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6:35 AM ET, May 23, 2016

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Michael Walsh / New York Post:
How corporate America bought Hillary Clinton for $21M  —  “Follow the money.”  That telling phrase, which has come to summarize the Watergate scandal, has been a part of the lexicon since 1976.  It's shorthand for political corruption: At what point do “contributions” become bribes …
Discussion: The Last Tradition
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
FLASHBACK VIDEO: HIllary Clinton Threatens Bill Clinton's Accusers on Today Show
Discussion: Clash Daily
Associated Press:   CLINTON SHRUGS, SEES BENEFITS IN TRUMP'S PERSONAL ATTACKS
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
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, Mediaite and Politico
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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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 …
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 …
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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CBS News:
CBS Battleground Tracker Poll: Ohio and Florida show tight races
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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
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
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:   Trump: I Don't Want Guns In Classrooms, But Some Teachers Should Have Guns
BBC:
Austria presidential vote: Run-off rivals face dead heat  —  Austria's presidential election remains on a knife-edge with all votes from polling stations now counted.  —  The interior ministry says that Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom Party is currently slightly ahead of his rival, Alexander Van der Bellen.
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.
Annie Shalvey / WPRI-TV:
Swastika found painted on sign at Pawtucket synagogue  —  PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — A red swastika spray-painted at a Pawtucket synagogue was widely condemned by local and state leaders Sunday, as Pawtucket Police opened an investigation into the vandalism.  —  “This is the kind of thing …
Discussion: WATE-TV
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
The scandal in Washington no one is talking about  —  The deadly-but-forgotten government gun-running scandal known as “Fast and Furious” has lain dormant for years, thanks to White House stonewalling and media compliance.  But newly uncovered e-mails have reopened the case …
Jennifer Crockett / WDSU-TV:
St. John sheriff: 5-year-old kills self with father's gun  —  Haley Moore died at the hospital Saturday  —  Five-year-old Haley Moore was spending the weekend at her dad's house with her older sister and brother.  The family was supposed to go see a movie Saturday.
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Meg Gatto / WVUE-TV:
Five-year-old shoots, kills self while playing with gun
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump camp quietly courts Muslims
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Mark Stevenson / Associated Press:
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Washington state GOP convention backs Cruz over Trump
Discussion: The Hill and RedState
Alle McMahon / ABC:
Mars appears at its biggest, brightest as planet moves into opposition
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Sanders: Clinton can beat Trump in November
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David Cay Johnston / Politico:
Just What Were Donald Trump's Ties to the Mob?
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

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Ben Jacobs / Slate:
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