memeorandum: Hillary Clinton Struggles to Find Footing in Unusual Race (New York Times)

10:35 PM ET, May 28, 2016

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Judge acknowledges Donald Trump's attacks, unseals files in Trump U suit — A federal judge blasted by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Friday has taken note of the fact that Trump isn't happy with the way the judge is handling lawsuits over alleged fraud by the Trump University real estate seminar program.

Discussion: RedState, The Right Scoop and Los Angeles Times

Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Trump Attacks Judge Overseeing The Case Against His Fake University: 'He's A Hater'

Discussion: Overlawyered, The Atlantic, Washington Examiner, Little Green Footballs, alan.com, Hullabaloo, Politicus USA, CNNMoney, Wall Street Journal, Politico and ABC News

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
In San Diego, Trump shames local ‘Mexican’ judge as protesters storm streets

Discussion: The American Conservative

Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:

Trump camp concedes it's low on money — Donald Trump's campaign has alerted Senate Republicans that he won't have much money to spend fending off attacks from Hillary Clinton over the next couple months. — The notice came when Paul Manafort, Trump's senior advisor …

Discussion: Hot Air, New York Magazine, Business Insider, BNR, Politicus USA, Hullabaloo, New York Times and Politico

Jim Acosta / CNN:

First on CNN: Trump campaign eyeing big stadium for acceptance speech — (CNN)Donald Trump's campaign is considering booking one of Cleveland's big sports venues for his acceptance speech in July, two GOP sources familiar with the planning of the upcoming GOP convention say.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Hot Air and RedState

John Aravosis / AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog News:

Sanders supporter admits to faking “shoot the gays” video — UPDATE: A Sanders supporter has admitted to faking the video of Bernie Sanders arriving on stage in California earlier this week to a homophobic rap song about killing gay and trans people. — The Sanders supporter claims …

Discussion: Joe.My.God., Mediaite, RedState, The Root and Politico

Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Video of homophobic rap playing at Sanders rally a fake

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Joe.My.God.

Adelle Platon / Billboard:
DMX Responds to Bernie Sanders Walking Out to ‘Where the Hood At’ at California Rally

Discussion: Slate and Joe.My.God.

Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
The RNC's state(s) of disarray

Discussion: Guardian, alan.com and CANNONFIRE

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Rise of Donald Trump Tracks Growing Debate Over Global Fascism — WASHINGTON — The comparison was inflammatory, to say the least. Former Gov. William F. Weld of Massachusetts equated Donald J. Trump's immigration plan with Kristallnacht, the night of horror in 1938 when rampaging Nazis smashed Jewish homes …

Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Hullabaloo

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

DNC rejects Sanders's request to remove committee chairs — Senior Democratic National Committee (DNC) officials have rejected a request from Bernie Sanders — 's campaign to change the leadership of two crucial committees at the convention. — Jim Roosevelt and Lorraine Miller …

Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story

Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders calls for ouster of Clinton convention allies

Discussion: New York Magazine, Slantpoint, Talking Points Memo, ABC News and The Hill

Eugene Scott / CNN:
Sanders to DNC: Remove Clinton backers from convention committees

Discussion: Salon

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:

The Liberal Blind Spot — CLASSIC liberalism exalted tolerance, reflected in a line often (and probably wrongly) attributed to Voltaire: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” — On university campuses, that is sometimes updated to: “I disapprove of what you say, so shut up.”

Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION

New York Times:

Hillary Clinton Struggles to Find Footing in Unusual Race — Democrats could hardly believe their good fortune last month when it became clear that Hillary Clinton was headed to a general election showdown with Donald J. Trump. Mr. Trump carried so much baggage and had insulted …

Discussion: Eschaton, Washington Post and Addicting Info

Paulina Firozi / The Hill: Sanders: Clinton with a moderate VP would be a ‘disaster’

USA Today:

Donald Trump tells Californians there is no drought — 6.1k Shares — California had one of its driest years in 2015. In fact, last year marked the driest four-year period in the state's history. — But Donald Trump isn't sold. Six months later, the presumptive GOP nominee told supporters …

Discussion: National Geographic, Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice, ThinkProgress, The Talking Dog, Hullabaloo, The Huffington Post and BuzzFeed

Devin Henry / The Hill:
Trump pledges to ‘open up the water’ to solve Calif. drought

Discussion: Conservative Tribune, RedState and Daily Kos

Sonia Ulrich / Facebook:

To see more from Sonia Ulrich on Facebook, log in or create an account. … with Marla Saltzer and Monica Kenyon. — GUESS WHO STOPPED A RAPE LAST NIGHT?! THESE GALS! — Ok, so we're still recovering from the events, but we wanted to tell the story. And if it seems like the photo …

Discussion: Jezebel, Raw Story and Slantpoint

Ray Sanchez / CNN:

San Francisco death: Kate Steinle's family files lawsuit — (CNN)The fatal shooting of Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier last summer — allegedly at the hands of an undocumented immigrant deported five times from the United States — became a focal point of an angry national debate over illegal immigration.

Discussion: The Right Scoop, Scared Monkeys, Newser, Independent Journal …, NPR and Los Angeles Times

Jessica Chia For / Daily Mail:

Louisiana rep causes outrage by implying Declaration of Independence is racist: Politician says students shouldn't recite it as it was conceived in time of slavery — Barbara Norton argued against it, pointing out the inequalities that persisted despite document's famous line that ‘all men are created equal’

Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Caller and RedState

Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Clinton email headache is about to get worse — 's email headache is about to get even worse. — A scathing inspector general's report this week was just the first in what is likely to be a series of official actions related to her private server stemming from the FBI, a federal courthouse and Capitol Hill.

Discussion: Liberal Values, Hot Air and Washington Post

Kristen East / Politico:

Paula Broadwell to NYT: I screwed up — Three years after Gen. David Petraeus resigned as CIA director and apologized to Congress for an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell now asks, “how long does a person pay for their mistake?” — “I'm the first to admit I screwed up.

Discussion: New York Times and alan.com

Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:

VIDEO=> Trump Motorcade ATTACKED by Protesters - SMASHES THROUGH POLICE BARRICADE! — “Insane! Trump's vehicles RAM through police barricade at high speed and speed out of downtown @ABC30 #TrumpFresno #ABC30Insider” — VIDEO BELOW— Secret Service agents directing …

Discussion: abc30.com and Breitbart

CBS Los Angeles:

Vandals Deface Vietnam War Memorial In Venice — VENICE (CBSLA.com) — Vandals defaced a memorial to Vietnam war veterans in Venice - an awful sight on this Memorial Day weekend. — Stewart Oscars welled up as he looked at the vandalized mural located on Pacific Avenue near Sunset Court.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Independent Journal …