memeorandum: GoPro hitched a ride on a rocket and the video is incredible (Emily Calandrelli/TechCrunch)

3:05 PM ET, May 6, 2016

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‘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: Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, Mediaite, Politico, Independent Journal … and BizPac Review

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.

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Alex Pareene / Gawker:

Don't Blow This — It's Trump versus Clinton. It's a well-funded mainstream Democrat against a widely reviled demagogue who will struggle to earn the support of his party's donor base. It's a man whose every public utterance is potential negative ad waiting to be cut, versus the most cautious candidate in modern memory.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

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 …

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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.

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Graham: I won't vote for Trump

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Priebus on Trump: 'He's trying'

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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump turns to general election — and away from past positions

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

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Eric Bradner / CNN:
The GOP resistance to Donald Trump

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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump tells West Virginians not to vote in Tuesday's primary

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ABC News:
The Note: Not All Aboard the Trump Train

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Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Romney says he won't back Trump — Add Mitt Romney to the list …

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Jake Sherman / Politico:
How Ryan decided to ditch Trump

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Sundance / The Last Refuge:
Donald Trump Is The Nominee But Every State Needs To Keep Voting...

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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

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.

Discussion: CNN

Bloomberg.com:
Why GOP Strategist Mary Matalin Is Registering as a Libertarian

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Neither Clinton Nor Trump

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

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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 …

Discussion: RedState, Vox, Hot Air, Zero Hedge, The Hayride, Business Insider, Western Journalism, rubber hose and Balloon Juice

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo: This Is Astounding — So many stories in presidential politics …

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: New York Times and Balloon Juice

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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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

Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders accuses DNC of tipping convention toward Clinton

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Emily Calandrelli / TechCrunch:

GoPro hitched a ride on a rocket and the video is incredible — Today, GoPro released some pretty incredible footage of a suborbital rocket launch that climbed to 396,405 feet at speeds as high as Mach 5.5. Check out the very real footage below. — The launch in the video took place …

Ryan Struyk / ABC News:

Reince Priebus on Donald Trump's Taco Tweet: 'He's Trying' — A tweet showing Donald Trump eating a taco bowl on Cinco de Mayo while declaring “I love Hispanics!” signals that the GOP front-runner is “trying.” — That's according to Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus …

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

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Erik Klemetti / Wired:

Mount St. Helens Is Recharging Its Magma Stores, Setting Off Earthquake Swarms — When it comes down to it, volcanoes spend most of their existence not erupting. If you look at almost any volcano, it might have a bout of eruption for days to months at a time, then go quiet for decades, centuries or more.

Discussion: Daily Mail

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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Kenneth Garger / New York Post:

Top Democrat suspended for mysterious voter purge — More On: — The top Democrat at the city Board of Elections' Brooklyn office was suspended without pay Thursday — the second head to roll amid a probe into the mysterious purge of more than 126,000 Democratic voters from the borough rolls.

Discussion: LawNewz and Washington Free Beacon

Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:

U.S. payrolls gain in April smallest in seven months — The U.S. economy added the fewest number of jobs in seven months in April and Americans dropped out of the labor force in droves, signs of weakness that cast doubts on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates before the end of the year.

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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Added 160,000 Jobs Last Month as Brisk Hiring Slowed

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Daniel Holloway / Variety:

Jon Stewart May Be on HBO Before November Election, Says CEO Richard Plepler — Jon Stewart could arrive on HBO in time for the November presidential election. — In a Paley Media Council interview Thursday with CNN's Brian Stelter, HBO CEO Richard Plepler was asked whether viewers …

Discussion: The Week and Complex