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MSNBC:
Bill Clinton jabs at Bernie Sanders, cracks joke at Wall Street's expense — Bernie Sanders surrogates have made headlines lately with a number of off-message gaffes, but on Friday, former President Bill Clinton — arguably Hillary Clinton's top surrogate — cracked a jaw-dropping joke of his own while stumping in the Bronx.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: Sanders fans would ‘shoot every third person on Wall Street’
Bill Clinton: Sanders fans would ‘shoot every third person on Wall Street’
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Perry Bacon Jr / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton Faces a Liberal War Against the 1990s
Hillary Clinton Faces a Liberal War Against the 1990s
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Power Line
Collier Meyerson / New Yorker:
Clinton, Sanders, and the Myth of a Monolithic “Black Vote”
David Catanese / US News:
Bill Clinton Swipes at Bernie Sanders Supporters
Bill Clinton Swipes at Bernie Sanders Supporters
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily News Bin, Washington Free Beacon and U.S. News
Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
HOW TRUMP CAN LOCK UP GOP NOMINATION BEFORE THE CONVENTION — WASHINGTON (AP) — To all the political junkies yearning for a contested Republican convention this summer: not so fast. — It's still possible for Donald Trump to clinch the nomination by the end of the primaries on June 7.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump likely to win West Virginia but lose delegates — Donald Trump has a new enemy in the fight for national convention delegates: the alphabet. — Trump is well-positioned for a resounding victory in West Virginia's May 10 primary, but his win will be accompanied by a delegate selection process stacked …
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Chris Collins / New York Times:
The Case for Donald Trump — Clarence, N.Y. — AMERICANS are angry. I hear it from the former factory workers who lost their jobs to other countries because of bad trade deals, the veterans who wait months to see a doctor at a Veterans Affairs hospital and the small-business owners …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
‘Apprentice’ alums denounce Donald Trump
‘Apprentice’ alums denounce Donald Trump
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie Sanders secures five minutes with Pope Francis — The US presidential hopeful managed to sit down with pontiff after all. — ROME — Bernie Sanders privately met with Pope Francis at the pontiff's residence in Vatican City on Saturday morning before the pope left on a trip for Greece.
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Politico and New York Magazine
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Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Says He Met With Pope Francis
Bernie Sanders Says He Met With Pope Francis
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Warns of Economic Fallout if Congress Passes 9/11 Bill — WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow …
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The Daily Caller
Jon Ronson / Guardian:
Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’ — Now she's turned that dark time into a force for good — ne night in London in 2005, a woman said a surprisingly eerie thing to Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky had moved from New York a few days earlier to take a master's in social psychology at the London School of Economics.
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The Week
San Francisco Chronicle:
Iraqi seeks apology after being removed from Oakland-bound plane — A UC Berkeley student who was removed from a Southwest Airlines plane after a fellow passenger heard him speaking in Arabic on his mobile phone is still waiting for an explanation and an apology from somebody.
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Maya Eliahou / The Daily Californian:
UC Berkeley student questioned, refused service after speaking Arabic on flight
UC Berkeley student questioned, refused service after speaking Arabic on flight
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Is A Fiercely Loyal Boss Right Up Until He Fires You — For a man who once tried to trademark the phrase “You're fired,” Donald Trump seems awfully eager these days to cast himself as a loyal boss. — With his campaign reeling from tactical blunders and his inner circle gripped by infighting …
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The Week
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Nevada Court Arraignment Of Bundy Brothers Goes Off The Rails — The arraignment of Ammon and Ryan Bundy grew tense Friday as both brothers scoffed when asked to enter pleas in a case regarding their involvement in the 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff in Nevada. — Brian Cavalier …
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Las Vegas Review-Journal and Associated Press
Javier E. David / CNBC:
Corporate tax dodging costing US billions in annual income — Big multinational companies that shelter overseas profit from federal taxation cost the U.S. economy more than $100 billion a year by withholding more than $1 trillion collectively, according to a new study that may inflame the debate over tax fairness.
Parag Khanna / New York Times:
Gulf Coast — THESE days, in the thick of the American presidential primaries, it's easy to see how the 50 states continue to drive the political system. But increasingly, that's all they drive — socially and economically, America is reorganizing itself around regional infrastructure lines …
Sean Martin / Daily Express:
END OF HUMANITY? Artificial Intelligence could destroy us ‘WITHIN DECADES’ warns expert — A LEADING scientist involved in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has warned that it could rise up against us and end humanity within decades. — GETTY — AI could destroy humanity ‘within decades’
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Says He Won't Ban Dildos If He Becomes President — “What people do in their own private time with themselves is their own business and it's none of government's business.” — w.soundcloud.com — Ted Cruz says he will not ban dildos and other sexual toys if he becomes president.
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The Hill and New York Magazine
Tom Ciccotta / Breitbart:
Milo Yiannopoulos Leads Emory Students on ‘Chalkening’ Crusade Around Campus — On Wednesday night, in front of a packed auditorium at Emory University, Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos spoke about feminism, political correctness, and perhaps the most significant campus free speech controversy of the year.
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Da Tech Guy Blog
Stacy Teicher Khadaroo / Christian Science Monitor:
Racially diverse ‘new majority’ set to reshape US public schools — Modes of thought For the first time, classrooms in public schools are filled mostly by nonwhite students. The concerns of minority parents could change American schools and education policies.