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11:45 AM ET, May 9, 2016

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CNN:
Poll: 6-in-10 oppose bills like the North Carolina transgender bathroom law  —  Washington (CNN)Americans broadly oppose laws that would require transgender people to use facilities that correspond with their gender at birth rather than their gender identity, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll …
Discussion: Reuters, Joe.My.God. and Towleroad
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Joshua Berlinger / CNN:
Showdown looms over North Carolina's bathroom bill  —  (CNN)It's deadline day for North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory.  —  The U.S. Justice Department sent his office a letter Wednesday claiming that the state's controversial bathroom law is in violation of the Civil Rights Act.
Discussion: mrctv.org/videos and Hot Air
Pete Williams / NBC News:
North Carolina Sues Feds Over Controversial LGBT Law  —  North Carolina could face federal lawsuit over bathroom law 0:26  —  North Carolina on Monday filed a lawsuit against the federal government in response to a letter from the Justice Department that gave the state until the end …
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:   Dozens of Parents Sue DOE Over Illinois Transgender Bathroom Law
Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News  —  Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network's influential “trending” news section, according to a former journalist who worked on the project.
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
He'll Do It His Way  —  Don't expect a New Trump.  —  If you're expecting Donald Trump to change now that he's the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, forget it.  Trump says he can act presidential any time he wants to.  But that time rarely comes.  There's a reason for this.
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Reuters:   Democrats gird for fight with Trump in U.S. Rust Belt states
Los Angeles Times:
Column What's Bernie Sanders' next move?
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton Is A Progressive Democrat, Despite What You May Have Heard
Discussion: New York Times
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
‘I think he could come apart’  —  Mark Salter, the most prominent and most defiant Republican to announce his support of Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, thinks the 2016 campaign could literally — no joke — drive the billionaire developer insane.  —  Salter, one of McCain's top aides during …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: U.S. can never default because it prints money  —  Donald Trump assailed the media on Monday for what he said was a misrepresentation of his comments on debt, rejecting the notion that he would have the United States default on his debt.  —  “I said if we can buy back government debt as a discount.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:   Trump's Dangerous National Debt Plan Is Also Unconstitutional
Los Angeles Times:
High school yearbook misidentifies Muslim student as ‘Isis Phillips’  —  A high school yearbook is supposed to be a keepsake, but for a Muslim student in Rancho Cucamonga it will be a painful reminder of being misidentified as “Isis Phillips” in a photo that showed her smiling and wearing a hijab.
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Associated Press:   Muslim Student Says Yearbook ID'd Her As ‘Isis Phillips’
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
GOP operatives on the prowl for secret Clinton transcripts  —  Republican operatives are scouring the country for transcripts, notes or secret recordings of Hillary Clinton  —  's paid speeches to Goldman Sachs in hopes of finding damaging material for the general election.
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Bobby Jindal / Wall Street Journal:
I'm Voting Trump, Warts and All  —  I stand by all my criticisms of the New Yorker, but the stakes for the country are too great to elect Clinton.  —  Some of my fellow Republicans have declared they will never, under any circumstances, vote for Donald Trump.
Discussion: New York Times and Althouse
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Michael Walsh / New York Post:   Donald Trump is going to troll his way to victory
Ben Rhodes:
How We Advocated for the Iran Deal  —  In recent years, few things have been as exhaustively debated or written about than the Iran deal.  —  That debate reignited this week after a long article about me included a section about the Iran deal.  There are many issues raised in an article of this length …
Associated Press:
Philippine mayor ahead in unofficial count for president  —  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A brash mayor known for sex jokes and a pledge to end crime within six months — by killing suspected criminals if necessary — strongly led an unofficial vote count in Monday's Philippine presidential election …
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Associated Press:
HARD-TALKING MAYOR FAVORED TO BE NEXT PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT
Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Bars Intelligence Agencies From Using Analytics Service  —  Social media firm cuts access to Dataminr, a service used to identify unfolding terror attacks, political unrest  —  Twitter Inc. cut off U.S. intelligence agencies from access to a service that sifts through the entire output …
Breitbart:
London's Iconic Red Buses To Declare ‘Glory To Allah’  —  Britain's largest Islamic charity says it wants to “break down barriers” and portray Islam positively by launching a new advertising campaign which will slap the phrase “glory to Allah” on the side of London buses.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Cashing in: Illegal immigrants get $1,261 more welfare than American families, $5,692 vs. $4,431  —  Illegal immigrant households receive an average of $5,692 in federal welfare benefits every year, far more than the average “native” American household, at $4,431, according to a new report on the cost of immigration released Monday.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama itches for Trump fight  —  President Obama can't wait to take on Donald Trump  —  Obama has been largely sidelined in the presidential contest, a last-year officeholder with high approval ratings who has repeatedly shown he likes to spar with political foes.
Discussion: Heat Street
Dara Lind / Vox:
Why liberals love to fantasize about moving to Canada (and how to do it for real)  —  Maybe, at first, you were joking.  Maybe you've caught yourself since then wondering if it would truly be such a bad idea.  —  After all, America may well elect Donald J. Trump president in November.
Discussion: alan.com
WSAZ-TV:
Man charged in attack on W.Va. State Senate candidate attack  —  LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va (WSAZ) — A man is behind bars tonight after allegedly beating a man running for the West Virginia Senate.  Jonathan Porter, 41, of Logan County is charged with felony destruction of property, malicious assault and attempt to commit a felony.
 
 
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New York Times:
U.S. Role in Afghanistan Turns to Combat Again, With a Tragic Error
David Cantor / The74Million:
United Front: Teachers Unions Quietly Spend Millions on ‘Grassroots’ Groups
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Rapper Azealia Banks Endorses Trump - Says Hillary Talks to Black People “Like We're Pets”
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Make America empathetic again
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Daily News:
New York nail salons must pay $2M for cheating workers out of fair wages
Discussion: New York Magazine and Raw Story
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Yosemite, sponsored by Starbucks? National Parks to start selling some naming rights
Discussion: Raw Story
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump, who once opposed minimum-wage hike, says he would ‘like to see an increase’
Discussion: Hot Air, Raw Story, Guardian and Reuters
 Earlier Items: 
Alex Zielinski / ThinkProgress:
The Latest Strategy To Prevent Women From Getting A Safe Abortion
Discussion: alan.com
Brian Faler / Politico:
Congress says no Puerto Rico bailout, but tax deal beat it to the punch
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
Associated Press:
NEW PRISON FOR DRUG BOSS ‘EL CHAPO’ SEEN AS LESS SECURE
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
I Am Going To Vote For Trump Though It Makes Me Want To Projectile Vomit
Discussion: Hot Air
Ben Glaze / Mirror.co.uk:
‘Brexit’ could trigger World War Three, warns David Cameron
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Veterans call on Trump to show respect
 

 
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