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2:45 PM ET, May 13, 2016

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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Donald Trump masqueraded as publicist to brag about himself  —  The voice is instantly familiar; the tone, confident, even cocky; the cadence, distinctly Trumpian.  The man on the phone vigorously defending Donald Trump says he's a media spokesman named John Miller, but then he says …
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Donald Trump denies posing as spokesman in recordings Washington Post uncovered  —  Donald Trump: 1991 phone call 'doesn't sound like my voice'  —  “No, I don't know anything about it.  You're telling me about it for the first time and it doesn't sound like my voice at all,” …
Fox News:
Trump says Washington Post owner Bezos has ‘huge antitrust problem’  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump lashed out at Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos Thursday, claiming that the founder of Amazon.com was using the newspaper as a tool to influence corporate tax policy.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump denies he impersonated own spokesman in 1991 recording
Discussion: Washington Post
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
It's On! TRUMP Goes After Jeff Bezos: He's Using Washington Post for Power - It's Wrong (VIDEO)
Discussion: Vox and WND
New York Times:
U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Epic Week For Transgender Rights Expands With Health Care Protections
Discussion: Vox
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama administration: Insurers must provide services regardless of gender identity
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
12NewsNow.Com:
PN-G ISD Superintendent on Obama admin's transgender letter: It's going in the paper shredder
John Santucci / ABC News:
Donald Trump Refuses to Reveal His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business'  —  The presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump continued to refuse to release his tax returns and today declined to reveal his tax rate.  —  Joining “Good Morning America” this morning, ABC News' George Stephanopoulos asked Trump …
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Yahoo:
Donald Trump Refuses to Reveal His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business' (ABC News)
Discussion: Daily Kos and Towleroad
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: My tax rate is ‘none of your business’
Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Clinton charity gave $2M to company owned by Bill's ‘friend’  —  More On:  —  Bill Clinton's foundation doled out $2 million to a power company partly owned by a wealthy blond divorcée about whom questions have been raised as to whether she is the frequent visitor to his home nicknamed “Energizer.”
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders crashes into Democratic Party wall  —  Now it's the Democratic convention that's promising to get messy.  —  After piling up millions of votes and wins in 19 states, Bernie Sanders and his supporters are beginning to lay out their expectations for the Democratic National Convention …
Discussion: The Hill
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Sanders Campaign Considers Party Reform Fight
Discussion: Hot Air and The Week
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Five Ways the Republican Convention Could Still Be Contentious  —  There is little doubt that Donald J. Trump will emerge from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland as the party's presidential nominee, but there is still some uncertainty about what could unfold there starting July 18.
Discussion: The Week
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Hillary-Hating Fan Fiction Feeds Trump  —  Donald Trump has hinted he has a lot of dirt on Hillary Clinton.  But where is he getting his information from?  Some of the best, worst Hillary fan fiction money can buy.  —  Hillary Clinton is a murderer and a lesbian and she buys her muumuus on Amazon.com.
Todd Feurer / CBS Chicago:
Milwaukee Teens Live Stream Sex Acts On Facebook  —  CHICAGO (CBS) — Police in Milwaukee have launched an investigation after three teenagers live streamed themselves having sex, while their classmates watched on their phones at school.  —  CBS 58 in Milwaukee reports two girls, 14 and 15 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Gizmodo
Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
I want to share some thoughts on the discussion about Trending Topics.  —  Facebook stands for giving everyone a voice.  We believe the world is better when people from different backgrounds and with different ideas all have the power to share their thoughts and experiences.  That's what makes social media unique.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump campaign eyes #NeverTrump blacklist  —  Donald Trump's campaign is considering hitting his Republican enemies where it hurts: Their wallets.  —  As Trump moves to work in closer concert with the Republican National Committee apparatus, some campaign aides and allies are pushing …
Ben Ashford For / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: No apology, no rebate!  Chelsea Clinton's contemptuous husband Marc Mezvinsky has ‘nothing to say’ to his investors (some Hillary contributors) despite losing 90 percent of their millions  — Mezvinsky has refused to apologize to investors yesterday - despite losing nearly $25 million …
Discussion: BizPac Review and The Daily Caller
Sheldon G. Adelson / Washington Post:
Sheldon Adelson: I endorse Donald Trump for president  —  Sheldon G. Adelson is chairman and chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp.  —  At the outset of the 2016 election, the GOP primary field was nearly as large as that of last weekend's Kentucky Derby.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Everything I say now is a suggestion  —  To hear Donald Trump explain his various proposals on Friday, including a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States—with exceptions, the presumptive Republican nominee made one thing clear: As of right now, they are all just suggestions.
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
A Reporter Spent The Night In Jail For Sneaking Into Donald Trump's Birthday Party  —  As Donald Trump was being serenaded by a Frank Sinatra impersonator, Wayne Barrett was handcuffed to the wall in an Atlantic City jail.  —  Donald Trump has placed unprecedented restrictions on members …
Associated Press:
Some Democrats step up pressure on Sanders to exit race  —  WASHINGTON - Pressure is mounting on Bernie Sanders to end his campaign for president, with Democratic Party leaders raising alarms that his continued presence in the race is undermining efforts to beat presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump this fall.
Discussion: whorunsGov and Bloomberg
Evan Axelbank / WTVT:
Family dog takes rattlesnake bite for 7-year-old  —  TAMPA (FOX 13) - His owners call him the perfect dog.  Haus is a 2-year-old German Shepard, and usually 68 pounds of loyalty and love, especially when it comes to his 7-year-old, Molly DeLuca.  After Haus possibly saved Molly's life …
Discussion: AOL
David Petraeus / Washington Post:
Anti-Muslim bigotry aids Islamist terrorists  —  David Petraeus, chairman of the KKR Global Institute, is a retired U.S. Army general who commanded coalition forces in Iraq from 2007 to 2008 and Afghanistan from 2010 to 2011 and served as CIA director from 2011 to 2012.
 
 
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Cass Sunstein / Heat Street:
We've Entered the Age of Partyism—It Might Get Worse Than Racism
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Chicago Students Now Required To Adopt Transgender Newspeak
Josh Jackman / thejc.com:
Labour suspend activist over “Jewish genocide of the British people” tweet
David Larter / Navy Times:
Navy officer fired amid fallout from U.S. sailors' arrest by Iran
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US Supreme Court blocks Alabama from executing Vernon Madison
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Calling it ‘disgusting,’ congressional candidate renounces fundraising
Philip Wegmann / The Daily Signal:
Senate Appropriations Bill Spends More Than Obama Requested
Discussion: RedState
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