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7:40 AM ET, May 31, 2016

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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
GOP convention no-shows threaten to undercut Trump unity push  —  Even as Donald Trump and Republican Party bosses diligently work Capitol Hill in hopes of bringing the party together after a fractious presidential primary, convention planners could still be looking at a block of empty seats for the July convention.
Discussion: Daily Mail
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Campaign Chairman: Clinton Knows Email Setup Was A “Mistake”  —  In a memo to top supporters, Hillary Clinton's top official sought to clarify the campaign's response to a new report from the State Department inspector general and move past a controversy that has dogged the candidate now for 15 months.
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
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USA Today:
Hillary Clinton broke the rules: Our view
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Duffy Hayes / Daily Sentinel:
Racist meme posted by hacker on Facebook, Delta Republicans say  —  An overtly racist Internet meme — comparing President Barack Obama to 1950s movie chimpanzee Bonzo — that appeared to be shared on the personal Facebook page of the chairwoman of the Delta County Republican Central Committee …
Discussion: Slantpoint
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Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:   Col. Republicans blame hacker for official's racist anti-Obama photo — after she called it a joke
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
Hillary Clinton's Campaign Was Never Going to Be Easy.  But Did It Have to Get This Hard?  —  In a locker room at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, people are waiting in line to get their pictures taken with Hillary Clinton before a rally in the school's gym.
Shauna Steigerwald / USA Today:
Science offers ‘future’ out of Harambe's remains … The Cincinnati Zoo shot and killed Harambe, a silverback gorilla, after a young boy fell into a shallow moat surrounding his exhibit.  The zoo held a press conference explaining their decision.  —  CINCINNATI — Zoo personnel gathered early Monday to mourn Harambe.
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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
Susan Page / USA Today:
Mitch McConnell on endorsing Trump, battling Obama and playing ‘the long game’  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who learned an early lesson about the value of patience and persistence during a childhood bout with polio, has some advice for Republicans alarmed …
Discussion: Politico
Sarah Knapton / Telegraph:
Donald Trump is a ‘vulgar, demented, pig demon’ says Hillary Clinton's ex adviser  —  Donald Trump is a ‘vulgar, demented, pig demon’ who only appeals to ‘emasculated’ middle-aged men, the former innovation adviser to Hillary Clinton has said.  —  Alec Ross, who was senior aide to Clinton during …
MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders, Danny Glover Attend Game 7 of the NBA Playoffs  —  Bernie Sanders capped Memorial Day off by heading to game 7 of the NBA Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Oklahoma City Thunder at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.
Discussion: Politico and ESPN
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Animal Rights Protesters Rush Stage at Bernie Sanders Rally in California
Discussion: CNN and The Week
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Television Networks Struggle to Provide Equal Airtime in the Era of Trump  —  Donald J. Trump relishes the spotlight of live television.  Hillary Clinton has long recoiled from it.  Now, the television news industry is wrestling with how to balance fairness, credibility and the temptations …
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
Some Chick-fil-A Restaurants Are Commemorating Memorial Day in a Very Special Way  —  Two Alabama Chick-fil-A locations are honoring our nation's veterans for Memorial Day in a special way.  A table has been set aside that has a place setting, candle, rose in a vase, and a note, which reads:
Discussion: RedState and BizPac Review
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
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
Arata Yamamoto / NBC News:
Search Underway for Yamato Tanooka, 7, Who Was Left in Woods by Parents as Punishment  —  TOKYO — Rescuers were searching Monday for a young boy whose parents abandoned him in bear-inhabited woods as a form of punishment.  —  Police said Yamato Tanooka, 7, has been missing for two days on northern Hokkaido island.
Discussion: The Week
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Los Angeles Times:
Sexist, maybe?  Extra wide, pink parking spots for women in China  —  A screenshot from Weibo.com shows a parking spot for women only in China.  —  Yingzhi Yang and Jonathan Kaiman  —  The Chinese Internet was awash in debate over sexism Monday, spurred on by an unlikely subject: parking lots.
Bloomberg:
The Untold Story Behind Saudi Arabia's 41-Year U.S. Debt Secret  —  Photographer: Dirck Halstead/Liaison via AP Photo  —  President Nixon walks with Saudi King Faisal in Saudi Arabia in June 1974.  —  Failure was not an option.  —  It was July 1974.  A steady predawn drizzle had given …
Mark Scott / New York Times:
Rise of Ad-Blocking Software Threatens Online Revenue  —  Many of the world's largest Internet companies, like Google and Facebook, rely heavily on advertising to finance their online empires.  —  But that business model is increasingly coming under threat, with one in five smartphone users …
Discussion: The Verge
 
 
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Lomi Kriel / Houston Chronicle:
Police ID gunman in west Houston shooting spree as military vet
Discussion: Newser
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Discussion: Althouse
Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE — Huffington Post Writer: Editors Deleted My Article on Hillary's Imminent Indictment …
Daily Mail:
Could this be the end of gravestones?  Sat-nav cemetery will use GPS to mark where your loved ones are buried
New York Daily News:
Former AG Eric Holder: Edward Snowden did ‘public service’ by leaking secrets
New York Times:
A Renegade Muscles In on Mister Softee's Turf
David Niose / Salon:
Our Memorial Day collision course with fascism: Donald Trump and the new American militarism
Discussion: Liberal Values
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton adds more campaign stops to avert a Sanders upset in California
Discussion: The Last Refuge
 Earlier Items: 
James Wright / The Atlantic:
Remembering Those Who Wore the ‘Boots on the Ground’
New York Times:
Can Donald Trump Win? These Battleground Regions Will Decide
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Trump Tower about to be the most secure place in NYC
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
The VA Declared Thousands Of Living Veterans Dead, Cut Off Their Benefits
Discussion: RedState
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Trump postpones release of veterans funding details
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Feel the Math  —  This is my fifth presidential campaign …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Confluence
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Even in victory, Donald Trump can't stop airing his grievances
 

 
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