CHRISTIAN BIGOTRY: “Transgender Bathroom Bigotry is a Civil Rights Issue” ☮

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) talks with Bill Press about the lawsuits from 12 states over President Obama’s transgender bathroom directive. He compares what LGBT people are facing today to the civil rights injustices of the 1950s and 1960s. “Right now LGBT Americans are facing the people on the other side of this bridge, in that schoolhouse door, as we march towards equality.”

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Clinton’s Refusal to Debate Sanders Spells Disaster for the General Election” / The Ring of Fire / Sydney Robinson ☮

Hillary Clinton may think that she is being clever by refusing to debate Sanders one final time as she had previously agreed, but by skipping the Fox-sponsored event, she is missing out on a vital opportunity to head off some of the right-wing criticism before the general election.

This is just one of many ways that Clinton’s arrogance is handicapping her campaign. If Clinton doesn’t think that a general election race against Trump will be the fight of her life, she’s already lost.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Wasserman Schultz Faces Mounting Problems as Sanders Supporters Rally Behind Primary Opponent” / RT America / Ed Schultz, and Mitch Caesar ☮

The troubles faced by Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz continue to mount. Bernie Sanders threw his full support behind her primary challenger Tim Canova, who has racked up over $300,000 since Sanders’ endorsement. For more on the Florida primary, former Florida Democratic Party Chair Mitch Caesar joins ‘News With Ed.’