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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Showing strength in Michigan, Trump feeds on hostility to GOP, Romney — WARREN, Mich. — Donald Trump holds a solid lead in two new polls of Michigan Republicans on the eve of a primary that has often played a key role in GOP presidential races. In one survey, by CBS News, Trump is at 39 percent …
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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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Leonard Pitts Jr / Baltimore Sun:
Republicans have destroyed their party; will they take America with them? — “If he was for it, we had to be against it.” — The “he” is President Barack Obama. The “we” is the Republican Party. And it is not coincidental that as the former pushes toward the end of his second term, the latter is coming apart.
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The Moderate Voice
Ros Krasny / Bloomberg Business:
Marco Rubio Coasts to Victory in Puerto Rico's Republican Primary
Marco Rubio Coasts to Victory in Puerto Rico's Republican Primary
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Politico and Florida Politics
S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Mitt Romney won't rule out accepting GOP nomination at contested convention
Mitt Romney won't rule out accepting GOP nomination at contested convention
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The Gateway Pundit
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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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems fret about Trump's appeal — Democrats on Capitol Hill are starting to get worried about Donald Trump — Once convinced that a Trump nomination would be a godsend for their party, some are now warning that a general election fight against the billionaire tycoon will be anything but a cakewalk.
Manuela Tobias / Politico:
Sanders wins Maine decisively
Sanders wins Maine decisively
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NBC News, Yahoo Politics and Outside the Beltway
Detroit Free Press:
Last Slide — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders discussed their stances on the auto industry bailout during Flint's Democratic presidential debate. Here's the nub of the fight over Clinton's support and Sanders' opposition to the auto bailout. — The $82 billion that helped finance …
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Washington Post, New York Magazine, Detroit News and Associated Press
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Fracas in Flint: Clinton, Sanders spar over trade, auto bailout
Fracas in Flint: Clinton, Sanders spar over trade, auto bailout
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Washington Post, MSNBC, Detroit Free Press, CNN and Yahoo Politics
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Democrats Clinton and Sanders pounce on Flint water crisis — and each other
Democrats Clinton and Sanders pounce on Flint water crisis — and each other
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New York Times, The Huffington Post, Bloomberg Business, Taylor Marsh, Politico and The Moderate Voice
Liz Goodwin / Yahoo Politics:
Hillary Clinton calls for Snyder to resign over Flint lead crisis
Hillary Clinton calls for Snyder to resign over Flint lead crisis
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Politico
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton Calls For Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder To Resign Or Be Recalled
Hillary Clinton Calls For Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder To Resign Or Be Recalled
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New York Magazine, Slantpoint and ThinkProgressPage Array
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Democratic debate: Clinton, Sanders spar over fracking, gun control, trade and jobs
Democratic debate: Clinton, Sanders spar over fracking, gun control, trade and jobs
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Politico, Detroit Free Press, Hit & Run, Yahoo Politics, Advocate and Mother Jones
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Some supporters of Rubio say bad strategy, poorly run campaign killing his chances … Sensing an opportunity for an upset victory, Marco Rubio spent most of Friday in Kansas, where he picked up a series of high-profile endorsements that he hoped could help thrust him into contention.
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Politico, FiveThirtyEight, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Eschaton
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Rubio Sacrificed His Campaign to Save America — Marco Rubio's campaign ended yesterday. He won't acknowledge it and neither will his hardcore supporters for some days, but he is done. It was one thing when he was running more or less even with Cruz across the South, like he did on Super Tuesday …
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Washington Post and JustOneMinute
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Kevin Miller / The Portland Press Herald:
Heavy turnout, long delays reported at Maine's Democratic caucuses
Heavy turnout, long delays reported at Maine's Democratic caucuses
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Guardian, Talking Points Memo and Common Dreams
Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
A Glimpse of a Different Campaign
A Glimpse of a Different Campaign
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ABC News, New York Magazine, RedState, Associated Press, Hot Air and Marco Rubio
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Rubio wins Puerto Rico primary
Rubio wins Puerto Rico primary
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Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly and The Week
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Marco Rubio wins Puerto Rico primary, CNN projects
Marco Rubio wins Puerto Rico primary, CNN projects
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Vox, Towleroad and The Last Tradition
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Decades Later, ‘Spy’ Magazine Founders Continue To Torment Trump — Listen to the Story — Soon after its launch in 1986, the satirical magazine Spy picked Donald Trump as the brash embodiment of a crass age. Founded by Graydon Carter and Kurt Andersen, the magazine chronicled …
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Dr. Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Which Media Outlet's Republican Delegate Tracker Do You Believe? — Major media outlets cannot agree on any of the delegate counts for the top three GOP candidates, nor the allotment from 11 states that have voted thus far — With 20 Republican contests in the books …
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NBC News, CBS New York and Independent Journal Review
Jesse Drucker / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Tower Funded by Rich Chinese Who Invest Cash for Visas — New Jersey building partly funded via controversial visa plan — Video to sell it to investors is subtitled in Chinese — Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has attacked China and warned about the dangers of deficient immigrant screening.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The End of American Idealism — Sometimes it's hard to shake the uneasy feeling that we are witnessing the dissolution of an idea that was once America. — The country is still a military superpower and an economic and innovation powerhouse, but so many of our institutions are proving …
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Daily Kos
Matthew Jaffe / CNN:
Trent Lott would consider Obama's Supreme Court nomination — The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. The author works at the institute. — (CNN)Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott …
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
SIKHS AND MUSLIMS Hold Rally in DC in Support of DONALD J. TRUMP — Sikhs and Muslims gathered in a suburb of Washington DC this weekend. — They group supports Donald J. Trump for President. … Muslims and Sikhs join the Trump Train- — The group had “Muslims for Trump” and Sikhs for Trump" signs made for the event.
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Bernie's top strategist: 'Maybe they're going to put him on the ticket' — Ask people in Hillary Clinton's world if 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 …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cruz: Media is sitting on bombshells about Donald Trump — Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz — (Texas) said on Sunday that the media is sitting on explosive negative information about front-runner Donald Trump — with plans to run it later in the year to tear the candidate apart.
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Infowars and The Gateway Pundit
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