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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
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: Clinton should drop out if she loses Kentucky — should “drop out” if she can't win Tuesday's Kentucky primary as he laid into his likely general election opponent in a series of tweets. — “Do you think Crooked Hillary will finally close the deal?
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Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Manu Raju / CNN:
Dems' new fear: Sanders revolt could upend Democratic convention — (CNN)Sen. Barbara Boxer, a veteran of Democratic politics, says she never saw anything quite like this before. — Loud cursing, shouting, obscene gestures and vile insults, including crude comments about the female anatomy.
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Vox, The American Spectator, RedState and WHNT-TV
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Grandiosity As Addictive As Smack — With this new blow-up over whatever happened over the weekend in Nevada we see the pretty real and even dire consequences of lying to your supporters. The Sanders campaign, especially campaign manager Jeff Weaver, has been saying for weeks that Sanders …
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
With nearly all votes counted, Kentucky still too close to call — With nearly all votes counted in the Democratic primary in Kentucky on Tuesday, the race between front-runner Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont remained too close to call. — Clinton was slightly ahead …
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Steven Yaccino / Bloomberg:
A Small Group of Superdelegates Could Close the Deal for Hillary—But Won't
A Small Group of Superdelegates Could Close the Deal for Hillary—But Won't
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Politico, ABC News, Infowars, Mediaite and National Review
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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Politico and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Nevada Dem chairwoman gets obscene death threats after convention chaos
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
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump willing to talk to North Korea's Kim, wants to renegotiate climate accord — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program, proposing a major shift in U.S. policy toward the isolated nation.
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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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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Donald Trump Is Not Expanding the GOP
Donald Trump Is Not Expanding the GOP
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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
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Sen. John McCain attacks Ann Kirkpatrick over ‘Obamacare’ vote
Sen. John McCain attacks Ann Kirkpatrick over ‘Obamacare’ vote
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Daily Kos
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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Meeri Kim / Washington Post:
‘Forest bathing’ is latest fitness trend to hit U.S. - ‘Where yoga was 30 years ago’ — Over thousands of years of human history, we have effectively become an indoor species. Particularly for those of us trapped in the cubicle life, often the only times we regularly step foot outside is for our daily work commute or to run errands.
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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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Bernie Sanders Is Poised to Make a Very Weird Kind of History Tonight — Update, 5/17: It finally happened. Hillary Clinton won a county called Clinton County. Her long national nightmare is over. Read below for the original piece. — Bernie Sanders can make history in Tuesday night's Kentucky Democratic primary.
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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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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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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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump boasts about ‘tremendous cash flow’ in new financial report — Donald Trump on Tuesday boasted that he has filed a new personal financial disclosure report, one that shows - according to Trump's campaign - “tremendous cash flow” and income in excess of a half a billion dollars.
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Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Trump Makes a Play for Hispanic Evangelicals — The presumptive Republican will address the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference in a pre-recorded message. — kevcirilli — Donald Trump is looking to break down the political wall between him and a segment of Hispanic voters …
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Washington Post
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
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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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.
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
White House details sweeping measure to raise wages — The White House revealed details Tuesday of its most sweeping action to fight income inequality since President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. And unlike Obamacare, it will require no input from Congress.
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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.