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10:40 AM ET, June 22, 2016

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Washington Post:
Marco Rubio will seek Senate re-election, reversing pledge not to run  —  Sen. Marco Rubio will announce Wednesday he will seek re-election to the Senate, reversing a pledge he made a year ago to either assume the presidency or return to private life in Florida, instantly transforming …
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Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Exclusive: Rubio Lobbied Cruz for His Support in Florida Senate Race  —  Marco Rubio reached out to Ted Cruz to confirm his intent to run for reelection to his Florida Senate seat, according to sources familiar with the matter.  —  According to two aides briefed on the Tuesday phone call …
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Nick Tell / National Review:
Sources: Yes, Marco Rubio will Run for Reelection  —  Marco Rubio has begun telling colleagues he will run for reelection to the Senate, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.  —  Rubio, who said when he announced his presidential bid in April that he would not seek reelection …
miamiherald:   Rubio says yes to another Senate run after all
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Rubio will run for reelection
Discussion: USA Today and Naked Politics
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton allies circle the wagons against Trump speech  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Donald Trump's team spent Tuesday trying to prove that his political operation was professionalizing after it replaced its campaign manager.  Reporters were bombarded with rapid response press releases during Hillary …
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Ryan has no plans to raise money for Trump
Discussion: The Week, TPNN and Washington Post
Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Donald Trump to double size of his campaign team, fired manager predicts
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:   Trump's Adult Children Flex Muscle Inside Campaign
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
Discussion: Raw Story and Balloon Juice
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
House Blocks GOP Rep's Amendment To Keep Tubman Off $20 Bill
Discussion: theGrio and The Root
Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
A GOP Congressman Wants To Defund The Harriet Tubman $20 Bill. Really.
Discussion: 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
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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 …
Bloomberg:
Nearly Half of Sanders Supporters Won't Support Clinton  —  The Vermont senator says he'll work to defeat Trump, but has yet to endorse the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.  —  JoshuaGreen  —  In the two weeks since Hillary Clinton wrapped up the Democratic presidential primary …
Discussion: The Week and TPNN
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Abortion is weakness for Clinton VP favorite  —  (D-Va.) is generally seen as a safe vice presidential pick for Hillary Clinton  —  A white man fluent in Spanish and from a swing state, Kaine is a former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman.  —  He'd provide some balance …
Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:
Not Just the 1%: The Upper Middle Class Is Larger and Richer Than Ever  —  Research shows the number of upper middle class households has more than doubled since 1979  —  A range of data after the recession and the housing bust supported the idea that only a tiny elite of U.S. society …
Discussion: The Federalist
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Urban Institute:
Abstract  —  This report uses absolute income thresholds adjusted …
Grabien News:
AG Lynch Admits the FBI Has Lost Track of Omar Mateen's Wife  —  ‘I believe she was going to travel but I do not know exactly her location now’  —  Attorney General Loretta Lynch admitted today that the FBI is unaware of the whereabouts of Omar Mateen's wife, Noor Salman.
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
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 …
Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Trump appoints pro-amnesty pastor to evangelical advisory board  —  Donald Trump has tapped 25 religious leaders to serve on his new evangelical advisory board, including a man who's championed the same executive actions on immigration that Trump has vowed to overturn.
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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 …
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?
The Hill:
Clinton to take hold of storied Obama email list  —  will soon tap into President Obama's coveted email list, according to party officials.  —  The long-awaited move, which comes as Clintonites take the reins of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), could inject more money …
Discussion: Political Wire
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Will Dominant Images of Conventions Be of Unity or Protest?  —  Republicans arriving in Cleveland next month to nominate Donald J. Trump will be greeted by as many as 6,000 protesters on the first day, a noisy coalition of dozens of groups, including Black Lives Matter and the Workers World Party.
Morning Consult:
Poll: Voters Trust Trump Most to Keep America Safe  —  A slim plurality of voters trust Donald Trump more than Hillary Clinton to keep America safe following the Orlando terror attack, according to a new Morning Consult poll.  —  The presumptive GOP nominee edges his Democratic counterpart …
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: “WAKE UP!  Hillary Clinton Does Not Love You!”  —  “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.
 
 
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Former Secret Service Agent's Book On The Clintons Contradicted By His Own Testimony
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ABC News:
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to Report to Prison
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Patrick Goodenough / CNSNews:
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Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
Douglas Ernst / Washington Times:
Loretta Lynch: ‘Most effective’ response to Islamic terrorism ‘is love’
Discussion: Daily Wire and miamiherald
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
New Super-PAC Launches for Donors Who Won't Back Trump But Loathe Clinton
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans may defy NRA on gun bill
The First Lady:
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‘I grabbed my assault rifle and ran’: An officer's account of the critical early minutes in Orlando
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump launches LyingCrookedHillary.com
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump questions Clinton's religion
Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
Clinton Foundation Said to Be Breached by Russian Hackers