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12:45 PM ET, May 6, 2016

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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 …
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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.
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: Washington Monthly, TIME and CNN
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump camp suggests Ryan unfit to be speaker  —  Donald Trump and his allies are lashing out at House Speaker Paul Ryan for his refusal to back — for now — the presumptive Republican nominee, with Trump's spokeswoman even declaring Ryan unfit for his job.  —  During a phone interview …
Discussion: ABC News
Nick Gass / Politico:
Priebus on Trump: 'He's trying'  —  Reince Priebus is a man under siege.  He has a presumptive nominee who has scorched the earth.  He has a House speaker so far refusing to accept the GOP's new standard-bearer.  And he has knee-knocking candidates across the country worried their party is being driven off a cliff.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Donald Trump Seeks Republican Unity but Finds Rejection  —  Donald J. Trump's moment of triumph this week quickly gave way to a trying and even humiliating test of his standing as a Republican leader, as a phalanx of the party's most respected figures shunned the man anointed as their presumptive presidential nominee.
Eric Bradner / CNN:
The GOP resistance to Donald Trump
ABC News:
The Note: Not All Aboard the Trump Train
Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Rick Perry endorses Donald Trump for president
Sundance / The Last Refuge:   Donald Trump Is The Nominee But Every State Needs To Keep Voting...
Nathan McDermott / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul On Trump: “I've Always Said I'll Endorse The Nominee”
Discussion: RedState
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Republicans, Apologize to Bill Clinton  —  Upon arrival in Washington, DC in January of 1993, Bill and Hillary Clinton found themselves in a never ending independent counsel investigation.  The investigation began over a land deal that was known as Whitewater.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Yo, Hillary: Hit Donald Where It Hurts  —  The things Trump likes to brag about are exactly where he's most vulnerable.  —  Karl Rove, in his calamitous career, got one thing right: attack the other guy's strength.  That's what Hillary Clinton should do to Donald Trump, starting yesterday.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Third-party push gaining steam
Joe Klein / TIME:
Why the Clintons Don't Fear the Coming Armageddon With Donald Trump
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 …
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Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
Obama's Foreign Policy Guru Boasts of How the Administration Lied to Sell the Iran Deal
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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Philly.com:   Source: Penn State settled claim Paterno knew about Sandusky in 1976
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 …
Discussion: Vox, Business Insider and rubber hose
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 …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump rules out Democrat as running mate
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
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.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders poised for May win streak  —  Here's one reason Bernie Sanders is reluctant to give up the fight: May is shaping up to be a pretty good month for him.  —  On the heels of his Indiana victory Tuesday, Sanders is well-positioned for wins in the upcoming West Virginia and Oregon primaries.
Discussion: Common Dreams and Althouse
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Steven Shepard / Politico:   Majority of GOP insiders won't commit to Trump
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The political scientist who saw Trump's rise coming  —  Norm Ornstein on why the Republican Party was ripe for a takeover, what the media missed, and whether Trump could win the presidency.  —  In the summer of 2015, most of the political world still thought Donald Trump's candidacy was a joke.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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.”
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze.com:
Tow Truck Driver Shows Up to Help Stranded Motorist When He Sees Sticker on Her Car That Makes Him Drive Away: ‘Call the Government’  —  A North Carolina tow truck driver recently took a controversial stand after he was dispatched to pick up a woman stranded on the side of I-26 in Asheville …
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 …
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David Lazarus / Los Angeles Times:
Will hospitals reject California's assisted suicide law?
Discussion: National Review, LAist and KTLA
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Jon Stewart May Be on HBO Before November Election, Says CEO Richard Plepler
Discussion: The Week and Complex
James Rosen / Fox News:
Documents show State Department missed target date for special Benghazi unit
Philip Galanes / New York Times:
Barack Obama and Bryan Cranston on the Roles of a Lifetime
DNAinfo New York:
Federal Probe Eyes Possible Straw Donors to De Blasio Campaign, Sources Say
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
What Pundits Keep Getting Wrong About Donald Trump and the Working Class
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
The State of Our Union  —  The biggest deficits in the United States …
Lisa Fickenscher / New York Post:
JCPenney taking emergency measures to stay afloat
 Earlier Items: 
Rebecca Perring / Daily Express:
‘There is NO place for Islam in our politics’ Shock poll highlights Germany's discontent
Discussion: Hot Air
Peter Overby / NPR.org:
Will Donald Trump Get Back The $38 Million He Lent His Campaign?
Discussion: Washington Post
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Former Ron Paul aide, Trump super PAC chief convicted in campaign finance trial
Discussion: Politico and Joe.My.God.
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Feds Put Credit Card Felon In Charge of Major VA Purchasing Program
Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit
Milo / Breitbart:
Here's Why The Left Is So Desperate To Defend The New Feminist Ghostbusters
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Camille Paglia / Salon:
It's not about sexism: Camille Paglia on Trump, Hillary's “restless bitterness” and the end of the elites
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Confronted On Past Support For Invading Iraq: “Blah, Blah, Blah, Yes, I Guess”
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Prime Video users will be able to watch local PBS stations and PBS Kids for free in coming months, and two new free PBS channels with ads starting November 26

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

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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