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7:55 PM ET, May 30, 2016

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Feel the Math  —  This is my fifth presidential campaign as a New York Times columnist, so I've watched a lot of election coverage, and I came into this cycle prepared for the worst.  Or so I thought.  —  But I was wrong.  So far, election commentary has been even worse than I imagined it would be.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Confluence
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Dante Chinni / NBC News:
How Much Is Sanders Hurting Clinton?  —  The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows Hillary Clinton with a narrow three-point lead over Donald Trump, 46 percent to 43 percent.  But if Bernie Sanders were out of the race the NBC News political unit estimates her lead would likely be much larger …
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton adds more campaign stops to avert a Sanders upset in California
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Matthew Jaffe / CNN:
Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a ‘public service’  —  The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.  The author works at the institute.  —  Chicago (CNN)Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder …
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New York Daily News:
Former AG Eric Holder: Edward Snowden did ‘public service’ by leaking secrets  —  Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder thinks fugitive leaker Edward Snowden actually performed a “public service” when he passed on classified NSA secrets to journalists.  —  “We can certainly argue …
David Horowitz / Breitbart:
Over the Memorial Day Weekend, Bill Kristol doubled down on his betrayal of this country with a pair of tweets:  —  “Just a heads up over this holiday weekend: There will be an independent candidate — an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance,” Kristol tweeted.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WSJ editor: Trump needs to be destroyed in the November election to teach GOP voters a lesson  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Appearing on CNN, an opinion page editor from the Wall Street Journal left no doubt how he feels about presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Even in victory, Donald Trump can't stop airing his grievances
Daily Mail:
New video footage of Harambe shows the 400-pound gorilla HOLDING HANDS with the boy who fell into the zoo enclosure as witnesses say the animal was ‘acting protectively’  — Harambe was fatally shot after a four-year-old boy crawled past the railing and fell 10ft into the gorilla exhibit moat, authorities said
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Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
In gorilla's death, critics blame mother, Cincinnati Zoo
David Niose / Salon:
Our Memorial Day collision course with fascism: Donald Trump and the new American militarism  —  It's not that Trump himself is a fascist, but he's a sign that we are more vulnerable to it than we ever imagined  —  The rise of Donald Trump as a presidential contender has been accompanied with dire warnings of a coming fascist tide.
Chris Matyszczyk / CNET:
Tenants angry after apartment building orders them to ‘friend’ it on Facebook  —  Technically Incorrect: The owners of a Salt Lake City apartment building change the tenancy agreement and give tenants five days to like the building on Facebook.  Or else.  —  by , Chris Matyszczyk
Discussion: Ubergizmo and alan.com
Christopher Hope / Telegraph:
Concern over immigration delivers a ‘significant’ poll boost to the Leave campaign amid growing concern about control over UK borders  —  Public concern over immigration has delivered a “significant” boost to the Leave campaign amid growing concern about Britain's ability to control its borders, a new poll suggests.
Discussion: The Last Refuge
New York Times:
A Renegade Muscles In on Mister Softee's Turf  —  Summer in New York City means ice cream trucks: bell-jingling fleets of pleasure craft festooned with pictures of perfectly swirled desserts and beaming children, delivering frozen providence into grateful sweaty hands.
Page Six:
Trump Tower about to be the most secure place in NYC  —  More On:  —  Donald Trump's neighbors are about to become more secure than ever.  —  Sources told Page Six that Trump Tower — the Fifth Avenue luxury skyscraper that houses the presumptive GOP nominee and his family …
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Trump postpones release of veterans funding details  —  is postponing an announcement about the money he's raised for military veterans until after Memorial Day.  —  The presumptive Republican presidential nominee claims he raised about $6 million for veterans when he declined to participate …
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Mark Brown / Guardian:
CIA ex-boss: secretive spooks tolerated in UK more than in US  —  Michael Hayden talks at Hay festival about Edward Snowden and how Facebook, not government, is new privacy battleground  —  British people are not demanding more transparency from the intelligence services as loudly as Americans …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:   Former NSA head on Trump: 'He's feeding their recruitment video'
New York Times:
Can Donald Trump Win?  These Battleground Regions Will Decide  —  With Donald J. Trump pulling even or ahead of Hillary Clinton in a series of recent national polls, the once unthinkable has become at least plausible.  But if he is to be elected the 45th president, he must compete on a political map that, for now, looks forbidding.
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
The VA Declared Thousands Of Living Veterans Dead, Cut Off Their Benefits  —  When the VA isn't leaving veterans to die waiting in line for healthcare at hospitals across the country, the disastrous system is declaring veterans who are alive and well...dead.
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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James Wright / The Atlantic:
Remembering Those Who Wore the ‘Boots on the Ground’
Janell Ross / Washington Post:
Philadelphia has a hotline for undocumented immigrants facing raids
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Ben Carson: America is a cruise ship that's about to go over Niagara Falls
Peter Nickeas / Chicago Tribune:
Memorial Day weekend shootings leave 4 dead, at least 49 wounded
Discussion: Truth Revolt
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Donald Trump and Bikers Share Affection at Rolling Thunder Rally
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Mediaite
Carol Anderson / Salon:
Donald Trump exposes the GOP's dirty secret: They build everything by nurturing white rage
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Why Is This Hardcore Conservative Not #NeverTrump? Because Hillary Is So Much Worse
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Middle Eastern Writers Find Refuge in the Dystopian Novel
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
On Memorial Day - Please Remember Sgt Derrick Miller Who Sits in Leavenworth for Killing Taliban Operative
Juan Williams / The Hill:
The Trump ‘disruption’ con
Greg Toppo / USA Today:
Swimmers in Calif., Fla. hospitalized after shark bites
Discussion: LAist and KTLA
Rick Barrett / USA Today:
American flag sales bask in new glory
Southernconstitutionalist / RedState:
Gary Johnson and William Weld are fake libertarians miseducating the public
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court asked to rule on Trump casino bankruptcy
Greg Toppo / USA Today:
Flooding, severe weather devastate Texas
Discussion: NBC News