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8:40 AM ET, May 11, 2016

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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump pins a nickname on Bernie Sanders  —  Touting his Tuesday night victories, Donald Trump unveiled a new moniker for yet another political adversary: “Crazy Bernie.”  —  “Big wins in West Virginia and Nebraska,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee tweeted Wednesday morning.
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
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ABC News:
West Virginia Democratic Primary Exit Poll Results  —  Who turned out in Tuesday's West Virginia Primary and what motivated their votes?  —  The following is reportable as “preliminary” exit poll results from the West Virginia Democratic primary.  Please note that exit poll results …
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:   Clinton Faces Hard Reality Of Unity In Trump Country
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Donald Trump Supporters Boost Bernie Sanders in West Virginia
Discussion: Mediaite
CBS News:
Over four in 10 Sanders voters in West Virginia would vote for Trump
Discussion: CBS New York, RedState and Mediaite
Media Matters for America:
NRA's Ted Nugent Promotes Fake Video Of Hillary Clinton Being Shot
Discussion: Mediaite
Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Trump Selects a White Nationalist Leader as a Delegate in California  —  On Monday evening, California's secretary of state published a list of delegates chosen by the Trump campaign for the upcoming Republican presidential primary in the state.  Trump's slate includes William Johnson …
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Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Trump Campaign Corresponded With Its White Nationalist Delegate Long After “Database Error”  —  On Tuesday, Mother Jones broke the story that the Trump campaign had selected William Johnson, a prominent white nationalist leader, as a California delegate.  The Trump campaign responded with the following statement:
Michelle Moons / Breitbart:
Trump Surprises with Celebrities on California Delegates List
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's delegate ineptitude stumbles into white nationalism
Discussion: Hot Air and CNN
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
S.E. Cupp: ‘Idiots’ Are Attacking Paul Ryan Because ‘Thinking’ Is Elitist Now  —  In a new column, CNN contributor S.E. Cupp writes that the attacks on Paul Ryan are the inevitable conclusion of Donald Trump's determination to purge America of “elitist establishment types.”
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Paul Ryan is stuck in a Trump trap  —  Paul Ryan knows he's in a squeeze.  —  The Wisconsin Republican has spent two decades building a brand as a serious conservative with a friendly demeanor, who totes budget charts to town halls and is more prone to a back slap than a back stab.
Associated Press:
AP Interview: Trump narrows VP list as he moves into general
Discussion: NBC News, ABC News and WCBD News 2
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
'They're Only Using Us For Their Own Power': Glenn Beck Unloads On The GOP
Discussion: Mediaite
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: Trump is underestimated  —  (R-Ky.) predicted Tuesday that Donald Trump  —  , the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, will be more competitive in November than many political analysts expect.  —  McConnell told reporters he is buoyed by a new Quinnipiac poll showing Trump within …
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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Trump Paralyzed Hillary's Campaign  —  For months, Democrats who wrestled with the prospect of handing Hillary Clinton their party's presidential nomination comforted themselves with public polling.  Sure, Clinton was a tainted candidate.  A serially mendacious individual with a bad habit …
Discussion: Instapundit and ThinkProgress
Nick Gass / Politico:   Swing-state poll: Voters want Garland to get hearing
Margaret Chadbourn / ABC News:
Joe Biden: ‘I Would Have Been the Best President’  —  Vice President Joe Biden says he “would have been the best president” if he had mounted a successful campaign in the 2016 election, but that forgoing the race was the right decision for his family.  —  Speaking with “Good Morning America” …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico and Yahoo
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
How Many People Support Trump but Don't Want to Admit It?  —  No one is more perplexed by Donald Trump than the leaders of the Republican Party.  On May 5, after Trump effectively clinched the Republican nomination, Paul Ryan famously asked:  —  As the speaker of the Republican-dominated House …
Discussion: Vox
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump launches tax plan rewrite  —  Donald Trump's campaign has enlisted influential conservative economists to revise his tax package and make it more politically palatable by slashing the $10 trillion sticker price.  Their main targets: Lifting the top tax rate from Trump's original plan …
Discussion: CNBC and NBC News
Daily Mail:
Sex abuse victim in her 20s allowed to choose euthanasia in Holland after doctors decided her post-traumatic stress and other conditions were incurable  —  A former victim of child sex abuse has ended her life under Dutch euthanasia laws because she could not live with her mental suffering.
New York Times:
Suicide on Periscope Prompts France to Open Inquiry  —  PARIS — French officials have opened an investigation after a distraught young woman recorded herself on Periscope, the live video-streaming app, describing her despair and then killing herself by jumping in front of a commuter train in suburban Paris.
Discussion: The Verge
Ronan Farrow / Hollywood Reporter:
My Father, Woody Allen, and the Danger of Questions Unasked (Guest Column)  —  EMAIL ME  —  Despite Dylan Farrow's damning allegations of sexual abuse, the director of Cannes' opening film today remains beloved by stars, paid by Amazon and rarely interrogated by media as his son, Ronan Farrow …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democratic focus groups reveal warning signs about Donald Trump  —  Focus groups of swing voters have picked up some warning signs for Democrats about Donald Trump's general election candidacy: While those swing voters are willing to see Trump as a risky, divisive figure …
Steerpike / Coffee House:
Revealed: Emma Watson named in latest Panama Papers leak  —  Of late, Emma Watson has been taking a more active role in both UK and American politics.  The Harry Potter actress recently attended the White House correspondents' dinner, and just yesterday called on London's new mayor Sadiq Khan …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Clinton aide Cheryl Mills leaves FBI interview briefly after being asked about emails  —  Near the beginning of a recent interview, an FBI investigator broached a topic with longtime Hillary Clinton aide Cheryl Mills that her lawyer and the Justice Department had agreed would be off limits …
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton is unraveling quickly  —  MORE FROM:  —  A liberal friend is very concerned about the Republican Party.  He tells me that Donald Trump will make it impossible for anybody anywhere running under the “R” column to win election.  Even a dogcatcher in Podunk is doomed!
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Religious Right Activists Demand Disney Heroine Get A Boyfriend, Stop ‘Homosexualizing Kids’  —  In response to a Twitter campaign urging Disney to “give Elsa a girlfriend” in the sequel to the popular children's movie “Frozen,” the social conservative group CitizenGo is circulating …
New York Times:
Donald Trump, Bucking Calls to Unite, Claims ‘Mandate’ to Be Provocative  —  Donald J. Trump's behavior in recent days — the political threats to the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan; the name-calling on Twitter; the attacks on Hillary Clinton's marriage — has deeply puzzled Republicans who expected …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Fox News:
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Discussion: Daily Mail
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