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10:15 AM ET, May 14, 2016

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Los Angeles Times:
Endorsement For all her faults, Hillary Clinton is vastly better prepared than Bernie Sanders for the presidency  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at East Los Angeles College on May 5.  —  A year ago, Hillary Clinton seemed to be on her way to a serene …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:   Nader: Clinton winning by ‘dictatorship’
New York Times:
Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved With Women in Private  —  Interviews reveal unwelcome advances, a shrewd reliance on ambitious women, and unsettling workplace conduct by Mr. Trump over decades.  —  Donald J. Trump had barely met Rowanne Brewer Lane when he asked her to change out of her clothes.
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Hangs Up When WaPo Reporters Ask Him About Posing As Publicist  —  Donald Trump abruptly hung up on Washington Post reporters when they asked him Friday afternoon about reports that he used to masquerade as his own publicist in interviews.  —  The Post's Marc Fisher and Will Hobson reported …
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Trump claims he didn't regularly use a fake name. That's not what he said under oath.
Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
Flight logs show Bill Clinton flew on sex offender's jet much more than previously known  —  Epstein, (inset left), and Clinton flew together at least 26 times on the disgraced financier's “Lolita Express.”  (John Coates, airport-data.com)  —  Former President Bill Clinton …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Sheldon Adelson Is Poised to Give Donald Trump a Donation Boost  —  The casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson told Donald J. Trump in a private meeting last week that he was willing to contribute more to help elect him than he has to any previous campaign, a sum that could exceed $100 million …
Discussion: Political Wire and Slantpoint
David Glasner / Uneasy Money:
Saving a Very Old Paper from Oblivion  —  I have just posted a paper ("How ‘Natural’ Is the Government Monopoly over Money") on SSRN.  It's a paper I wrote about 28 years ago, shortly after arriving in Washington to start working at the FTC, for a Cato Monetary Conference on Alternatives to Fiat Money.
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
The Selling of the Iran Deal  —  Lies, lies, and more lies.  —  On May 5, the New York Times posted online a lengthy and candid interview with Ben Rhodes, the 38-year-old deputy national security adviser for strategic communications.  The interview was something of a get …
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Andrew Pollack / New York Times:
Scientists Talk Privately About Creating a Synthetic Human Genome  —  Scientists are now contemplating the fabrication of a human genome, meaning they would use chemicals to manufacture all the DNA contained in human chromosomes.  —  The prospect is spurring both intrigue and concern …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Daily Mail and Engadget
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Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
Photos: Sheriff Joe Arpaio through the years … It's official: A federal judge has found Sheriff Joe Arpaio in civil contempt of federal court.  —  A federal judge ruled that the Maricopa County lawman and three of his top aides violated a federal court order meant to curtail racial profiling …
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J. Weston Phippen / The Atlantic:   Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Contempt of Court
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP rep refuses to apologize for racial slur  —  Former House Homeland Security Chairman Pete King (R-N.Y.) is refusing to apologize for using the racial slur “Japs” during an interview on MSNBC on Friday morning, saying people are “too politically correct.”
Discussion: AOL and NBC News
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
“Corrupt, Liar, Deceiver, Opportunist” - Focus Group OF WOMEN Rips Hillary Clinton (VIDEO)  —  A focus group of women voters ripped Hillary Clinton for pandering to female voters.  —  The women, both Democrats and Republicans, had one thing in common - they dislike Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: The American Mirror
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Ben Sasse under fire  —  Sen. Ben Sasse's outspoken rejection of Donald Trump is roiling Nebraska Republican politics, and the discord is threatening to boil over at the state's GOP convention Saturday.  —  A prominent Nebraska political operative — who is the nephew of senior GOP Sen. Deb Fischer …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Scarborough: ‘Entire Democratic Party’ is against Sanders … MSNBC host Joe Scarborough says the entire Democratic establishment is against presidential candidate Bernie Sanders  —  “Bernie Sanders continues to outperform Hillary Clinton  —  in just about every poll in match-ups with Donald Trump
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Donald Trump: Obama's Government Should Get Out of Kids' Bathrooms, Locker Rooms  —  The federal government should leave sexual regulation of the nation's K-12 bathrooms and locker rooms to state and local governments, Donald Trump said in multiple interviews Friday.
Henry Bodkin / Telegraph:
Tiny origami robot can be injested to complete medical tasks without surgery  —  Play!  —  An ‘origami robot’ that can be swallowed in a pill and then sent on missions inside the body promises a revolution in internal treatment of the digestive system, scientists have claimed.
Jonathan Gilbert / New York Times:
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Ex-Argentine President, Indicted on Financial Charge  —  BUENOS AIRES — A judge in Argentina on Friday indicted former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and other officials on charges of manipulating the nation's Central Bank during the final months of her administration.
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Pfizer Blocks the Use of Its Drugs in Executions  —  The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced on Friday that it has imposed sweeping controls on the distribution of its products to ensure that none are used in lethal injections, a step that closes off the last remaining open-market source of drugs used in executions.
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Report: Wendy's to Roll Out Self-Serve Kiosks by End of 2016, as Wage Increases Squeeze Fast Food Companies  —  Wendy's fast food restaurant chain says it will begin offering self-serve kiosks at its 6,000-plus locations across America, making them available to costumers by the end of 2016.
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Trump on ‘smart’ women: They're manipulative ‘killers’ who use their bodies to get ahead  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Republican frontrunner and presumptive nominee for president Donald Trump once said that “smart women” act “feminine and needy” but that on the inside, they're “real killers.”
Discussion: CNN and Heat Street
Mayor Rahm Emanuel / Chicago Sun Times:
Mayor Emanuel: Our next steps on road to police reform  —  Five months ago, I pledged to the residents of Chicago that we would do whatever it takes to rebuild public trust and restore accountability in the police department.  My goal is to bring safety to every community though building trust in our police department.
New York Times:
Homicide Rates Jump in Many Major U.S. Cities, New Data Shows  —  WASHINGTON — Experts cannot agree on what to call a recent rise in homicides, much less its cause, but new data on Friday that showed a sharp spike in homicide rates in more than 20 cities rekindled debate over whether it was time for alarm.
Discussion: Guardian
 
 
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump on His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business'
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
SHOCK POLL: Trump Leads Hillary Among Hispanic Voters [VIDEO]
Discussion: The Hill and RedState
Hugh Naylor / Washington Post:
In blow to Hezbollah, senior commander killed in Syria
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
Matthew Diebel / USA Today:
This woman is the only person left born in the 1800s
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RT:
Belgium paid Al-Qaeda terrorist nearly €80k in ‘moral damages’ - reports
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Infowars
Eric M. Johnson / Raw Story:
DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A North Carolina …
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Humans and Mastodons Coexisted in Florida, New Evidence Shows
Discussion: Washington Post and Gizmodo
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Kirk, on tape: Menendez indicted for opposing Obama's Iran deal
Discussion: Blue Nation Review
Ari Melber / NBC News:
Trump Campaign Could Use New Donations to Pay Donald Trump $36M for Loan
Discussion: Politico and RedState