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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 …
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump, bully in chief  —  “YES, IT is going to be like this,” Donald Trump said during a news conference Tuesday, after a reporter asked if he would be as hostile to legitimate scrutiny once elected as he is now.  His honesty offered a bracing counterpoint to the pusillanimous Republican leaders …
Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
The Art of the Swindle
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton camp vows to hit ‘con man’ Trump
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 …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Appears Unfamiliar With Term ‘Brexit’  —  During a discussion on pockets of anti-immigrant beliefs in Europe, interviewer Michael Wolff asked Trump, “And Brexit?  Your position?”  —  “Huh?”  Trump asked in response, according to the Hollywood Reporter.  —  “Brexit,” Wolff then repeated.
Discussion: Vox and The Daily Caller
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg.com, Daily Kos and The Week
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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 and RedState
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Leading liberals begin new push to unify Democrats around Clinton  —  Even as Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to insist he can win the Democratic nomination, several prominent liberals have lined up behind front-runner Hillary Clinton in recent days — signaling that the time is now to begin unifying …
Discussion: Politicus USA
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:   Whither Jerry Brown Goes, So Will Many Democrats
Bloomberg:
Kristol Eyes Conservative Lawyer for Independent Presidential Run  —  Bill Kristol is considering recruiting David French to run against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, two Republicans tell Bloomberg Politics.  —  MarkHalperin  —  jheil  —  Two Republicans intimately familiar …
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Associated Press:
Where the money went: Trump details fundraising for vets
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
Play  —  NOTABLES  —WHO IS DAVID FRENCH?
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Half of voters think Clinton's private email server use was illegal  —  Half of all voters think that Hillary Clinton  —  's use of a private email server during her time as secretary of State was illegal, according to a new Morning Consult poll released Wednesday.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Emails block Clinton's pivot to positive
Discussion: The Hill, RedState, ABC News and NBC News
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Poll: Voters Uneasy About Hillary Clinton's Private Email Usage
Discussion: Politico
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Larry Pratt: If Conservatives Lose The Supreme Court, We May ‘Have To Resort To The Bullet Box’  —  Larry Pratt, the executive director emeritus of Gun Owners of America, said on his “Gun Owners News Hour” radio program this weekend that if a Democrat wins the White House …
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
U.S. court says no warrant needed for cellphone location data  —  Police do not need a warrant to obtain a person's cellphone location data held by wireless carriers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday, dealing a setback to privacy advocates.  —  The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Common Dreams
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 …
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Records: Hillary Clinton Has Donated $70,000 To Veterans  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill Clinton have donated $70,000 to veterans and military groups from their personal Clinton Family Foundation in recent years, according to public records.
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Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:
Guess Who Else Paid Out Big Bucks For Clinton Speeches?
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.
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: Daily Kos and Politicus USA
Media Matters for America:
Rush Limbaugh Baffled By Evolution  —  RUSH LIMBAUGH (HOST): This woman obviously has not read Genesis, and even if she did it wouldn't have any impact on her.  But human beings travel all over the world to gawk at animals precisely because they're unusual, they're interesting, some are cute, some are deadly.
Discussion: Raw Story and Friendly Atheist
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CNN:
Cincinnati gorilla incident: Police investigating boy's family
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: Booman Tribune and The Hayride
Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Suspected Tattoo on Iranian Actress Creates a Commotion  —  TEHRAN — A popular Iranian actress whose latest movie won two awards at the recent Cannes Film Festival threw her native country into an uproar on Tuesday after images emerged suggesting that she had a feminist tattoo on her arm.
Discussion: Newser
Agence France-Presse:
Dalai Lama says ‘too many’ refugees in Europe  —  BERLIN: Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama said in an interview published that Europe has accepted “too many” refugees, and that they should eventually return to help rebuild their home countries.  —  “When we look into the face of every single refugee …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Inside Democrats' Trump-fueled scramble to take back the House  —  Vice President Biden stood on a stage at a Democratic retreat in Baltimore in late January and made a bold prediction: Democrats could win back control of the House of Representatives this year.  —  “It's been a tough last couple of cycles,” he said.
Discussion: Politico
London Evening Standard:
A group of asylum seekers sexually assaulted women at a music concert in the German city of Darmstadt, said police.  —  Three Pakistani men are already under arrest after 18 women filed complaints that they had been improperly touched, fondled and groped during the festival in the city of Darmstadt.
Craig Bannister / mrctv.org/videos:
Obama: Prepare to Flee Climate-Caused Hurricane Devastation  —  Pres. Obama called for every American to put together a disaster supply kit and evacuation plan because climate change is bringing “more powerful and more devastating” hurricanes to the U.S. - even though the U.S. hasn't been hit …
 
 
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Draft Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals: Target Mean and Upper Bound …
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
GOP Voters Are Rallying Behind Trump As If He Were Any Other Candidate
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Christopher Mele / New York Times:
Girl With Zika Virus Is Born at a New Jersey Hospital
Steven Musil / CNET:
Jeff Bezos slams Peter Thiel's funding lawsuit against Gawker
Mary Hansen / Daily Herald:
Illinois could become the fifth state with automatic voter registration
CNN:
EgyptAir Flight 804: ‘Black box’ signals detected, French investigators say
 Earlier Items: 
Richard C. Paddock / New York Times:
Thailand Officials Find 40 Dead Tiger Cubs in Temple Freezer
Discussion: The Week
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
MSNBC interrupts Libertarian candidate to talk to Clinton
Charles D. Ellison / The Hill:
How Clinton can own her email scandal
Bloomberg:
Trump Reassures Donors He Won't Try to Oust Ryan or McConnell
Discussion: NPR, Hot Air and Politico
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