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Primary Updates: Rubio Vows To Press On If He Loses Florida — If the presidential race were an action movie, we'd be in the montage phase. Catch up quickly here: — Five big states — Florida, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina, and Missouri — are voting in primaries today …
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Talking Points Memo, RedState, Politico, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, CNN, The Week and Hot Air
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Sabrina Siddiqui / Guardian:
Rubio: Trump is ‘an embarrassment’ and Republicans will pay big in November — Speaking with the Guardian, the Florida senator - whose fate is sealed if he fails to win his home state Tuesday - said the billionaire is cultivating a party of fear — The Republican party will be consigned …
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Mediaite
Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Trump breaks 50% in national support for the first time — Showing little sign of a “ceiling”, Donald Trump has only grown in support with the exit of Ben Carson and Marco Rubio's collapse … In the last two weeks, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has won more delegates in primaries and caucuses …
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The Gateway Pundit, The Pulse 2016, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Western Journalism, Infowars, Scared Monkeys, Politico and Political Wire
New York Times:
What We're Watching as 5 States Hold Crucial Primaries — Voters in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio cast crucial ballots in the race for the presidency on Tuesday. Here are some of the things we will be watching. — The end or the beginning?
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Washington Post, The Week, Politico, OpenSecrets.org, Real Clear Politics and The Talking Dog
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Can Bernie Sanders Pull Off An Upset In Ohio?
Can Bernie Sanders Pull Off An Upset In Ohio?
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New York Magazine and Althouse
Annie Karni / Politico:
Bernie's big chance to rattle the race
Bernie's big chance to rattle the race
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Yahoo Politics, Scared Monkeys, Hot Air, Liberal Values, The Hill and Common Dreams
New York Times:
Measuring Donald Trump's Mammoth Advantage in Free Media — Of all the ways Donald Trump has shocked the political system, one of the most significant is how he wins primary after primary with one of the smallest campaign budgets. — He still doesn't have a super PAC.
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Washington Post, The Week, Business Insider, National Review, Hit & Run, Independent Journal Review, Hot Air and The Pulse 2016
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Caught on a hot mic, Clinton speculates about Chris Christie's support for Trump — What's at stake in the Ohio GOP primary? … Catch up on the 2016 race — CHARLOTTE— It isn't often that Hillary Clinton lets her guard down about what she really thinks about the Republican presidential race.
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Politico, Mediaite, addictinginfo.org and The Resurgent
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Clinton: 'We didn't lose a single person' in Libya — Hillary Clinton on Monday defended the intervention in Libya that she championed as secretary of state, telling MSNBC's Chris Matthews that the United States “didn't lose a single person.” — “Libya was a different kind of calculation.
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MSNBC, Weekly Standard, The Hill, TPNN, Hot Air, RedState, Yahoo Politics and Hillary Daily
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
A King in His Castle: How Donald Trump Lives, From His Longtime Butler — PALM BEACH, Fla. — Everything seemed to sparkle at the Mar-a-Lago estate here on a recent afternoon. The sun glinted off the pool and the black Secret Service S.U.V.s in the circular driveway.
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Yahoo Politics, Business Insider, Gothamist, Mediaite, Althouse, Diane Ravitch's blog, The Week and Marginal REVOLUTION
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's taste for well-done steaks is disqualifying
Donald Trump's taste for well-done steaks is disqualifying
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Top conservatives gather to plot third-party run against Trump — Three influential leaders in the conservative movement have summoned other top conservatives for a closed-door meeting this Thursday in Washington D.C. to talk about how to stop Donald Trump and, should he become the Republican nominee …
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Politicus USA, The Right Scoop, Bloomberg Politics and Washington Post
John Harwood / New York Times:
A Situation in Which Donald Trump Wins the White House — The specter of further violence at Donald J. Trump's campaign events has amplified warnings from his Republican opponents: If nominated, the bombastic billionaire simply couldn't win the presidency. — “A disaster” for Republicans …
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The Daily Caller
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump campaign manager's behavior prompted staff concerns — Donald Trump's staff and advisers have expressed concerns about campaign manager Corey Lewandowski's quick temper and heavy-handed leadership, and some even planned a coup against him last month, sources involved in the discussions told POLITICO.
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Talking Points Memo, RedState, Raw Story, Daily Kos, The Week, Mediaite, Guardian, BuzzFeed, The Right Scoop, TheBlaze.com and The Atlantic, more at Mediagazer »
David French / National Review:
Working-Class Whites Have Moral Responsibilities — In Defense of Kevin Williamson — This weekend, my colleague Kevin Williamson kicked up quite the hornet's nest with his magazine piece (subscription required) that strikes directly at the idea that the white working-class (the heart of Trump's support) is a victim class.
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New York Times, New York Magazine, alicublog, Balloon Juice, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Monthly
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump is making conservatives turn on the white working class
Donald Trump is making conservatives turn on the white working class
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Boing Boing
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump just hit a critical threshold for the GOP nomination — one that his opponents might not … The Northern Marianas are a collection of 15 islands in the Pacific Ocean, located at about the focal point of the Pacific Rim. It's a United States territory, 179 square miles of land …
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Jasmine Norwood / WTVR-TV:
Baby's body found wedged under driver's seat — RICHMOND, Va. — The mother of the Richmond infant found dead in a RV last fall was denied bond during a court hearing Tuesday. — Sabrina Malick, 29, was arrested and charged with second degree murder and felony child neglect in connection with her son Brendon Newton's death.
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KTLA, New York's PIX11 and KFOR-TV
Josh Israel / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Ben Carson: I Didn't Want To Endorse Trump, But He Promised Me A Position — Dr. Ben Carson, who endorsed Donald Trump's presidential candidacy on Friday, appears less than enthusiastic about that decision. And the real reason the unsuccessful GOP presidential hopeful endorsed his former rival could be a violation of federal law.
Patrick Howell O'Neill / The Daily Dot:
Donald Trump's volunteer contract forbids all criticism of Trump for life — Donald Trump's campaign requires volunteers to sign a contract that forbids them from criticizing the Republican presidential front-runner, his family members, any Trump businesses or products, or his campaign.
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Mother Jones, Mediaite, The Week, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog … and Fusion
Guardian:
Do giant gas bubbles explain the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle? — Age: 52 years. — Appearance: Then all of a sudden ... disappearance! — Location: Between Miami, Puerto Rico and Bermuda (approx). — What is it? Well, according to Vincent Gaddis, who first coined the phrase …
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WNEP-TV and Daily Mail
Deanna Boyd / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Video appears to show police officer pepper-spraying motorcyclists — Officer has been placed on administrative duties Bikers accuse officer of trying to cause wreck Police had received calls about cyclists driving recklessly — FORT WORTH — An officer has been pulled from patrol …
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Raw Story, Longview News-Journal, RT, The Scoop Blog, The Daily Caller, fox8.com and Associated Press
Bill / The Hill:
Press: Who is to blame? Donald Trump — It's as old as the proverbs. Hosea 8:7: “For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.” It's a lesson you'd think Donald Trump — would have learned a long time ago, since he says the Bible is his second-favorite book. Obviously not.
Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Tech mogul accused of keeping ex-stripper as sex slave for 13 years — A Silicon Valley venture capitalist has been sued for $40 million by a woman who claims he used her as a virtual sex slave for 13 years. — Michael Goguen, who had worked for a firm that funded Google and Paypal …
Mark Hinson / Tallahassee Democrat:
Teacher, TV star Rod Durham dies — Influential Leon High School drama teacher, theater director and “Extreme Weight Loss” star Rod Durham has died. He was 52. — “He was someone they (the students) could go talk to when they needed to,” Leon High School principal Billy Epting said on Monday morning.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama denounces rise of ‘vulgar and divisive’ politics of Trump — President Obama on Tuesday decried the rise of “vicious” politics in comments aimed at Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — Speaking at a St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the Capitol, the president warned that …
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RedState
Robin Harding / CNBC:
Donald Trump's rise sparks alarm in Japan — The favorite for the Republican nomination has been attacking the Trans-Pacific Partnership. — As polls open for US primaries in Ohio and Florida, the political elite in Tokyo is starting to confront a disconcerting idea …
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USA Today and The Daily Caller
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Pete Sessions pushes to get magic recognized as national treasure — Rep. Pete Sessions is hoping to make the love of magic a bit more official. — The Texas Republican on Monday introduced a House resolution that would officially recognize magic as a “rare and valuable art form and national treasure.”
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ABC News, Boing Boing and AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …