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8:35 AM ET, May 15, 2016

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside the GOP effort to draft an independent candidate to derail Trump  —  A band of exasperated Republicans — including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a handful of veteran consultants and members of the conservative intelligentsia — is actively plotting to draft …
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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
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING UPDATE: Nebraska Republicans PASS RESOLUTION to Reprimand #NeverTrump Senator Ben Sasse  —  UPDATE—  #NEVERTRUMPER GOT THUMPED—  NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS PASS RESOLUTION TO REPRIMAND #NEVERTRUMPER BEN SASSE  —  The Nebraska Republican State Convention is underway today in Omaha, Nebraska.
Laredo Morning News:
8 fatalities reported in bus rollover on U.S. 83  —  Eight people have died and about 40 were taken to the hospital after a charter bus rolled over Saturday morning on North U.S. 83 in Webb County, authorities said.  —  The OGA Charters' bus, originating from the Rio Grande Valley …
Discussion: abc11.com and Associated Press
David Niose / Salon:
This is one weak nominee: Hillary Clinton's problem isn't Bernie Sanders.  It's Hillary Clinton  —  Clinton's camp thinks her résumé will be enough to carry her to the White House.  No one should be that sure  —  No matter what you think about Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Liberal Values and The Mahablog
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Ted Morgan / Salon:
This isn't how a democracy should work: How the media boosted Donald Trump and screwed Bernie Sanders
Discussion: The Mahablog
Greg Bluestein / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Poll: Clinton vs. Trump a tossup in Georgia
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 …
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: Associated Press and 12NewsNow.Com
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.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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.
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Welcome to a Bernie Sanders Wiccan ritual  —  Leigha Lafleur, holding a candle, leads a Wiccan ritual to support Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday in Portland.  (Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times)  —  Attending a rally for Bernie Sanders usually involves long lines …
Discussion: Mediaite
The Independent:
Venezuela's president has accused the US of plotting a coup against him  —  The relationship between the US and Venezuela has for many years been nothing less than toxic.  In 2002, then President Hugo Chavez was briefly ousted in a coup by opponents supported by the US.
Discussion: Infowars and Common Dreams
Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump offers a preview of his authoritarian presidency  —  Donald Trump says so many things that are offensive, incorrect, and dishonest that it is often impossible to keep up.  In just the past few days, he's flip-flopped on his tax position, his support for raising the minimum wage, and his so-called Muslim ban.
Paul Joseph Watson / Infowars:
Scenes From The Venezuela Apocalypse: “Countless Wounded” After 5,000 Loot Supermarket Looking For Food  —  As pure desperation has set in, crime has becomes inevitable  —  Over the last several years we have documented with clockwork regularity Venezuela's collapse into failed state status …
Reuters:
UK's Cameron struggles to make Britons believe his EU message: poll  —  Prime Minister David Cameron is struggling to convince voters he is telling the truth about why Britain should stay in the European Union and his main “Out” rival Boris Johnson is doing a better job, an opinion poll found.
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Plans Don't Add Up.  Do Voters Care?  —  The GOP candidate's tax plan will dramatically raise the debt, not decrease it  —  Donald Trump would slash taxes by trillions of dollars, leave entitlements alone, boost spending on infrastructure and defense, and, claims an advisor …
Discussion: Mother Jones
 
 
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Matt Spetalnick / Reuters:
U.S. concern grows over possible Venezuela meltdown: officials
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
TBogg / Raw Story:
This is the dumbest prediction of the 2016 election — and why TV political punditry is a wasteland
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Megyn Kelly Confronts Tx. Lt. Governor Over Opposition to Obama's Trans Bathroom Action
Discussion: Slantpoint
Media Matters for America:
Anti-LGBT Extremist On MSNBC Can't Answer Which Bathroom Transgender Guest Should Use
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Slantpoint
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Cruz blasts Obama's ‘bathroom police’ efforts
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Cannes hotel guests in a panic over false terror alert
 Earlier Items: 
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Capitol Hill Newspapers, Once a Protected Class, Redefine Themselves
Awr Hawkins / Breitbart:
During a May 13 appearance on NBC's Today, Katie Couric previewed her upcoming gun control documentary …
Discussion: The Federalist Papers and Hot Air
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Kentucky woman says man beat her for looking too masculine — as people stood by and watched
David Caplan / ABC News:
Clinton Campaign Releases Video Slamming Trump's Refusal to Release Tax Returns
Discussion: Daily Mail
Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Senior Trump Adviser Says Idea That Words Matter Is ‘Ridiculous’
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Media lay the groundwork for Hillary, the victim
Discussion: RedState
Sky News:
An elderly Buddhist monk has been hacked to death in a temple in Bangladesh, the latest in a spate …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Daily Mail:
The woman killed by doctors because she was obsessed with cleaning: Just one of growing numbers …
Discussion: Althouse
 

 
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