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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:
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CNN:
Trump campaign approves white nationalist as GOP delegate after ‘database error’
Trump campaign approves white nationalist as GOP delegate after ‘database error’
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Michelle Moons / Breitbart:
Trump Surprises with Celebrities on California Delegates List
Trump Surprises with Celebrities on California Delegates List
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Ben Carson Is Off Trump's VP Vetting Team
Ben Carson Is Off Trump's VP Vetting Team
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's delegate ineptitude stumbles into white nationalism
Donald Trump's delegate ineptitude stumbles into white nationalism
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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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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Wins West Virginia, Prolonging Race With Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders Wins West Virginia, Prolonging Race With Hillary Clinton
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Sanders Wins in West Virginia Democratic Primary; Trump Cruises
Sanders Wins in West Virginia Democratic Primary; Trump Cruises
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Media Matters for America:
NRA's Ted Nugent Promotes Fake Video Of Hillary Clinton Being Shot
NRA's Ted Nugent Promotes Fake Video Of Hillary Clinton Being Shot
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CBS News:
Over four in 10 Sanders voters in West Virginia would vote for Trump
Over four in 10 Sanders voters in West Virginia would vote for Trump
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Bernie Sanders May Win Big In West Virginia
Bernie Sanders May Win Big In West Virginia
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Sanders, Trump easily win West Virginia primary; Trump picks up Nebraska too
Sanders, Trump easily win West Virginia primary; Trump picks up Nebraska too
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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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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Trump Paralyzed Hillary's Campaign
Trump Paralyzed Hillary's Campaign
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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 …
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Heidi Cruz Likens Husband's Campaign to Efforts to End Slavery
Heidi Cruz Likens Husband's Campaign to Efforts to End Slavery
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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” …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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