memeorandum: Paul Ryan: 'I'm just not ready' to back Donald Trump (Eric Bradner/CNN)

9:25 AM ET, May 6, 2016

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Donald J. Trump / Facebook:

Happy Cinco de Mayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!

Jake Sherman / Politico:

How Ryan decided to ditch Trump — On Wednesday morning, not even 24 hours after Donald Trump effectively clinched the Republican nomination, Paul Ryan convened his top advisers for a call. With Congress out of session, Ryan was bouncing between multiple states, raising the piles of money needed …

Wall Street Journal:

Ben Carson Says Donald Trump Could Consider Democrat for Running Mate — Former GOP candidate, now a Trump ally, also takes his name out of the running as possible pick — Ben Carson, the former rival now helping presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump choose a running mate …

Discussion: Breitbart, Politico, BizPac Review, Washington Free Beacon, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, AOL, RedState, Complex, CNN, Joe.My.God. and The Week

Dana Bash / CNN:

First on CNN: Rick Perry endorses Donald Trump for president — Washington (CNN)Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry told CNN Thursday he will support Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee and will do everything he can do to help him get elected. — Perry, speaking by phone …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Week, BizPac Review, Patterico's Pontifications, The Resurgent, Independent Journal …, Trail Blazers Blog, Politicus USA and Washington Times

New York Times:

Sheldon Adelson Says He Will Support Donald Trump — The casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson said on Thursday night that he would support Donald J. Trump now that he has become the Republican Party's presumptive nominee. — “Yes, I'm a Republican, he's a Republican,” Mr. Adelson said in a brief interview.

Discussion: Mother Jones, USA Today, Associated Press, Politico, Guardian, The Week and Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:

‘Dismayed’ Romney says he doesn't intend to back Trump, worried about ‘demagoguery and populism’ — Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, said at a dinner in Washington on Thursday night that he had no intention of supporting presumtive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump …

Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:

Everyone Is Getting Today's Trump Tweet Totally Wrong — I think everyone is badly misinterpreting this tweet from Donald Trump: … This is not an awkward and embarrassing outreach to Hispanics. It's not aimed at Hispanics at all. It's aimed at white people.

Discussion: Mashable, Western Journalism, Guardian, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, NBC News and USA Today

James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Donald Trump's relentless media tour calls attention to him —and his general-election strategy

Discussion: Political Wire, Mashable, Guardian and Mediaite

Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump rules out Democrat as running mate

Discussion: Political Wire and The Week

Eric Bradner / CNN:
Paul Ryan: 'I'm just not ready' to back Donald Trump

Discussion: The Atlantic, The Daily Caller, Public Religion Research …, BizPac Review, The Week, Downstream Politics, The Gateway Pundit, Vox, Complex, NY State of Politics, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Western Journalism, ABC News, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, New York Times and Politico

Eric Bradner / CNN:
The GOP resistance to Donald Trump

Discussion: The Last Refuge, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, Downstream Politics, The Atlantic, The Week and The Gateway Pundit

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Says He Cannot Support Donald Trump for Now

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, BuzzFeed, CNBC, Western Journalism and National Review

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo: Carson Says He Won't Be Considered For Trump's VP, But A Dem Might Be

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Dole alone in not shunning GOP convention

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller

Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Republican Party's Woman Problem

Discussion: New York Magazine and Washington Post

Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Americans' Distaste For Both Trump And Clinton Is Record-Breaking

Discussion: The Week

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Third-party push gaining steam — Momentum is building in the conservative movement for a third-party alternative to Donald Trump — The effort got a big boost from Speaker Paul Ryan — (R-Wis.) on Thursday when he said he wasn't yet ready to back Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee.

Ben White / Politico:
Hillary forces target Bush donors

Discussion: ABC News

Joe Klein / TIME:
Why the Clintons Don't Fear the Coming Armageddon With Donald Trump

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders poised for May win streak

Discussion: Althouse

Devin Henry / The Hill:
West Virginia is no longer Clinton country

Discussion: Forbes and The Week

David Samuels / New York Times:

The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama's Foreign-Policy Guru — How Ben Rhodes rewrote the rules of diplomacy for the digital age. — Picture him as a young man, standing on the waterfront in North Williamsburg, at a polling site, on Sept. 11, 2001, which was Election Day in New York City.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Israel Matzav, Washington Free Beacon and EconLog

John Podhoretz / New York Post:

White House admits it played us for fools to sell Iran deal — MORE FROM: — Congratulations, liberals of the Washington press corps and elite organizations: You're a bunch of suckers. We all know this because the Obama White House just told us so. — In an astounding New York Times piece …

Discussion: Instapundit

Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
Obama's Foreign Policy Guru Boasts of How the Administration Lied to Sell the Iran Deal

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

CNN:

First on CNN: FBI interviews Clinton aides including Huma Abedin as part of email probe — (CNN)Some of Hillary Clinton's closest aides, including her longtime adviser Huma Abedin, have provided interviews to federal investigators, as the FBI probe into the security of her private email …

Discussion: Mediaite, Los Angeles Times, Independent Journal …, Politicus USA, NBC News, The Week, Hot Air, New York Magazine, AOL, MichelleMalkin.com, BuzzFeed, LawNewz, Western Journalism, Politico, U.S. Uncut and Washington Free Beacon

Brandon Cockerham / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Lawsuit Uncovers More Hillary Clinton Emails Withheld from State Department

Discussion: twitchy.com and Independent Journal …

Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors in Virginia assisting in Clinton email probe

Discussion: Media Matters for America, The Week and Media Matters for America

Bloomberg.com:

Why GOP Strategist Mary Matalin Is Registering as a Libertarian — Republican strategist Mary Matalin discusses Donald Trump and her decision to change her party affiliation on “With All Due Respect.”

Discussion: Politico and New York Times

Charles Thompson / PennLive.com:

Child told Paterno of sex abuse in 1976, court papers allege — Court documents state that “in 1976, a child allegedly reported to PSU's Head Coach Joseph Paterno that he (the child) was sexually molested by Sandusky.” … A new bombshell dropped in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal Thursday.

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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:

Donald Trump's Idea to Cut National Debt: Get Creditors to Accept Less — One day after assuring Americans he is not running for president “to make things unstable for the country,” the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump, said in a television interview Thursday that he might seek …

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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Trump Confronted On Past Support For Invading Iraq: “Blah, Blah, Blah, Yes, I Guess” — Challenged by Bret Baier on his claims that he opposed the Iraq war, Trump cited a “2003, 2004” Reuters article that came out 17 months after the war began. — View Video ›

Discussion: Media Matters for America

Sam Reisman / Mediaite:

Huckabee Rips #NeverTrump: If You're Not Going to Support Voters' Choice, Leave the GOP — Former GOP candidate Mike Huckabee has come out in loud support of Donald Trump this week and is now blasting any Republicans threatening not to back him. — Shortly after Trump all but clinched …

Discussion: The Federalist, The Daily Caller and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Milo / Breitbart:

Here's Why The Left Is So Desperate To Defend The New Feminist Ghostbusters — Man, am I tired of being right! Sure as night follows day, the trailer for the new, feminist-friendly, chick-laden Ghostbusters is tanking on YouTube. With nearly 750,000 dislikes, it is the most hated trailer in the site's history.

Discussion: Vox Popoli