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12:45 AM ET, May 1, 2016

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New York Times:
Iraq Protesters Storm Parliament, Demanding End to Corruption  —  BAGHDAD — Hundreds of protesters stormed Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Saturday and entered the Parliament building, waving Iraqi flags, snapping photographs, breaking furniture and demanding an end to corruption.
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:   Protests in Baghdad throw administration's Iraq plan into doubt
Loveday Morris / Washington Post:
Protesters storm Iraqi parliament in Baghdad
Discussion: New York Magazine and Mother Jones
Associated Press:
ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS BREACH BAGHDAD'S GREEN ZONE
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Caleb Howe / RedState:
KKK Leader Hates Ted Cruz, Endorses Donald Trump: ‘What He Believes In, We Believe In.’ [VIDEO]  —  In Virginia, NBC affiliate WWBT ran an investigation into the local KKK after fliers were circulated in the area recruiting new members.  As part of their coverage, the station interviewed the …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Right Scoop
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Heidi Cruz says ‘Ted is an immigrant’  —  GREENFIELD, Ind. — At a campaign stop just days before the critical Indiana primary, Heidi Cruz, wife of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, said one of her husband's strengths in the campaign is that he “is an immigrant.”
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Behind Mike Pence's Agonizing Decision to Endorse Ted Cruz
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and RedState
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Virginia KKK Leader Endorses Trump: ‘What He Believes In, We Believe In’ (VIDEO)
Chris Thomas / WWBT-TV:
KKK leader disavows violent past, declares Trump ‘best’ for president
Discussion: RedState, ThinkProgress and Raw Story
Sonia Saraiya / Salon:
“Donald Trump is a dangerous individual”: Larry Wilmore opens up to Salon about what's funny in Washington this year — and what isn't  —  Salon talks to “The Nightly Show” host about hosting the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Trump and the election  —  “You never know what your hold music is …
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Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Look out Lucifer! …
Discussion: Hot Air and NBC News
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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Associated Press:
CA Convention Is a Homecoming of Sorts for Carly Fiorina
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Matt Forney:
Indiana Campaign Dispatch Part 2: Ted and Carly Sittin' in a Tree...
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Democracy Now:
Father Daniel Berrigan, Anti-War Activist & Poet, Dies at 94 … The legendary anti-war priest Father Daniel Berrigan died today at 94.  He was a poet, pacifist, educator, social activist, playwright and lifelong resister to what he called “American military imperialism.”
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Daniel Lewis / New York Times:
Daniel J. Berrigan, Defiant Priest Who Preached Pacifism, Dies at 94
Discussion: Slantpoint
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 …
New York Times:
Run on a Ticket With Donald Trump?  No, Thanks, Many Republicans Say  —  It's a time-honored tradition for politicians to deny any interest in the vice presidency.  But this year, with the possibility of Donald J. Trump as the Republican nominee, they really mean it.
Discussion: Mediaite
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Five ways Trump will attack Clinton  —  is ramping up his rhetoric against Hillary Clinton  —  as the GOP front-runner looks beyond the primary to defeating the likely Democratic nominee in the fall.  —  If Trump and Clinton continue along their current trajectories …
Cynthia Kim / Bloomberg:
N. Korea Vows to Rapidly Advance Nuclear Attack Capabilities  —  S. Korea-U.S. drills ‘worst’ provocation: official news agency  —  Kim Jong Un regime to hold Worker's Party Congress on May 6  —  North Korea vowed to make rapid advancements on nuclear attack capabilities if South Korea …
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 …
Paula Ann Solis / Juneau Empire:
Drunk driver arrested after driving into Governor Mansion's garage door  —  Construction site near the Capitol also damaged, police say  —  Police arrested a drunk driver who allegedly struck the back of the Governor's Mansion with his vehicle, damaging the historic house's garage door Thursday night in downtown Juneau.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk  —  WASHINGTON — IT seems odd, in this era of gender fluidity, that we are headed toward the most stark X versus Y battle since Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.  —  Donald Trump exudes macho, wearing his trucker hat, retweeting bimbo cracks …
Discussion: Prntly and Lawyers, Guns & Money
 
 
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Discussion: RedState
dna:
Bangladesh in denial, al-Qaeda releases new video of gay rights activist's assassination
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump In 1992: Tyson Told Me Victim In Rape Case “Wanted It Real Bad”
Discussion: Moe Lane
New York Times:
First U.S. Death Tied to Zika Is Reported in Puerto Rico
Marcel Harmon / Salon:
Sam Brownback gutted Kansas: How America's worst governor and an ultra-conservative ideology wrecked an entire state
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
GOP's Stop-Trump fever breaks
Discussion: AOL and RedState
Telegraph:
How the Labour Party embraced an ideology that has race hate at its heart
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Breitbart:
Exclusive — CLINTON CRASH: Hillary Has Received Hundreds of Thousands Fewer Votes in 2016 vs. 2008
Tom Schaller / American Prospect:
I�M THE A—HOLE?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
African-American Leader: Trump's Message “Resonates” With Black Voters (VIDEO)
John Sides / Washington Post:
The most underappreciated fact of the election: Americans feel good about the economy
Discussion: Politicus USA and Booman Tribune
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
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