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11:55 PM ET, June 23, 2016

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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Democrats: Guns sit-in just a taste of guerrilla tactics to come  —  House Democrats' 24-hour gun-control protest marks a turning point in Congress as a major escalation in minority battle tactics, lawmakers in both parties said Thursday — and a move that brings fundamental risks for the institution.
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Ross K. Baker / USA Today:
Democrats launch a toddler-ocracy: Column
Discussion: Instapundit and The Resurgent
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Fail: Self-Righteous Publicity Stunt Ends with Voteless Whimper, Raised Cash
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
House drops Confederate Flag ban for veterans cemeteries
Discussion: The Atlantic and Hullabaloo
NBC News:
No End to Gun Control Sit-In as Republicans Head Home
Discussion: Mother Jones, CNBC, Hot Air and Mashable
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Corey Lewandowski to join CNN  —  Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a political commentator, according to a source familiar with the arrangement.  —  It's a salaried position and will make Lewandowski exclusive to CNN, effective immediately.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Four questions about CNN's deal with Corey Lewandowski
Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:
CLINTON FAILED TO HAND OVER KEY EMAIL TO STATE DEPARTMENT  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary Hillary Clinton failed to turn over a copy of a key message involving problems caused by her use of a private homebrew email server, the State Department confirmed Thursday.
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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:   Trump Unable To Cite Evidence That Clinton's Email Server Was Hacked (VIDEO)
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Exclusive: Prominent GOP Neoconservative to Fundraise for Hillary Clinton  —  A prominent neoconservative intellectual and early promoter of the Iraq War is headlining an official campaign fundraiser for Hillary Clinton next month, Foreign Policy has learned.
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Several GOP Business Leaders Are Backing Clinton
Discussion: The Week
BBC:
Counting under way in UK's historic referendum on EU membership  —  Counting is under way in a referendum that will decide whether the UK remains a member of the European Union.  —  The counting is taking place at centres around the UK in a vote widely seen as too close to call.
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Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
EU referendum results: Nigel Farage declares ‘independence day’ - live  —  Brexit or remain?  Rolling coverage of the results of the UK's EU referendum as they come in, with reaction and analysis  —  June 23, 2016  —  Bristol voted strongly for staying in the EU, with remain getting more than 53,000 votes more than the leave camp.
CNN:
Trump reportedly raised at least $11 million since Tuesday  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and his joint fundraising committee have raised at least $11 million since Tuesday morning, Republicans said Wednesday, a tremendously quick haul that comes amid concerns about his fundraising ability.
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
In move to reassure donors, Trump converts $50 million of campaign loans into donations
Discussion: The Baffler
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Donor Says Trump Campaign Voiced Support for Super PAC
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Program at University of Texas  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to a race-conscious admissions program at the University of Texas at Austin, handing supporters of affirmative action a major victory.  —  The vote was 4-3.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't revive Obama plan to shield illegal immigrants from deportation
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court deadlocks, thwarting Obama's immigration actions
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Clinton leads Trump in Arizona  —  in Arizona, where a Democratic presidential candidate has carried the state only once in the last 64 years.  —  A survey by Phoenix-based OH Predictive Insights found Clinton taking 46.5 percent support over Trump at 42.2 percent.
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CNN:
About 70% of voters say Trump should cut business ties while running for president
Discussion: Vox and AOL
Mike Sunnucks / Phoenix Business Journal:
Surprise poll: Clinton leads Trump in Arizona
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
What is Left Hand Enterprises and why did the Trump campaign pay it $730,000?  —  On April 25, a new company called Left Hand Enterprises LLC was formed in Delaware, listing its address at an incorporation service provider in Wilmington.  —  A few days later, the firm received …
Hollywood Reporter:
Led Zeppelin Wins ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Jury Trial  —  A jury rules in the band's favor after hearing testimony and arguments that the iconic song was a copyright infringement of Spirit's “Taurus.”  —  Led Zeppelin has beaten a lawsuit claiming that the iconic guitar riff in “Stairway to Heaven” …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's ‘great’ memory draws fire in Trump U deposition  —  During sworn testimony in the Trump University lawsuit, Donald Trump repeatedly said he couldn't recall specific claims, documents or events related to the case, prompting a lawyer for the plaintiffs to ask if the real estate mogul considered himself …
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and NBC News
Baltimore Sun:
Freddie Gray case: Judge to issue verdict in Officer Caesar Goodson trial  —  (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun video) … A Baltimore judge is expected to issue a verdict in the second-degree murder trial of police Officer Caesar Goodson, Jr. on Thursday morning.
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Saliqa Khan / WBAL-TV:
Officer Caesar Goodson acquitted of all charges
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
FBI investigators say they have found no evidence that Orlando shooter had gay lovers  —  Shown is the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., where Omar Mateen opened fire last week, killing 49.  (John Raoux / Associated Press)  —  Since the shooting at an Orlando nightclub last week that left 49 people dead …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
The Local:
Geneva to get ‘café fellatio’ by end of year  —  A firm in Geneva plans to open a café where customers can enjoy oral sex while they sip their morning coffee.  Not everyone is happy with the idea.  —  The idea for the sex café has been brewing for several months …
Discussion: Althouse
CBS Miami:
The Making of Patrick Murphy, Part Two  —  Read: Part 1  —  MIAMI (CBSMiami) — In recent weeks, Congressman Patrick Murphy, the leading Democrat in the race to unseat Florida Senator Marco Rubio, has been forced to defend himself against allegations he misled the public by exaggerating or misrepresenting key moments in his past.
Discussion: Naked Politics
Rep. John Lewis / National Review:
Democrats Abandon Due Process  —  First the First, second the Second and the Fifth Amendments  —  In September of 2014, Senate Democrats voted to repeal the First Amendment.  They were enraged by a Supreme Court decision holding that ordinary constitutional protections for free speech prohibited …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carson: Let's put Second Amendment ‘on the table’  —  Ben Carson on Thursday said lawmakers should reconsider how the Second Amendment works amid a raging debate over guns.  —  “Let's put on the table — what is the reason for the Second Amendment?” he said on MSNBC.
Discussion: alan.com
 
 
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Robert Snell / Detroit News:
FBI hunts doctor from Flint area tied to Islamic State
Discussion: Infowars and Daily Wire
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell quashes Senate effort on guns
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Obama Wants to Stop Subsidizing Israel's Defense Industry
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
Tom McGhee / Denver Post:
One-time person of interest in JonBenet Ramsey case held in Boulder on child porn charges
Discussion: New York's PIX11 and FOX6Now.com
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
CNN's Tom Foreman Caught Lying in Trump-Refugees ‘Fact Check’
Discussion: Mediaite
Matthew Piper / Salt Lake Tribune:
Charges: Utah head of militia tried to detonate bomb at BLM facility in Arizona
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