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7:20 PM ET, May 31, 2016

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Bloomberg:
Kristol Eyes Conservative Lawyer for Independent Presidential Run  —  Bill Kristol is considering recruiting David French to run against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, two Republicans tell Bloomberg Politics.  —  MarkHalperin  —  jheil  —  Two Republicans intimately familiar …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump taunts media to its face  —  Donald Trump, whose entire campaign can seem like an experiment in free media, was simply trying to keep a low profile when he held an impromptu, televised fundraiser for veterans groups back in January in lieu of attending a GOP primary debate.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kristol on Trump: At least I'm not ‘a roaring jackass’  —  Bill Kristol may be a loser in Donald Trump's eyes, but at least he's not “a roaring jackass,” the Weekly Standard editor said Tuesday in response to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's verbal attack.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is dead wrong about the ‘sleaze’ media  —  On Monday, Donald Trump finally made public an accounting of the $5.6 million in charitable donations to veterans groups he gave or raised during an Iowa speech in January.  He also took the opportunity — at a news conference at Trump Tower …
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Interrupts Press Conference to Call ABC Reporter ‘Sleaze’  —  During Donald Trump's Tuesday press conference addressing the scrutiny of his claim to have raised $6 million for veterans groups, Trump suddenly went of on a tangent to call a reporter a “sleaze.”
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump at war with press over vet money
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Under Fire Over Veterans Donations, Trump Rails Against ‘Sleazy’ Press (VIDEO)
Discussion: Daily Kos
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Inside the origins of Trump's high-octane Twitter account
Discussion: Daily Mail and TPNN
Jerry Brown:
An Open Letter to California Democrats and Independents  —  On Tuesday, June 7, I have decided to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton because I believe this is the only path forward to win the presidency and stop the dangerous candidacy of Donald Trump.  —  I have closely watched the primaries …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Gov. Jerry Brown Endorses Hillary Clinton Ahead of California Primary
Hadas Gold / Politico:
SiriusXM suspends Glenn Beck over Trump conversation  —  Satellite radio company SiriusXM has suspended Glenn Beck's syndicated show this week and is “evaluating” the program's place over comments made last week by one of Beck's guests.  —  Last week, fiction writer Brad Thor appeared …
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Breitbart:
SiriusXM Announces Suspension of Glenn Beck over Brad Thor Interview Comments  —  SiriusXM hosts Stephen K. Bannon and David Webb announced on Breitbart News Daily that SiriusXM has suspended Glenn Beck and Webb will temporarily take over Beck's 9AM to noon Eastern time slot on SiriusXM's Patriot Channel 125.
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Glenn Beck Suspended After On-Air Talk Of ‘Patriot’ Taking Out Prez Trump (AUDIO)
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Parents-of-four whose son fell into zoo enclosure sparking killing of Harambe the gorilla as it emerges father has a lengthy criminal history - including kidnap and drug trafficking  — Harambe was fatally shot after their four-year-old boy crawled past a railing and fell 15ft into the gorilla exhibit moat
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Would Donald Trump have killed the gorilla?  —  New York (CNN)Donald Trump said Tuesday that a Cincinnati zoo “probably had no choice” but to kill a gorilla after a young boy had entered his enclosure.  —  “It was a very tough call,” the presumptive Republican nominee said at a press conference …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Reporter asks Trump about Cincinnati gorilla, is shamed
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Supreme Court rules against White House in water pollution case  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against the Obama administration in a case regarding water pollution permits.  —  The nation's highest court ruled unanimously that a landowner can appeal through the federal court system …
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court rejects constitutional challenge to death penalty
Annie Snider / Politico:
Supreme Court ruling means more Clean Water Act lawsuits are likely
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Washington Post
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The most depressing moment of the 2016 race  —  For those of us with a certain political bent and background, this is the most depressing moment of all.  The best of the GOP — Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan, the intellectually serious reformicons who have called attention to issues of poverty …
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Bernie Sanders Fights On: The Rolling Stone Interview  —  A defiant candidate on what he's trying to achieve  —  Not even “the math” can spoil a Bernie Sanders rally.  The democratic-socialist senator from Vermont has outperformed any rational expectation, building an insurgent campaign …
Discussion: Shakesville and BNR
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Politico:
Sanders: Clinton's not qualified to be president
Discussion: Mother Jones, Mashable and Mediaite
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Over the Waterfall Into Trump's Racist Abyss  —  Some events are important to take note of.  One of them happened on Friday when the Republican nominee for President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, again used a campaign rally to launch into a racist tirade against the federal judge presiding …
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Bob Owens / Bearing Arms:
BREAKING: EPIX Pulls Katie Couric's Fraudulent Documentary “Under The Gun”  —  Just two weeks after first airing and one week after director Stephanie Soechtig and executive producer/narrator Katie Couric were caught in a scandal where Soechtig replaced the answer to a question with footage shot …
Caleb Howe / RedState:
This Is The Dumbest, Fakest, Didn't Happenest Thing Hillary Ever Said  —  Let's skip the intro and get down to the brass tacks here.  In an interview with New York Magazine, Hillary Clinton said this: … Here are the five things that make this fake.  —  1) I really admire you.  —  2) I really like you.
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 …
USA Today:
Hillary Clinton broke the rules: Our view  —  As secretary of State, she ignored repeated warnings about email security.  —  Everyone, including Hillary Clinton, now agrees that the newly confirmed secretary of State made a mistake in 2009 when she decided, for the sake of “convenience,” …
JH Ahn / NK News:
North Korean editorial supports Donald Trump  —  A North Korean editorial on Tuesday said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump can bring about North Korea's “Yankee Go Home” slogan and ultimately help unify the Korean Peninsula.  —  The article published in state media outlet DPRK Today …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Seven Broken Guardrails of Democracy  —  A long time ago, more than 20 years in fact, the Wall Street Journal published a powerful, eloquent editorial, simply headlined: “No Guardrails.” … Twenty years later, that same newspaper is edging toward open advocacy in favor of Donald Trump …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jonathan Ernst / National Review:
Class, Trump, and the Election  —  If the ‘high IQs’ of the establishment have let America down, where is a voter to turn?  —  Donald Trump seems to have offended almost every possible identity group.  But the New York billionaire still also seems to appeal to the working classes …
Discussion: Instapundit
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Called Daryl Hannah “A Six” Who Needs A Bath During A 1993 Spat
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Washington Post:
One group Trump donated to benefits fundraisers, not veterans
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‘Muslim-free gun shop’ now selling targets with Bernie, Obama and Hillary pictures on them
Discussion: Mediaite
Rush Limbaugh:
The Press Conference Republican Voters Have Wanted to See for Years
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Protect your kids from tyrant Obama
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Why the Next President Will Inherit a Divided Country
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Emma Roller / New York Times:
Pay No Attention to the Man Atop the Ticket
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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WATCH: Driver arrested after wild hit-and-run in Tampa
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