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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”
Trump Campaign Corresponded With Its White Nationalist Delegate Long After “Database Error”
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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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CBS News:
Over four in 10 Sanders voters in West Virginia would vote for Trump — In November, Donald Trump would be the choice of 44 percent of West Virginia Democratic primary voters who supported Bernie Sanders Tuesday, CBS News early exit polling found. — But support for Trump in the general election …
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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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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Donald Trump Supporters Boost Bernie Sanders in West Virginia
Donald Trump Supporters Boost Bernie Sanders in West Virginia
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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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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.
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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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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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” …
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Vice President Joe Biden ‘Confident’ Hillary Clinton Will Be Democratic Nominee
Vice President Joe Biden ‘Confident’ Hillary Clinton Will Be Democratic Nominee
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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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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 …
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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New York Times:
Suicide on Periscope Prompts France to Open Inquiry — PARIS — French officials have opened an investigation after a distraught young woman recorded herself on Periscope, the live video-streaming app, describing her despair and then killing herself by jumping in front of a commuter train in suburban Paris.
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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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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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Ronan Farrow / Hollywood Reporter:
My Father, Woody Allen, and the Danger of Questions Unasked (Guest Column) — EMAIL ME — Despite Dylan Farrow's damning allegations of sexual abuse, the director of Cannes' opening film today remains beloved by stars, paid by Amazon and rarely interrogated by media as his son, Ronan Farrow …
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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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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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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton is unraveling quickly — MORE FROM: — A liberal friend is very concerned about the Republican Party. He tells me that Donald Trump will make it impossible for anybody anywhere running under the “R” column to win election. Even a dogcatcher in Podunk is doomed!
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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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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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Joe Douglass / KATU-TV:
Deputies say Domino's Pizza crew helps save man's life — NEAR SALEM, Ore. — Deputies say a Domino's Pizza crew near Salem helped save a man's life over the weekend. — The Marion County Sheriff's Office said Monday that workers noticed something was wrong and took action to help a loyal customer.
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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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