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8:00 AM ET, May 11, 2016

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Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Trump Selects a White Nationalist Leader as a Delegate in California  —  On Monday evening, California's secretary of state published a list of delegates chosen by the Trump campaign for the upcoming Republican presidential primary in the state.  Trump's slate includes William Johnson …
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Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Trump Campaign Corresponded With Its White Nationalist Delegate Long After “Database Error”  —  On Tuesday, Mother Jones broke the story that the Trump campaign had selected William Johnson, a prominent white nationalist leader, as a California delegate.  The Trump campaign responded with the following statement:
Michelle Moons / Breitbart:
Trump Surprises with Celebrities on California Delegates List
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Ben Carson Is Off Trump's VP Vetting Team
Discussion: CNN and Talking Points Memo
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's delegate ineptitude stumbles into white nationalism
Discussion: Hot Air
ABC News:
West Virginia Democratic Primary Exit Poll Results  —  Who turned out in Tuesday's West Virginia Primary and what motivated their votes?  —  The following is reportable as “preliminary” exit poll results from the West Virginia Democratic primary.  Please note that exit poll results …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:   Clinton Faces Hard Reality Of Unity In Trump Country
Media Matters for America:
NRA's Ted Nugent Promotes Fake Video Of Hillary Clinton Being Shot
Discussion: Mediaite
CBS News:
Over four in 10 Sanders voters in West Virginia would vote for Trump
Discussion: CBS New York and RedState
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Sanders, Trump easily win West Virginia primary; Trump picks up Nebraska too
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
S.E. Cupp: ‘Idiots’ Are Attacking Paul Ryan Because ‘Thinking’ Is Elitist Now  —  In a new column, CNN contributor S.E. Cupp writes that the attacks on Paul Ryan are the inevitable conclusion of Donald Trump's determination to purge America of “elitist establishment types.”
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Paul Ryan is stuck in a Trump trap  —  Paul Ryan knows he's in a squeeze.  —  The Wisconsin Republican has spent two decades building a brand as a serious conservative with a friendly demeanor, who totes budget charts to town halls and is more prone to a back slap than a back stab.
Daniel Strauss / Politico:   Trump backs Ryan as convention chairman
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: Trump is underestimated  —  (R-Ky.) predicted Tuesday that Donald Trump  —  , the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, will be more competitive in November than many political analysts expect.  —  McConnell told reporters he is buoyed by a new Quinnipiac poll showing Trump within …
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Nick Gass / Politico:   Swing-state poll: Voters want Garland to get hearing
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Trump Paralyzed Hillary's Campaign
Discussion: Instapundit and ThinkProgress
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
'They're Only Using Us For Their Own Power': Glenn Beck Unloads On The GOP  —  On his radio program last week, Glenn Beck revealed that before Ted Cruz had ended his race for the GOP presidential nomination, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus had contacted Beck about setting …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
How Many People Support Trump but Don't Want to Admit It?  —  No one is more perplexed by Donald Trump than the leaders of the Republican Party.  On May 5, after Trump effectively clinched the Republican nomination, Paul Ryan famously asked:  —  As the speaker of the Republican-dominated House …
Discussion: Vox
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Clinton aide Cheryl Mills leaves FBI interview briefly after being asked about emails  —  Near the beginning of a recent interview, an FBI investigator broached a topic with longtime Hillary Clinton aide Cheryl Mills that her lawyer and the Justice Department had agreed would be off limits …
Steerpike / Coffee House:
Revealed: Emma Watson named in latest Panama Papers leak  —  Of late, Emma Watson has been taking a more active role in both UK and American politics.  The Harry Potter actress recently attended the White House correspondents' dinner, and just yesterday called on London's new mayor Sadiq Khan …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump launches tax plan rewrite  —  Donald Trump's campaign has enlisted influential conservative economists to revise his tax package and make it more politically palatable by slashing the $10 trillion sticker price.  Their main targets: Lifting the top tax rate from Trump's original plan …
Discussion: CNBC and NBC News
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Religious Right Activists Demand Disney Heroine Get A Boyfriend, Stop ‘Homosexualizing Kids’  —  In response to a Twitter campaign urging Disney to “give Elsa a girlfriend” in the sequel to the popular children's movie “Frozen,” the social conservative group CitizenGo is circulating …
Margaret Chadbourn / ABC News:
Joe Biden: ‘I Would Have Been the Best President’  —  Vice President Joe Biden says he “would have been the best president” if he had mounted a successful campaign in the 2016 election, but that forgoing the race was the right decision for his family.  —  Speaking with “Good Morning America” …
Discussion: Politico and Yahoo
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Clinton Starts with a Decisive Advantage  —  Working-class whites aren't enough to carry Trump to victory  —  Ryan Rides to the Rescue — But Not Until 2020 GOP's Troubles Just Beginning How Many Might Defect from Trump or Cruz?  —  Hillary Clinton, shown here campaigning last week in Ashland …
Mark Wilson / Co.Design:
Budweiser Renames Its Beer “America”  —  Until the November election, Budweiser is swapping out everything on its can—including its own name—to be as patriotic as possible.  —  With the backdrop of the Olympics and a comically botched election, this summer is bound to be what Ricardo Marques …
New York Times:
Donald Trump, Bucking Calls to Unite, Claims ‘Mandate’ to Be Provocative  —  Donald J. Trump's behavior in recent days — the political threats to the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan; the name-calling on Twitter; the attacks on Hillary Clinton's marriage — has deeply puzzled Republicans who expected …
Discussion: Politico
Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Senate GOP Launches Inquiry Into Facebook's News Curation  —  The US Senate Commerce Committee—which has jurisdiction over media issues, consumer protection issues, and internet communication—has sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg requesting answers to questions it has on its trending topics section.
 
 
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democratic focus groups reveal warning signs about Donald Trump
Daily Mail:
Sex abuse victim in her 20s allowed to choose euthanasia in Holland after doctors decided …
Stephen Taub / Institutional Investor's Alpha:
The 2016 Rich List of the World's Top-Earning Hedge Fund Managers
Joe Douglass / KATU-TV:
Deputies say Domino's Pizza crew helps save man's life
Discussion: Slantpoint, KOIN-TV and WNEP-TV
Fox News:
ISIS claims female Russian spy infiltrated terror network
Discussion: Daily Mail
Clare Trapasso / realtor.com:
Prepping for Doomsday: Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Going Off the Grid
Discussion: Infowars and ParaPundit
 Earlier Items: 
Alison Young / USA Today:
CDC labs repeatedly faced secret sanctions for mishandling bioterror germs
Discussion: The Verge
AJ Willingham / CNN:
World's Oldest Cat dethroned by even older cat Scooter
Discussion: Associated Press and Mashable
Jon Austin / Daily Express:
NASA HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT: More than 1,200 new planets that could hold life found
Discussion: Infowars
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
North Carolina GOP Reps To The Feds: Don't You Dare Defund The Tarheels!
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump In 2006: Clinton Should Be Forgiven For Iraq Vote “Based On Lies Given To Her”
Discussion: Hot Air and The Right Scoop
Emma Roller / New York Times:
The Women Who Like Donald Trump
Discussion: Politico
Cathy Young / The Daily Beast:
Ann Coulter's Anti-Semitism Runs Deeper Than You Know
Discussion: Vox Popoli
 

 
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