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9:55 AM ET, May 18, 2015

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Olivia Messer / Waco Tribune-Herald:
UPDATES: Police believe five motorcyle gangs involved in deadly Twin Peaks shootout  —  UPDATE, 7:45 p.m.: Police now believe there were five gangs involved in Sunday's deadly shootout at Twin Peaks in Central Texas Marketplace, and some were allied with one another.
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Dallas Morning News:
9 bikers killed in rival gang shootout outside Waco restaurant
Discussion: Fox News and NPR
Associated Press:   Police: 9 Dead From Texas Shootout Among Rival Biker Gangs
KCEN-TV:   BREAKING: Nine Dead in Shooting at Twin Peaks
Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Dean Potter, extreme climber, dies in Yosemite base jumping accident  —  Yet again, Dean Potter was hurtling through the air.  A dead tree stood on the ground below him, a strange tug at the space between his shoulders came from above.  —  Potter, already a famous rock climber, had been having this dream night after night.
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Grayson Schaffer / Outside Online:
Dean Potter Killed in BASE-Jumping Accident  —  The climbing great died Saturday while attempting a wingsuit flight from Yosemite's Taft Point  —  On Saturday evening, May 16, BASE jumpers Dean Potter and Graham Hunt died after attempting a wingsuit flight from Taft Point …
Discussion: CNN, The Week and NBC News
Daniel J. McGraw / Politico:
The GOP is dying off.  Literally.  —  Lead image by Getty.  —  It turns out that one of the Grand Old Party's biggest—and least discussed—challenges going into 2016 is lying in plain sight, written right into the party's own nickname.  The Republican Party voter is old—and getting older …
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James Fallows / The Atlantic:
How Fox News Is (Still) Hurting the Republicans
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
ABC Colleague: George Stephanopoulos 'Really Isn't a Journalist'  —  If ABC's chief anchor thought two apologies over his undeclared Clinton Foundation donations would be enough to pacify his critics, he was wrong.  —  It has been a rough weekend for ABC News's embattled chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos, and an even worse Sunday.
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John Fund / National Review:
Stephanopoulos's Long, Long Record of Loyal Service to the Clintons
Discussion: Politico, Betsy's Page and Ed Driscoll
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush: No constitutional right to same-sex marriage  —  Former Florida governor Jeb Bush reiterated in a new interview that he doesn't believe that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right.  —  The high court is expected to rule next month on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage …
Discussion: Catholic Online
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Hillary Rodham Clinton is running as the most liberal Democratic …
Discussion: Hot Air
Eli Stokols / Politico:   Bush insists he's not writing off Iowa
Politico:
Scott Walker's Iowa dilemma
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama to Limit Military-Style Equipment for Police Forces  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability of others, administration officials said …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama administration bans some military-style assault gear from local police departments  —  The Obama administration announced Monday it will ban federal transfers of certain types of military-style gear to local police departments, as the president seeks to respond to a spate of incidents …
Discussion: Hot Air and NPR
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Skyrocketing Medicaid signups stir state expansion fights  —  Some GOP governors are saying: “I told you so.”  —  Medicaid enrollment under Obamacare is skyrocketing past expectations, giving some GOP governors who oppose the program's expansion under the health law an “I told you so” moment.
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Shape Of Greek Endgame Emerges: IMF Discussed “Cyprus-Like” Plan After Tsipras Warned Of Looming Default  —  As we said over the weekend, it's all about Riga again for Greece.  EU leaders will meet on Thursday and Friday in Latvia where PM Alexis Tsipras will try to secure a more favorable outcome …
Wednesday Martin / New York Times:
Poor Little Rich Women  —  WHEN our family moved from the West Village to the Upper East Side in 2004, seeking proximity to Central Park, my in-laws and a good public school, I thought it unlikely that the neighborhood would hold any big surprises.  For many years I had immersed myself …
New York Times:
Today in Politics: Hillary Clinton's Busy Week Presents More Opportunities for No Questions  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Iowa and New Hampshire this week, seen here on her last trip in April in Keene, NH.  —  Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist for The New York Times
Nick Gass / Politico:
Joe Biden's advice to Yale graduates  —  Sporting a pair of his trademark aviator glasses, Vice President Joe Biden spoke to graduating Yale students on Sunday and offered some pearls of wisdom to the Class of 2015.  The Commencement Day event, where students traditionally wear off-beat hats …
Discussion: Business Insider
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Democratic convention: Loretta Sanchez apologizes for Native American ‘war cry’  —  A day after Loretta Sanchez made a stereotypical Native American “war cry” gesture that is now dogging her nascent U.S. Senate campaign, the Orange County congresswoman apologized, saying she had made a mistake.
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Democrats sic identity politics on their own  —  The left has handicapped its ability to debate policy, even among themselves.  —  They told me if I voted for Mitt Romney, we'd have a condescending president who looked down on his female critics as “little ladies” who didn't understand how the world works.
 
 
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Washington Post:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to announce 2016 presidential decision June 1
NBC News:
Meet the Press Transcript - May 17, 2015
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Hit & Run
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg View:
Don't expect any official “Atheists for Hillary” outreach …
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
At the mercy of the climate jihadists
Discussion: Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Pa. senator: Amtrak needs more funding
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Patriot Act on life support
Discussion: Fox News
Daily Mail:
What IS this strange sound from the sky? …
Kathianne Boniello / New York Post:
Al Sharpton's daughter sues city for $5M after spraining ankle
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

 
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