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NBC News:
First Read: The Democratic Race Isn't as Close as You Think It Is — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — The Democratic race isn't as close as you think it is
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Business Insider, New York Times, Daily Kos and Washington Post
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders Camp Flirts with Going Full “Burn It Down” — The New York Times posted an article late Wednesday evening which confirms and expands on much of what I've been hearing from within the Sanders campaign in recent weeks and days. The top leaders of the campaign are now saying openly …
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RedState, Daily Kos, CANNONFIRE, New Republic, Washington Monthly, Balloon Juice and The Week
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders, Eyeing Convention, Willing to Harm Hillary Clinton in the Homestretch — Defiant and determined to transform the Democratic Party, Senator Bernie Sanders is opening a two-month phase of his presidential campaign aimed at inflicting a heavy blow on Hillary Clinton in California …
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Washington Post, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Roll Call, American Prospect, The Nation, Hot Air, Infowars, JustOneMinute, Daily Kos, @politifact, Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite, CNBC, Shakesville, BillMoyers.com, The Week, Los Angeles Times, Seven Days, New York Magazine and The BRAD BLOG
New York Times:
Republicans Want Their Party to Unify Behind Donald Trump, Poll Shows
Republicans Want Their Party to Unify Behind Donald Trump, Poll Shows
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Daily Kos
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Clinton: 'There is no way I won't be' nominee
Clinton: 'There is no way I won't be' nominee
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The Last Refuge
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just accused Bill Clinton of ‘rape.’ Expect a lot more of this — from the whole GOP.
Trump just accused Bill Clinton of ‘rape.’ Expect a lot more of this — from the whole GOP.
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Fox News, USA Today and New York Times
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sanders, after coming up short in Kentucky, thanks the state for ‘great victory’
Sanders, after coming up short in Kentucky, thanks the state for ‘great victory’
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The Daily Caller
Rasmussen Reports:
White House Watch: Trump 42%, Clinton 37% — Donald Trump has now grown his lead over Hillary Clinton in Rasmussen Reports' first weekly White House Watch survey. — Trump earns 42% support to Clinton's 37% when Likely U.S. Voters are asked whom they would vote for if the presidential election were held today.
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Right, Common Dreams, The Federalist Papers, CBS New York, The Last Refuge, Daily Wire, HYPELINE, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, LifeNews.com, Newsmax, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Scott Adams Blog, Booman Tribune, Patterico's Pontifications, Politico and Hot Air
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump not qualified to be president — (CNN)Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton criticized presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday, saying his recent behavior shows he's not qualified to president.
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The Atlantic, Washington Post, Mediaite, Daily Wire, Common Dreams, Business Insider, The Week, Joe.My.God., Scared Monkeys and CBS Philly
Daily Mail:
Hillary Clinton says she does not feel she needs to defend Bill's honor
Hillary Clinton says she does not feel she needs to defend Bill's honor
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Mediaite
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Clinton Campaign Slams Donald Trump's Rape Accusation Against Bill Clinton
Clinton Campaign Slams Donald Trump's Rape Accusation Against Bill Clinton
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Politico and No More Mister Nice Blog
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Subtract One Clinton — Bill Clinton should go home.
Subtract One Clinton — Bill Clinton should go home.
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Althouse
The Hill:
Chaos in House after GOP votes down LGBT measure … The House floor devolved into chaos and shouting on Thursday as a measure to ensure protections for members of the LGBT community narrowly failed to pass after Republican leaders urged their members to change their votes.
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Rewire, Guardian, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, The New Civil Rights Movement, LawNewz and Human Rights Campaign
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House votes to restrict Confederate flag in national cemeteries — The House approved a Democratic proposal on Thursday to limit the display of the Confederate flag in national cemeteries. — A majority of Republicans rejected Rep. Jared Huffman's (D-Calif.) amendment to a spending bill …
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NBC News, The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, Politico, Post and Courier, UPI, Breitbart and Talking Points Memo
John Bresnahan / Politico:
House erupts in chaos after LGBT vote — The House erupted in chaos Thursday morning with Democrats crying foul after Republicans hastily convinced a few of their own to switch their votes and narrowly block an amendment intended to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from discrimination.
Drew Johnson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: David Koch Pledges Millions To Gary Johnson's Presidential Bid — Billionaire businessman and philanthropist David Koch has pledged “tens of millions of dollars” to help bankroll the campaign of Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, according to a source within Johnson's campaign.
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CBS News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, AOL, Washington Post, TPNN, Hit & Run, The American Conservative, Hot Air, Washington Times, HYPELINE and Guardian
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Libertarian Gary Johnson picks former Mass. governor for VP
Libertarian Gary Johnson picks former Mass. governor for VP
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Associated Press, Independent Journal …, Liberty Unyielding and Hit & Run
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Trump campaign staffers get into public screaming match — MORE FROM: — There's big drama between the top advisers at the Trump campaign. — Donald Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks and campaign manager Corey Lewandowski were seen having a public screaming match on the street in Manhattan on Wednesday night.
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Mediaite
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump Campaign Announces Expanded Role For Paul Manafort
Trump Campaign Announces Expanded Role For Paul Manafort
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Associated Press, The Last Refuge and The Daily Caller
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Manafort to GOP aides: Trump's ‘behavior can be changed’
Manafort to GOP aides: Trump's ‘behavior can be changed’
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Hullabaloo
Glenn Updated / Glenn Beck:
The Most Disturbing Thing About My Meeting With Mark Zuckerberg — Yesterday, I had an opportunity to meet with some of the senior staff at Facebook, including the CEO and COO. I found the meeting deeply disturbing — but not for the reasons you might think.
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Politico, The Hill, AOL, Arthur Brooks, Talking Points Memo, The Resurgent, New York Times and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren't offended by Redskins name — Nine in 10 Native Americans say they are not offended by the Washington Redskins name, according to a new Washington Post poll that shows how few ordinary Indians have been persuaded by a national movement to change the football team's moniker.
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Wanted A White-Versus-Black Season Of “The Apprentice” — A decade before he launched his presidential bid, Donald Trump was a reality TV sensation in search of a new gimmick for the upcoming season of The Apprentice. In the summer of 2005, he thought he had found it …
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Okla. Senate approves bill barring doctors from performing abortions — Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill making it a felony for doctors to perform abortions, which opponents say is essentially a ban on the procedure. — The Republican bill, which has been called …
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Hot Air, The Federalist Papers, The Week and LawNewz
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Charlotte Observer: Young Girls Must Overcome the “Discomfort” of Seeing Naked Male Genitalia in Locker Room — It's an Obama world... The Charlotte Observer is telling young girls they must overcome the shock of seeing male genitalia in their bathrooms and locker rooms. — The American Thinker reported:
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American Thinker, Washington Times, Clash Daily and The Resurgent
U.S. Department of Justice:
Waldorf Man Indicted for Illegal Transport of Explosives, Illegal Possession of a Machine Gun and Child Pornography Offenses — Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Caleb Andrew Bailey, age 30, of Waldorf, Maryland late yesterday on various charges.
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Vox, Raw Story, LawNewz, RedState and Talking Points Memo
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Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Trump Delegate Indicted on Federal Weapons and Child Porn Charges
Trump Delegate Indicted on Federal Weapons and Child Porn Charges
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Joe.My.God. and LawNewz
Nick Gass / Politico:
Sen. Tom Cotton: U.S. has ‘under-incarceration problem’ — Sen. Tom Cotton on Thursday slammed his colleagues' efforts to pass sweeping criminal justice reforms, saying the United States is actually suffering from an “under-incarceration problem.” — Cotton, who has been an outspoken critic …
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Washington Monthly
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator: US Suffers From ‘Under-Incarceration Problem’
CBS News:
60 Minutes' Morley Safer dies at 84 — Longtime CBS newsman Morley Safer of “60 Minutes” and Vietnam War reporting fame dies at 84 — Morley Safer, the CBS newsman who changed war reporting forever when he showed GIs burning the huts of Vietnamese villagers and went on to become …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Exclusive: James O'Keefe Outs Himself in George Soros Investigation — Project Veritas founder and pioneering investigative reporter James O'Keefe has revealed exclusively to Breitbart News that he has been forced to abandon an ambitious undercover investigation into billionaire left-wing …
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alan.com
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
R.I.P., GOP: How Trump Is Killing the Republican Party — Donald Trump crushed 16 GOP opponents in one of the most appalling, vicious campaigns in history. His next victim? The entire Republican Party — Indianapolis, Indiana, May 3rd, 2016, a little before 8:30 p.m. Texas …
CNBC:
China says it's ready if US ‘stirs up any conflict’ in South China Sea — BEIJING — China's attempts to claim a nearly 1.4-million-square-mile swathe of open ocean are without precedent and probably without legal merit, but Beijing continues to assert its right to the economically critical zone …
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NBC News, The Diplomat, Washington Post and The Week
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Judge orders ethics classes for ‘deceptive’ DOJ attorneys — A federal judge has ordered annual ethics classes for Justice Department attorneys as a punishment for being “intentionally deceptive” during litigation over President Obama's executive immigration orders.
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RedState
Jonathan H. Adler / Washington Post:
Bloggers behaving badly: Krugman and DeLong edition — False accusations can travel throughout the blogosphere before the truth has even logged in. When newspapers make mistakes or false accusations, they publish corrections. That's not always the case with bloggers, however.
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JustOneMinute