Subject: TwentySixteen: Ryan Repudiates Trump
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Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 06:09:57 -0600

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The Lead
"In an extraordinary rebuke of his party's presumed nominee," House Speaker Paul Ryan(R-WI), "the nation's highest-ranking elected Republican, said Thursday that he was 'not ready' to endorse" Donald Trump "for president. ... As the chairman of the Republican National Convention ... Ryan has repeatedly said he would support his party's nominee as Republicans tried to regain the White House and solidify control of Congress. But the combination of ... Trump's at times outrageous remarks - insulting women, Hispanics and Muslims - and his broad rejection of many core Republican policies proved too toxic a brew for ... Ryan as he defended his majority in the House, the reputation of his party and his own viability. Within an hour ... Trump offered a biting rejoinder, saying in a statement that
 he was 'not ready to support Speaker Ryan's agenda.'" (
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New York Times) Mitt Romney, meanwhile, "plans to skip this summer's Republican National Convention in Cleveland." (
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DONORS REACT TO TRUMP: Trump "hired a national finance chairman," Steve Mnuchin, "with deep ties to Wall Street, a move intended to bolster the team's general election fundraising capabilities as it seeks to build out its bare-bones operation." Mnuchin has a history of donating money to Democrats, including Hillary Clinton. (
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Washington Post) Major Republican donors are having mixed reactions to the prospect of donating to Trump. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R), son of GOP megadonor Joe Ricketts, said he will support Trump. (
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Omaha World-Herald)  Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson also said he will back Trump. (
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New York Times) Others, particularly donors in Texas who backed Ted Cruz, have been less enthusiastic. (
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Texas Tribune ) "Clinton's supporters in recent days have been making a furious round of calls to top Bush family donors to try to convince them that she represents their values better than Donald Trump." (
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Politico)

SENSITIVE INFORMATION: "The White House on Thursday said that it expected intelligence officials to provide a classified briefing to...Trump after the Republican Party formally nominates him for president at its convention in July, a tradition for major party nominees dating back to 1952." (
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New York Times) Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, doesn't think Trump should be given access to sensitive intelligence information. Murphy said he fears Trump "wouldn't think twice of taking classified information and putting it out in the public realm if he thought it served his political purposes." (
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BuzzFeed )

CLINTON PROBE PLODS FORWARD: "Some of Hillary Clinton's closest aides, including her longtime adviser Huma Abedin, have provided interviews to federal investigators, as the FBI probe into the security of her private email server nears completion. ... The investigation is still ongoing, but so far investigators haven't found evidence to prove that Clinton willfully violated the law ... U.S. officials say. In recent weeks, multiple aides have been interviewed-some more than once. ... A date for an FBI interview of Clinton has not been set ... but is expected in the coming weeks." (
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CNN ) There is one potential silver lining of this whole ordeal: "If Clinton wins, her vulnerability to charges of excessive secrecy could spill over into federal policy by providing momentum to open-government advocates pushing for reforms. Clinton has incentive to support and even promote transparency initiatives, otherwise she will fuel accusations that she prefers to bottle up information the same way that her private email system kept her messages hidden from records requests." (
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THE TACO PICTURE: In an apparent attempt to recalibrate toward a general election which is unwinnable for Trump without more support from minorities, Trump on Thursday 
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posted a picture of himself  eating a taco bowl for Cinco de Mayo with the line: "I love Hispanics!" The image was widely panned. In response, Clinton's campaign "released a new bilingual video highlighting Donald Trump's controversial deportation policy, including him repeating it again after his Republican opponents dropped out." (
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BuzzFeed )

NUMBER OF THE DAY: $13.50. The 
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price of the taco bowl  from Trump Tower Grill seen 'round the world.

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Travel Tracker
Clinton is in California.

Trump is holding rallies in Omaha, Nebraska and Eugene, Oregon today, and will hold a rally in Washington State on Saturday. 

Sanders will campaign in New Jersey over the weekend. 

Trail Mix 
Ben Carson said Trump might consider a Democrat or an independent as his running mate. (
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Wall Street Journal)

The Bush family's distaste for Trump predates this election, and goes back to when Trump was a critic of George W. Bush over the Iraq War. (
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Jesse Benton, "[a] former aide to Ron Paul and current strategist for a pro-Donald Trump super PAC was convicted Thursday of falsifying campaign records in a 2012 scheme to pay for a presidential endorsement." (
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CNN )

At least four states are considering switching from caucuses to primaries after this year: Colorado, Nevada, Minnesota, and Maine. (
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For Republicans holding out hope for an independent candidate, it's likely already too late: The 
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first filing deadline is fast approaching  on May 9 in Texas. Those seeking to get on the presidential ballot as an independent in Texas have to submit nearly 80,000 signatures by Tuesday.

In case anyone was searching for an additional strange layer to peel back from the taco bowl picture: A photo of Trump's ex-wife Marla Maples in a bikini was spotted on Trump's desk in the photo. (
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NEBRASKA (R), WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARIES: 4 days.
KENTUCKY (D), OREGON PRIMARIES: 11 days.
ELECTION DAY COUNTDOWN: 186 days.

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