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5:30 PM ET, May 21, 2016

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CNN:
Sanders says he's backing DNC chair's primary opponent, wouldn't reappoint her to DNC  —  Washington (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday said he supports Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Democratic opponent in her August 30 primary …
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Kristen East / Politico:
Sanders backs DNC chair's primary opponent  —  Bernie Sanders says he is supporting the primary opponent of Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.  —  Sanders, speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview airing Sunday on “State of the Union,” said, “well, clearly, I favor her opponent.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi defends Sanders: A ‘positive force’ for Dems
Discussion: Slantpoint and Raw Story
Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Is Clinton ready for the Wild West campaign of Donald Trump?
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders Burned Through Cash in April, Filing Shows
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and The Hill
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.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump reaches out to Hispanic Christians in video
Discussion: BizPac Review and Mediaite
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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New York Times:
Key G.O.P. Donors Still Deeply Resist Donald Trump's Candidacy
Discussion: Business Insider
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:   Multi-millionaire Foster Friess all-in for Trump
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 …
Dillon Mullan / Washington Post:
Two horses die in first four races of Preakness Saturday  —  Two horses have died in the first four races of Preakness Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.  —  Homeboykris, a 9-year-old horse, died shortly after winning the first race of the day.  —  The Maryland-bred horse came from behind to win the race as a 9-1 underdog.
Discussion: CNN and Liberty Unyielding
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Richard Rosenblatt / Associated Press:
2 HORSES DIE IN FIRST 4 RACES ON PREAKNESS DAY UNDERCARD
Discussion: CBS New York
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
CNN pundit S.E Cupp has had enough of Trump fans calling her a “cuckservative.”  —  In a column for CNN, Cupp lashed out at the people who criticised her and other conservatives for attending a behind-closed-doors meeting at Facebook's headquarters earlier this week, to address concerns that the company has a liberal bias.
Discussion: CNN and Infowars
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
‘No more guns to protect Hillary!’  Donald Trump calls out Clinton over armed Secret Service protection  —  A day after Donald Trump told people at the National Rifle Association that Hillary Clinton would strip away their right to bear arms, the Republican seemed to suggest on social media …
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Donald Trump Tells N.R.A. Hillary Clinton Wants to Let Violent Criminals Go Free
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Althouse, HYPELINE and Gothamist
Xuan Thai / NBC News:
Behind Donald Trump's Nonexistent Florida Strategy in the General Election  —  Florida, Florida, Florida.  —  It's the phrase that's now heard every election night since 2000, when a mere 537 votes separated George W. Bush from Al Gore.  The drama that ensued after that election gripped …
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
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.
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: Sky Dancing and Guardian
Ari Melber / NBC News:
New Donald Trump Filing Undercuts Claims on Self-Funding  —  Donald Trump insists he personally funded his primary campaign, but a new report filed by his presidential campaign tells a different story.  —  Trump has now spent a total of $43 million, according to his filing …
Discussion: RedState
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
Leda Reynolds / Daily Express:
ISIS prepares statement: Speculation mounts EgyptAir MS804 crash WAS a terror attack  —  SPECULATION is rife that Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists are about to make an announcement regarding the EgyptAir MS804 disaster which claimed 66 lives.  —  GETTY  —  ISIS said it is due to make a statement
Discussion: The Right Scoop
 
 
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Police: Ex-Cobb GOP chairman Dendy charged in 3 states
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
WATCH: Trump asked if he'd pick Sanders as VP
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Evidence scant California's licensed illegal immigrant drivers getting insurance
Discussion: BizPac Review
CNN:
Vetting process for Trump's VP pick expected to begin next week
Discussion: RedState
Dan Roberts / Guardian:
Clintons continue to tout legacy where others see era of mistakes and scandal
Lizzie Parry / Daily Mail:
Heart attacks could be caused by too LITTLE salt new study shows
Discussion: HYPELINE
Eric Limer / Popular Mechanics:
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump reaches out to #NeverTrump
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Why a Woman Putting on a Chewbacca Mask Is Facebook Live's Most-Watched Video Ever
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Clinton mocked for misuse of Venn diagram
Eric Zorn / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Lessons gleaned from a web of lies in Iowa
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook ‘Trending’ List Skewed by Individual Judgment, Not Institutional Bias
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