Top Items:
New York Times:
Former Trump University Workers Call the School a ‘Lie’ and a ‘Scheme’ in Testimony — In blunt testimony revealed on Tuesday, former managers of Trump University, the for-profit school started by Donald J. Trump, portray it as an unscrupulous business that relied on high-pressure sales tactics …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, Little Green Footballs, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Guardian, Washington Post, Balloon Juice, Hot Air, Slantpoint, Raw Story, NBC News, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic, No More Mister Nice Blog, LawNewz, The Real Deal New York, New York Magazine, Shakesville, CBS New York, Daily Kos, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …, Politicus USA, Newser, Reuters, BNR and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Judge in Trump University reseals some documents — The judge who ordered the release of hundreds of documents related to the lawsuit over Donald Trump — 's Trump University real estate program has now resealed some of the documents. — The move comes a day after 381 documents …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton camp leverages Rubio ‘con man’ hit on Trump — Hillary Clinton's campaign on Wednesday looked to take up the mantle of Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio, who once denounced Donald Trump as a “con man,” kicking off a series of tweets hitting the presumptive GOP nominee for his business practices …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, ABC News, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Political Wire, Shakesville and Mother Jones
Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
The Art of the Swindle
The Art of the Swindle
Discussion:
Common Dreams, Guardian and New York Magazine
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge tries to reseal Trump University documents
Judge tries to reseal Trump University documents
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump Campaign Releases a Video Defending Trump University... that is Itself a Scam
Trump Campaign Releases a Video Defending Trump University... that is Itself a Scam
Discussion:
The Resurgent
Douglas E. Schoen / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Might Not Be the Nominee — A Sanders win in California would turbocharge the mounting Democratic unease about her viability. — There is now more than a theoretical chance that Hillary Clinton may not be the Democratic nominee for president. — How could that happen …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, The Talking Dog, RedState, CANNONFIRE, naked capitalism and Washington Post
RELATED:
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Clinton launching national security case against Trump in California speech — Retired Army Col. Peter Mansoor plans to vote for Hillary Clinton for president this year, but not because the longtime Republican and former top aide to then-Gen. David Petraeus has had a political conversion.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Has Solid Lead Over Clinton in Georgia
Trump Has Solid Lead Over Clinton in Georgia
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Last Refuge and Political Insider blog
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Politicians and the Lies That Matter
CNN:
CNN Poll of Polls: Two points separate Clinton and Trump
CNN Poll of Polls: Two points separate Clinton and Trump
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, whorunsGov, Truth Revolt, Hot Air and Washington Post
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Leading liberals begin new push to unify Democrats around Clinton
Leading liberals begin new push to unify Democrats around Clinton
Discussion:
Realtime Politics and Politicus USA
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Nurses Seek Democratic Showdown
Nurses Seek Democratic Showdown
Discussion:
Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
GOP Voters Are Rallying Behind Trump As If He Were Any Other Candidate
GOP Voters Are Rallying Behind Trump As If He Were Any Other Candidate
Discussion:
Washington Post, New York Magazine, Hot Air, The Resurgent, Guardian and Towleroad
Los Angeles Times:
Two dead in shooting at UCLA, campus on lockdown — Joseph Serna , Richard Winton , Hailey Branson-Potts , James Queally and Kate Mather Contact Reporters — Two people were killed in a shooting at UCLA on Wednesday morning, prompting a massive response from local and federal law enforcement, the LAPD confirmed.
Discussion:
Vox, Mother Jones, CNBC, mrctv.org/videos, The Root, Mediaite, The Week, Raw Story, KQED News and CBS News
RELATED:
UCLA:
Campus reopens after apparent murder-suicide, classes cancelled — According to an update from the UCLA BruinAlert system, the police investigation is continuing. Engineering IV is off limits until further notice. People should avoid Westwood Plaza due to police staging, and anyone leaving campus should exit to the north and east.
Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
UCLA shooting: Police say two killed in murder-suicide, campus deemed safe after lockdown
UCLA shooting: Police say two killed in murder-suicide, campus deemed safe after lockdown
Discussion:
CNN, The Jawa Report, ABC News, The Daily Caller and EveryJoe
Lauren Meltzer / CBS Los Angeles:
LAPD: 2 Dead In Murder-Suicide On UCLA Campus; Lockdown Lifted
LAPD: 2 Dead In Murder-Suicide On UCLA Campus; Lockdown Lifted
Discussion:
KTLA, Business Insider, CBS Miami, CBS New York, CBS Baltimore, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller
Roberto Luna Jr / Daily Bruin:
Two reported dead in campus shooting
Two reported dead in campus shooting
Discussion:
Patterico's Pontifications, WAVY-TV and The Week
Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
The Donald Trump Conversation: Politics' “Dark Heart” Is Having the Best Time Anyone's Ever Had — At home in Beverly Hills, the candidate talks Murdoch, what he's reading, how he'll redo electoral math and Ari Emanuel's offer to script his convention. — The long day is ending for Donald Trump …
Discussion:
The Atlantic, Vox, Guardian, Hullabaloo, ThinkProgress, Tales from the Trail, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, Taylor Marsh, Daily Mail, Daily Kos, Mediaite, twitchy.com, The Week, Mashable, Althouse and BizPac Review
RELATED:
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Appears Unfamiliar With Term ‘Brexit’
Donald Trump Appears Unfamiliar With Term ‘Brexit’
Discussion:
Vox, The Daily Caller, Guardian and The Atlantic
Kevin Litten / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Louisiana begins enrolling 375,000 people into Medicaid — Gov. John Bel Edwards unveils “Healthy Louisiana,” the replacement for Bayou Health, during a news conference at CareSouth Center in Baton Rouge. … Department of Health and Hospitals will begin the massive task Wednesday (June 1) …
Discussion:
Rewire and The Hayride
RELATED:
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
Obamacare Breaks Through in Louisiana
ESPN:
PGA Tour to move tournament from Trump Doral to Mexico City — DUBLIN, Ohio — The longtime PGA Tour event at Miami's Trump Doral resort is leaving South Florida and heading to Mexico City in 2017, with an official announcement scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at the Memorial Tournament.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Matthew Herper / Forbes:
From $4.5 Billion To Nothing: Forbes Revises Estimated Net Worth Of Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes — Last year, Elizabeth Holmes topped the FORBES list of America's Richest Self-Made Women with a net worth of $4.5 billion. Today, FORBES is lowering our estimate of her net worth to nothing.
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Washington Free Beacon, Newser and The Reality-Based Community
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mark Cuban Questions Whether Trump Is Actually A Billionaire — “I'm not so sure Donald knows what he's not good at.” — Ezra Shaw / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com — Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban on Wednesday questioned whether Donald Trump is actually a billionaire …
Discussion:
The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Mercatus Site Feed:
SUMMARY AND KEY FINDINGS — The financial health of each state can be analyzed through the states' own audited financial reports. By looking at states' basic financial statistics on revenues, expenditures, cash, assets, liabilities, and debt, states may be ranked according to how easily …
Discussion:
Red Alert Politics, The Daily Caller and Cafe HayekCafe Hayek
USA Today:
Exclusive: Trump's 3,500 lawsuits unprecedented for a presidential nominee — Our project found about 3,500 legal actions involving Trump, including 1,900 where he or his companies were a plaintiff and about 1,300 in which he was the defendant. Due to his branding value, Trump is determined to defend his name and reputation.
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice
Kara O'Neill / Mirror.co.uk:
Secret apocalypse bunker ‘buried beneath Denver airport as US government prepares for end of days’ — Some believe that the airport is hiding a series of tunnels and secret bases that will be used in the event of the end of the world — Conspiracy theorists claim a secret bunker …
Stacey Burling / Philly.com:
Study: More Americans are having gay sex — A growing number of Americans are having gay sex, or at least admitting to it. And that's OK with more and more of us. — “People over time are reporting more same-sex sexual experiences than ever before,” said Brooke Wells …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Anti-P.C. Vote — We know that resentment is driving much of Donald Trump's success — resentment of elites, of the political class, of illegal immigrants, of protesters, of the media — and perhaps most particularly of changes in the demographic makeup of the country that Trump and his followers find unwelcome.
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
‘Her blood was drained’: Graphic novelist charged with killing girlfriend in Hollywood — Blake Leibel was fascinated by evil. — His graphic novel centered on the search for the bad seed lurking in the brains of serial killers. He wrote a screenplay about a madman on a murder spree.
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Newser, LAist and Jezebel
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
How the GOP effort to oust IRS chief could backfire — For over a year, House conservatives have been clamoring to remove IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. But now that the impeachment process is moving forward, they face a delicate decision: Are they willing to toss 200-plus years of precedent to bring him down?
Discussion:
RedState, Daily Kos and Politicus USA