His numbers in Indiana look lackluster, his delegate count is softening and Donald Trump may sweep the nomination Tuesday. And on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders is promising a fight to the finish with a play for superdelegates at the convention. [NYT]
The next bill will be even larger. [Daniel Marans, HuffPost]
"And it is when a democracy has ripened as fully as this, Plato argues, that a would-be tyrant will often seize his moment … Is [Trump] testing democracy’s singular weakness -- its susceptibility to the demagogue -- by blasting through the firewalls we once had in place to prevent such a person from seizing power?" [New York Magazine]
Inside the slower housing recovery for African-Americans in Atlanta. [WaPo]
Sound the alarm. [WSJ]
"CIA Director John Brennan on Sunday defended the government’s decision to withhold 28 pages of the 9/11 Commission Report, telling NBC the classified pages contain 'inaccurate' information that could be used to tie Saudi Arabia to the 9/11 terror attacks." [Christina Wilke, HuffPost]
Meet Australian Craig Wright. [Reuters]
We here at First to Last are pointing the (short) finger of blame. [Howard Fineman, Jason Linkins and Lauren Weber]
WHAT’S BREWING
After last night's "Game of Thrones." In case you live in an Internet-free, Twitter-less world, we here at The Morning Email won't spoil it for you. Just read here. [HuffPost]
Inside the meteoric rise of the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York. [The New Yorker]
Between the teasers of Princess Kate's Vogue shoot and the pictures from Princess Charlotte's birthday, we don't even know what to click on. [HuffPost]
Thanks to the Guardian’s new virtual reality feature. [The Guardian]
"Describing himself as 'Hitch on steroids,' the 26-year-old overhauls the bodies, minds, wardrobes, and sex lives of the very rich." [Thrillist]
Is geeking out over the casting news of Elisabeth Moss of "Mad Men" fame as Offred in Amazon's "The Handmaid's Tale." [Vulture]
We sadly do almost none of these on a daily basis. Thus the need for such a list. [HuffPost]
WHAT'S WORKING
"Have you ever checked out a sewing machine from your local library? What about a guitar or a 3D printer? If you haven’t, you might soon. Public libraries across the country are housing so-called 'libraries of things,' from which people can borrow useful items for a short time instead of buying them outright." [HuffPost]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ “That’s like buying a ticket on the Titanic.” -- Lindsey Graham talking about whether people want to be Donald Trump's vice president.
~ These "Biggest Loser" contestants' bodies have fought back to gain weight.
~ In college decision news you were dying to hear about, Malia Obama is headed to Harvard after a gap year.
~ "Fifty Shades of Grey" is looking tame compared to this new Showtime show.
~ Radiohead has wiped its Internet presence.
~ The Beyhive isn't happy with its Queen after she postponed her Nashville show.
~ We can't get over this video of Oprah and her audience freaking out over the iPod. Oh what a wonder 2003 was.
~ What if you didn't have to wear jumpsuits in jail?
~ Why you should ban "I feel like" from your vocabulary.
~ And all of the photos from "nerd prom" aka the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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