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9:30 PM ET, May 7, 2016

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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: CANNONFIRE and Hot Air
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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.
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, The Daily Caller and RedState
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’
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
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.
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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
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Donald Trump Doesn't Think Republican Party ‘Has to be Unified’
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
In Arkansas, a Preview of Democratic Attacks to Come
Discussion: American Power
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Welcome to the Great Republican Squirm of 2016
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   Top House Republicans Speak Out Against Paul Ryan: “I Don't Understand What He's Thinking”
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
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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 …
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: Washington Post and 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: WISH-TV, WCMH-TV, CBS 4 and FOX6Now.com
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 …
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Rick McConnell / CBC News:
Fort McMurray wildfire heading for Saskatchewan border  —  Inside the city, police are going house to house, looking for people who may have been unable to leave  —  Firefighters prepare to be deployed into the Fort McMurray wildfire as they receive orders near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 7, 2016.
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
Walt Whitman / The Atlantic:
An American Primer … [The American Primer is a challenge rather than a finished fight.  Whitman shows in it what he was prepared to do rather than what he thought he had perfected.  It was his original intention to enlarge these notes into a study which would in a sense inclose the theme and dignify it in the way it deserved.
David Rosenberg / Reuters:
Report: US planning to take tougher line against Israel  —  Senior diplomats say upcoming report to ‘put Israel on notice’ that patience thinning in Obama administration.  —  The Middle East Quartet, made up of the US, EU, UN, and Russia, is scheduled to release a major policy report later in coming weeks …
Discussion: Power Line
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
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
VIDEO=> #BlackLivesMatter Goon Threatens to Murder Donald Trump, Wife Melania and Daughter Ivanka  —  Another unhinged Black Lives Matter supporter threatened to murder Donald Trump and his wife and daughter on Youtube.  —  The black man waves guns around saying he's going to kill Donald Trump …
 
 
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Anne Millerbernd / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin:
Storm brings Inland flooding, snow in mountains
Discussion: 89.3 KPCC and Associated Press
Devin Schacht / WLFI-TV:
Explosion destroys Monticello home
Discussion: CBS 4
Guardian:
US military admits troops are operating inside Yemen to combat al-Qaida
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Benghazi Committee Chairman Gowdy Sends Scathing Letter in Response to Pentagon Critique
Discussion: RedState and Western Journalism
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’
 Earlier Items: 
New York Post:
Hillary's latest email lie didn't even last a week
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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: Sky Dancing and 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
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
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