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5:20 PM ET, May 20, 2016

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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton fury with Sanders grows  —  is growing in ClintonWorld.  —  In public, Clinton aides and allies have kept their anger checked, decrying the rowdy outbursts at Nevada's state convention last weekend but saying they believe Sanders will ultimately do the right thing by helping to unite the Democratic Party.
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Sanders, Defiant on the Stump, Quietly Reassures Democrats on Unity  —  Some Democrats worry the underdog's aggressive campaign risks party unity and plays into Donald Trump's hands.  —  As tensions were escalating between Bernie Sanders and Democratic Party leaders over the chaos caused …
Shiksappeal / shiksappeal speaks:
“Berned” by Bernie Sanders  —  Last fall, a fellow disability activist and close friend of mine introduced me to Bernie Sanders.  From the moment I first heard his platform, I was hooked.  After living abroad several years in a country with socialized medicine and heavily subsidized education …
Discussion: Shakesville
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
SENATOR BOXER Claims Bernie Supporters Made Her Fear for Her Life: “It Was Scary” (VIDEO)
Discussion: CNN
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump once revealed his income tax returns.  They showed he didn't pay a cent. … The last time information from Donald Trump's income-tax returns was made public, the bottom line was striking: He had paid the federal government $0 in income taxes.  —  The disclosure, in a 1981 report …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Old Donald Trump Tax Returns Show He Paid Zero Taxes for At Least Two Years
Discussion: Washington Post
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump scores NRA backing and attacks ‘Heartless Hillary’  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Despite his past support for gun control, Donald Trump scored the powerful endorsement of the National Rifle Association on Friday and turned immediately to launch a new attack line on his Democratic opponent.
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Rick Perry: I'm willing to be Trump's VP  —  Louisville, Kentucky (CNN)Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who once called Donald Trump “a cancer on conservatism,” said Friday he would be willing to serve as the presumptive Republican nominee's vice president.  —  Perry said he will do whatever …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump tells NRA Clinton will abolish 2nd Amendment
Discussion: Political Wire
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
NRA endorses Donald Trump
Discussion: Refinery29
CNN:
Source: Suspect shot near White House  —  Shooting near White House, U.S. Park Service says  — “Shooting on W. Executive Dr. PIO en route to 17th and Pennsylvania,” the U.S. Park Police tweeted  —  Washington (CNN)Secret Service officers shot a male suspect near a security checkpoint near …
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Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Person shot and wounded outside White House  —  Police said a person was shot outside the White House in downtown Washington, according to law enforcement authorities.  —  U.S. Park Police tweeted that a shooting occurred after 2 p.m. on West Executive Drive, near 17th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
New York Times:
Stop the Polling Insanity  —  OVER the past few weeks, cable news networks and other media sites have trumpeted wild fluctuations and surprising results in polling on the presumed general-election matchup between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton.  —  The Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll showed …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Obama's War on Inequality
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump said he raised $6 million for vets.  Now, his campaign says it was less.  —  One night in January, Donald Trump skipped a GOP debate, and instead held his own televised fundraiser for veterans.  At the end of the night, Trump proclaimed it a huge success: “We just cracked $6 million, right?
Discussion: Mother Jones and Politicus USA
UPDATE:
UPDATE: “Hampden-Sydney College Has Rehired Gen. Boykin” - via Fox News  —  I am deeply grateful for all the support - through social media, calls and emails - that I have received over the past few days.  This situation has been a great reminder of how our # FirstAmendment principles are worth standing up for and defending.
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Heide Brandes / Reuters:
Oklahoma introduces measure to impeach Obama over bathroom rights  —  Oklahoma's Republican-dominated legislature has filed a measure calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment over his administration's recommendations on accommodating transgender students, saying he overstepped his constitutional authority.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Repeatedly Told Trump U There Was No Bubble Months Before Housing Collapse  —  “They are not just talking heads or book smart academics, they have decades of hands on experience and all three of them take the bubble talk with a pinch of salt.”  —  Spencer Platt / Getty Images
Discussion: Political Wire
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New York Times:
Forty Percent of the Buildings in Manhattan Could Not Be Built Today  —  New York City's zoning code turns 100 this year.  That may not sound like cause for celebration — except maybe for land-use lawyers and Robert Moses aficionados.  Yet for almost every New Yorker …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: Hillary Campaign Accused of Mass Cheating in Kentucky Primary- 4,000 Votes Scratched to Give Hillary Win  —  According to several reports the Hillary Clinton Campaign cheated in order to give her the win in Kentucky.  —  In Pike County Kentucky, card readers reportedly malfunctioned and votes were fully erased.
Discussion: RADAR, The Horn News and Joe Hoft
Matt Krantz / USA Today:
A third of cash is owned by 5 U.S. companies  —  The rising cash holdings of U.S. corporations is increasingly in the hands of a few U.S. companies, with just five tech firms having grabbed a third of it.  And nearly three-quarters of cash held by non-financial U.S. companies is stashed overseas outside the long arm of Uncle Sam.
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Kim Davis: Gays Were Trying To Shove The Supreme Court Ruling ‘Down My Throat And Make Me Eat It For My Dinner’  —  On the latest episode of “Truths That Transform” from D. James Kennedy Ministries, the organization's president, Frank Wright, interviewed Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
A Federal Judge Just Ordered A Dox Attack Against 100,000 Innocent People  —  A federal judge with a history of anti-immigrant sentiment ordered the federal government to turn over the names, addresses and “all available contact information” of over 100,000 immigrants living within the United States.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Christopher Mele / New York Times:
‘America Was Never Great’ Hat Leads to Death Threats  —  A Staten Island woman who supports Senator Bernie Sanders said she received death threats after photos of her wearing a cap with the message “America Was Never Great” were posted widely on social media.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Here's The Audio Of Trump Discussing Blacks Vs. Whites “Apprentice”  —  NBC, Trump said, wasn't happy with the idea.  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  In early 2005, Donald Trump explained to radio host Howard Stern that he had considered hosting a version of his show The Apprentice pitting black contestants vs. white ones.
Suzanne DeWitt Hall / The Huffington Post:
Jesus: The First Transgender Man  —  Freelance scribbler, cookbookophile, imagiplationist, and one of Rumplepimple's moms.  —  The current flap in conservative Christian circles about bathroom access is a bit baffling.  They shout about God not making mistakes, as if God only works in binaries …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP elite line up behind Donald Trump  —  The Never Trump moment is over.  —  While a small group of Republicans has wrung its hands raw over the choice between the GOP's nominee and Hillary Clinton, the party's firmament - social and intellectual conservatives, the lobbyist and donor class …
Donna Abu-Nasr / Bloomberg:
Suspicious Eyes and Shut Mosques Show Anger at Brussels Muslims  —  “Integration for me is the Kalashnikov of modern times”  —  For Hassan Rahali and Hassan Beqqada, it's the looks they get on the street or subway.  —  Both men are councilors in Muslim neighborhoods of Brussels …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
‘I Quit,’ Handcuffed Man Says in Video of Fatal Encounter With Georgia Police  —  WASHINGTON — As Chase Sherman was returning home with his parents and fiancée from his brother's wedding in November, he began to hallucinate.  Apparently reacting to synthetic marijuana he had taken days earlier …
Discussion: AOL and Associated Press
NBC News:
NYC Man Who Joined Then Escaped ISIS Speaks Out Against ‘Evil’  —  American ISIS Informant: ‘I Lost Sight of How People Could Be So Evil’ 3:32  —  He left the United States to join ISIS and then fled the group after five months.  Now a New York City man is revealing the disturbing details …
Terry Spencer / Associated Press:
Nile crocodiles slither into South Florida  —  Move aside Burmese python, Florida's ecosystem has a new boss at the top of the food chain, it's the Nile Crocodile.  Researchers from the University of Florida have confirmed three of the crocodiles captured in the Everglades are actually …
Sarah Grant / Rolling Stone:
Original Beastie Boys Member John Berry Dead at 52  —  Beastie Boys credit guitarist for coming up with the band's name  —  John Berry, an original member of hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, died Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. at a hospice in Danvers, Massachusetts.  He was 52.
 
 
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
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Tim Damos / Wiscnews.com:
Kept out: School discourages gay, transgender enrollment
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Why Sex-Selective Abortion Bans Are Terrible for Women—and Unconstitutional
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Latinos favor Clinton over Trump by 39-point margin, Fox News Latino poll finds
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Kristina Rebelo / New York Times:
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: 'Who the hell cares if there's a trade war?'
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Wall Street Journal:
Balance Due: Credit-Card Debt Nears $1 Trillion as Banks Push Plastic
Jenni Marsh / CNN:
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Discussion: Mashable
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
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