Subject: TwentySixteen: Sanders Wins Oregon, and Clinton Scrapes by in Kentucky
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 06:05:47 -0600

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The Lead
Bernie Sanders "won Oregon's presidential primary and battled Hillary Clinton to a razor-thin margin in Kentucky, vowing to stay in the race until the end as Clinton aimed to blunt his momentum and prepare for a fall campaign against" Donald Trump. Tuesday's primary in Kentucky was too close to call with Clinton leading Sanders by less than one-half of 1 percent. ... Trump won the GOP's Oregon primary, the only Republican contest on Tuesday. In a sign of his pivot into the general election, his campaign announced that it had signed a joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee that will allow it to raise cash for both his campaign and other Republican efforts." (
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AP ) Donors can give up to $449,400 to the "Trump Victory Fund-a joint committee between the Trump campaign, the RNC and 11 state parties." (
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With 99% of precincts reporting, Clinton led Sanders in Kentucky by fewer than 2,000 votes. (
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AP ) Sanders beat Clinton in Oregon 54 to 46%, while Trump took 67%. Even though neither is still running, Ted Cruz and John Kasich took a combined 33%. (
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SANDERS IS DEFIANT: "Raising the prospect of lasting fissures in the party ... Sanders rebuffed pressure on Tuesday to rein in his supporters after they disrupted a weekend Democratic convention in Nevada, throwing chairs and later threatening the state chairwoman in a fight over delegates." Sanders's "supporters showed no sign of backing down on Tuesday. In interviews, several threatened to disrupt the party's convention in Philadelphia in July with protests and nonviolent disobedience over a nominating system that they say has treated ... Sanders unfairly. ... Sanders" released a statement that, while condemning violence, accused the Democratic leadership in Nevada of using "its power to prevent a fair and transparent process from taking place." (
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New York Times) "Several female senators told CNN the attacks" from Sanders supporters aimed at Clinton supporters "have been misogynistic," and feared it could upend the convention and divide the party." (
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CHANGING THE MAP: "The Trump campaign has identified roughly 15 states where it plans to install state directors by the end of the month. They include traditional battlegrounds like Ohio, Florida and Virginia and more challenging terrain such as Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Maine - places Republican have lost for the last six presidential elections or longer. Target states also will likely include Republican-leaning Georgia, where demographic shifts benefit Democrats." (
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PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES: "Clinton earned more than $5 million in royalties for her 2014 memoir, 'Hard Choices,' and roughly $1.5 million delivering speeches last year, according to a personal financial disclosure her campaign released Tuesday evening." Trump's "campaign said his forms would reveal that Mr. Trump's income last year was in excess of $557 million, not including dividends, interest, capital gains, rents and royalties, and that his net worth is in excess of $10 billion. (Fortune has calculated his net worth at $3.72 billion, and Forbes has reported that his worth was roughly $4.5 billion as of September.)" (
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TRUMP ON POLICY: "In a wide-ranging interview with Reuters," Trump said "he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program, proposing a major shift in U.S. policy toward the isolated nation." "Trump ... called for a renegotiation of the Paris climate accord, said he disapproved of Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions in eastern Ukraine, and said he would seek to dismantle most of the U.S. Dodd-Frank financial regulations if he is elected president." (
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Reuters) In a 
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tweet , Clinton called the idea to gut Dodd-Frank "reckless."

AIR ASSAULT: The pro-Clinton super PAC, Priorities USA, released its first two TV ads attacking Trump for his comments on women. (
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New York Times) "But a potential obstacle is already emerging, one that 16 Republicans failed to overcome this year - creating a coherent narrative to define a candidate who seems to blunder from one negative headline to the next with no permanent scars to show for it." (
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Politico) 

SETTING THE AGENDA: "Capitol Hill Republicans and conservative activists couldn't stop Donald Trump, but they hope to contain him if he becomes the president. As more Republican lawmakers support the presumptive nominee, some are also vowing to assert their own power when working with Trump, who is less conservative in major policy areas than many GOP lawmakers. After years of dismay over President Obama's expansive use of executive power, GOP lawmakers and conservative activists are eager to reclaim more power for Congress, whether the next president is from their party or not." (
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NUMBER OF THE DAY: 2. The percentage-point margin separating Clinton and Trump in a 
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WBUR general election poll  of New Hampshire. Clinton edges Trump 44 to 42%. 

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Travel Tracker
Sanders is holding rallies in California. 

Trail Mix 
Vice President Joe Biden "will travel to the electoral battleground state of Ohio on Wednesday to announce a new overtime rule that the Obama administration hopes will give about 4.2 million Americans a pay raise-and a reason to vote for Democrats in November." (
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Trump continues to attract the support of White Nationalist groups, even though his campaign disavows their support. (
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In a ringing endorsement, Melania Trump said her husband is "not Hitler." (
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Politico)

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Clinton won "Clinton County, Kentucky, along the Tennessee state line" on Tuesday. "That was the first time in nine tries that she won in county sharing her last name." (
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CNN )

WASHINGTON STATE (R) PRIMARY: 6 days.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (D) CAUCUSES: 17 days.

PUERTO RICO (D) CAUCUSES: 18 days.

ELECTION DAY COUNTDOWN:174 days.

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