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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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Poll: Trump narrows Clinton's lead nationally to 3 points — Donald Trump continues to cut into Hillary Clinton's lead nationally, according to a national NBC News| SurveyMonkey poll released Tuesday. — Trump has reduced the 5-point advantage Clinton held last week to just 3 percentage points.
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Political Wire, Morning Consult, Hot Air and The Week
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
The Entente Between Trump and the Republican Elite — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Spokane, Washington, Saturday, May 7, 2016. — An earlier version of this article appeared at The Huffington Post. — We are starting to see the sorry spectacle …
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Daily Kos, The Nation and RedState
Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
The sour grapes revolution that rocked the Paris Hotel — On the eve of the Nevada Democratic Convention in Las Vegas, Friday the 13th as the calendar would have it, Bernie Sanders issued a news release asking for good fortune on that traditionally unlucky day.
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Balloon Juice and naked capitalism
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
From Bernie Sanders Supporters, Death Threats Over Delegates
From Bernie Sanders Supporters, Death Threats Over Delegates
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The Week and Blue Nation Review
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Ralph Nader: Dem superdelegates are 'Hillary's cronies'
Ralph Nader: Dem superdelegates are 'Hillary's cronies'
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Politico
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
It's Time for Bernie Sanders to Pack Up and Go Home
It's Time for Bernie Sanders to Pack Up and Go Home
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Washington Post, Common Dreams, Washington Monthly and Balloon Juice
Associated Press:
Hundreds stranded, passengers sleeping in COTS: TSA security lines of up to THREE HOURS cause chaos at Chicago O'Hare as national staff shortage at airports makes thousands miss flights — Dozens of passengers had to spend the night at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Sunday night due to long security lines
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Israel Matzav
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Todd Feurer / CBS Chicago:
Nightmarish Lines Continue At Airport Security Checkpoints
Nightmarish Lines Continue At Airport Security Checkpoints
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hot Air and CBS San Francisco
Brett Rosner Updated / WSB-TV:
Long TSA lines snake through Atlanta airport
Laura Podesta / abc7chicago.com:
Passengers stranded at O'Hare Airport due to long TSA lines
Passengers stranded at O'Hare Airport due to long TSA lines
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Chicago Tribune, WISH-TV and The American Mirror
The Hill:
Hillary's unlikely ally: The media — has an unlikely ally in her bid to defeat Donald Trump — this fall: the media. — The Democratic presidential front-runner has had a long, contentious relationship with the press, most notably in her 2008 run for the White House. But 2016 figures to be much different.
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Hot Air
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Emma Roller / New York Times:
Can Hillary Clinton, Goldwater Girl, Win Over Republicans? — “How did a nice Republican girl from Park Ridge go wrong?” — That was the question Hillary Clinton posed in March 1992, when she visited her old high school in suburban Park Ridge, Ill., with her husband, who was then running for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Politico
CNNMoney:
How Donald Trump turned the tables on The New York Times
How Donald Trump turned the tables on The New York Times
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Bloomberg, Page Six, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News, Mediaite, Rewire, Fox News, Media Matters for America, Los Angeles Times, CBS New York, KXAN-TV, Slantpoint, NBC News, The Nation and Vox
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How the Clinton team will go after Donald Trump
How the Clinton team will go after Donald Trump
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Blue Nation Review, The Daily Beast, Liberal Values, Mediaite and New York Times
Jillian Kay Melchior / Heat Street:
BREAKING: Burlington College Closes Due To “Crushing Weight of Debt” Acquired By Jane Sanders — Burlington College announced today that it will close on May 27 after it found itself unable to recover from “the crushing weight of the debt” incurred under Jane O'Meara Sanders, the college's former president and wife of Bernie Sanders.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Federalist, Betsy's Page, CANNONFIRE and The Gateway Pundit
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Zach Despart / Burlington Free Press:
Burlington College to shut down programs
Burlington College to shut down programs
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The TickerThe Ticker, Business Insider, Washington Free Beacon and The Week
Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
Vermont college that Bernie Sanders's wife once led is closing
Vermont college that Bernie Sanders's wife once led is closing
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Hot Air
Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
Close Your Porn Tabs Before Posting Screenshots to Your Congressional Campaign Page — Mike Webb is running for U.S. Congress in Virginia's 8th district, and he would really appreciate your vote. He would also appreciate, judging from a screenshot uploaded to his Facebook page earlier today …
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Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
Congressional Candidate Accidentally Shares Porn Tastes On Facebook
Congressional Candidate Accidentally Shares Porn Tastes On Facebook
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Talking Points Memo, Arlington, Va. and Political Wire
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump on tone: I'm ‘fighting for survival’ — , in an excerpt from an interview with Fox News host Megyn Kelly, referred to himself as a “messenger” in characterizing his campaign rhetoric. — When Kelly commented, in a preview of the interview set to air Tuesday, on Trump being …
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Taylor Marsh and The Week
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Rift Between Labor and Environmentalists Threatens Democratic Turnout Plan — WASHINGTON — A rift between environmentalists and labor, two pillars of the Democratic coalition, broke open acrimoniously on Monday, when a group of big unions threatened to boycott an ambitious …
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Political Wire
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Five people who are never going to be Donald Trump's vice president — We don't know all that much about who Donald Trump is going to pick — or even consider — as his vice presidential running mate. In fact, the most insight we have on Trump's VP thinking is who he's not going to pick.
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Fox News Insider, Guardian, Slantpoint, CNN, New York Magazine, FiveThirtyEight, RedState, Daily Mail, Business Insider, Daily Kos and The Week
Tegna / KVUE-TV:
Whole Foods accuser drops lawsuit over cake … AUSTIN - The man who said an employee at Whole Foods, Inc. wrote a homophobic slur on a cake has withdrawn his lawsuit and now says the company “did nothing wrong.” — Jordan Brown made the initial allegations more than three weeks ago.
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Claire Ricke / KXAN-TV:
Man apologizes, withdraws Whole Foods gay slur cake lawsuit
Man apologizes, withdraws Whole Foods gay slur cake lawsuit
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Breitbart, AOL, WREG-TV, WGN-TV, WCBD News 2, WJBF-TV, KFOR-TV and Clash Daily
Liberte Chan / Life of Liberté:
Personal Thoughts on the LBD/Sweater Moment that Went Viral — After receiving a number of requests for interviews regarding my LBD/Sweater moment on the KTLA Morning News this weekend, I thought I would share a few personal thoughts. — For those who missed what happened Saturday …
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New York Times, AOL, The Daily Caller, KTLA and CBS Detroit
NPS.gov:
National Park Service Calls on Visitors to Respect Wildlife and Safety Regulations — Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 — In recent weeks, visitors in the park have been engaging in inappropriate, dangerous, and illegal behavior with wildlife. These actions endanger people …
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WCTX-TV, Boing Boing, East Idaho News, 12NewsNow.Com, AOL, Raw Story and NPR
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Some conservatives are still plotting to stop Trump at the GOP convention — The top ranks of the Republican Party may be coalescing around Donald Trump, but grass-roots conservative activists are still trying to find a way to stop him at the party's convention in July.
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Politico and Political Wire
Jon Nicosia / Mediaite:
Mediaite Exclusive: CNN Cancelled Wilmore Appearance in Retaliation for WHC Dinner Jokes — Anyone who watched Larry Wilmore's White Correspondents Dinner speech last month can understand why CNN might not have been thrilled with it. There were jokes questioning why Wolf Blitzer is still on the air …
Sinead O'Connor / TMZ.com:
Missing, Possibly ‘Suicidal’ — Sinead O'Connor has gone missing, and police have reason to believe she's at risk of suicide. — The singer went out on a bicycle ride Sunday around 1 PM in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, and has not been seen since. Someone called cops to report …
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abc7chicago.com, Mediaite, Associated Press, Independent Journal …, Raw Story, KTLA, AOL, FOX News Radio, WGN-TV, Fox 59 and WREG-TV
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