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5:15 PM ET, April 30, 2016

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Caleb Howe / RedState:

KKK Leader Hates Ted Cruz, Endorses Donald Trump: ‘What He Believes In, We Believe In.’ [VIDEO] — In Virginia, NBC affiliate WWBT ran an investigation into the local KKK after fliers were circulated in the area recruiting new members. As part of their coverage, the station interviewed the …

Discussion: Mediaite and The Right Scoop

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:

Virginia KKK Leader Endorses Trump: ‘What He Believes In, We Believe In’ (VIDEO) — In a sit-down interview with a Richmond news station, the Imperial Wizard of the Rebel Brigade Knights of the Ku Klux Klan said Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is his candidate for President.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Behind Mike Pence's Agonizing Decision to Endorse Ted Cruz

Discussion: Wall Street Journal and RedState

Chris Thomas / WWBT-TV:
KKK leader disavows violent past, declares Trump ‘best’ for president

Discussion: RedState, ThinkProgress and Raw Story

Loveday Morris / Washington Post:

Protesters storm Iraqi parliament in Baghdad — BAGHDAD — Protesters stormed Iraq's parliament on Saturday, bursting into the capital's fortified Green Zone, where other key buildings, including the U.S. Embassy, are located. — Live footage on Iraqi television showed swarms of protesters …

Discussion: New York Magazine and Mother Jones

Associated Press:
ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS BREACH BAGHDAD'S GREEN ZONE

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Sonia Saraiya / Salon:

“Donald Trump is a dangerous individual”: Larry Wilmore opens up to Salon about what's funny in Washington this year — and what isn't — Salon talks to “The Nightly Show” host about hosting the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Trump and the election — “You never know what your hold music is …

Discussion: Business Insider, Raw Story, Mediaite and Washington Post

Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: Look out Lucifer! Boehner plans to roast enemies and settle scores at White House Correspondents' Dinner and claims it's Cruz who never bothered to speak to him after he got elected — Response comes after Cruz said he ‘barely knows’ Boehner after ex-Ohio Rep. called him ‘Lucifer in the Flesh’

Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Satanists Snub Comparison of Cruz to Lucifer

Discussion: Mediaite, Slate and Associated Press

Los Angeles Times:

Latino activists vow more Trump protests as tensions heighten — Trump protesters clash with police outside the California Republican Convention in Burlingame, Calif. — Latino activists said they expect more large protests as Donald Trump moves his presidential campaign into California.

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, Power Line, KTLA and New York Magazine

New York Times:
Mocking Critics, Donald Trump Says He Can Win Without Republican Unity

Discussion: RedState and Althouse

John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump Gains On Clinton, But Both Have Sky-High Negatives: IBD/TIPP Poll

Discussion: Prntly

Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg View:

Here's Your Degree. Now Go Defeat Demagogues. — The following is an adaptation of an address to the University of Michigan's class of 2016. — The most useful knowledge that you leave here with today has nothing to do with your major. It's about how to study, cooperate, listen carefully …

Discussion: Raw Story

Long Beach Press-Telegram:

Judge says Long Beach police discriminate against gay men in lewd conduct cases — A Superior Court judge Friday made sweeping statements about the Long Beach Police Department's treatment of gay men in the community, saying in a ruling over a lewd conduct case that the department intentionally …

Discussion: 89.3 KPCC and Associated Press

Breitbart:

Exclusive — CLINTON CRASH: Hillary Has Received Hundreds of Thousands Fewer Votes in 2016 vs. 2008 — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has badly underperformed in 2016 compared with her first run for president in 2008, a new data analysis done exclusively by Breitbart News shows.

Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Clinton shifting staff to general election swing states

Discussion: Washington Monthly, MSNBC, Associated Press and Politico

Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton to take hard line with Sanders, say allies

Discussion: U.S. Uncut, Common Dreams and The Stranger …

George F. Will / Washington Post:

If Trump is nominated, the GOP must keep him out of the White House — Donald Trump's damage to the Republican Party, although already extensive, has barely begun. Republican quislings will multiply, slinking into support of the most anti-conservative presidential aspirant in their party's history.

Discussion: The Hill, Hot Air, BizPac Review and The Last Refuge

Cassie Spodak / CNN:

Kasich: People are ‘probably’ born gay — San Francisco (CNN)John Kasich told an audience here Friday that some people are “probably” born gay after being pressed on the issue by an audience member who said he was gay. — San Francisco resident Kelly Bryan, 62, asked Kasich the question …

Discussion: Towleroad, Raw Story, RedState, The Hill and Joe.My.God.

Telegraph:

How the Labour Party embraced an ideology that has race hate at its heart — Jeremy Corbyn has refused to share a platform with David Cameron over the EU referendum, although they both advocate a Remain vote. Mr Corbyn's stated reason for this refusal is that “We are not on the same side”.

Anushka Asthana / Guardian:
Jeremy Corbyn sets up inquiry into Labour antisemitism claims

Discussion: ITV, Coffee House, Business Insider and Weekly Standard

Tom Schaller / American Prospect:

I�M THE A—HOLE? — IM THE A—HOLE? At the lobby at the Washington Hilton at the DNC winter meetings, I headed over to a conversation between political columnist Roger Simon and former DNC Chairman Don Fowler of South Carolina. (Not to be confused with Donnie Fowler, his son, who ran for DNC chair in 2004.)

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

GOP's Stop-Trump fever breaks — The Stop-Trump fever that gripped the Republican establishment for months has broken. — The walls are closing in around a shrinking band of hard-core opponents of the New York billionaire, who is tightening his grip on the Republican presidential nomination …

Discussion: RedState, AOL and FiveThirtyEight