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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 …
Discussion: ABC News
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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 …
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 …
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.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Says He Cannot Support Donald Trump for Now
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:   Carson Says He Won't Be Considered For Trump's VP, But A Dem Might Be
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Paul Ryan: 'I'm just not ready' to back Donald Trump
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Dole alone in not shunning GOP convention
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Burgess Everett / Politico:   Reid spoiling for a fight with Trump
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney will skip Trump's nominating convention in Cleveland
Donald J. Trump / Facebook:
Happy Cinco de Mayo!  The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill.  I love Hispanics!
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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.
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Americans' Distaste For Both Trump And Clinton Is Record-Breaking
Discussion: The Week
Media Matters for America:   Neil Cavuto Calls Trump's Taco Bowl Tweet “An Olive Branch” To The Mexican People
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.
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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 …
Joe Klein / TIME:
Why the Clintons Don't Fear the Coming Armageddon With Donald Trump  —  Hillary Clinton's ultimate trump card will not be her gender but her relative humanity  —  On the night that Donald Trump effectively won the Republican nomination for President, Hillary Clinton observed radio silence.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Ben White / Politico:
Hillary forces target Bush donors  —  NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton's supporters in recent days have been making a furious round of calls to top Bush family donors to try to convince them that she represents their values better than Donald Trump, multiple sources in both parties told POLITICO.
Discussion: ABC News
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.
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 ›
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: New York Times
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 …
Dan Riehl / Breitbart:
Paul Nehlen: Paul Ryan ‘Sold His Vote!  I Absolutely Believe That’  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan's Wisconsin primary opponent Paul Nehlen tells Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon today that he absolutely believes Paul Ryan “sold his vote” to support so called trade deals that Nehlen says are damaging to America.
Discussion: The Last Refuge
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Paul Ryan says he's not ready to support Trump
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Week
The Cook Political Report:
New Electoral Scorecard Ratings in 13 States  —  This has been an exceedingly unpredictable year.  Although we remain convinced that Hillary Clinton is very vulnerable and would probably lose to most other Republicans, Donald Trump's historic unpopularity with wide swaths of the electorate …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Republican Party's Woman Problem
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.
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
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Barry Diller: Donald Trump is ‘actually of evil character’  —  Expedia Chairman Barry Diller shares his view on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.  —  Media mogul Barry Diller had some harsh words about Donald Trump on Thursday.  —  “There's nobody that I've ever known, ever …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
What the Kochs think about Trump now  —  Republican donors want nothing to do with Donald Trump.  —  On Wednesday morning, the presumptive GOP nominee, who has largely self-financed his presidential bid so far, announced that he would be soliciting checks from small contributors and would soon …
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 Daily Caller
 
 
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Camille Paglia / Salon:
It's not about sexism: Camille Paglia on Trump, Hillary's “restless bitterness” and the end of the elites
Allen Guelzo / Washington Monthly:
A Springfield Education  —  Sidney Blumenthal's Elegant Chronicle …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Brandon Cockerham / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Lawsuit Uncovers More Hillary Clinton Emails Withheld from State Department
Stuart Winer / The Times of Israel:
Man seeks restraining order against God
Discussion: Raw Story and Friendly Atheist
 Earlier Items: 
Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
Trump's Hard Truth for the GOP: Conservatism Doesn't Matter
Streiff / RedState:
BREAKING. Donald Trump Renounces His Own Tax Plan
Discussion: MSNBC, The Week and neo-neocon
fda.gov:
FDA takes significant steps to protect Americans from dangers of tobacco through new regulation
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Chelsea Handler: Impulsive, Provocative and Streaming on Netflix
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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