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2:15 PM ET, May 6, 2016

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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
‘Dismayed’ Romney says he doesn't intend to back Trump, worried about ‘demagoguery and populism’  —  Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, said at a dinner in Washington on Thursday night that he had no intention of supporting presumtive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump …
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New York Times:
Sheldon Adelson Says He Will Support Donald Trump  —  The casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson said on Thursday night that he would support Donald J. Trump now that he has become the Republican Party's presumptive nominee.  —  “Yes, I'm a Republican, he's a Republican,” Mr. Adelson said in a brief interview.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump camp suggests Ryan unfit to be speaker  —  Donald Trump and his allies are lashing out at House Speaker Paul Ryan for his refusal to back — for now — the presumptive Republican nominee, with Trump's spokeswoman even declaring Ryan unfit for his job.  —  During a phone interview …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Forbes, Sky Dancing and ABC News
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Donald Trump Seeks Republican Unity but Finds Rejection  —  Donald J. Trump's moment of triumph this week quickly gave way to a trying and even humiliating test of his standing as a Republican leader, as a phalanx of the party's most respected figures shunned the man anointed as their presumptive presidential nominee.
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Reince Priebus on Donald Trump's Taco Tweet: 'He's Trying'  —  A tweet showing Donald Trump eating a taco bowl on Cinco de Mayo while declaring “I love Hispanics!” signals that the GOP front-runner is “trying.”  —  That's according to Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Priebus on Trump: 'He's trying'  —  Reince Priebus is a man under siege.  He has a presumptive nominee who has scorched the earth.  He has a House speaker so far refusing to accept the GOP's new standard-bearer.  And he has knee-knocking candidates across the country worried their party is being driven off a cliff.
Discussion: RedState, Washington Post and The Hill
Eric Bradner / CNN:
The GOP resistance to Donald Trump
Jake Sherman / Politico:
How Ryan decided to ditch Trump
Discussion: Washington Monthly, TIME and CNN
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Everyone Is Getting Today's Trump Tweet Totally Wrong
Peter Overby / NPR.org:
Will Donald Trump Get Back The $38 Million He Lent His Campaign?
Discussion: Washington Post
Dana Bash / CNN:
First on CNN: Rick Perry endorses Donald Trump for president
Sundance / The Last Refuge:   Donald Trump Is The Nominee But Every State Needs To Keep Voting...
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Republicans, Apologize to Bill Clinton  —  Upon arrival in Washington, DC in January of 1993, Bill and Hillary Clinton found themselves in a never ending independent counsel investigation.  The investigation began over a land deal that was known as Whitewater.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Yo, Hillary: Hit Donald Where It Hurts  —  The things Trump likes to brag about are exactly where he's most vulnerable.  —  Karl Rove, in his calamitous career, got one thing right: attack the other guy's strength.  That's what Hillary Clinton should do to Donald Trump, starting yesterday.
Discussion: CNN
Joe Klein / TIME:
Why the Clintons Don't Fear the Coming Armageddon With Donald Trump
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders poised for May win streak  —  Here's one reason Bernie Sanders is reluctant to give up the fight: May is shaping up to be a pretty good month for him.  —  On the heels of his Indiana victory Tuesday, Sanders is well-positioned for wins in the upcoming West Virginia and Oregon primaries.
Discussion: Common Dreams and Althouse
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Steven Shepard / Politico:   Majority of GOP insiders won't commit to Trump
Wall Street Journal:
Ben Carson Says Donald Trump Could Consider Democrat for Running Mate
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Idea to Cut National Debt: Get Creditors to Accept Less  —  One day after assuring Americans he is not running for president “to make things unstable for the country,” the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump, said in a television interview Thursday that he might seek …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
White House admits it played us for fools to sell Iran deal  —  MORE FROM:  —  Congratulations, liberals of the Washington press corps and elite organizations: You're a bunch of suckers.  We all know this because the Obama White House just told us so.  —  In an astounding New York Times piece …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The political scientist who saw Trump's rise coming  —  Norm Ornstein on why the Republican Party was ripe for a takeover, what the media missed, and whether Trump could win the presidency.  —  In the summer of 2015, most of the political world still thought Donald Trump's candidacy was a joke.
Discussion: New York Times and Balloon Juice
Charles Thompson / PennLive.com:
Child told Paterno of sex abuse in 1976, court papers allege  —  Court documents state that “in 1976, a child allegedly reported to PSU's Head Coach Joseph Paterno that he (the child) was sexually molested by Sandusky.” … A new bombshell dropped in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal Thursday.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama on Trump: ‘This is not a reality show’ … President Obama on Friday urged the news media to closely scrutinize Donald Trump  —  's record and past comments, and avoid coverage that highlights “the spectacle and the circus” of the campaign trail.  —  Obama previewed his role …
Discussion: Political Wire
Bloomberg.com:
Why GOP Strategist Mary Matalin Is Registering as a Libertarian  —  Republican strategist Mary Matalin discusses Donald Trump and her decision to change her party affiliation on “With All Due Respect.”
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Jon Stewart May Be on HBO Before November Election, Says CEO Richard Plepler  —  Jon Stewart could arrive on HBO in time for the November presidential election.  —  In a Paley Media Council interview Thursday with CNN's Brian Stelter, HBO CEO Richard Plepler was asked whether viewers …
Discussion: The Week and Complex
Rebecca Perring / Daily Express:
‘There is NO place for Islam in our politics’ Shock poll highlights Germany's discontent  —  MORE than half of Germans surveyed in a shock poll say there is “no place for Islam” in their nation's political system.  —  GETTY  —  More than 60 per cent of people say Islam cannot be part of German politics
Discussion: Pamela Geller, Hot Air and Breitbart
Erik Klemetti / Wired:
Mount St. Helens Is Recharging Its Magma Stores, Setting Off Earthquake Swarms  —  When it comes down to it, volcanoes spend most of their existence not erupting.  If you look at almost any volcano, it might have a bout of eruption for days to months at a time, then go quiet for decades, centuries or more.
Discussion: Daily Mail
 
 
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Angus MacKinnon / Yahoo:
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Emily Calandrelli / TechCrunch:
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders accuses DNC of tipping convention toward Clinton
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Sends Message of Support to Transgender Woman Allegedly Attacked on NYC Subway
Discussion: Washington Blade and Joe.My.God.
Kenneth Garger / New York Post:
Top Democrat suspended for mysterious voter purge
Discussion: LawNewz and Washington Free Beacon
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
5¢ Fee on Plastic Bags Is Approved by New York City Council
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James Rosen / Fox News:
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
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Milo / Breitbart:
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Discussion: Vox Popoli
Camille Paglia / Salon:
It's not about sexism: Camille Paglia on Trump, Hillary's “restless bitterness” and the end of the elites