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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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The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA, The Right Scoop and Bloomberg Politics
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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, Political Wire, The Week, Business Insider, Independent Journal Review, Hit & Run, Hot Air, National Review and The Pulse 2016
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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Common Dreams and Mediaite
BuzzFeed:
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, Hot Air, CNN, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Caller and The Week
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Rubio vows to stay in even if he loses Florida — Even if he loses in his home state of Florida on Tuesday, Sen. Marco Rubio said he will continue on the campaign trail. — “Tomorrow, our plan is to be in Utah campaigning irrespective of tonight,” Rubio told Orlando sports talk station WDBO on Tuesday.
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 Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, The Pulse 2016, Infowars, Western Journalism, Hot Air, Scared Monkeys, Politico and Political Wire
MSNBC:
What does Florida's early vote mean for the GOP?
What does Florida's early vote mean for the GOP?
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TPNN, Wall Street Journal, NBC News and CBS News
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, The Hill, Weekly Standard, Yahoo Politics, TPNN, RedState, Hillary Daily and Hot Air
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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, BuzzFeed, addictinginfo.org, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and The Resurgent
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Gaffe Track: Clinton's Benghazi Amnesia
Gaffe Track: Clinton's Benghazi Amnesia
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Western Journalism and Fox News
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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Slantpoint, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Daily Kos, RedState, Mediaite, The Week, Guardian, BuzzFeed and The Right Scoop, more at Mediagazer »
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart sends ‘cease and desist’ letters to former staffers
Breitbart sends ‘cease and desist’ letters to former staffers
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
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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Guardian, Business Insider, Mediaite, Althouse, Gothamist, Yahoo Politics, The Week, Diane Ravitch's blog 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
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Can Bernie Sanders Pull Off An Upset In Ohio? — Bernie Sanders's win in Michigan last week was a massive upset relative to the pre-election polls of the state's voters, which had shown Hillary Clinton ahead by an average of 21 percentage points. In fact, Sanders may have pulled off …
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Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, Salon and Althouse
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump is making conservatives turn on the white working class — One of the great conceits of conservative punditry over the past 15 years has been the notion that American politics is dominated by affluent liberal snobs who disdain white working-class America and its communities.
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Boing Boing
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David French / National Review:
Working-Class Whites Have Moral Responsibilities — In Defense of Kevin Williamson
Working-Class Whites Have Moral Responsibilities — In Defense of Kevin Williamson
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The Mahablog, New York Magazine, New York Times, alicublog, Balloon Juice, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Monthly
John Harwood / New York Times:
A Situation in Which Donald Trump Wins the White House
A Situation in Which Donald Trump Wins the White House
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The Daily Caller
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Carson: I Didn't Really Want To Endorse Trump, But He Offered Me A Position (VIDEO) — Former GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said while he wished there was a “path” for him to endorse another candidate, he's anticipating a role in Republican Donald Trump's possible administration.
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Ben Carson: I Didn't Want To Endorse Trump, But He Promised Me A Position
Ben Carson: I Didn't Want To Endorse Trump, But He Promised Me A Position
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Charles Thompson / PennLive.com:
Suspended Pa. Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin resigns from bench in email scandal — Suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin tendered his resignation from the state's high court Tuesday, ending a six-month fight for survival in an angry court of public opinion.
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Philly.com and Above the Law
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer On SCOTUS Nom: 'I'll Consider' But ‘Decision Has Already Been Made’
GOPer On SCOTUS Nom: 'I'll Consider' But ‘Decision Has Already Been Made’
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Daily Kos
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
JoAnne Kloppenburg stayed on case involving group that opposed her
Jennifer Hansler / ABC News:
House of Representatives Bill Would Recognize Magic as ‘National Treasure’ — A bill to recognize magic as a “rare and valuable art form and national treasure” was introduced into the House of Representatives Tuesday. — The bill claims that magic “has not been properly recognized …
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Mediaite
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Pete Sessions pushes to get magic recognized as national treasure
Pete Sessions pushes to get magic recognized as national treasure
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Boing Boing and AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …
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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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, AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …, Fusion and The Week
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Jerry Springer: Republicans should pay me for copying my show — Jerry Springer says that he should be paid for the way the Republican debates mimic his shows. — Springer, who appeared on MSNBC's Steve Kornacki's show on Tuesday, was asked about the comparison between the 2016 race and his often racy and violent tabloid talk show.
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Political Wire
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Shawnmcginnis / KTLA:
Palos Verdes Girl Paralyzed After Doing Backbend Refuses to Give Up Hope She'll Dance Again — Five-year-old Eden Hoelscher suffered a traumatic spinal injury while doing a backbend on the living room floor of her Palos Verdes home right before Christmas. — The injury left …
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WNEP-TV, New York's PIX11 and KFOR-TV
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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New York's PIX11, WREG-TV and KTLA
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