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Bernie Sanders:
Sanders Statement on Nevada — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday issued the following statement: — “It is imperative that the Democratic leadership, both nationally and in the states, understand that the political world is changing and that millions of Americans …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
More Sanders staffers exit campaign — A handful of high-level staffers have left Bernie Sanders' campaign in recent days, including his director of technology and three of the four members of his original senior leadership team in California — a state his team has said is critical to his bid for the Democratic nomination.
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Washington Free Beacon
Steven Yaccino / Bloomberg:
A Small Group of Superdelegates Could Close the Deal for Hillary—But Won't — In the interest of unity and fairness, a small group of crucial voters are staying on the sideline until more votes are cast. — stevenyaccino — Jason Rae learned about the pressures of being a superdelegate in 2008.
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Politico, Infowars, Mediaite and National Review
Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
NV Democrats file complaint against Sanders campaign to DNC — The state Democratic Party has filed a stinging complaint with national Democrats over the “explosive situation” and “paranoid fantasy of fraud and delegate theft” created by Bernie Sanders supporters at Saturday's state convention …
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
With two more primaries at stake, tensions erupt between Bernie Sanders and Democratic leaders
With two more primaries at stake, tensions erupt between Bernie Sanders and Democratic leaders
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Mediaite, naked capitalism and Common Dreams
Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
Sample of voicemails left for state Democratic Chairwoman Roberta Lange
Sample of voicemails left for state Democratic Chairwoman Roberta Lange
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Defiant Sanders says campaign was denied fairness in Nevada
Defiant Sanders says campaign was denied fairness in Nevada
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Political Wire
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Grandiosity As Addictive As Smack
Manu Raju / CNN:
Dems' new fear: Sanders revolt could upend Democratic convention
Dems' new fear: Sanders revolt could upend Democratic convention
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Vox, The American Spectator, RedState and WHNT-TV
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Harry Reid: Nevada unrest is ‘test of leadership’ for Bernie Sanders
Harry Reid: Nevada unrest is ‘test of leadership’ for Bernie Sanders
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Bloomberg, NV Dems, Mediaite, Business Insider, Shakesville, Guardian, The Nation and LawNewz
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid urges Sanders to condemn violence in Nevada
Reid urges Sanders to condemn violence in Nevada
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The Daily Caller
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Nevada Dem chairwoman gets obscene death threats after convention chaos
Nevada Dem chairwoman gets obscene death threats after convention chaos
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Talking Points Memo
Mickey Rapkin / DuJour:
Lady and the Trump — Donald and Melania Trump live in a 30,000-square-foot triplex at the top of his namesake tower on Fifth Avenue, and as the race toward the presidency gets shorter and more frenzied, the ratings-hungry cable news networks have started coming to them.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Melania Trump: ‘Unbelievable’ Chris Matthews commented on me — Melania Trump says she is shocked by Chris Matthews's recent remarks about her physical appearance. — “Unbelievable,” she said in an interview with Du Jour published on Tuesday. “That's what I'm saying — I'm not only a beauty, I'm smart.
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Little Green Footballs and Hullabaloo
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush Has Some Thoughts On Trump's Cinco De Mayo Tweet — He also thinks the Republican Party may no longer be relevant. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush hasn't been coy about the scars he bears from the Republican primary. He won't be voting for his bete noire, Donald Trump …
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Speaker Ryan: Voters are right to trust Trump more than me
Speaker Ryan: Voters are right to trust Trump more than me
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Grant Stinchfield / The Federalist:
The Never Trump Movement Is Anti-American And Hypocritical
The Never Trump Movement Is Anti-American And Hypocritical
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RedState
NBC News:
Hillary Clinton Holds Slim National Lead Over Donald Trump: Poll — Race between Clinton, Trump narrows 5:50 — Over the past couple of weeks, Donald Trump has become the presumptive Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton has continued to inch closer to the magic number of delegates she needs to lock up the Democratic contest.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
McCain In Deep Trouble in GOP Primary; Trump, Clinton Close in AZ
McCain In Deep Trouble in GOP Primary; Trump, Clinton Close in AZ
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Politicus USA
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Poll: Trump narrows Clinton's lead nationally to 3 points
Poll: Trump narrows Clinton's lead nationally to 3 points
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Morning Consult, Common Dreams, Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, Shakesville, Political Wire and The Week
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
NOLAND, MARY ANNE — NOLAND, Mary Anne Alfriend. Faced with the prospect of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose, instead, to pass into the eternal love of God on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at the age of 68. Born in Danville, Va. …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump willing to meet North Korea's Kim, wants to renegotiate Paris climate accord — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program, Trump told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.
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New York Times, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Politico, Washington Times and Mediaite
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump's plan to rehabilitate his image: Explain past controversies — NEW YORK — In the face of a brutal new Democratic advertising assault, Donald Trump said he plans to rehabilitate his battered image in the coming weeks by publicly addressing head-on some of the most controversial episodes of his campaign.
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Vox, Politico, New York Magazine, Raw Story, Washington Times, ThinkProgress and FiveThirtyEight
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Donald Trump Is Not Expanding the GOP — Donald Trump likes to say he has created a political movement that has drawn “millions and millions” of new voters into the Republican Party. “It's the biggest thing happening in politics,” Trump has said. “All over the world, they're talking about it,” he's bragged.
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Bernie Sanders Is Poised to Make a Very Weird Kind of History Tonight — Bernie Sanders can make history in Tuesday night's Kentucky Democratic primary. No, he can't clinch the Democratic presidential nomination, nor is he likely to score a big win that convinces superdelegates to switch their allegiances en masse.
Washington Post:
U.S. judge strikes down D.C. concealed-carry gun law as likely unconstitutional — For the second time in as many years, a federal judge in Washington ordered the city to halt enforcement of its new, concealed-carry law that requires applicants to state “good reason” to carry a weapon in order to obtain a permit from police.
David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Pennsylvania Could Decide The 2016 Election — When most people think of battleground America, they think of Florida and Ohio, two of only three states (along with Nevada) that have voted for the winner of every presidential election since 1996. They tend not to think of Pennsylvania as a classic …
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New York Magazine
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Alex Jones: ‘Michelle Obama Is A Man’ Who Murdered Joan Rivers To Cover It Up — InfoWars broadcaster and Donald Trump ally Alex Jones is back to claiming that First Lady Michelle Obama is secretly a transgender woman, but this time he's adding a new twist to his conspiracy theory …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Raw Story
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Audio of Donald Trump Saying Model ‘Looks Like a Third-Rate Hooker’ Resurfaces — Back in 2004, a model named Victoria Zdrok gave an interview to a guy named Chaunce Hayden. In it, she detailed the way that Donald Trump had called up her bosses at Playboy and requested to meet her under …
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The Daily Beast and RedState
Sir Elton John / The Hill:
North Carolina governor's ignorance of trans identity — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has doubled down on his support for H.B. 2, the discriminatory bill requiring public school students to use restrooms for the gender they were assigned at birth. Recently, he filed a lawsuit …
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Human Rights Campaign, Heat Street, Advocate and Towleroad
Matt Coughlin / Morning Call:
Substitute teacher at Easton High arrested for sex with teen in cemetery, police say — Of The Morning Call … EASTON — A married 49-year-old substitute teacher was interrupted by Easton police while she was having sex with a 17-year-old boy in the Easton Cemetery earlier this month, police said.
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NBC News:
Eric Fanning, First Openly Gay Army Secretary, Confirmed by U.S. Senate — The Senate has confirmed the long-stalled nomination of Eric Fanning to be Army secretary, making him the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military service. — The voice vote approval on Tuesday came after Kansas …
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WCMH-TV, The Week and Joe.My.God.
Scott Adams Blog:
Scott Adams' Blog — Here's a good summary on Business Insider of the top 14 likely VP picks for Trump. See if you can predict who Trump will choose. — Few things are harder to predict than a VP choice because the situation stays fluid until the actual selection.
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Althouse
Ari Rabin-Havt / Right Wing Watch:
Trey Gowdy Concedes: The Military Could Not Have Gotten To Benghazi In Time To Save Lives — A central element of conservative conspiracy theories spread in the aftermath of the September 11, 2012 attack on our diplomatic facility and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, has been the myth …
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Hullabaloo