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12:55 PM ET, May 14, 2016

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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Evasions on Taxes  —  American politics has some silly and outdated traditions, but the disclosure of income tax returns by contenders for the presidency isn't one of them.  Beginning in 1952, candidates have been releasing their returns to assure voters that they have no conflicts …
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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 …
New York Times:
Donald Trump on His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business'
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Reporter denies leaking ‘John Miller’ tapes, suggests Trump behind leaks  —  The reporter who spoke with Donald Trump  —  spokesman “John Miller” in the 1990s is suggesting Trump leaked the controversial audio tapes that may show him masqueraded as his own spokesman.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Hangs Up When WaPo Reporters Ask Him About Posing As Publicist
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Trump claims he didn't regularly use a fake name. That's not what he said under oath.
Daily Mail:
The woman killed by doctors because she was obsessed with cleaning: Just one of growing numbers of Dutch people given the right to euthanasia because of mental, not terminal, illness  —  She is a conventional mother who enjoys life with her two children and husband in a farming town 100 miles away …
Discussion: Althouse
Niraj Chokshi / Washington Post:
‘Take it off!  This is America!’:  Man who yanked hijab pleads guilty to religious obstruction  —  Near the end of his Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Albuquerque in December, Gill Parker Payne decided he had to take action.  —  Seated a few rows in front of him was a woman he had never met before.
Discussion: Slantpoint and Eschaton
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Eric M. Johnson / Raw Story:   DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A North Carolina …
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 …
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 …
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
Sky News:
An elderly Buddhist monk has been hacked to death in a temple in Bangladesh, the latest in a spate of murders of religious minorities.  —  Police say there have been seven such murders in Bangladesh since the start of last month alone.  —  No group has yet said it carried out the murder …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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
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
German Lopez / Vox:
Nationwide marijuana legalization could produce up to $28 billion in yearly tax revenue  —  The government could make a lot of money by legalizing marijuana.  But it's probably not as much money as you think.  —  That conclusion is based on a new report by the Tax Foundation.
Discussion: ACLU and Business Insider
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 …
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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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.
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, Heat Street and Washington Monthly
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: Fox News, Gizmodo, Engadget and Daily Mail
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Jonathan Gilbert / New York Times:
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Ex-Argentine President, Indicted on Financial Charge
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
To fend off Trump, Clinton moves to defend Rust Belt blue states
Discussion: The Mahablog
New York Times:
Homicide Rates Jump in Many Major U.S. Cities, New Data Shows
Discussion: Guardian
Mayor Rahm Emanuel / Chicago Sun Times:
Mayor Emanuel: Our next steps on road to police reform
Laura Wagner / NPR:
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Discussion: Gizmodo
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
SHOCK POLL: Trump Leads Hillary Among Hispanic Voters [VIDEO]
Discussion: The Hill and RedState
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Donald Trump: Obama's Government Should Get Out of Kids' Bathrooms, Locker Rooms
 Earlier Items: 
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
Discussion: neo-neocon and The Atlantic
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP rep refuses to apologize for racial slur
Discussion: AOL and NBC News
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Kirk, on tape: Menendez indicted for opposing Obama's Iran deal
Discussion: Blue Nation Review
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

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