memeorandum: Trump pins a nickname on Bernie Sanders (Nolan D. McCaskill/Politico)

9:50 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.

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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Wins West Virginia, Prolonging Race With Hillary Clinton

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ABC News:
West Virginia Democratic Primary Exit Poll Results

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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Sanders beats Clinton in West Virginia, CNN projects

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and MichelleMalkin.com

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Donald Trump Supporters Boost Bernie Sanders in West Virginia

Discussion: Mediaite

Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed: Clinton Faces Hard Reality Of Unity In Trump Country

Media Matters for America:
NRA's Ted Nugent Promotes Fake Video Of Hillary Clinton Being Shot

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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Takes a Step to the Left on Health Care

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CBS News:
Over four in 10 Sanders voters in West Virginia would vote for Trump

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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Sanders Wins in West Virginia Democratic Primary; Trump Cruises

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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

Associated Press:

AP Interview: Trump narrows VP list as he moves into general — NEW YORK (AP) — Shifting swiftly to the general election, Donald Trump says he's narrowed his list of potential running mates to “five or six” people and doesn't want to accept public money to finance a fall campaign against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

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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.

Discussion: NBC News

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: Talking Points Memo, Politico, Outside the Beltway and Hot Air

Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Ben Carson Is Off Trump's VP Vetting Team

Discussion: CNN, BizPac Review, Fox News, Vox, Patterico's Pontifications, The Hill, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Independent Journal … and Hullabaloo

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 …

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:

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Magazine and Media Matters for America

CNN:
Trump campaign approves white nationalist as GOP delegate after ‘database error’

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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: TVNewser and twitchy.com

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, Washington Times and Yahoo

Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Vice President Joe Biden ‘Confident’ Hillary Clinton Will Be Democratic Nominee

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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 …

Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Trump Paralyzed Hillary's Campaign

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Nick Gass / Politico: Swing-state poll: Voters want Garland to get hearing

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

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 …

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: No More Mister Nice Blog and CNBC

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

Geoffrey Dickens / NewsBusters:

Charlie Rose and President's Speechwriters Laugh About ObamaCare Lie — If you are one of the millions of people who lost their health insurance under ObamaCare, the President's lie “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it” probably still stings.

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Bloomberg:

Huawei Prepares for Robot Overlords and Communication with the Dead — Chinese technology giant Huawei is preparing for a world where people live forever, dead relatives linger on in computers and robots try to kill humans. — Huawei is best known as one of the world's largest producers …

Discussion: The Verge

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Here's the Real Reason Everybody Thought Trump Would Lose — We thought Republicans were less, well, dumb. — Why did almost everybody fail to predict Donald Trump's victory in the Republican primaries? Nate Silver blames the news media, disorganized Republican elites, and the surprising appeal of cultural grievance.

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.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

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.”

Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller:

About That Woman Dana Loesch Called Flat-Chested... Whoops. — Conservative radio host Dana Loesch may want to bury her head in sand for a day or two. — Not that she wasn't entitled to trash CNN commentator Kayleigh McEnany for saying anyone who doesn't support Donald Trump isn't really conservative.

Discussion: Mediaite and Independent Journal …