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7:35 PM ET, May 7, 2016

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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Here's the Latest From the Bullshitter-in-Chief  —  Donald Trump knows exactly how to appeal to the women's vote: … Oh goody.  I guess in a few days we'll be treated to a barrage of thumbsuckers relitigating the titillating tales of Kathleen Willey, Gennifer Flowers, and Paula Jones.  Christ.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton is going to be exonerated on the email controversy.  It won't matter.  —  The latest news on the Hillary Clinton email controversy reinforces everything we've heard so far on this subject: … That point about her intending to break classification rules is important …
Discussion: Hot Air
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Poll: Georgians largely undecided about presidential race  —  A large portion of likely Georgia voters are undecided about who they would vote for in an election between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.  —  Nearly 1 in 5 voters said they have not made up their minds …
Discussion: The Hill, RedState and The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
Masters in Politics Podcast: Adviser Says Trump Is ‘Very Much’ Like Bill Clinton  —  “When they talk to you they just own you.  They're staring right into your soul,” says Barry Bennett, a senior adviser to Trump.  —  haddadmedia  —  In an interview on Bloomberg's Masters in Politics podcast Friday …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Former GOP senator: Trump is a sociopath  —  Former U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-N.H.) called Donald Trump  —  a sociopath Friday, saying he would never support the presumptive GOP nominee even though his favored candidate, John Kasich, suspended his campaign earlier this week.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Los Angeles Times:
Obama to Republicans: Like it or not, you're stuck with Trump
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump revives attacks on Bill Clinton affair
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Nicknames Donald Trump the ‘Presumptuous Nominee’
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump: Hillary Clinton a ‘nasty, mean enabler’
Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:
Trump Ramps Up Attacks On Clinton Over Husband's Affairs
Doug McKelway / Fox News:
Elizabeth Warren going on Trump attack for Dems
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Ivy League economist ethnically profiled, interrogated for doing math on American Airlines flight  —  On Thursday evening, a 40-year-old man — with dark, curly hair, olive-skinned and an exotic foreign accent — boarded a plane.  It was a regional jet making a short, uneventful hop from Philadelphia to nearby Syracuse.
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Julie Shaw / Philly.com:
Passenger thinks Penn prof doing math is ‘terrorist;’ flight delayed
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Republican Party Unravels Over Donald Trump's Takeover  —  By seizing the Republican presidential nomination for Donald J. Trump on Tuesday night, he and his millions of supporters completed what had seemed unimaginable: a hostile takeover of one of America's two major political parties.
Discussion: Washington Post and American Power
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump spurs some conservative leaders to step back from the GOP  —  Donald Trump's looming nomination has spurred some leaders of the conservative movement — for generations, the backbone of the GOP — to break free from a Republican Party now being rapidly reshaped by the New York billionaire's incendiary tone and unorthodox populism.
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
In Arkansas, a Preview of Democratic Attacks to Come
Discussion: American Power
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   Top House Republicans Speak Out Against Paul Ryan: “I Don't Understand What He's Thinking”
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders leaves door open to Clinton VP spot … Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders  —  on Friday left the door open to being Hillary Clinton  —  's running mate if she were to offer him the position after the party's convention this summer.  —  “Right now, we are focused …
Discussion: CNN, ABC News and The Daily Caller
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
A Confession of Liberal Intolerance  —  WE progressives believe in diversity, and we want women, blacks, Latinos, gays and Muslims at the table — er, so long as they aren't conservatives.  —  Universities are the bedrock of progressive values, but the one kind of diversity that universities disregard is ideological and religious.
Discussion: Althouse
Sarah Newton / WHTM-TV:
Bishop McDevitt girl thrown out of prom for wearing a suit  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - A Midstate high school student had the experience of a lifetime at her prom Friday night, but not in the way her family expected.  —  Aniya Wolf was thrown out of Bishop McDevitt's prom.
Discussion: CBS 4, FOX6Now.com and WCMH-TV
Politico:
Obama's full remarks at Howard University commencement ceremony  —  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Thank you!  Hello, Howard!  (Applause.)  H-U!  —  AUDIENCE: You know!  —  Story Continued Below  —  OBAMA: H-U!  —  AUDIENCE: You know!  —  OBAMA: (Laughter.)  Thank you so much, everybody.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Rachael Krishna / BuzzFeed:
This Black Man Was Rejected By An Airbnb Host — Then Was Accepted Under A Fake White Profile  —  Greg Selden said he created fake profiles for white guests — which were accepted.  UPDATE: The post contains updated statements from Airbnb and Selden.  —  Greg Selden is a 25-year-old living in Richmond, Virginia.
Discussion: Complex, LawNewz and Guardian
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Benghazi Committee Chairman Gowdy Sends Scathing Letter in Response to Pentagon Critique  —  WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — The chairman of the House Benghazi panel fired back Friday at the Defense Department for criticizing the Republican-led investigation into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
Discussion: RedState and Western Journalism
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
VIDEO=> #BlackLivesMatter Goon Threatens to Murder Donald Trump, Wife Melania and Daughter Ivanka
Devin Schacht / WLFI-TV:
Explosion destroys Monticello home
Discussion: CBS 4
Nicole Gaouette / CNN:
Saudi prince: Getting nukes an option if Iran breaks deal
Robert Everett-Green / Globe and Mail:
Losing her religion: How musician Laurel Sprengelmeyer, also known as Little Scream, traded one faith for another
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Raw Story
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
President Obama Gives Howard University Graduates a Lecture on ‘Change’
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Welcome to the Great Republican Squirm of 2016
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
New York Post:
Hillary's latest email lie didn't even last a week
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 Earlier Items: 
Beth Harris / Associated Press:
NYQUIST TRIES TO FOLLOW AMERICAN PHAROAH AT KENTUCKY DERBY
David A. Kessler / New York Times:
The Opioid Epidemic We Failed to Foresee
Caleb Howe / RedState:
LYIN' DON: Trump Just Totally Made Up the Story that he Talked to Marco Rubio Recently
Discussion: Heat Street
Reuters:
Russia's ‘Obama’ ice cream deepens chilly relations with US
Joanna Walters / Guardian:
How to use a urinal like a lady: a trans woman's rebel tour of North Carolina
Anis Shivani / Salon:
Our awful elites gutted America.  Now they dare ring alarms about Trump, Sanders — and cast themselves as saviors
Discussion: Mashable