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5:30 PM ET, May 17, 2016

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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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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Defiant Sanders says campaign was denied fairness in Nevada  —  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders  —  on Tuesday accused the Nevada Democratic Party of abusing its power to unfairly hurt his campaign, and denied accusations of promoting violence among his supporters.
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.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
More Sanders staffers exit campaign
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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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.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Speaker Ryan: Voters are right to trust Trump more than me  —  (R-Wis.) on Tuesday said he agrees with a new poll showing that GOP voters trust Donald Trump  —  rather than himself to lead the Republican Party.  —  “I hope it's Donald Trump.  He's getting the nomination,” Ryan …
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.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Noam Chomsky: Today's GOP is ‘the most dangerous’ threat to the species ‘in human history’
Discussion: Democracy Now
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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Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
Melania Trump: My husband is ‘not Hitler’  —  In an extensive interview, Melania Trump defended her husband's repeated calls for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States while pushing back against critics who compare him to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Melania Trump: ‘Unbelievable’ Chris Matthews commented on me
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:   Obituary: Virginia Woman Died Rather Than Have To Vote For Clinton Or Trump
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
Discussion: Political Wire and Politicus USA
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.
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.
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Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
BREAKING: Federal Judge Strikes Down DC Concealed Carry Law, ‘Good Reason’ Provision Likely Unconstitutional
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 …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Grant Stinchfield / The Federalist:
The Never Trump Movement Is Anti-American And Hypocritical  —  Far too many of my ultra-conservative colleagues are acting exactly like the party elitists they purport to despise.  They didn't get their way, so they throw a temper tantrum.  Let the whining and crying begin.  I don't have time for it.
Discussion: RedState
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.
Iranwire:
Kim Kardashian, the Infiltrator  —  The camera does not give us a close-up of the young woman's face.  Instead, it shows Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, the prosecutor of Tehran, interrogating a young model.  She is Elham Arab, a famous Iranian whose appearance on a TV show called Honeymoon sparked outrage …
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 …
Daily Mail:
Newlywed husband divorces his wife hours after the ceremony because she was too busy texting her friends to have sex on their wedding night  —  A husband divorced his wife hours after their wedding because she was too busy texting her friends to consummate the marriage.
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Fundamentally Speaking, Hillary Clinton Won't Blow It  —  The election won't be decided by gaffes and personality.  —  In 2012, liberals worried that Barack Obama would fumble the election to Mitt Romney.  “With 100 days left in the presidential campaign, perhaps the two most vexing questions …
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Beltway Conservatives Need To Get Out Of Their Bubble On Trump  —  There's a scene in “Moonstruck” where Cher's Loretta Castorini is frustrated at Nicolas Cage's Ronny Cammareri.  The two have fallen for each other, and that's not a good thing since Loretta is engaged to Ronny's brother.
Michael P. Buffer / Citizen's Voice:
Teacher issues apology for emails about special-needs student  —  A Wyoming Area School District teacher issued a written apology Monday for comments about accommodations to help a special-needs student.  —  In emails from October 2014, Tenth Street Elementary School teacher Amy Kosco compared making …
Discussion: abc7chicago.com and Raw Story
Tennessean.com:
Exacting but inspired  —  Mr. Clark was quick to emphasize the measured, constructed nature of his process, releasing albums called “Workbench Songs,” “Keepers” (a 1997 Grammy nominee) and “Boats to Build,” and receiving interviewers in a basement room where he built guitars and wrote songs on graph paper, in longhand.
Michael Patrick Leahy / Breitbart:
22 Percent of Resettled Refugees in Minnesota Test Positive for Tuberculosis  —  One of every five refugees resettled in Minnesota by the federal government tested positive for latent tuberculosis in 2014, according to the state's Department of Health.  —  Only 4 percent of the general population …
Shannon Keating / BuzzFeed:
Gender-Segregated Public Bathrooms Have A Long, Ugly History  —  While anti-transgender bathroom bills have only recently gained momentum, gender-segregated public restrooms have been sites of gender inequity for over a century.  Cultural anxieties about bodily secretions, disease, sex …
Discussion: BizPac Review
 
 
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Discussion: Hartford Courant
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Impeachment hearings are latest victory in conservative war on IRS
Discussion: RedState and Mother Jones
Daily Mail:
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Dan P. McAdams / The Atlantic:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Eschaton