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4:20 PM ET, April 30, 2016

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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Virginia KKK Leader Endorses Trump: ‘What He Believes In, We Believe In’ (VIDEO)  —  In a sit-down interview with a Richmond news station, the Imperial Wizard of the Rebel Brigade Knights of the Ku Klux Klan said Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is his candidate for President.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
KKK Leader Hates Ted Cruz, Endorses Donald Trump: ‘What He Believes In, We Believe In.’ [VIDEO]
Discussion: Mediaite
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Behind Mike Pence's Agonizing Decision to Endorse Ted Cruz
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and RedState
Chris Thomas / WWBT-TV:
KKK leader disavows violent past, declares Trump ‘best’ for president
Discussion: RedState, ThinkProgress and Raw Story
Loveday Morris / Washington Post:
Protesters storm Iraqi parliament in Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD — Protesters stormed Iraq's parliament on Saturday, bursting into the capital's fortified Green Zone, where other key buildings, including the U.S. Embassy, are located.  —  Live footage on Iraqi television showed swarms of protesters …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Mother Jones
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New York Times:
Iraq Protesters Storm Parliament, Demanding End to Corruption
Discussion: The Atlantic, Guardian and The Week
Associated Press:
ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS BREACH BAGHDAD'S GREEN ZONE
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg View:
Here's Your Degree.  Now Go Defeat Demagogues.  —  The following is an adaptation of an address to the University of Michigan's class of 2016.  —  The most useful knowledge that you leave here with today has nothing to do with your major.  It's about how to study, cooperate, listen carefully …
Discussion: Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
Latino activists vow more Trump protests as tensions heighten  —  Trump protesters clash with police outside the California Republican Convention in Burlingame, Calif.  —  Latino activists said they expect more large protests as Donald Trump moves his presidential campaign into California.
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Los Angeles Times:
Live updates from California Republican Party convention: Trump arrives for lunch speech as protests get more intense
Discussion: KTLA and New York Magazine
George F. Will / Washington Post:
If Trump is nominated, the GOP must keep him out of the White House  —  Donald Trump's damage to the Republican Party, although already extensive, has barely begun.  Republican quislings will multiply, slinking into support of the most anti-conservative presidential aspirant in their party's history.
Long Beach Press-Telegram:
Judge says Long Beach police discriminate against gay men in lewd conduct cases  —  A Superior Court judge Friday made sweeping statements about the Long Beach Police Department's treatment of gay men in the community, saying in a ruling over a lewd conduct case that the department intentionally …
Discussion: 89.3 KPCC and Associated Press
Telegraph:
How the Labour Party embraced an ideology that has race hate at its heart  —  Jeremy Corbyn has refused to share a platform with David Cameron over the EU referendum, although they both advocate a Remain vote.  Mr Corbyn's stated reason for this refusal is that “We are not on the same side”.
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Cassie Spodak / CNN:
Kasich: People are ‘probably’ born gay  —  San Francisco (CNN)John Kasich told an audience here Friday that some people are “probably” born gay after being pressed on the issue by an audience member who said he was gay.  —  San Francisco resident Kelly Bryan, 62, asked Kasich the question …
Tom Schaller / American Prospect:
I�M THE A—HOLE?  —  IM THE A—HOLE?  At the lobby at the Washington Hilton at the DNC winter meetings, I headed over to a conversation between political columnist Roger Simon and former DNC Chairman Don Fowler of South Carolina.  (Not to be confused with Donnie Fowler, his son, who ran for DNC chair in 2004.)
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Breitbart:
Exclusive — CLINTON CRASH: Hillary Has Received Hundreds of Thousands Fewer Votes in 2016 vs. 2008  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has badly underperformed in 2016 compared with her first run for president in 2008, a new data analysis done exclusively by Breitbart News shows.
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump Gains On Clinton, But Both Have Sky-High Negatives: IBD/TIPP Poll  —  Riding on a string of big victories in the presidential primaries, Donald Trump has not only extended his lead against his GOP rivals, but also he has gained ground against Hillary Clinton, according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll.
Discussion: Prntly
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Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Clinton shifting staff to general election swing states
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton to take hard line with Sanders, say allies
Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
Target Stock Drops After Store Announces Controversial ‘Inclusivity’ Policy  —  Following the Target Corporation's decision to allow transgender customers and employees to use whichever bathroom they prefer, the retail brand's stock has slightly fallen.  —  The drop may be nothing …
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Racist Trump Fan Arrested With Stockpile Of Pipe Bombs After Threatening Obama  —  John Martin Roos, 61, repeatedly threatened to kill President Barack Obama in regular racist rants on Twitter and Facebook.  —  Senior Justice Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON — A fanatical …
Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
Trump supporter attacks Muslim woman with ‘unknown liquid’ after cops fail to act: activists  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  The Council on American-Islamic relations (CAIR) is calling for police in Washington D.C. to preserve video of what was described as an attack …
Discussion: CAIR and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
GOP's Stop-Trump fever breaks
Discussion: RedState, AOL and FiveThirtyEight
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Satanists Snub Comparison of Cruz to Lucifer
Discussion: Mediaite, Slate and Associated Press
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
African-American Leader: Trump's Message “Resonates” With Black Voters (VIDEO)
Matt Forney:
Indiana Campaign Dispatch Part 2: Ted and Carly Sittin' in a Tree...
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Liam Ford / Chicago Tribune:
Prosecutors: Chicago cop was shot when fleeing suspect tossed gun
Discussion: Guns.com
Lynn Vavreck / New York Times:
Insults and Ads: How Gender Hurts Trump but Doesn't Lift Clinton
 Earlier Items: 
John Sides / Washington Post:
The most underappreciated fact of the election: Americans feel good about the economy
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Politicus USA
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Wow. Glenn Beck Admits He Blew Half a Million Stumping for Ted Cruz (Video)
Discussion: Joe Hoft and The Daily Beast
Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune:
Thousands flock to ‘miracle’ icon at south suburban church
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
The Hill:
Republicans who vow to never back Trump
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
When We Forget  —  Donald Trump will rise, and keep rising …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman sent to solitary confinement
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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