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4:15 PM ET, May 20, 2016

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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Sanders, Defiant on the Stump, Quietly Reassures Democrats on Unity  —  Some Democrats worry the underdog's aggressive campaign risks party unity and plays into Donald Trump's hands.  —  As tensions were escalating between Bernie Sanders and Democratic Party leaders over the chaos caused …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton fury with Sanders grows  —  is growing in ClintonWorld.  —  In public, Clinton aides and allies have kept their anger checked, decrying the rowdy outbursts at Nevada's state convention last weekend but saying they believe Sanders will ultimately do the right thing by helping to unite the Democratic Party.
Shiksappeal / shiksappeal speaks:
“Berned” by Bernie Sanders  —  Last fall, a fellow disability activist and close friend of mine introduced me to Bernie Sanders.  From the moment I first heard his platform, I was hooked.  After living abroad several years in a country with socialized medicine and heavily subsidized education …
Discussion: Shakesville
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Why pro-Israel Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton could have a fight about Israel
Discussion: Jewish Insider and The Week
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
SENATOR BOXER Claims Bernie Supporters Made Her Fear for Her Life: “It Was Scary” (VIDEO)
Discussion: CNN and The Federalist Papers
Jonathan Tasini / CNN:   Mr. President, we need a new DNC chair
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
DNC to offer Sanders a convention concession
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump once revealed his income tax returns.  They showed he didn't pay a cent. … The last time information from Donald Trump's income-tax returns was made public, the bottom line was striking: He had paid the federal government $0 in income taxes.  —  The disclosure, in a 1981 report …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump tells NRA Clinton will abolish 2nd Amendment  —  Louisville, Kentucky (CNN)Donald Trump on Friday told the National Rifle Association that Hillary Clinton would take away the right to bear arms, moments after the gun group endorsed the presumptive GOP nominee at its annual meeting here.
Discussion: Political Wire
John Santucci / ABC News:
NRA to Endorse Donald Trump for President
Discussion: Politico and The Last Refuge
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Old Donald Trump Tax Returns Show He Paid Zero Taxes for At Least Two Years
Discussion: Washington Post
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Maybe Hillary wants to ‘keep her eye’ on Bill
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Stop the Polling Insanity  —  OVER the past few weeks, cable news networks and other media sites have trumpeted wild fluctuations and surprising results in polling on the presumed general-election matchup between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton.  —  The Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll showed …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Obama's War on Inequality
CNN:
Source: Suspect shot near White House  —  Shooting near White House, U.S. Park Service says  — “Shooting on W. Executive Dr. PIO en route to 17th and Pennsylvania,” the U.S. Park Police tweeted  —  Washington (CNN)Secret Service officers shot a male suspect near a security checkpoint near …
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Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Person shot and wounded outside White House
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Repeatedly Told Trump U There Was No Bubble Months Before Housing Collapse  —  “They are not just talking heads or book smart academics, they have decades of hands on experience and all three of them take the bubble talk with a pinch of salt.”  —  Spencer Platt / Getty Images
Discussion: Political Wire
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump said he raised $6 million for vets.  Now, his campaign says it was less.  —  One night in January, Donald Trump skipped a GOP debate, and instead held his own televised fundraiser for veterans.  At the end of the night, Trump proclaimed it a huge success: “We just cracked $6 million, right?
Discussion: Politicus USA
Matt Krantz / USA Today:
A third of cash is owned by 5 U.S. companies  —  The rising cash holdings of U.S. corporations is increasingly in the hands of a few U.S. companies, with just five tech firms having grabbed a third of it.  And nearly three-quarters of cash held by non-financial U.S. companies is stashed overseas outside the long arm of Uncle Sam.
Heide Brandes / Reuters:
Oklahoma introduces measure to impeach Obama over bathroom rights  —  Oklahoma's Republican-dominated legislature has filed a measure calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment over his administration's recommendations on accommodating transgender students, saying he overstepped his constitutional authority.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: Hillary Campaign Accused of Mass Cheating in Kentucky Primary- 4,000 Votes Scratched to Give Hillary Win  —  According to several reports the Hillary Clinton Campaign cheated in order to give her the win in Kentucky.  —  In Pike County Kentucky, card readers reportedly malfunctioned and votes were fully erased.
Discussion: RADAR, The Horn News and Joe Hoft
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
College boots ex-Delta Force hero after complaint from LGBT activists  —  Jerry Boykin is the kind of man you'd want teaching your sons - a good and decent man, an honorable man - a Christian man.  —  For the past nine years the retired lieutenant general has taught leadership and ethics …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
A Federal Judge Just Ordered A Dox Attack Against 100,000 Innocent People  —  A federal judge with a history of anti-immigrant sentiment ordered the federal government to turn over the names, addresses and “all available contact information” of over 100,000 immigrants living within the United States.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Kim Davis: Gays Were Trying To Shove The Supreme Court Ruling ‘Down My Throat And Make Me Eat It For My Dinner’  —  On the latest episode of “Truths That Transform” from D. James Kennedy Ministries, the organization's president, Frank Wright, interviewed Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis …
Suzanne DeWitt Hall / The Huffington Post:
Jesus: The First Transgender Man  —  Freelance scribbler, cookbookophile, imagiplationist, and one of Rumplepimple's moms.  —  The current flap in conservative Christian circles about bathroom access is a bit baffling.  They shout about God not making mistakes, as if God only works in binaries …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
‘I Quit,’ Handcuffed Man Says in Video of Fatal Encounter With Georgia Police  —  WASHINGTON — As Chase Sherman was returning home with his parents and fiancée from his brother's wedding in November, he began to hallucinate.  Apparently reacting to synthetic marijuana he had taken days earlier …
Discussion: AOL and Associated Press
Terry Spencer / Associated Press:
Nile crocodiles slither into South Florida  —  Move aside Burmese python, Florida's ecosystem has a new boss at the top of the food chain, it's the Nile Crocodile.  Researchers from the University of Florida have confirmed three of the crocodiles captured in the Everglades are actually …
Christopher Mele / New York Times:
‘America Was Never Great’ Hat Leads to Death Threats  —  A Staten Island woman who supports Senator Bernie Sanders said she received death threats after photos of her wearing a cap with the message “America Was Never Great” were posted widely on social media.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP elite line up behind Donald Trump  —  The Never Trump moment is over.  —  While a small group of Republicans has wrung its hands raw over the choice between the GOP's nominee and Hillary Clinton, the party's firmament - social and intellectual conservatives, the lobbyist and donor class …
Keli Goff / The Daily Beast:
Why Hillary's Going to Have a Hard Time Playing the Woman Card Against Trump  —  Expectations of Trump are so low that he almost can't be hurt by Hillary Clinton ‘playing the womam card.’  —  This week, thanks to a widely touted New York Times piece, we learned more about Donald Trump's history with women.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Here's The Audio Of Trump Discussing Blacks Vs. Whites “Apprentice”  —  NBC, Trump said, wasn't happy with the idea.  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  In early 2005, Donald Trump explained to radio host Howard Stern that he had considered hosting a version of his show The Apprentice pitting black contestants vs. white ones.
Donna Abu-Nasr / Bloomberg:
Suspicious Eyes and Shut Mosques Show Anger at Brussels Muslims  —  “Integration for me is the Kalashnikov of modern times”  —  For Hassan Rahali and Hassan Beqqada, it's the looks they get on the street or subway.  —  Both men are councilors in Muslim neighborhoods of Brussels …
 
 
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New York Times:
Forty Percent of the Buildings in Manhattan Could Not Be Built Today
Chicago Tribune:
Donald Trump's Illinois delegates a mix of the angry, eager, eccentric
Discussion: Mother Jones
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Why Sex-Selective Abortion Bans Are Terrible for Women—and Unconstitutional
Discussion: The Daily Caller and LawNewz
Binaj Gurubacharya / Associated Press:
Sherpa From West Hartford Climbs Everest Record 7th Time
Discussion: The Atlantic and CBS New York
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Latinos favor Clinton over Trump by 39-point margin, Fox News Latino poll finds
Wlady Pleszczynski / The American Spectator:
Donald Trump, Constitutional Conservative
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Bill Clinton: I ‘felt bad’ for Kevin McCarthy
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Reuters:
UK on Trump invite to 10 Downing Street: Not just yet
Discussion: Mediaite
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: 'Who the hell cares if there's a trade war?'
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and Daily Wire
Jenni Marsh / CNN:
Is this the world's most Instagrammed coffee?
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Kelen M / Infowars:
Angry Mob Surrounds Trump Supporter
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
When Will the Internet Be Safe for Women?
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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