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2:50 PM ET, May 21, 2016

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David Harsanyi / Washington Post:
We must weed out ignorant Americans from the electorate  —  David Harsanyi is a senior editor at the Federalist.  —  Never have so many people with so little knowledge made so many consequential decisions for the rest of us.  —  A person need only survey the inanity of the ongoing presidential race …
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Jeb Bush says Donald Trump's supporters aren't a bunch of idiots  —  Washington (CNN)Jeb Bush on Saturday said Donald Trump is a skilled politician with a “very powerful message” about shaking up Washington, but he argued the presumptive Republican nominee is campaigning in a way that's …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:   Multi-millionaire Foster Friess all-in for Trump
New York Times:   Key G.O.P. Donors Still Deeply Resist Donald Trump's Candidacy
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump's campaign dwarfed by Clinton's  —  At the outset of the general election, Hillary Clinton's campaign looks like a well-oiled juggernaut next to Donald Trump's vastly smaller, self-funded operation, a POLITICO analysis of Federal Election Commission reports filed Friday found.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Is Clinton ready for the Wild West campaign of Donald Trump?
Discussion: Bearing Arms
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Donald Trump Tells N.R.A. Hillary Clinton Wants to Let Violent Criminals Go Free
Discussion: HYPELINE and Althouse
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi defends Sanders: A ‘positive force’ for Dems  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday defended Sen. Bernie Sanders  —  (I-Vt.) from Democratic critics growing restless with his long-shot presidential campaign.  —  National party leaders have become increasingly concerned …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton feels no pressure to debate Sanders
Discussion: Politicus USA
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Sanders should stop attacking Clinton
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
The Dangerous Acceptance of Donald Trump  —  “Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, / As, to be hated, needs but to be seen,” the poet Alexander Pope wrote, in lines that were once, as they said back in the day, imprinted on the mind of every schoolboy.  Pope continued, “Yet seen too oft …
Page Six:
Hypocrite!  Leo takes private jet to collect environmental award  —  Leo DiCaprio picked up an environmental award in NYC this week — but hypocritically expanded his carbon footprint by 8,000 miles when he obtained the honor, by taking a private jet from Cannes, then flying straight …
Sfaroke / WSVN-TV:
Mob of women attack Victoria's Secret employee in Miami Lakes  —  Police are investigating after, they said, an employee at a South Florida Victoria's Secret was attacked by a mob of women inside the store.  —  Recently released surveillance video caught the moment five women ambushed …
Discussion: LawNewz
Telegraph:
Venezuela: how the socialist paradise turned into debt and hyperinflation hell  —  They call them bachaqueros.  Venezuela's army of black market shoppers descend every day at dawn outside Caracas's biggest stores.  —  Named after the bachaco leaf-cutting ant that carries several times its weight …
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Sibylla Brodzinsky / Guardian:
‘We are like a bomb’: food riots show Venezuela crisis has gone beyond politics
Discussion: Sky Dancing and Forbes
Louise Mensch / Heat Street:
Facebook Censors Conservative Lauren Southern for Mentioning Censorship  —  We wish this wasn't true - but it looks like Mark Zuckerberg's message hasn't got through to Facebook's employees.  Conservative activist and Donald Trump supporter Lauren Southern was just kicked off the site …
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Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Tucker Carlson Says Glenn Beck ‘Sucked Up’ To Mark Zuckerberg At Meeting
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
The Full Text Of Trump's First Address To A Major Hispanic Group Is Really Something  —  Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / AFP / Getty Images  —  “It's so great to be with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.  We're gonna do a lot of things if I get elected president.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Don't look now, but Barack Obama is suddenly popular  —  When the ball dropped in Times Square on Jan. 1 of this year, more than half of the country disapproved of the job that President Obama was doing, according to Gallup.  That boded poorly for the Democrats over the course of the year …
Discussion: Politicus USA
Richard Rosenblatt / Associated Press:
2 HORSES DIE IN FIRST 4 RACES ON PREAKNESS DAY UNDERCARD  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — In a tragic start to Preakness day, two horses died at Pimlico Race Course and a jockey broke a collarbone after a spill on a damp, rainy Saturday.  —  Pramedya broke down around the turn in the fourth race …
Discussion: CBS New York
Eric Zorn / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Lessons gleaned from a web of lies in Iowa  —  Marcus Owens, 19, a 2015 graduate of Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, told police he was attacked Saturday night outside an Iowa City lounge.  —  Change of Subject  —  Let's take a look at the recent statement issued …
Mercury News:
San Francisco: Man seriously injured in mob attack  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A man was left with life-threatening injuries after a large group of people attacked him early today in San Francisco's South of Market area, according to police.  —  The attack occurred around 2:40 a.m. at Harrison and Harriet streets, according to police.
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Clinton mocked for misuse of Venn diagram  —  Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton  —  was mocked Friday for tweeting a graphic that didn't appear quite right.  —  The former secretary of State's campaign tried to illustrate the support for background checks for gun sales by using a Venn diagram.
CNN:
Vetting process for Trump's VP pick expected to begin next week  —  Washington (CNN)The vetting process for Donald Trump's vice presidential candidate is expected to fully begin next week, a source with his campaign told CNN.  —  This means the officials responsible for the process will begin …
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
How to Deal with Cretinous Twitter Mobs: A Bleg  —  I'm going to venture into dangerous territory and just hope that everyone will give this a sympathetic reading.  I'm not trying to shift blame or dismiss a real problem.  —  The problem in question is the treatment of women by men on Twitter and other social platforms.
Discussion: Unfogged
Deirdre N. McCloskey / Wall Street Journal:
How the West (and the Rest) Got Rich  —  The Great Enrichment of the past two centuries has one primary source: the liberation of ordinary people to pursue their dreams of economic betterment  —  Why are we so rich?  An American earns, on average, $130 a day, which puts the U.S. in the highest rank of the league table.
Discussion: Greg Mankiw's Blog
L.V. Anderson / Slate:
Why a Woman Putting on a Chewbacca Mask Is Facebook Live's Most-Watched Video Ever  —  BuzzFeed's exploding watermelon can take a hike.  There's a new most-watched Facebook Live video of all time (and by “all time,” I of course mean “the five-plus months since Facebook Live Video became available to noncelebrities").
Discussion: Towleroad
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
WATCH: Trump asked if he'd pick Sanders as VP … on Friday declined to answer whether he would consider Independent Bernie Sanders  —  as a running mate, noting he thinks many of Sanders's supporters will eventually back him in November.  —  “Oh wow, that's a great question,” …
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
The Hamptons are this summer's orgy hotspot  —  Orgies for profit are coming to the Hamptons.  —  Killing Kittens, the London-based club for swingers, is holding its first East End party June 18 at an undisclosed private estate.  —  Member couples shell out $400, while single women pay $150.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump reaches out to #NeverTrump  —  Recently the Trump campaign reached out to National Review, whose “Against Trump” edition galvanized the #NeverTrump movement, seeking input in compiling a list of possible Supreme Court nominees.  It was just one example of Trump attempting to mend fences …
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Evidence scant California's licensed illegal immigrant drivers getting insurance  —  Southern California mom-of-two Jennifer Brawley had just been rear-ended by a truck driver near Rancho Cucamonga, and was preparing for the post-accident ritual of exchanging insurance information when the driver handed her his cellphone.
Discussion: BizPac Review
 
 
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