Republican National Committee (RNC) is slamming the State Department's “tortoise-like review” of emails to or from three senior Hillary Clinton  —  aides, demanding they be released before the general election in November.
Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
Clinton Foundation Said to Be Breached by Russian Hackers  —  Trump, Democratic camps said briefed on effort to steal data  —  Democrats hire security firms to confirm ID of attackers  —  The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation was among the organizations breached …
The First Lady:
Spotted on Snapchat: MichelleObama  —  Step 1: Open Snapchat Step 2: Add “MichelleObama”  —  Step 3: Enjoy!  —  Today, we are peeling back the curtain and taking you behind-the-scenes with the First Lady's new Snapchat account.  You can begin following her today at MichelleObama.
Discussion: Politico
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Why isn't the assassination attempt on Donald Trump bigger news?  —  The No. 1 trending question related to Donald Trump on Google right now is “Who tried to shoot Trump?”  Which means a lot of people don't know the answer.  Which is probably because the assassination attempt …
Discussion: Politico
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
‘I grabbed my assault rifle and ran’: An officer's account of the critical early minutes in Orlando  —  ORLANDO — After an initial burst of fire between Omar Mateen and a security guard at the Pulse nightclub, a group of five to six police officers arrived on the scene within minutes …
 
 
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Rush Limbaugh:
Democrats and Drive-Bys Are Concerned About the Closeness of This Race
Discussion: RedState and CNN
Niall Ferguson / Coffee House:
Take it from a divorcee: Brexit will cost you dear
PGE.com:
In Step With California's Evolving Energy Policy, PG&E, Labor and Environmental Groups Announce …
The Daily Caller:
Report: Racial And Gender Discrimination Plagues Obama's Model Consumer Agency
New York Times:
Donald Trump Hints He May Fund Race Himself
Discussion: Daily Kos, Daily Wire and The Week
 Earlier Items: 
Kyle Buis / CBS Sacramento:
Man Helps Family Trapped In Crash, Gets Billed $143 By First Responders
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Balloon Juice
Jeremy Roebuck / Philly.com:
Fattah convicted of federal corruption charges
Caroline Howe For / Daily Mail:
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky embraced, made out and had sex in just about every nook and cranny of the Oval Office.
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
GOP leaders alarmed by Trump's ‘devastating’ fundraising start
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and The Week
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
The New York Times Shows Why the Blue Model Is Doomed
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