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9:15 AM ET, May 9, 2016

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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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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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
Wall Street Journal:   Financial Sector Gives Hillary Clinton a Boost
Tom Brune / Newsday:
Lee Zeldin promotes Donald Trump and their shared history
Discussion: NY State of Politics
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
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Reuters:
Democrats gird for fight with Trump in U.S. Rust Belt states  —  CLEVELAND/NEW YORK - Bracing for a general election fight with Donald Trump, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton and her allies are putting resources into industrial states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania to try …
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Los Angeles Times:
Column What's Bernie Sanders' next move?  —  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., raises his fist in the air during a campaign rally at Milton High School in Milton, Mass., on Feb. 29, 2016.  —  Bernie Sanders has plenty of sound reasons for continuing his presidential campaign …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton Is A Progressive Democrat, Despite What You May Have Heard
Discussion: New York Times
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
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The GOP's electoral-map problem is not about Trump.  It's about demographics.  —  Republicans have a major electoral map problem in November.  Major.  —  Donald Trump's victory last week in Indiana's primary not only effectively sealed the GOP nomination for the real estate billionaire …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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: Towleroad and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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 …
Brian Faler / Politico:
Congress says no Puerto Rico bailout, but tax deal beat it to the punch  —  Lawmakers say they absolutely, positively will not bail out Puerto Rico, but here's the thing: The federal government already is bailing out Puerto Rico.  —  The Obama administration effectively has been providing …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Dozens of Parents Sue DOE Over Illinois Transgender Bathroom Law  —  The bathroom controversy that started in North Carolina has had national implications, even making its way into the 2016 campaign and the White House.  The state law bars citizens who identify as transgender from entering whichever bathroom they choose.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
NC governor: Feds gave us ‘unrealistic’ bathroom law deadline
Discussion: RedState
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
I Am Going To Vote For Trump Though It Makes Me Want To Projectile Vomit  —  I intend to vote for Donald Trump, and just typing those words makes me throw up a little.  Make that a lot, and for distance.  Yeah, I know Trump is a clown, but so is Hillary Clinton, and while he's sort …
Discussion: Hot Air
Corinne Heller / E! Online:
Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne Split After More Than 33 Years of Marriage  —  It's over for Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne.  —  The 67-year-old heavy metal rocker and the 63-year-old co-host of The Talk have broken up after more than 33 years of marriage, E! News has learned.
William Yardley / Los Angeles Times:
Wildfire at Fort McMurray quickly overtakes Canada's environmental debate  —  A wildfire was growing just outside Fort McMurray, but Matt Hepditch went to work in the oil sands the way he always does.  —  Some people had evacuated, though reports the night before suggested the fire …
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Associated Press:   MASSIVE ALBERTA WILDFIRE EXPECTED TO BURN FOR MONTHS
Breitbart:
Paul Nehlen Tours Border with Breitbart Texas' Brandon Darby: ‘Agents Need a Fighter’  —  Paul Nehlen, the Wisconsin businessman who has launched a primary challenge to Rep. Paul Ryan, is currently touring the U.S.-Mexico border alongside Brandon Darby, the top editor of Breitbart Texas.
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Alex Zielinski / ThinkProgress:
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Ben Glaze / Mirror.co.uk:
‘Brexit’ could trigger World War Three, warns David Cameron
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Dennis Ross / Politico:
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New York Times:
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Veterans call on Trump to show respect
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Johnson sees third-party candidacy as ‘opportunity’
Simon Romero / New York Times:
Conservative's Star Rises in Brazil as Polarizing Views Tap Into Discontent
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Obama's last act is to force suburbs to be less white and less wealthy
Rick Wilson / New York Daily News:
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