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9:55 PM ET, May 21, 2016

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KING: Here's why I'm leaving the Democratic Party after this presidential election and you should too  —  Many of you aren't religious, so please forgive me for recalling my roots as a preacher and starting us off with a simple verse of scripture.  —  “The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.”
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Weakend at Bernie's  —  WASHINGTON — HILLARY CLINTON is the Democratic nominee.  —  Really.  —  Just ask her.  —  She should have been able to finally savor shattering that “highest, hardest glass ceiling” — the one she gloried in putting 18 million cracks in last time around …
Kristen East / Politico:
Sanders backs DNC chair's primary opponent
Discussion: Raw Story
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders's Feud With the Democratic Leadership Heats Up
Discussion: alan.com
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders Burned Through Cash in April, Filing Shows
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi defends Sanders: A ‘positive force’ for Dems
Discussion: Slantpoint and Raw Story
Mike Stewart / Baltimore Sun:
Preakness 2016: Horses Pramedya and Homeboykris die at early Preakness Day races  —  Homeboykris, ridden by Horacio Karamanos, wins the first race of the day on a muddy track ahead of the 141st Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 21, 2016, in Baltimore.
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Dillon Mullan / Washington Post:
Two horses die in first four races of Preakness Saturday  —  Two horses have died in the first four races of Preakness Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.  —  Homeboykris, a 9-year-old horse, died shortly after winning the first race of the day.  —  The Maryland-bred horse came from behind to win the race as a 9-1 underdog.
Discussion: CNN and Liberty Unyielding
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Preakness Day: 2 Horses Die, Jockey Injured in First Few Races
Discussion: Mediaite
Richard Rosenblatt / Associated Press:
2 HORSES DIE IN FIRST 4 RACES ON PREAKNESS DAY UNDERCARD
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
NRA facing member backlash over Trump endorsement  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With its last-minute decision to formally endorse Donald Trump, the National Rifle Association put itself out in front of the fight for Republican party unity.  —  Just a day later, it's already taking flak.
Discussion: RedState
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Is Clinton ready for the Wild West campaign of Donald Trump?
Ari Melber / NBC News:
New Donald Trump Filing Undercuts Claims on Self-Funding  —  Donald Trump insists he personally funded his primary campaign, but a new report filed by his presidential campaign tells a different story.  —  Trump has now spent a total of $43 million, according to his filing …
Discussion: RedState
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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
The Full Text Of Trump's First Address To A Major Hispanic Group Is Really Something  —  Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / AFP / Getty Images  —  “It's so great to be with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.  We're gonna do a lot of things if I get elected president.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump reaches out to Hispanic Christians in video
Discussion: BizPac Review and Mediaite
David Harsanyi / Washington Post:
We must weed out ignorant Americans from the electorate  —  David Harsanyi is a senior editor at the Federalist.  —  Never have so many people with so little knowledge made so many consequential decisions for the rest of us.  —  A person need only survey the inanity of the ongoing presidential race …
Mike Carlson / National Review:
Sorry, I Still Won't Ever Vote for Trump  —  My vote doesn't matter, but keeping a clear conscience does. … D  —  ear Reader (In particular, my truly Dear Readers.  You'll see what I mean.),  —  So, I'm back.  Contrary to rumors of some sort of rapture-like event …
Discussion: RedState and The Other McCain
Justen Charters / Independent Journal …:
She Shot Heartbreaking Footage From NYC Dorm On 9/11.  Now Millions Are Seeing What She Saw.  —  When it comes to September 11th, 2001, most of the footage we have seen comes from the news and media.  —  However, one girl who had a window's view to Ground Zero, recorded video of the horrific events that unfolded that morning.
Xuan Thai / NBC News:
Behind Donald Trump's Nonexistent Florida Strategy in the General Election  —  Florida, Florida, Florida.  —  It's the phrase that's now heard every election night since 2000, when a mere 537 votes separated George W. Bush from Al Gore.  The drama that ensued after that election gripped …
Sfaroke / WSVN-TV:
Mob of women attack Victoria's Secret employee in Miami Lakes  —  Police are investigating after, they said, an employee at a South Florida Victoria's Secret was attacked by a mob of women inside the store.  —  Recently released surveillance video caught the moment five women ambushed …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and LawNewz
New York Times:
Key G.O.P. Donors Still Deeply Resist Donald Trump's Candidacy  —  A powerful array of the Republican Party's largest financial backers remain deeply resistant to Donald J. Trump's presidential candidacy, forming a wall of opposition that could make it exceedingly difficult for him to meet …
Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:
Fox News CEO Roger Ailes reportedly “snickering” with glee over failure of Megyn Kelly's Trump special  —  This was “not good for her at all,” one Fox insider told Gabriel Sherman  —  New York's Gabriel Sherman is reporting that in addition to being a ratings and financial failure …
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
CNN pundit S.E Cupp has had enough of Trump fans calling her a “cuckservative.”  —  In a column for CNN, Cupp lashed out at the people who criticised her and other conservatives for attending a behind-closed-doors meeting at Facebook's headquarters earlier this week, to address concerns that the company has a liberal bias.
Discussion: CNN and Infowars
Mercury News:
San Francisco: Man seriously injured in mob attack  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A man was left with life-threatening injuries after a large group of people attacked him early today in San Francisco's South of Market area, according to police.  —  The attack occurred around 2:40 a.m. at Harrison and Harriet streets, according to police.
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Top U.S. commander completes day-long secret visit to Syria  —  (CNN)Gen. Joseph Votel, commanding general of U.S. Central Command, completed a secret several-hour-long trip to northern Syria to visit several locations where there are U.S. special operations forces and meet with local forces the U.S. is helping train to fight ISIS.
New York Times:
EgyptAir Was Aware of Threats to Security, Including One Scribbled on Plane  —  CAIRO — In an eerie premonition, the EgyptAir jetliner that plunged into the Mediterranean on Thursday was once the target of political vandals who wrote in Arabic on its underside, “We will bring this plane down.”
Discussion: The Right Scoop
 
 
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Trump filings from late '70s showed he paid no income taxes: report
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ISIS prepares statement: Speculation mounts EgyptAir MS804 crash WAS a terror attack
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CNN:
Vetting process for Trump's VP pick expected to begin next week
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Beast
Louise Mensch / Heat Street:
Facebook Censors Conservative Lauren Southern for Mentioning Censorship
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
How to Deal with Cretinous Twitter Mobs: A Bleg
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Don't look now, but Barack Obama is suddenly popular
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Clinton mocked for misuse of Venn diagram
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