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11:30 AM ET, April 30, 2016

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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: WWBT-TV and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Mocking Critics, Donald Trump Says He Can Win Without Republican Unity  —  BURLINGAME, Calif. — Donald J. Trump got a taste on Friday of what his next month of campaigning in California could be like.  He was forced to exit his motorcade and walk through a field, climbing an embankment …
Discussion: RedState and Althouse
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 …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Will Rioters Hand the Election to Trump?  —  I think Donald Trump likely will defeat Hillary Clinton, simply because she is such a terrible candidate.  But if the current trend toward anti-Trump riots and violence continues, Trump could win going away.  —  Last night in Orange County, Trump addressed a crowd of thousands.
Los Angeles Times:
Live updates from California Republican Party convention: Trump arrives for lunch speech as protests get more intense
Discussion: New York Magazine
Breitbart:
Live Wire** California GOP Convention Chaos: Protesters Block Donald Trump's Motorcade
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, KTLA and SFist
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.
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: Mother Jones
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Associated Press:
ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS BREACH BAGHDAD'S GREEN ZONE  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of protesters have climbed over the blast walls surrounding Baghdad's highly-fortified Green Zone and could be seen storming into parliament, carrying Iraqi flags and chanting against the government.
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Trump Gains On Clinton, But Both Have Sky-High Negatives: IBD/TIPP Poll  —  Riding on a string of big victories in the presidential primaries, Donald Trump has not only extended his lead against his GOP rivals, but also he has gained ground against Hillary Clinton, according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll.
Discussion: Prntly
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Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Clinton shifting staff to general election swing states
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton to take hard line with Sanders, say allies
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Wow.  Glenn Beck Admits He Blew Half a Million Stumping for Ted Cruz (Video)  —  Glenn Beck admitted today he lost almost half a million dollars traveling around giving sermons with Ted Cruz.  —  Beck posted the video today on The Blaze website: … That was a bust.
Discussion: Joe Hoft
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Glenn Beck Films Humiliating Video Of Himself Rubbing Face In Cheetos (VIDEO)
Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
Glenn Beck: My Campaigning With Cruz Didn't Cause Layoffs At The Blaze [AUDIO]
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Clinton: I can handle men who go ‘off the reservation’ … Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton  —  says she has experience dealing with men who “get off the reservation” like GOP front-runner Donald Trump  —  “I have a lot of experience dealing with men who sometimes get off …
Discussion: Althouse
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Lynn Vavreck / New York Times:
Insults and Ads: How Gender Hurts Trump but Doesn't Lift Clinton  —  Donald Trump thinks Hillary Clinton is playing “the women's card.”  But evidence suggests that if anything is making gender a potent issue in this campaign, it's Mr. Trump's words, not Mrs. Clinton's.  —  How do we know?
John Sides / Washington Post:
The most underappreciated fact of the election: Americans feel good about the economy … In an election season about voter anger, one important thing is underappreciated: voter optimism.  And in particular, optimism about the economy.  —  “Wait, what?” you may be thinking.
Discussion: Politicus USA and Booman Tribune
The Hill:
Republicans who vow to never back Trump  —  A number of prominent Republicans are vowing to never back Donald Trump  —  even as he closes in on the GOP presidential nomination.  —  The “Never Trump” ranks include lawmakers, party operatives, pundits and GOP donors — and the movement even sparked a popular hashtag on social media.
Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
Trump supporter attacks Muslim woman with ‘unknown liquid’ after cops fail to act: activists  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  The Council on American-Islamic relations (CAIR) is calling for police in Washington D.C. to preserve video of what was described as an attack …
Discussion: CAIR
Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune:
Thousands flock to ‘miracle’ icon at south suburban church  —  The icon of St. John the Baptist inside of Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Homer Glen on the morning of April 28, 2016.  —  As millions of Orthodox Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Easter this Sunday …
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
Anushka Asthana / Guardian:
Jeremy Corbyn sets up inquiry into Labour antisemitism claims  —  Exclusive: Shami Chakrabarti to lead independent investigation as party draws up new rules to aid disciplinary process  —  Jeremy Corbyn has set up an independent inquiry into antisemitism within Labour as he battles …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
When We Forget  —  Donald Trump will rise, and keep rising, until we remember what came before.  —  In Lenin's Tomb, his lucid account of the end of Soviet Russia, David Remnick uses as an epigraph a famous quote from Czech author Milan Kundera.  “The struggle of man against power,” …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jamie Satterfield / USA Today:
Ex-nuke manager admits Chinese paid him for secrets … KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A former senior manager for a federal energy agency has admitted that the Chinese government paid him for nuclear technological information while working for the utility, court records unsealed Friday show.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman sent to solitary confinement  —  Former Alabama governor Don E. Siegelman was sent to solitary confinement this week at the Louisiana facility in which he is imprisoned on political corruption charges, according to his son Joseph Siegelman.
 
 
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Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
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New poll finds Cruz with double-digit lead in Indiana
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Media Matters for America:
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Eric DuVall / UPI:
Obama to attend final White House Correspondents Dinner
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