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Dozens of GOP delegates launch new push to halt Donald Trump — Dozens of Republican convention delegates are hatching a new plan to block Donald Trump at this summer's party meetings, in what has become the most organized effort so far to stop the businessman from becoming the GOP nominee.
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Paul Ryan: Donald Trump Does Not Have A ‘Blank Check’ — The House Speaker admits he hasn't achieved the “real unity” he wanted with Trump. — Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan has limits to what he'll accept from presumptive GOP nominee …
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The Self-Immolation of the Republican Party — The Darwin Awards is a popular website that “commemorates individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives. Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner …
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Washington Post, neo-neocon, Lawyers, Guns & Money, bradford-delong.com, Washington Monthly, TruthFeed, Bloomberg and Salon


Paul Ryan On Stopping A President Trump's Muslim Ban: We'll Sue Him! — House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) has made clear he doesn't agree with a proposal put forward by Donald Trump — whom Ryan has endorsed — to ban Muslim immigration into the United States, but in an interview …
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The Gateway Pundit and FOX News Radio


One sentence from Bernie Sanders's speech last night that really enrages Democratic leaders — As you can probably guess, most Democratic Party insiders were really hoping Bernie Sanders would formally drop out of the race this week and offer Hillary Clinton a fulsome endorsement.
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National Review
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Sanders' Long Refusal to Endorse Clinton Hurts His Leverage
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ABC News and Shakesville

Sanders Supporters Vindicated: Proof DNC Used Media To Rig Election for Hillary
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New Urban Legends, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, AOL and Townhall.com

Sanders loses convention leverage
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New York Magazine, Instapundit and Washington Post


U.S. Rep. David Jolly to run for re-election, drop out of Senate race — U.S. Rep David Jolly will drop out of the U.S. Senate race and run for re-election instead, taking on likely Democratic nominee Charlie Crist, confirmed former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker
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The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Florida Politics
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Fla. rep: Rubio says he's ‘getting in’ Senate race
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ABC News, Washington Monthly, Post On Politics, Business Insider and RedState

Make no mistake: Democrats are ready for a Marco Rubio Senate run
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UPI and New York Magazine

Donald Trump, Seeing Himself Behind in Polls, Says He Hasn't ‘Started Yet’ — Donald J. Trump rarely, if ever, acknowledges he might be losing at anything. He expressed bewilderment at a poll during the primary race that showed him behind in the Iowa caucuses.
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Politicus USA, Politico, Guardian, The Week, Los Angeles Times and Tampa Bay Times


An Unlikely Savior Emerges to Help Endangered Republicans: George W. Bush — After eight years of largely abstaining from politics, former President George W. Bush is throwing himself into an effort to save his party's most vulnerable senators, including several whose re-election campaigns …
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, The Week and New York Magazine
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Trump Brushes Off Report That He Didn't Pay Income Taxes For 2 Years — Donald Trump did not pay any income tax, or paid very little income tax, in 1991 and 1993, according to documents obtained by Politico and published Friday. — The documents showed that Trump did not pay taxes due …
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Trump appears to have paid no taxes for two years in early 1990s
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Oops! Trump Sends Celebratory Tweet Showing Him Polling Behind Clinton — While a May 10 Gravis/OANN poll did show Trump polling at 49 percent support compared to 51 percent support for Clinton, a survey by the pollster released Friday also found that same result.
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Boing Boing, New York's PIX11, Raw Story and Daily Wire
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Trump retweets photo with anti-LGBT pastor
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USA Today, Heat Street, Daily Kos and Guardian


Clinton's lead over Trump slips after Florida shooting: Reuters/Ipsos poll — Donald Trump chipped away at Hillary Clinton's lead in the presidential race this week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday, as the candidates clashed over how to respond to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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The Week


How the Party of Sarah Palin Became the Party of Donald Trump — Perhaps not a completely unforeseeable development. — Donald Trump appeared on the national political stage almost eight years ago. Only then he was called “Sarah Palin.” The circumstances of Palin's ascent came very differently.
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Balloon Juice


New York Times Claims ‘Romans’ Calls For ‘Execution Of Gays’ — Journalist Terry Mattingly wrote a great column back in 2006 noting the trouble many journalists have understanding the finer details of religion news. His column, “Reporters, crow's ears and Karma Light nuns,” …
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Daily Wire, Mediaite, Roll Call, Heat Street and Political Wire


Muslim Youth League Calls for Massacre at Gay Rights Parade — The Anatolia Muslim Youth Association called for an “intervention” this week against the upcoming gay rights parade in Istanbul. The youth group said either the authorities call off the parade or they will “perform their duties” against the gays.
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Hurriyet Daily News and Yahoo


Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county — What this report finds: Income inequality has risen in every state since the 1970s and in many states is up in the post-Great Recession era. In 24 states, the top 1 percent captured at least half of all income growth between 2009 …
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Washington Monthly, CNNMoney and Daily Kos

Store Owner: Undercover CBS Purchase of AR-15 Broke Federal Law — The gun store where a CBS News employee purchased a gun for a segment that aired Thursday on “CBS This Morning” has filed a report with the Virginia State Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives over concerns the purchase was unlawful.
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RedState, Hot Air, Daily Wire, TVNewser, BizPac Review, Bearing Arms, Independent Journal …, Mediaite, The Week, Pirate's Cove, National Review and CBS News

Exclusive: Orlando Terrorist Signed Over Home To Brother-in-Law Just Before Attacks — Several weeks before he massacred 49 at an Orlando gay nightclub, Muslim terrorist Omar Seddique Mateen transferred over his interest in his Florida home to his older sister and Afghan brother-in-law …
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Breitbart, Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion


Apple's Challenges in China Underlined by Patent Dispute — Apple gets stay to city regulator's order to halt sales of older iPhones — BEIJING—In Dec. 2014, a small Chinese startup posted a letter online accusing Apple Inc. of infringing its patent for smartphone exterior design.
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Mashable, Mother Jones, NPR and The Verge
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Warren Reportedly Visits Clinton Campaign HQ: 'Don't Screw This Up!' — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) paid a visit Friday to Hilary Clinton's campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, further fueling speculation that she's a top choice to be Clinton's running mate, The Boston Globe reported.
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Trump's poll ratings in a historic hole — In 2016's race to the bottom, Donald Trump is going to find out if you can become president when two-thirds of Americans don't like you — and a majority can't stand you. — Recent polls have showed Trump's unfavorable rating spiking again, after a brief improvement last month.
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The Hill, alan.com, RedState, Daily Kos and Washington Post

Even one of Donald Trump's most ardent Capitol Hill backers is exasperated — Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) speaks during a news conference on military veterans held by House Republicans in May 2014. Hunter, one of the most outspoken Donald Trump supporters in Congress, said Thursday he is “done with” responding to Trump's comments.
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Mediaite, Guardian and Joe.My.God.


National Polling Results — One America News Network and Gravis Marketing, a nonpartisan research firm, conducted a random survey of 1,574 registered voters across the United States. The poll was conducted on May 10th and has a margin of error of ± 2.5% at the 95% confidence level.
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RedState, Washington Examiner, Business Insider and AOL


Ala. county refuses order to lower flags after Orlando shooting — An Alabama county is refusing to lower its flags to half-staff in the wake of the Orlando mass shooting last weekend despite orders to do so from both President Obama and Gov. Robert Bentley, according to CNN.
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CNN


Russia's Track and Field Team Barred From Rio Olympics — Russia's track and field team has been barred from competing in this summer's Rio Games because of a far-reaching doping conspiracy, an extraordinary punishment that might be without precedent in Olympics history.
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Guardian, Business Insider, AOL, Washington Free Beacon, The Atlantic, The Week, USA Today, Mother Jones and The Diplomat