memeorandum: Bernie Sanders supporters sue to have California's voter registration extended until election day (John Myers/Los Angeles Times)

11:45 PM ET, May 22, 2016

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For the first time, Trump now leads the average of national polls — Remember how Charles Krauthammer said if Trump won the nomination he could lose like Goldwater? National polls today confirm that once again, Krauthammer may have gotten Trump's chances wrong again.

Discussion: Washington Post

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Poll: Election 2016 shapes up as a contest of negatives

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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Begrudging WaPo poll: Trump 46%, Clinton 44%

Discussion: Townhall.com, Scared Monkeys, Prntly and Althouse

Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton's Lead Over Trump Shrinks to 3 Points: New NBC News/WSJ Poll

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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill: Sanders: Clinton can beat Trump in November

Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Sanders: Voters see Clinton as ‘the lesser of two evils’

Discussion: ABC News, Guardian, Outside the Beltway and New York Times

ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders

Discussion: The New Civil Rights Movement, Raw Story, Politicus USA and Politico

Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:

Michelle Fields to resume covering Donald Trump - for Huffington Post — Michelle Fields, the conservative reporter who had Donald Trump's campaign manager charged with battery, has a new job. — Fields is heading to the Huffington Post, where she will cover the 2016 campaign with a specific focus on Trump and the Republican Party.

Discussion: The Hill and Politico

Kristina Wong / The Hill:

Former Marine plans anti-Trump protest — A Marine Corps veteran is organizing a protest on Monday against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — , demanding he apologize for overstating his donations to veterans groups. — Protest organizer and former Marine Alexander McCoy …

Discussion: Heat Street

Henry Bodkin / Telegraph:

Elijah Wood: ‘Hollywood in the grip of child abuse scandal similar to Jimmy Savile’ — Hollywood is in the grip a child sexual abuse scandal similar to that of Jimmy Savile in Britain, Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood has claimed. — The 35-year-old former child actor said paedophiles …

Discussion: RedState, AOL, Independent Journal … and Vox Popoli

Daily Mail:

Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood says Hollywood is gripped by a powerful pedophile ring and Tinseltown is covering up a ‘seedy’ underbelly full of predatory ‘vipers’ — Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood claims that young actors in Hollywood are being sexually abused by predatory high-powered ‘vipers’ working in the industry..

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Last Tradition

John Myers / Los Angeles Times:

Bernie Sanders supporters sue to have California's voter registration extended until election day — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses supporters during a rally on May 21, 2016, in National City. (Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images) — A federal lawsuit alleging …

Discussion: New York Magazine

Jeremy Diamond / CNN:

Graham privately urges Republicans to support Trump — (CNN)Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Donald Trump's fiercest critics, is now calling on Republicans to support their presumptive nominee. — Graham urged GOP donors at a private fundraiser Saturday in Florida to unite behind Trump's campaign …

Discussion: Political Wire and Talking Points Memo

David Edwards / Raw Story:

Donald Trump: 'I'm not advocating guns in classrooms' but ‘teachers should have guns in classrooms’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump refuted Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton by insisting that he was …

Discussion: NBC News

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo: Trump: I Don't Want Guns In Classrooms, But Some Teachers Should Have Guns

Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: Trump is in the pocket of the gun lobby

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Mike Miller / Independent Journal Review:
‘Never Trump Guy’ Locks Horns With Fox News' Eric Bolling-Let's Just Say It Doesn't End Well

Discussion: RedState

Associated Press:

CLINTON SHRUGS, SEES BENEFITS IN TRUMP'S PERSONAL ATTACKS — WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton has a message for Donald Trump: keep on talking. — She's just weeks away from wrapping up the Democratic presidential nomination, and friends, aides and supporters describe a candidate …

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

FLASHBACK VIDEO: HIllary Clinton Threatens Bill Clinton's Accusers on Today Show — HILLARY'S WAR ON WOMEN— In November 2015 Hillary Clinton tweeted out that “all sexual abuse accusers deserve to be believed.” — Every survivor of sexual assault deserves to be heard, believed, and supported. http://hrc.io/...

Discussion: Clash Daily

Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:

Bernie World Debates What's Next — Bernie Sanders may be focused on the road to June 7. But inside and outside his presidential campaign, some supporters, former aides, and current staffers are already moving on to the next big question: What happens to his “political revolution”?

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Hot Air, RedState and Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Meg Gatto / WVUE-TV:

Five-year-old shoots, kills self while playing with gun — A five-year-old in Laplace gets her hands on a gun, and accidentally shoots and kills herself. The accident happened Saturday at 9:45 a.m. at the girl's home on Country Club Drive. — Many residents on Country Club Drive …

Discussion: Raw Story

Jennifer Crockett / WDSU-TV:
St. John sheriff: 5-year-old kills self with father's gun

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and AOL

Mark Stevenson / Associated Press:

POLICE, SOLDIERS SWARM MEXICO'S ACAPULCO, KILLINGS CONTINUE — ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Along with beach towels or sandals, there's a new popular beach accessory that says a lot about the violence gripping this once-glamorous resort: a small black leather tote hanging from the neck or shoulders of some men.

NBC News:

Meet the Press - May 22, 2016 — CHUCK TODD: — This Sunday, now it's the Democrats who are fighting in public. — SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: — Before we will have the opportunity to defeat Donald Trump, we're going to have to defeat Secretary Clinton. — CHUCK TODD:

Discussion: Althouse and Balloon Juice

Eugene Scott / CNN:
Mark Cuban: I'd listen if Clinton wanted to talk about VP — but she needs ‘to go more to center’

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Washington Post

Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:

Washington state GOP convention backs Cruz over Trump — Donald Trump may be the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, but Washington state's GOP convention awarded 40 out of 41 elected delegate slots to Ted Cruz. However, delegates are bound by party rules to cast national-convention ballots based …

Discussion: The Hill and RedState