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2:40 PM ET, May 27, 2016

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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump has exposed Marco Rubio  —  In the late stages of his doomed presidential campaign, Sen. Marco Rubio declared that the front-runner for his party's nomination was “a con artist.”  But it turns out that Donald Trump wasn't the only GOP presidential candidate pulling the wool over people's eyes.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Cruz vows to fight Trump on abortion plank in RNC platform  —  Though Marco Rubio suggested on Thursday that he expects his delegates to be released for Donald Trump and even volunteered to speak on his behalf, Ted Cruz signaled on Friday that he would take a wait-and-see approach when it comes to Cleveland.
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Behind Mitt Romney's Increasingly Lonely Challenge to Donald Trump
Discussion: The Week
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sanders camp: Maybe Trump is ‘chickening out’ of debate  —  The Bernie Sanders-Donald Trump debate could be one of the biggest televised events of the year.  But whether it will even happen is a different story, Sanders' campaign said Friday, accusing Trump's camp of dragging its feet.
Discussion: Political Wire, NPR and Guardian
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Young Turks host offers $1M for Trump, Sanders debate  —  The Young Turks online program is offering up $1 million to host a debate between Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders  —  and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump  —  “We are now offering $1 million to charity in order …
David Wright / CNN:
‘Game on’ — Trump, Sanders to debate?
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Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Analysis Why Bernie Sanders keeps popping up in California's out-of-the-way places
Tamara Keith / NPR:
Why Some Clinton Supporters Are Not ‘Really Ready To Go Public’
Discussion: Towleroad
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump's Delusions of Competence  —  In general, you shouldn't pay much attention to polls at this point, especially with Republicans unifying around Donald Trump while Bernie Sanders hasn't conceded the inevitable.  Still, I was struck by several recent polls showing Mr. Trump favored …
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Jonah Bromwich / New York Times:
Chinese Detergent Ad Draws Charges of Racism  —  A Chinese laundry detergent commercial has spurred outrage online, with many social media users accusing it of blatant racism.  —  In the commercial for Qiaobi laundry detergent, an Asian woman shoves a detergent pod into the mouth of a black worker …
Discussion: Vox, Althouse and Shanghaiist
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Jarrod Alonge / BuzzFeed:
We Found It — The Most Racist Ad Of 2016  —  This Chinese laundry detergent commercial will likely leave you feeling like you need a shower.  UPDATE: the company still doesn't think the ad is racist.  —  Well.  This is a commercial for a Chinese detergent brand called Qiaobi that was uploaded onto YouTube on Wednesday.
Nick Denton / Gawker:
An Open Letter to Peter Thiel  —  Nearly a decade ago, after you had opened up to friends and colleagues, a gay writer for Gawker shared an item with the readers of Valleywag, a section for news and gossip about the rich and powerful of Silicon Valley.  “Peter Thiel, the smartest VC in the world, is gay,” wrote Owen Thomas.
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Kevin Grasha / Cincinnati.com:
At 96, Dr. Heimlich finally uses his life-saving technique  —  When he heard that a resident was choking, Perry Gaines, maître d' for the Deupree House dining room, ran toward the table.  —  Gaines has been trained in the Heimlich maneuver and has performed it at least twice …
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
The secret life of Kim Jong Un's aunt, who has lived in the U.S. since 1998  —  NEW YORK — Wandering through Times Square, past the Naked Cowboy and the Elmos and the ticket touts, she could be any immigrant trying to live the American Dream.  —  A 60-year-old Korean woman with a soft perm …
Discussion: Mediaite, The Week and Newser
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
A Dialogue With a 22-Year-Old Donald Trump Supporter  —  For several days, I've been corresponding with a 22-year-old Donald Trump supporter.  He is white, has a bachelor's degree, and earns $50,000 to $60,000 per year.  —  He lives near San Francisco.  —  “I recently became engaged …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jack Shafer / Politico:
How Donald Trump Destroyed the Interview  —  The interview is the Niagara that fills the news ocean.  A quick check of the front page of the New York Times, a scan of any 30-minute block of CNN, or a few clicks on the POLITICO home page establish it: For generations, the interview …
New York Times:
Text of President Obama's Speech in Hiroshima, Japan  —  The following is a transcript of President Obama's speech in Hiroshima, Japan, as recorded by The New York Times.  —  Seventy-one years ago, on a bright cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed.
Edgard Portela / NewsBusters:
Bernie Hits Bump on Univision: Speechless on Socialism's Failures  —  The Democrats' socialist candidate for President of the United States, Bernie Sanders, was seriously tripped up this week in an interview with Univision's León Krauze.  —  When asked to explain the failure …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Withheld Alimony From Marla Maples When She Threatened His Presidential Ambitions  —  “Our purpose was to send a message that she was playing close to the fire.  That should slow her down,” Trump's lawyer said at the time.  —  Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images
Discussion: Mediaite and alan.com
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
RNC scrambles to calm state GOP officials  —  The Republican National Committee is scrambling to respond to increasingly frantic concerns from state GOP officials that the party has not provided enough field organizers and will be badly outgunned by Democrats in battleground states.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Sub sailor's photo case draws comparisons to Clinton emails  —  A Navy sailor entered a guilty plea Friday in a classified information mishandling case that critics charge illustrates a double standard between the treatment of low-ranking government employees and top officials like former Secretary …
Discussion: Hot Air
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Nominee or not, why is Trump still smacking Republicans around?  —  It took some unknown number-cruncher at the AP to make it official, but the media went into breaking-news mode yesterday in declaring Donald Trump the Republican nominee.  —  He was, of course, already the de facto nominee.
Discussion: Hot Air
Gillian Mohney / ABC News:
Zika Fears Prompt 125 Public Health Experts to Call for Olympics to Be Moved From Rio  —  A group of 125 prominent scientists, doctors and medical ethicists released a letter calling for this summer's Olympic Games to be postponed or moved from Rio de Janeiro due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak in Brazil.
Discussion: Hot Air
Telegraph:
Obama's naive idealism has caused havoc as America makes the same mistakes over and over again  —  How do you distinguish a foreign policy “idealist” from a “realist,” an optimist from a pessimist?  Ask one question: Do you believe in the arrow of history?  Or to put it another way, do you think history is cyclical or directional?
CNN:
Obama in Hiroshima calls for ‘world without nuclear weapons’  —  Hiroshima (CNN)Barack Obama on Friday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, where he called for a “world without nuclear weapons” during his remarks at the city's Peace Memorial Park.  —  Obama visits Hiroshima
The Hill:
Bible verse prompts GOP walkout after LGBT vote labeled a sin  —  A House conservative went after dozens of fellow Republicans on Thursday with suggestions that they'd sinned for backing an anti-discrimination proposal against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Telegraph:
Elderly couple who cut wealthy neighbour's grass verge for 12 years given land in ‘squatters’ rights' ruling  —  A couple who cut a grass verge outside their wealthy neighbour's home for 12 years have been given the land by a judge in a “squatters' rights” ruling following a lengthy court battle.
Discussion: Newser
 
 
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
The fall of Salon.com  —  A Facebook page dedicated to celebrating …
S.F. City Attorney's / City Attorney of San Francisco:
Sanders backers will seek emergency injunction from federal court on Friday in Calif. Primary
Discussion: ABC News
Peter Manso / Politico:
My Bizarre Dinner Party with Donald Trump, Roy Cohn and Estee Lauder
Discussion: The Week
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NYC gets OK to issue salt fines during appeal
Discussion: Truth Revolt
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Alex Roarty / Roll Call:
Down But Not Out: Grayson Plots Long Shot Comeback
Daily Mail:
Senior Saudi cleric bans taking photographs of cats in a bid to stop people trying ‘to be like Westerners’
Discussion: Samizdata
Michael Gartland / New York Post:
New York City is about to become a lot more disgusting
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: ‘You have to be wealthy in order to be great’
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