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3:45 PM ET, May 24, 2016

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David Brooks / New York Times:
Why Is Clinton Disliked?  —  I understand why Donald Trump is so unpopular.  He earned it the old-fashioned way, by being obnoxious, insulting and offensive.  But why is Hillary Clinton so unpopular?  —  She is, at the moment, just as unpopular as Trump.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Trumpian Song of Sexual Violence  —  As I mentioned yesterday, the three big networks and in fact the major national dailies continue to blast out Donald Trump's charges that Hillary Clinton's husband raped or assaulted other women.  And yet, CNN, MSNBC, let alone Fox refuse to discuss …
NBC News:
First Read: The Most Important Number in the New NBC/WSJ Poll  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  The most important number in the new NBC/WSJ poll
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Kenneth Starr, Who Tried to Bury Bill Clinton, Now Only Praises Him  —  An unlikely voice recently bemoaned the decline of civility in presidential politics, warned that “deep anger” was fueling an “almost radical populism” and sang the praises of former President Bill Clinton — particularly his …
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Top Staffer: Trump's Demonization of Bill Clinton Accusers in 90's Was Just ‘Being a True Friend’  —  Top Donald Trump surrogate and attorney Michael Cohen struggled to explain Tuesday why his boss demonized those who accused Bill Clinton of rape and sexual impropriety in the 1990's …
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump escalates attack on Bill Clinton  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is reviving some of the ugliest political chapters of the 1990s with escalating personal attacks on Bill Clinton's character — centered on past accusations of sexual assault — amid a concerted effort …
NBC News:
Poll: Majority of Americans Dislike Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
Sacramento Bee:
Bill Clinton tells voters to ‘just relax’ about Hillary's chances
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
Still panicked about Trump?  Don't be  —  Hey, we need to talk.  —  Wait, who said that?  —  It's me, your panicked liberal friend.  Remember me?  The one who is convinced Donald Trump is going to be our next president and is looking for rental properties in Canada.  —  Oh, hey, how are you doing?
Discussion: Baltimore Sun
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Sanders campaign requests Kentucky vote recanvass  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign requested a recanvass in Kentucky's presidential primary Tuesday, where he trails Hillary Clinton by less than one-half of 1 percent of the vote.
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Sanders: Democratic convention could be ‘messy’  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bernie Sanders predicted Monday that the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia could be “messy” as he pushed the party to adopt his progressive agenda, but added: “Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle.”
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Hillary still can't explain why she should be president
Discussion: The Resurgent
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton allies blame Bernie for bad polls
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Clinton declines Calif. debate
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Sanders blasts Clinton at Calif. rally for rejecting debate
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Towleroad
Richard Fry / Pew Research Center's Social …:
For First Time in Modern Era, Living With Parents Edges Out Other Living Arrangements for 18- to 34-Year-Olds  —  Young Adults' Living Arrangements  —  For the first time since 1880, Americans ages 18 to 34 are more likely to be living with their parent(s) than in a household shared with a spouse or partner.
Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
The child I love  —  When Maddy Ralston came into this world almost 21 years ago, it was love at first sight.  —  I cradled her in my arms, my adopted miracle, and couldn't stop crying.  She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.  —  As she grew up, Maddy eschewed the traditional girly girl stuff.
Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
Twitter replies are broken, and Twitter has a great plan to fix them  —  Anytime a major social media platform makes even minor changes, it generates consternation.  So we can expect a lot of griping in the coming hours about Twitter's announcement that it's going to change how it deals …
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Poll: Most Voters Think Trump Should Release Tax Returns  —  Donald Trump's campaign claims his federal tax returns are not of interest to American voters, but that's actually not true, according to a new Morning Consult poll.  —  “This is an issue the media is interested in.
Sen. Rand Paul / TIME:
We Must Restore Congressional Authority on Declaring War  —  Paul is the junior U.S. Senator for Kentucky.  —  ‘One generation cannot bind another generation to perpetual war’  —  This president has now been at war longer than any other in history.  That must end.
Iris Salem / CBS Los Angeles:
CBS2 Investigation Uncovers Votes Being Cast From Grave Year After Year  —  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A comparison of records by David Goldstein, investigative reporter for CBS2/KCAL9, has revealed hundreds of so-called dead voters in Southern California, a vast majority of them in Los Angeles County.
Discussion: electionlawblog.org
Lance Benzel / Gazette:
El Paso County sheriff: Racial slur led to lieutenant's retirement  —  An El Paso County sheriff's veteran quietly retired this month after acknowledging that he used the N-word to describe President Obama, Sheriff Bill Elder said.  —  Uttering the racial slur brought a swift end …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
HB2 Continues To Have Little Support From North Carolinians  —  PPP's newest North Carolina poll continues to find that HB2 is very unpopular, and voters want to see it repealed.  —  Only 35% of voters in the state support the bill, to 44% who are opposed to it.
Allan Smith / Business Insider:
JOHN KASICH: It's going to be ‘really hard’ to endorse Donald Trump  —  John Kasich is in no rush to get aboard the Trump train.  —  The Ohio governor told Cleveland.com and The Columbus Dispatch that it's going to be “really hard” for him to back Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.
Discussion: Mediaite
Katrina Elaine Jørgensen / Facebook:
Resigning as Communications Chair from YRNF  —  To my dear friends at the Young Republican National Federation:  —  Regretfully, I am resigning from my position as Communications Chair with the YRNF.  With the practically fulfilled nomination of Donald Trump as our presidential candidate …
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Jimmy Carter, Seeing Resurgence of Racism, Plans Baptist Conference for Unity  —  Former President Jimmy Carter, who has long put religion and racial reconciliation at the center of his life, is on a mission to heal a racial divide among Baptists and help the country soothe rifts that he believes are getting worse.
Page Six:
Cosby spends millions as lawsuits, criminal case rage on  —  Bill Cosby admitted to plying teens with booze and drugs before having sex with them, and to having girls regularly dispatched to him by a modeling agency, newly unearthed court papers show.  —  The comic said that at one point in his career …
Discussion: Hot Air, AOL and The Daily Caller
USA Today:
TSA boots head of security amid furor over long lines  —  The Transportation Security Administration's head of security has been ousted amid an uproar over long lines at airport security checkpoints and intense scrutiny over bonus payments.  —  “Kelly Hoggan has been removed from his position …
Discussion: Infowars
Sabrina Siddiqui / Guardian:
Marco Rubio: 'It's not that we lost, it's that Donald Trump won'  —  The Florida senator, who suspended his presidential campaign after losing his home state, reflects on where it went wrong, what he learned and what's next  —  hile Donald Trump was wrapping up the Republican nomination …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Donald Trump, the welfare king  —  A generation after Ronald Reagan denounced the “welfare queen,” the Grand Old Party is evidently on the verge of nominating its first welfare king.  —  Four years ago last week, the party's 2012 presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, famously wrote off …
Anis Shivani / Salon:
Donald Trump is going to win: This is why Hillary Clinton can't defeat what Trump represents  —  People are rising up against neoliberal globalization.  Trump represents capital, but also understands this reality  —  The neofascist reaction, the force behind Trump, has come …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, RedState and Rush Limbaugh
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Clinton Foundation Got $100M From ‘Blood Minerals’ Firm  —  A little known Swedish-Canadian oil and mining conglomerate human rights groups have repeatedly charged produces “blood minerals” is among the Clinton Foundation's biggest donors, thanks to a $100 million pledge in 2007 …
Stephen Lemons / Phoenix New Times:
Chris Simcox's Three Daughters Testify Against Him in Child Molestation Trial  —  Former border vigilante Chris Simcox probably won't be getting any Father's Day cards in jail, judging from the testimony of three of his daughters on Monday, during the Minuteman Project co-founder's ongoing trial …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
NRA Video Puts the ‘Ayatollahs of Iran’ On Notice: 'You Haven't Met America'
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Jodi Jacobson / Rewire:
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
The Meaning of Mr. Trump  —  What energizes the Trump phenomenon …
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Vinod Sreeharsha / New York Times:
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Bloomberg:
Jets Owner Woody Johnson Said to Back Trump
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The Trump train is fueled by conspiracy
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