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10:50 AM ET, May 30, 2016

Top Items:

Matthew Jaffe / CNN:

Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a ‘public service’ — The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. The author works at the institute. — Chicago (CNN)Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder …

Discussion: Politico, The Daily Caller and The Week

Juan Williams / The Hill:

The Trump ‘disruption’ con — For the last few weeks, I have been traveling from Los Angeles to Seattle to Dallas and along the east coast, giving speeches and doing interviews about my new book, “We the People.” — Everywhere I go people want to talk presidential politics.

Tracy Bloom / KTLA:

Possible Shark Attack Leaves Corona Del Mar Swimmer With ‘Traumatic’ Injuries, Authorities Say — A portion of Corona del Mar State Beach was evacuated after a swimmer was bitten in a possible shark attack Sunday afternoon, according to the Newport Beach Fire Department.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

Greg Toppo / USA Today: Swimmers in Calif., Fla. hospitalized after shark bites

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

On Memorial Day - Please Remember Sgt Derrick Miller Who Sits in Leavenworth for Killing Taliban Operative — As Obama continues to release Islamic terrorists right and left out of Gitmo, he never mentions our Sons who were sentenced to prison in Leavenworth for their defensive actions on the same battlefield.

Southernconstitutionalist / RedState:

Gary Johnson and William Weld are fake libertarians miseducating the public — In case you haven't heard, the Libertarian Party national convention is taking place this weekend. It is hard to tell who will emerge as the nominee, but the three frontrunners are Austin Petersen, John McAfee …

Discussion: LewRockwell and Hit & Run

David Weigel / Washington Post:
Gary Johnson wins Libertarian presidential nomination

Discussion: Hit & Run, New York Times, Outside the Beltway and New York Magazine

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

WSJ editor: Trump needs to be destroyed in the November election to teach GOP voters a lesson — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Appearing on CNN, an opinion page editor from the Wall Street Journal left no doubt how he feels about presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump …

Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Judge criticized by Trump unseals documents in Trump University case

Discussion: Jezebel, Newser and Slantpoint

Allan Smith / Business Insider:
Donald Trump keeps giving Republicans major cause for alarm — because he's still attacking them

Discussion: alan.com

Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:

In gorilla's death, critics blame mother, Cincinnati Zoo — (CNN)Devastated. Heartbroken. In mourning. — Those are some of the words the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden used Sunday in a contrite explanation for the death of Harambe, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla killed …

Discussion: USA Today, Newser, WRBL-TV, Cincinnati.com, New York Times, The Right Scoop, Mashable, New York Magazine and FOX40

Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Dems to Clinton: Ignore Trump on past scandals — Democrats are offering a piece of straightforward advice for Hillary Clinton — threatens to dig up scandals from the 1990s: Ignore him. — Clinton's supporters shrug off concerns that the Trump attacks could stick.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Washington Post and Hot Air

Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Clinton has been burying emails since she was First Lady

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Power LinePower Line, BizPac Review and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Carol Anderson / Salon:

Donald Trump exposes the GOP's dirty secret: They build everything by nurturing white rage — For decades, GOP has used the war on drugs or voter ID laws as cover for race-baiting. Trump just blew their cover — Paul Ryan is angry with Donald Trump, not so much for failing …

ABC:

Woman feared dead in crocodile attack in far north Queensland — A woman is feared dead after being taken by a crocodile in the Daintree National Park, north of Cairns in far north Queensland. — The 46-year-old woman, from Lithgow in New South Wales, was swimming with a friend …

Discussion: CNN, Newser and Mashable

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

Rubio Personally Apologized To Trump For Implying He Had A Small Penis — “It's not who I am and I shouldn't have done it.” — Marco Rubio didn't like how his campaign ended, and was especially embarrassed with his attacks on Donald Trump. — During a particularly nasty stretch …

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Marco Rubio on Donald Trump's White Nationalist Support: ‘It is What it Is’

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Huffington Post, Raw Story, Little Green Footballs and CNN

Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:

Why Is This Hardcore Conservative Not #NeverTrump? Because Hillary Is So Much Worse — I've got a lot of #NeverTrump friends. Heck, I bet most of my friends are #NeverTrump. Hell, my wife is #NeverTrump. I like #NeverTrump people, even though I think they're wrong. We share the same goals.

Alexandra Alter / New York Times:

Middle Eastern Writers Find Refuge in the Dystopian Novel — Basma Abdel Aziz was walking in downtown Cairo one morning when she saw a long line of people standing in front of a closed government building. Returning hours later, Ms. Abdel Aziz, a psychiatrist who counsels torture victims …

David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:

Supreme Court asked to rule on Trump casino bankruptcy — Billionaire Carl Icahn stepped in to buy the Taj Mahal casino, founded by Donald Trump, after it filed for bankruptcy in 2014. (Associated Press) — The Supreme Court is being asked to take up a bankruptcy dispute involving …