memeorandum: NBC Host To Sanders: Your Take On Superdelegates Is A Bit ‘Hypocritical’ (Sara Jerde/Talking Points Memo)

2:10 PM ET, May 29, 2016

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NBC Host To Sanders: Your Take On Superdelegates Is A Bit ‘Hypocritical’ — NBC News host Chuck Todd told Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in an interview aired Sunday that his opinon on superdelegates was “a little bit hypocritical.”

Discussion: Hot Air and Oliver Willis

Terrence Dopp / Columbian:

Sanders says Clinton's email situation has changed — Months after telling Hillary Clinton that Americans were “sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails,” Bernie Sanders may be changing his mind. — Interviewed Friday on “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO, Sanders was asked …

Discussion: Raw Story and CANNONFIRE

Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:

Bernie Sanders moves toward a fight over Israel, forcing Hillary Clinton to navigate a splintered party — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders greets supporters after speaking at a rally in Santa Maria. (Mark J. Terrill / AP Photo) — Sen. Bernie Sanders has begun pushing …

Discussion: Political Wire

Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:

Sanders on Clinton email server: Superdelegates ‘keeping it in mind’ — is still not jumping on rival Hillary Clinton — 's controversial private email server but said a recent report condemning her actions is something voters and superdelegates will have to take into account.

Discussion: Politico

CBS News:
Bernie Sanders: Democratic primary not “rigged,” just “dumb”

Discussion: Hit & Run and CBS New York

James Fallows / The Atlantic:

The Daily Trump — People will look back on this era in our history, to see what was known about Donald Trump while Americans were deciding whether to choose him as president. Here's a running chronicle from James Fallows on the ways in which Trump has been unpresidential in an unprecedented way.

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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.

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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Judge bashed by Trump orders release of company records

Discussion: Business Insider, ImmigrationProf Blog and NBC News

Cincinnati.com:

Gorilla killed after 4-year-old falls into zoo enclosure — A 4-year-old boy was hospitalized and a gorilla was shot and killed Saturday at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden after, officials say, the child climbed into the gorilla's enclosure. — Cincinnati police and emergency crews responded …

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WLWT Digital / WLWT-TV:
VIDEO: Gorilla grabs child who's gotten into habitat

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Zack Stanton / Politico:

LBJ's Ad Men: Here's How Clinton Can Beat Trump — It's rare for a political ad to go viral, and rarer yet for an ad 52 years old, but that's just what happened in March with “Confessions of a Republican.” The theme of the spot from Lyndon Johnson's 1964 campaign was eerily contemporary …

Discussion: Althouse

Theodore Schleifer / CNN:

Rubio says he apologized to Trump for ‘small hands’ jest — Washington (CNN)Marco Rubio apologized privately to Donald Trump in person backstage before a Republican debate for crude remarks he made about Trump's appearance, the Florida senator said in an exclusive CNN interview.

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Fox News:

First look at Navy's experimental railgun that can fire at 4,500 miles an hour — A warning siren bellowed through the concrete bunker of a top-secret Naval facility where U.S. military engineers prepared to demonstrate a weapon for which there is little defense.

Discussion: BizPac Review

ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Paul Manafort, Sen. John Barrasso, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON May 29, 2016 and it will be updated. — UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Starting right now on THIS WEEK with George Stephanopoulous, Trump over the top.

Discussion: Politicus USA and The Week

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

McAuliffe heads off probe that could hurt Clinton — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) is moving to head off a burgeoning controversy sparked by a federal probe that could have consequences for his close friend and political ally, Hillary Clinton — McAuliffe has launched a media blitz insisting …

Sundance / The Last Refuge:

'Splodey Head Alert - Oregon Poll: Donald Trump 53%, Hillary Clinton 26% (Independents)... Oh my. A recent Clout Research poll from the State of Oregon (full pdf below), not exactly well known as a bastion of all things republican, shows candidate Donald Trump beating Hillary Clinton 44 to 42%.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Mary Matalin / National Review:

Austin Petersen for President — The two-party system is ready to fall. — Is it possible to pinpoint when winning elections and supporting one's principles became mutually exclusive enterprises for the GOP? Sometimes I think that's been the de facto organizing principle of the Republican party …

Discussion: Politico, NPR, Althouse and Hit & Run