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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton is going to be exonerated on the email controversy. It won't matter. — The latest news on the Hillary Clinton email controversy reinforces everything we've heard so far on this subject: … That point about her intending to break classification rules is important …
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CANNONFIRE and Hot Air
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Here's the Latest From the Bullshitter-in-Chief — Donald Trump knows exactly how to appeal to the women's vote: … Oh goody. I guess in a few days we'll be treated to a barrage of thumbsuckers relitigating the titillating tales of Kathleen Willey, Gennifer Flowers, and Paula Jones. Christ.
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Hullabaloo, Complex, Scared Monkeys and Talking Points Memo
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Poll: Georgians largely undecided about presidential race — A large portion of likely Georgia voters are undecided about who they would vote for in an election between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. — Nearly 1 in 5 voters said they have not made up their minds …
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The Hill, The Daily Caller and RedState
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump revives attacks on Bill Clinton affair
Trump revives attacks on Bill Clinton affair
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Hot Air and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Nicknames Donald Trump the ‘Presumptuous Nominee’
Hillary Clinton Nicknames Donald Trump the ‘Presumptuous Nominee’
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Associated Press and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump: Hillary Clinton a ‘nasty, mean enabler’
Trump: Hillary Clinton a ‘nasty, mean enabler’
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New York Magazine, NBC News and New York Times
Doug McKelway / Fox News:
Elizabeth Warren going on Trump attack for Dems
Elizabeth Warren going on Trump attack for Dems
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BizPac Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Last Tradition
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Ivy League economist ethnically profiled, interrogated for doing math on American Airlines flight — On Thursday evening, a 40-year-old man — with dark, curly hair, olive-skinned and an exotic foreign accent — boarded a plane. It was a regional jet making a short, uneventful hop from Philadelphia to nearby Syracuse.
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View from the Wing, Mother Jones, Slantpoint, Mashable, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Complex, New York Magazine, Gothamist, Mediaite, Watts Up With That?, U.S. Uncut, AOL and The Week
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Julie Shaw / Philly.com:
Passenger thinks Penn prof doing math is ‘terrorist;’ flight delayed
Passenger thinks Penn prof doing math is ‘terrorist;’ flight delayed
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Raw Story
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump spurs some conservative leaders to step back from the GOP — Donald Trump's looming nomination has spurred some leaders of the conservative movement — for generations, the backbone of the GOP — to break free from a Republican Party now being rapidly reshaped by the New York billionaire's incendiary tone and unorthodox populism.
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Balloon Juice and Western Journalism
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New York Times:
Republican Party Unravels Over Donald Trump's Takeover — By seizing the Republican presidential nomination for Donald J. Trump on Tuesday night, he and his millions of supporters completed what had seemed unimaginable: a hostile takeover of one of America's two major political parties.
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Washington Post and American Power
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Donald Trump Doesn't Think Republican Party ‘Has to be Unified’
Donald Trump Doesn't Think Republican Party ‘Has to be Unified’
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Political Wire and Associated Press
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
In Arkansas, a Preview of Democratic Attacks to Come
In Arkansas, a Preview of Democratic Attacks to Come
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American Power
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Welcome to the Great Republican Squirm of 2016
Welcome to the Great Republican Squirm of 2016
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The Moderate Voice
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Former GOP senator: Trump is a sociopath — Former U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-N.H.) called Donald Trump — a sociopath Friday, saying he would never support the presumptive GOP nominee even though his favored candidate, John Kasich, suspended his campaign earlier this week.
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Raw Story
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Bloomberg:
Masters in Politics Podcast: Adviser Says Trump Is ‘Very Much’ Like Bill Clinton — “When they talk to you they just own you. They're staring right into your soul,” says Barry Bennett, a senior adviser to Trump. — haddadmedia — In an interview on Bloomberg's Masters in Politics podcast Friday …
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Washington Examiner, RedState, Mediaite, Politicus USA, The Gateway Pundit and Politico
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
A Confession of Liberal Intolerance — WE progressives believe in diversity, and we want women, blacks, Latinos, gays and Muslims at the table — er, so long as they aren't conservatives. — Universities are the bedrock of progressive values, but the one kind of diversity that universities disregard is ideological and religious.
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Washington Post and Althouse
Sarah Newton / WHTM-TV:
Bishop McDevitt girl thrown out of prom for wearing a suit — HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - A Midstate high school student had the experience of a lifetime at her prom Friday night, but not in the way her family expected. — Aniya Wolf was thrown out of Bishop McDevitt's prom.
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WISH-TV, WCMH-TV, CBS 4 and FOX6Now.com
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders leaves door open to Clinton VP spot … Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders — on Friday left the door open to being Hillary Clinton — 's running mate if she were to offer him the position after the party's convention this summer. — “Right now, we are focused …
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Liberal Values, ABC News, CNN and The Daily Caller
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton wins Guam caucuses
Clinton wins Guam caucuses
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pacificnewscenter.com, Politicus USA, WV MetroNews and The Week
Rick McConnell / CBC News:
Fort McMurray wildfire heading for Saskatchewan border — Inside the city, police are going house to house, looking for people who may have been unable to leave — Firefighters prepare to be deployed into the Fort McMurray wildfire as they receive orders near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 7, 2016.
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New York Magazine, Edmonton Journal, NPR, NBC News, RT and The Atlantic
Rachael Krishna / BuzzFeed:
This Black Man Was Rejected By An Airbnb Host — Then Was Accepted Under A Fake White Profile — Greg Selden said he created fake profiles for white guests — which were accepted. UPDATE: The post contains updated statements from Airbnb and Selden. — Greg Selden is a 25-year-old living in Richmond, Virginia.
Walt Whitman / The Atlantic:
An American Primer … [The American Primer is a challenge rather than a finished fight. Whitman shows in it what he was prepared to do rather than what he thought he had perfected. It was his original intention to enlarge these notes into a study which would in a sense inclose the theme and dignify it in the way it deserved.
David Rosenberg / Reuters:
Report: US planning to take tougher line against Israel — Senior diplomats say upcoming report to ‘put Israel on notice’ that patience thinning in Obama administration. — The Middle East Quartet, made up of the US, EU, UN, and Russia, is scheduled to release a major policy report later in coming weeks …
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Power Line
Politico:
Obama's full remarks at Howard University commencement ceremony — PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Thank you! Hello, Howard! (Applause.) H-U! — AUDIENCE: You know! — Story Continued Below — OBAMA: H-U! — AUDIENCE: You know! — OBAMA: (Laughter.) Thank you so much, everybody.
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Balloon Juice
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
VIDEO=> #BlackLivesMatter Goon Threatens to Murder Donald Trump, Wife Melania and Daughter Ivanka — Another unhinged Black Lives Matter supporter threatened to murder Donald Trump and his wife and daughter on Youtube. — The black man waves guns around saying he's going to kill Donald Trump …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News