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11:30 AM ET, May 5, 2016

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Dan Turkel / Business Insider:
NATE SILVER: ‘We basically got the Republican race wrong’  —  In September 2015, writer and statistician Nate Silver urged people to “calm down” about the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican presidential nomination.  —  Two months later, he wrote that the media should …
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Won't Self-Fund General-Election Campaign  —  Presumptive Republican nominee plans to create ‘world-class finance organization’ to back campaign  —  Donald Trump won't self-fund his general-election campaign, and will instead create a “world-class finance organization,” …
Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
RIP, GOP  —  On Tuesday night the Republican voters of Indiana delivered the final verdict on the Republican primary race, giving Donald Trump a crushing 15-point victory over Ted Cruz.  Two hours after the polls closed, Cruz acknowledged the writing on the wall and dropped out of the race.
Jordan Rudner / The Texas Tribune:
Bush 41, 43 Have No Plans to Endorse Trump … For the first time since his own presidency, George H.W. Bush is planning to stay silent in the race for the Oval Office — and the younger former president Bush plans to stay silent as well.  —  Bush 41, who enthusiastically endorsed every Republican nominee …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This brutal new ad shows the shredding machine that awaits Trump  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Predictably enough, the hand-wringing has already begun among some Democrats over the prospect of Donald Trump waging “unpredictable” attacks on Hillary Clinton and the possibility that the Clinton camp will be …
Discussion: Mother Jones, CNN, Politico and Slate
New York Times:
With Donald Trump in Charge, Republicans Have a Day of Reckoning  —  Republican elected officials, donors and strategists grappled uncomfortably on Wednesday with the inevitability of Donald J. Trump as their presidential nominee, an unexpectedly sudden denouement that left many in a state …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Scarborough: I won't vote for Trump if he doesn't change  —  If Donald Trump maintains his hard-line stance on immigration and his call to bar Muslims from entering the United States in the general election against Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Republican nominee is in for a bruising defeat …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Spoiler: They can't.  —  Suppose the Republican Party's elites …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Hot Air and Politico
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Grassley: Trump would nominate ‘right type’ to court
New York Times:
Donald Trump Reaches Out, Quietly, to Republican Establishment
Discussion: Salon
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'm open to Cruz as VP
Seth Masket / Vox:
We are witnessing the most massive failure of a political party in generations
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Donald Trump Isn't Going to Be President
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:   Please don't mainstream Trump
Nick Gass / Politico:
The 9 worst predictions about Trump's rise to the top
Discussion: Vox
Schuyler Kropf / Post and Courier:
Haley won't be Trump's running mate
Fox News:
Romanian hacker Guccifer: I breached Clinton server, ‘it was easy’  —  Marcel Lazar Lehel, 40, is escorted by masked policemen in Bucharest, after being arrested in Arad, 337 miles west of Bucharest.  (Reuters) (REUTERS/Mediafax/Silviu Matei)  —  EXCLUSIVE: The infamous Romanian hacker known as …
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NBC News:
Hacker ‘Guccifer’: I Got Inside Hillary Clinton's Server  —  The Romanian hacker who first exposed Hillary Clinton's private email address is making a bombshell new claim — that he also gained access to the former Secretary of State's “completely unsecured” server.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Blames Hillary for Birtherism, Wolf Blitzer Summarily Fact-Checks Him  —  Original birther Donald Trump today tried to push birtherism on Hillary Clinton, but Wolf Blitzer didn't go to commercial break without fact-checking that little claim.  —  Blitzer brought up a clip of Clinton bringing …
Discussion: Guardian and Raw Story
Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
Democrats don't know how to run against Trump
Discussion: Power Line and The Atlantic
Danielle Allen / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton is walking into Donald Trump's trap
Discussion: Althouse and The Slot
Katie Van-Syckle / Variety:
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Caught on Hot Mic Ogling Melania Trump … ‘Hardball’ anchor has long history of sexist comments  —  During the network's coverage of Donald Trump's Indiana primary victory speech, MSNBC's Chris Matthews was caught on a live microphone commenting on the appearance of Melania Trump, the Republican nominee's wife.
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Ben Sasse / Facebook:
AN OPEN LETTER TO MAJORITY AMERICA  —  TO: Those who think both leading presidential candidates are dishonest and have little chance of leading America forward:  —  (...or, stated more simply)  —  TO: The majority of America:  —  Note: If you are one of those rare souls …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump-loving tow truck driver says God told him to leave disabled Bernie Sanders supporter stranded  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A South Carolina tow truck driver said God told him to leave a disabled Bernie Sanders supporter stranded along the interstate.
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Los Angeles Times:
San Andreas fault ‘locked, loaded and ready to roll’ with big earthquake, expert says  —  This simulation by the Southern California Earthquake Center shows the shaking that could be felt by Los Angeles during a possible magnitude 8 earthquake on the San Andreas fault.
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes  —  Publicly, John McCain insists Donald Trump will have a negligible effect on his campaign for reelection.  But behind closed doors at a fundraiser in Arizona last month, the Republican senator and two-time presidential hopeful offered a far more dire assessment to his supporters.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Salon and The Week
Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
US Justice Department: HB2 violates federal Civil Rights Act  —  Ruling could ultimately lead to the loss of millions in federal education money  —  RALEIGH  —  U.S. Justice Department officials Wednesday notified Gov. Pat McCrory that House Bill 2 violates the U.S. Civil Rights Act.
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Associated Press:
North Carolina Leaders Denounce Federal Threat on LGBT Law
Discussion: Towleroad and ABC News
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
KFC, With New Nail Polish, Redefines Chicken Fingers  —  HONG KONG — Assume, for the sake of argument, that KFC's fried chicken is, as advertised, “finger lickin' good.”  —  Would you really want it to remain on your fingers?  Indefinitely?  —  These are just two of the salient questions raised …
Discussion: WNEP-TV and The Week
 
 
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Dustin Stockton / Breitbart:
Ebay Blocks ‘Draw Mohammed’ Winning Cartoon from Auction
Discussion: Creeping Sharia and Pamela Geller
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NBC Relocates ‘Nightly News’ to Trump Tower, for a Night
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Carter Disagrees With Obama's Assessment, Says ISIS Fight ‘Far From Over’
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Daily Mail:
Tom and Jerry are blamed for ISIS: Head of Egypt's Information Service blames cartoon characters …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Pirate's Cove
Fred Siegel / City Journal:
Andrew Sullivan's Blind Spot
Discussion: Instapundit and Liberty Unyielding
Casey Harper / The Daily Caller:
DOJ Decides It Won't Call People ‘Felons’ Or ‘Convicts’ Because Hurts Their Feelings
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Republican Horse Race Is Over, and Journalism Lost
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Financial Times:
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