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10:25 AM ET, May 15, 2016

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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Is Ben Carson the worst or the best surrogate of all time?  Yes.  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon turned presidential candidate turned unfiltered pitchman for Donald Trump and now part of the presumptive nominee's vice presidential search committee, sat in the back of a Town Car …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Mogul and the Babe  —  WASHINGTON — WE are in one of those rare unharmonic convergences when reality is more absurd than satire.  —  So I decided to dispense with satire and simply call Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Friday to hear about his trip to survey the damage from the volcanic eruption of his imminent nomination.
Jen Yamato / The Daily Beast:
How the Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Became an SJW-Hating Conservative Crusader  —  Gen-X icon and Obama conspiracy theorist Billy Corgan slammed Bernie Sanders and compared liberal activists to the KKK during an appearance on Info Wars.  How did he get here?
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
State GOP leaders crush ‘Never Trump’ rebellions  —  Republican activists chose party unity over “never Trump” resistance Saturday, with party leaders in one state after another pressuring their members fall in line behind the presumptive nominee — and even punishing those who refused.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   BREAKING UPDATE: Nebraska Republicans PASS RESOLUTION to Reprimand #NeverTrump Senator Ben Sasse
Glenn Beck / Facebook:
Updated: Sunday 12:30am  —  I was contacted by Mark Zuckerberg's office this morning about going out to see him in Menlo Park Wednesday.  —  They have had the same problem that many in media and Silicon Valley face: suppression of conservative voices and ideas.
Discussion: Politico and BizPac Review
CBS News:
Bob Gates on how Trump stands out from past presidents  —  Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates has worked with eight presidents, Republican and Democrat—and the biggest difference between them and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump is that they all were “willing to listen,” he said in an interview airing Sunday.
Discussion: Political Wire
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
GOP chief: Voters don't care about Trump's personal life  —  Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in an interview Sunday that voters' opinions of Donald Trump  —  will likely not be influenced by a New York Times article about how the presumptive GOP nominee treated women in private.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Martha Gellhorn / The Atlantic:
The Arabs of Palestine … ACCORDING to Arab politicians and apologists, this is what happened, this is the authentic view, these are the facts.  Doubt is treasonous.  There can be only one truth, according to Arab politicians and apologists, and it belongs to them:
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Tim Ross / Telegraph:
Boris Johnson: The EU wants a superstate, just as Hitler did  —  The European Union is pursuing a similar goal to Hitler in trying to create a powerful superstate, Boris Johnson says.  —  In a dramatic interview with the Telegraph, he warns that while bureaucrats in Brussels are using …
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Reuters:
UK's Cameron struggles to make Britons believe his EU message: poll
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Megan Messerly / LasVegasSun.com:
Clinton adds to delegate lead with Nevada convention win  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday again won Nevada at the state Democratic convention, after her opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, scored a surprise delegate victory out of the county conventions last month.
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David Niose / Salon:
This is one weak nominee: Hillary Clinton's problem isn't Bernie Sanders. It's Hillary Clinton
Ted Morgan / Salon:
This isn't how a democracy should work: How the media boosted Donald Trump and screwed Bernie Sanders
Discussion: The Mahablog
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Obama doesn't think rapists, armed robbers, drug dealers are ‘criminals’  —  MORE FROM:  —  It's only May, but I think I've found the euphemism of the year: According to Team Obama, criminals should now be declared “justice-involved individuals.”  —  The neo-Orwellianism comes to us …
Discussion: Hot Air
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Vice Presidency No One Should Want  —  If you're masochistic enough to plow through the next three months of vice presidential speculation, you might want to pause and ask a more fundamental question: Why would anybody want that job under Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump?
Associated Press:
ISRAELI LEADER: IRAN MOCKS WWII HOLOCAUST, PREPARES ANOTHER  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Iran Sunday for staging a Holocaust-themed cartoon contest that mocked the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews during World War II and said the Islamic Republic was busy planning for another one.
Discussion: 12NewsNow.Com
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Four Migrant Teens Face Trial for Raping High School Girl on Swedish Pleasure Cruise  —  In April, five men were arrested on suspicion of gang raping a girl on-board a special, high school kids-only pleasure cruise in Sweden.  The men were accused of gang-raping an unidentified woman, and face charges of aggravated rape.
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Speaker: Puerto Rico relief bill ready ‘in the coming days’  —  On Friday evening, House Speaker Paul Ryan  —  said legislation to restructure Puerto Rico's ailing finances will be introduced in the coming days.  —  “Right now, we are working with the Natural Resources committee …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Report: Romney recruiting Kasich, Sasse for third-party option  —  Mitt Romney, the GOP's 2012 nominee, is among those courting prospects for a possible third-party bid to keep Donald Trump  —  from the White House, according to a Washington Post report.  —  Among those prospects are Sen. Ben Sasse …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside the GOP effort to draft an independent candidate to derail Trump
 
 
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Hannahalbarazi / CBS San Francisco:
Hidden Microphones Exposed As Part of Government Surveillance Program In The Bay Area
Discussion: The Federalist Papers
Kelly Cohen / Washington Examiner:
RNC chief Priebus on third party: ‘May as well jump off’ a building
Mark Landler / New York Times:
For Obama, an Unexpected Legacy of Two Full Terms at War
Discussion: Althouse and Political Wire
The Independent:
Venezuela's president has accused the US of plotting a coup against him
Discussion: Infowars, Common Dreams and Reuters
Paul Joseph Watson / Infowars:
Scenes From The Venezuela Apocalypse: “Countless Wounded” After 5,000 Loot Supermarket Looking For Food
TBogg / Raw Story:
This is the dumbest prediction of the 2016 election — and why TV political punditry is a wasteland
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Plans Don't Add Up. Do Voters Care?
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Discussion: abc11.com and Associated Press
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Megyn Kelly Confronts Tx. Lt. Governor Over Opposition to Obama's Trans Bathroom Action
Discussion: Slantpoint
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Cruz blasts Obama's ‘bathroom police’ efforts
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Welcome to a Bernie Sanders Wiccan ritual
Discussion: Mediaite
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Cannes hotel guests in a panic over false terror alert
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Capitol Hill Newspapers, Once a Protected Class, Redefine Themselves
Discussion: Politico
Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump offers a preview of his authoritarian presidency
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Media lay the groundwork for Hillary, the victim
Discussion: RedState
 

 
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