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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.
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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 …
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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..
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Last Tradition
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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 …
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RedState, AOL, Independent Journal … and Vox Popoli
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 …
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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 …
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Don Surber:
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.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Poll: Election 2016 shapes up as a contest of negatives
Poll: Election 2016 shapes up as a contest of negatives
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New York Times, American Power, The Mahablog, twitchy.com, ABC News, Mediaite, Patterico's Pontifications, Politico, Hot Air and RedState
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton's Lead Over Trump Shrinks to 3 Points: New NBC News/WSJ Poll
Clinton's Lead Over Trump Shrinks to 3 Points: New NBC News/WSJ Poll
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Heat Street, RedState, Washington Free Beacon, AOL, Hullabaloo, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit and Politico
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Begrudging WaPo poll: Trump 46%, Clinton 44%
Begrudging WaPo poll: Trump 46%, Clinton 44%
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Townhall.com, Scared Monkeys, Prntly and Althouse
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Sanders: Clinton can beat Trump in November
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders
‘This Week’ Transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders
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The New Civil Rights Movement, Raw Story, Politicus USA and Politico
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Sanders: Voters see Clinton as ‘the lesser of two evils’
Sanders: Voters see Clinton as ‘the lesser of two evils’
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ABC News, Guardian, Outside the Beltway and New York Times
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Lags Behind Hillary Clinton in Organizing Key State — The presumptive GOP nominee's slow start in Ohio could undermine his chances of winning the White House — PLAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio—Though Donald Trump dispensed with his last primary opponent months before Hillary Clinton will …
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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/...
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Clash Daily
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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 …
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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
Clinton: Trump is in the pocket of the gun lobby
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Daily Mail, ThinkProgress and Clash Daily
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
How Facebook Warps Our Worlds — THOSE who've been raising alarms about Facebook are right: Almost every minute that we spend on our smartphones and tablets and laptops, thumbing through favorite websites and scrolling through personalized feeds, we're pointed toward foregone conclusions.
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”?
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Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Hot Air and RedState
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:
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Althouse and Balloon Juice
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Mark Cuban: I'd listen if Clinton wanted to talk about VP — but she needs ‘to go more to center’
Mark Cuban: I'd listen if Clinton wanted to talk about VP — but she needs ‘to go more to center’
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Booman Tribune and Washington Post
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 …
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Jennifer Crockett / WDSU-TV:
St. John sheriff: 5-year-old kills self with father's gun
St. John sheriff: 5-year-old kills self with father's gun
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Washington Post, AOL and Talking Points Memo