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5:40 AM ET, May 12, 2016

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Mitt Romney / Facebook:
It is disqualifying for a modern-day presidential nominee to refuse to release tax returns to the voters, especially one who has not been subject to public scrutiny in either military or public service.  Tax returns provide the public with its sole confirmation of the veracity …
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CNN:
House GOP warns Ryan to back Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Rank-and-file House Republicans are urging Speaker Paul Ryan to get behind presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, warning his resistance could lead to the party fracturing rather than uniting if he withholds his endorsement.
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Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Is Considering Newt Gingrich for Vice Presidential Role
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump and GOP leaders might never be on the same page
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Trump needs cash, but GOP donors not opening their wallets
Discussion: Associated Press and AOL
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump surges in support, almost even with Clinton in national U.S. poll
Numbers / Pew Research Center's Social …:
America's Shrinking Middle Class: A Close Look at Changes Within Metropolitan Areas  —  The middle class lost ground in nearly nine-in-ten U.S. metropolitan areas examined  —  The American middle class is losing ground in metropolitan areas across the country, affecting communities from Boston to Seattle and from Dallas to Milwaukee.
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Emily Badger / Washington Post:
The middle class is shrinking just about everywhere in America  —  The great shrinking of the middle class that has captured the attention of the nation is not only playing out in troubled regions like Rust Belt metros, Appalachia and the Deep South, but in just about every metropolitan area in America …
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders' California director leaves campaign  —  Bernie Sanders' campaign parted ways with its California state director Michael Ceraso on Wednesday morning, 27 days before the primary in the state that Sanders has repeatedly said is crucial to his effort to capture the Democratic nomination.
Discussion: NBC News and Guardian
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Wasserman Schultz's liberal challenger set to announce $1M haul
Ben Wolfgang / Washington Times:
Sanders: Nominating Clinton would be ‘disaster’ for party, nation
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rush Limbaugh:
Flashback 2012: Trump Endorses Hillary  —  RUSH: I found the YouTube last night, and I'm gonna play this for you and I'm curious to know how Trump supporters react to this.  Because this is gonna be in an ad, too.  This may end up being an ad.  It may be chopped up and edited into an ad, but it's gonna be an ad.
Discussion: Washington Times
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Producer defends film on Reagan's Alzheimer's  —  A producer linked to a controversial movie about former President Ronald Reagan's Alzheimer's disease says backlash over its subject matter is unfair.  —  “I've never been close to a movie like that where so little information became such a tidal wave …
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Adam McKay on ‘The Iron Virgin,’ the Rise of Trump, and His Aborted Reagan Alzheimer's Project
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Harry Reid to Rep. Alan Grayson: ‘I want you to lose’  —  Rep. Alan Grayson angrily confronted Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday, disrupting a meeting of the Congressional Progressive Caucus in front of dozens of staffers and members of Congress.
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The Hill:
Dem meeting boils over with Reid-Grayson confrontation
Discussion: Hot Air
Jonathan Updated / Glenn Beck:
Glenn Makes Wild Prediction About Trump  —  Donald Trump has faced consistent pressure and scrutiny from Glenn, so his prediction Wednesday on The Glenn Beck Program came as a surprise.  —  “I'm going to make a prediction about Donald Trump,” Glenn said.  “I could say he's going to be the nominee of the Republican Party.
Matt Donnelly / The Wrap:
Woody Allen Slapped With Rape Joke at Cannes Opening Night Ceremony  —  “You've shot so many of your films here in Europe and yet in the U.S. you haven't even been convicted of rape,” said Laurent Lafitte  —  French comic Laurent Lafitte helped the 2016 Cannes Film Festival kick off to an awkward start …
Atrios / Eschaton:
Think Pieces About MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE And How I Could Possibly Be Wrong  —  I'm tired of reading think pieces about WHY WE ALL THOUGHT DONALD TRUMP WOULD LOSE (I'm looking at you, Chait).  First of all, we all didn't, you and your circle jerk did.  Secondly, I don't care what your prior beliefs about the Republican party were.
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Magazine
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Trump: Muslim ban was ‘just a suggestion’  —  Donald Trump has demoted his proposed Muslim immigration ban to a mere “suggestion.”  —  In a radio interview with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade on Wednesday, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee softened his call to temporarily prohibit Muslims from entering the United States.
Elisabetta Povoledo / New York Times:
Italy Approves Same-Sex Civil Unions  —  ROME — After decades of struggle by gay rights groups, and months of contested political negotiations, the Italian Parliament on Wednesday evening gave final approval to a law recognizing civil unions of same-sex couples.
People.com:
Megyn Kelly Opens Up About Surviving the ‘Ugly’ and ‘Threatening’ Donald Trump Attacks: ‘I Just Wanted It to Stop’  —  When Donald Trump publicly attacked Megyn Kelly a day after she moderated the presidential debate last August, the Fox News host had no idea it would last as long as it did.
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Judge Finds Planned Parenthood Shooting Suspect Unfit for Trial  —  COLORADO SPRINGS — A Colorado judge on Wednesday declared the confessed gunman in a shooting rampage last November at a Planned Parenthood clinic here mentally incompetent to stand trial.  Three people were killed and nine were wounded in the attack.
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens Backs Donald Trump, Muslim Ban  —  LAS VEGAS—Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens, who previously backed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's presidential campaign, on Wednesday endorsed presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and said he supports the candidate's proposal …
Discussion: Politico and ThinkProgress
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
A Trump adviser's plan for a multitrillion-dollar budget surplus, explained  —  Speaking at a Pete Peterson Foundation fiscal summit on Wednesday, Donald Trump adviser Sam Clovis said that the Trump campaign's economic program would unleash so much growth that the federal budget surplus …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
George Zimmerman Says He's Auctioning Off His Gun from Trayvon Martin Shooting  —  George Zimmerman is auctioning off the gun he used to fatally shoot Trayvon Martin.  —  Zimmerman, who was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter after arguing self-defense, explained in an interview with WOGX, “I'm a free American.
I Quant NY:
The NYPD Was Systematically Ticketing Legally Parked Cars for Millions of Dollars a Year- Open Data Just Put an End to It  —  New York City is a complex place to drive.  And when it comes to parking, there are plenty of rules and regulations to follow.  It's no wonder that sometimes people …
Associated Press:
Cops: Barber Pulled Gun On Man, Told Him He ‘Does Not Cut Black Hair’  —  ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina say a barber with a history of aggressive behavior toward potential customers faces charges for pulling a gun on a man and telling him he “does not cut black hair.”
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Michael Ratner, Lawyer Who Won Rights for Guantánamo Prisoners, Dies at 72  —  Michael Ratner, a fearless civil liberties lawyer who successfully challenged the United States government's detention of terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay without judicial review, died on Wednesday in Manhattan.
 
 
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The Independent:
The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro could spark a “full-blown public health disaster”, doctors have warned.
Discussion: Samizdata
Denny Walsh / Sacramento Bee:
Rep. Ami Bera's father pleads guilty to election fraud
Discussion: Daily Kos and Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times:
This California desert town is experiencing a marijuana boom
Yahoo:
Jesse Jackson 'didn't know' dinner companion Le Pen
Discussion: France 24
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FOX News Radio:
Kilmeade's Wide-Ranging Interview w/ Donald Trump On His VP Shortlist, Joe Biden, Newly Elected …
Discussion: RedState, AOL, ThinkProgress and The Hill
Olivia Lambert / NEWS.com.au:
People are having sexual fantasies about the biosphere
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump, Warren Trade Barbs After He Says She Didn't Have ‘Guts’ To Run For Prez
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump's candidacy sparking ‘a surge’ in citizenship, voter applications
Discussion: New York Magazine
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Miss Universe Foreign Policy
 

 
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