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1:05 PM ET, May 31, 2016

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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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Nick Gass / Politico:
National poll: Trump nearly even with Clinton  —  Donald Trump has nearly pulled even with Hillary Clinton, according to the results of the NBC News/SurveyMonkey weekly tracking poll released Tuesday.  —  While Clinton is looking to wrap up the Democratic nomination with a strong performance …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Clinton's challenge: Become a change agent in a year shaped by voter fury
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 …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:   GOP senators shoot down Cruz's aid on campaign trail
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Ted Cruz's Senate colleagues tell him to stay the hell away from their reelection campaigns
Burgess Everett / Politico:   Cruz looks to ease bad blood with GOP establishment
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
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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why Trump attacked Martinez  —  Many observers were mystified when Donald Trump attacked New Mexico Republican Gov. Susana Martinez.  But the story was really very simple: Martinez hit Trump, so Trump hit back.  Especially now that Trump is the GOP's presumptive nominee …
Discussion: Instapundit
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump calls reporter a ‘sleaze’ as he details veterans donations  —  Donald Trump railed against the media on Tuesday morning as he released details of the money he's raised and distributed to veterans organizations, even calling out one journalist as a “sleaze” during a combative news conference.
Discussion: Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
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ABC News:
Donald Trump to Explain Charitable Contributions to Veterans' Groups Today
Discussion: The Week
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Under Fire Over Veterans Donations, Trump Rails Against ‘Sleazy’ Press
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.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Monthly
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:   Trump's Ousted Political Director Says He Still Sees Republican Winning
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 …
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Gun Violence and the Irrational Fear of Home Invasion … Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy  —  Yesterday I was on Chris Hayes' show discussing gun violence.  In the clip above, I talked about the importance of self-defense in my life being the son …
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:   NRA Tells Parents To Keep Guns In Kids' Rooms For Safety
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Politico:
Sanders: Clinton's not qualified to be president
Discussion: Mother Jones, Mashable and Mediaite
Ben White / Politico:
Shady accounting underpins Trump's wealth  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump claims a net worth of more than $10 billion and an income of $557 million.  But he appears to get there only by overvaluing properties and ignoring his expenses.  —  POLITICO spoke with more than a dozen financial experts …
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 …
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JH Ahn / Guardian:
North Korea praises Trump and urges US voters to reject ‘dull Hillary’
Discussion: Mother Jones and RedState
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,” …
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
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Alan Grayson marries candidate who wants to replace him  —  Congressman had formerly protested report on ties to Dena Minning  —  One of Dena Minning's biggest assets in her congressional bid was her boyfriend: incumbent Alan Grayson, who's leaving the U.S. House to run for U.S. Senate.
Discussion: Jezebel and The Daily Caller
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:   Alan Grayson Marries Woman Running For His House Seat
Wiktor Szary / Reuters:
Poland to appeal court decision not to extradite Polanski to the U.S.  —  Poland will appeal a court decision not to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States over a 1977 child sex conviction, Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said on Tuesday, reigniting a long legal battle.
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Hollywood Reporter:   Roman Polanski Faces New Extradition Challenge Over Child Sex Conviction
Adam Howard / MSNBC:
Trump allies put faith, money into the Amish  —  In this modern era of micro-targeting, where every vote in a swing state is coveted by both major political parties, conservative allies of the Trump campaign are investing in an outside-the-box strategy to court a historically unenthusiastic portion of the electorate — the Amish.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and NBC News
International Organization for Migration:
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals in 2016: 204,311; Deaths 2,443  — Home › - Press Room › - Press Releases › - Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals in 2016: 204,311; Deaths 2,443  —  Region-Country:  —  Europe and Central Asia / Italy  —  Italy - IOM reports …
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
Tech Giants Vow to Tackle Online Hate Speech Within 24 Hours  —  Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, unveil code of conduct  —  Terror attacks show urgent need to address hate posts, says EU  —  U.S. Internet giants Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., Google and Microsoft Corp. pledged …
 
 
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WFTS:
WATCH: Driver arrested after wild hit-and-run in Tampa
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Mica Rosenberg / Reuters:
Native Americans move to frontlines in battle over voting rights
Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Russia's got a point: The U.S. broke a NATO promise
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court turns down death penalty case
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Jim Sullivan / The Federalist:
AR-15 Inventor Says HBO Grossly Distorted His Views On Guns
Chris Blake / Bloomberg:
Nearly 46 Million People Trapped in Modern Slavery, Report Finds
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Sessions to GOP: Adapt to Trump or die
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David Fleshler / Sun-Sentinel:
Alligators found eating dead body in western Broward County
Discussion: WFLA-TV and Associated Press
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton gives Trump the Mitt Romney treatment
Discussion: Slantpoint
Elisabeth Braw / Christian Science Monitor:
Sweden stirs debate with women-only swimming, in nod to Muslims
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
Lomi Kriel / Houston Chronicle:
Police ID gunman in west Houston shooting spree as military vet
Discussion: Newser
Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE — Huffington Post Writer: Editors Deleted My Article on Hillary's Imminent Indictment …
Bloomberg:
The Untold Story Behind Saudi Arabia's 41-Year U.S. Debt Secret
Discussion: Raw Story