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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Bernie's top strategist: 'Maybe they're going to put him on the ticket' — Ask people in Hillary Clinton's world whether they have a secret weapon to help win over voters under the age of old, and many will offer this answer: Bernie Sanders. — All you had to do was watch Sunday night's debate in Flint …
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Talking Points Memo, Guardian, CBS News and NBC News
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Sanders to Clinton: 'Excuse me, I'm talking' … had one of their sharpest exchanges of the Democratic presidential campaign to date during Sunday's debate in Flint, Mich., when the Vermont senator cut his rival off for interrupting him. — “Excuse me, I'm talking,” Sanders said after Clinton tried …
Susan Jones / CNSNews:
Sanders: 'What You're Really Talking About Is Ending Gun Manufacturing in America. I Don't Agree With That' — (CNSNews.com) - In a heated moment at Sunday's Democrat debate in Flint, Michigan, Sen. Bernie Sanders differed with Hillary Clinton on the issue of liability for gun manufacturers.
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ThinkProgressPage Array, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Politico and The Daily Caller
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Democratic Debate Takeaways: Clinton and Sanders Grow Tired of Each Other
Democratic Debate Takeaways: Clinton and Sanders Grow Tired of Each Other
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CNN, Balloon Juice, Scripting News and Knowledge is Power
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
How The Sanders Campaign Sees “Excuse Me, I'm Talking”
How The Sanders Campaign Sees “Excuse Me, I'm Talking”
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Hot Air, American Spectator and Talking Points Memo
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Sanders Tells Clinton: 'Excuse Me, I'm Talking' in Arguably Sexist Debate Exchange
Sanders Tells Clinton: 'Excuse Me, I'm Talking' in Arguably Sexist Debate Exchange
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Detroit Free Press, Mediaite, NPR, Mic, Washington Post, Slantpoint, BuzzFeed, Mashable, Guardian and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Money Pours In as Move to Stop Donald Trump Expands — Republicans hoping to halt Donald J. Trump's march to their party's presidential nomination emerged from the weekend's voting contests newly emboldened by Mr. Trump's uneven electoral performance and by some nascent signs that he may be peaking with voters.
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Politico, Hot Air, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Daily Kos and The Democratic Daily
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
With Cruz Up, Rubio Down, Where Does That Leave Donald Trump? — There was a big shift in the Republican race over the last few days: Ted Cruz surged, almost entirely at Marco Rubio's expense. — The Cruz surge was the clearest sign yet that Donald Trump might indeed be at a disadvantage in a one-on-one race.
Elaina Plott / National Review:
Cruz to Unveil Senate Endorsements This Week
Cruz to Unveil Senate Endorsements This Week
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Talking Points Memo
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
After last night, is there any way realistically that Trump doesn't win Florida?
After last night, is there any way realistically that Trump doesn't win Florida?
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Washington Post, Politico, RedState, Lawyers, Guns & Money and National Review
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Cruz: The Media Is Sitting On Explosive Trump Stories
Cruz: The Media Is Sitting On Explosive Trump Stories
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Daily Kos
Eric Cortellessa / The Times of Israel:
Ex-ADL chief: Trump's ‘raise your hand’ gambit was deliberate, Nazi-style ‘fascist gesture’ — Abe Foxman calls episode ‘about as offensive, obnoxious and disgusting as anything I thought I would ever witness in the United States of America’; says Republican candidate knew exactly what he was doing
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Raw Story, addictinginfo.org, Talking Points Memo, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, FOX News Radio, Daily Kos and The Week
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. Strikes Kill 150 Shabab Fighters in Somalia, Officials Say
U.S. Strikes Kill 150 Shabab Fighters in Somalia, Officials Say
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Business Insider, Washington Free Beacon and The Week
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Ex-ADL director: Trump pledge ‘is a fascist gesture’
Ex-ADL director: Trump pledge ‘is a fascist gesture’
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Raw Story
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
MOOK SPOOKED: Trump just won 2, we lost 3 of 4 — It's not going to be an easy path to the nomination for Hillary Clinton as many predicted and expected. — Campaign manager Robby Mook issued another panicked email to supporters Monday, reminding them Hillary came out the loser after this past weekend's primary votes.
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NBC News:
First Read: Why Trump's Delegate Lead Could Be Narrower Than You Think
First Read: Why Trump's Delegate Lead Could Be Narrower Than You Think
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FiveThirtyEight, USA Today, Business Insider, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Times
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Kasich: I wouldn't need a delegate lead to win at a brokered convention
Kasich: I wouldn't need a delegate lead to win at a brokered convention
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Politico, rubber hose and Daily Kos
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Wisconsin Justice Apologizes For Student Columns Going Off On ‘Queers’ And AIDS — Wisconsin state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley wrote in a column more than 20 years ago that gay people are “degenerates who basically commit suicide through their behavior,” according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and madison.com
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Cody Oliphant / One Wisconsin:
Rebecca Bradley's Published Writings Reveal Opinions That Cross Line Into Hate Speech
Rebecca Bradley's Published Writings Reveal Opinions That Cross Line Into Hate Speech
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ThinkProgressPage Array and madison.com
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Rebecca Bradley in 1992: ‘Queers’ with AIDS, addicts merit no sympathy
Rebecca Bradley in 1992: ‘Queers’ with AIDS, addicts merit no sympathy
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Associated Press and Towleroad
Nick Gass / Politico:
Newt: Romney speech ‘vitriolic and nasty’ — Newt Gingrich on Monday blasted Mitt Romney's speech denouncing Donald Trump as “vitriolic and nasty,” calling it a sure indicator that the 2012 Republican nominee would never be accepted as a consensus party choice at a hypothetical contested convention this summer in Cleveland.
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Political Wire, The Week and Shakesville
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
How Donald Trump scrambles the general election map — If Donald Trump's coalition carries him to the GOP nomination, it could produce a crazy-quilt general election that scrambles the conventional wisdom about the battleground state map. — The Electoral College landscape has been fairly stable …
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The Hill
Julia Preston / New York Times:
More Latinos Seek Citizenship to Vote Against Trump — DENVER — Donald J. Trump's harsh campaign rhetoric against Mexican immigrants has helped him win a substantial delegate lead in the Republican primary, but it is also mobilizing a different set of likely voters — six of them alone in the family of Hortensia Villegas.
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New York Magazine, addictinginfo.org, The Week, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog … and Hullabaloo
Donald Trump / Yahoo Politics:
Trump challenged over ties to mob-linked gambler with ugly past — Robert LiButti, top left, and Donald Trump, right. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News, photos, state of New Jersey, William Thomas Cain/Getty Images, Ron Galella/Getty Images) — The daughter of a reputed New Jersey mob figure …
Ericka So / KRCR-TV:
Woman in ‘Mystery Machine’ mini van leads police on pursuit — Suspect still at large — REDDING, Calif. - — A Shasta County woman led law enforcement officers on a pursuit in a mini van painted to look like the ‘Mystery Machine’ from the Scooby Doo cartoon.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Lust for Destruction — When people try to make sense of this topsy-turvy, norm-busting election year, one of the key mistake they make is to assume that the dynamics that operate for Donald Trump in the Republican primary will operate in a general election. They won't.
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Washington Monthly and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Lou Cannon / Politico:
Why Nancy Reagan Didn't Want Ronald to Run for a Second Term — President Ronald Reagan was running for a second term, and Nancy Reagan was worried. The president's tight little circle of White House advisers and political strategists were confident as long as Reagan's Democratic opponent …
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Nancy Reagan / Yahoo Politics:
Nancy Reagan's children speak out on her death
Nancy Reagan's children speak out on her death
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Politico, Independent Journal Review and TODAY.com
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court reverses Alabama court that denied lesbian woman's adoption — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reversed an Alabama court's refusal to recognize a same-sex adoption. — The justices upheld a challenge brought by an Alabama woman after her state's highest court refused …
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Western Journalism, Vox, The Daily Caller and The Week
Matt Krantz / USA Today:
27 giant profitable companies paid no taxes — Death and taxes are supposed to be two certainties of life. But a few companies have at least escaped the taxes part. Investors, though, don't seem all that impressed. — There are 27 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 …
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Infowars
Peter Coy / Bloomberg Business:
Americans Really Don't Like Immigration, New Survey Finds — Sixty-one percent say it jeopardizes the nation. — Sixty-one percent of Americans agree that “continued immigration into the country jeopardizes the United States,” according to a new poll commissioned by management consulting firm …