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12:40 PM ET, May 5, 2016

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This brutal new ad shows the shredding machine that awaits Trump  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Predictably enough, the hand-wringing has already begun among some Democrats over the prospect of Donald Trump waging “unpredictable” attacks on Hillary Clinton and the possibility that the Clinton camp will be …
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David Roberts / Vox:
Why the media will lift Trump up and tear Clinton down  —  It now seems all but certain that the presidential election will see Donald Trump face off against Hillary Clinton.  —  We find ourselves at the tail end of a brief period of clarity.  For the past few months …
Dan Turkel / Business Insider:
NATE SILVER: ‘We basically got the Republican race wrong’  —  In September 2015, writer and statistician Nate Silver urged people to “calm down” about the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican presidential nomination.  —  Two months later, he wrote that the media should …
Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
RIP, GOP  —  On Tuesday night the Republican voters of Indiana delivered the final verdict on the Republican primary race, giving Donald Trump a crushing 15-point victory over Ted Cruz.  Two hours after the polls closed, Cruz acknowledged the writing on the wall and dropped out of the race.
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Won't Self-Fund General-Election Campaign  —  Presumptive Republican nominee plans to create ‘world-class finance organization’ to back campaign  —  Donald Trump won't self-fund his general-election campaign, and will instead create a “world-class finance organization,” …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Scarborough: I won't vote for Trump if he doesn't change  —  If Donald Trump maintains his hard-line stance on immigration and his call to bar Muslims from entering the United States in the general election against Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Republican nominee is in for a bruising defeat …
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Ted Cruz's $10 million donor backs Donald Trump  —  4.7k Shares  —  WASHINGTON - Toby Neugebauer, a wealthy energy investor, likes Ted Cruz so much that he deposited $10 million into a super PAC designed to boost the Texas Republican's presidential ambitions.
Discussion: CNN and AOL
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Grassley: Trump would nominate ‘right type’ to court  —  U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said Wednesday he thinks Donald Trump, now the presumptive Republican nominee for president, would nominate the “right type of people” to the U.S. Supreme Court.  —  Grassley noted that Trump …
Jordan Rudner / The Texas Tribune:
Bush 41, 43 Have No Plans to Endorse Trump
New York Times:
Donald Trump Reaches Out, Quietly, to Republican Establishment
Discussion: ABC News and Salon
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Spoiler: They can't.  —  Suppose the Republican Party's elites …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Hot Air and Politico
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Please don't mainstream Trump
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
Democrats don't know how to run against Trump
Discussion: Power Line and The Atlantic
Danielle Allen / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton is walking into Donald Trump's trap
Discussion: Althouse and The Slot
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:   Donald Trump's policy plans are real, detailed — and great
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Donald Trump Isn't Going to Be President
Seth Masket / Vox:
We are witnessing the most massive failure of a political party in generations
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
Ben Sasse / Facebook:
AN OPEN LETTER TO MAJORITY AMERICA  —  TO: Those who think both leading presidential candidates are dishonest and have little chance of leading America forward:  —  (...or, stated more simply)  —  TO: The majority of America:  —  Note: If you are one of those rare souls …
Fox News:
Romanian hacker Guccifer: I breached Clinton server, ‘it was easy’  —  Marcel Lazar Lehel, 40, is escorted by masked policemen in Bucharest, after being arrested in Arad, 337 miles west of Bucharest.  (Reuters) (REUTERS/Mediafax/Silviu Matei)  —  EXCLUSIVE: The infamous Romanian hacker known as …
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NBC News:
Hacker ‘Guccifer’: I Got Inside Hillary Clinton's Server  —  The Romanian hacker who first exposed Hillary Clinton's private email address is making a bombshell new claim — that he also gained access to the former Secretary of State's “completely unsecured” server.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Blames Hillary for Birtherism, Wolf Blitzer Summarily Fact-Checks Him
Discussion: Guardian and Raw Story
Katie Van-Syckle / Variety:
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Caught on Hot Mic Ogling Melania Trump … ‘Hardball’ anchor has long history of sexist comments  —  During the network's coverage of Donald Trump's Indiana primary victory speech, MSNBC's Chris Matthews was caught on a live microphone commenting on the appearance of Melania Trump, the Republican nominee's wife.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes  —  Publicly, John McCain insists Donald Trump will have a negligible effect on his campaign for reelection.  But behind closed doors at a fundraiser in Arizona last month, the Republican senator and two-time presidential hopeful offered a far more dire assessment to his supporters.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump-loving tow truck driver says God told him to leave disabled Bernie Sanders supporter stranded  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A South Carolina tow truck driver said God told him to leave a disabled Bernie Sanders supporter stranded along the interstate.
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Associated Press:
North Carolina Leaders Denounce Federal Threat on LGBT Law  —  Giving no indication of yielding to pressure, North Carolina's Republican leaders called a federal warning about the legality of the state's new law limiting LGBT anti-discrimination rules a broad overreach by the government.
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Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
US Justice Department: HB2 violates federal Civil Rights Act
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Republican Horse Race Is Over, and Journalism Lost  —  Wrong, wrong, wrong — to the very end, we got it wrong.  —  Just a couple of weeks ago, political prognosticators in television and print media were describing Indiana as the “most important test” for Donald J. Trump and a “firewall” where Ted Cruz “should do well.”
 
 
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WMTW-TV:
LePage to challenge King for Senate seat if not selected to Trump Administration
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Social Security moves to block the mentally ill from purchasing guns
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
KFC, With New Nail Polish, Redefines Chicken Fingers
Discussion: WNEP-TV and The Week
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NBC Relocates ‘Nightly News’ to Trump Tower, for a Night
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Carter Disagrees With Obama's Assessment, Says ISIS Fight ‘Far From Over’
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Daily Mail:
Tom and Jerry are blamed for ISIS: Head of Egypt's Information Service blames cartoon characters …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Pirate's Cove
 Earlier Items: 
Casey Harper / The Daily Caller:
DOJ Decides It Won't Call People ‘Felons’ Or ‘Convicts’ Because Hurts Their Feelings
Los Angeles Times:
LAPD hacked into iPhone of slain wife of ‘Shield’ actor, documents show
Ana Marie Cox / New York Times:
Milo Yiannopoulos Doesn't Have Feelings
Discussion: Mediaite